That night was my turn to host. We hiked all over, taking in the island’s natural beauty and snacking on peaches. We visited Lucky’s house, chatting with my doggy neighbor and rolling around in his log bed. We even managed to get into a K.K. Slider show, for which I’d bought us matching Able Sisters-brand lolita…
Like every other gaming event this summer, the annual BitSummit indie festival in Japan has gone digital. Known as BitSummit Gaiden for 2020, the two-day event kicked off today, and there is already at least one big announcement out of the show. Inti Creates, which revealed Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 at the New Game+ Expo earlier this week, dropped a surprise trailer for Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 at the show.
Following an internal corporate investigation, Ubisoft has suspended vice presidents Tommy François and Maxime Béland--the two were responsible for overseeing worldwide development of the studio's games. According to Bloomberg, both men face at least three claims of misconduct.
In a statement to GameSpot, a Ubisoft spokesperson wrote, "These [men] are under investigation so we are not commenting further at this time."
Ubisoft has come under scrutiny in the past week, following a string of victims coming forward to report misconduct at the hands of the studio's employees. Ubisoft product and brand marketing manager Andrien Gbinigie was accused of sexual assault earlier this week on June 22, which Gbinigie denied in a now-removed Medium post. This was followed by Assassin's Creed Valhalla creative director Ashraf Ismail leaving Ubisoft on June 24 in the wake of accusations of infidelity.
Continue Reading at GameSpotUrban Flow is the traffic jam simulator you didn't know you needed! Out now exclusively for Nintendo Switch.
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In recent weeks we’ve seen a real crackdown on racism and its symbols in global human culture, and the automotive community is obviously not immune to that. The murder of George Floyd has served as a tipping point for many Americans to sit and take stock of how we can make the world a more hospitable place. Even the…
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Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams give the real-life contest a run for its money
The Dragon Quest X collaboration event will return to Eorzea with Golems, limited items, and Puff-Puffs starting July 2, 2020.
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According to a report from Bloomberg, executives Tommy François and Maxime Béland have been suspended from Ubisoft after allegations of sexual and physical abuse. ...
The Isle of Armor--the setting of Pokemon Sword and Shield's first expansion--is home to more than 100 returning Pokemon not found in mainland Galar. When you first arrive, you'll be given a separate, island-specific Pokedex with which to catalog all of the newly added monsters, and some nice rewards await if you can catch 'em all. Here's what you get for completing the Pokedex. Isle of Armor spoilers follow.
After you catalog all 210 Pokemon in the Isle of Armor Pokedex, you'll need to return to the Armor Station in the Fields of Honor and speak with the scientist who first gave it to you. Show her the completed Pokedex and you'll receive a certificate commemorating your achievement, along with a couple of neat rewards.
First is the Mark Charm, a brand-new item that increases the likelihood that you'll encounter marked Pokemon. These marks are displayed alongside Ribbons on the Pokemon's summary screen and give that monster a special title when you send it out into battle. On top of that, you'll receive the Replica Gold Crown, which your trainer will be able to wear in place of a hat. You can take a look at the rewards below.
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Its both-sides-are-wrong indictment of American elections feels out of touch and out of time
, yes the original not the in-progress sequel, is getting a new DLC five years after launch. A strange arcade cabinet has popped up in the Tower’s basement, so of course folks are going to drag it into the daylight and play it. Techland have released a new trailer, along with the news that you’ll be able to jump in on July 23rd.
Square Enix will announce multiple games individually throughout July and August in lieu of having a press conference, Gematsu reports. During a shareholder meeting it was asked how the company would announce new video games since it did not have an E3 press conference due to the entire event being canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Square Enix responded that it would be announcing games (plural) "individually as the timing permits."
The company followed up saying that several will debut around July to August, but nothing more specific was said. Square Enix recently announced Project Athia at the PS5 reveal event, a new action-adventure game designed exclusively for PS5.
