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The online game business is operating terrified of GTA 6. Given how packed September is, that a lot is obvious. However there are two video video games which can be throwing warning to the wind and braving the behemoth that’s Rockstar’s subsequent epic — and they’re unlikely comrades in arms certainly.
Atari appears to have determined it’s higher to meet GTA 6 head-on than steer clear, asserting two video games due out in November. First up is Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered, coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X and S, PC by way of Steam, Nintendo Change, and Nintendo Change 2 on November 3. And whereas there’s all this speak about GTA 6 doubtlessly costing up to $100, Godzilla has swooped in to undercut Take-Two’s bold income plans with a $29.99 worth level. Take that, GTA 6!
If that wasn’t sufficient for GTA 6 to deal with, it’s received a brand new Barbie sport popping out on November 12, only a week earlier than Rockstar presses the go button. Digital Eclipse’s Barbie Rewind will launch later this 12 months throughout PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Sequence X and S, Xbox One, PC, Nintendo Change, and Nintendo Change 2 priced $29.99. This is a giant deal, people, as a result of in Barbie Rewind, gamers can “intertwine a brand-new Barbie DreamHouse design sport with 16 traditional Barbie video games from the Y2K period.”
Right here’s the official blurb:
A comfy, inventive world impressed by Barbie invitations gamers to reimagine the iconic DreamHouse. Model every room with a wonderful assortment of furnishings, decor, and equipment impressed by actual Barbie playsets launched over the previous 65-plus years. To entry a lot of the playset objects, Barbie will problem gamers to attain achievements by enjoying a set of Barbie video video games from the Nineteen Nineties and 2000s.
It is not fairly the online game equal of Hollywood’s ‘Barbenheimer’ phenomenon (Barbzilla? Godbie?), however I’m left questioning: with Godzilla popping out November 3 and Barbie launching November 12, will there be any gamers left for GTA 6’s November 19 launch? This is a devastating one-two punch from Godzilla and Barbie earlier than GTA 6 has had the probability to land a success, and I’m unsure even Rockstar can take it on the chin.
So, if Rockstar publicizes yet one more GTA 6 delay, you already know why.
Wesley is Director, Information at IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You may attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.