Today's News:
* 343 Industries announced that they will no longer release narrative cutscenes for the release of new seasons for Halo Infinite due to them wanting to shift those resources into adding more features and content and improving other aspects of the game.
Link:
https://twitter.com/ske7ch/status/1670926893078691841
* A new amended "Players" class-action lawsuit was recently filed against Microsofy claiming that they have evidence that MS' attempted purchase of Activision Bliizard is solely to try to put Sony's Playstation brand out of business. This evidence revolves around an internal email claimed to be proof of an "uncontroverted evidence that Microsoft had the intention to put its main competition, the Sony PlayStation, out of the market." In a statement to Stehpen Totilo, a MS rep stated that this email dates back to 2019 and well before any offer was made to AB for a potential purchase. Totilo speculated that whatever anti-Playstation sentiments MS had at the time likely would be unrelated to their current plans and strategy for their potential AB purchase.
Link:
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/...e-playstation/ ,
https://twitter.com/stephentotilo/st...04215006773257
* Some notable highlights from today's Nintendo Direct episode:
- A remake of classic SNES RPG game Super Mario RPG is currently in development and is currently planned to be released on November 17th.
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r5PJx7rlds
- Nintendo confirmed that the rumors of them currently working on a new 2D-based Mario game is true with their official announcement of Super Mario: Wonder for the Switch and a release date of October 20th.
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JStAYvbeSHc
- A remake of classic PS1 RPG game Star Ocean 2 was confirmed to be currently in development for the Switch.
Link:
https://www.destructoid.com/star-oce...are-enix-site/
- The upcoming Metal Gear Solid Master Collection: Volume 1 collection set was confirmed to also include a release for the Switch to go along with the previously announced PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S platforms.
Link:
https://www.destructoid.com/a-fairly...ing-to-switch/
- A new Princess Peach-based game was announced to be currently in development. This will be the first game starring Peach as the main character since Super Princess Peach in 2005.
Link:
https://www.destructoid.com/princess...tle-next-year/