Here are some of the week’s highlights in gaming, movies, and other nerd-related news:
Nintendo hosted a video showcase showing off a plethora of indie games coming to Nintendo Switch during Gamescom 2019
Highlights included Hotline Miami Collection,SUPERHOT, Risk of Rain 2, and Ori and the Blind ForestDefinitive Edition
Hotline Miami Collection and SUPERHOT are now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop, while Ori arrives on Sept. 27
Nintendo also announced that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition will come to Nintendo Switch on Oct. 15
Sega showed off a new character for upcoming brawler Streets of Rage 4, Cherry Hunter
Multiplayer horror game Dead by Daylight is adding Stranger Things‘ Demogorgon monster, along with characters Steve and Nancy
Battle-royale shooter PUBG will be getting cross-playform play on consoles (PS4, Xbox One) according to developer PUBG Corp. on the Inside Xbox Gamescom stream (via Polygon)
Microsoft also revealed a set of trailers and look at Gears 5, including a new story trailer set to Nine Inch Nails’ Head like a Hole
Microsoft and developers The Coalition also showed the first look at Gears 5‘s Horde mode, the latest edition of the popular co-op mode
A crossover with Halo was also announced with two Halo: Reach Spartans coming to Gears 5‘s multiplayer
Google and CD Project Red announced that Cyberpunk 2077 will be coming to Google Stadia during the latest Google Stadia Connect stream
Developer V1 Interactive, an independent studio created by Halo co-creator Marcus Lehto, showed off itsfirst look at gameplay in a new trailer for FPS Disintegration during Gamescom
Disintegration releases on PC, PS4, and Xbox One in 2020
Developer Illfonic and Sony showed a quick look at gameplay for its asymmetrical multiplayer game Predator: Hunting Grounds
Kojima Productions showed off new footage of gameplay along with two new character scenes for Death Stranding during Geoff Keighley’s Gamescom Opening Night Live event
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ran an open multiplayer alpha for its 2v2 Gunfight mode this past weekend
Nintendo and Sega released a new trailer for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, showing off gameplay from its classic 2d modes with classic character sprites
Sega revealed the Yakuza Remastered Collection, acollection featuring Yakuza 3, 4 and 5 in 1080p 60fps on PS4
Yakuza 3 is now available to download with Yakuza 4 and Yakuza 5 coming in October and February respectively
A physical version of the collection will be available on Feb. 11, 2020
Ubisoft’s For Honor is free on UPlay until Aug. 29 (via Ubisoft)
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered comes to PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on Sep. 3
A demo for Dragon Quest XI S is now available on the Nintendo Switch eShop
Players will be allowed to transfer their save data from the demo to the main game once it releases on Sep. 27
NetherRealm Studios revealed the remainder of the roster for its Kombat Pack DLC for Mortal Kombat 11, with the Terminator T-800, Todd McFarlaneโs Spawn, and The Joker acting as guest characters
The Terminator T-800 releases on Oct. 8, Sindel on Nov. 26, Joker on Jan. 28 2020, and Spawn on March 17 2020
FEZ is free on the Epic Games Store until Aug. 29, with fellow indie platformers Celeste and Inside free next week (via Destructoid)
Horizon Zero Dawn‘s Aloy will return as a playable character skin in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
Gearbox and 2K released a new trailer for Borderlands 3 in the lead-up to its release on Sep. 13
Square Enix and Marvel finally revealed nearly 20 minutes of gameplay for Marvel’s Avengers at Gamescom
Big news: @InsomniacGames is joining PlayStationโs Worldwide Studios! We are honored and thrilled to join forces with this legendary developer. Please join us in congratulating our friends and partners at Insomniac! pic.twitter.com/hhhqhxZE7k
Sony has acquired Insomniac Games (Marvel’s Spider-Man, Ratchet and Clank series) as part of Sony’s Worldwide Studios
Tarsier Studios and Bandai Namco announced Little Nightmares 2, a sequel to the 2017 indie platformer
The sequel arrives next year on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch
Riot Games have come to a settlement in a class-action lawsuit with employees (via Riot)
Hades, Supergiant Games latest rogue-like action game, will have its Epic Games Store exclusivity will end on Dec. 10 of this year according to a Steam page listing (via Destructoid)
Oddworld: Soulstorm will be coming to PC via the Epic Games Store, via an announcement from the game’s director
In movie news, it has been reported that Sony’s partnership with Disney/Marvel for Spider-Man films will not continue, with sony to take lead on future films (via Dealine)
During this past week’s Disney D23 Expo, a new poster for Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker was revealed
Disney also released the first full trailer for The Mandalorian, a new Star Wars series streaming on Disney+ on Nov. 12
Set between Episodes VI and VII, he series focuses on the seedy underbelly of bounty hunting and crime in the Star Wars universe
Lucalsilm president Kathleeen Kennedy has confirmed that actor Ewan McGregor will reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a future Disney+ series (via Polygon)
The first trailer for Disney’s live-action remake of Lady and the Tramp was revealed
The film releases exclusively on Disney+ on Nov. 12
Marvel also made a slew of announcements at the D23 Expo, including:
Caligari Games showed off a side-scrolling puzzle game at PAX East 2019, a small dev team from Russia eager to impress players. The game has since released and it is […]
