Drawn to Life: Two Realms will be coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, and mobile device on Dec. 7, publisher 505 Games and developer Digital Continue announced today.

The game will take place several years after the end of the 2009 Nintendo DS title Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter and features a new gameplay mechanic that allows players to place “tangible toys” around the level to navigate around obstacles and platforms.

Players will still be able to draw their own main character and customize with the new Creation Tool offering “millions of colors, unique stickers, templates, new hero animations, and a mix and match look.”

The latest title in the 13-year-old franchise will be handled by “many” of the original developers including the original franchise composer with 50 new music tracks, a 2D world from the original sprite artist, and story by the executive producer of the first two games.

“We’re unearthing the beloved and groundbreaking Drawn to Life franchise with a new version created for a new generation of gamers and platforms,” said 505 Games president Neil Ralley in a press release. “It’s been over a decade since the previous title so we can’t wait for new players and long-time fans to get their hands on Drawn to Life: Two Realms just in time for the holidays – the perfect opportunity for older fans with families to share an old favourite with their kids.”

Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter will launch on Steam, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android on Dec. 7. It will only be available digitally and cost $9.99 for Switch and PC, while mobile will cost $4.99.

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Warframe was a PS4 launch game, and now it will be a PS5 launch window game with cross-play and cross-saves too.

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I blazed through Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 back in September (which [counts on fingers] was 34 years ago now) and quickly found myself out of stuff to do. That's because the original games let you play through the tours with each individual skater. The remake, however, aggregates all the goals so that they only need to be accomplished once across the whole roster of skaters.

That's changing tomorrow. Developer Vicarious Visions is adding a Solo Tours mode where goal and medal progress resets for each skater. Now the full game can be played over and over again. The original version is splintering off to something called "Crew Tours" where players can complete all the game's objectives across as many skaters as they want.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 was already an incredibly challenging and time-consuming completion, but it's going to get significantly tougher. This update also adds more than 100 challenges across 10 challenge sets. They touch on all corners of the game -- solo play, multiplayer, create-a-park, comboing, etc -- and should keep the hardcore community grinding even longer. On the one hand, it'll be good for stocking up on XP and cash; on the other, knocking everything out is even more intimidating now.

Lastly, THPS is getting some create-a-skater items that are Crash Bandicoot-themed. A new deck, three hats, and nine shirts are up for grabs as part of the free update. Some of the stuff is shown off in the video above.

With the next generation of consoles less than a week away, Electronic Arts has announced what improvements and enhancements its most recent and active games will feature on the new systems. Next-gen versions of FIFA 21 and Madden NFL 21 arrive on December 4, offering free next-gen upgrades for those who own the current-gen version. The next-gen version of Madden NFL 21 lets you bring forward progress from Ultimate Team, The Yard, and both franchise modes, while the next-gen FIFA 21 carries forward your Ultimate Team and VOLTA progress.

Thanks to the backwards compatibility features of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, your existing current-gen EA games will perform even better when you fire up your new systems.

Apex Legends

PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X/S
Apex Legends on next-gen consoles gets a performance boost, bringing the resolution up to 1440p as the consoles launch. A more extensive list of next-gen enhancements will arrive in 2021.

Warframe is making the jump to next-gen on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. Next-gen versions of the free-to-play shooter can run in 4k resolution and 60 fps, with massively reduced load times.

Of course, if you're not making the switch to next-gen hardware right away, that's okay too — cross generation play is available, meaning it's totally fine to team up with PS4 squadmates on your PS5. While we reviewed Warframe all the way back in 2013, the game has changed dramatically since then and is almost unrecognizable from its past incarnation.

Over the years, the game has transitioned to embrace giant open-world areas along with many other game as a service trappings that incentivize players to come back for every content drop, big and small. Warframe certainly isn't the only free-to-play title to have undergone massive changes for the better since launch, check out online content director Joe Juba's thoughts on the current state of F2P titles in this piece here.

An Enhanced Renderer tunes up dynamic lighting options for Warframe, so things will look a lot prettier as you crawl through derelict ships or ravaged planetary galaxyscapes. 

N7 Day, or Mass Effect day as you might know it, is right around the corner. This Saturday, a couple of BioWare devs and a load of the original trilogy’s voice cast are holding a “very special” panel to celebrate. Now, there are suspicions and whisperings of what may or may not be said at this panel – it would be baffling if all this fanfare wasn’t to reveal the long-rumoured remasters of Commander Shepard’s adventures. But what if! What if they threw a complete curveball and announced a fifth Mass Effect game?

