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New evidence suggests Bandai Namco and From Software could be preparing to reveal Elden Ring’s long-awaited expansion soon. Steamdata trackerSteamDBrecently added “Unknown App 2778580” toElden Ring’s DLC section, marking its first update in 15 months. This has led to speculation that the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion could be revealed or released to coincide with the game’s second anniversary next month. Elden Ring was released forPS4,PS5,Xbox One,Xbox Series X/SandPCon Jun 27, 2025, and was one of the year’s best-selling games....

Respawn will introduce cross progression for Apex Legends with the launch of Season 19 this month. In anFAQ, the studio said players will be phased in over a period of time in order to ensure stability for the mandatory new feature. “Due to the nature of merging accounts across platforms, various aspects ofApex Legends(Apex Coins, Crafting Materials, etc.) will be impacted differently,” it explained. “Except for some notable exceptions, all content (including unlocked Legends and cosmetics) is available on all platforms regardless of the platform they were originally unlocked on....

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a game with undue pressure on its shoulders. Not only is the Assassin’s Creed franchise itself in a holding pattern after a transition to the RPG genre last generation, but Shadows now seemingly finds itself as a make-or-break project for a publisher that’s currently struggling. That’s before even getting into the storm-in-a-teacup online backlash that causedUbisoftto release own-goal statement after own-goal statement about the game’s historical accuracy – a game in a series that, I’ll remind you, previously had Leonardo da Vinci making Super Mario jokes....

Larian Studios has confirmed that split-screen co-op is finally coming to Baldur’s Gate 3 on Xbox Series S. The game received a delayed release onXbox Series X/SafterMicrosoftandLarianreached an agreement tolaunch the Series S version without split-screen co-op, which it had been struggling to get working sufficiently on the lower-powered console. Larian previously announced thatBaldur’s Gate 3’s eighth major updatewould add cross-play, 12 new subclasses and a photo mode in 2025, with a stress test for the patch set to launch in January....

DICE has confirmed that Battlefield V’s Operation Underground map will be released on Thursday October 3. Set in and around the subway tunnels of a war-torn German city, Operation Underground is a spiritual successor to Battlefield 3’s Operation Métro map. It can be played in Conquest, Squad Conquest, Breakthrough and Team Deathmatch game modes, as well as in Rush mode for limited time periods. DICEsays: “With our original designer of Métro at the helm, Operation Underground keeps the former map’s intense close-quarter combat in a highly recognizable environment and removes bottlenecks that could make a match stale....

Bithell Games is working on more Tron games, it has been confirmed The studio, headed byMike Bithell, releases its first Tron-themed game Tron: Identity today, and it has now been revealed that the it work on other titles in the Tron universe. Speaking on the D23website, Disney games producer Heidi Vargas said that further games from the studio using the Tron license are on the way. “Tron: Identity is the start of Bithell Games’ collaboration with Disney on Tron-dedicated games,” Vargas said....

Activision has officially announced Call of Duty: Vanguard with a debut teaser trailer. The game is set to be revealed on Thursday at 10.30am PT / 1.30 pm ET / 6.30 pm BST via an in-game Warzone event. “At 10:30 AM PT on August 19, the Battle of Verdansk will begin inCall of Duty: Warzone,”Activisionsaid. “Join the battle and experience the worldwide reveal ofCall of Duty: Vanguardlive in-game. “Be the first to the fight and be rewarded – report to Warzone and play in any playlist between 9:30 AM and 10:29 AM PT and prepare to participate in a limited-time Double XP, Double Weapon XP, and Double Battle Pass XP event before the battle begins....

A long-term consultant on Warner’s recently canceled Wonder Woman game has shared some details about what the title might have offered had it seen the light of day. Announced in 2021 but reportedly still years away from releaseafter being rebooted in 2024, the game had been in development at Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War studio Monolith Productions. However, on Tuesday, parent companyWarner Bros.announced that it was closing Monolith alongside two other internal studios, Player First Games and WB San Diego, and scrapping Wonder Woman....

CD Projekt has seemingly hinted at plans to further collaborate with animation company Studio Trigger. The Tokyo-based company animated last year’s Cyberpunk Edgerunners, which was aNetflixstreaming hit and contributed to a boost inCyberpunk 2077sales. During an investor presentation on Thursday,CD Projekt’s chief commercial officerMichał Nowakowskisaid the company has big plans for expanding the franchise beyond thedevelopment of Cyberpunk 2077’s sequel, Project Orion. This includesa live-action project based on Cyberpunk 2077that is currently in the early stages of development....

Cyberpunk 2077 will receive another major patch in the form of title update 2.2. Plans for the update, which were announced on Monday, come as a surprise given that the studio previously said the game’s last significant patch would be its final one. The update will be detailed in a live stream on December 10, which will be broadcast on Twitch and YouTube at 8am PT / 4pm GMT / 5pm CET....

When the original Dead Space was released back in 2008 it was heralded as one of the finest examples of the survival horror genre. 15 years later, revisiting the original USG Ishimura is still an equally thrilling and horrifying experience, but some gameplay mechanics haven’t stood the test of time as well as others. EnterEAMotive‘s new and improved remake, which attempts to capture all the qualities that made the original game such a groundbreaking release, while also introducing modern touches to bring it up to speed with what players expect in 2023....

Microsoft’s entry-level console Xbox Series S is limiting the potential of new-gen games, a developer at indie studio Bossa Studios has argued. VFX artist IanMaclure made the claim on Twitter in response to a comment from veteran games journalist Jeff Gerstmann, whosaidhe thinks the whole ‘Series S is holding back next-gen games’ argument doesn’t hold up. “Most of these games also come toPCand already have to cover a wide variety of configs,” Gerstmann pointed out....

In this week’s VGC Off The Record we’re again joined byGamesIndustry.bizpublisher Chris Dring to discuss the Xbox Games Showcase. Is the criticism ofHalo Infinitejustified? What’s going on withMicrosoft‘s cross-gen release strategy? CanPlaygrounddeliver with its new Fable game? All of this is discussed – and more – by our experienced panel. VGC Off The Record is our new video chat show, where site editors (and friends) discuss the week’s biggest games news and behind the scenes gossip....