Summary
- The newly unveiled iPhone 15 Pro can play AAA games like Assassin's Creed Mirage and Resident Evil Village on connected displays, making it a significant advancement in mobile gaming technology.
- Unity Game Engine faced backlash from developers and industry figures for its controversial new install fee.
- The Nintendo Direct announced surprises including a remastered collection of Tomb Raider games and a Switch port for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Gamers were blessed with both a Nintendo Direct and a PlayStation State of Play on the same day, an emergent new iPhone boasts impressive mobile gaming capabilities, and game engine Unity makes a highly controversial choice that has scorched its reputation. Today, The Best War Games’s weekly recap takes a look at some of the most notable headlines from the past week.
Mortal Kombat 1 is out for those who have it in early access, Embracer seems poised to sell a massive studio in the wake of its recent losses, and The Best War Games’s first The Best War Games Advance centers around interviews and coverage for Lies of P. All that and more in this week’s roundup of games industry news.
IPhone 15 Pro Announced, Plays Assassin’s Creed Mirage and More
Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Resident Evil Village, and Resident Evil 4’s remake are among the AAA games that the newly unveiled iPhone 15 Pro is capable of playing while users’ phones are connected to their displays, making an emergent bound in smartphone technology for gamers.
Unity Game Engine’s New Install Fee Causes Mass Concern
Unity’s ludicrous “runtime fee policy” for developers was instantly met with backlash from developers and industry figures alike, and Unity has since closed its offices due to reports of death threats.
Resident Evil 4, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and More Arrive at PlayStation State of Play
Resident Evil 4’s remake announced its long-awaited and long-rumored Separate Ways DLC, while Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s story trailer followed a lengthy showcase of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’s open-world activities, as well as a rundown of many suits players will have access to, though a select number of them will only be available to deluxe edition purchasers.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Tomb Raider 1–3 Remastered, and More Announced at Nintendo Direct
This week’s Nintendo Direct brought with it a bunch of surprises, such as a remastered collection of the first three Tomb Raider games as well as the reveal of a Switch port for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Embracer Group Rumored to Be Selling Gearbox Software
In what would be a considerably large sale for Embracer following its hefty acquisitions, Borderlands and Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands’ Gearbox is rumored to be on the market in an attempt for Embracer to cover its losses and restabilize.
Features
Tokyo Game Show 2023 is right around the corner now and fans are hoping it’ll be an opportune time for Capcom to share highly anticipated reveals and updates. Now that Separate Ways DLC for Resident Evil 4’s remake has been announced at the State of Play it’s possible that gameplay could be shown at TGS, for example, but there’s even more reason to believe that TGS will be a must-watch Capcom appearance for Dragon’s Dogma 2 in particular.
Movies & TV
Ahsoka’s fifth episode on Disney Plus culminated in all the Star Wars nostalgia trappings fans have come to expect from the franchise, this time in an effort to adapt Ahsoka and Anakin’s relationship in live-action where Anakin’s Hayden Christensen was the main allure.
Guides
Starfield carries with it an acclaimed lineage of Bethesda games as an epic RPG, and with that rich history comes a tried-and-true muscle memory and knowledge of traditional features and mechanics players new to Bethesda games may have difficulty acclimatizing to, especially considering how little Starfield tutorializes for players.
The Best War Games Exclusives
The Best War Games debuts The Best War Games Advance with its first initiative being a deep-dive into Lies of P, including interviews with Neowiz about the game’s Soulslike, storytelling, and design approach.