Bend Studio released a new wedding themed trailer for Days Gone today. The game itself is full of zombies and this trailer focuses on the main character's wedding. Gosh, I'm sure nothing will possibly go wrong in the time between this wedding and the events of the game. ...

I guess the beta for Red Dead Online is "good" enough now that Rockstar felt comfortable opening up their real-money store for the game. Starting today, you can purchase gold bars to fulfill Red Dead Online's second economy. These bars allow you to purchase various in-game items such as horses, outfits, weapon customizations, and more without spending the other in-game currency of "RDO$" or Red Dead Online dollars. The prices for gold bars begins at $9.99 (USD), which will net you 25 gold bars. However, they do have a special that you can get 25 gold bars for $4.99. Lucky you! Other packages include 55 gold bars, 150 bars, 245 bars, all t...

4A Games and Deep Silver announced that after five years of being in development, Metro Exodus has gone gold and is set to release a week earlier than original anticipated. The new release date is February 15, 2019 for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

To celebrate the good news, Deep Silver released the title sequence for Metro Exodus, which you can find below.
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A standalone version of the multiplayer component to Final Fantasy XV, Comrades, was just released today. It's out now for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of the game. There is no standalone PC release for this.

In addition, there is a crossover event between Final Fantasy XV and Final Fantasy XIV to talk about here.
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The PlayStation 4 release of Atari's RollerCoaster Tycoon Joyride is now available. Not only can you design and build your own virtual roller coasters, but you can also ride them in PlayStation VR.

Another cool feature is the ability to share and download community made coasters via the PlayStation Network. RollerCoaster Tycoon Joyride can be yours on the PS4 for $29.99 (USD).
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Two additional fighters were just revealed for Dead or Alive 6 today courtesy of Koei Tecmo and Team NINJA. They are none other than Brad "The Drunken Fighter" Wong and Eliot, aka "The Apprentice of the Iron Fist."

These two are part of the 24 playable characters that will be available for the game's launch. Dead or Alive 6 is currently in development for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. It's slated to be released on February 15, 2019.
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A new gameplay trailer for World War Z came out today. Saber Interactive provided a look at the upcoming four-player co-op game that was inspired by the film of the same name, which in turn was loosely inspired by the book of the same name.

World War Z is slated to arrive in 2019 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
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The Game Awards for 2018 apparently doubled its viewership to 26.2 million livestreams. This is up from 2017's 11.5 million livestreams. There were 1.13 million concurrent viewers watching The Game Awards on Twitch during its peak.

Be sure to click the link above for even more news including the world premiere trailers and award winners from this year's show. The above photo are the God of War developers and actors accepting the Game of the Year award at this year's show.

The entire show can be viewed via the embed below. I also included another image for those of you out there who want some HD Keighley for whatever reason.
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A content and update roadmap for GRIP: Combat Racing was revealed today. The roadmap paves the way to some new content throughout 2019. This new content includes game balancing, new tracks, new modes, and even a new race series.

GRIP is out now for the Switch, Steam, PS4, and XB1.
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A new HITMAN 2 infodump is here complete with a look at the upcoming content roadmap and an all-new "How to Hitman" video. This month, Hitman 2 will get new Contracts, Escalations, and the next Elusive Target.
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The Archer is now playable in Black Desert Online. This makes for the game's 17th class and one that we talked a little bit about earlier this month.

To celebrate the arrival of the Archer, Pearl Abyss and Kakao Games is hosting a special in-game event that will net you some nice rewards for participating.
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PlayStation 4 owners with Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 can now download and play Operation Absolute Zero. This is, so far, the biggest content drop for Black Ops 4 since the game was released. Xbox One and PC players will have to wait until December 18 to play this new content because timed exclusives are stupid but it is what it is.

Charlie INTEL has a very nice rundown of the changes included in today's big updates....