Its most recent release was Final Fantasy VII Remake. GameSpot awarded it a 10/10 in our Final Fantasy VII Remake review, with critic Tamoor Hussain writing, "Final Fantasy VII Remake's narrative and characterization achievements are facilitated by gameplay that feels modern but is crystallized around the classic's role-playing fundamentals. In many ways, its gameplay model feels like the culmination of the franchise's evolutions, with ideas from throughout the series brought together in a composite that is fresh but familiar. This is the first time that the action-focused style of modern-era Final Fantasy games doesn't feel like it comes at the expense of the methodical nature of the series' roots."
Today, out of the blue, Twitch suspended massively popular streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm, a ban that multiple sources tell Kotaku is permanent.
French indie studio Focus Home Interactive has announced the acquisition of Deck13 Interactive, the studio behind Soulslikes such as Lords of the Fallen and The Surge franchise.
Deck13 is the first studio Focus Home has bought, according to a recent financial report. "Focus Home Interactive has acquired 100% of Deck13 Interactive's share capital shares for a total price of €7.1 million [$8 million] (of which €6.5 million [$7.2 million] in cash from the new bank financing and €0.6 million [or $673,000] in shares held in treasury) and a long-term incentive plan for the managers," the report said. "Deck13 Interactive is a leading German game development studio and long-time partner of Focus Home Interactive."
Over the last years we forged a strong bond with Focus. Today we're happy to announce that this friendship evolved to the next level. Deck13 is now part of the Focus family! 🧡 https://t.co/GXdO9FsL0w
The cyberpunk genre may mostly focus on distant futures and feature technology that could be made real one day, but seeing an anime show reach into the future and pull out a surprisingly accurate prediction of tomorrow? Now that’s a rare treat.Bitsummit Gaiden kicks off in a few hours and Gametomo released new trailers for its games Nimbus Infinity and Sumire.
Nimbus Infinity is the new game of the Project Nimbus series and it’s a High-speed Mech Action title coming for PC and “consoles” (we don’t yet know which consoles, specifically).
Sumire, also “known as Sumire no Sora” (Sumire’s Sky) is a “Narrative Quest-Driven Adventure” for PC and Nintendo Switch.
Both games were announced with shorter trailers at the Indie Live Expo 2020 at the beginning of June.
You can check out both trailers below.
The wildlife within the world of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is ever-changing. Depending on the time of the year and time of day, different fish and bugs will be able to be caught. So every time that a new month comes along, there are some creatures that will go away until it comes back to your island, which can sometimes take a very long time.
Now that June 2020 is coming to a close, there are five bugs that will be leaving your Animal Crossing island and will not be available in July. Surprisingly, there are no fish leaving this month, which makes your critter-collecting much easier to manage.
Here are the bugs leaving Animal Crossing: New Horizons in June and how/where you can catch them.
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The "legendary kusoge" RPG Hoshi wo Miru Hito is being brought back for the modern audiences with quicksaves and a faster walk speed.
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Cyberpunk 2077 is shaping up to be one of the most exciting video game releases of the year, but it’s certainly not a game or setting that arose fully formed in 2020. Rather, the video game is the digital evolution of a franchise that has existed for decades, which itself arose around a movement in speculative fiction that came to popularity through the often psychedelic and convention-challenging new wave sci-fi fiction of the 1960s, including the seminal short story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) by Philip K. Dick.
Subsequently, multiple mediums saw an explosion of exploration in the cyberpunk. The Judge Dredd comic (1977), the film Bladerunner (1982) (based on Dick’s previously mentioned story), manga like Akira (1982), and the novel Neuromancer (1984) were just some of the foundational fictions within the genre.
Inspired in part by some of those projects, designer Mike Pondsmith brought life to the first edition of the Cyberpunk tabletop RPG in 1988, opening up a dark and dystopian future world for exploration, where the characters had deeply personal motives but broad agency to act in a tech-infused street-level setting. In the years since, the game has seen multiple revisions, and dozens of books and supplements.
