Today, during the New Game + Expo Idea Factory International showcased the first English gameplay of the upcoming JRPG Death End re;Quest 2.
We get to take an extensive look at the game including the first glimpse of the English localization.
Incidentally, the version showcased is the one for PS4.
You can watch the trailer presented during the show below.
Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics are hosting a special stream announcement stream for Marvel's Avengers on June 24. The California-based developer plans to showcase new gameplay and co-op footage as part of the "War Table" stream.
The Marvel's Avengers WAR TABLE debuts tomorrow at 10:00 AM PDT! Who's ready to #Reassemble and take on AIM?
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The stream kicks off at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET on the morning of June 24. You can watch it here on GameSpot; check back with this post for a livestream embed.
Marvel's Avengers is still set for a September 4, 2020 release date after getting delayed in January so Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montréal, who are co-developing the game, can "deliver the ultimate Avengers gaming experience."
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Cross-play across PS4 and PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X
The Oculus Quest is one of the best VR headsets you can buy today, and it's clearly driving many of the decisions around how Oculus thinks about its products--both hardware and software--and their future. Which explains why today the company is discontinuing its other portable headset, while laying out plans for a more open ecosystem for the Quest.
The Oculus Go was the first of Oculus' attempts at an all-in-one VR headset, primarily aimed at a market that was being dominated by headsets that required you to use your smartphone as the screen. The Oculus Go put all of that hardware into the headset itself, but also omitted features that made it more suitable for more passive VR experiences, as opposed to those you can find on the Oculus Quest.
It wasn't a hit like the Quest, and today Oculus is discontinuing production on the Oculus Go. Oculus has ceased production on the headset, and will shut down new app submissions this December. After-sales support will continue through 2022, with security updates ceasing after that.
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In this 2018 GDC session, Microsoft's David Bollo presents a new high-performance approach to animation transitions that the Microsoft team developed for Gears of War 4. ...
Life on the farm can be demanding, but Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town has quality of life adjustments to help
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Rogue Legacy 2 is launching in early access for both Steam and Epic Games Store on PC on July 23, developer Cellar Door Games announced today.
The studio previously announced the roguelike sequel was in development last April, but the title had already been in development for more than two years, according to the Steam store page.
The developer noted that the game currently has “many of its systems in place” and the time in early access is needed to create more content. The early access launch will contain two biomes, more than 700 random rooms, four complete character classes, 35 traits, and more.
The game will cost $19.99 at early access launch, but is planned to raise in price two times. It will be raised to $24.99 when it is halfway through early access development, and then the final price will be $29.99 when it officially launches from early access.
Cellar Door Games provided a broad roadmap for early access development with major updates approximately every two months, minor updates in-between, and bug fixes.
Rogue Legacy 2 is expected to fully launch “approximately one year after the Early Access release, sometime in 2021,” but the developer notes that is not a guarantee.
Rogue Legacy 2, the sequel to Cellar Door Games' superb Castlevania-esque rogue-lite exploratory platformer, is coming to Steam and Epic Games Store early access on 23rd July.
The original Rogue Legacy launched to immediate acclaim in 2013, thanks to its compelling procedurally generated action-platforming that saw every new play-through undertaken by a previous hero's heir - with each new generation possessing a fresh mix of classes, abilities, and traits that could dramatically affect subsequent runs.
New heroes might, for instance, become tiny in stature or super strong, while clumsy heroes would destroy all breakable objects they touched, heroes with vertigo would find the game world flipped on its head, heroes with Peripheral Arterial Disease could pass through spike traps without triggering them, and so on. All this variety, combined with an extensive upgrade loop, made for a wonderfully re-playable experience.
Rogue Legacy 2 Early Access will be launching on July 23, 2020. Cellar Door Games plans to collect fan feedback for around a year.
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Now that the Samurai Shodown For Honor Warden crossover character has been revealed, SNK shared screenshots of the fighter.
