Pick up two armor pieces and the same weapon twice

Continue reading…

Clap Hanz Golf is now on Apple Arcade. Think of it as a successor to Everybody's Golf. Subscribers can immediately play alone or with others.

The post Clap Hanz Golf Appears From Everybody’s Golf Developer appeared first on Siliconera.

The Genshin Impact Dragonspine soundtrack, Vortex of Legends, is out now on Apple Music, Spotify and YouTube.

The post Genshin Impact ‘Vortex of Legends’ Dragonspine Soundtrack Released appeared first on Siliconera.

Doom Eternal is half price ($29.99) on the Nintendo Switch eShop, and that's a solid deal.

Panic Button's well-liked Switch port of Doom Eternal only released digitally, and it's still relatively recent compared to the older PC and other console versions that came out first, so for anyone considering waiting on a "good deal," this is likely your best opportunity for a good long while.

For a tech analysis, I'd turn to Digital Foundry. The Switch edition looks blurry even when you aren't stacking it up side-by-side, but it plays well, and it's a "near locked 30 frames per second experience" in docked play. As for those pesky Marauders, I can't help you there – you're gonna have to practice.

While I'd say Doom Eternal is the focal point here, a few other notable eShop sales are running right now that you can peruse all at once over on Nintendo's sales and deals page. For once, it's not too cramped.

Bethesda has the wider Doom and Wolfenstein series on sale. Everything is half price, which works out pretty well for the classic Doom titles, but not so much for Skyrim, which is still charging $29.99.

Featured Deal: Beats Solo Pro Headphones | $145 | Woot

Read more...

Timothy Zahn’s Heir to the Empire is back

Continue reading…

So you like Super Mario Bros., eh? Do you like it for $660,000, because there are collectors that sure do. A sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. just broke the world record for the most expensive title ever sold, selling for the impressive amount mentioned above. 

Game History's Kelsey Lewin took to Twitter to share this expensive feat, heralding in the most expensive game sold to this date: 

The first $1 million dollar game is just around the corner. I’ve been too afraid to look back at Pink Gorilla’s inventory history to see how much money we’ve sold sealed things for in the past, but I remember a Pokémon Red for $400 🥲

— kelsey lewin (@kelslewin) April 2, 2021

This isn't the first time Super Mario has made headlines regarding auction prices, including a super-rare variant for Super Mario Bros. 3 that sold for just over $156,000. 

Who knew Wheel of Fortune was so ruthless? A contestant on the TV game show missed a question Wednesday on a technicality, ultimately losing the game.

Read more...

Featured Deal: 72 Hour Flash Sale | HP

Read more...

Sealed NES cartridge outsells Nintendo Play Station prototype

Continue reading…

Turns out that 2019 Bandai Namco trademark led to the Apple Arcade exclusive Taiko no Tatsujin: Pop Tap Beat. It's out now on Apple devices.

The post Taiko no Tatsujin: Pop Tap Beat Drops the Beat on Apple Arcade appeared first on Siliconera.

Outriders went live yesterday, and it seems like a lot of people are hopping on, because the servers are having some trouble keeping up. Players are reporting disconnections and troubles staying logged into servers.

Over on the Outriders subreddit and on social media, users have been posting pictures of the start screen. Developer People Can Fly has been openly addressing it though, posting updates on the Outriders Twitter page.

In a statement, studio head Sebastian Wojciechowski says that Square Enix is working to fix the server issues as soon as possible.

"As developers, who've been working super hard for the last five years to make this game awesome, we really hope that you will judge the game rather than those teething troubles related to server issues," said Wojciechowski. "It is frustrating for you and it is frustrating for us."

Cinema snobs the world over scoffed when polarizing director Zack Snyder announced that his indulgent superhero opus Zack Snyder’s Justice League would be re-rereleased in a desaturated black and white version he’d dubbed Zack Snyder’s Justice League: Justice Is Gray. I was among them, but mostly because Snyder’s…

Read more...

Head to Nessus for some Exotics

Continue reading…

Apple is expanding the subscription library's offerings by adding premium games already found elsewhere on the App Store. ...

