Summary: Cyberpunk 2077 gets a second chance

– Microsoft has changed the protection against piracy for the Xbox Series X/S. After a new update, your console should no longer require internet access to play the games you have on Blu-ray discs. You should notice a change, especially in Xbox One games. However, you still need to be online to play digital versions and Game Pass games.

– Activision is reportedly preparing two new Crash Bandicoot games. He claims Twitter account TheRealInsider, recently famous for a series of accurate leaks about high-profile titles (leaked Assassin’s Creed, knew when the new God of War: Ragnarök trailer would be). Previously, there was talk of a multiplayer action game with characters from the series and a new platformer.

– Nathan Drake got citizenship ahead of schedule! Naughty Dog celebrates the 15th anniversary of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune two months early, released on 11/19/2007 for the PlayStation 3 in the United States. In Europe and the US, the action-adventure had to wait until December 6 of the same year. PlayStation Studios and the Asian PlayStation account reacted to Nathan’s birthday. Well, all the best, Nathan. We hope to meet you again in the future.

– Despite the cryptic teaser, we didn’t get to see the new game announced at Tokyo Game Show 2022 by Kojima Productions. Outstanding Insider TheRealInsider offersthat Hideo Kojima is hiding everything for The Game Awards in December.

– Interactive job postings in the Behavior studio show that creative Dead by daylight they are working on a new competent multiplayer project with a character development system, inventory, leaderboards, achievements / trophies, crossplay and in-game economy. Behavior was recently bought by Midwinter Entertainment, who also have an unannounced game in development.

– Board game experts from the company Steamforged games coming soon ancient ring! After boards from the world of Dark Souls, Resident Evil 2 or Horizon Zero Dawn, experienced authors take on another success from FromSoftware. You can go alone or with three friends in a huge, dark and dangerous world. You can expect challenging battles that will require you to adapt your tactics. Battles will take place without rolling dice. The Kickstarter page will be launched soon.

– Attention, 12 games will leave Xbox Game Pass at the end of the month and early October.. This is your last chance to play them as part of your subscription. This is about:

• AI: The Somnium Files – 9/30
• Astria Climb – 30.9.
• Dandy Ace – 30.9.
• Less – 30.9.
• Lemnis Gate – 30.9.
• Slime Rancher – 9/30
• Subnautica: Below Zero – 9/30
• Procession to Golgotha ​​- 30.9.
• Blind – September 30
• Makeup – September 30
• Dirty Rally 3.10.
• DiRT 4 – 3.10.

– Game Pass was also supposed to leave the name on September 15th. Aragami 2, but the authors confirmed that stealth action remains in service. You can continue to play it on Xbox, PC and in the cloud.

– Remedy Entertainment has opened its first branch outside of Finland.. It is based in nearby Stockholm, Sweden and will be fully operational in spring 2023. At this time, we don’t know what the new developers will be working on. It is possible that they will cooperate on projects of Finnish colleagues. Remedy is developing Alan Wake 2, a sequel to Control, a remake of Max Payne 1 and 2, and two unannounced projects, Condor and Vanguard.

– Developers Disney Dream Valley can celebrate, their game has attracted over a million players in less than two weeks since the preview was released. They say this is just the beginning. The game is available on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch. The full version will appear sometime in 2023.

– Paweł Sasko from CD Projekt RED thanks the players for providing Cyberpunk 2077 second chance. This hints at a lot of interest in action RPGs following the release of patch 1.6 and the premiere of the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime series on Netflix. As a result, Cyberpunk 2077 reached 85,555 concurrent players on Steam, the highest number since January 2021. Last week, Cyberpunk 2077 became the third best-selling title on Steam behind Steam Deck (3x) and Return to Monkey Island. . The 50% discount certainly helped too.