Content Warning: This game, and thus the review, contains depictions and descriptions of depression, anxiety, and suicide.

Having been Kickstarted in 2014, Omori seems to have gone under many people's radar, myself included. While at a glance, it may be easy to write this off as something chasing the popularity of Undertale. But that does this game an incredible disservice. Sure, plenty of similarities exist, and I do think that fans of Undertale will enjoy Omori, but man is Omori in its own category here, for better or worse.

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Is it time for FF7R Part 2 yet? Make sure you're not late to the hype with this Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children inspired watch!

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Apparently it's called Skatebird because it's a game about birds who skateboard and bird sounds a bit like board.

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This is the second time the company has announced a White Day 2, but it isn't clear if this is the same White Day 2 that was announced in 2016.

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Repairing an airship in a beautiful city sounds pretty relaxing.

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Hello everyone and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight and I, @zombiepie, am once again honored to be your host as we look back at the best user-created offerings from the Giant Bomb Community! As we will review in a little bit, the biggest news from last week is that Giant Bomb is reprinting old t-shirts for a second time! Below you will find links to the thread where you can file requests, and it represents an exciting opportunity to older users on the site. To overseas users who are prevented from joining the fun, the site is exploring its options. However, the big thing I feel like needs to be mentioned is that not every t-shirt in the past can or should be re-printed. Over on Twitter and Reddit, for example, a lot of people have been requesting that the "China Don't Care" shirt be reprinted. I just... I just cannot fathom anyone not realizing why this is never going to happen. Please, for the love of God, read the news and understand that context is everything. I understand many of these requests are coming from a place of love for Ryan, but there are other ways to show how much he meant to you. With that out of the way, let's review the announcements because we have a lot this week!

Remember Artifact, that card game Valve made? No...? Well, it was killed last week. It also had two imps who helped in-game and now they need work. That’s why last week I asked for your help.

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Maybe you missed out on stockpiling the comics that can give some background to WandaVision, or maybe you desperately miss the show and are craving whatever related content you can get. Either way, Marvel’s got your back.

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Today Kadokawa Games hosted a livestream dedicated to the Metal Max series, providing new details about the future of the franchise.

First of all, we learn about a brand new game code named Project Wolf, which will be a “completely new beginning for the Metal Saga.”

According to the teaser site, the official reveal will come in 70 days.

Next in line is Metal Max Xeno Reborn 2, which has received its official title, Metal Max Wild West. It will come in 2021 for PS4, and Nintendo Switch.

The Ultimania books are a delight for people like me who enjoy starting sentences with "fun fact" or "did you know."

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Paradox Interactive’s annual fan event, PDXCON, is going digital this year. This announcement came today during PDX Insider, a different digital event.

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Fire-wielding funeral parlor directors are always super normal, though.

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It's going from bad to worse of Destiny 2's troubled Trials of Osiris mode, which has been hauled offline yet again.

In a tweet issued today, developer Bungie said Trials of Osiris - Destiny 2's most hardcore competitive multiplayer mode - had been disabled for the rest of the weekend "due to an issue with fireteam rejoin functionality".

And it sounds like Trials may not return until the weekend after next.

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Bandai Namco’s upcoming brainpunk JRPG Scarlet Nexus is looking more and more promising as new screenshots and details have been released.

As usual, the goodies come courtesy of the game’s own director Kenji Anabuki, who has been posting metric tons of new images with his own commentary. He even provides an English translation for the fans on this side of the ocean.

We get to see one of the Other enemies we’ll have to fight, Auger Sabbat. Apparently, it secretes saliva from… its legs?

The images also showcases how some of the members of the OSF relieve stress, playing squash, and throwing knives.

The “Mid-Air Dash Attack” sure looks flashy, while another image shows the German localization of the menus.

You can check everything out below.

Crusader Kings III, one of the best games released last year, is getting its first DLC. And you don’t have to wait long, it released in three days on March 16.

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Alex Zedra is the likeness for Mara in Call of Duty: Warzone as well as a Twitch streamer who happens to play her own game, and she doesn't like it when cheaters ruin the game for everyone else. She managed to catch two players using auto-aim tools while she was streaming, and the exposure resulted in a swift ban. They'll have fewer people to brag to about their "skills" now.

Zedra hosted one of the streamers, who went by the name IcyVixen on Twitch, and she's seen popping from behind a hill and sniping an enemy almost instantly from a long distance away.

