Analogue just announced its Analogue Pocket handheld console will miss its original May 2021 shipment date and will slip to October instead.

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Among Us developer InnerSloth announced the game’s fourth map, The Airship, is now available on all platforms in a free update today.

The Airship is the game’s biggest map, and has exclusive features and new content over the previous maps. It contains new tasks such as jewel polishing and emptying trash, ladders and moving platforms to get around, and the ability to choose the room to start in.

A number of free hats including a heart pin, angry eyebrows, unicorn head, rubber glove, and more are available with the new update. Players can also purchase the Airship Skin Bundle with 16 skins that each come with a custom kill animation.

The update also brings and an account system and reporting tools, though account linking between multiple platforms will be “coming soon,” as revealed earlier this year.

Developer InnerSloth announced new features coming to Among Us in future updates such as a “full art style revamp” and larger lobbies. The game’s art style will be updated with “cleaner lines and an easier animation process,” while lobbies will increase from 10 to 15 players.

The studio plans to make more frequent, transparent updates about the development process and behind-the-scenes, and will make a public roadmap for the game “at some point.”

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What a grand day it is when past me gives present me the gift of having put us on the mailing list for a swell little indie game. As past me knows, I do really enjoy a cute but tricky puzzler, which is just what Wildfire Swap looks to be. Only you can stop these wildfires by swapping tiles on the board to contain them without letting houses catch fire. This puzzler is out now, so you can go scratch your head over these grim but cute conundrums yourself.

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In the shadow of its big Oblivion expansion, The Elder Scrolls Online makes the jump to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S this summer with the Console Enhanced edition. As the name implies, this updated port takes advantage of the current console’s power by allowing ESO to run natively on those systems, giving the game’s performance and graphical fidelity a big shot in the arm.

The update arrives on June 8 and comes free of charge to those who own the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of ESO. Console Enhanced bumps the game’s framerate from 30 frames per second to 60 while playing in Performance Mode. Fidelity Mode nets you native 4K visuals and 30 fps. According to the official press release, load times have also been cut in half. 

ESO’s draw distance has also been nearly doubled across the board, so you can gaze even further out into Tamriel’s horizon. Other graphical perks include improved reflections and shadows, circular depth of field for more realistic background views, as well as high-resolution textures and updated antialiasing. It also sports better ambient occlusion and screen space global illumination for improved lighting. 

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Call of Duty’s Season Two Reloaded update was released for Warzone today. In a weird turn of events, 2019’s Modern Warfare received the better part of the update, leaving many players upset.

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Wise-cracking anthropomorphic crime-fighting duo Sam & Max will be making their VR debut on Oculus Quest this June in developer HappyGiant's brand-new adventure outing Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual, with releases on Steam, Viveport Infinity, and PSVR to follow.

Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual is the first entirely new video game outing for the Freelance Police since Telltale's third season of Sam & Max adventures, The Devil's Playhouse, in 2010. It sees the dubious dog and bunny duo indulging in appropriately outlandish VR-enabled mini-games as they explore Cap'n Aquabear's rotting theme park.

"Even multimedia evil-slappers like Sam & Max could use a hand," explains HappyGiant of its new VR endeavour, "and this time they're using the incomprehensible magic of virtual reality to invite the player into their off-kilter world for a furious day of monster-slaying, obstacle courses, responsibly discharged firearms, and, of course, saving the entire freaking world."

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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is practically as old as its subject matter at this point, but even the most devoted players haven’t dusted off all its secrets. Nowhere is this more evident than the so-called “Odin runes,” an arcane set of symbols strewn around digital 9th-century England. They no doubt house an underlying…

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The Kingdom Hearts franchise is finally on PC, so the only natural thing to do is celebrate this momentous occasion with a bunch of wallpapers featuring characters from the almost 20-year-old franchise. Enjoy and don’t forget to download a few of these Kingdom Hearts wallpapers for your own collection.

Even though this one from WallpaperTip is an oldie, it’s a classic that absolutely needs to be included. It has the fantastic Nomura art of Sora, Kairi, Riku, Goofy, and Donald.

Futuristic delivery driver adventure Cloudpunk is dropping off what it calls a "sequel-sized DLC" that's apparently longer than the original game. In addition to continuing Cloudpunk's story with Rania the driver, the City Of Ghosts DLC also adds new areas, vehicle customisation, and street races. There's no expected delivery date just yet, but Ion Lands say it'll be avaialable on PC "soon".

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Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it is bringing several Xbox 360 and original Xbox games to its Xbox Cloud Gaming beta for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.

Android smartphone and tablet owners with an Ultimate subscription can now stream 16 original Xbox and Xbox 360 titles to their devices. Three of the games available now; Viva Piñata, Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, and Jetpac Refuelled, have also been updated to work with touch controls.

