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Milan-based Publisher 505 Games is undergoing some unfortunate downsizing, as it's announced the closure of offices in Germany, Spain, and France. This comes just a day after Remedy Entertainment announced its purchase of the full rights to Control, which 505 Games published in 2019, for 17 million euros.
Xbox has announced a major sale of a wide array of bundled blockbuster games, as well as some smaller series, for astonishing discounts. Major longstanding and critically acclaimed franchises like Red Dead Redemption, Far Cry, Dead Rising, Assassin's Creed, and more are part of the blowout sale.
Atomic Heart developer Mundfish has revealed Patch 1.13.4.0, a smaller update which aims to bring a handful of bug fixes to the main game, as well as to its recently released Trapped in Limbo DLC. Having launched about a year ago, Atomic Heart had garnered mixed reception with a rocky start and prominent bugs. Despite this, the first-person shooter is known for its wildly unique art style and refreshing alternate history setting.
An Overwatch 2 player has come up with a hilarious and ridiculous idea that would fit right in with the game's expected April Fools joke patch. Currently in its ninth season, Overwatch 2 has overhauled its competitive mode, resetting everyone's ranks and adding a new tier called Champion. The new season also brought some significant changes to the Junkertown payload map, adding several new pieces of large cover around the first payload checkpoint to give offensive teams a better chance against opposing Pharah and Widowmaker players.
Xbox Game Studios has flaunted extraordinary lifetime player numbers for some of its most successful first-party games, including Forza Horizon 5, Halo Infinite, Sea of Thieves, and more. Xbox's first-party portfolio is set to grow even larger this year, with several major titles planning to release, like Ninja Theory's Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 in May, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Avowed in the fall.
An unlucky Kiriko player in Overwatch 2 has been brutalized by an opposing Pharah immediately after teleporting to their low-health Widowmaker. Overwatch 2 recently started its ninth season, named Champions, which primarily focuses on reworking the Competitive suite, resetting the ranks of all players, and adding the new Champion rank. The new season also introduced a mythic skin for Moira as part of its eldritch horror-themed battle pass.
2022's Game of the Year, Elden Ring, has surpassed yet another impressive milestone of 23 million copies sold. This comes just one day after the full reveal trailer of Elden Ring's hotly anticipated Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, which already sits at over six million views on Bandai Namco's YouTube channel. The thrilling trailer showcases parts of the new Land of Shadow area, as well as some of the fearsome new bosses players will face off against, causing a swell of excitement and hype among fans online.
Ubisoft's ten-year-old Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag has been enjoying a boost in player count as its spiritual successor Skull and Bones has finally been released after years of delays. Having been revealed all the way back in 2017, Skull and Bones takes the lauded naval combat introduced by Assassin's Creed 4 and expands upon it as an ongoing live service experience, letting players partake in online ship battles in a shared open world.