Her partner, who goes by the name BeardedBanger, can be heard in a separate clip bragging about his kill-to-death ratio, as well as how quickly he was becoming partnered on Twitch. His gameplay is even more obviously done through cheating, however, and the clip is extremely vulgar, so we won't share it here--if you click through the tweet above, you can see it.

Both players appear to have had their Twitch accounts suspended because of the incident. Bragging about your skill level while showing yourself blatantly cheating on a stream is probably not the best idea. BeardedBanger can be seen in previous game sessions auto-locking onto players' heads so quickly that there is no way it could have been done without software.

Destiny 2's Trials of Osiris event has been canceled because of a technical issue for the third week in a row, despite it appearing that Bungie was finally ready to run the event again. It comes as Bungie looks to curb players engaged in "win trading" by throwing matches on purpose. It's unclear if next week's event will take place.

The issue this time is, according to Bungie, related to "Fireteam Rejoin functionality," which certainly sounds like it's the same problem as before. Trials of Osiris has been available on March 12, but it will not be available through the rest of the weekend.

Typically, it lasts for about four days, giving players the chance to get high-level gear if they can go on a flawless seven-win streak. It's for this reason that players have been throwing games, letting others have a clear path to victory. It's unclear how Bungie plans to stop this problem for good.

If you already received access to The Lightouse area via a Flawless card, you are still going to be able to use it this weekend. You'll also be able to use any of your Trials tokens during this period, so those who already did go on a seven-win streak appear to have lucked out this week.

Pokemon Trading Card Game's new Battle Styles set seeks to capture the spirit of the Sword & Shield expansion pass with head-to-head combat between two factions.

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The Division 2 was released on March 12, 2019, making it just over two years old this week. In that time a lot has happened. Multiple updates, changes, bugs, controversies, teasers, puzzles, and more. Here’s what happened since The Division 2 came out.

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Today Paradox Interactive hosted its Paradox Insider livestream, presenting a lot of new content for its latest (and some not-so-latest) games.

First of all, we learn that PDXCon is coming back (called PDXCon Remixed) nd will happen between May 21 and May 23. It’ll be a digital-only event.

A new game from Paradox Development Studio will be announced alongside more news.

You can watch a teaser trailer below.

Speaking of Europa Universalis, we get to hear more about the expansion Leviathan. We hear more about the new Paradox Tinto studio manager Johan Andersson.

Developer Paradox's superb Medieval grand strategy game Crusader Kings 3 will be getting its first chunk of paid DLC - the Norse-themed Northern Lords Flavour Pack - this Tuesday, 16th March, and it'll be accompanied by a significant free update on the same day.

As its name implies, the Northern Lords Flavour Pack is a smaller-scale offering rather than a fully fledged Crusader Kings 3 expansion, and is designed to make the era's northern kingdoms - and the characters within - feel more distinct.

It will, for instance, introduce a range of new Viking-themed cosmetics, including new clothes and hairstyles for characters, plus new ships, units, and holding models for the map.

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Empire of Sin, Brenda and John Romero's mobster-themed strategy game, will be making its way to Xbox and PC Game Pass on 18th March.

Empire of Sin, if you're unfamiliar, drops players into the seedy side of 1920s Prohibition-era Chicago and tasks them with building a formidable crime empire from the ground up. The ultimate goal is to become mob king or queen of the city - a climb that'll require a blend of business savvy, intimidation, and, inevitably, violence.

Bribery and black market trading are perfectly valid tools in your quest for criminal supremacy, and you'll also want to establish protection rackets or set up respectable fronts for all your dodgy business ventures - including speakeasies, breweries, casinos, and brothels.

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English readers can soon experience Char Aznable's return as leader of Neo Zeon.

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Acclaimed RPG Crusader Kings 3 was one of the best-reviewed games of 2020, offering deep system-based storytelling and incentive for starting a new save. The game is getting its first DLC pack, and it's out this week.

It isn't a full-scale expansion, but the Northern Lords Flavor Pack enhances Crusader Kings 3 with Norse-themed adventurer realms, character art, new music, and 3D models, as well as new decisions and events that should add more variety to your gameplay. The Flavor Pack is also included if you have the expansion pass.

