In another move to bring one of its iconic video game properties to the television and films, Sony is prepping a Jak and Daxter adaptation with Uncharted director, Ruben Fleischer, involved once more. This comes via an interview Fleischer had with Digital Trends.

“I’m actually working on Jak and Daxter, a version of that, for PlayStation, which I think would be really cool to bring to life,” Fleischer said.

If you are not familiar with Jak and Daxter, the series was developed by the folks behind the Uncharted series, Naughty Dog, and was a mainstay during the period when PlayStation 2 was all the rage. As an action platformer, players took charge of Jak and his companion Daxter on adventures spanning over six games. The last game was back in 2009, and the duo has not been seen since.

Good Smile Company is working on more Silent Hill 2 figures of the Bubble Head Nurse and Pyramid Head. These will be more affordable, as each one is part of its Pop Up Parade line. Each figure in this series costs $39.99. At WonHobby 35, it showed unpainted prototypes of both for the first time.

First, here's the Bubble Head Nurse. She's wielding a lead pipe.

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Silent Hill 2
POP UP PARADE Bubble Head Nurse

Web Gallery: https://t.co/rwra0G5Azd#SilentHill2 #PopUpParade #goodsmile pic.twitter.com/Ra2cCUHsGJ

— GoodSmile_US (@GoodSmile_US) February 11, 2022

Next, here's Pyramid Head. He's got his knife in hand.

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Remember Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny, that NIS America decided to release only for Nintendo Switch while the Japanese version launched for both Switch and PS4? Apparently, whatever deal was behind that decision, it has expired.

Today the publisher announced Disgaea 6 Complete for PS5, PS4, and PC. It’s coming in the summer of 2022, a year after the launch on Switch.

Since it’s “complete” it’s getting all the DLC that were released for Nintendo Switch out of the box.

There is also a limited edition for PS5 and PS4, priced at $109.99 regardless of platform. It comes with the following:

• Disgaea 6 Complete Deluxe Edition
• “Behind the Seams” Hardcover Art Book
• “Defiance of Dissonance” 2-disc Soundtrack
• Disgaea 6 Complete Steelbook®
• “Roll Call” 17″ x 24″ Cloth Poster
• “Designed with Destiny” Art Cards (Set of 4)
• Collector’s Box

You can check it out in the image under the trailer.

A bevy of Helltaker figures appeared at WonHobby 35, with one being a Pop Up Parade figure and the other three being Nendoroids. Though technically, you could say there are five Nendoroids. A Lucifer figure is coming, for one. There will also be Nendoroids of Justice, Modeus, and Cerberus.

First, here's the Helltaker Lucifer Pop Up Parade figure. This will mark Good Smile Company's second one. In 2021, it released a Nendoroid of the character.

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Helltaker
POP UP PARADE Lucifer

Web Gallery: https://t.co/S3VnVv1zpq#Helltaker #PopUpParade #goodsmile pic.twitter.com/QoKaEke2ne

— GoodSmile_US (@GoodSmile_US) February 11, 2022

There won’t just be two Undertale Nendoroids. A third one is on the way. In addition to Sans and Papyrus, an Undyne Nendoroid is in the works. She appeared for the first time at WonHobby 35. The two boys showed up two, as painted prototypes were shown for the first time.

First, here's the Undyne Nendoroid announcement. Only concept art for the upcoming character appeared. She will be wearing her full suit of armor for the figure.

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UNDERTALE
Nendoroid Undyne

Web Gallery: https://t.co/LrvwMJcU3y#undertale #nendoroid #goodsmile pic.twitter.com/sKetUKx60L

— GoodSmile_US (@GoodSmile_US) February 11, 2022

Three new Persona Nendoroids are on the way, and they're figures from older games. At WonHobby 35, Good Smile Company announced Persona 2 and Persona 3 Nendoroids. Tatsuya Suou from Persona 2: Innocent Sin, Maya Amano from Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, and Makoto Yuki from Persona 3 will all appear. Only unpainted prototypes showed up at the event.

First, here's a look at Tatsuya from Persona 2: Innocent Sin. He's wearing his normal uniform.

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Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Nendoroid Tatsuya Suou

Web Gallery: https://t.co/1cYGQTBJF6#Persona2 #nendoroid #goodsmile pic.twitter.com/PFgfCOwIVp

— GoodSmile_US (@GoodSmile_US) February 11, 2022

Next is the Maya Nendoroid from Persona 2: Eternal Punishment.

It’s always nice when you get even more free stuff in an already somewhat predatory free-to-play game like Genshin Impact. Intertwined Fates are one of the premium currencies in MiHoYo’s popular action RPG, and they’re used in the in-game gacha system to try to roll for the limited-time 5-star characters.

