Today in Gaming News – November 1, 2024

Today the gaming industry had plenty of interesting news to share, including a look at the upcoming update of the ultra-popular Fortnite.

Here at Simulation Daily, we publish roundups with more gaming news that couldn’t be covered in individual articles, to keep you up to date with the work and games from a wider variety of developers than we otherwise could.

Before we get into it here’s a series of handy links to the gaming news that did get their own separate coverage

Incidentally, if you’re interested in gaming news specifically about flight simulation, we have a dedicated roundup.

Fortnite Chapter 2 Remix Reveals Music Stars in New Trailer

Epic Games revealed what we can expect from the upcoming Chapter 2 Remix for its super-popular battle royale game Fortnite. Each week, a location in the map will be taken over by a famous music artist.

Week 1 (starting November 2nd)
The Agency compound is now The Doggpound. The Doggfather will gift you Snoop’s Drum Gun Mythic if you can defeat him, and will join you as an ally!
Week 2 (starting November 7th)
The Grotto lair turns into Spaghetti Grotto. And if you can defeat Eminem, he’ll join your cause and bestow you with his RG Minigun.
Week 3 (starting November 14th)
The Shark is now dubbed Ice Isle with Ice Spice claiming dibs! Defeat Ice to add her to your team and get Ice Spice’s Grappler and Ice Spice’s Rifle Mythics!
Week 4 (starting November 21st)
Keep an eye to the skies at the WRLD Point landmark arriving in Week 4.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Shows PS5 Pro Enhancements in New Trailer

Insomniac Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment provided a new look at what we can expect from the PS5 Pro, and specifically from the enhanced version of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.

The console releases on November 7.

Norland Update Adds Unique Visitors and More

Long Jaunt released a big update for its popular medieval colony sim Norland.

The patch, which is the 25th, brings a lot of new features and fixes, including unique visitors and the ability to rally your allies to attack your enemies together.

Here’s the first set of unique visitors that can appear at your court. The second set is currently in development.