Monolith Productions’ Wonder Woman game has had its story details and concept art leaked by an online survey, it seems. If real, the game is set to feature “a predominantly female set of villains” in an open-world action adventure.

Wonder Woman game concept art leaked alongside story

Screenshots of the survey were originally shared on Reddit. We won’t embed anything here due to potential copyright strikes but a copy can be found on ResetEra. The survey also contains concept art, which showcases the open world of Themyscira inspired by Greek mythology.

As for the story, it’ll feature villains like Circe, Medusa, and Cheetah. Circe invades Wonder Woman’s homeland, prompting her to return to Themyscira and take down her foes. The game will feature “fast-paced, free-flow combat with devastating combos and powerful weapons,” including Lasso of Truth.

Wonder Woman will also feature Monolith’s signature Nemesis System, with procedurally generated allies and enemies. Additionally, “iconic” DC characters will make an appearance.

Fans are speculating that either the leak stems from an old survey or Wonder Woman is still in early development because it asks respondents questions like what kind of attacks and abilities they expect the character to use during combat.

It was recently reported that Wonder Woman is in development hell, so make of this what you will.

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A new report claims that Rocksteady Studios has been working on Hogwarts Legacy Director’s Cut since Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League flopped. While it’s in between projects, the developer is reportedly looking to pitch a single-player game to “return to its roots.”

Hogwarts Legacy Director’s Cut has yet to be announced

The aforementioned report comes from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, so rest assured, it’s authentic. The veteran journalist spoke to dozens of people, who revealed that Suicide Squad was doomed from the start, thanks in no small part to “constantly shifting vision” and “a culture of rigid perfectionism.” It also doesn’t help that live service isn’t Rocksteady’s forte.

The biggest revelation in the report is Hogwarts Legacy Director’s Cut, which WB Games has yet to announce. According to Bloomberg, despite the $200 million loss on Suicide Squad, Rocksteady is safe from job cuts because WB Games is currently understaffed. The studio is reportedly “helping” on the Director’s Cut.

The report further claims that Rocksteady’s leaders are putting together a pitch for a single-player game, but there’s no information on what they have in mind. The studio, which was behind the Batman: Arkham series, hasn’t released anything commercially successful since 2015’s Arkham Knight.

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Hogwarts Legacy‘s big summer update goes live across all platforms today, the patch notes for which are now available. Main additions include the Haunted Shop mission (previously PlayStation exclusive), Photo Mode, talent point reset function, new cosmetics, and a new broom. The patch notes also reveal a lenghty list of bug fixes and improvements.

Hogwarts Legacy summer update patch notes (June 6, 2024)

Bug fixes and improvements for current-gen platforms are listed as follows:

Localization

• Implemented several updated localized Voice Over retakes for Japanese and Spanish.
• Fixed the Brazilian Portuguese translation of “Silver Rim Spectacles”.
• Fixed a Typo in the “Wingardium Leviosa” French spell description.
• Fixed several Voice Over cut-offs throughout the game.

Audio

• Fixed several Voice Over cut-offs throughout the game.
• Fixed instance where the SFX/Dialogue Volume would become louder than the music Volume while using stereo devices and being set to 50%. 

UI

• Fixed instance that made player unable to select field guide pages’ options when accessing the menu while holding down the basic spell cast button. 
• Fixed instance where loading a Manual Save or Fast traveling to certain locations would cause alohamora prompts to disappear from magical beast cages. 
• Fixed instance where Dark Arts spells would become not equippable after equipping regural spells in loadout 1. 
• Fixed instance where the mission icon for the last arc of the Broom race would linger on screen after completion.

Gameplay

• Removed butterflies misleading players to previously opened treasure chests. 
• Fixed Instance where using the Swift talent on the edge of the map would cause mission progression to linger on the “Seach for the Rune Symbol” step. 

Achievements

• Fixed instance where the Fountain on Hogwarts grounds flying field guide page wouldn’t count towards the Map Counters or The Bell Tower Wing Sector. 

NPC

• Fixed instance where Lodgok would occasionally remain stuck inside the Hogshead in Hogsmeade instead of traveling to the Witch’s Tomb, preventing player progression.

Avatar

• Fixed instance where it wouldn’t be possible for the avatar to climb and reach a treasure chest in the High Keep. 
• Fixed instance where the Legendary Masquerade Masks would clip within the avatar’s face when equipped. 
• Fixed instance where swimming to treasure vault near Keenbridge would cause the avatar to fly into the air. 

Navigation

• Fixed instance where Professor Garlick and Professor Hecat could get stuck moving in the air after leaving the hospital.
• Fixed instance where a loading screen would cause a cage door to lock up again without regenerating an alohamora lock on it in a bandit camp on the north end of the map. 
• Fixed instance where loading a save and fast travelling to any location would make alohomora locks disappear from fixed cages. 
• Fixed instance where bone clusters would lose collision and fall through the floor when interacted with.

Combat

• Fixed Instance where Loyalist assassin enemies’ attacks would not damage the avatar. 

