Microsoft is reportedly set to significantly expand Xbox Cloud Gaming’s capabilities next month, introducing the ability for Xbox players to stream any of their purchased games.

To date, Xbox Cloud Gaming’s streaming features have only been available across a select number of Game Pass titles, but Microsoft has long had ambitions to enable players to stream any game they own. And that feature, The Verge now writes, is nearly here.

Citing “sources familiar with [the company’s] plans”, The Verge says Microsoft will introduce the ability to stream “thousands” of Xbox titles – not just those available via Game Pass – starting in November, as part of a long-running internal initiative known as Project Lapland.

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Sony has delisted Horizon Zero Dawn from the Epic Games Store.
The first of Guerrilla’s Horizon games initially arrived on PC back in 2020. However, four years later, it is no longer available to purchase on Epic’s storefront. Rather, the page now states Zero Dawn is “Unavailable”.
At the time of writing, the game’s Steam page is still live.

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Palworld is, belatedly, now available in Japan on PlayStation 5.
Palworld first released on PlayStation consoles last month. However, while Pocketpair’s monster-catching survival game debuted on PS5 across 68 countries and regions worldwide, it was not released in Japan at the same time.
A reason for this omission was not given, although it was surmised it was due to the fact Nintendo is suing Pocketpair for patent infringement.

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Humble has detailed its October Choice bundle of games, which is headlined by Don’t Nod’s excellent if overlooked Jusant.

The Humble Choice subscription offering provides a monthly set of PC games which members claim to own forever for $12. This month’s line-up comprises:

Jusant
Remnant 2
Persona 5 Strikers
Dome Keeper
Jack Move
Station to Station
Remnant Records
McPixel 3

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Starfield’s first major story expansion, Shattered Space, is now here, opening up a new, aggressively purple corner of the galaxy for players to explore – and its arrival has been marked with the launch of a big new patch bringing a sweep of fixes to the base game.

Patch-wise, update 1.14.70 is fairly lacking in eye-catching headline additions, although it does promise the likes of performance and stability improvements (always welcome), game-wide lighting changes and enhancements,visual updates for weapon models, improved player head tracking when exiting dialogue, and more. That’s on top of a chunky list of more specific fixes throughout the game, as detailed in Bethesda’s patch notes – and, for those who want to preserve their clicking fingers, at the bottom…

Oscar and Grammy award-winning composer Hans Zimmer has released his main theme for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, which you can listen to right now just below.

Zimmer, best known for his work on The Lion King, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Dark Knight, has composed only a handful of video games throughout his prolific career.

The Veilguard’s score is co-composed by Lorne Balfe, a frequent collaborator of Zimmer’s and the brain behind scores for a slew of films, as well as video games such as Assassin’s Creed 3 and Skylanders series.

A decade on from the launch of Dragon Age: Inquisition, BioWare’s long-awaited follow-up finally arrives on 31st October. To get yourself in the mood, here’s that main theme to listen to now:

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If you’re a traditionalist who kind of wishes Baldur’s Gate 3 had stuck to the series’ classic real-time with pause combat roots instead of taking a swerve into new-fangled turn-based territory, there’s now – as they say – a mod for that. Sort of.

Modder tinybike has just released (thanks PC Gamer) what they call a “very very very rough draft” of a real-time combat mod for Baldur’s Gate 3. Which is to say, the real-time part of the equation is now there, but the critical “with pause” bit currently isn’t implemented, meaning players are likely to get wiped off the face of Faerûn before making much progress.

Still, tinybike doesn’t think adding pause functionality should be especially difficult. “I think because of the way I’m doing combat, which is basic…

Sony has revealed Ghost of Yōtei from Sucker Punch, a follow-up to Ghost of Tsushima, and it’s due out next year.

The game will feature an all-new Ghost protagonist named Atsu and takes place in the lands surrounding Mount Yōtei – that’s on the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan.

The reveal trailer has something of a western vibe to it, with plenty of horse-riding and guitar music, and of course it looks stunning.

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