#51 Weekly Gaming News Industry Trends Round Up

Most popular blockchain games for October 2024 are revealed. Pixels CEO shares what coming next and learnings from a year on Ronin. Playmint is ditching the degens to level up decentralized games with its playerchains. Immutable deepens integration with Telegram. NVIDIA's GeForce service gets 100-hour monthly playtime restriction in 2025. Australia social media ban could impact video games. Fortnite OG is coming back, and this time it’s forever. Gamer sends Nintendo a letter boasting about streaming pirated games — now Nintendo has sued him for millions of dollars. Sony patented a PlayStation controller with a dedicated rewind button and said the PS5 Pro's huge price didn't negatively impact sales. Former Hollywood exec looking to transform Sega into the next Disney. Overwatch 2 is getting a "classic" mode that restores the shooter to how it was in 2016. Plus, a limited edition white Steam Deck is revealed. All this and much more!

Also in our weekly round-up:

• Pixels announces ‘login with Pixels’ for Web3 developers

• Ubisoft sued for taking The Crew offline and ‘duping’ players

• Sega is delisting dozens of Genesis and Dreamcast games this December

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle gets a new gameplay deep dive trailer

• Sony commits to releasing 'major' single-player games every year from 2025 onwards

Gaming News 🕹️

• Fortnite OG is coming back, and this time it’s forever

• Sega is delisting dozens of Genesis and Dreamcast games this December

• Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater exists in part because younger gamers aren't familiar with the series anymore, Konami says

• Overwatch 2 is getting a "classic" mode that restores the shooter to how it was in 2016

• FromSoftware parent company confirms 20 upcoming console games

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle gets a new gameplay deep dive trailer

• WipeOut futurism is an art & history book for the true sickos

• D&D's new map tool enters public beta but it's probably not the one you were expecting

• Everything coming to Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 in its jam-packed season 1

• Black myth: Wukong Physical Edition launches for PS5 in December

• MultiVersus makes changes to how players unlock fighters

• STALKER 2 gets bombastic new gunplay and combat trailer

• No Man's Sky finally has a cross-save feature with latest patch

• 2.5D pixel art narrative adventure game Rusty Winter announced for PC

Web3 Games 🎯

• Blockchain game investment list – Mocaverse raises an additional $10 million

• Immutable deepens integration with Telegram

• Pixels’ CEO on what he’s learnt from a year on Ronin and the announcement of ‘login with Pixels’ for Web3 developers

• Most popular blockchain games – October 2024

• Playmint’s “ditching the degens” to level up decentralized games with its playerchains

• Crypto Rogue’s Crystalfall open beta launching 13th December

• Boomland Season 2 BOOM airdrop launched via Game7’s Lootdrop

• Party Icons closed beta test now live with new game mode

• Moonray brings sci-fi game to mobile, expanding its audience

• Transak becomes NFT checkout partner for Lamborghini

• Lumiterra to launch closed beta test 2, coming November 11

• Pudgy Penguins and Mythical Games to launch Pudgy Party on mobile

• How ‘Off the Grid’ could reshape the future of blockchain gaming

Trends 📈

• Roblox adds more safety features to protect under 13s

• 'Polish something that has never existed before:' Miyamoto explains how Nintendo is countering rising development costs

• PS5 Pro's huge price didn't negatively impact sales, Sony says

• DLC and back catalog sales drove Sega's strong second-quarter games business

• Australia social media ban could impact video games

• PlayStation CEO shares learnings from Concord failure, reckons PSN requirement will keep PC games safe

• NVIDIA's GeForce service gets 100-hour monthly playtime restriction in 2025

• Sony commits to releasing 'major' single-player games every year from 2025 onwards

• GTA parent company boss on state of AAA games: "It's hard and getting harder"

• Roblox is putting restrictions on kids in social hangouts

• NBA 2K25's $8 futuristic minigame is exciting, but not necessarily "a trend," says Take-Two boss

Industry News 🛡️

• Gamer sent Nintendo a letter boasting he had ‘a thousand burner channels’ to stream pirated games — now Nintendo has sued him for millions of dollars

• Raw Fury appoints ex-Avalanche chief Pim Holfve as new CEO

• Winking Studio raises $10m as part of dual listing on London Stock Exchange

• The former Hollywood exec looking to transform Sega into the next Disney

• Capcom veteran Hideaki Itsuno joins Tencent subsidiary Lightspeed Studios

• Ubisoft sued for taking The Crew offline and ‘duping’ players

• India's gaming market to be bigger than Bollywood by 2029

• Unity’s new CFO is former Shutterstock exec Jarrod Yahes and revises fiscal projections as Q3 2024 financials "exceed guidance"

• Take-Two looking at 'select mobile M&A opportunities after Zynga integration

Level Up Your Hardware 🎧

• Sony just patented a PlayStation controller with a dedicated rewind button

• Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White releases November 18

• Unreal Engine 5.4 continues to challenge high-end GPUs, as undemanding game struggles to run at 4K@60 on an RTX 4080

• PlayStation 5 Pro modest CPU upgrade is the system's primary limitation and the PS5 Pro made us sit closer to the screen; enhancement likely uses machine learning to deliver improved details

• There's a new Steam Controller in town, but Valve didn’t make it

• AMD's best gaming CPU is really difficult to buy during its launch week

• 8BitDo's new full-sized keyboards are up for preorder

Esports Players & Teams News 🏆

• Intel partners with UNIVERSITY Esports for Winter 2024 season

• Sapporo to host ALGS year 4 championship with exclusive merchandise and new E-District map

• Mobile Legends named exclusive women’s esports title for Asian Esports Games 2024

• VALORANT Game Changers Championship 2024 update – standings, prizes, and teams

• ePremier League announces returns for the 2024/25 season

• Complete guide to the Shanghai Major American RMR event

• PUBG Mobile Global Championship 2024: three teams from Group Red secure positions in the finale

• Mobile Legends M6 World Championship carnival event complete details

Guides, Tips and Tricks 🗝️

• Stardew Valley animal guide – how to raise animals and slow heart decay

• How to find and beat the Rumbling in Attack on Titan: Revolution

• All Street Fighter ranks | how to hit Master

• Best movement settings in Black Ops 6

• Brighter Shores Scout leveling guide: how to level up fast

• How to get one-shot kills in Black Ops 6 quick and easy

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