Video game news in review: The biggest news from the week of October 4, 2024

Another week, another batch of video game news! This week seems to be a little lighter on things, but that is totally fine; we're still trying to make our way through Echoes of Wisdom, so a bit of a break is needed.

Let's dive right in!

Death Stranding 2 new footage

It's the "First public release of game footage," as Kojima's tweet states, and it's just as unhinged as you'd expect for Death Stranding 2:

We're getting introduced to plenty of new characters (hello, Elle Fanning!) and I still don't quite know what's going on, but I can't wait to see where the insanity leads us when it releases sometime in 2025.

The PS5 Pro (unsurprisingly) hasn't sold out yet

To literally no one's surprise, the PS5 Pro hasn't sold out immediately and as of earlier this week, was still available to pre-order on PlayStation Direct, and pre-orders are going to start at the big box chain stores come October 10th.

We'll have to see how things fare for this mid-gen upgrade and that insane price tag.

First trailer for Like A Dragon: Yakuza Amazon series

The Yakuza video games (and Like A Dragon since it was rebranded) are insane. But they would make for some entertaining and engaging television. So it shouldn't come as a shock that Prime Video's series looks absolutely amazing.

We can't wait to watch this when it launches on Prime on October 24!

New Xbox Game Pass games this fall

Microsoft announced its new games for Game Pass on Twitter and honestly, they're all pretty stellar.

Sifu is a great fighter game and Inscryption is a short but creepy card game where you're forced to play a card game against a shadowy figure who has you trapped in an abandoned cabin. It's weirdly addictive to play and has just enough of a mystery to want you to keep starting over even after you get killed for losing a card game.

New patch for Star Wars Outlaws offers some hope

Ubisoft is delivering on its promise of patches to help fix some of the issues gamers have had with Star Wars Outlaws. And in the first set of patch notes is a sentence that should give some relief to gamers:

"Tweaked the overall stealth experience by adjusting AI detection, the number of NPCs and their positioning, patrol pathing, camera detection and highlighting environmental opportunities to reduce player friction"

- Patch Notes 1.2, Star Wars Outlaws

That should make players happy, as one of the most frustrating parts of the game was the wonky stealth. Why it took a month to patch it is another question completely, but at least it's fixed--and hopefully for the better.

What news came out this week that has you excited? Let us know in the comments!