With the Lantern Rite event now underway, MiHoYo had originally planned to give players one free Intertwined Fate each. However, due to a configuration error in the game, some players had received two instead of one. To even things out across the entire player base, the company has since confirmed on Twitter that all players will be getting an extra Intertwined Fate now.

Those who have already received an extra Fate will not get anymore, and MiHoYo also states that the rewards will be handed out to all players by the end of v2.4, or the end of the Lantern Rite event.

Genshin Impact is now available on PC and PlayStation.

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It's been almost 10 years since the last Danganronpa Nendoroids appeared, and now Good Smile Company announced a new figure. One of the more familiar faces is coming to life. A Junko Enoshima Nendoroid is in development. There's no release window for her yet, though.

Here's the official announcement. Only the Junko Nendoroid concept art is available, and it is based on her Danganronpa 1 and 2 Reload appearance.

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Danganronpa 1•2 Reload
Nendoroid Junko Enoshima

Web Gallery: https://t.co/d6JcRNVQXc#Danganronpa #nendoroid #goodsmile pic.twitter.com/mTkTzlJ04g

— GoodSmile_US (@GoodSmile_US) February 11, 2022

Ownership of the Lord of the Rings series has somehow been in the news twice this week. Firstly and most prominently, because the rights to the series are going up for sale for the first time since the 1970s. Secondly, and more bizarrely, because this week of all weeks a prominent Lord of the Rings mod was hit with a…

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Be still my Atomic Heart Atomic Heart stirred up a lot of interest when it was initially announced back in 2017....

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Recently indicted Nintendo hacker Gary Bowser has been handed a 40-month prison sentence by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington for creating and selling “console-hacking software and devices used to play pirated Nintendo Switch games.” This is according to a victory lap-style press release…

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Salt And Sacrifice is a 2D sidescroller about battering through a gothic, interconnected world full of cursed, formidable monsters. It's Dark Soulsy, from its skill system to its co-op summons to your custom character being some sort of indebted criminal.

It also now has a release date: May 10th, according to a new trailer below.

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Platform: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC
Publisher: Sloclap
Developer: Sloclap
Release: February 8, 2022
Rating: Mature

You better be in full Mouthful Mode because this week's Game Informer Show is huge. We're diving into our Sifu review impressions, discussing the hot new MMO Lost Ark and its Diablo-style combat, and breaking down the highs and lows of the first Nintendo Direct of 2022 – including a new Super Mario Strikers game!

Never Alone - the acclaimed puzzle-platform adventure inspired by a traditional story told by the Iñupiat, an Alaska Native people - is getting a sequel, and the original game will be making its way to Switch in an all-new bundle on 24th February.

The first Never Alone (also known as Kisima Ingitchuna) launched back in 2014, and its tale of an Iñupiat girl named Nuna and her Arctic fox searching for the source of a eternal blizzard to save their village from starvation went on to receive numerous accolades, including winning the BAFTA Games Awards' Best Debut Game in 2015.

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If you made it through the entire series of Book of Boba Fett, you were treated to a terrible finale and a two-episode narrative diversion that derailed the entire premise of this being a show about Boba Fett. Hope you enjoyed! You also, however, caught a glimpse of a very cool, very old piece of video game hardware.

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Today third-party developer iniBuilds announced that its iniBuilds scenery design team is working on a rendition of London Heathrow Airport (EGLL) for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

According to the developers, the airport is “not too far” from release, and it’s their “most detailed and feature-rich scenery to date.”

This is certainly good news considering the importance of Heathrow as an international hub and the fact that the one included in Microsoft Flight Simulator isn’t exactly the best and most up-to-date rendition of the airport out there.

Having an alternative for those who would like more realism is definitely a good thing.

Pricing and release date have not been announced yet, but you can watch a trailer below.

Recently, we published our latest interview with head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann and we heard more about Microsoft’s plans for the next few months, including World Update Australia.

Turn out the lights A remake of Resident Evil 4 has been going around the rumor mill for a little while now....

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Platform: Xbox One, PC
Publisher: Finji
Developer: Tunic Team
Release: March 16, 2022
Rating: Everyone

With so many amazing indie titles released last year, you’d think it would be tough for 2022 to measure up. But somehow, this year is just as ridiculously stuffed with awesome-looking experiences. Independent creators are bringing their triple-I-games with titles that range from an action-packed Kung Fu epic to an unsettlingly cute community builder. Presented in chronological release order, here’s our list of the indie games we are most looking forward to in 2022.

The Sims 4's My Wedding Stories game pack will launch next week, introducing the "romantic world" of Tartosa and a suite of new wedding-themed items and events to the storytelling toybox. Today, EA Maxis announced that the pack would not be released in Russia, however, where homophobic laws would have required developers to compromise "the values we live by."

