Want Lucy to look like Ryza? The Fairy Tail Atelier Ryza costume makes it possible... but you only get it in the Digital Deluxe Edition.
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Click to watch embedded media Though Cyberpunk 2077 may not be coming as soon as we want it to be, that hasn't stopped CD Projekt Red's ambitious RPG from being one of the most anticipated games of this generation. But after a long wait for any sort of new gameplay, the Polish developer is finally treating fans to another deep dive into the game with today's Night City Wire.
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Having two swords, a crossbow, and the ability to set people on fire still isn’t enough for some people. Nexusmods user Roenaxx is apparently one such individual; their latest mod adds a range of flintlock pistols to Geralt’s arsenal of weapons. And while the purist in me says Witching and guns are a major no go, I have to admit it looks like a blast.
Geralt also looks like a total badass donning a balaclava and hand cannon, too. Like, full-on Geralt ‘Claude Duval’ the highwayman, badass.
I’ve not installed the mod yet, but from the description, it appears to be pretty solid in terms of content. It’s much more than a crossbow reskin:
“There are currently 10 guns available and 7 types of ammunition at 3 tiers (that’s 21 total & 27 if you include silver bullets!). Firearms as a mod has been designed to offer a different combat style, allowing you to use your ranged weapon for damage. Whilst guns are powerful their usage is limited by ammunition.”
There are crafting recipes for each weapon and its ammunition, too. Check out the video trailer below for a better look.
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People who long felt silenced are speaking out, seemingly all at once
Pokémon Go is gearing up for its fourth anniversary with free weekly challenges and the release of fresh creatures, all leading up to the game's ticketed virtual Go Fest 2020 event in July.
Unova species Ducklett and Petilil will become available for the first time, alongside Flying Pikachu (a version of Pokémon's mascot kept aloft via balloons, which appeared on an early Pokémon card) plus the Shiny versions of Pidove and Bellsprout.
And, as previously announced, weekly Timed Research challenges unlock bonuses for those who buy a ticket to the upcoming Go Fest 2020 event, which this year is being held virtually so anyone can attend.
In recent years, the aspirational cooking set—the Alison Romans, the Molly Yehs, the entirety of the Bon Appetit test kitchen—adopted a very specific style that spilled over to food Insta: Those drab, Eileen Fisher-inspired linen aprons became the official uniform of people who want to look like they toil over a…
Players can now begin their hunt for shiny Pokemon by using the new Pokemon Masters Egg Incubator feature.
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Square Enix has announced that it has commissioned an anime adaptation of its urban fantasy RPG The World Ends with You, which launched on the Nintendo DS back in 2007, before being revamped for the Switch platform in 2018.
As of this writing, there have been no images or details released regarding this exciting new animated endeavour, but the anime will be receiving its official unveiling during next weekend's Anime Expo Lite presentation.
You can check out the action for yourself over on the Anime Expo Lite's official YouTube and Twitch channels. The Day One presentation will kick off Friday, July 3 at 18:00 PT / 21:00 ET / 02:00 BST. In the meantime, Square Enix has opened an official countdown website, which you can find right here.
The World Ends with You: Final Remix is available now on Nintendo Switch.
Square Enix announces The World Ends with You anime adaptation [GoNintendo]
It's so hot today that, more than anything, I'd just like to dunk myself into the ocean - and soon I'll also be able to do it virtually in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, as the next free update will finally let you go for a dip.
Arriving on 3rd July, the first "wave" of the summer update will let players dive into the ocean and swim around. As predicted in an earlier datamine, you'll also be able to dive for sea creatures - which, of course, you can then donate to Blathers. I wonder how he feels about lobsters.
You'll also be able to find a familiar face out amongst the waves, as Pascal the red sea otter will pop up to offer goodies for your sea creatures. This includes DIY recipes for some really lovely mermaid furniture items which look like they came straight out of The Little Mermaid. Oh, and Gulliver has somehow washed up yet again in what looks like pirate clothing.
Get ready to move out this September, soldiers! Earth Defense Force 5 physical copies will be deployed in North America and Europe.
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It’s been some time since we last heard anything on THQ and Experiment 101’s quirky-looking action-RPG Biomutant. The game was first revealed way back at Gamescom 2017 and has then reappeared sporadically since either side of going completely AWOL in 2019. It’s now resurfaced this week in an extensive new gameplay demonstration that showcases exactly why we were so excited all those years ago.
