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“It would have ROCKED!”: Today I learned a Halo dev prototyped an Alien crossover — here’s what it looked like

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Have you ever pondered over the idea of Master Chief squaring off against a Xenomorph? As a huge Halo enthusiast, this hypothetical battle has crossed my mind since I first watched the original Alien movie, and I’m certain many other sci-fi aficionados would find it an exhilarating spectacle. Regrettably, the likelihood of such a confrontation appearing in any official content is quite low; however, today, I stumbled upon some intriguing information suggesting that this concept might have come remarkably close to becoming a reality.

Is Masters of Albion a Fable game? Peter Molyneux claims “Albion can’t be copyrighted” to dodge Microsoft legal complications, says it’s in the same universe

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One of the biggest surprises from the Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live show was the reveal of Masters of Albion — a new “god game” in which you wield ancient powers from the skies to develop and protect a growing society in a fantasy world. It’s coming from a team of ex-Fable developers led by Peter Molyneux, who co-founded Fable’s original developer Lionhead Studios and served as the lead designer on its three mainline Fable RPG titles released prior to his departure in 2012 and Microsoft’s subsequent closure of the studio in 2016. He went on to create 22cans, which is the developer that’s now building Masters of Albion.

Black Myth: Wukong goes ape with well over 2 million players at launch, surpassing Palworld as the second most-played Steam game ever released

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I knew Game Science’s highly anticipated single player action RPG Black Myth: Wukong was going to be one of this year’s most popular games, but I wasn’t expecting it to have what will likely be 2024’s largest launches, as well as one of the biggest debuts in gaming history. And yet, two days after its release, here we are, with the title hitting a peak player count of well over 2 million on Valve’s PC gaming platform Steam. Specifically, as SteamDB data shows, it’s reached a colossal zenith of 2,358,580 players.

Microsoft confirms Windows Recall is still coming, will enter public testing in October

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Microsoft recently shared information about the progress of Windows Recall, following its announcement that the feature would be postponed due to critical security issues identified prior to the launch of Copilot+ PCs on June 18. The company asserts that Windows Recall remains on schedule for public testing this year, with the first preview builds incorporating this feature being distributed to Insiders in October.