An exciting summer of video game news is right around the corner with Summer Game Fest and the Xbox Games Showcase, long-awaited DLC for a belovedStar Warsgame has an unfortunate update, and another Insomniac game is slated to launch on PC. Today, Game Rant’s weekly recap takes a look at some of the most notable headlines from the past week.
Silent Hill’s newest endeavors are stepping further into the light, more details are trickling in about the enigmaticFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth, andStreet Fighter 6seems to be ticking all the right boxes for fans ofStreet Fighterand fighting games alike. All that and more in this week’s roundup ofgames industry news.
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Fable Teased for Next Weekend’s Xbox Games Showcase
This month’s Xbox Games Showcase might be a standout event for under-marketed first-party IPs if recent teases and announcements are anything to go on, particularly due to the fact thatFablejust received an explicit tease for the Xbox Games Showcaseand new details can now be expected about it there.
Silent Hill: Ascension’s Characters Revealed in New Cinematic Trailer
Silent Hill: Ascensionis easily the most enigmatic and intriguing entry to come of the franchise’s newfound revival. Few concrete details are still known about it being a series that fans influence, butSilent Hill: Ascension’s new cinematic trailergives a look at the characters that fans will have an effect on.
Star Wars: KOTOR 2’s Cut Content DLC for Switch Canceled
Star Wars: KOTORhas always been revered as an incredible BioWare RPG, but its sequel hasn’t always met the same standard of quality for many reasons. On Switch, one of the reasons to purchaseKOTOR 2: The Sith Lords, for example, was for a DLC that has been promised to appear for a long time. Unfortunately,KOTOR 2’s Cut Content DLC has ultimately been canceled, though fans are given a bit of consolation with the ability to receive a freeStar Warsgame key with proof of purchase.
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart Coming to PC This Summer
It is no longer a monumental surprise when PlayStation-exclusive games make their way to PC. Still, some can be a bigger surprise than others. Insomniac Games has brought itsMarvel’s Spider-Manfranchise to PC, for example, and joining that multi-platform family is its ownRatchet and Clank: Rift Apartcoming to PC on July 26.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Teases a Much Wider Scope
As any fan of the originalFinal Fantasy 7may already estimate, the second part of Square Enix’s remake will need to expand its scale drastically in order to meet the expectations players have for when they step outside Midgar. According to the game’s director, Naoki Hamaguchi, those concerns will be soothed with maybe not a discernible open world, but a “high degree of freedom” nonetheless thatletsFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s map open up much more.
Features
It’s an exciting time to be a fan of video games as the PlayStation Showcase has already aired, while Summer Game Fest and the Xbox Games Showcase are right around the corner. Therefore, many opportunities are laid bare for highly anticipated titles to be shown, including the elusiveHollow Knight: Silksong. It will be interesting to see which showcases outdo the others, and each will hopefully have been able to bring something phenomenal to the table for fans to look forward to.
Movies & TV
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseis out now, and in celebration of everything that makes it unique as a sequel, it may be fun to take a look back at what madeSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verseso special as an original installment.
Guides
Diablo 4doesn’t have its full official launch until next week, but many fans are already well underway in their epic adventure through Sanctuary thanks to early access via certain editions of the game. For those excited to hop in or for those already deep into their journey, it might be in fans’ interest nonetheless to get an insight on preferable PvP builds.
Game Rant Exclusives
Street Fighter 6makes its stamp as one of many big-name fighting games releases this year, culminating the franchise with improvements over its predecessor while also introducing new modes and features to distinguish its identity uniquely.
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