Open-world, action-RPGs might be a dime a dozen these days, but Biomutant looks unlike anything else. Its vibrant, zany aesthetic, and the bizarre creatures who inhabit its world stand apart. The gameplay mechanics look pretty slick, too, with a martial arts combat system and deep role-playing system that appear to offer players lots of opportunities to experiment with different playstyles and character designs.
Today’s trailer really highlights why Biomutant’s unique post-apocalyptic premise deserves our attention.
But we just want to get our hands on it now… Unfortunately, once again there’s no release date announcement included with today’s news.
Developer Experiment 101 prepared a special response for that inevitable question in a press release sent to Twinfinite:
“When we are happy with it! Stay tuned, we will make sure you hear about it, once we are ready to name the release date.”
It’s more or less a condensed version of a previous statement the team gave back in February.
Patience is a virtue and all that, I suppose…
Update: In an interview with IGN, Creative director Stefan Ljungqvist explained Biomutant was in the “end phase” of its development:
may not be out until November now, but if you’re twiddling your thumbs waiting for something to fill the void before it drops, then GOG’s new Red Ultimate Collection pre-order bundle could be just the thing, as it also includes every Witcher game for their lowest price yet.
D3 Publisher has released the first trailer for Earth Defense Force: World Brothers, the voxel-styled EDF spin-off revealed earlier this week. The video begins with a brief overview of the series' storied history, before diving right into the pint-sized action.
In the two-minute trailer, we see a variety of different soldiers from the world's greatest fighting force laying waste to armies of ants, wasps, spiders, and other creepy crawlies across Minecraft-style replications of famous global locations. Battles take place on the ground and up in the air, with an array of explosive weaponry and even some ninja-based melee combat. We are also treated to a selection of fun skins, such as a rootin' tootin' gunslinger and a kawaii maid.
It was announced this morning that Animal Crossing: New Horizons will be receiving its second free content update next week. In this update, the ocean will open up with more features coming in two “waves.”
Beginning on July 3, you will be able to use a wet suit to swim in the ocean. A diving suit will also allow you to dive under the water to collect new types of creatures, such as sea stars and sea anemones.
If you’ve been looking for new types of items to collect, you’re in luck: these new underwater sea creatures will be able to be donated to Blathers at the museum and will be part of the fish exhibits.
When you collect a scallop, a new special encounter will appear. Pascal the philosophical otter will appear, and if you give him the scallop, he will reward you with brand new mermaid-themed DIY recipes that you can craft.
Additionally, it seems as though Gulliver will be receiving some sort of update. We see him washed ashore as normal, but this time he is dressed up as a pirate. It’s unclear what changes to Gulliver will be made, but perhaps he will give new types of items.
That’s all for Wave 1 of the summer update, but the trailer ends with a tease that Wave 2 will be coming in early August. There’s no information about what the second half of the update will contain.
This is the second free content update in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The first update began in late April, adding new things to do for the Spring months.
Today Koei Tecmo announced a DX version of the Surge Concerto series, Ciel Nosurge DX and Ar Nosurge DX.
Interestingly, both platforms and release date for the games are unknown, but we get to see a teaser trailer and the key artwork.
You can enjoy them below. A teaser website was also opened with no further details.
Maaan, it's good to see that familiar face and know swimming will be back again.
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My, my, where did the time go? I've spent so much of this never-ending cesspool of garbage monster discharge we call June being disgusted with what I see online that I completely forgot I'm supposed to be proud for Pride. Ugh...looks like it's another June where I've let the gays down.
One person who is not letting the gays down is Square Enix artist Toshiyuki Itahana. Best known as the lead character designer for the Crystal Chronicles and Chocobo spin-off franchises, Itahana has spent his June creating a new company mascot for Pride. And here they are:
Today Koei Tecmo released a new gallery of screenshots and art of the upcoming Fairy Tail JRPG by Atelier developer Gust.
The screenshots focus on showing familiar characters and their magical abilities, on top of providing a look at the costumes coming in the Digital Deluxe edition.
Those are the Grand Magic Games Team costume for Natsu, Erza, Gray, Lucy, and Wendy, and another costume for Lucy inspired by Atelier Ryza.
You can see them all below.
The Sony WH-1000XM3 are considered to be one of the best pairs of noise-cancelling wireless headphones you can buy - and they're now 10 per cent off at a number of retailers.
