Every day after Headlines airs I’ll give a text-based rundown of the show with links to each of our sources used. For those who prefer to read and to give thanks to all the hard work people around the industry are doing. Here are the video game headlines for November 7th, 2024.
- Lead Story:Death Stranding’s IP now owned by Kojima, first game is on Xbox and Play Anywhere
- Rumor: ‘Warcraft II: Remastered’ Internal Alpha Spotted by BlizzTrack
- When to expect our Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 review
- Nintendo confirms back compat of some sort for the next Nintendo Console
- Nintendo has lowered its Switch forecast after sales declined 31%
- Nintendo’s president says ‘no change’ to Switch 2 announce plan
- Steam recording is now available for all on PC
- GeForce now to cap at 100 hours a month for new members starting in 2025
- SEGA is delisting their old games on Steam/Xbox/PS/Switch
- PS5 Pro Reviews Are Out
- Take-Two selling Private Division after essentially killing it
- Don’t Nod workers to strike on November 8
Lead Story: Death Stranding now on Xbox
Surprise! We didn’t even have an inkling this one was coming. Announced via the 505 Games X Account today, Death Stranding: Directors Cut is out now on Xbox Series X|S – and even, better – it’s on sale and it’s ‘Play Anywhere’ – meaning you get both a PC and a console copy.
You can pick up Death Stranding: Directors Cut for 50% off on release – a mere £17.49 her in the UK. Per the games store page, it features high frame rate performance modes, a photo mode and if you’re on PC – Ultra wide support. It also includes “cross-over content from Valve Corporation’s HALF-LIFE series and CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077.“
It’s interesting that as the game turns 5 years old it’s now available on Xbox Consoles. We can surmise that console gaming overlords Sony did a little deal to secure this one for exactly 5 years to the day. A sequel, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is currently in development again exclusive to PlayStation 5.
Despite the supposed exclusivity agreement, in an interesting twist it seems that Kojima Productions have re-acquired the rights to Death Stranding franchise according to Automaton-media. Perhaps we’ll see the sequel on Xbox after all?
