

Barring any issues that cause the team to reschedule, the second season will begin on December 6 and introduce another new tank, a new map, and a battle pass with over 30 new skins. Ahead of a livestream that gives more details about the free-to-play shift, Digital Trends spoke to some members of the development team, including Game Director Aaron Keller and Overwatch VP and Commerical Lead Jon Spector, to learn why exactly the Overwatch 2 team decided to embrace free-to-play.Īt launch on October 4, Overwatch 2 players can expect three new heroes (including a support character teased in the release date trailer), six new maps, over 30 new skins (including a mythic skin for Genji), the Push game mode, and the game's first battle pass. Still, this is a shocking shift for one of Blizzard's biggest franchises and one that has a lot of implications for the pace of updates and new content. The upcoming competitive shooter from an embattled Activision Blizzard was expected to launch in 2023, but we learned that it was coming a bit earlier than expected and would be free during the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase on June 12. Overwatch 2 is going free-to-play this October. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is getting a $30 expansion pass.

is a bloody delightful PS2 era throwbackĪEW: Fight Forever delivers N64 nostalgia at a costĮverything announced at THQ Nordic Digital Showcase 2022 the studio was acquired by the Embracer Group in 2017.Īlone in the Dark launches in October, and a free prologue is available now The developer of this upcoming reboot, Pieces Interactive, is best known for the Titan Quest franchise. Unfortunately, the game was received very negatively by critics. The most recent entry in the franchise was 2015’s Alone in the Dark: Illumination, which was only released on PC.

It came to PS3 several months later as Alone in the Dark: Inferno. The 2008 reboot was initially released on PC, PS2, Nintendo Wii, and Xbox 360. The gameplay is in the third-person this time around instead of first-person like it was in the Alone in the Dark 2008 reboot. The reveal trailer shows that the reboot is similarly styled to the critically acclaimed Resident Evil 2 remake that was released in 2019.
