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Rockstar dropped a 90-second launch trailer a month ahead of release. It opens with Jason talking about leaving the army before a prison call from Lucia, shows new in-game footage, and debuts "Flower in a Hurricane" from score composers Justice with Tame Impala, SZA and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Rockstar says it was captured entirely in-game on a PS5. Launch is still 19 Nov on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
Iron Gate's patch makes trophy drop chance scale with a monster's star level and stops the rare-drop luck from resetting between sessions, so drops should feel fairer. It also clears the wrong "cheated" flag that the 1.0 launch bug stuck on some legit items and build pieces, closes a Forge of Potential exploit, stops dedicated servers burning CPU at uncapped frame rates, and fixes Xbox settings not saving.
Just 12 days after announcing the fresh-start servers at RuneFest, Jagex scrapped them after veterans pushed back on the separate economy, restricted interactions and a second membership. Mod Ryan said Jagex "missed the mark" and pointed to the Evolution of Combat backlash as the lesson. The 2 Dec update still goes ahead with the Adventure Guide, part one of the Remastered Journey and a 10-day free members' trial. This is the main RuneScape MMO, not Dragonwilds.
CD Projekt Red pushed a PS5 hotfix for crashes in specific missions and hitching, and players report it's much more stable now. Hotfix 5.01b followed for Xbox Series S, swapping TAAU for FSR to fix the blurry image. The Switch 2 patch is still "on the way" with no date. Separately, CDPR's CEO said its new IP Project Hadar has finished its world-building stage and is prototyping, though it's not in pre-production yet.
Aggro Crab and Landfall's co-op climbing hit arrives on consoles next Thursday with cross-play for squads of up to four and all the PC post-launch content. A $19.99 physical PS5 edition comes with a passport kit and a second code to give a friend.
Feral's Switch 2 Edition adds higher resolution, a 60fps performance mode and Joy-Con 2 mouse controls. If you own the Switch 1 version, the upgrade is free for a limited time into early November.
Digital pre-orders can start the campaign today, with DMZ early access on 20 Oct and the full launch on 23 Oct. In the background, Activision's unionised QA testers voted to authorise a strike after more than two years of stalled contract talks over wages, AI guardrails and contractor use. It's not a strike yet, but it gives the CWA union the option. Activision also confirmed the next Call of Duty after MW4 will start a brand-new sub-franchise.
Rep. Ritchie Torres announced the Power To The Players Act, which would have the FTC write rules giving buyers of digital games the right to own, play and transfer them, and require online games to offer an offline mode before servers shut down. It's announced but not yet formally introduced.
In the Steam Client Beta, developers can split base-game, DLC and seasonal achievements into separate sets with their own progress bars, so unowned DLC no longer drags down your completion. You can also compare achievements with up to three friends.
That makes it Remedy's fastest-selling game ever, beating Alan Wake 2, which took about two months.
EA's free trial includes all maps and modes and runs until 19 Oct at 17:00 UTC, which is 19:00 SAST.
