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Wo Long 2 will widen parry windows and boost spells after alpha demo feedback

Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja have published the results of September's Wings of Ember alpha demo survey and a long list of changes for the full game. Deflect and Insight Skill timing windows get wider, successful Insight Skills restore more Spirit, Martial Arts and Wizardry Spells get stronger, and you'll be able to cast some spells and switch weapons in mid-air. Performance should improve too, with a steadier frame rate, faster fast-travel and retry loading, less pop-in and better lighting in dark areas. Dying inside the Phantom Realm will also let you restart from within it.

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Modern Warfare 4 gets a hefty weekend patch, and it's about 30GB on Switch 2

Activision calls it a "small update" across all platforms, with stability fixes, bug and exploit fixes and quality-of-life tweaks for Multiplayer and DMZ. Switch 2 players report a download of around 30GB, and the game already needs about 91GB of space on the console, so you may need to clear room or reach for a microSD Express card.

SourceNintendo Life ↗

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Survival horror RPG Look Outside comes to PS5 and Switch on 30 Oct

Devolver Digital is bringing the acclaimed PC game (83 on Metacritic) to PS5, PS4, Switch 2 and Switch just in time for Halloween. It's set in a single apartment building where anyone who looks outside is transformed, and mixes Resident Evil-style resource management with turn-based combat. It takes about 10 to 15 hours, so it's a good weekend game.

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Co-op farming and crafting game Luma Island hits PS5 and Xbox on 2 Dec

Feel Free Games' farming adventure RPG costs $19.99 and adds full cross-platform play for up to four players across PS5, Xbox Series and PC, so you can farm, craft and explore together. If you like the crafting loop in Valheim or Palworld but want something cosier, it's one to watch.

SourceGematsu ↗

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PS5's release list next week is one of the biggest of the year

Push Square counts more than 45 PS5 and PS Plus games out from 26 Oct to 1 Nov, led by Phantom Blade Zero on 29 Oct, plus The Wolf Among Us Remastered, Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy, The Séance of Blake Manor, Sulfur and Croc 2: Kingdom of the Gobbos.

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Xbox

Xbox COO Helen Chiang leaves Microsoft after just three months in the role

According to an internal memo obtained by The Verge, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told staff that Chiang was leaving Microsoft. She had been promoted in July to Xbox's first chief operating officer, after 21 years at Microsoft that included leading Mojang and Minecraft. Her duties are being split among other Xbox leaders for now.

SourceGematsu ↗

PC

A free, officially licensed Knightmare game is in the works

The classic ITV dungeon show is getting a hand-drawn point-and-click adventure for PC next year to mark its 40th anniversary, with voice acting from the original cast, including Hugo Myatt as Treguard. It will take one or two hours to finish and there are no console plans.

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Sony

Sony's new flagship Walkman costs $5,899

The NW-WM1ZM3 has a gold-plated copper chassis aimed squarely at audiophiles and ships in January. Two cheaper models cost $2,999 and $1,899.

SourcePush Square ↗