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Grasshopper Manufacture CEO Goichi Suda, more commonly known as Suda51, is famous for his off-kilter sense of humor. His latest prank on fans came in the introduction to this morning’s New Game+ Expo stream, during which we got our first look at Grasshopper’s next game, No More Heroes 3. The catch? Suda’s head was in…
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Changes to the drow and orcs, and more diverse hiring
Today, during the New Game + Expo Atlus showcased some brand new gameplay of upcoming Nintendo Switch version of Catherine: Full Body.
The gameplay starts with the dudes having a chat at the Stray Sheep before Vincent split and goes to sit at the bar listening to the other patrons and to talk with the bartender.
Of course, a look at Vincent’s puzzle-platforming nightmares is also included.
You can watch the trailer presented during the show below.
If you’re unfamiliar with the game, below you can read an official description. You can also watch the latest trailer from earlier today and the previous trailer.
Valorant’s next patch is about to add its anticipated ranked mode; following yesterday’s developer update from the team at Riot, the full list of patch notes has now been revealed. In addition to Competitive mode, Patch 1.02 is set to make changes to hero abilities, tweak several areas of all maps, boost performance, and add quality of life improvements.
Unfortunately, there’s no release date yet, but we expect Patch 1.02 to launch later this week.
Here’s a summary of what you need to know:
Tagging – the slowing effect you feel when hit by bullets, has been adjusted, in part to up your chances of escape if you’re near cover. We can’t help you much if you’re dancing in the open.
Agent Updates– Viper, Reyna, and Jett have all been buffed slightly, while fixes to some of Cypher’s have been issued.
VIPER
| Toxic Screen now burns through walls, placing emitters at all valid locations (e.g., the ground) over its length |
“Viper Toxic screen is a potentially-strong vision slicing tool, but its access was well…terrible, making it only useful in a few spots on most maps. This should allow Viper to cut up sights, maps, and other unique areas to either fake or help take ground.”
There’s nothing desperately wrong with Torchlight 3, which just came out in Early Access form a week ago. It’s a flashy, bombastic, nicely-paced action-RPG with tons of enemies to slash, blast, and explode for the tasty loot inside. The problem is that it doesn’t really do much to effectively set itself above or apart from the embarrassment of riches we have to pick from in this genre right now. When I could be playing Diablo 3 or Wolcen (now that it's been patched a bit) or Path of Exile or even one of the older Torchlight games, I keep looking for a reason why I’d choose Torchlight 3… and so far, the early access version hasn’t really given me one.
Torchlight 3 doesn’t put its best foot forward as it tries to introduce us to a story premise that isn’t really trying to be anything more than ultra generic fantasy. Something about an ancient evil reawakening, blah blah blah... It’s not like previous Torchlight games were heavy on story either, but Torchlight 3 doesn’t even seem to be trying. Every NPC seems to be defined by a single personality archetype. You’ve got goofy goblins that lean on the comedy crutches of over-the-top voice acting and Saturday morning cartoon hijinks. It’s got a certain charm to it, but it’s all so painfully familiar, like your slacker roommate’s first attempt at running a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
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Over the weekend, multiple women in the video game industry accused Chris Avellone, a writer on a number of renowned role-playing games including Planescape: Torment, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance, and Fallout: New Vegas, of using his stature in the video game industry to prey on women.
The upcoming PS4 exclusive, Ghost of Tsushima, is all about feudal Japan and it takes lots of inspiration from classic and modern samurai movies to make sure that the game can truly capture the essence of a samurai fantasy, which is something that Chris Zimmerman, Co-Founder of Sucker Punch, elaborate on in this official PS Blog post.
According to Zimmerman, the goal for Ghost of Tsushima has always been to emulate the feel of those incredible samurai movies that are so beloved:
Our goal with Ghost of Tsushima has always been to capture the heart of the samurai fantasy — to transport you back to feudal Japan, to live through the beauty and danger of Tsushima Island under attack. Our hero, Jin Sakai, has trained his whole life in the samurai way — watchful, precise, disciplined, deadly. He’s a master of the katana, a confident horseman, and skilled with the bow… but those skills aren’t enough when faced with thousands of Mongol invaders. He needs to be something more than the perfect samurai if he wants to save his home. That’s what Ghost is about.
