Compile Heart revealed a brand new trailer of its upcoming JRPG Fairy Fencer F: Refrain Chord.

The trailer reveals the opening cutscene of the game that mostly focuses on introducing the cast, alongside a look at some of the scenes included in the game.

We also get to listen to the game’s opening song “Inori no neiro” (Sound of Prayer) performed by the beautiful voice of Yui Ishikawa.

You can watch the trailer below. If you want to hear more songs you can check out the first batch of videos, the second batch, the third, the fourth, and the fifth.

Fairy Fencer F: Refrain Chord will release in Japan for PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch on September 15, 2022.

Today 3goo announced that Dimps’ 2D fighting games The Rumble Fish and The Rumble Fish 2 will come to consoles.

While the specific platforms have not been announced yet, we know that it’ll launch worldwide in winter 2022.

If you’re not familiar with The Rumble Fish series, it’s a franchise of 2D fighting games developed by Dimps and launched in the Japanese arcades in 2004. A PS2 version of the game was also released the following year.

The second game, The Rumble Fish 2, was released in the arcades in 2005 and it never made it officially to consoles, until now. It added new gameplay systems and plenty of new characters.

Known for their smooth anime-style animation thanks to the S.M.A. (Smooth Model Animation) tech, the series is fairly well known in Japan, but pretty obscure in the west, since it never was officially released in the arcades in Europe or North America.

The gameplay uses two different kinds of gauges (offense and defense) and the games still have a cult following among Japanese arcade enthusiasts.

With 2D fighting games enjoying a surge in popularity as of late, this certainly appears to be a good time for a returning contender in this industry.

Below you can enjoy a story trailer introducing some of the characters of the franchise.

The surprise that was Saber Interactive’s Evil Dead: The Game just keeps getting better. A new “Army of Darkness” update has now arrived for free, transporting players to the new map of Castle Kandar, together with two new weapons, new premium cosmetics, and an interesting single-player Exploration mode.

For fans of the movie franchise, the Army of Darkness map will bring back plenty of memories. From Castle Kandar itself to other locales like the Windmill, the Arthurian Outpost, Fort Gort and the Castle Kandar Keep, there is much to marvel at as you try to either survive or end it all in the game.

The new Exploration mode is perfect if you wish to experience any of the maps in the game without stress. Free roam across the vast locations to better understand the various maps, and you can even bash in the head of a Deadite or two.

The Evil Dead: The Game update also adds the slow and powerful Mace and the Explosive Crossbow to players’ arsenal, providing more options up close as well as from afar.

As for cosmetics, there are two new Ash outfits to purchase: the S-Mart Employee Outfit and Gallant Knight Outfit go for $2.99 each. For those looking for more, the Medieval Bundle, which includes Henry The Red’s Scottish Vibe Outfit, Lord Arthur’s Battle Prep Outfit, and the Gilded Attire costume pack for the Necromancer Demon army, is available for $7.99 or as part of Season Pass 1.

You can check out the trailer for the update below:

Tomonobu Itagaki, former head of Koei Tecmo's Team Ninja, has a new studio. He's also working on a new game, called Warrior, an NFT Massive Multiplayer Online RPG (MMORPG). Itagaki's new studio, called Apex Game Studios, will specialize in developing "triple-A Web3 titles." "Web3" is a catchphrase for blockchain-related internet technologies, including NFTs (non-fungible tokens), cryptocurrencies, and "decentralized finances." Virtual reality social and commercial spaces like the "Metaverse" are often classified as part of "Web3" but don't necessarily require blockchain or cryptocurrency technology to work. Warrior is built on the Unreal engine and slated for initial release early in 2023, with mobile platforms and PC targeted.

Actual details about how Warrior will play or what it will look like are sparse, though. The official site contains some copy laying out the premise of the game, which is that players are on a journey to claim the power of the "King Warrior." Gameplay descriptions promise an upgrade system using randomly generated gear, "tribal territory," and "mob servants" that can be traded back and forth. Much of the site's content is dedicated to explaining the Warrior NFT economy.