Marvel’s wretched hive of scum and villainy makes its neon-soaked debut

Continue reading…

Won’t launch this spring, says Traveller’s Tales

Continue reading…

The KOF XV King trailer teased the return of Surprise Rose, and Character Designer Tomohiro Nakata said her moveset will include old attacks.

The post KOF XV King Moveset Will Have ‘Older Attacks Making a Big Comeback’ appeared first on Siliconera.

Well, shoot – another delay. And not necessarily a game I expected to be pushed back again.

TT Games planned to wrap up LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga by spring 2021, but as of today, the self-proclaimed "biggest and best-ever LEGO game" won't make that release window.

The developers noted on Twitter that they simply "need more time" – but stopped short of sharing a revised target. We'll hear more about the "updated launch timing as soon as possible."

Thanks to all our fans for your continued patience. pic.twitter.com/tCDV9Ikftd

— TT Games (@TTGames) April 2, 2021

You’d be forgiven if you forgot all about World of Demons. Platinum Games announced the mobile action game back in 2018, and guess what? It’s suddenly available now exclusively on Apple Arcade.

Do you like stylish action games with pretty art directions? World of Demons might be up your alley. The game’s aesthetic harkens titles like Okami in that it rocks a gorgeous, watercolor art inspired by ukiyo-e woodblock prints.

Players control a samurai who leads an army of yokai, demons in Japanese folklore, on a mission to take down the evil lord of oni, Shuten Doji. Along the way players will recruit additional yokai and samurai to their cause, each bringing new abilities. Because it’s a Platinum joint, the game’s action is fast, fluid, and over-the-top, and you can play using a controller or with virtual inputs on the touchscreen. Check out the game’s launch trailer for a look at the gorgeous title in action.

In this classic postmortem from Game Developer magazine, Lucy Bradshaw and the Maxis team recount what went right and what went wrong during development. ...

Square Enix offered more details about the FFXIV 5.5 part one patch and shared a trailer showing the NieR: Automata raid and Diamond Weapon.

The post FFXIV Patch 5.5 Trailer Shows Off the New NieR: Automata Raid appeared first on Siliconera.

Fantasian, the new dioramic RPG from Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, launched on Apple Arcade. But as it turns out, that wasn't the only game coming to the service.

Apple announced today that over 30 games are coming to the subscription gaming service, spread across new games and old classics. Alongside the new originals, Apple launched two new categories: Timeless Classics and App Store Greats.

The Classics section has some longtime standards: a chess and backgammon app, for example, as well as the pretty solid Good Sudoku by Zach Gage. App Store Greats, meanwhile, holds a number of mobile classics ad-free and fully unlocked, including Fruit Ninja Classic, Mini Metro, and Threes!, which is responsible for a lot of lost hours for me, personally.

A big surprise is PlatinumGames' World of Demons, the action mobile game first shown back in 2018 that later quietly disappeared has snuck onto the Apple Arcade list. It's got some really striking, Okami-esque visuals for its tale of samurai and yokai.

If you like Metroid, you’re in luck. Over the years, countless games have taken inspiration from Nintendo’s classic series, giving gamers an abundance of ways to explore connected maps, earn upgrades, and unearth secret items. But of all the projects that contain traces of Metroid DNA, 2015’s Axiom Verge came the closest to reconstructing it. The original Axiom Verge had a retro aesthetic, a lonely atmosphere, and an array of clever abilities that made the mysterious world a joy to traverse.

However Axiom Verge wasn’t a mere imitator; it built on a solid foundation with its own signature elements. A heady sci-fi story and mind-bending meta elements put a contemporary twist on the familiar formula – and with Axiom Verge 2, players are about to learn even more about this series’ unique identity. After five years of work by solo developer Tom Happ, this prequel/sequel hybrid is almost done, and I played the first few hours of an alpha version to see how the Axiom Verge universe is evolving.

Resident Evil Village comes out May 7.

Read more...

In this 2018 GDC talk, Joseph Sanabria explains how developers, designers and artists can use sketches to help create a vision and bring teams together. ...

