[Emperor Smeat]

Today's News:
1) SALES & FREEBIES:

• Nintendo recently added several indie games to their My Nintendo rewards service.
  https://my.nintendo.com/news/ebd5decb2f4c4d22
• Ubisoft announced a free educational mode for Assassin's Creed Origins will be arriving early next year. The mode removes all combat in the game and puts the main focus on players learning more about Ancient Egypt.
  https://www.destructoid.com/assassin...r-463611.phtml
• Microsoft revealed the list of free games for October's Games With Gold offerings will be Gone Home (Xbox One), The Turing Test (Xbox One), Rayman 3 HD (Xbox 360), and Medal of Honor: Airborne (Xbox 360).
  https://news.xbox.com/2017/09/27/xbo...-october-2017/
• Sony revealed the list of free games for October's Playstation Plus offerings includes MSG V: Phantom Pain (PS4) and Amnesia: Collection (PS4) among the 6 games available.
  https://blog.us.playstation.com/2017...-october-2017/
• After negative backlash, Warner Bros announced the charity DLC pack for Middle Earth: Shadow of War will now be free for all owners of the game. Previously Warner Bros put restrictions on how much money and which region would contribute to helping the family of a deceased developer of the game.
  https://www.destructoid.com/shadow-o...e-463560.phtml

2) Volition, developer of Saints Row series, announced they have recently laid off around 15% of their staff (30+ people) with the official reason related to poor sales for Agents of Mayhem.
https://www.destructoid.com/saints-r...m-463639.phtml