Xbox Game Pass is heading to US phone plans, Helldivers 2 just had its yearly in-universe holiday, and modders are chasing an RTX remaster of a cult classic. Here's the rest, every story linked back to where it came from.
News
Out this week in Australia
Phantom Blade Zero: Thursday 29 October (worldwide release), PlayStation 5 / Windows.
Source: Wikipedia
Xbox Game Pass is coming to T-Mobile phone plans
T-Mobile's new T-Mix plan will let eligible US customers pick Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or Premium as a plan benefit, starting in November. Xbox Wire says it's the first time Game Pass has been bundled into a wireless plan in the US. Games play across Xbox consoles, smart TVs, PCs and other devices customers already own.
Source: Xbox Wire
Every Day We Fight is out of early access on GOG
Every Day We Fight, a tactical strategy game, has left early access on GOG. Players lead a band of freedom fighters stuck in a time loop during an alien invasion, training ordinary civilians into fighters as experience and skills carry over between loops.
Source: GOG
Helldivers 2 marked Liberty Day with in-game gifts
Liberty Day is Helldivers 2's in-universe holiday marking the Democratic Council's founding of "Managed Democracy," now in its third year. Players active since 26 September who logged in by 23:59 CET on 26 October got a free AR-23L Liberator Legacy rifle, and the ship got 24 hours of banners, rugs and party supplies. Community minigames ran alongside it, including Minidivers and Adopt-a-SEAF.
Source: PlayStation Blog
Modders are building an RTX remaster of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Modders Safemilk and Sine have been working since 2024 on an NVIDIA RTX Remix overhaul of the 2004 RPG, upscaling textures and reworking areas like Santa Monica, the Asylum, the Ocean House hotel and the Diner. Character models are next, and the harder job. An alpha build is up on ModDB now.
Source: PCGamesN
Trailers
Ayasa: Shadows of Silence has launched on PS5
Ayasa: Shadows of Silence is out now on PS5, a wordless game of light and shadow with puzzles across six corrupted lands and an ending shaped by the player's choices.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by Xbox (YouTube)
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