Lighting

• Fixed instance where blinding lighting VFX would display when exiting the Hallway castle vault.
• Fixed instance where light changes would be visible when the camera angle shifts while in conversation with Professor Garlick in the Greenhouse. 

Accessibility

• Fixed instance where setting left handed mode while in the vivarium caused the avatar to drink a potion or deploy combat plants while attempting to access the beasts’ menu. 

Miscellaneous

• Updated Credits

PS5 specific

• Audio
  • Increased avatar dialogue volume during final fight.
• Localization
  • Fixed instance where localized keyboard w/special characters would not display when naming Avatar and captured magical beasts. 
• VFX
  • Added missing fire VFX to the fireplace located at Pitt-Upon-Ford.
• Overland
  • Fixed instance where a moonstone node on the mountain side could not be reached or interacted with.
• Gameplay
  • Fixed instance where choosing to try again after falling behind Professor Fig inside Gringotts Vault would cause the player to respawn OOW and block progression.

Patch notes for last-gen platforms are as follows:

Localization

• Implemented several updated localized Voice Over retakes for Japanese and Spanish. 
• Fixed the Brazilian Portuguese translation of “Silver Rim Spectacles”.
• Fixed a Typo in the “Wingardium Leviosa” French spell description. 
• Fixed several Voice Over cut-offs throughout the game.

Audio

• Fixed several Voice Over cut-offs throughout the game.

Gameplay

• Fixed instance where an unbreakable giant pumpkin asset would make a treasure chest unobtainable in Feldcroft. 
• Fixed Instance that using the Swift talent on the edge of the map would cause mission progression to linger on the “Seach for the Rune Symbol” step. 
• Fixed instance where it would be impossible to save a magical beast after opening a cage in the bandit camp south-west of the West Forbidden forest Foo Flame fast travel point. 

Achievements

• Fixed Instance where Myrtle’s Bathroom field guide page would not count towards the Great Hall or Hogwarts map counters. 

NPC

• Fixed instance where Lodgok would occasionally remain stuck inside the Hogshead in Hogsmeade instead of traveling to the Witch’s Tomb, preventing player progression.

Avatar

• Fixed instance where it wouldn’t be possible for the avatar to climb and reach a treasure chest in the High Keep. 

Miscellaneous

• Updated Credits

PS4

• Audio
  • Increased avatar dialogue volume during final fight.

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Monolith Productions’ Wonder Woman game might be a long way from release, if a new report is anything to go by. The title, which was first announced in December 2021, is reportedly going through development troubles — something fans have come to expect from publisher WB Games.

Wonder Woman is a single-player game

The aforementioned report comes from Kinda Funny Games’ Greg Miller. Discussing the upcoming Summer Game Fest during an episode of Kinda Funny Gamescast, the team was speculating what we’ll see at the event. At one point, Wonder Woman was brought up, in response to which Miller said that he heard from an insider that the project was in development trouble. He doesn’t think we’ll see it anytime soon.

We haven’t seen or heard anything about Wonder Woman since its announcement. However, WB Games did break silence in November 2023 to confirm that it won’t be a live service experience. A job advert gave birth to speculations that Wonder Woman will follow the footsteps of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, but WB Games insists that it won’t.

“Wonder Woman is a single-player action-adventure game set in a dynamic open-world,” WB Games said at the time. “This third person experience will allow players to become Diana of Themyscira and introduce an original story set in the DC Universe, while also featuring the Nemesis System. Wonder Woman is not being designed as a live service.”

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Summer Game Fest has revealed the publishers and studios appearing at the June 7 event. 55 partners are participating, including big names like Sony and Xbox and smaller players like Devolver Digital and Anapurna Interactive.

Summer Game Fest 2024 confirms 55 partners

Summer Game Fest revealed the list of Round 1 2024 partners on Thursday. In addition to Xbox and PlayStation, major publishers include Ubisoft, EA, Sega, Epic, Bandai Namco, Capcom, 2K, and WB Games. Amazon Games and Nefilx Games will also make a showing, as will companies including Focus Entertainment, Funcom, Plaion, Deep Silver, and Niantic. Other parties include Steam, Meta, and Samsung, though it’s unclear to what extent they will directly participate in the events.

A complete list of all 55 confirmed Summer Game Fest 2024 partners is below:

Launched as a digital-only event in 2021, Summer Game Fest has filled the gap left behind by E3’s shutdown. The main 2024 event goes live from YouTube Theater in LA at 2:00 PM Pacific/5:00 PM Eastern on June 7. It’s followed by the Wholesome Direct indie game showcase, Latin American Games Showcase, and Women-Led Games showcase on June 8. Finally, the Xbox Games Showcase and PC Gaming Show air on June 9.

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Hogwarts Legacy‘s incoming free update is a token of appreciation for fans, according to Avalanche Software’s community manager Chandler Wood. The summer 2024 update will include “additional updates and features,” according to the official wording, leading some to speculate that Hogwarts Legacy will finally receive long-rumored DLC.