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If you’ve played a competitive online shooter, it’s happened to you. You shoot an enemy a bunch. You swear you saw your shots connect. But the next minute, it’s you who’s sitting through a respawn timer. To take it from hardcore players, Halo Infinite can seem particularly egregious about such matters of desync, and…

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The Uncharted movie will hit the silver screens soon, and Sony Pictures Entertainment is continuing to publish sneak peeks.

While a recent trailer was labeled “final,” it looks like that doesn’t means what we thought it means, so we just got another.

This time around Tom Holland shows some rather spiffy moves as he handles a couple of goons at a bar. As usual, it’s definitely action-packed showcasing plenty of stunts that seem to be the staple of the movie.

Check out the new video below.

The Uncharted movie will premiere in theaters on January 28, 2022, just a few days after the launch of the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, which will come to PS4 and PC in early 2022. You can also take a look at another recent trailer.

What an amazing critter you are There’s pain beneath the gibberish speak of characters in games like Chulip. The story...

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I saw an image of Wind Waker earlier today, and that game does not age. Link never sailed onto PC however, so that leaves us with Windbound, a survival adventure about sailing between islands. It's currently free to keep from the Epic Games Store.

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Riot Games has shared an update on its ongoing efforts to combat voice and chat toxicity in its free-to-play shooter Valorant, pledging that harsher, more immediate punishments for abusers - and its previously announced voice recording moderation system - are on the way.

Riot initially outlined the areas it would be focusing on to combat unwanted player behaviour in Valorant - which included repeated AFK offences as well as those related to toxic comms use - in a blog post last year. The developer has now offered an update on its progress, highlighting some of the new steps it will be implementing in a bid to make for a more pleasant player experience in the near future.

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Platform: PC
Publisher: Amazon Games
Developer: Smilegate
Release: February 11, 2022
Rating: Mature

Lost Ark launches for Western audiences this week, with its three-day early access event starting today. Amazon Games, the publisher bringing Tripod Studios and Smilegate's RPG to the west, has been kind enough to let some of the press in a little early to play on a private server, so I've had my hands on the action-RPG MMO for a few weeks now. Much of the game was in place when I played, although I was missing a very big aspect of it: the broader social component. Because of the small sample size of players, all of my time in the world of Arkesia was by my lonesome. So, for now, I'm not comfortable dropping my final assessment on Lost Ark. Instead, here are some of my thoughts on this impressive free-to-play title after playing pre-release.

Today Microsoft released the open beta version of a new relevant update for Microsoft Flight Simulator, while more news was shared by third-party developers.

The update is the open beta version of Sim Update 8, which is scheduled for an official release on March 1.

It includes a ton of improvements and you can find information on how to join here. Of course, you should keep in mind that it is a beta, so there may be issues that could negatively impact your experience.

Among the relevant changes, we find stability and (hopefully) fewer crashes to desktop, changes to weather, VR improvements, and a whole lot of changes to aircraft, including the new propellers simulation. Aircraft driven by the Live AI will also depart again after months of spawning stuck at the gates.

We also get a new update from Drzewiecki Design, which shared new images of its progress made on Renton Municipal Airport (KRNT) in the United States and the attached Boeing factory, 

Last week, Team17 announced Worms NFTs and then, amid an enormous backlash from their audience and business partners, cancelled them the following day. Now several staff at the publisher have spoken out about low pay, overwork, and management failures in a new report by Eurogamer.

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Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct had a little bit of something for everyone, from Wii Sports jocks to Mario Kart speedsters to Kirby vore fanatics. But that doesn’t mean that something incredible wasn’t missing. In fact, the Japanese Nintendo Direct included something pretty terrific that the version we got didn’t: an…

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Claim Windbound for free by Feb. 17, then circle back for Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons Windbound, a...

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A virtual home on the range As a former horse girl, there’s nothing I love more than seeing others lean...

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If your action-RPG library has felt a little lacking as of late,Maglam Lord might be what you're looking for. This story of a long-slumbering Bladelord awakening to a new world order combines dungeon exploration with side-scrolling encounters and a splash of romance. Lord Killizerk's entourage includes vassals waiting for their return, sibling heroes Darius and Charme, and a couple other surprise characters deemed worthy enough to wield Killizerk in their weapon form.

Due to Killizerk's status as the last Bladelord, the local government designated them as an endangered species. Mamie, the Administration's representative, presents Killizerk's team with requests of varying importance that she claims will benefit the city. Mamie's extremely selective wording and sometimes odd directives leave the group wondering what it is she's hiding from them. Pursuing leads from the Administration while doing some super secret sleuthing leads our ragtag team to discover some hard truths.

Mario Kart DS had some absolute gems Leading up to yesterday’s Nintendo Direct, there were a lot of rumors across...

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