This week, Cyberpunk 2077 re-appears and a certain Capcom-Bandai Namco crossover disappears, while another Hideo Kojima conspiracy continues to fester among fans. Game Rant has compiled some of the biggest gaming news stories from this past week together into a concise post for fans and enthusiasts to stay up to date on the most important events in the industry per week. Highlighting the most relevant stories, this list is not inherently and totally objective, and will not contain every news story this week. Rather, this is intended for gaming fans who want a quick rundown on the largest/most impactful stories that occurred in the last week in games.
In this week's gaming news, Abandoned developers continue to address controversy and theories regarding Hideo Kojima and Silent Hill. Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix ran into an issue with a recent Marvel's Avengers patch that accidentally doxed streamers/content creators. Cyberpunk 2077 returns to the PlayStation digital store, though not without a catch for PS4 players. PlayStation reportedly has an upcoming State of Play soon, reportedly announcing Sucker Punch's next project. Simlarly, EA potentially has similar plans in store for EA Play Live, possibly for the Dead Space franchise. All that and more in this week's roundup of games industry news.
Abandoned First Look Delayed to August Among Mounting Rumors
As the game comes closer to release, more and more Silent Hill fans continue to run down the rabbit hole of Abandoned. In development with new studio Blue Box Game Studios, a slew of hints, theories, evidence both circumstantial and potentially convincing, has persuaded multiple fans into thinking a new Silent Hill game is coming out later this year. With the PlayStation-exclusive indie title's official reveal set to take place exclusively in-app on PS5, Abandoned's first look is now delayed to August.
This comes on the back of numerous rumors intersecting between Abandoned, Blue Box, Hideo Kojima, and tangential rumors and evidence that allege this is a new Silent Hill game. Blue Box Game Studios' creative director Hasan Kahraman has since come out publicly twice, done multiple interviews with media outlets, all in service to confirming there is no correlation. At the moment, according to Kahraman and on behalf of Blue Box, there is no connection between Hideo Kojima and Abandoned.
Cyberpunk 2077 Returns to PlayStation Store With PS4 Warning
As further patches and fixes are pushed out, Cyberpunk 2077 inches closer to a manageable state for CD Projekt Red. Earlier this week, Sony confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077 would be returning to the PlayStation store after its prolonged absence. It's been over 100 days since the game was removed from purchase digitally on PS4/PS5, taken off PlayStation's store in mid-December of last year.
CD Projekt Red recently stated that the current condition of Cyberpunk 2077 is positive, with CDPR joint-CEO Adam Kiciński being "pleased" with the game reaching "a satisfactory level." That being said, the PlayStation store still retains a note mentioning that Cyberpunk 2077 is best played on PS4 Pro or PS5 hardware.
Marvel's Avengers Patch Showed Players' IP Address On-Screen
Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics had a separate controversy with Marvel's Avengers after a recent update to the game. Earlier this week, an update to Marvel's Avengers had a very unintended side effect of showing players' IP addresses in the Avengers client, regardless of the menu or gameplay context. PS5 players in particular were affected by the bug, before Crystal Dynamics implemented a hotfix later that week which removed the line of text constantly on screen.
State of Play Rumored Soon, 'Ghost of Ikishima' Allegedly Leaked
After a possible leak, it seems Sucker Punch's feudal Japan-inspired adventure could be receiving a new journey in the form of an expansion. A ResetEra leak from Shpeshal_Nick states that Sony is preparing a State of Play event coming soon, where Sucker Punch Productions will announce "Ghost of Ikishima." Supposedly planned as a standalone expansion to Ghost of Tsushima, there is not much else known about Ikishima, what platforms it's launching on, or anything else specific.
Tekken x Street Fighter Not Cancelled, Is Currently 'Pending'
Initially, a mistranslated report this week stated that a former Tekken x Street Fighter project from Bandai Namco had been cancelled. During an episode of the Harada's Bar podcast, Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada further clarified that the English subtitles were mistranslated: Tekken x Street Fighter is not cancelled outright, rather the project is "pending" but currently on hold. While no further clarification was given, Harada did mention continued interest in the project despite its status.
EA Potentially Hinting at Return of 'Established IP,' Possibly Dead Space
Numerous teases from several members of the games industry seems to indicate EA has something big in store for Dead Space fans. According to GamesBeat's Jeff Grubb, EA Motive is planning an announcement for "an established IP" at EA Play Live this July. Grubb has additionally made pretty clear allusions to Dead Space, though that remains unconfirmed at this time. That being said, it's been around eight years since Dead Space 3 released in 2013, so it's not out of the realm of possibility.