The Last of Us Part II is now out and it contains plenty of callbacks to the first game and references to other pieces of pop culture. In the following article, we're going to focus on that latter group--so here's every single Easter egg we've found in The Last of Us Part II. We're going to be talking about several moments throughout the game, so turn back now if you want to avoid spoilers.
If you want to know about all the callbacks to the first game, we've got you covered there as well. In the video embedded below, Evan Langer and Jake Dekker detail all of the Easter eggs, callbacks, and references in Part II--which includes all of the items, scenes, and dialogue that are in reference to The Last of Us and The Last of Us: Left Behind.
So right at the beginning of the game, Joel plays the guitar and sings for Ellie. The song is real--it's Pearl Jam's "Future Days," which was officially released on October 11, 2013. Of course, with Outbreak Day occurring on September 26, 2013, the song was never actually released in the world of The Last of Us. Joel likely heard Pearl Jam perform "Future Days" live (it was first performed in July of that year) and managed to memorize the song or happened upon a CD that was locked away in some warehouse somewhere just waiting to be distributed.
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The next spooky bedtime story game from Supermassive Games has conjured some new witch-y gameplay. Little Hope is the second in the spooky choose-your-own-movie The Dark Pictures Anthology series. As with Man Of Medan, this new gameplay video shows the new protagonists ambling about, disagreeing about whether or not something weird is going on around here (it is), and getting in way over their dense horror protagonist heads.
Today Entergram released a new trailer of Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Kibou no Meikyuu to Tsudoishi Boukenshata Plus, which from now on I’m going to call “Konosuba Plus” because there’s no way I’m going to write that mouthful more than once per article.
The trailer features the opening cutscene of the game, which includes the theme song “Stand Up!” performed by Machico. You’re possibly familiar with her voice because she sang multiple pieces for the original Konosuba anime.
Of course, the video includes most of the characters that will be familiar among fans of the series.
You can watch it below.
If you’re unfamiliar with Konosuba Plus, it’s a re-release of the dungeon-crawling RPG released a while ago for PS4 and PS Vita, losing the PS Vita version, gaining a Nintendo Switch port, and adding a few new featured as announced at the beginning of June.
Of course, it’s inspired by the light novel series by Natsume Akatsuki, which gave birth to a bunch of manga and a popular anime series.
It’ll launch in Japan on August 27, while no western release has been announced so far.
Cuba Libre, one of several games in the COIN Series that GMT Games is giving away. | Image: Scott Mansfield/GMT Games
GMT Games is bringing back the Tough Economy Special
Death Come True, Hylics 2, and the SpongeBob game remake are just a few of the things featured in this week's new Video Game Deep Cuts link round-up. ...
Doom Eternal's latest update has arrived on Xbox One, PS4, and PC, introducing a range of new features including a brand-new Battlemode map and, for the aesthetes in the house, a selection of visual filters to fancy up your screen.
On the 2v1 Battlemode front, there's the aforementioned new arena, known as Torment, which features a deserted UAC outpost, abandoned after the Slayer prevented Hell's invasion of Earth. "The Titans, once used as research specimens," says id Software, "remain eternal prisoners of this unholy excavation."
Players can also expect a range of latency improvements for Battlemode as part of today's Doom Eternal Update 2.
Two Nekopara figmas are on the way in 2021. Both the Chocola and Vanilla figmas will each come with La Soliel cafe items.
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High-profile Twitch streamer Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV (better known as Dr Disrespect) has been banned from the livestreaming platform yet again. And this time, it may be permanent, rather than a temporary matter involving a DMCA. Beahm himself said he is unsure of why he was banned. However, others on Twitter claim the reason could be very serious and is not because of a copyright claim.
It's unclear exactly why or how long Dr Disrespect will be banned. Following news of the ban Dr Disrespect did not say anything publicly about the situation, and searching for his Twitch account yielded no results. However, on June 27, a day after news of the ban broke, Beahm broke his silence and posted an update on Twitter, addressing his fans. According to the streamer, Twitch has not provided him with any specific reason for the ban.