Even with just 26 letters in the alphabet, the variety of words that can come from a certain set of letters is numerous. For those looking to overcome the daily challenge of Wordle, knowing as many words as possible that fit a particular configuration will always help. In this guide, we’ll go through all of the 5-letter words with _I_E_ in them to give you a good idea of where to start and aid you on the quest to maintain your streak.

Note that the following list of words has been tested and will work in Wordle. However, if you spot any missing or incorrect words, please inform us via the comments below so we can take a look at the list and update it if necessary.

Ready to give Wordle a go but worried about getting the potential answer in just six guesses? In this guide, we’ll go through all the 5-letter words starting with L and ending with R to give you a direction to start lend you a hand on your quest to maintain a hot streak.

Note that the following list of words has been tested and will work in Wordle. However, if you spot any missing or incorrect words, please inform us via the comments below so we can take a look at the list and update it if necessary.

The way Wordle works is always in favor of those who take things a little more strategically. Instead of haphazardly guessing different words, constant refinement is actually much more efficient. In this guide, we’ll go through all of the 5-letter words starting with LI to give you a good idea of where to start and aid you on the quest to maintain your streak.

Note that the following list of words has been tested and will work in Wordle. However, if you spot any missing or incorrect words, please inform us via the comments below so we can take a look at the list and update it if necessary.

Popular mangaka Ken Akamatsu has been elected to the House of Councillors of the National Diet of Japan only a few days ago, but he is wasting absolutely zero time and he’s already working to push legislation in favor of his fellow geeks.

Akamatsu-sensei mentioned on his official Twitter account that a team of select experts has been formed within the Legal System Subcommittee’s Digital Rights team of the Digital Archive Society to start working on the “legal preservation of past games in a playable state.

He added that the archiving and usability of old content that is going lost is a topic that he’s strongly passionate about, so he wants to help this become a success.

Game preservation has been an ongoing problem, with many older games becoming unplayable or going completely as the years pass.

Akamatsu-sensei was elected as a member of the House of Councillors last Sunday after running with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on a campaign mostly centered on protecting creators’ freedom of expression and artistic freedom from censorship and undue external influences.

Looks like some people have been enjoying a little more than just early footage of the upcoming Skate 4. While EA continues to keep fans refreshingly up-to-date on a game that’s still a while off, the developers have written a blog post to say there’s a limit to that sentiment, and to ask folks to please stop playing…

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Today third-party developers have plenty of juicy news and assets to share about add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

We start with Just Flight, which released new and rather impressive images of its AI Traffic add-on FS Traffic ahead of a bigger reveal with lots of new information.

The images that you can see below are from the latest build that is currently being tested.

Want to know how to earn Primogems during the Genshin Impact Partner Program on Twitch? We’ll explain the different ways you can claim these valuable items and other event features. So, here’s everything you need to know about this exciting program.

How to Earn Primogems During the Genshin Impact Partner Program on Twitch

If you want to earn Primogems during the Version 2.8 event, you can either claim them by watching or streaming from the Genshin Impact category on Twitch. You’ll also need to link your HoYoverse account to the platform to receive the rewards.

There are two phases within the program: Registration and Stream Challenge, which ends with a winner announcement. In addition, the event lasts from July 14 to Aug. 7, and you’ll get your Primogem rewards within 30 business days after the screening and verification period.

Here is a list of what gifts you’ll receive when watching a consecutive amount of streams under the Genshin Impact category:

• Mora x20,000 – 15 minutes
• Sanctifying Unction x4 – 30 minutes
• Mystic Enhancement Ore x5 – 60 minutes
• Hero’s Wit x3 – 90 minutes
• Primogems x30 – 120 minutes

Those who want to stream their content and earn rewards through the Twitch Drop can upload videos during the Genshin Impact Partner Program.

