News time

 

Alright, game news time!

The pre-patch for World of Warcraft Shadowlands is almost upon us. This is the patch that adds the changes to the game that are not bound by owning the new expansion, including access to Battle for Azeroth (the current expansion), new crafting, new character customization options etc.

A background download has been available for a few days now which likely means that the pre-patch could come this week or the next. This is backed up by the fact that Shadowlands is just about a month away for those who intend to buy it or have already bought it.

Exciting times ahead there.

The hugely anticipated game Cyberpunk 2077 is being released on November 19th, and the specs have been released. It looks like they have somehow managed to keep the minimum system requirements incredibly low for such a massive and complex game.

Here is a PCGamer article with the requirements:

https://www.pcgamer.com/cyberpunk-2077-pc-system-requirements/

In other news, the battle between Epic Games and Apple continues. A new hearing is set for the 28^th, and it is going to be interesting. For those not in the know, Epic intentionally broke the Terms of Service with Apple and promptly got kicked off the iOS store. Legal papers quickly started to fly and now it remains to see what will happen. Epic tried to rally the masses in support but they just got mad at Epic instead.

Apple alleges that it was a publicity stunt to raise interest in order to combat falling Fortnite numbers, but Epic claims they are going as strong as ever, while simultaneously whining that this will cause irreparable harm to their product. Go figure... Either way, it seems that Epic Games are loosing around $26 million per month from being kicked off the Apple store. Substantial losses for any company.

In other mixed news, the new GTX 30 series of graphic cards was released and immediately the scalpers grabbed them all using bots to resell at enormous mark-ups. This has of course caused a stir and perhaps one day, scalpers will disappear. I for one hope so, though I'm not holding my breath..

EA is being sued in California in a class action suit with over 100 plaintiffs seeking damages for gambling mechanics.

And finally both the next gen Xbox and Playstation have finally been priced. The PS is $400 for the digital only version and $500 for the version that can read disks. The Xbox series S is $300 and the series X is $500. The tech specs for both machines are easily available so do your research before you buy.

That's that. Join me again next time and until then have a fantastic week and stay safe!