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Fallout: New Vegas developer Obsidian Entertainment is seemingly working on a «cross-platform RPG» built using Unreal Engine. Obsidian Entertainment was founded over 20 years ago and has gone on to develop some of the most popular and iconic RPGs of all time. Obsidian was acquired by Microsoft in 2018, and since then, the studio has continued to release critically-acclaimed work.
Xbox has reportedly shut down Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog Studios, and Roundhouse Games, with members of the latter team being folded into ZeniMax Online Studios. Layoffs have been a harsh reality of the video game industry these past couple of years, with companies of all sizes laying off significant portions of their staff or shutting down studios entirely. Xbox itself has engaged in multiple waves of layoffs this past year.
PlayStation Plus subscribers have one last chance to claim the free PS Plus games for April 2024, even though it's already May 6. New PlayStation Plus free games are rotated in on a monthly basis. The previous PS Plus free games are available until the first Tuesday of the following month, and so Monday, May 6 marks the last day that subscribers can snag the free games that were available in April 2024.
The PlayStation 5 exclusive Stellar Blade breaks the Fourth Wall if players stare at Eve long enough by having her stare right back at them. Eve has dominated much of the discussion surrounding Stellar Blade since the game's reveal. Her over-the-top outfits and incredible combat prowess have made her quite popular, though she has also found herself at the center of some of the game's bigger controversies.
Nintendo has revealed the file sizes for the upcoming Switch exclusive games Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD. The Nintendo Switch has released multiple exclusive games in 2024 so far, including the Mario vs. Donkey Kong remake and Princess Peach: Showtime. Looking ahead, there are even more Switch exclusive games for fans of Nintendo's home console/handheld hybrid to look forward to in the near future.
November 2 will be a sad day for those who have yet to upgrade from the Meta Quest 1 headset, as that's the day that Beat Saber will be ending support for the device. The original Meta Quest headset, once known as the Oculus Quest, was a big hit when it was released in 2019. Wireless virtual reality was a huge innovation at the time and did a solid job of increasing interest in the VR space.
Angry Stellar Blade fans have hijacked a recent tweet about the upcoming indie game Crow Country. Stellar Blade was released last month to mostly positive reviews. It's earned a great deal of praise for its graphics and intense melee combat, but Stellar Blade has not been without controversy.
Rail shooter game Rainbow Cotton, a former Dreamcast exclusive, is releasing on modern platforms come Thursday, May 9. The Dreamcast was the last console ever released by Sega. It failed to sell enough units to keep the company in the console hardware business, causing Sega to pivot to almost exclusively developing software. Even so, the Dreamcast is often pointed to as one of the most underrated consoles ever produced, as it featured a number of important innovations and featured a library of high-quality games.