Rumors have been long circulating about an upgraded Nintendo Switch model. What do we most want to see in a Nintendo Switch Pro?

The post What We Need From a Nintendo Switch Pro appeared first on Siliconera.

‘We recently received more cards in three days than we did during the previous three months’

Continue reading…

I may have accidentally gotten back into collecting Super Nintendo games. Yeah, let's go with "may."

As many of you have no doubt experienced first-hand, it's been an expensive time for collectors from all walks of life. For anyone looking to lighten their loads, there's an opportunity to strategically cash out, especially when it comes to even vaguely "rare" games, trading cards, and other nostalgia-inducers.

For some buyers – those unfortunate souls who lack enough patience to wait for prices to maybe one day settle into something approaching normal times – it's been a trip. I don't know why my brain decided I should rekindle my SNES love all of a sudden, but it did, and I'm trying not to overdo it.

Recently, that meant a few nights of impulse buying spread across eBay – yeah, eBay! I haven't used it in over a decade! – and a trusted local game store with accurate online listings and high-quality photos.

For now, I've been focusing on the carts I never personally had as a kid – within reason. So, more along the lines of repeat rentals, games I enjoyed at friends' houses, and cool stuff I read about in magazines, not so much "obscure gems people overlooked in the '90s that are now obscenely expensive."

Twitch trends come and go, but one thing remains constant: the endless debate around what women should be allowed to wear on the platform. Now it comes in a summery new flavor: hot tub streams. Recently, streamers have declared these broadcasts the new “meta,” outraging the usual suspects—but also leading some female…

Read more...

One of the most annoying aspects of modern sports games, including the console and PC versions of NBA 2K21, are the obtrusive microtransactions. NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition, released today for the Apple Arcade service, has no microtransactions whatsoever. What a breath of fresh air.

Read more...

Now that Demon's Souls is on PS5 with an incredible amount of updates to make it feel like a new experience, even more eyes are on this brutally unforgiving game experience that launched an epic line of gaming experiences with Dark Souls and Bloodborne. For those itching for more Demon's Souls goodness, the game's original soundtrack is coming to vinyl form for a limited time, and pre-orders are available now. 

Milan Records has announced the first-ever vinyl release for the original Demon's Souls soundtrack centering around the album of music from the PlayStation 5 remake from composer Shunsuke Kida. If you've played Demon's Souls, then you already know that the music for this game is hauntingly beautiful, an incredible representation of the detailed lore behind this world. 

This new collection is also great for those collector's out there looking to commemorate the Demon's Souls experience because there will be several variants to choose from. While each variant hasn't been revealed at this time, Milan Records did confirm that Mondo, Light in the Attic Records, Newbury Comic, Channel 3 Records, and Black Screen Records. Those variants will be available later, but we'll update this post as they go live. 

The Star Wars show, now on Disney Plus, also nerfed the guy

Continue reading…

And it’s a corrective for more than a hundred years of whitewashed cinema history

Continue reading…

You can see what a fashionable fighter Giorno Giovanna will be ahead of his Spring 2021 debut with the new Jump Force trailer.

The post Watch Giorno Giovanna Fight in a Jump Force DLC Trailer appeared first on Siliconera.

I don't like to cover every Hearthstone set, because some are way more impactful than others.

But when there's a full standard rotation, it's kind of a big deal. Forged in the Barrens is a pretty hefty shakeup for the entire game, mostly because it also coincides with the recent new Core Set of cards.

Following the Final Fantasy XIV reveals made during the latest Letter from the Producer Live, Square Enix sent a press kit with more screenshots.

We get to take another look at the content coming with update 5.5 “Death Unto Dawn” starting with The Tower at Paradigm’s Breach YoRHa Dark Apocalypse alliance raid tied-in with NieR Automata.

On top of that, a couple of screenshots showcase the new (And last)  Save the Queen chapter and its battlefield, Zadnor.

Lastly, an image shows off the The Whorleater Unreal, that will pitch players against a massively buffed-up Leviathan.

You can check them all out below.

The one.