Highlights
- Elden Ring DLC teases Messmer the Impaler and more content, while the Nintendo Direct reveals a Star Wars Battlefront collection on modern platforms.
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth boasts a huge open world full of side content.
Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC teases Messmer the Impaler and a ton of content, Star Wars Battlefront’s original games are receiving a classic collection update on modern platforms, and dozens of Halo games were reportedly pitched and turned down. Today, Game ZXC’s weekly recap takes a look at some of the most notable headlines from the past week.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth releases this upcoming week and its open-world scope is reportedly gargantuan with tons of side content, while Dead by Daylight reveals its newest chapter with a terrifying new killer character. All that and more in this week’s roundup of games industry news.
How D-Pad, WASD Inputs Make Helldivers 2 Dire and Cinematic
Stratagem and general interaction codes are vital knowledge in Helldivers 2 and contribute to its arresting and addicting spectacle of tension.
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC Gameplay Revealed
FromSoftware is once again putting on a true fantasy spectacle with its gameplay and release date reveal for Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree. The DLC’s scope seems immense with new zones, bosses, and enemies, and it features Messmer the Impaler as its flagship antagonist, who is also given a statue as part of the expansion’s collector’s edition.
New ODST, Helldivers-like Halo Games Pitched and Rejected
In what could have been an incredibly healthy and thrilling time for Halo, there were reportedly “20–30” new Halo ideas pitched by 343 that could have given the franchise the rejuvenation it needs following Halo Infinite. Unfortunately, it’s unlikely that any of them will see fruition.
Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase Reveals Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection
The two original Star Wars Battlefront games are receiving new updates, characters, and improvements with releases on Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PS5.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Reportedly Underperforming
The live-service multiplayer Arkhamverse game was always maligned, and now WB Games states that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League “has fallen short of [its] expectations” with dwindling player counts and sales since launch earlier this month.
Dead by Daylight Reveals Chapter 31 Details
Dead by Daylight’s latest PTB and Chapter reveal presents the Unknown killer—boasting a gruesome, disfigured entity with a haunting smile and holes where its eyes would be—as well as survivor Sable Ward.
Features
Now that several Xbox-exclusive games are making their way to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation, gamers may be seeing the most inclusive and collaborative year for video game platforms.
Movies & TV
Dune: Part 2 arrives in theaters this upcoming week and as it’s ushered in it seems that Netflix will part ways with its predecessor at the same time.
Guides
Persona 3 Reload is a terrific social sim RPG, and part of what makes that experience wholly immersive is the fact that classes attended behave like legitimate schoolwork, testing players’ memory of questions asked during lectures, midterms, and final exams throughout the game.
Game ZXC Exclusives
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth steps out from Remake’s elaborate Midgar to envelop players in an open world packed with side content and mini-games galore.
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront, produced by Pandemic Studios, is a 2004 first-and-third person shooting game that borrowed many of the same mechanics as the Battlefield franchise. The game focuses on large-scale battles and recreates various encounters from the movies.
