Upcoming Alan Wake update will torch David Bowie's Space Oddity from credits

Remedy is set to update its original version of Alan Wake on PC, removing David’s Bowie’s Space Oddity from the credits in the process.
This, the developer has said, is due to “changes in licensing”. Once this update goes live, players will instead be met with an original song by Petri Alanko, known as Strange Moons.
Alanko has also composed music for a number of Remedy’s other games, including Alan Wake 2 and Control.

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Starfield's Shattered Space DLC teases "over 50" Va'ruun'kai locations, "gross" new grenades

With Starfield’s Shattered Space expansion just weeks away from release, Bethesda has been teasing some of the things players can expect to find when House Va’ruun’s homeward of Va’ruun’kai opens for business on 30th September.

“Thank you to the millions of players who have made the Settled Systems their home and helped make this an incredible first year for Starfield”, Bethesda wrote in a post on social media, before turning its attention to those pre-launch teases.

First up is the reveal Shattered Space’s new planet of Va’ruun’kai will be something for explorers to get stuck into, featuring “over 50 locations to discover” – one of which, as we learned during Gamescom, will be House Va’ruun’s capital city of Dazra.

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Xbox unveils Deadpool bum controller as competition prize for one lucky recipient

Xbox has revealed a new “Cheeky Controller” in a Deadpool design to celebrate the new Deadpool & Wolverine Marvel film, with a rather prominent behind.

A peachy pair of these controllers will be part of the grand prize in a global sweepstakes, alongside other custom Xbox hardware – details of how to enter have been shared on social media site X.

It’s in Deadpool’s fetching red colour and seemingly offers a firm grip. Just mind where you put your fingers.

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