While you’ll all be aware that celebrities, despite their wealth, are given expensive shit for free all the time, today we’re going to take a look at one gift in particular. Partly because it’s a gaming PC, but also because we kinda have the receipt for it as well.

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Atlus released another daily trailer of the upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, focusing on the demons that will be featured in the game.

This time the trailer focuses on showing another Sabbath, a feature that lets you unleash all of your equipped demons in a devastating bonus attack.

We see Mad Gasser, Mermaid, Poltergeist, Dominion, Nue, Bugbear, Cockatrice, Nezha, Garuda, Ippon-Datara, and Nozuchi.

Like most daily trailers, we also get the daily horoscope, but this time around it just shows a bunch of signs considered lucky, specifically Capricorn, Aquarius, Taurus, Libram, Aries, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Scorpio, and Sagittarius.

You can check the video out below.

Soul Hackers 2 releases for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC (Steam and Windows Store) on August 26, just one day after the Japanese launch on August 25.

PUBG: Battlegrounds received an update for the live game on PC and consoles today, bringing the game’s ninth map with new features, another battle pass, and more.

The biggest addition in the update is the new map called Deston, an 8x8km space that contains a variety of environments such as mountains, swamps, an outdoor concert venue, a hydroelectric dam, and a city. The official PUBG website is even hosting a tour of all the different biomes that can be viewed in virtual reality.

The city is most interesting as it is flooded with shallow water and contains the new “Ascenders,” which are mechanical ropes that can send players from the ground top to the top of skyscrapers in seconds. Ascenders are also used for Cell Towers scattered around the map, and will propel players high into the air where a parachute will automatically deploy to get back down safely. It is very similar to the Jump Towers of Apex Legends, as it is used to quickly get around the map.

Drew Karpyshyn, a former BioWare writer, recently visited Reddit for a Q&A session promoting his latest novel, Time Kings of Las Vegas. The conversation, however, focused largely on his video game work. One user was even able to suss out a funny anecdote about how he reacted behind the scenes to Mass Effect fans…

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After teasing it within Apex Legends for weeks, Respawn has finally deemed fit to deliver us some more lore for Seer with a new animated short. Though the lore is delicious, it's come at the cost of mental and emotional damage being dealt to one of Apex Legends' most beloved characters, and now the community is up in arms, asking for the blood of a reporter.

The reporter in question is Lisa Stone, the resident journalist in the world of Apex Legends and one of the game's few main characters who isn't also a playable legend. Lisa was the reporter that stood opposite Forge as Revenant murdered him, as well as the one to rally support for Duardo Silva (Octane's grandfather) in his bid to take control of The Syndicate, the governing body of the Outlands and overseer of the Apex Games.

A controller charging accessory might seem superfluous, but Razer’s magnetic quick charging stands are a great way to store, display, and charge your controllers, and you can grab both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox versions of the device on sale for Prime Day.

While the Xbox and PS5 charging stands differ in a few key ways, their basic functionality is the same. Your controllers attach to the stands magnetically, and connect to your console or PC via the included USB cable (or to a wall outlet if you own the proper adapter). Razer says the stands can fully charge a controller in 3 hours, but you don’t have stop using them while they’re charging. The stands are ergonomically designed so you can continue playing comfortably with the charger connected.

A bunch of other Razer gaming devices are also discounted for Prime Day, like the Death Adder V2 gaming mouse, Iskur X gaming chair, and the Ripsaw HD capture card. Check out our Amazon Prime Day hub for all the latest deals.

Today PlatinumGames announced that Bayonetta 3 will let the player decide what they want to see in terms of nudity.

Developer PlatinumGames itself issued a cheeky tweet mentioning that Bayonetta is “sexier than ever” in the new game, but instead of censoring it for everyone, the power has been put in the hands on the players.

