Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, from developer Hardsuit Labs, was on track to be released sometime in late 2020. Initially, that was the plan following another delay from March 2020 to later in the year. Unfortunately, it looks like fans will have to wait a while longer as the game has been delayed further, and will now release in 2021. Hardsuit Labs announced the news on their social media, stating more development time will be needed to polish the game. READ MORE: Report: Call of Duty's Reveal This Friday Isn't Black Ops Cold War Hardsuit Labs recently posted an update on Twitter letting fans know that Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been delayed to an unspecified date in 2021. "Due to the quality bar and ambitions we have set for ourselves, we have made the difficult decision that we need more time," said the statement. "This means that our goal to release in 2020 is no longer possible. Moving launch is one of the changes we are making to ensure the best player experience possible. This is not a decision taken lightly nor is it the first option we considered." Hardsuit Labs continued, "We will share more information in the coming months on launch timing and other organisational changes that will help us achieve this goal. We understand that this will be a disappointment to many of you, but we also appreciate how our ambition is echoed through many parts of the community." Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 was scheduled to launch in late 2020, but it seems like the global pandemic - which affected game development - might've been one of the reasons behind this delay. However, the game's lofty ambitions as a deep, narrative-driven RPG might also need a bit more time in development to really iron out the creases - especially given the fact that Hardsuit Labs isn't a massive AAA studio. While we wait for more updates on the upcoming vampire-themed RPG, Hardsuit Labs' creative counterpart, Obsidian Entertainment (which also consists of developers from the first Vampire title), are hard at work on their own new Skyrim-inspired RPG, Avowed. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is now slated to release in 2021.

Earlier this week, Activision sent influencers a locked crate which contained a projector and slides, featuring a series of puzzles unique to each influencer that, when combined, led to Black Ops 4's Summit map, which had also been updated with imagery that matched the slides. Digging a little deeper, influencers were eventually pointed to a website, PawnTakesPawn.com, which (at the time of writing) shows a blank TV with a flashing "12:00" on a digital clock, and the date "08 - 14", leading towards this Friday. As intricate of a tease as this was, a report claims that this isn't the big Black Ops Cold War reveal we've been waiting for. READ MORE: Tron 3 Moves Ahead with Jared Leto and New Director According to Video Games Chronicle's sources, Friday's reveal is only the next step in the game's ARG. The actual reveal trailer for Black Ops Cold War won't be shown until a later date. This may come as a surprise to Call of Duty fans given the elaborate nature of this set-up and tease, but it seems like we'll just have to wait a little while longer to find out more about Black Ops Cold War. VGC also reports that the game's reveal and marketing plans had been changed due to the global pandemic, but with the year heading towards its big second-half of gaming releases (and still odd that we haven't heard about the next COD yet), time is running out for Activision. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War was confirmed earlier this year to be the 2020 entry in the annual Call of Duty series. Originally developed by Sledgehammer Games, the project reportedly hit several speed bumps in development which led to Treyarch and Raven Software taking over primary development duties. Each year, the next Call of Duty title is typically revealed around April/May, but due to COVID-19 affecting several industries, plans had to be put on hold for many games this year. Black Ops Cold War is expected to launch in October/November, but with that release window fast approaching, Activision need to make the reveal sooner rather than later. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is in development.

Tron 3 has a long history of development problems dating back to as early as 2010, shortly after the release of Tron: Legacy. Due to the sequels surprising success, plans were already put in place to continue the story with a third film, though talks about Tron 3 remained on and off over half a decade. In 2015, on the eve of the film beginning production, Disney scrapped its plans to move ahead with Tron 3. However, hope appeared again when actor Jared Leto joined the film in 2017. New reports now indicate that Tron 3 is slowly moving forward with Leto. READ MORE: Review: Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout According to Deadline, Disney is beginning to move ahead with Tron 3. Jared Leto is apparently attached to the project as well, though a new director has been hired. Garth Davis, who was previously nominated for an Oscar for his critically acclaimed film, Lion, has been tapped to direct Tron 3. Joseph Kosinski, the director of Tron: Legacy, was previously speculated to reprise his role as director for the third film, but it seems like other plans were made. Leto will also have a producing credit alongside Justin Springer and Emma Ludbrook, with Jesse Wigutow already having written the most recent draft of the script. Initial reports from July indicated that Tron 3 had been put back in development, however this is the first time Disney has officially announced something related to the film. Sadly, it hasn't exactly been given the green light yet, but this is the most promising developments we've had about the film since 2015. With the film's director, producers and screenwriter already in place, it's just a matter of time before production may begin again. The big question that most fans seem to have, though, is whether Daft Punk will return to compose the score for Tron 3. Their previous work on Tron: Legacy remains arguably one of the best film soundtracks of the century, so their return would certainly be welcomed. Tron 3 is in development.

