The gaming industry has delivered some more gaming news today, including headlines from Cronos: The New Dawn, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, and Mass Effect.
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.
Take a look at some of the headlines from today’s news.
Cronos: The New Dawn Gets Photo Mode in Free Update
Bloober Team has shared that Cronos: The New Dawn has been updated to include a free photo mode in the game, just in time for players to snap spooky snapshots for Halloween.
This new photo mode allows players to take pictures of the character and game environment with a variety of settings, such as exposure, contrast, bloom, film grain, color fringing, and stickers.
Furthermore, this new update introduces various fixes and new options such as the ability to skip cutscenes and HDR balancing.
If you don’t own Cronos: The New Dawn, there is a Halloween sale on PC and consoles for a 50% discount.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Final Festival of Universes Event
Bandai Namco has announced that Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with the Final Festival of Universes starting on October 29. This celebration will bring back hard-to-find items, as well as special items that can unlock rewards in the upcoming Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3.
Players will be able to increase their camaraderie level with characters who have accompanied them on their journey, find hard-to-obtain items, and earn 25 times the usual number of Star Coins. Also, taking part in the festival can grant players a new Gi designed specially for the occasion and a commemorative medal; these will allow players to unlock special items in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 when it releases in 2027.
You can watch the 10th anniversary trailer below.
Austin Wintory Shares The Music For Mass Effect Universe He Pitched to BioWare
Austin Wintory, the composer for games like Journey and Hades II, has shared some of the music that might have ended up in Mass Effect Universe, the now-canceled BioWare project.
Wintory explains that over the past couple of years, he had been in serious conversations with BioWare and EA to work on the project. Last year, he sent 20 minutes of fully recorded and produced music, with vocals and an orchestra included, to BioWare as concepts for the game. Although Wintory had not yet learned of any narrative details for Mass Effect Universe, he had some themes in mind, as the franchise is his personal favorite of all time.
Alas, Wintory received the news with the rest of us that BioWare would be shut down and Mass Effect Universe canceled, so the composer decided to release his musical ideas for the game so the world could hear it.
Below, you can listen to the eight pieces across 20 minutes of music that Austin Wintory had pitched to the development team.
