Highlights
- Xbox 360's digital storefront will be shut down next summer, but multiplayer services will still be available.
- Assassin's Creed Mirage has gone gold and its release date has been moved up by a week, showing confidence in its quality.
- The Batman: Arkham Trilogy on Switch now has an official release date, arriving months before Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.
Hotly anticipated games all around have gone gold including Starfield, Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Trilogy Switch ports have a release date, and Xbox Game Pass has kicked off an exciting handful of months for fans. Today, Game ZXC’s weekly recap takes a look at some of the most notable headlines from the past week.
Gamescom 2023 airs next week with games already announced to make an appearance there, players continue unraveling all the complex intricacies of Baldur’s Gate 3, and fans continue to enjoy Dark and Darker now that it’s entered Early Access, though it may not be where fans would hope for it to be available. All that and more in this week’s roundup of games industry news.
Xbox 360’s Digital Storefront Being Shut Down
In the continuing era of generational consoles and the ambition to succeed those that came before them, it was perhaps inevitable that Microsoft would eventually shut down the Xbox 360 store. That said, said shutdown won’t occur until next summer and multiplayer services will remain online, though new purchases cannot be made after the shutdown.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage Goes Gold, Now Releases One Week Earlier
Ubisoft’s next big Assassin’s Creed release—and the first in a while that returns to the franchise’s roots—has now gone gold ahead of its official release date, which has also been moved up by a week, showing great confidence in the title’s quality.
Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Trilogy on Switch Announces Release Date
The Batman: Arkham Trilogy compilation previously only had a release window of the fall, but now has an official release date that locks it in several months before Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League intends to launch.
New Xbox Game Pass Games Include Two Day-One Games, One Out Now
Game Pass is about to have a superb couple of months with The Texas Chain Saw Massacre having recently been released on Friday and on Xbox Game Pass day one, with Sea of Stars set to arrive day one on August 29. Next month, subscribers will be treated to both Starfield and Lies of P.
Armored Core 6 Confirms File Size and Preload Date
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon launches this upcoming Friday and fans may now inform themselves of how big a download the game will require, as well as when they can preload it to avoid a potentially lengthy day-one installation.
Features
There are countless paramount systems at play in Baldur’s Gate 3 that only longtime D&D 5e or Baldur’s Gate fans may be privy to, and a firm comprehension of these mechanics and the way players can exploit them are crucial when the game doesn’t necessarily onboard this information itself.
Movies & TV
Future PlayStation game adaptations into live-action series’ are imminent, and while The Last of Us’ HBO show was received favorably, adaptations such as Peacock’s Twisted Metal are proof that not every PlayStation IP mascot may prosper equally.
Guides
Dark and Darker has had a bit of controversy behind it with legal issues involving copyright infringement that got it removed from Steam. Dark and Darker is now in Early Access, but fans hoping to play it in this state won’t be able to find it on any of their favorite PC platform launchers.
Game ZXC Exclusives
Baldur’s Gate 3’s Maggie Robertson, who plays Orin the Red and is known most prominently for her iconic portrayal of Resident Evil Village’s Lady Dimitrescu, speaks with Game ZXC about her villainous roles and her experience with Baldur’s Gate 3 in particular.