Between 1986 and 1990, Japan ran a knockout-style competitive game show called Takeshi's Castle. This oddball series involved dozens of confused contestants partaking in grueling challenges that were as wildly creative as they were utterly chaotic and nonsensical at times. I bring this up because Takeshi's Castle would go on to inspire a wave of similar popular television shows around the world that we know today - but never a successful video game. This is where Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout comes in, taking the tired battle royale formula and mashing it with Takeshi's Castle's distinct flavour to create one of the most rewarding and entertaining games of 2020. Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, from developer Mediatonic, is classified as a "battle royale", but certainly doesn't share any DNA with the likes of PUBG and Fortnite. Instead, it carves its own path by turning the gameplay loop from PvP to PvE. Dozens of players - assuming the identities of colourful jelly beans - are loaded on a variety of obstacle courses with qualifying and elimination goals. With over 20 courses (at least as far as I could count), each with their own objectives, hazards, and limitations, players must duke it out to become the last man standing. Fall Guys is a knee-jerk response to the market while also being an unique battle royale sugarcoated with the high-energy novelty of a crazy Japanese game show... If it all sounds far too simple, that's because it is. Fall Guys prides itself on this simple, yet highly addictive, gameplay loop, bolstered by a colourful visual palette that keeps the screen vibrant and constantly exploding with colours like a trip in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Developer Mediatonic looked at the current state of the battle royale genre, featuring dozens of competitors per year, and decided to trim the fat and inject a new style into the mix. Fall Guys is a knee-jerk response to the market while also being an unique battle royale sugarcoated with the high-energy novelty of a crazy Japanese game show - and for the most part, it really works. Controls are admittedly quite clunky, but seemingly intentional. You only really have a few buttons to memorize: movement, jump, grab, and dive. The grab is especially handy in two situations: during a game in which you have to grab a tail from another player, or just want to be an insufferable jerk and stand at the finish line, grabbing others and preventing them from qualifying (this happens frequently, but actually adds to the odd charm of the game). However, with you essentially playing as a customizable jelly bean (or whatever it is), the wonky controls add a bit of appeal to the experience. You'll still inexplicably trip around for no reason and when you fall, have the balance of a drunk frat boy, but it was never a hindrance to the fun of it all. Make no mistake, Fall Guys isn't going to be winning any awards or getting Game of the Year, but it's exactly the game the world needed right now... Fall Guys is, in its purest form, absurdly entertaining. It's some of the most fun I've had in a video game all year, which is really saying something considering just how many heavy-hitters there are in 2020. Make no mistake, Fall Guys isn't going to be winning any awards or getting Game of the Year, but it's exactly the game the world needed right now to just let loose and have mindless fun with. Mediatonic have proven that a simple proof of concept with the right, clever marketing can be the recipe for an unprecedented success - and it seems like Fall Guys has all the potential in the world for numerous skins, crossovers, collaborations, and more (at the moment, it looks like they might be cooking something with CD Projekt Red). I've been quite vocal about my indifference towards the battle royale genre in the past. I never got into PUBG, and Fortnite's charm wore thin for me after the first few weeks (with only the odd special event reeling me back in). However, I never got that sense of disinterest playing Fall Guys. Quite the opposite, in fact, because I found myself hooked on the game frequently for hours on end. Addictive is the right word here, and Mediatonic's cute Takeshi's Castle-inspired game earns and owns that word. Most courses (or Mario Party-style mini-games, if you will) are a barrel of fun... As far as negatives go, though, the game is only as strong as the courses it throws you in - and this is where it can sometimes be tedious or a mixed bag. Most courses (or Mario Party-style mini-games, if you will) are a barrel of fun, such as Slime Climb which has contestants frantically ascending a series of obstacles while slime rises to consume the level, or Dizzy Heights which involves players running across spinning platforms that can send you flying in different directions. However, it's when the game's levels intentionally slow down do some of the uninspired designs start to show. A tile-matching mini-game - where players must stand on a matched tile to avoid falling - is slow and a bit on the boring side, while the tail-grabbing mini-game is held back by the slow, drab way in which the jelly beans "run". As you might've guessed, not all courses work, but in the two-dozen or so that are currently present in the game, a large majority of them are still incredibly fun and spectacular to participate in. If Mediatonic plans to introduce more courses with greater variety in the future, that would be welcomed, but as it stands, everyone will at least have some mini-games that make them sigh or yawn. As another small gripe, I did encounter a bug in the final stage in pursuit of the Crown (and friends have also experienced a similar issue) where grabbing and holding onto the Crown doesn't immediately give them a win, when it should. This was too infrequent to be a major issue, but it is something that could be patched out. Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is potentially the feel-good game of 2020 (stiff competition there, Animal Crossing: New Horizons). It takes all the zaniness of Japanese game shows and infuses a charming battle royale style with a solid, eye-popping colour palette. It arrived at a perfect time in the world too, and thanks to it being free for PlayStation Plus members as well, attracted a lot more players to the experience who might've been feeling like Fortnite's running out of steam (we can only dream). While not perfect, and still could use with some patch work, Fall Guys is an incredibly fun and delightful game to get lost in during dark times. *Reviewed on PS4 Pro