You can activate the “revolutionary” Naive Angel Mode, designed to let more people fully enjoy the game by covering the instances of partial nudity for Bayonetta herself and other characters.

This should allow everyone to play in the living room without having to worry about who may be watching.

The tweet also includes a video that showcases the mode in action (I suppose you may consider it very slightly not safe for work).

EA and Capital Games' new Lord of the Rings mobile game, Heroes of Middle-earth, received a new teaser trailer today and has begun early playtests in the Philippines. In The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth, players can bring characters across the franchise to battle.

The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth tells the story of a new ring discovered in Middle-earth. The newly discovered ring has the power to rewrite history, and players will have the option to use the ring for good or evil.

Heroes of Middle-earth is a turned-based strategy game that will let you command any character from any faction across Middle-earth to fight for you. Players can experience a new original story while exploring never before seen factions in Middle-earth, such as the Haradrim, additional Dúnedain, Rohan commoners, and more.

The Lord of The Rings franchise has several projects in the works. TheLord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerTV show set to premiere on Amazon on September 2,and a new animated film, The War of the Rohirrim, releases in 2024. Additionally, a different Lord of the Rings video game,Gollum, is set to release on September 1.

The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth is set to release worldwide on the Apple App Store and Google Play some time soon.

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Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games have released a new update today for their co-op PvP/PvE multiplayer game Evil Dead: The Game. The new Army of Darkness-themed update introduces that movie's Castle Kandar location as a map, as well as weapons, cosmetics, and a new single-player Exploration mode. Army of Darkness is the third installment in the Evil Dead franchise, and is about Ash Williams fighting an army of Deadites in the past while trying to get back home.

The Army of Darkness map is free and features many iconic locations from the film, such as Castle Kandar, Windmill, the Arthurian Outpost, Fort Gort, and the Castle Kandar Keep. In addition to the new map, you can also use two new weapons: the Mace, which is a slow but powerful close-range weapon, and the Explosive Crossbow, which has a slow reload time but packs a punch.

In the single-player Exploration mode, you can freely roam Castle Kandar and all the other maps. However, you'll still be dealing with Deadites as you explore, making it a potentially great way to improve your skills as a survivor.

You can now purchase the Ash Williams S-Mart Employee Outfit and the Ash Williams Gallant Knight Outfit from Army of Darkness for $2.99 each. Players can also buy The Medieval Bundle for $7.99 that features Henry The Red's Scottish Vibe Outfit, Lord Arthur's Battle Prep Outfit, a new gold outfit for Evil Ash and his minions, as well as a new Screamer jump scare image for the Necromancer Demon. The Medieval Bundle is also included in the Evil Dead: The Game's Season Pass 1.

One of the most important parts of any streamer’s setup is the capture card, but these crucial devices aren’t cheap. Luckily, the Razer Ripsaw HD external capture card is discounted to $104.49 (normally $160) during Amazon’s Prime Day sale.

There are plenty of other great Prime Day deals that can save you some cash on upgrades to your gaming and streaming setups, including a bunch of discounted PC accessories, gaming chairs, and desks. Be sure to check our Amazon Prime Day 2022 deals hub for more.

Today the Asian arm of Sega released a new trailer of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles.

The trailer shows the first actual gameplay of the previously teased  Sound Hashira Tengen Uzui, also revealing that he will launch in July as the first paid DLC character.

While the trailer is for South East Asia, this should also work for the west, since the release dates for this game are usually the same.

You can check out Tengen in action below.

We already know that more DLC will follow including Nezuko (Advanced Demon Form), Tanjiro (Entertainment District), Zenitsu (Entertainment District), Inosuke (Entertainment District), Daki, and Gyutaro. They won’t be released at the same time but as a series of periodic updates.

As you can easily guess, the DLCs are heavily themed on the Entertainment District Arc of the manga and anime.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles, is currently available for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, & PC. You can read our review.