The company said more backward compatible games will be coming soon, but here is the full list of 16 games playable on Android now:

• Banjo-Kazooie
• Banjo-Tooie
• Double Dragon Neon
• Fable II
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Gears of War 2
• Gears of War 3
• Gears of War: Judgment
• Jetpac Refuelled (touch controls enabled)
• Kameo
• Perfect Dark
• Perfect Dark Zero
• The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• Viva Piñata (touch controls enabled)
• Viva Piñata: TIP (touch controls enabled)

“We’ve listened to the feedback, going all the way back to our earliest cloud gaming preview, and making games from previous generations available on mobile devices has been one of the most requested features by the community,” said Microsoft.

Spring is finally here! The flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, and the PSN store is offering yet another insane set of deals. Sony unveiled the spring 2021 sale on the PlayStation blog earlier today, revealing that it starts March 31 and ends April 14. 

With over 500 PS4 and PS5 deals amongst this discounted catalog, it can be a little overwhelming to figure out which ones you should spend your hard-earned money on. Not to worry, though, as we’ve come up with a list of the four best games to pick up during the PSN spring 2021 sale for you right below. 

It is also worth noting that every since game listed below received Twinfinite’s Game of the Year award for their respective years. As such, you know they are definitely going to be worth picking up if you haven’t already.

The Elder Scrolls Online is a good-looking game, but playing it on console locked at 30 frames per second hurts my heart. Healing is coming, however, with the June 8 release of The Elder Scrolls Online - Console Enhanced, an upgraded version for Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 that includes, among many visual…

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Mario fans have declared today, March 31, as “The Day Mario Dies.” No, our favorite plumber isn’t actually dying, but today does mark the end of his 35th anniversary celebration.

Nintendo has reminded fans that Super Mario 3D All-Stars will be delisted from the Nintendo eShop, and physical copies will only be available while supplies last. Furthermore, the battle royale game Super Mario Bros. 35 will be permanently shut down at the end of the day.

Fans aren’t particularly happy about this news, so they’ve taken to Twitter to create the best memes, jokes, and art to cope with Mario’s death the end of Mario’s anniversary.

Yesterday, Crunchyroll provided a brand new update regarding all of the new shows that will be arriving to its Spring 2021 collection.

The streaming service revealed that these four new anime are set to be added to the lineup: Burning Kabaddi, Let’s Make a Mug Too, Seven Knights Revolution – Hero Successor, and Thunderbolt Fantasy Sword Seekers 3.

Those titles will be joining the following new simulcasts this spring:

• Burning Kbaddi
• Cardfight! Vanguard Overdress
• Don’t Toy With Me Miss Nagatoro
• Fairy Ranmaru
• Farewell, My Dear Cramer
• Fruits Basket the Final Season
• Joran the Princess of Snow and Blood
• How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
• Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Run Away
• I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level
• Koikimo
• My Hero Academia Season 5
• Oddtaxi
• The Slime Diaries
• Those Snow White Notes
• Thunderbolt Fantasy Sword Seekers 3
• To Your Eternity
• Tokyo Revengers
• Zombie Land Saga Revenge Season 2

At the moment Crunchyroll still has seven anime that they’ve yet to announce. On top of that, only a handful of the new anime have specific airtimes.

Those anime include My Hero Academia, Koikimo, Joran the Princess of Snow and Blood, and So I’m a Spider, So What. To check out the full schedule, as well as the one for continuing simulcasts, check out their official website here.

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Earlier today in a press release from Bethesda Softworks, it was revealed that the enhanced version of The Elder Scrolls Online will be releasing for current-gen consoles on June 8.

If you’re currently playing The Elder Scrolls Online on PS4 or Xbox One, there’s some good news. You’ll be able to get access to ESO: Console Enhanced on PS5 or Xbox Series X|S for no extra cost.

As you would expect from the name, ESO: Console Enhanced features better graphics than the original console version. But that’s not the only improvement in this new version.

There are now two graphics modes that you can choose from in the settings menu (Performance or Fidelity). The Performance Mode runs the game at a steady 60FPS and Fidelity Mode is all about getting the best 4K visuals running at 30FPS.

The press release also detailed even more visual upgrades that are coming in the form of, “…improved reflections, shadows, depth of field, ambient occlusion with screen space global illumination, along with updated antialiasing and unlocked textures.”

And one of the other biggest improvements is to the time you’ll be sitting around doing nothing. That means load times will nearly be cut in half on both current-gen consoles thanks to the speed of their SSDs.

But that’s not all there is to look forward to in The Elder Scrolls Online in 2021. The new Blackwood chapter is just a part of the overarching Gates of Oblivion story that will carry throughout the year.

