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Ubisoft Montpellier's Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown was the first relatively big game to be released this year, and it was a success. The game earned a 9/10 score in Wccftech's review by Francesco De Meo:
Black Myth: Wukong is easily the biggest success registered by a Chinese developer so far with a premium game. Earlier this month, we learned that the action RPG had sold 18 million units; however, Daniel Camilo, an industry analyst based in China, claimed that Game Science's debut title is now around the 20 million units milestone. In the same tweet, Camilo also revealed to have heard from certain sources that the first Black Myth: Wukong DLC will be released in early 2025, around the new Chinese Year festivity, so between the end of January and early February.
Today, CAPCOM announced that Exoprimal support - at least in terms of new content - is over, around one year after the game's launch. Starting next week, previously released seasonal content will be continuously cycled following a predetermined pattern. Moreover, the previous season passes will return on sale, allowing players to obtain items from all seasons.
Today, publisher Bandai Namco and developer FromSoftware proudly announced that the Elden Ring expansion Shadow of the Erdtree has sold five million copies in its first three days of release. That's an excellent result, to say the least. As a reminder, the base game had sold 20 million units in its first year and 25 million units as of this month.
One of the main complaints leading to 'Mixed' user reviews for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is the expansion's supposed unbalance. As if to answer users' complaints, developer FromSoftware has released Calibration update 1.12.2, tweaking the scaling of Shadow Realm Blessings as detailed below.
The release of the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion inevitably caused a surge of Elden Ring on Steam charts. On Saturday, at 15:00 UTC, FromSoftware's latest Soulslike game registered 781K concurrent players, not too far from the all-time peak of 951K concurrent players registered when the game launched in February 2022.
Deck13 had promised new content and enhancements for its action RPG Atlas Fallen, and the German studio has now shared more details. The free Reign of Sand update is slated to launch on August 6, adding new voice acting by the talented Ben Starr (who played the protagonist in Final Fantasy XVI), a new area, new enemies, 25 new Essence Stones, new progression mechanics, quality of life improvements (chiefly to the camera, but also balancing and onboarding), the much-requested New Game Plus mode and a new difficulty mode called Nyaal's Nightmare.
Yesterday, during Sony's State of Play, KOEI TECMO announced Dynasty Warriors: Origins, the next chapter in the long-standing 1v1000 action franchise.
Today, Lords of the Fallen launches on Game Pass (both console and PC), as previously reported. At the same time, the developers have released a meaty free update, introducing two boss rush modes accessible through the game’s Vestige checkpoint markers. The boss rush modes feature two distinct experiences for players: Echoes of Battle and Crucible. While Echoes of Battle allows players to relive their favorite boss encounters, including Ellianne the Starved, Congregator of Flesh, and Radiant Sentinel, Crucible is a series of six increasingly challenging trials of pre-selected bosses that must be overcome without dying to unlock rewards, including Shrine Currency and exclusive new armor tincts.