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Capcom has released a new video to its Japanese YouTune channel that shows off about eight minutes of brand-new gameplay for Monster Hunter Rise, the latest mainline entry in the long-running action-RPG series.

The gameplay starts by showing off a Hunter exploring one of the game’s locales alongside their trustworthy companions, a Palamute and a Palico. You can see them using the Palamute to get across wide areas quickly, and you can use certain items while riding on top of it, such as a potion or a Whetstone.

Eventually, the player confronts one of the new monsters in the game, the fearsome Aknosom. This huge bird Wyvern greets the player with a huge fireball to the face, as you can see around the 4:40 mark.

We don’t get to see the hunter actually take down the Aknosom, as it escapes once it takes enough damage, but you can see some slick combat featuring the Great Sword and the Wirebug mechanic.

Here’s the video:

You can also see a gif of the moment that I brought up:

The Epic Games Store continues to give away at least one free PC game from its marketplace and dedicated launcher each week with Dungeons 3 free this week.

The dungeon building and real-time strategy game can be claimed from the Epic Games Store for free beginning today until Thursday, Nov. 12 at 11 a.m. ET.

The game also has seven pieces of downloadable content for sale on the store priced between $1.99-$3.99, or bought all together for $11.99. The sale ends on Dec. 3.

Epic Games originally announced last week that this week’s free game would be real-time strategy game Wargame: Red Dragon, but changed it to Dungeons 3 late last week. The company has changed its free offerings between announcement and scheduled date in the past, but no reason was given for this change.

The company also announced the free PC game for next week: The Textorcist: The Story of Ray Bibbia. The game is a mix of a bullet hell shooter and typing game in the vein of The Typing of the Dead.

“In order to defeat the forces of evil, learn how to type your exorcisms with your keyboard or with your joypad WHILE dodging tons of bullets, dealing with puddles of barf, defusing bombs, singing at the mic of a metal show and more during intense Boss Battles: easier said than done,” according to the game’s description.

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Earlier this morning, the official Mortal Kombat YouTube channel released the first gameplay trailer featuring the franchise veteran, Mileena, in action. The clone of Kitana appears to be just as vicious and sadistic as ever with an equally creepy voice.

The trailer begins with Mileena twisting one of her sai into the eye of an enemy before being interrupted by Kitana. Then the two start going at it and this is the first time we get an extended look at Mileena’s moveset in Mortal Kombat 11.

Of course, her attacks consist of mainly stabs and slashes with her sai along with flips and acrobatic kicks. That might not sound especially brutal for Mortal Kombat, but rest assured, it gets there.

Pretty early on we see Mileena perform a move on Kitana where she uses a sai to stab the opponent in the eye. Then she follows it up with a kick to send them flying considerably far across the stage. It appears unlikely that you could get many follow-ups off of this move.

Another exceptionally brutal move features Mileena taking off her face covering for a bit to lick her enemies. Gross, but not that violent until she immediately bites their neck after and takes out a chunk of flesh at the same time.

One of the more visually impressive moves shown off in the gameplay trailer features Mileena sliding and taking out the feet of an opponent before jumping on them and stabbing them with her sai multiple times.

She then slams their head into the ground and forces them to teleport to the top of the screen. The enemy then falls to the ground and receives two more sai to the head.

Banjo Ginga, the Japanese voice actor famous for his roles as Gihren Zabi and Liquid Snake, has tested positive for COVID-19.

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Is it better to know precisely when to show up for a pre-order, or do you prefer having little to no notice before they go live, forcing everyone to uniformly scramble? If you've tried to get your hands on an Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5 over the past couple of months, I'm sure you have a stance on this topic.

Walmart will have another batch of consoles in stock on their respective launch days: November 10 (Xbox Series X) and November 12 (PS5). You'll need to try your luck online again with the internet at large, though – there aren't going to be any in-store launch-day orders due to, well, you know.

These are the specific start times. (Don't tell the bots.)

Xbox Series X ($499) and Xbox Series S ($299)

• Tuesday, November 10 at 12:00 p.m. ET.

PlayStation 5 ($499) and PlayStation 5 Digital Edition ($399)

• Thursday, November 12 at 12:00 p.m. ET, 3:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m., and 9:00 p.m.

Remember when Walmart went rogue and kicked off PS5 pre-orders early? It's tough to forget!

I'm curious to see how this shopping experience compares. It's also worth reminding that the cheaper PS5 Digital Edition will probably be much trickier to secure than the model with a disc drive.

In retrospect, I almost miss waiting in lines. Almost.

