Biggest Video Game News Of The Week (May 7 - 13)
It's the middle of May. This is supposed to be the quietest time of the year when it comes to video games. A short break between the busy launch slate to kick off the year and a summer of big announcements before we turn the corner into the holiday season. This week has been anything but as we have seen EA and FIFA clash, WB Games revealing a lot more about Gotham Knights, and of course another big release date delay. Two of them in the same announcement, in fact. More on that and all of the other biggest stories from the last seven days in video games below.
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When Xbox revealed that it will be holding a joint presentation with Bethesda next month, hope that Starfield really will be here before the end of 2022 was renewed. While we will likely still see the very first gameplay from Bethesda's ambitious new sci-fi epic, the studio confirmed this week that it won't be here this year after all. Bethesda revealed that both Starfield and Redfall will arrive in 2023, busting the latter half of 2022 wide open. Quite a few people believed Starfield was the only game that might pose a threat to Elden Ring's game of the year ambitions. With the calendar now looking far more empty, that road might be clear for FromSoftware with seven months yet to go.
One game that is still slated to be here in 2022 is Gotham Knights. WB Games Montreal shared a lot of information about its DC game this week, but unlike Starfield, the studio behind it is sticking to its October 25, 2022 release date. This week's reveals included Nightwing and Red Hood gameplay and that the last-gen version of the game has been canceled, so all focus can go on the current-gen and PC
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