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Santa Monica Studio have delayed God of War Laufey from 16 February to 20 May 2027, saying they need extra time to add the finishing touches and push the game “to its fullest potential”.
NOVEMBER 4
CI Games CEO Marek Tyminski has revealed that Lords of the Fallen II is fully funded, with a combined development and marketing budget of just under €55 million. That’s roughly the same as the 2023 original, and a small fraction of what some of the industry’s biggest games now cost.
NOVEMBER 4
Owlcat Games have announced that Processional of the Damned, the final DLC for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, launches on 8 December, adding a new companion, a melee-focused Zealot archetype and a Madness mechanic that affects your whole crew.
NOVEMBER 4
CI Games have released a new combat trailer for Lords of the Fallen II, showing faster, more aggressive melee, almost 30 weapon move sets and a major overhaul of magic and ranged builds.
NOVEMBER 4
World of Warcraft: Forever launches worldwide at the same moment, at 23:00 GMT on Wednesday 4 November. Here’s exactly when you can start playing in your time zone.
NOVEMBER 4
Bethesda may have finally named The Elder Scrolls VI, but according to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, fans shouldn’t expect to play it for at least another two years.
NOVEMBER 3
Bethesda Game Studios have revealed that The Elder Scrolls VI is called Sentinel, as part of their 40th anniversary celebrations. The name points strongly towards Hammerfell as the game’s setting.
NOVEMBER 3
South of Midnight creative director David Sears says that if he’d been running Xbox, he would “probably” have cut off funding before his own game got made, calling the company’s previous approach to spending “unsustainable”.
NOVEMBER 3
Blizzard have released a huge set of patch notes ahead of World of Warcraft: Forever’s launch tomorrow, raising damage across every class, overhauling Rogues and Shamans, and fixing a quest bug players say has been around for 20 years.
NOVEMBER 3
Former Xbox executive Shannon Loftis has defended Helen Chiang after the former Xbox COO denied reports that she was fired for a policy violation, calling the situation at Xbox a “clownshow” and saying the brand’s future is “cloudy indeed”.
NOVEMBER 3
Nightdive Studios, Eidos-Montréal and Atari have confirmed that Thief: The Dark Project Remastered launches on 3 December. It includes Thief Gold’s content and a brand-new campaign called The Tarnished Mirror, made by the team behind fan expansion The Black Parade.
NOVEMBER 2
Square Enix have revealed Zephyr, a crossbow-wielding physical ranged DPS, as the second new job for Final Fantasy XIV: Evercold, which launches on 23 February 2027. Pre-orders open on 4 November.
NOVEMBER 2
