Summary
- Diablo 4 improves by allowing mounts to charge through barricades, addressing a fan complaint about traversing the game world.
- Mortal Kombat 1 reveals its pre-order beta date and a new character who returns from MK11.
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5 console bundles sell out quickly, leading to scalpers trying to profit by reselling them at high prices.
Diablo 4 continues to put out the fires it started with its Season of the Malignant updates, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s console-exclusive bundles scalpers are running rampant online, and Mortal Kombat 1 characters are still being revealed in droves. Today, The Best War Games’s weekly recap takes a look at some of the most notable headlines from the past week.
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart makes for another smooth transition to PC for Insomniac, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre confirms potentially divisive news about its multiplayer service, and Baldur’s Gate 3 players enjoy early access on PC. All that and more in this week’s roundup of games industry news.
Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s Main Villain Revealed with Huge Boss Battles
Super Mario Bros. Wonder looks to help modernize the platformer in unique ways, but the return of Bowser may not be wholly unsurprising. However, “giant enemies” in boss battles will be an interesting new direction.
Diablo 4 Making an Important Change to One Divisive Feature
It may be one of the smaller or more subtle improvements fans could want from the game at the moment, but Diablo 4’s mounts will now be able to charge through barricades, removing a gripe fans had when traversing Sanctuary on their horse.
Mortal Kombat 1 Pre-Order Beta Date Announced, New Character Revealed
Mortal Kombat 1’s pre-order beta has finally unveiled when fans will be able to partake in it if they have purchased the game before then, as well as which fighters, Kameos, and stages will be available in it. Likewise, Mortal Kombat 11’s Geras was announced to return for Mortal Kombat 1 with his own reveal trailer.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Console Bundles Already Being Scalped
It was not long at all before Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s PS5 console bundle had sold out online, and now scalpers have already begun selling them for outrageous prices.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre to Be Fully Online with No Bots
In what may seem like a divisive choice, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre will not have bots, nor a solo offline mode. This means that the asymmetrical horror game will be dependent on a playerbase like many other multiplayer games, though Dead by Daylight’s implementation of bots could help persuade it to follow that approach later on.
Features
Red Dead Redemption’s rumored remake or remaster is still on everyone’s radar and while nothing has been confirmed or alluded to yet, and it is incredibly exciting to imagine how a remake could fully realize certain characters’ storylines with context given in Red Dead Redemption as technically a sequel or epilogue story when Red Dead Redemption 2 is considered.
Movies & TV
Insidious has been a fairly prominent horror franchise since its first installment and how eerie it managed to be. Insidious: The Red Door benefits from fans having seen at least the first two entries, and its ending remains rather ambiguous in terms of how shut its titular door truly is.
Guides
Baldur’s Gate 3 is in early access right now and releases fully in a few days for PC, while console players must still wait a while. Nevertheless, PC players and console fans alike may want to know what the best rogue class build looks like at the moment in Baldur’s Gate 3’s massive D&D-inspired RPG.
The Best War Games Exclusives
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart follows Insomniac’s latest games and their journey from PlayStation to PC, proving once more how great Insomniac’s ports are.