Crusader Kings 3 released about eight years after the previous game, Crusader Kings 2, which itself released about eight years after the original game. In the third game, you can form a Middle Age dynasty and control it for hundreds of years, altering history via familial and political manipulation.

You're free to begin as one of several different rulers, as well, including a Roman emperor or an Arab caliph, giving you significant replay value should you choose to start a second game. You can even establish a new religious faction, potentially pitting citizens against each other as they fight for power.

Crusader Kings 3's ambition drew attention from critics, with GameSpot reviewer David Wildgoose praising how its systems work together in our Crusaders Kings 3 review.

Paradox Interactive's colony builder Surviving Mars has resumed development and will expand this Monday, 15th March, with a free new tourism update and the In-Dome Buildings Pack.

Surviving Mars - which challenges players to rejuvenate the wastes of the red planet, eventually transforming the world into a thriving colony of shimmering domes - initially launched in 2018, and received its last major expansion, Green Planet, the following year.

All's been quiet since then, but development has now resumed under the watchful eye of Abstraction, which is taking over from Surviving Mars' original creator Haemimont Games.

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Sci-fi strategy game Stellaris' latest expansion, Nemesis, will be making its way to PC on 15th April, and the Lithoids Species Pack is coming to PS4 and Xbox One on 25th March.

Nemesis, as its name suggests, finally lets Stellaris players properly embrace their dark side by giving them the opportunity to initiate a crisis. Usually these are late-stage events that mark the arrival of powerful AI forces who'll either perish in bloody battle or eradicate all known life, but Nemesis will let human players mastermind the galaxy's devastating denouement themselves.

First, however, they'll need to perform nefarious deeds and accrue Menace, which is used to ascend through the ranks of evil, eventually unlocking the Aetherophasic Engine - a doomsday device powered with the dark energy created by consuming the stars.

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Neymar in Fortnite? Why not. Anything goes in Epic's battle royale, after all.

Epic today teased the arrival of Fortnite Season 6 with a short clip on Twitter that shows a number 10 jersey and what looks like the football from the 2014 World Cup, which was held in Brazil.

And here's the kicker from Neymar himself on Twitter:

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In a world where gaming adaptations are a dime a dozen, a new show hovers over the horizon that aims to do something new. Instead of adapting a game series that is beloved by many, a group of YouTubers is joined by some serious talent to save the world through the power of gaming. No, but like seriously, it's a whole CIA organization, big deal, very complicated. 

This show follows the story of an elite virtual strike force of four l33t gamers. Their mission that they really have no choice but to accept? Jump into a plethora of video game realms to help solve world-ending problems. Known as the Alpha Betas, this crew is as reckless as they are arrogant, so you know everything is just going to be honky-dory. 

Join Alex Stadnik and Liana Ruppert as they sit down with Alpha Betas stars BassicallyIDoWrk as Mason, I AM WILDCAT as Tommy, and Terroriser as Buck and explore what it was like working with talent like Paget Brewster (Friends), Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Chris Parnell (SNL), Brent Morin (Chelsea Lately), and John DiMaggio (Futurama).  

Today Media Indie Exchange hosted a beefy Game Dev Direct livestream showcasing tons of upcoming indie games.

We get to see Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield by Neil Jones, Wave Break by Funktronic Labs, First Flass Trouble by Invisible Walls, Chasing Static by Headware Games, Deepest Chapter by Those Awesome Guys, Murder Mistery Machine by  Blazing Griffin, Chenso Club by Pixadome, and many more.

While most of the games are coming to steam, which as usual proves to be an indie haven, but there is also plenty for consoles.

We also see a variety of genres, from horror to RPG, passing by action adventures and platformers. There’s something for everyone.

Below you can watch the whole stream and all the individual trailers that we could find. It’s a great chance to learn about developers you may have never heard of before.

Rockstar Leeds founder Gordon Hall has died aged 51.

In 1997 Hall launched Game Boy Advance developer Möbius Entertainment, which became Rockstar Leeds after Take-Two purchased the studio in 2004. Rockstar Leeds went on to make PlayStation Portable games Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories, and Nintendo DS classic Chinatown Wars.

In 2009 Hall worked at Rockstar San Diego on Red Dead Redemption. After a sabbatical, he returned to games in 2012 to lead The Blast Furnace (what was once Activision Leeds), becoming chief creative officer at Activision Mobile in the process. Hall left The Blast Furnace and the games industry in 2015.

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