Just because you’re on holiday doesn’t mean there is no news. And while the news hasn’t been all that exciting, there are a few articles that may have slipped under your radar during the week
Here are some of the highlights:
To play online co-op in A Way Out, only one person needs to own the game
In a tweet by the charismatic game designer, Josef Fares confirmed that in A Way Out, only one person needs to buy the game for two people to play. How that will work exactly is still a mystery, but that is rather good news for a co-op game.
PCGamer GOTY 2017: Divinity: Original Sin 2
Something that will shock almost no-one ever, PC Gamer has crowned Divinity Original Sin 2 as its GOTY. Well deserved seeing as it also won the incredibly prestigious MyGaming GOTY as well.
CryTek, creator of CryEngine, sue Cloud Imperium Games over now-unlicensed use of CryEngine and breach of contract during the development of StarCitizen and SQ42
To add more problems to the already vaporware-like StarCitizen, it is now being sued by Crytek on using their engine.
PUBG performs badly on Xbox One and Xbox One X
In even more “yeah-duh” news of the week, PUBG seems to not be so well optimised for the Xbox One X as expected. Seeing as the game is a hot mess in any case on PC, and still in early access, that was almost a given.
Square Enix will not add microtransactions to its single-player games
http://www.dsogaming.com/news/square-enix-will-not-add-microtransactions-to-its-single-player-games
It’s sad that this is something that would make the gaming headlines, but this is the world we live in now.
And remember, enjoy your holidays and keep informed!!