When it comes to the samurai sword fighting gameplay in Ghost of Tsushima, the team decided on focusing on three very important aspects: speed, sharpness, and precision.
The team wants the combat to feel fast but also feel believable. Those moments in samurai movies seem cool but the moves are telegraphed and choreography has been taught. But in Tsushima, the enemy attack motions will be very realistic and also slightly nerve-wracking for the player to deal with.
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The population is about to grow a little bit as Special Agent York comes to town. But, the population will subsequently drop as townsfolk are gruesomely murdered and fed to alligators. That's the circle of life, I guess; York shows up and strange killings overrun the city.
Deadly Premonition 2 is only two weeks out, launching on July 10 on Switch. We're assured some bonkers writing and ridiculous overacting. Apart from that, no one really knows what to expect. It's gonna be a wild ride one way or another.
In Wasteland 3, you’ll manage a team of up to six Rangers as they battle for survival while exploring Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. However, the most valuable member of your team might be your car. To help you explore this winter wasteland, your team boards a tank-like truck – called the Kodiak – outfitted with a wild assortment of weapons. This machine is named after the bear, which is fitting because this car can take a lot of damage and is incredibly fearsome in combat. During random encounters, the Kodiak tears through large groups of enemies and is instrumental to your survival. We talked to game director Tim Campbell about what makes this monstrous motor so special.
“We experimented with a lot of different takes on how the vehicle drives, how it handles, how fast it should it go, and even how many vehicles there should be. There was a lot of sifting through ideas and taking this thread from this idea, and this thread from another idea, and consolidating them all together. One of the things that came out of the team's early prototypes that we built on was the idea of your vehicle coming into combat with you, and having that be a big addition to your Ranger squad.”
The Stadia Pro games for July 2020 have been revealed, and Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is among the four titles.
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The new strongest material is fairly rare to find
The new Guilty Gear -Strive- gameplay trailer for NGPX pits Millia Rage against Zato-1.
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It feels odd to be more excited about the exploring-nature side of Ghost of Tsushima than anything to do with sneaking around or slicing dudes, but that's where I'm at after May's State of Play presentation. Will the combat be challenging, deep, and engaging enough to sustain the whole island adventure?
It's one of those questions that can't be answered pre-release, but here's a bit more to go on.
Today, in a PlayStation Blog post, Sucker Punch shared more details about the game's combat design and intent – including a stance-switching gameplay clip that looks better than prior footage.
There are several choice quotes from Sucker Punch co-founder Chris Zimmerman, too.
Today, Inti Creates revealed a new Blaster Master Zero 2 add-on that has you grow your own version of the plant girl Kanna.
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Co-founder Max Temkin has stepped down following these accusations
The hellish hidden Minecraft region of the Nether becomes a whole lot more pleasant today with the launch of the Nether Update, focused on expanding the rarely-visited region. It brings four colourful and interesting new Nether biomes, new native residents and wildlife, giant fungus and other new flora, new music, new blocks, and more. Basically, the Nether is lively enough that you’ll want to visit again, and maybe build a home there. The update’s out today for both the Java and Bedrock editions of Minecraft.
Re:Zero: The Prophecy of the Throne introduced its new heroine, Melty, in its NGPX trailer. Now get a better look at her in screenshots.
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Rogue Legacy is getting a sequel, and today Cellar Door Games announced an early access date and showed off gameplay in a new trailer. On July 23, you can play Rogue Legacy 2 on both the Epic Games Store and Steam.
If you remember the first game, you play as a constantly changing lineage as characters die in roguelite dungeon runs. Unlike many other roguelikes, the permanent progression aspects are very powerful, so anyone can eventually overcome the dungeon crawling chaos with boosts and buffs, making the series one of the most accessible within the wider genre.
Check out the trailer below for a quick look at what's on tap next month!
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