Summary
- Microsoft's leaks reveal significant information about Xbox, including remasters and a proposed next-gen console release in 2028.
- Hollow Knight: Silksong's minor update on Steam offers hope for news about the highly anticipated sequel.
- Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has gone gold ahead of its launch next month, following positive gameplay previews.
Microsoft’s leaks give Xbox fans a lot of unprecedented information to unpack, great news arrives for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 ahead of its launch next month, and Star Wars Jedi seemingly receives some early confirmation of its continuation. Today, The Best War Games’s weekly recap takes a look at some of the most notable headlines from the past week.
Hollow Knight: Silksong might legitimately be appearing from the woodwork again soon, Cyberpunk 2077 receives glowing reviews ahead of its Phantom Liberty DLC, and Resident Evil 4’s Separate Ways DLC launched with the same level of faithfulness and quality fans received with the base game’s remake. All that and more in this week’s roundup of games industry news.
Microsoft’s FTC Leak Reveals a Ton of Xbox Information
Microsoft’s recent leaks are overwhelming to say the least as the company has now let several massive cats out of the bag, such as remasters for a couple of popular Bethesda games and a proposed next-gen console release in 2028.
Hollow Knight: Silksong News Might Finally Be on the Horizon
Hollow Knight: Silksong’s Steam page has been minorly updated, and while its release might still be a ways away, any news is good news when it comes to this highly anticipated sequel.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Has Gone Gold
One month before its official launch, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has gone gold following gameplay previews that went out, and all that’s left for fans to do now is patiently wait for it to be released at the end of October.
Dead Space’s Glen Schofield Leaving Striking Distance Studios
Apparently due to the misfire that was The Callisto Protocol, Dead Space co-creator Glen Schofield is leaving Striking Distance Studios.
Star Wars Jedi’s Next Game Seemingly Confirmed
It was reasonably likely that Star Wars Jedi: Survivor would be getting a sequel regardless, but the news of a third installment has seemingly and casually been confirmed by Star Wars Jedi’s Cal Kestis himself, Cameron Monaghan.
Features
God of War Ragnarok establishes a wonderful narrative from the building blocks that its predecessor laid out, and wherever God of War is set next it may have a difficult time surpassing the tools and tricks that the Norse saga used to its advantage.
Movies & TV
Tom Holland’s Spider-Man movies in the MCU have locked the character in for a surprisingly long origin story that culminates in No Way Home, and with such an alarming twist at the end of that movie it would make sense if the next entry had an equally jarring change in direction.
Guides
The Resident Evil 4 remake’s long-awaited Separate Ways DLC has finally been revealed and released, and like the base game it is attached to it has some larger differences from its source material as well as a lot of faithful familiarity.
The Best War Games Exclusives
Cyberpunk 2077 had a notoriously rough launch when it was originally released, but what CDPR proposed for the game and what fans hoped the experience would be seems to have finally met in harmony with Cyberpunk 2077’s newest updates and Phantom Liberty DLC.