It’s Thursday, November 5, our Xbox Series X and S review is up, and the embargo has fallen. It’s time to ask us anything you want to know about the new Xboxen, and we’ll answer as best we can.

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Today MiHoYo released a new trailer of its popular action RPG Genshin Impact focusing on a new character.

The character in question is the recently-revealed Childe, and apparently he’s a bit of a bad boy, at least on the surface.

You can check him out below.

Here’s what MiHoYo introduces Childe, also called “Tartaglia.”

“In the eyes of the Fatui Agent Javert, the Eleven Harbingers have always been figures of lofty status. Javert only remembers one time he was admonished by Sandrone, back when he was just a new recruit. But today, Javert has suddenly been sought out by Childe with orders to accompany him to collect a certain debt. Javert is caught off guard, not sure what to expect…”

Despite numerous delays and continued controversy, Cyberpunk 2077 will finally be released out into the wild (hopefully) next month. To celebrate the launch, Adidas and CD Projekt RED are teaming up for a new Cyberpunk 2077 shoe line. The downside? The shoes are only available in select Asian markets, so phone a friend if there is a mighty need. 

CD Projekt RED business relations director Rafal Jaki cleared up all confusion surrounding the revealed line, clarifying that these will only be available in certain markets: 

As I’m getting a lot of questions about this - the Adidas X Cyberpunk 2077 Collab is available in selected Asian markets only. As a partner we don’t make the distribution decisions as that is Adidas core competence. pic.twitter.com/hklVRwey5S

Here's the dilemma: your boss is getting a kind of lifetime achievement award and you've been asked to contribute to a video montage bigging them up. Shouldn't be hard. But what do you wear? That's the issue.

Go smart? No, too formal, these are video games we're talking about. But you want to keep some kind of professionalism about you. You are the managing director of Bethesda Game Studios after all.

Got it! You'll go on-brand. You've got that T-shirt, remember? New owner Microsoft will love it - that Phil Spencer, he's all about a well-placed tee. It's a win-win. You can look professional while promoting your new game Starfield at the same time. Bin-go. What could possibly go wrong?

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Remember Samorost 2? I don’t, admittedly, but then I was only ten years old when the whimsical space gnome set off on his second adventure. Fortunately, now’s the perfect time to check out the pint-sized sequel, with the developers dropping a surprise anniversary update bringing the stylish 2005 point ‘n’ click up to date with enhanced visuals, new sounds, quality of life improvements and full Mac support.

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The makers of Street Fighter and Resident Evil have reported that a ne’er-do-well got access to their computer systems this week. That’s bad. Luckily for us, they say they’ve found no hint that the unknown baddie got into customer data. That’s good. Though I’ll be changing the password of any Capcom account I have, just in case. And this happening so soon after hackers reportedly leaked Watch Dogs: Legion’s source code does make me wonder if a dramatic twist will follow.

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There's a new Devil May Cry 5 song from Hyde. Check out "Defeat." It joins his other image song for the game, "Mad Qualia."

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Welcome again, dear listener, to the Electronic Wireless Show, the best and most solidly on-topic PC gaming podcast the world has ever seen. This week, we invite you to be our guest, take a seat at our dinner table, and prepare for a hearty helping of chat. About food. Because this week the topic is all the best food in games, you see. I hope I laboured that point enough.

We cover all manner of games, with only a brief mention of Skyrim, and a more extended chat about Final Fantasy XV and Monster Hunter. But to be honest we spend most of our time talking about actual food. Conversational diversions this week include how dead bodies are transported around cruise ships, and our death row meals. Death comes up a lot, actually. It gets kind of dark. But in a fun way!

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Among all of the next-gen features touted for the Xbox Series X (and S), few are more promising than Quick Resume. On paper, Quick Resume grants you the ability to juggle several games in a suspended state at a system level, at which point you can load them in seconds, picking up exactly where you left off. It is—and…

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So Borderlands 3 is getting more DLC. Who could have guessed!

Operating in a sort of middle-ground between a full live-service game and a complete looter shooter, Borderlands 3 gave us four premium DLC packs that each focused on a new zone and storyline. But for the second season pass (which you can buy right after second breakfast), they're doing things a little differently.

So far, a little too differently.

_{[You can find all of our previous Borderlands 3 reviews here: the base game, Moxxi's Heist, Guns Love and Tentacles, Bounty of Blood, and Psycho Krieg.]}

Warframe is making the jump to the next generation of consoles starting with PS5, as announced today by Digital Extremes.

The developer released a trailer showing off the PS5 version, boasting “up to” 4K resolution, 60 FPS, faster load times, and improved lighting.

The adaptive triggers of the DualSense will also be supported.

