Indiana Jones and The Great Circle is the return of Indy to video games in a long time, and during a closed-doors digital preview event for MachineGames’ upcoming action-adventure title, Game Director Jerk Gustafsson and Creative Director Axel Torvenius confirmed that this is MachineGames’ longest game to date when asked about the average time it will take to complete.

HoYoverse announced that their free-to-play open world gacha game Genshin Impact is getting a major update at the end of the month. Version 5.0 will add the sixth nation of Teyvat called Natlan, with various content and new areas to explore. The update goes live on August 28.

Sega and Two Point Studio announced Two Point Museum, the third iteration of the studio’s strategy management simulator. It’s coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.

I had the chance to play a preview build of The Casting of Frank Stone, an interactive horror game developed by Supermassive Games. Set within the Dead by Daylight universe, the demo took around 45 minutes and left me with the impression that Behaviour Interactive has given Supermassive the freedom to do what they do best. The game echoes their previous work, both in gameplay and in how choices and events shape the overall story.

Publisher Krafton, best known for publishing games like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and the survival horror The Callisto Protocol, has acquired the Japanese studio Tango Gameworks as well as the intellectual property rights to their latest title Hi-Fi Rush from Microsoft Gaming.

Capcom revealed that their fresh new IP Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess has reached over 500,000 players since it was released on July 19, 2024. They also shared that the game will be updated with new fun Mazo Talismans and that they’ve released a new video sharing insight on the development process of the game.

Capcom is slowly rolling out new details for their upcoming action RPG Monster Hunter Wilds by dropping quick videos describing the game’s new combat mechanics and featuring the new features of each weapon type available. This is in preparation for their big showing of the game in the public at Gamescom 2024.

The Belmont bloodline faces off against Dracula himself in the Fog as Dead by Daylights’ Castlevania Chapter is going live on August 27. Those interested in checking out the new perks and the new Killer coming in the new Chapter can do so right now as the new content is currently at the game’s public test build servers for testing.

Ubisoft revealed what to expect from the season pass of their upcoming open world game Star Wars Outlaw. The pass includes an extra mission and a cosmetic pack on launch day, two post-launch DLC story packs, and more cosmetics.

Developer 11 Bit Studios announced that they will be delaying their upcoming city builder sequel Frostpunk 2 to simply polish the game even more and enhance game mechanics based on player feedback gathered during the game’s latest beta tests. So, from a July release, they’ve decided to now release the game on September 20, 2024.

PGDX 2024 featured numerous developers, big and small, showcasing their titles during the 3-day event. On day 2, Atlus and Sega took center stage to present their upcoming JRPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio, with Atlus’ game designer Naoto Hiraoka leading the showcase.

Despite the success of Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion, Bungie has laid off 220 employees, 17% of its workforce. The expansion received high praise, but economic slowdowns and overambitious plans by studio leadership led to its second major layoff since acquired by Sony.