Gamepressure.com News 17 August 2021
Humankind Now Available on Game Pass; Many Hits on Offer for August
We've learned the list of games coming to Xbox Game Pass in the second half of August. Many of them, including Humankind, which debuts today, will be available at launch, e.g. Psychonauts 2, 12 Minutes and Myst.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
August 17, 2021
People Can Fly Doesn't Know Outriders' Sales Figures
Developers from People Can Fly still do not know how many copies of Outriders they have officially sold. They have not received any information from the publisher, Square Enix. This data is very important to them because it is the base on which they can demand royalties from the Japanese company.
video games
Michael Kulakowski
August 17, 2021
Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 1.3 Changes; Info About First DLCs
CD Projekt RED revealed the full list of changes that patch 1.3 will bring to the game. In addition to a really impressive amount of fixes, the first free, but unfortunately small DLCs will be released.
video games
August 17, 2021
Jack Sparrow Attracted a Record Number of Players to Sea of Thieves
In just a little over a month after the release of the free update of Sea of Thieves, whose biggest attraction are the missions featuring characters from Pirates of the Caribbean, the creators announced that in June the game broke another activity record.
video games
Michael Kulakowski
August 17, 2021
Destiny 2 Devs Recap The Year; New Features to be Announced Soon
Bungie released a trailer summarizing the events taking place in Destiny 2 over the past nine months. The developers have laso announced a presentation for next week, presenting what awaits us next year.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
August 17, 2021
Impostors is Fortnite's New Mode Inspired by Among Us
Epic Games' billion-dollar game Fortnite added an Impostors mode, inspired by last year's popular hit Among Us.
video games
August 17, 2021
Valorant Could Get Music Groups Like LoL's K/DA
Riot Games is considering enhancing the Valorant brand with virtual musicians. This approach has already worked well for League of Legends.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 17, 2021
Intel Reveals Arc, Competitor to GeForce and Radeon
The color palette in the GPU market will be supplemented by the color blue. Soon, in addition to GeForce from Nvidia and Radeon from AMD, gamers will be able to choose Arc from Intel.
hardware & software
Arkadiusz Strzala
August 17, 2021
How Much Does a Gamedev Make? Apparently Up to $1 Million
A spreadsheet has been published on Twitter that summarizes the salaries of various positions in the video game industry. The record holder made over $1 million last year.
video games
Miriam Moszczynska
August 17, 2021
Xbox Series X Test Update Introduces 4K Interface
Xbox Series X has received a test system update. Alpha Skip 2109.210813-2200 adds support for high-resolution interface.
hardware & software
Paul Musiolik
August 17, 2021
Battlefield 2042's Hazard Zone Resembles Escape from Tarkov, Data Miner Reveals
Hazard Zone in Battlefield 2042 may have taken a lot of inspiration from Escape from Tarkov. This is what a certain data miner came to, who revealed information about the aforementioned mode.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
August 17, 2021
Far Cry 6 Producer Emile Liang has Left the Company
After more than two decades of working at Ubisoft, Emile Liang, the producer of, among others, Far Cry 6, said goodbye to the company. However, this should not negatively affect the sixth installment.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 17, 2021
Spider-Man Coming to Marvel's Avengers on PlayStation Later This Year
One of the devs of Marvel's Avengers stated that we will most likely see a PlayStation-exclusive DLC featuring Spider-Man later this year.
video games
Ignacy Ziarkiewicz
August 17, 2021
Part of Battlefield 2042's Weapon List Discovered; There's a Crossbow
A partial list of weapons that we'll find in Battlefield 2042 has appeared online. Among them we can distinguish many familiar piecese, as well as a few new ones.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
August 17, 2021
New Names in The Witcher Prequel Cast; Director Revealed
Netflix continues to squeeze The Witcher universe for content. As we've known for some time, there will be a prequel for the TV show. Now we get more information about the team involved in The Witcher: Blood Origin.
movies & tv series
Patrick Kubiak
August 17, 2021
Innovative Adventure Game Road 96 Appreciated by Players
Procedural adventure game Road 96 recorded a successful debut, meeting with a very positive reception on Steam. The game is also receiving good reviews in industry media.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 17, 2021
The Last of Us 2 Could Have Gotten a Battle Royale Mode
Naughty Dog may have been working on a battle royale mode for The Last of Us 2, info found by a data miner suggests.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
August 17, 2021