The best and worst (August 8-13): Weekly video game news including Dragon Ball FighterZ, Splatoon 3, and Hogwarts Legacy
It was certainly an interesting week of video game news, ranging from some fighting games getting upgrades, to a few highly anticipated games being delayed. Sportskeeda covers a wide variety of video game news throughout the week, and this is just a sampling of some of the biggest stories that are out there.
Clearly, this isn't all that's happened as EVO 2022 alone saw a ton of video game news. Guilty Gear Strive’s plans for crossplay and a further DLC were revealed, among other things this week.
Dragon Ball FighterZ is presently one of the most popular 2D fighting games, but it was missing something very important: Rollback netcode. This is basically the ideal way to play a fighting game, but the title currently uses a delay-based netcode. Although the video game is still fun and exciting, it’s still lacking that vital element.
Rollback netcode treats both players’ inputs as if they were local/offline players, and instead of waiting for an input to come through, it predicts what will happen next. If that prediction is correct, the game continues on. Otherwise, it will shift to the correct gameplay state.
Interestingly, it is one of the most important aspects that a fighting game should have. However, it’s still on the way, as are the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of the game. But it's still good news to know that it is in development.
Hogwarts Legacy is one of the most talked about video game releases right now. Obviously, it’s a major open world game that Harry Potter fans are dying to play, and they finally received some good news this week. However, this particular bit of news also has a downside.
The good news is that the game now has a release date. Hogwarts Legacy will launch on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC on
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