Isabella Quinn

Starfield design director Emil Pagliarulo has taken to social media to assure fans that Bethesda is addressing community concerns, in the wake of his comments in a recent interview that some took to suggest the company was satisfied with the game’s Shattered Space expansion.
Shattered Space launched last week to a lukewarm reception from fans and critics alike. Eurogamer’s Shattered Space review described it as “one of Starfield’s most enjoyable storylines to date” but that the experience “once again struggles to offer any real consequences”.
Pagliarulo received ire from Starfield’s community for his responses in a recent Games Radar interview in which he described Starfield as “in a lot of ways, the best game we’ve ever made”, despite its poor critical reception…

The mobile release for the supremely popular card roguelike Balatro is later this month.
The game will be available on both the iOS App store and the Google Play store from 26th September. Further, it’ll be included as part of the Apple Arcade subscription from the same date.
Playstack has released a new trailer to celebrate the release, which you can watch below.

Balatro Mobile – Official Release Date Trailer

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Sorry folks, there’s “no chance” of forthcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive Astro Bot coming to PS VR2.

The creative director of the much-anticipated colourful platformer, Nicolas Doucet, was interview by MinnMax with 176 rapid-fire questions about the game.

When asked if there’s a chance this Astro Bot could come to PS VR2, Doucet replied simply: “no chance, it’s designed for a different medium”.

Astro Bot – Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

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Bandai Namco will shut down the servers of its anime MMORPG Blue Protocol in Japan and has cancelled its release in the West.

Blue Protocol was released in Japan in June 2023, with the forthcoming western release managed by Amazon Games.

However, in a new statement from the developers on the game’s website, the “difficult decision” has been made to end service as “it will not be possible to provide a service that satisfies all of you”.

BLUE PROTOCOL: Announce Trailer – The Game Awards

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