The president should play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Rockstar completed core development of GTA VI — highlights for October 29

A brief digest of everything that happened in the entertainment industry around the world over the past day.

• The developer of Valheim admitted that they released the game in Early Access because they could not afford further development. Development of Valheim did not stop after the release of version 1.0. The team continues to roll out updates, though they are currently focused primarily on bug fixes and game balance adjustments
• The president should play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. A politician made an unexpected appeal. Han Dong-hoon used the plot of the new Call of Duty to publicly criticize the defense policy of the current president of South Korea and remind everyone of the price of weak military readiness
• “It’s ready”: Rockstar has completed core development of GTA VI and shared new screenshots — featuring a hammerhead shark, Lucia, and more. Soon players will have the chance to see the result of years of work by many specialists
• A BioWare co-founder called the EA buyout “the final nail in the coffin” for the studio. Greg Zeschuk recalled the circumstances surrounding the sale of BioWare in 2007
• Xbox Game Pass added four games — among them a major Square Enix hit. Subscribers of the service received a remake starring Cloud Strife, a space horror about a stranded crew, an updated classic about plants and zombies, as well as a dynamic platformer about escaping dinosaurs
• The new Denuvo failed to protect Phantom Blade Zero from being cracked, but that didn’t stop the game from reaching high concurrent player numbers on Steam. A hacker managed to find a new approach to the reinforced DRM
• Kojima Productions registered the trademark Death Stranding: Odradek. At the moment, the studio has not revealed any official details regarding its purpose
• The developers of Crimson Desert organized a gift giveaway in honor of the Charting the Unknown expansion release. Players will be able to add several items and ship parts to their collection
• Take-Two admits that the gaming industry is gradually shifting toward PC, but GTA VI will still come out on consoles first. According to Zelnick, Rockstar traditionally releases its games on specific platforms first and then ports them to other systems
• Celeste and TowerFall were removed from Xbox in support of a boycott of Microsoft over its ties to Israel. The developer suddenly learned that Microsoft has multimillion-dollar contracts with Israel