On today’s Daily Fix:
NYXI, a gaming peripheral controller maker, recently announced a new third-party controller for the Nintendo Switch. The design is not only reminiscent of the WaveBird — aka the best Nintendo controller ever — but the company claims that this controller will never get Joy-Con drift. An estimated 20 developers who worked on The Callisto Protocol were reportedly left out of the game’s credits by Striking Distance Studios. Finally, Uncharted and The Last of Us are known for their cinematic storytelling, but Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann is becoming increasingly fascinated with more subtle worldbuilding. Speaking to The Washington Post, Druckmann said he’s inspired by FromSoftware’s minimalist storytelling in last year’s Elden Ring. Read More 

 Join Kane Hodder (“Leatherface”/stunt coordinator), Scout Taylor-Compton (“female victims”), motion capture performers, and members of the development team for a deep dive and behind-the-scenes look into the process of Mocap performances for the upcoming game The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.The Texas Chain Saw Massacre will be available in 2023 on Game Pass, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store. Read More 

 Prison Tycoon: Under New Management will be available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation on February 7, 2023. Watch the latest trailer for the release date reveal for the business simulation game, which challenges players with building and managing a correctional facility to provide rehabilitation for the incarcerated. Read More 

 Ys IX: Monstrum Nox is an action RPG now releasing on the latest generation consoles. While imprisoned in Balduq, Adol is cursed and becomes a Monstrum. With his newfound powers, he must stop the Grimwald Nox from consuming the city. Meet Adol and the rest of the characters of Ys IX: Monstrum Nox in the latest trailer with the game releasing on May 9, 2023 for PlayStation 5. Read More 

 In today’s Daily Fix, modders have added one of the stars of the upcoming Last of Us series into one of the games. Modder and character artist Alejandro Bielsa helped bring the mod to life, re-skinning TLOU 2’s Ellie with Bella Ramsey’s face. Apparently the feat wasn’t that hard to accomplish, but maybe we’ll get official skins of Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal in the games when the show official releases this weekend. In other news, NetEase, one of China’s largest game publishers, has acquired SkyBox Labs, a Canadian developer that worked on several Halo games and Minecraft. The deal is meant to help NetEase compete with their biggest regional rival, megacorporation Tencent...

 Check out eight minutes of exclusive new gameplay from Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider, the action-platformer that channels the spirit of golden age 16-bit action games. In this gameplay video, you’ll follow the cyborg known as Moonrider in a search through the outskirts of the Fallen City to locate the rival super soldier Flamestalker among the deadly rubble. Before the battle, the player can equip Moonrider with one or two powerful modifier chips granting unique abilities. Once Moonrider reaches the Fallen City, the ninja’s search begins with a chase sequence in the woods, with a massive robot swooping in to take shots at Moonrider from the distance. After finally defeating the menace in direct combat, Moonrider braves a vertical ascent as a dilapidated structure burns around him...

 There is No Light: Enhanced Edition, alongside its free Soul Harvest update, will be available on PC today, January 7, 2023. Watch the slick new trailer for the action-adventure RPG to see what to expect in the latest update, which features the ability to obtain and upgrade 14 new abilities from defeated bosses. Read More 

 In today’s Daily Fix, Dungeons and Dragons owner Wizards of the Coast have made some significant changes to their Open Gaming License, which governs third-party mods to D&D. Among them are major alterations to how content creators might make money off homebrew campaigns (think the super-popular Critical Role gang and the countless livestreamed D&D campaigns out there). In video game news, Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Project Red has settled a lawsuit with their own stockholders, paying $1.85 million USD. Hopefully Cyberpunk 2077 drama is over with, because the game is great now on current-gen consoles...

 Each week the enigmatic vendor, Xur, shows up in Destiny 2 with a selection of wares to sell. We’ll show you where to find him and which of his offerings you might consider picking up. This week for a look at Destiny 2 Xur inventory we have Hawkmoon, Dead Man’s Tale, and several exotics including Two-Tailed Fox, The Dragon’s Shadow, Ursa Furiosa, and Eye of Another World. Read More 

 Flash Forward packs are available for a limited time in MyTeam. Watch the trailer to see what to expect, including George Mikan and more. Read More