Cross-play and cross-save between PS4 and PS5 will be supported and the PS5 version is coming before the end of the year.

If you’re playing on Xbox, you shouldn’t worry, as Warframe is also coming on Xbox Series X. Details have not been announced today, but they’ve been promised “very soon.”

You can check out the trailer below.

“We’ve spent a significant amount of time and energy developing our new enhanced renderer to make Warframe even more visually impressive on new hardware! This rendering technology creates dramatic, dynamic lighting that follows the natural direction and strength of any given light source in an environment.

Cheaters getting banned: you love to see it. Respawn recently got rid of hundreds of the scoundrels for abusing a glitch in Apex Legends which allowed top-ranked players to get into lower rank lobbies for easier wins.

“To the 419 Diamond+ ranked players who abused an exploit allowing you to get into and farm bronze lobbies for RP, enjoy watching Season 7 from the sidelines,” Tweeted Connor Ford, a member of the battle royale’s security team.

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Many times in past years, I’ve shown up at a friend or loved one’s house with a hot pan full of casserole and plastic tubs of side dishes. At those times, the food was in some way an excuse: to hold someone’s hand while they cried tears of grief, to celebrate the joy of a tiny new human coming into the world, to see…

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Spoilers abound for the post-game of Watch Dogs: Legion, so don’t read on if you’re yet to complete the main story. After the final climax of the game, you’ll be shunted back into the open world of London with a surprisingly small number of material differences despite the fact that you’ve #resisted the oppressive powers that be. Maybe it’s saying something about society. Maybe oppressive fascism can’t be stopped. Maybe they just wanted you to carry on running about the open world without any significant changes. Anyway, here’s where to find Bagley’s corrupted memories in Watch Dogs: Legion.

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Le Creuset kitchenware and Apple AirPods lead Thursday’s best deals.

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DONTNOD, the studio behind Life is Strange, is keeping very busy as the next generation of gaming looms ahead. With Tell Me Why having been the most recent game from the team to make its debut, even more episodic adventures await because the DONTNOD CEO has confirmed that the team has a whopping six games currently in development. 

DONTNOD's upcoming Twin Mirror game makes its debut this December, but there is more on the way. CEO Oska Guilbert confirmed future goals when talking about the previous success seen with the Life is Strange franchise, Remember Me, and Vampyr. 

While the CEO didn't detail what those mysterious new games will have to offer, he does promise that each adventure will be increasingly varied from the studio's previous library as to "not put all our eggs in one basket." 

This team's ability to craft an incredible narrative in an episodic way is reminiscent of how Telltale Games approaches gameplay. Its unique style towards creating intriguing characters interwoven within an intricate storyline is impressive, and the team sure isn't afraid to pull on those feels either (looking at you, Life is Strange). 

Today Sony Interactive Enterainment and Insomniac Games released a new trailer of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

The trailer is actually a TV commercial, so it’s pretty brief, but it’s rather snazzy, showing Miles himself in action with plenty of special effects.

You can check it out below.

Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales will expand the story of Insomniac’s super-popular Marvel’s Spider-Man shining the spotlight on the titular hero Miles Morales.

The latest Mortal Kombat 11 gifs and videos are in, and this time everything focuses on Mileena's costumes and moveset.

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Let’s just pretend that Halloween is this weekend and we were very timely when choosing the theme for this week’s Mystery Steam Reviews, okay?

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GHOSTS! GOBLINS! SCARY THINGS! Yes, because it’s that time of the year again, we decided to test each other’s horror game knowledge (via Steam reviews) on this week’s episode of The PC Gaming Weekspot.

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Fatalis may be behind us – well, some of us – but Capcom isn't done updating Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. The next drop is coming in "early December," and it'll permanently open up "virtually all" event quests. You won't need to worry as much about schedules and the simmering stress of missing out.

Heads up, Hunters. #Iceborne Version 15.10 is arriving early December. Updates include:

🐉 Safi'jiiva Siege can now scale for one or two Hunters.
🎊 Astera/Seliana Fests will rotate every 2 weeks.
📜 Virtually all Event Quests will be live. pic.twitter.com/J8Kwr9XBOM

— Monster Hunter (@monsterhunter) November 5, 2020

Once update 15.10 is released, there will be a two-week rotation for the Astera and Seliana Fests. Iceborne will also bounce back and forth between Kulve Taroth and Safi'jiiva every two weeks.

In arguably even sweeter news, the multiplayer-centric Safi'jiiva Siege is about to give solo players a fighting chance – the quest can be scaled down to one or two hunters once the update kicks in.