The virtual nostalgia-fest continues as the game jumps back into season X, which, if you’ll recall, was a time of Ballers and a meteor hovering menacingly over the island. If you want to check it out, do it soon: Fortnite OG will end with a bang (and Eminem) on December 2nd.
Longtime Evangelion animator Takeshi Honda had already signed up to work on another film when The Boy and the Heron director came calling. “When Miyazaki says that to you, really there’s no way to say no,” Honda says.
Next month Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers are getting a nice addition with the classic N64 action game Jet Force Gemini from Rare. It’s a game that hasn’t been re-released much, though it’s available in the excellent Rare Replay collection on Xbox.
The folks over at Panic launched a shop for Playdate games at the beginning of the year, and — as of this month — it has now surpassed 100 titles. The November releases are as quirky as always, including a gigantic space yo-yo a game about serving root beer to bears. Check out the full list below.
Sonic Superstars was close to being a really good Sonic game, but the series at least has another chance this year with the upcoming Sonic Dream Team. The Apple Arcade exclusive is launching on December 5th, and it looks like it has some potential — and I’m not just saying that because of this incredible animated intro that Sega just released.
Just a day after the League of Legends World Championship concluded, Riot has announced that the LCS — the game’s top league in North America — will be contracting. Both the Golden Guardians and Evil Geniuses are exiting, bringing the league to just eight teams for the future.
The news follows turmoil with LCS players earlier this year, and league mainstay TSM also exiting the competition. (It’s been rough for esports all around.) Riot says more details on “the full, long-term global strategy” for League esports and the LCS are coming in early 2024.
The opening ceremony for the annual League of Legends championship was another impressive blend of music and tech.
After reports surfaced suggesting that the studio behind Chicken Run is running out of clay, Aardman released a statement assuring fans that there was in fact “absolutely no need to worry.” The company expects a “smooth transition” to new providers, meaning that no one needs to make a p̶l̶a̶s̶t̶i̶ scene.