Everyone's favorite butt-kicking turtles are likely throwing a pizza party as TMNT: Shredder's Revenge has surpassed more than one million copies sold. In a  press release, the CEO of Dotemu, Cyrille Imbert, excitedly stated:

Marcus Stewart reviewed Shredder's Revenge and awarded it an 8.75 out of 10. He concluded his review by saying, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge gives me what I wanted: a polished, raucously fun throwback that plays better than how I remember the original games. Turtles fans new and old will find plenty to love, but those possessing a nostalgia for this era of the franchise are in for the biggest treat. Invite some friends, order a pizza, and prepare to relive your childhood in the best possible way."

Confused about what exactly happened during Ms. Marvel’s post-credits scene? Trust me, you are not alone. Just about everyone is wondering what the heck exactly happened and how THAT character could have appeared. Here is everything you need to know about what is going on.

Ms. Marvel Post Credits Scene

Rumors that Carol Danvers, aka Ms. Marvel, aka Kamala Khan’s hero, would be showing up at the end of Captain Marvel have been running rampant ever since the show was conceptualized. When she does finally show up in the post-credit scene, though, it’s a pretty confusing sequence.

After a blast of energy knocks Kamala through her bedroom closet door, it isn’t the plucky teenager superhero that reappears, instead, it’s a confused Carol Danvers. She looks around the room at all of the pictures that Khan has up on her wall and panics before running out the door. So what is happening?

Did Ms. Marvel Transform Into Captain Marvel?

Before we go too far into it, it’s important to note that the character in that scene is indeed Carol Danvers. It isn’t Kamala shapeshifting into her or anything like that, which is evident by the confused look that Danvers gives at all of the memorabilia that is in the room.

If it was a shape-shifted Kamala, she wouldn’t look that confused at her own room. So the answer is no, Ms. Marvel doesn’t transform into Captain Marvel. So how did Danvers get in her room?

You may have seen some recent posts, on social media accounts typically associated with self-serious multiplayer shooters, about the “skill gap”—the general disparity in ability between pro players and casual fans in a given game.

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Indie studio Spiral Bound Interactive has announced its first game, You Will Die Here Tonight, a survival-horror game heavily inspired by the original Resident Evil. In You Will Die Here Tonight, players are tasked with guiding six members of the Aries Division through a mansion filled with danger in a top-down view.

In You Will Die Here Tonight, death is a crucial element in-game. When players eventually die, you'll continue the game as another Aries member, picking where they left off and dealing with the choices you made before dying. In true survival-horror fashion, ammo is a sacred item and danger is waiting around every corner--with several twists and turns along the way.

You Will Die Here Tonight will feature a retro-Inspired look alongside a '90s-inspired 3D battle system. You will also be able to explore an abandoned mansion while discovering the truth of what's unraveling around them. At a moment's notice, the game could change from a top-down angle to a first-person arcade shooter where you'll be forced to fight for your life.

There'll be six playable characters in-game, and all of them will have a unique set of skills and personalities that'll determine how they handle certain situations.

The first season of Ms. Marvel just ended, with episode 6 featuring plenty of shocking developments that are set to turn the MCU on its head. Alongside a surprise appearance from Captain Marvel, the end of the show pretty much just confirmed the existence of two really big things.

Are Mutants Canon in the MCU?

The first is that mutants are official canon in the MCU on Earth 616. This comes about during a conversation that Bruno and Kamala are having near the end of the episode when discussing her powers.

To be exact, it is about why Kamala seems to be the only one in her immediate family with the ability to use the bangle and her superpowers. Bruno’s exact words are “Kamala, there’s something different in your genes; like a mutation.”

While that may not necessarily sound like it confirms Mutants in the MCU, there is one huge thing that occurs right after Bruno says this that undeniably confirms it. While brief, the official X-Men 97 opening theme can be heard playing.

Are the X-Men in the MCU?

