Bungie is being sued for copyright infringement by a writer who claims the studio copied his “original work about a unique and captivating fantasy world” for Destiny 2’s Red War campaign.

The lawsuit (as spotted by TheGamePost) was filed with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana by author Kelsey Martineau. He accuses Bungie of “deliberately copying and appropriating [his] copyrighted content”, arguing aspects of Destiny 2’s Red War storyline – its antagonistic Red Legion army, in particular – were taken “directly” from an original work published via Wordpress years before the (now vaulted) Destiny 2 campaign’s 2017 release.

According to the lawsuit, Martineau, using the pen name Caspar Cole, authored his “original work about a unique a…

If you’re looking to bring a little more Astro Bot into your life – and why wouldn’t you – the soundtrack is now available on music streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify.
The full soundtrack comprises over 130 individual tracks, with 87 of them taken from Astro Bot and the rest from Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Astro’s Playroom.

01. I Am Astro Bot [ASTRO BOT Remix] – Astro Bot OST (Official Video Game Soundtrack)

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Wikipedia has had to lock down the Silent Hill 2 Remake page after repeated vandalism from editors who refuse to accept that the remake of Konami’s seminal horror game released to critical acclaim earlier this week.
Outright lies around the games reception and metacritic score – including one edit that said the game had “received the worst reviews imaginable” – means the page has now been put into a semi-protected state to stop unregistered users from making wild, unsubstantiated claims, including one that said Eurogamer had awarded it 0/5 stars when, in fact, it got top marks.

Silent Hill 2 Review

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Today’s announcements by the newly-rebranded Halo Studios – formerly 343 Industries – that multiple new Halo games are in development has excited fans of Microsoft’s flagship Xbox franchise. But is there cause for celebration for PlayStation 5 owners too?

Halo Studios has said it will now develop all future Halo projects using Unreal Engine 5, the Epic Games-made toolkit for game development that’s used widely across the industry. It’s set to power the next Witcher and Tomb Raider installments, and can be seen in action this week within the highly-acclaimed Silent Hill 2 remake.

Discussing the move to Unreal Engine, Halo Studios said the change means faster, smoother development and iteration is now possible, while it will also allow for an easier onboarding…

Pathologic, the acclaimed plague-themed horror series from developer Ice-Pick Lodge, is returning for a third instalment, this time slinging time travel into its gruelling, emotionally draining mix of intentionally dispiriting survival and haunting theatrics.

The newly announced Pathologic 3 is something of an oddity in that it’s technically, sort of, the second chunk of Pathologic 2 – itself a half sequel and half (much-improved) remake of Ice-Pick Lodge’s cult-classic 2005 original. Pathological 1 – which, as with all entries in the series, charts the sudden decline of a strange, small town on the edge of the Russian Steppe as it slowly succumbs to a mysterious plague – memorably had three playable characters and three distinct routes through its 12 days of i…

Valve has released a patch for its-still-in-works hero-shooter Deadlock, which includes a rather brilliant anti-cheat measure.
The new patch notes cover a pretty extensive list of tweaks and adjustments, as well as the introduction of a new hero called Mirage. But, the highlight by far is that aforementioned anti-cheat measure.

Eurogamer Newscast: When it costs £700, who exactly is the PS5 Pro for?

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Atlus says it is “aware there is an optimisation issue” with ReFantazio – Prologue’s demo on Steam.
In a brief statement posted to X/Twitter, the developer thanked everyone who had downloaded and played the demo thus far, and assured them it was “working to address this problem”.

Metaphor: ReFantazio — The King’s Trial | Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC

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With just a day to go until the launch of Atari 50’s paid The Wider World of Atari DLC, developer Digital Eclipse has revealed all 19 titles it’ll be adding to its acclaimed interactive museum.

Digital Eclipse announced more Atari 50 was coming back in June, explaining an additional 39 games would be joining the original selection as part of a new Expanded Edition before 2024 was through. More specifically, the Expanded Edition includes two new timelines exploring different facets of Atari’s history – The Wider World of Atari and The First Console War – and both are being released as separate bits of DLC for existing Atari 50 owners.

The Wider World of Atari is the first of Atari’s two DLC releases and launches for all platforms tomorrow, 26th September. Topi…

Bethesda has removed the freshly-returned Thatcher’s Techbase Doom mod once again – despite its creator having cheekily scrubbed it of all political references.

The publisher of Doom previously pulled the mod, which satirises the late and highly-controversial British prime minister, for the inclusion of “real-world politics”.

But this week the mod returned in a blaze of malicious compliance, retitled ███████’█ Techbase and now with images of Thatcher covered over. The game’s soundtrack was even changed from minor to major key. Alas, its return did not last long.

“Bad news everyone,” Thatcher’s Techbase mod creator Jim wrote on X last night, posting an image of Bethesda’s latest…

French staff at Assassin’s Creed publisher Ubisoft have been urged to strike for three days next month, after being told they should return to the office three days a week.

The call to walk out, first reported by GamesIndustry.biz, comes a week after Ubisoft announced that all of its 19,000 employees worldwide would be required to work from the office three days out of every five – albeit with some flexibility for certain individuals, and without a firm start date for the change.

Members of the French video game workers union STJV (Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo) have now called on Ubisoft staff to strike on 15th to 17th October.

The move back to the office three days a week is one “without any tangible justification or any c…