A spiritual successor to Disco Elysium is now in development from the leads of its cancelled sequel.
Longdue is a new independent studio comprising staff from Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM, as well as developers from the likes of Bungie and Rockstar. Eurogamer understands Robert Kurvitz and Aleksander Rostov are not involved.
The studio’s first game will involve a “groundbreaking ‘psychogeographic RPG’ mechanic”, where decisions made in the narrative will reshape the world and its characters.

DISCO ELYSIUM – Launch Trailer (Official)

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Yesterday, several former developers from studios such as Bethesda, BioWare and Naughty Dog revealed their upcoming game – the rather delightful looking Hawthorn.
Hawthorn is coming from brand-new indie developer NEARstudios, which boasts some impressive talent including Mass Effect and The Last of Us veterans, as well as Skyrim’s lead designer Bruce Nesmith.
Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised by Nesmith’s new position at the studio, though. Afterall, Hawthorn really does look like a charming combination of Skyrim and village simulation games such as Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley. I am talking about mice chopping down crops that are several times their size, before preparing a nice meal for top hat wearing otters, all in a very Skyrim-fantasy style setting.
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Following the demise of Yuzu earlier this year, Switch emulator Ryujinx has seemingly ceased development and been taken offline after its creator was contacted by Nintendo.

Ryujinx initially surfaced in 2018, having started development the year before, and was the first Switch emulator capable of booting commercial games. The open source project has continued since then, with creator gdkchan funding development through Patreon.

Now, though, it seems Ryujinx has gone the way of now-defunct Switch emulator Yuzu. Users began reporting a 404 message when trying to access Ryujinx’s Github page earlier today, with concern mounting when the emulator’s download page became inaccessible.

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Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater will feature two different control styles, but players won’t be able to freely switch between them.
That’s because the difficulty of the game will be altered to match the control style.
The game’s producers Noriaki Okamura and Yuji Korekado were interviewed by Famitsu and discussed some of the new additions in this remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER – Official Trailer #2

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Hideo Kojima has signed with talent agency WME to “traffic control all that [he does]” and “handle exchanges with all the actors” he wants to work with, hinting that his next project may not even be a video game.
In an interview with Variety, Kojima admitted that whilst up until this point, he had “personally” been able to make the links and connections he needed, it had “become difficult to manage on [his] own”. Consequently, he’s signed with WME’s “very powerful” team to “work with talented people from around the world and create something new”.

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UPDATE 24/09/24: The Kickstarter campaign for My Time At Evershine launched earlier today and reached its goal of $200,000 in 35 minutes.
Studio Pathea Games has further stretch goals yet to be reached up to $500,00, but with 29 days left it seems poised to hit these targets too.
Those targets include adding flirting and a new romance interaction for players to vote on.
Earlier today, Level-5 announced its next game would be coming to “secret” platforms, so between these two in-development games, it seems appetite from developers for Switch 2 is ramping up.

ORIGINAL 17/09/24: The next game from the My Time At Portia developer is a confirmed Switch 2 release.
My Time At Evershine will be the next game in the series, from studio Pathea Games, and its confirmed plat…

Homeworld 3 has revised its content plans, “unifying delivery” of all remaining paid DLC and free content drops.
In an update posted to the official website, developer Blackbird Interactive said it was “combining the content into one beat [to] allow us to focus all our resources and provide you all with a higher-quality experience”.

Homeworld 3 The Game Awards trailer

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UPDATE 11am UK: Palworld maker Pocketpair has now responded to Nintendo’s lawsuit, and vowed to fight back on behalf of fans and to ensure indie developers are “not hindered or discouraged from pursusing creative ideas”. Read our full coverage here.

ORIGINAL STORY 2am UK:
Nintendo is suing Pocketpair, developer of hit Pokémon-style game Palworld, over the alleged infringement of “multiple patent rights”.

In a brief public statement posted to Nintendo’s website in the early hours of this morning, the company confirmed it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit in a Tokyo court yesterday, 18th September.

Nintendo is now seeking “an injunction against infringement and compensation for damages on the grounds that Palworld, a game developed and released…

Backwards compatibility is a key reason AMD will be the chip manufacturer for Sony’s PlayStation 6 console.
As reported by Reuters, AMD and Intel were the final two contenders in a bidding war to manufacture the computer chip for Sony’s next console.
However, AMD ultimately won the bid – with the need to provide backwards compatibility for previous consoles reportedly a major factor.
Both Sony’s PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles feature custom AMD CPU and GPU chips, so it makes sense to maintain consistency to ensure compatibility with games from previous generations. This, and the rise of digital ownership, has helped the transition between these consoles.

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