Today, the top streamer on Twitch was forced to quit mid-stream because, he says, he forgot to pay his power bill. He is a millionaire. You hate to see it.

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The English version for Steam of the popular free-to-play game Dead Or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation is celebrating its second anniversary.

The game is well-known for its… aggressive monetization tactics, but it isn’t always like that. At times there are freebies to be had.

First of all, there is a  large celebratory gacha that includes every girl (excluding the latest addition Monica) with two different outfits which will also be destructible.

This means that if you haven’t unlocked the newest entries in the roster up to Kanna, you have a chance over the next two weeks, as this will be available until April 13.

To sweeten the deal, the SSR chance is 3.3% and every player will get a free 10-draw ticket for the new gacha as a daily login bonus for up to seven days within the duration of the event.

It’s worth mentioning that this is not valid for the Japanese version of the game, which had the same celebration all the way back in November 2019 and actually already celebrated the third anniversary.

On the other hand, if you’re playing that one, you get to celebrate Sayuri’s birthday in her own dedicated event. Yet, you won’t get any freebie, but you’ll have to pay real money if you want to participate. Birthdays in Dead Or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation are pricey affairs.

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• Episode 1: Fright of the Bumblebees – Wallace’s idea for accelerating his honey business’ growth with supersized flowers has unintended side effects.
• Episode 2: The Last Resort – Will the perfect holiday turn into the perfect crime?
• Episode 3: Muzzled! – Introducing Monty Muzzle – charitable philanthropist or canine conniver?
• Episode 4: The Bogey Man – Wallace & Gromit Take on the Country Club

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Today Nippon Ichi Software released a new trailer for its upcoming game Warui Oosama to Rippana Yuusha, which translates as “The Evil King and The Great Hero.”

The trailer shows both story and gameplay, providing a look at the mechanics that will prove familiar to those who played The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince.

We see how you can interact with the protagonist’s companions and use their dedicated actions to do things you can’t do.

Konko the snow fox can dig up items from the ground. Sakasa can use her knives to drop items too high for the hero to reach. Princess Flora can use her umbrella to float riding the wind and over obstacles.

They will also become stronger with time, acquiring new abilities. The hero will be able to slash enemies with a sword. Konko can attack enemies in a line. Sakasa can use a wind power to attack all enemies and quicken up allies. Flora will increase her avoidance.

You can check the trailer out below.

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Imposter simulator Among Us has just pressed the big launch button on its new airship map. The new playground for sneaky assassinations has its own new chores to complete and shortcuts to memorize. Along with the new map, the big update also brings the account system Innersloth have been working on which allows reporting other users for their bad behavior. Worse behavior than crew murder, that is. They've given a rundown on both today with the map's launch.

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Today’s issue of Weekly Famitsu included a spread on the upcoming action-JRPG Utawarerumono ZAN 2.

Interestingly, the article includes a Q&A with developer Aquaplus, which talks about working with the PS5.

We hear that development for the platform has started just after it was released, so there are still a things the studio has to figure out.

That being said, work on it is going relatively smoothly and it’s a very powerful system, so they’d like to keep developing for PS5 in the future.

The main differences between the PS5 version of the game and the PS4 version are 4K resolution and faster loading times.

In the meanwhile, the article also included plenty of screenshots of the game, alongside more beautiful artwork.

You can check all the images out in the gallery below, proving a good look at the character and at the gameplay.

We’re likely to get a trailer soon, but we’ll have to wait and see.

Cyberpunk 2077's launch was woefully negative. From falsifying demos to game-breaking glitches, all of it came to a climax after reports of crunch and lack of direction followed the game into launch day. CD Projekt Red has implemented several major patches to fix the game, fixes that were required due to ongoing investigations and the game itself being pulled from the PlayStation Store, but it looks like some restructuring is also being considered. According to a recent investors call, CDPR is considering pulling Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer from its game goals. 

In a recent investors call, seen in the video below, CDPR president Adam Kicinski made a passing comment regarding the multiplayer component that was expected to arrive in 2022. According to Kicinski, the team is currently reconsidering whether or not multiplayer should be a focus or even a thing at all. Tha being said, he did add that online features for Cyberpunk are still important, saying, "We are focusing on bringing online into all of our franchises one day." With The Witcher reportedly getting a new take on the horizon, it will be interesting to see how that online component impacts a famously single-player adventure like the fantasy franchise. 

With literally hundreds of different fixes to just about every part of Cyberpunk 2077, it’s hard to just pick just a few updates from this patch. But it’s much easier than digging through the whole list, so check out these 10 important changes to the game.

To get a better idea of how Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town came to be, Siliconera spoke with Director Hikaru Nakano about the game and its pioneering spirit.

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