Champions Club,
— Dr Disrespect (@drdisrespect) June 28, 2020
Twitch has not notified me on the specific reason behind their decision... Firm handshakes to all for the support during this difficult time.
-Dr Disrespect
Twitch itself has offered no specific explanation for the move publicly. Of course, this has left room for speculation. Some have suggested that it could be the result of a DMCA takedown (of which there has been a flurry recent). However, this would ordinarily result in a temporary ban.
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It’s a nice continuity you’ve got here, be a shame if something happened to it
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As we know, E3 was cancelled this year because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Instead, we’ve been beset by FakE3, a series of video presentations spread out across the summer by publishers, news outlets, and the like. I figured that Square Enix would be among that number. Covid-19 put a spanner in that too though. Squenix are now planning to deliver announcements individually throughout July and August. You know, just like the rest of the year.
The quest director of Cyberpunk 2077 discusses how his team has adapted to making content for a nonlinear RPG in this 2019 E3 interview. ...
NIS America is bringing the Trails of Cold Steel 3 Switch port to North America this month, and it's a great example of solid port work.
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Xbox Series X—the next-generation 4K gaming console by Microsoft—has a ton of power under the hood. Combined with Microsoft’s commitment to building a value-packed catalog of first- and third-party games, it’s an enticing pre-order for anyone who hasn’t yet experienced 4K HDR.
Disco Elysium one of the indie darlings of 2019, is getting its very own TV show. This is according to Variety whom also reports that the developers of the video game, ZA/UM, are teaming up with the production company behind the Sonic the Hedgehog movie, dj2 Entertainment.
Not much else, such as a release date, writer, casting, plot details, etc. is revealed in the exclusive from Variety.
Dj2 Entertainment expresses their excitement over taking on this project of bringing Disco Elysium to TV screens, saying:
“’Disco Elysium’ is a phenomenal property with an expansive world and unlimited potential,” says dj2 CEO and founder Dmitri M. Johnson. “The dj2 team is truly thrilled about this extraordinary opportunity to be part of it all.”
via Variety
Like The Cuphead Show which we also got to learn more about today, we’re going to have to just wait for details to slowly trickle in on this intriguing project.
In the meantime go play Disco Elysium if you haven’t already, it’s fantastic.
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It's been almost a year since Netflix revealed it was turning developer Studio MDHR's acclaimed run-and-gunner Cuphead into an animated TV series, but finally the streaming service is ready to share more; and we've now been treated to the first (brisk) look at The Cuphead Show.
Netflix's animated Cuphead series is described as a "character-driven comedy" that follows the "unique misadventures of the impulsive Cuphead and his cautious but easily swayed brother Mugman", and will, as you'd very much hope, stick closely to the game's memorable Fleischer-Studios-inspired 1930s cartoon aesthetic.
Most of that we knew previously, but now Netflix has provided a small peek at how the game will translate to TV screens in a short behind-the-scenes video posted to the NX Twitter page. It features a smattering of footage from the show, and introduces two of its key voice stars.
When The Outer Worlds released last year on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, it won acclaim from critics and consumers alike for its choice-driven gameplay and clever writing. However, when the RPG came to Switch, players on Nintendo's console didn't get to see the game at its best; the performance can be pretty rough.
To address concerns with the Switch version, publisher Private Division has announced that Virtuos (the team behind the Switch version) is working on ways to improve the experience, and that a patch is in the works.
https://twitter.com/PrivateDivision/status/1276213684310650880Though we don't know exactly when the fixes will be available, it's good to know that Switch owners will soon get a clearer picture of what makes The Outer Worlds so good.
Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Tsushima has always been graced by a gorgeous artistic presentation, and today the studio released new concept art.
The artwork provides another look at the game’s world which is both poetic and cruel, with the devastation of war meeting the beauty of nature mixing in various ways.
It was published on the studio’s official Twitter account just a few minutes ago.
You can check out all the artwork below as we wait to finally be able to explore the gorgeous island of Tsushima on our own screens.
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