Welcome to Burst Fire, the cutting room floor links that I’ve collated for the gamer who wants to know it all.
Head back to this week’s issue of Checkpoint here.
Appetizers
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s cross-play will be based on input device
The Surge 2 is coming out in September, prepare to kick heads from shoulders
Outer Wilds absolutely nails this one thing about exploration
Minecraft: Story Mode is disappearing, even if you own it — unless you bought it on GOG
Patch party
Path Of Exile launches the Legion league and a full melee overhaul
More Clone Wars Content Coming To Star Wars: Battlefront II\
Pathologic 2’s New Update Invites You To ‘Adjust Your Level Of Suffering’
Rocket League is going full-on 80s in its Radical Summer event next week
Borderlands 2 Gets New DLC Leading To Borderlands 3’s Release
Subnautica: Below Zero’s latest update adds adorable robot penguin for incognito fieldwork
Apex Legends patch 1.2 removes bunny hopping while you heal but adds more loot
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s New DLC Goes To Hell, Which Rules
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey may unveil a Story Creator Mode soon
Stellaris: Ancient Relics DLC adds colour, drops 32-bit support
New releases
Hell Let Loose dives into the hundred-player trenches of early access
Promising underground station sim Overcrowd is out now in Steam early access
Reviews
Teasers, reveals & rumors
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts teaser hints at multiple snipers
Ubisoft is working on a Breath of the Wild-styled RPG codenamed Orpheus – rumour
Starfield is coming out before Elder Scrolls 6 because “this is the time” for the sci-fi title
That’s it for Burst Fire this week! Head back to this week’s issue of Checkpoint here.