The WH-1000XM3s usually sell for around the £260 mark, but now they're down to £230.
Amazon, Currys PC World and John Lewis are just a few places I've spotted that are offering Sony's premium cans for a discounted price. At Currys, you'll need to use the code 'HEADPHONESUMMER10'. If you're buying from John Lewis, you'll need to sign up as a my John Lewis member, but that does mean you get a free two-year warranty included.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a free summer update on July 3 that will add swimming, diving, and a bunch of new furniture to transform your house into a mermaid grotto.
We've broken out of the port cycle and are back with your regularly scheduled original content Nintendo Download.
While Pokemon Cafe Mix is arriving on mobile devices alongside of the Switch and Mr. Driller Drill Land is also debuting on the PC; they're still launching on Switch today without a delay. Legends of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III is also a decent get for the Switch (that's out on June 30), as well as The Almost Gone, a sleek narrative puzzler.
There's a lot to sift through! Like the beloved Yes, Your Grace and a few other timely Switch ports.
Hello! All this week we'll be celebrating Pride and the power of positive representations in games. Every day we'll be bringing you stories and insights from different parts of the LGBT+ community. You can also help support Pride with Eurogamer's newly redesigned t-shirt - all profits from which will be going to charity.
Growing up I didn't really have much access to LGBT+ content; it was the perfect mixture of a lack of queer media in all forms and a belief that, if I was lucky enough to find something, it wouldn't be very good. The one game series I found that did allow me to express my sexuality was Harvest Moon (now called Story of Seasons.) The downside was that if I wanted to pursue a bachelorette, then I had to play as a male character, even when I could pick my gender. Later instalments in the series did have character customisation, but I'd have to sacrifice hours of gameplay simply to unlock this feature. It was, in essence, representation of my own creation and, no matter how hard I tried, it always felt rather hollow.
Playing Stardew Valley for the first time, I realised that I could finally experience every aspect of the farming role-playing genre without compromise. My plans for local business domination were no longer hampered, because, in this game, I could play as a lesbian farmer from the moment I inherited my grandfather's farm. His ghost also didn't have to wonder why I had spent the money he'd left me for turnip seeds on a haircut.
YouTuber Tom "Syndicate" Cassell has responded to allegations of sexual assault made by two women last weekend.
Content warning: this article includes descriptions of sexual assault.
One woman, speaking in a video posted to Twitter last Sunday, described an alleged encounter with Cassell in 2016 where the YouTube star is said to have continued to have sex with her despite being asked to stop as they were not using contraception.
The Surge Concerto series makes a return with a teaser trailer for Ciel nosurge DX and Ar nosurge DX.
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Sony rolled out a new bug bounty program yesterday that will pay up to $50,000 to any hackers who help expose a major vulnerability in the PS4.
Update: now that it’s all over, here’s what they showed. They announced an anime series too.
As notE3 trundles onwards, today the festivities jack into the futureworld of Cyberpunk 2077. Though the new RPG from the makers of The Witcher is one of the most hotly-anticipated games of notE3, so far we’ve seen far more of SpongeBob SquarePants than any ChromeBob PleatherPants. No more! Today at 5pm (that’s 9am Pacific), CD Projekt Red will hold their first 25-minute “Night City Wire” stream, showing more gameplay and chatting with some of its makers. You can see the Twitch stream below.
Not every decision in Cyberpunk 2077 will depend on your gut instinct. There are plenty of situations where you'll be afforded the opportunity to review the footage, analyze it from all angles, and figure out what truly happened.
It's called a Braindance and it's more or less a reliving of someone else's experience. Once you have access to the Braindance, you can see it through that person's eyes or use a free-floating camera in analysis mode. The Braindance sensor picks up things that even the subject didn't, like audio cues happening nearby. The future is very impressive!
Essentially, Braindancing (it's a noun but I will use it as a verb too) is Cyberpunk 2077's evolution of detective vision that games like Arkham Origins popularized. It's a way to scour a crime scene with the benefit of forensics, making it easy to gather additional intel. In the example shown during this morning's Night Wire City stream, it's simply a means of finding who murdered the junkies who held up a convenience store. (They're not robbing it for money, they're doing it to sell the Braindance experience of committing armed robbery.)
The whole segment is shown in the timestamped video that's embedded above. Get the words straight from CD Projekt Red's mouth.