While we haven’t seen any X-Men in the MCU on Earth 616, the fact that the word mutation was used in Ms. Marvel and the X-Men 97 theme played pretty much confirmed we are getting the X-Men soon. This is the first real confirmation we’ve gotten that mutants exist, outside of the fact that Charles Xavier does appear in Multiverse of Madness, of course.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge was released last month across multiple platforms and to widely positive reviews. Now, the studio behind the retro-inspired arcade beat ‘em up has shared the news that TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge sold one million copies in just its first week. Impressive as shell, I say!

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Following the release of the next Assassin's Creed game, codenamed Rift, Ubisoft will supposedly then work on releasing Assassin's Creed Infinity. Infinity will be a live-service game, reportedly including a bunch of different experiences--one of which, apparently, specifically won't be Aztec despite recent rumors.

"The next [Assassin's Creed] game is Rift, which is set in Baghdad," Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier wrote on Reddit. "After that will be [Assassin's Creed] Infinity, and while that's going to include a bunch of different games/experiences/biomes/whatever you want to call them, I've heard about the main two and neither of them are Aztec."

Schreier made the post in response to a report from video game YouTuber and reviewer Jeremy Penter, who said, in a tweet, "Next AC game will be Aztecs." Only time will tell which of the two is right.

Ubisoft has not confirmed the existence of Rift, but it has talked about Infinity, which will be developed in a new cross-studio structure between Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Quebec. Infinity won't be free-to-play, and will reportedly launch in 2024 or later. The game will act as a platform from which Assassin's Creed can grow going forward, allowing Ubisoft to explore a wider variety of different experiences.

Naraka Bladepoint, the melee-focused battle royale game, is getting a new mode as part of a Fall Guys crossover event. The new mode, called Through The Fire, features obstacles inspired by the battle royale party game as part of an official crossover event.

One of the more unusual video game crossovers in recent history, the Through The Fire mode features a bunch of Fall Guys inspired decorations in the loading area, adding some bright colors to the more-realistic fantasy world. The game mode itself appears to be the typical "last person standing wins," but with a twist.

In Through The Fire, there are multiple massive swinging pendulums that can knock players off the small island, killing them. You will need to avoid the pendulums to get the loot spawning in the middle of the map. There are also two Souljades specific to this mode, both giving you the power to knock enemies back, which can be used to launch enemies off the small map. The video doesn't say how many players are in each map, but the play area is much smaller than a typical Naraka Bladepoint map. The trailer doesn't show any Fall Guys inspired cosmetics, so the crossover might be limited to the special mode.

It also doesn't seem like the crossover is going to work both ways, as Fall Guys has not announced any Naraka Bladepoint costumes for the game and it has a new, unrelated event kicking off tomorrow. Naraka Bladepoint is available on PC and Xbox Series X|S and is included in Xbox Game Pass.

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Sega's speedy blue hedgehog has been smashing Badniks since his first encounter with a Motobug in Green Hill Zone, but combat has always played second fiddle to the speed and platforming of the franchise. While certain games like Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Sonic and the Black Knight, and Sonic Forces have experimented with new combat mechanics for the games' protagonists to use, Sonic Frontiers looks to evolve that gameplay component in unprecedented ways.

When Sonic Team set out to create Sonic Frontiers, it wanted to give players more freedom with which to operate. It did this by introducing a new open-zone concept, where players are able to run through and explore various biomes without a predefined path to guide their gameplay. That shift from largely linear stages to a large open zone represents perhaps the biggest shift in how this new Sonic the Hedgehog game plays out, but as I traversed Kronos Island during my three-plus hours of hands-on time, the combat held a much larger role than I expected.

"Sonic games have a long history as stage-clear action games and because of that, there hasn't been a huge focus on battle and combat in Sonic's history," director Morio Kishimoto says. "But for this title, we are implementing a core battle structure to the game as it was imperative in creating a fun new open-zone game system"