Biggest Video Game News Of The Week (September 3 - 9)
It might not be the final quarter of 2022 just yet, but it's starting to feel a lot like video game season. The big launches are starting to arrive on a weekly basis, and news about some of the biggest titles still to come this year is arriving thick and fast. Plenty of Scarlet & Violet news this week, the long-awaited arrival of Splatoon 3, and Disney had a lot to tell fans about all of its upcoming video game projects on Friday evening. A rundown of all that and more as we recap some of the biggest stories in video games this past week.
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Marvel and Disney hosted a video game showcase on Friday evening that featured a lot of future projects, some we already knew about and some that were shown off for the first time. The award for biggest reveal goes to a game that had sort of been leaked earlier in the day. The reveal that Skydance Media's Marvel game stars Captain America and Black Panther fighting off Hydra during World War 2. Elsewhere on the Marvel front, Midnight Suns got a new release date, and Niantic revealed a Pokemon Go-style superhero game. It was about more than just Marvel, though. Disney's contributions included the reveal that Dreamlight Valley will be getting a Toy Story realm, and Nintendo Switch exclusive Illusion Island launches in 2023.
Who would have thought almost two years on from one of the most disastrous launches in recent gaming history, Cyberpunk 2077 would be thriving? Okay, thriving might be a stretch, but it is doing a lot better than almost anyone would have likely imagined 18, 12, or even six months ago. Its Phantom Liberty DLC was revealed this week, and it will bring Keanu Reeves back into the mix. It won't be here until 2023, and
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