If you're wondering where this all came from, CD Projekt Red didn't make it up. Braindances were an established part of Cyberpunk lore before 2077 came along. Although they're quite complicated and neat, I will use the term to reference anytime I fast-forward and rewind through a video. (e.g. I Braindanced through that YouTube video.)
Overcooked 2 has yet more free DLC coming just in time for summer. The appropriately named ‘Suns Out Buns Out’ is set to launch for PC first next month, July 5. Consoles will come later, with a rough launch window of midway through July penciled in.
Ghost Town Games’ whimsical puzzle game launched back in 2018 and improved further on the already marvelous original. As a couch co-op experience, it’s basically unrivaled on the giggles scale — well, until one of your buddies starts taking it too seriously and goes all Gordon Ramsey on your ass!
You can check out the new trailer for Suns Out Buns out below, which teases the five new summery-themed levels being added to the game.
Twinfinite is a huge fan of Overcooked, scoring the game 4/5 in our review and concluding:
“If you’re after something ridiculous to mess around with, setting fires instead of feeding your customers, that’s easily found, but jumping into the wonderfully designed dynamic levels to test yourself and a partner with the new recipes is equally as fun.”
Even though it's been over four years since the first consumer Rift launched, Oculus is still moving full speed ahead with VR.
Although a lot of folks have thumbed their nose at it, VR continues to surprise me fairly often. We just saw it with Half-Life: Alyx and now Phantom: Covert Ops is giving the "AAA VR" thing a go.
Last week, Valve finally stepped in to tackle the wave of racist bots that had infiltrated Team Fortress 2 - and although the measure was well-received by the community, it still wasn't enough to stop the onslaught. Valve seemingly solved the spam chat issue by limiting which new accounts could post, but the bots found a way around this by repeatedly changing their in-game names or the team name to form racist sentences and slurs in the chat. And unfortunately, that's only the start of the continuing problems.
Valve's latest update aims to solve the newest spam problem by simply preventing the bots' ability to change the team name. As explained in the patch notes, players will no longer be able to update the team name while in matchmaking games, or their in-game name while connected to the server. "Rate limit checks for text chat" have also been introduced to help prevent spam.
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 is bringing back all the skaters you know and love from the original two games alongside the games' 19 courses, but it's more than a simple remaster. Several additional skaters are coming, including younger talent like Australian street skater Shane O'Neill. Speaking to GameSpot for Play For All, O'Neill shared the impact the early games had on his career.
When the original Tony Hawk's Pro Skater launched for the PlayStation, Shane O'Neill was only nine years old. That's very early to start shredding a bowl, but it's perfect for playing a game and grasping the basics of skating.
He used the early games to learn about tricks, and despite the series also going for a "skateboarding superhero" style over a more grounded experience, he said most of the tricks are more common now than in 1999. Tony Hawk's famous 900 has been replicated by numerous skaters since he first landed it in 1999. In fact, just last month the 11-year-old skater Gui Khury landed a 1080 on a vert ramp.
Continue Reading at GameSpotCD Projekt Red aired a new trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 during this morning's Night City Wire stream, and god dang – there's so much to unpack. One, two, three watchthroughs? Not enough. I need more.
According to lead quest designer PaweÅ Sasko, this footage represents the prologue. In other words, just "the first few quests." Our protagonist, V, is after a "chip of immortality," and it won't come easily.
Sasko says the designers "have learned so much" since The Witcher 3, and they're aiming for no filler.
The more I see of Cyberpunk 2077, the more I appreciate the delay to November 19. Let's go.
The next episode of Night City Wire is coming in "just a few weeks."
Not too much change in the world of CPU deals this week, unless you’re happy with third parties on Amazon. This week, XtraDigitalStorage has undercut everyone by some margin on a range of AMD and Intel CPU deals, including some of Intel’s 10th Gen Comet Lake processors. It’s worth noting that the Amazon reviews of said company do highlight that deliveries take an absolute age, so if you need something quickly then maybe look elsewhere. Plus, UK buyers can get a free copy of Horizon Zero Dawn with an AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU or above until June 30th this week, and the imminent arrival of their new Ryzen 3000XT CPUs on July 7th mean there should be even more deals on the rest of the Ryzen family over the next couple of weeks, so we’ll be keeping our eyes well and truly peeled.
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