Several planned Activision Blizzard games have been postponed due to ongoing controversy, while Elder Ring gets some fresh gameplay. Game Rant has aggregated some of the most important gaming news stories from the previous week into a compact piece for fans and enthusiasts to keep up with the industry’s most important happenings each week. This list, while highlighting the most important items, is not necessarily or completely objective, and will not include every major story this week. Rather, this is for gamers who want a brief review of the biggest/most important stories from the previous week in gaming.
Among the ongoing story of Activision Blizzard’s controversy and lawsuit involving workplace harassment, the company also announced two major delays in its upcoming game lineup. Blizzard has delayed the release of both Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2, both to unknown future dates, as no release date or release window was provided at this time. During an investor presentation, the company indicated that development would require more time on both titles to finish development and support post-launch.
In this week’s recap of gaming news, both of Activision Blizzard’s biggest releases for 2022 (Overwatch 2 and Diablo 4) were both delayed indefinitely. On the flip side, From Software showed off 15 minutes of brand-new gameplay from Elder Ring ahead of the game’s network test. Hangar 13’s in-development project, once described as “Cthulhu meets Saints Row,” was recently shutdown by Take-Two Interactive despite a huge investment made by the publisher. Production of Nintendo Switch consoles will begin to slow down for the rest of the year due to the ongoing chip shortage. All that and more in this week’s roundup of the biggest video game news.
Additionally, Blizzard’s co-leader Jen Oneal has announced they are stepping down from the company as well, with Mike Ibarra acting as the sole leader of Blizzard. On top of Blazon 2022 being cancelled, and Activision Blizzard’s stock prices dropping rapidly as a result of these announcements, the company continues to reckon with fan backlash and controversy.
This week, FromSoftware took the opportunity to show off some substantial gameplay from Elder Ring. Various snippets of open-world gameplay were shown off from Elder Ring, providing another glimpse at several of the playable character classes that new Tarnished can spec into, alongside the game’s beautiful and mysterious world. Elder Ring’s gameplay trailer explored a few regions, showcased a few bosses, various weapons and move sets, among other minute details in the trailer as well.
From Software Shows Off New Elder Ring Gameplay.
This is all in preparation of Elder Ring’s upcoming network test, where selected players will get a chance to check out the game early and test out the multiplayer functionality. From November 12-15, at various times, various players will be able to Elder Ring jump in and test invasions, as well as co-op play.
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On the flip side, From Software showed off 15 minutes of brand-new gameplay from Elder Ring ahead of the game’s network
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