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Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Games Studios has a new CEO. FormerParadox Interactivechief business development officer Shams Jorjani is the company’s new CEO, replacing company founder Johan Pilestedt in the role. Pilestedt will remain chief creative officer and chairman. Speaking toGamesIndustry.biz, Pilestedt said the decision to hire a dedicated CEO will give him more time to focus on game creation. “I’ve been thinking about the journey ahead for Arrowhead, the future games we’re going to be making, and running the organisation beyond the 120 or so developers we have currently,” he said....

While there was no new Assassin’s Creed game at this year’sUbisoft E3 press conference, the publisher continues to roll out new content for last year’s series entry, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The firm has released anAssassin’s Creed Odysseystory creator mode, enabling players to craft their own quests and share them with the community. Free for all owners of the game, it’s based on the story-designer tools and branching dialogue systems found inUbisoft Quebec’s open-world action title....

Ubisoft has confirmed plans to release a new-gen update for Assassin’s Creed Origins on June 2. From Thursday players will be able to experience the 2017 release in 60fps when played onPS5andXbox Series X/Svia backwards compatibility. Last August,Ubisoft added 60fps support for 2018’s Assassin’s Creed Odysseyon PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. And in December, it said it waslooking into adding 60fps support for Assassin’s Creed Origins. Assassin’s Creed Origins will join the Xbox Game Pass libraryfor cloud, console andPCon June 7....

Critically acclaimed retro compilation Atari 50 is getting a free update today that adds a further 12 games. The collection launched with 103 games fromAtari‘s history, including titles from the arcade, Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, 8-bit computer, Lynx and Jaguar eras. Now, in what developerDigital Eclipsesays will be a number of content updates, 12 more games have been added, bringing the total to 115. The new games are a mix of “officially released classics to player-powered homebrews, and even once-lost Atari prototypes”, and focuses mainly on Atari 2600 titles, with the exception of one Lynx prototype....

Baldur’s Gate 3 performance director and star Aliona Baranova thinks film and TV executives are missing a trick by not casting more video game actors. Speaking toCollider, Baranova claimed the screen industry continues to treat game actors as niche performers, despite many of them having professional training and dedicated fanbases. “We are also theatre-trained,” said the London-based actor. “A lot of us are formally trained in the UK… and I think that’s something that maybe execs are a bit short-sighted about....

The next game in the Batman: Arkham franchise has been announced for VR. Batman: Arkham Shadow, developed byCamouflajandOculusStudios, will be revealed in full this June. It will be released in late 2024 exclusively for Meta Quest 3. “Evil stalks the streets. Gotham City is in danger. And you’re the only one who can save it,” reads an official description. Reveal teaser for Batman: Arkham Shadow coming in late 2024 to @MetaQuet VR....

The managing director of Beyond Good and Evil 2 maker Ubisoft Montpellier has reportedly left the studio amid a labour investigation by local government authorities. That’s according toKotaku, which claims that staff at the company were last week informed that Guillaume Carmona wouldn’t be returning to his role as studio boss after being absent since the turn of the year. Three sources told the site that Carmona’s exit followed a year in which dozens of developers took extended leave for stress or sickness as the studio continued to struggle with development ofBeyond Good and Evil 2....

And so the 13th BitSummit festival has drawn to a close, with indie developers from around Japan and the rest of the world packing up their booths and heading home. I’ll have more information on our Game of the Show in the coming days, but for now here’s a final helping of hands-on impressions of some of the more interesting titles I played over the course of this year’s edition of Japan’s leading indie game event....

Bitter Herba Mystica is an item you’re going to need to get if you’re going to hunt for Shiny Pokemon in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Biter Herba Mystica drops after completing 5 and 6-star raids. However, the item doesn’t drop from every single 5 and 6-star raids. Unfortunately, it appears to be an uncommon drop, as is the case with the rest of the Herba Mystica. Herba Mystica is required to make shiny sandwiches, which makes catching shinyPokemonsignificantly easier....

An upcoming game has been called out for seemingly attempting to cash in on the success of Black Myth: Wukong by imitating aspects of the popular title. The title in question, Wukong Sun: Black Legend, is due for release on theNintendoeShop on May 31, 2025. Priced at $7.99, it’s a 2D action game rather than a big budget 3D one likeBlack Myth: Wukong, but they share the same source material, and its name and promotional art bear notable resemblances toGame Science’s blockbuster title....

Bungie has officially delayed its shooter Marathon, claiming that it needs more time to refine and test the game. In a statement, theDestinyStudio said it “need[s] more time to craft Marathon into the game that truly reflects your passion”, and that it will use the additional development time to “empower the team to create the intense, high-stakes experience that a title like Marathon is built around”. The delay follows mixed feedback from players to recent alpha tests, and a significant controversy aroundstolen artwork that was found in those test builds....

What is it about the late-90s polygonal look that translates to VR so well? Maybe it’s the fact that by not attempting to photo-real visuals, that part of the VR barrier is broken, instead letting players focus on the action. Whatever the reason, games like Superhot, Rez Infinite and nowC-Smash VRShave made such good use of it that they’ve become VR staples. C-Smash VRS is a reimagined revival of theSegaJapan-only cult classic, this time forPlayStationVR2....

Call of Duty Mobile’s brief controller support was a test for “a portion” of live players, Activision has said. Prior to the title’s official launch on Tuesday,Call of Duty Mobile controller supportwas included in theiOSandAndroidgame’s settings, leading many to believe it would be available upon release. However, according to a post on theActivisionSupport Twitter account,the feature was disabled during an updatecoinciding with the game’s launch window. Starting with iOS 13, iPadOS 13, tvOS 13, and macOS Catalina,Applehardware supportsPlayStationandXboxwireless game controllers....