Game Rant Arcade is back again, capping off what's been an incredibly long week for many. Luckily, the past seven days have been ripe with video game news and some interesting releases, so join Cameron and Anthony as they break down some of the biggest shakeups and updates that the industry saw.
Kicking things off, it's unclear how successful Outriders has been. In fact, not even the developer, People Can Fly, is sure, as the studio has yet to receive royalties from Square Enix, the game's publisher. It's a bit of a baffling situation, though the studio estimates that it sold around 2 – 3 million copies of the game, reaching a total of 3.5 million players in part thanks to Xbox Game Pass.
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Next up, Abandoned's real-time teaser was an absolute disaster, being delayed by a few days only to reveal a brief snippet of footage that the studio had released days before. The game, which was once highly speculated to be a new Silent Hills project, has now been more or less confirmed as an elaborate grift.
In other news, Cyberpunk 2077 recently released patch 1.3, though it's more of a general quality-of-life patch than it is the large-scale improvements that fans were anticipating. CD Projekt Red has still failed to address the core of the issues present within the game, which led to sharp criticism during the live stream that detailed the patch.
Finally, classic Grand Theft Auto games are reportedly being remastered and could release as soon as October. While nothing has been officially confirmed, the report comes by way of Kotaku, which lends credence to it. If the games are releasing so soon, fans should be hearing about them any day now.
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News
- Outriders Sales Numbers
- Abandoned is a Lie.
- Cyberpunk 2077's Disappointing Patch
- Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Remasters
Games of the Week
- Axiom Verge 2
- Naraka: Bladepoint
- Grime
Listener Mail
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