Avalanche wants to set expectations for Hogwarts Legacy summer 2024 update

Teasing fans on Twitter, Wood wrote that the language Avalanche used to describe the mystery update was deliberate, and the studio is quite enjoying seeing fans guessing what’s in store.

“We love seeing all the guesses and hopes for what will be part of this update, and while we are not ready to talk about it yet, I do want to set some expectations for what we are working on,” Wood said. “Our original wording of ‘additional updates and features for the game’ was very intentional. This update is a small way of us showing appreciation to our players for the amazing reception to the game.”

Sounds like Hogwarts Legacy fans might be in for a treat.

Hogwarts Legacy has broken a 15-year record by becoming the first non-Call of Duty and non-Rockstar Games title to top sales charts in a number of regions.

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It looks like Avalanche Software will be making the switch to Unreal Engine 5 for Hogwarts Legacy 2, if a job ad is anything to go by. A sequel has been hinted at on a number of occasions but has yet to be officially announced. However, Avalanche seems to be hiring for the unannounced project.

Hogwarts Legacy 2 seems all but confirmed

Given the massive success of Hogwarts Legacy, a sequel is all but confirmed. Previous job ads have confirmed that Avalanche has been working on a new AAA game, and speculation suggests that it’s Hogwarts Legacy 2.

In a new job ad spotted by Tech4Gamers, Avalanche is looking for a Senior Character Artist who has experience working on both Unreal Engine 4 and 5. Worth noting that Hogwarts Legacy was built on Unreal Engine 4.

Interestingly, the job ad specifically highlights Hogwarts Legacy, although it doesn’t mention a sequel or hints at upcoming content. Avalanche has been making games since 1995, but it’s Hogwarts Legacy and its unprecedented success that thrust it into the limelight.

“Join the team behind the blockbuster open world, action RPG Hogwarts Legacy as we create what’s next!” reads the job ad, requiring candidates to have “experience with game engines such as Unreal Engine 4/5.”

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A week after Warner Bros. admitted that Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League failed to meet expectations, the game’s player count seems to have dropped to concerning levels. On Steam, Suicide Squad’s concurrent players are peaking at a few hundred only, and it seems that things aren’t any better on consoles.

Suicide Squad player count doesn’t bode well for its future

As noted by Forbes’ Paul Tassi, less than a month after its release, Suicide Squad saw just 593 concurrent players on Steam a day ago, with the number dropping as low as 287. This is alarming for a live service game that needs a robust player count to justify the cost of keeping servers online.

PlayStation and Xbox do not have a system for revealing concurrent player counts, but Tassi noted that he hasn’t seen Suicide Squad anywhere in Xbox’s top 50 for the past week at least — not a good sign for a game that only just released.

Suicide Squad launched to mostly negative reviews, with its PS5 version settling for 60/100 on Metacritic. Warner Bros. revealed in a recent financial earnings call that the $70 game has “fallen short of our expectations,” resulting in its games business seeing a “tough year-over-year comp in Q1.”

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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League‘s Deluxe Edition owners have been gifted $20 worth of in-game currency as an apology for the game’s early access server woes. The expensive Deluxe Edition came with the promise of letting owners play early, only for servers to be taken down twice.

Suicide Squad’s server woes make a strong case for offline support

Even before it released, Suicide Squad came under fire for being an always-online game, with developer Rocksteady Studios scrambling to assuage concerns. Players’ fears certainly weren’t unfounded.

Early access players ran into a bizarre bug that auto-completed the game for them after they logged on, due to which Rocksteady Studios temporarily pulled the plug on servers. Suicide Squad went offline again for a period of maintenance. Now, Deluxe Edition owners are getting 2,000 LuthorCoins as an apology.

“Thank you for being one of our first console players during early access of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League,” reads a message in the in-game mailbox. “We recognize that you’ve been patient with us during our initial launch server updates and we’d like to show our appreciation for your patience with a special gift of 2, 000 LuthorCoins. Thank you again!”

2,000 LuthorCoins costly roughly $20.

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As Hogwarts Legacy crossed 24 million units sold worldwide, Warner Bros. announced that its PlayStation-exclusive DLC mission, Haunted Hogsmeade Shop, will be available on all platforms in Summer 2024. The quest was expected to be exclusive for a minimum of six months, but ended up being exclusive for over a year.

Is Hogwarts Legacy getting the rumored DLC in Summer 2024?

Rumors of Hogwarts Legacy getting post-launch DLC started swirling shortly after the game’s release, but Avalanche Software didn’t confirm or deny anything. However, if a new tweet by the studio is anything to go by, fans have a reason to get their hopes up.

“We wanted to let our community know that the Hogwarts Legacy PlayStation-exclusive content will be available on other platforms later this summer, along with additional updates and features for the game,” Avalanche wrote. “Stay tuned in the coming months for more details on what’s coming to Hogwarts Legacy this year.”

Hogwarts Legacy recently broke a 15-year record by becoming the first non-Call of Duty and non-Rockstar Games title to top sales charts in a number of regions including the United States. This feat is particularly noteworthy because Hogwarts Legacy is a single-player game that was mired in controversy due to being based on J. K. Rowling’s work.

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