Here are some of the week’s highlights in gaming, movies, and other nerd-related news:
The L.A Times has reported that League of Legends developer/publisher will pay “at least $10 million” in unpaid wages, damages, and other penalties to women who’ve worked at the company (via Polygon)
The payment comes after a gender discrimination lawsuit several former employees filed that said the company violated the California Equal Pay Act
A new RTS game based on the film adaptation of Starship Troopers is in development from Belgian developer The Artistocrats, titled Starship Troopers: Terran Command
Artwork for a potential Resident Evil 3 remake appeared on Sony’s PlayStation Store in an accidental leak (via Polygon)
Persona 5 Royal, a new version of the hit 2017 JRPG, will release in the West on PS4 March 31, 2020
The next new role for Red Dead Online‘s Frontier Pursuit will be that of the Moonshiner
The new role will be available on all platforms on Dec. 13 (via Rockstar Newswire)
Bungie released a new trailer for Destiny 2‘s Season of Dawn, showcasing new activities and weapons
Bungie also oultined their content roadmap for the upcoming season (via Bungie)
The season begins on Dec. 10, and runs through March 9
Campo Santo (Firewatch) co-founder Jake Rodkin has calrified that their team has put In The Valley of Gods, first revealed at the Game Awards in 2017, will be put on hold as the team works on Half-Life: Alyx and other projects at Valve (via PC Gamer)
Red Barrels, developer behind the Outlast series, have announced The Outlast Trials, an new survival-horror multiplayer game set in the Outlast world (via Polygon)
New NES and SNES games will be added for Nintendo Switch Switch Online subscribers, including previous SNES Classic exclusive StarFox 2
4K console remasters of Platinum Games’ Bayonetta and Vanquish were revealed via the Microsoft Store (via Polygon)
The listing reveals that both games may release on Feb. 18, 2020
Sony’s final State of Play livestream for 2019 will be on Dec. 10
Tekken 7‘s Season 3 of DLC was revealed during the Tekken World Tour Finals 2019, which will interlude new fighter Leeroy Smith, the returning veteran Ganryu, and new fighter Fahkumram
Bethesda has ended development on The Elder Scrolls: Legends, the card-battler spinoff released in 2017 (via Reddit)
In movie/Marvel news, the first trailer for Black Widow was released
The spy-thriller hits theaters on May 1, 2020
The first trailer for No Time to Die, Daniel Craig’s final Bond movie, was released
Also starring Rami Malek, Craig’s final Bond outing releases on April 8, 2020
Disney’s Mulan live action adaptation received a new trailer ahead of its March 27, 2020 release
The first trailer for the Ryan Reynolds-led video game satire comedy Free Man was released
The action-comedy opens on July 3, 2020
The first trailer for DC’s Wonder Woman 1984 was released
The sequel hits theaters on June 5, 2020
And now a list of some of the week’s notable releases in games and movies
Games
12/2: One Finger Death Punch 2 (Switch) – Silver Dollar Games
12/3: Arise: A Simple Story (PC, PS4, XONE) – Piccolo Studio