Gaming News for Tuesday 27th February 2024

I regularly post gaming news for some friends in a Discord server. Now I will bring it to my blog. But the difference is, I just get to the point. Game has X happening on Y date. Simple. Not everything will be covered. My main sources are VGC and Eurogamer, but I look at other sites and Twitter accounts for content.

• Arrowhead Studios (Helldivers 2) are set to be impressed by the increased concurrent user cap (Set at 800,000 players) and how the servers were handled over the weekend. Now they are updating their content roadmap, now that the server issues have been mostly subsided.
• Stardew Valley 1.6 update is set to release on PC on March 19th with a console and mobile update later.
• SuperMassive (Until Dawn) has announced that the layoffs of 90 employees.
• Tekken 8 has hit 2 million sales in just 1 month.
• Larian Studios (Baldur's Gate 3) are working on mod support and have condemned the “threats and toxicity” against developers.
• Video game music legend Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy) has revealed that he doesn't think he'll compose a full game ever again. Uematsu last credit would have been for the main theme of FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
• A new game is being teased in the Bravely Default series.
• Yoko Taro has teased a possible 3rd Nier game. Yoko tweeted 'r3incarnationan' which is in reference to the mobile game, but nothing official has been revealed.
• PlayStation is cutting 900 staff (About 8% of its workforce) and will close its London Studio. Firesprite Studio will see reductions too. Other studios affected: Insomniac Games (Spider-Man, Ratchet & Clank), Naughty Dog (The Last of Us, Crash Bandicoot, Uncharted) and Guerrilla Games (Horizon: Forbidden West, Killzone)
• Firesprite's new Twisted Metal live service game has been cancelled due to the layoffs. The game was supposed to release around the same time as the TV Show.
• POKÉMON DIRECT NOTES: 2 new games have been revealed
  Pokémon Legends Z-A which takes place in Lumiose City, a city from Pokémon X & Y - The game is set to release in 2025.

• Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, a mobile card game based on the real life Pokémon TCG is coming to iOS and Android devices later this year.

• F1 24 has been revealed. It will release on PS5, Xbox Series S|X, PS4, Xbox One and PC via EA, Epic & Steam on May 31st.

• Reynatis, an action-RPG is going to be released in the west after it was shown at the Nintendo Direct last week, but only in the Japanese version. It was not shown anywhere else. The game will be releasing this Autumn for Switch, PC, PS4 and PS5.

• Nintendo is suing the creators of the popular Switch emulator Yuzu, saying their tech illegally circumvents Nintendo's software encryption and facilitates piracy. They are also seeking damages for alleged violations and a shutdown of the emulator.

Nintendo of America Inc. v. Tropic Haze LLC, 1_24-Cv-00082, No. 1 (D.R.I. Feb. 26, 2024) | PDF | Copyright Infringement | Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Nintendo’s lawsuit against the makers of the Switch emulator Yuzu

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