It's been a little while since we had a NewsBits here and I figure we were about due. That, and I had a bunch of emails that I simply did not want to write numerous, separate stories for. This one will be a boring, by the numbers NewsBits. There will be no funny business here. No laughs. No guffaws. And there certainly won't be any cackles.
New Releases and Demos
- A new "bullet heaven" (think Vampire Survivors) was released today. It's called Wildkeepers Rising. Look for it on consoles and Steam.
- Dark Quest 4 brings more dungeon crawling to consoles and Steam today.
- Get half naked and battle strong gladiators, and then do the same in Bloodgrounds. Now available in Early Access.
- Dice + deck building + dogs all fuse together in Dog Witch, now available on Steam.
- Nature is a new game based on a popular board game based on that thing outside of your computer room that you never experience. It's out now on Steam.
- Build and run your own cozy little village with today's Early Access release of Ages of Cataria.
- A demo for Pluto is out now, offering 40 minutes of a journey through cursed crypts, player-crafted spells, and hand-drawn visuals.
- The RTS x roguelite game, Wartorn, isn't out now but will be on November 11th.
- Relive the 80s exactly as they were, as an isometric-RPG, when Kingdom of Night hits Steam and other PC storefronts on December 2nd.
- The Falconeer: Revolution Remaster is out now on Steam, offering a reimagined take on the BAFTA-nominated original. A free update for existing owners.
- A new "party-building roguelike auto-battler" sequel to Vivid Knight, Vivid World, is out now on Steam.
- A public playtest for SunderBound, a co-op top-down shooter, is now live.
- Solve puzzles with a pal with Biped 2, now available on Steam, GOG, Epic, and consoles.
- A new trailer for Death Howl was released. This one is a "soulslike deck-builder."
- A new trailer for Total Reload was also released. In this players will help an AI named HAWKING to "reload the Universe." It's out on November 7th.
Handheld PC stuff
- Steam Deck will now let all active downloads complete in a new display-off low-power mode before going to sleep.
- PS Portal can now stream select PlayStation 5 games directly from the cloud, but only if you have PS Plus Premium.
Other
- Box art for The Scion of Arland had to be cropped due to a distracting horse.
- Twitch streamer Mizkif is suing other Twitch streamers, Emiru and Asmongold, over defamation claims.
- Fallout 4 got an update ahead of Anniversary Edition release.
- The Legend of Zelda movie is apparently now in production. This means cast and crew are set and filming started.
