Square Enix has confirmed a 50-minute Tokyo Game Show event, where it could potentially share a new update on Final Fantasy 16, according to recent comments by the game’s producer. Square EnixPresentsTokyo Game Show2021 will be streamed at 7pm JST (6am ET / 11am BST) on October 1 and last for just under an hour, the company announced on Wednesday. According to the official event description, the TGS show will offer “the latest news about our upcoming titles, along with pre-announced information....

BioWare’s classic Star Wars RPG Knights of the Old Republic is coming to Nintendo Switch this year. Announced during aNintendo Directstream on Thursday, theSwitchversion of the 2003 title will release on November 11. This is not to be confused withthe KoTOR remake from Aspyr, which was announced as aPCandPS5console exclusive earlier this month. Released in 2003, the fan-favourite RPG fromBioWaretells a Jedi versus Sith story set some 4,000 years before the rise of the Galactic Empire featured in 1977’s Star Wars film....

Steam has launched its annual Autumn sale, which coincides with Black Friday. Featuring discounts on 1,000s of game,Steam’s Autumn salewill run until 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT on December 1. Beginning today, players can also nominate their favourite games for theSteam Awards. Steam Autumn sale discounts include Nintendo,PlayStation,Xbox, theEpic Games Store,GameStopandWalmartare now running their Black Friday promotions too. Valverecentlydelayed the launch of Steam Deck by two monthsto February 2022....

Rocksteady has confirmed that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s current season will be its last. The studio also announced today that the game will receive a long-promised offline mode this Tuesday, December 10. The game’s newest playable character, Deathstroke, will also be available tomorrow when Season 4 Episode 7 is released. “Season 4 will finish up with Episode 8, which is scheduled to release in January 2025, and that will serve as the last seasonal Episode forSuicide Squad: Kill the Justice League,”Rocksteadysaid....

Toy retailer Smyths has confirmed that all UK and Ireland branches will be holding midnight launches for Nintendo Switch 2. According to the retailer, customers who pre-ordered for Click and Collect or for In-Store Collection will be able to pick up their console from 12.01am to 12.30am on June 5 (photo ID will be required). Smyths says “limited stock” ofSwitch2 consoles will also be available to purchase on the night....

There’s been a lot of debate overNintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour’s $10 price point, and whether Switch 2’s introductory mini-game collection should’ve been bundled with the console for no additional cost. Whether you think it’s worth the small cost or not will, of course, come down to your personal preference. Outside of that debate, Welcome Tour appears to offer another weird mini-game collection in the style of Clubhouse Games, which demonstratesSwitch2’s unique hardware features and provides a selection of score-chasing distractions for those settling in to the next generation....

Team Ninja says it’s investigating reports that the recently released PC version of Rise of the Ronin has an issue with save data. Rise of the Roninwas released onSteamon 11 March, but since then numerous players on the game’s Steam discussion forums have been reporting that their save data has been disappearing, forcing them to start again. “Been playing for a few hours and next day it magically vanished”, said the author ofone thread....

The Black Ops 6 and Warzone Season 1 release date may have leaked via a retailer promotion. Ahead of the new Call of Duty game’s release this week, pizza chain Little Caesars isofferingUS, Canadian and Mexican customers the chance to win Black Ops 6 prizes with qualifying purchases. Prizes up for grabs include digital copies of the game, and in-game rewards like battle passes and Call of Duty Points....

Raven Software has fixed a Call of Duty Warzone issue that was allowing players to use infinite tactical items. Some users had been abusing the exploit to infinitely heal themselves with stim packs while in the gas, virtually guaranteeing a win – an issue which also cropped up earlier this yearbefore being patched out. The latest update for the battle royale game also fixed an issue preventing seasonal challenge progression and includes a “speculative fix” for players getting stuck when accessing loadout drops....

Sega has announced that A Total War Saga: Troy will be released exclusively via the Epic Games Store later this year and will be free to download in its first 24 hours of availability. The title will hit theEpic Games Storeon June 04, 2025 ahead of its release viaSteamand other digitalPCstorefronts starting in August 2021. “Thanks toEpic, we’re able to offer a Total War title for free on its launch day,” saidSegaEurope chief studios officer Tim Heaton....

Ubisoft has published a letter to the “Japanese community” to address what it calls “concern” around “some elements in our promotional materials” for Assassin’s Creed Shadows. In a lengthy statement published on social media, the publisher acknowledged online discourse around Yasuke, one of the upcoming game’s protagonists, who is an African Samurai. Yasuke, one of two playable characters in the game, is based on a real historical figure, who was an African man who served the Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga in 1581....

Immortals: Fenyx Rising looks likely to be the new name for Ubisoft’s Gods & Monsters. As reported byGematsu, the Taiwan Digital Game Rating Committee has rated “Immortals: Fenyx Rising” byUbisoftforPS4,Xbox One,SwitchandPC. Fenyx is the name of the lead protagonist in the fantasy game, which was first unveiled atE3 2019. Update 01/09/20: Following the brief accidental appearance of a game build on Stadiathis summer, Ubisoft confirmed it would show its next look atGods and Monstersthis summer, and that it had changed the game’s name....

Warframe 1999, the latest Warframe expansion, will be released on Friday. Rebecca Ford, Creative Director ofWarframeappeared on stage atThe Game Awardsto reveal a new trailer for the game. Ford also announced that the expansion will roll out on all platforms on Friday. The expansion, which features a voice cast includingFinal Fantasy 16‘s Ben Starr as well asResident Evil 4‘s Nick Apostolides, will require players to play through some of the game’s existing content to access it....