Summary
October arrives with some sad news of departures for big industry heads,Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty DLC launches with a 2.0 update refurbishing the base game, andHorizon Forbidden Westhas a surprise port announced. Today, Game Rant’s weekly recap takes a look at some of the most notable headlines from the past week.
Mortal Kombat 1shows no signs of slowing down in its post-launch,Knights of the Old Republicremake’s teaser gets delisted after its license has expired, and fans are still continuing to make their way throughLies of Pas its burgeoning speedrunning scene blossoms. All that and more in this week’s roundup ofgames industry news.
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Mortal Kombat 1’s Ed Boon Teases Future Characters
Mortal Kombat 1is out in the wild and therefore the community discourse can fully center itself around what potential DLC characters it will include, withNetherRealm’s Ed Boon teasing characters such as Michael Myers and Ghostface.
Star Wars’Knights of the Old Republicremakedidn’t have much going for it lately in terms of good news, but its teaser being taken down due to its license expiring is certainly not what fans were hoping to see as the remake is seemingly no closer.
PlayStation’s CEO and President Stepping Down
Jim Ryan,PlayStation’s CEO and Presidentwho’s been with the company since 1994, is now stepping down as a result of harsh travel requirements, though he leaves behind an incredibly distinguished career at Sony.
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition Announced for PC
PlayStation’s newest port to PC has been announced as theHorizon Forbidden West Complete Edition, which bundles the base game with its Burning Shores DLC.
Bayonetta Creator Leaving Platinum Games
BayonettaandDevil May Cry’s Hideki Kamiyais reportedly leaving Platinum Games this month, and it’s uncertain whether that move is as a transition elsewhere or what Kamiya’s ambitions will be while apart from the studio.
Features
Cyberpunk 2077has rewritten its tumultuous launch by at long last providing an update to smooth over its transition into a great RPG experience, but while 2.0 is phenomenal for the base game alone, fans don’t necessarily see every improvement the update made in its Phantom Liberty DLC.
Movies & TV
Sawhas been known as a perpetually grisly and purposefully disturbing torture franchise, and though its last handful of entries were more or less abandoned to obscurity, it seems like the franchise has finally managed to pick back up again in its 10th installment.
Guides
Lies of Pis an unassumingly long Soulslike and part of that length is due to its extra New Game Plus content, where the game’s already vast adventure through Krat is extended with items such as additional weapons and P-Organs.
Game Rant Exclusives
Carving a new path for itself as a survival-horror game,Alan Wake 2makes use of its dual protagonists to shine a light on content both old and new, nostalgic and emergent, and altogether interconnected in Remedy’s shared IP universe.
