March 2020

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, the spruced-up edition of Bungie's seminal Xbox shooter, is available as part of The Master Chief Collection on PC from today.

Halo: The Master Chief Collection launched on Steam, the Microsoft Store, and Xbox Games Pass for PC last December, and unlike the Xbox One version - which currently includes every major game in the series released to date - initially arrived with just Halo: Reach.

As such, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is the second title to grace the collection for PC players, and arrives with "new features, optimisations, and customisations built for the platform". There's the option to play with classic or enhanced visuals, updated shadow and texture quality, plus support 60 fps and above, 4K UHD, ultra-wide displays and different aspect ratios, control rebinding, native mouse/keyboard, and more.

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Listen I have to admit, I’m very hyped for the return of Trials of Osiris in Destiny 2’s Season of the Worthy. There have been few PvP experiences in this generation that have been more intense than closing in and and then achieving that flawless Trials run and visiting The Lighthouse for that sweet Adept loot.

It sounds like, at least on paper, that Bungie is putting their full weight behind making sure Trials of Osiris isn’t a disaster like Trials of the Nine was. They are bringing back all the classic gear, at least one part of The Lighthouse, if not the whole thing, is going to be reserved for flawless card holders, and of course Elimination is the game mode of choice.

Most importantly, Bungie confirmed that artifact power level gains are not going to apply in Trials which is a huge relief.

What I’m low-key pumped about too though is this fresh looking Trials of Osiris hat that is going to be purchasable. Check it out below.

There are over 1000 visual novels on Steam, and they’re all discounted thanks to the storefront’s Visual Novel Sale, which kicked off today and runs until March 6. If you’re a fan of the genre and a PC gamer, now is the time to cash in.

We’ve listed a bunch of pick outs from the long, long list of titles, but there are obviously so many that you’ll want to go in and have a lengthy browse to see what tickles your fancy. As you’ll note below, the discounts are weighty indeed, with many 50,60, and even 90% off.

Here are some that caught our eyes (we haven’t listed the prices because they’ll vary from region to region):

• Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma – 60% off
• Danganronpa 1/2/V3 – 70% off
• Zero Time Escape Bundle – 59% off
• Phoenix Wright Age Attorney Trilogy – 50% off
• Steins; Gate – 60% off
• Hatoful Boyfriend – 75% off
• BlazBlue Centralfiction – 80% off

Hopefully, you’ll find something to tide you over until this year’s best visual novels release. And if you’re wondering what those are then, yes, we have a feature just for you: here’s a list of the best visual novels coming in 2020 that you’ll want to keep on your radar.

Also, if you’re an avid Twinfinite reader then you’ll have noticed we cover a lot of Muv Luv here, so why not check out our news editor Giuseppe Nelva gushing over the series as only he can.

Today Tokyo-based company Intermestic announced via press release the upcoming launch of eyewear from its brand Zoff dedicated to the Final Fantasy VII Remake.

The glasses have been made available for pre-order today on the manufacturer’s online store, and they will be released in Japan in a  month, on April 3.

The price is 15,000 yen (which roughly translates into $140) plus taxes.

The eyewear is decorated with several motifs from the Final Fantasy VII remake including Cloud’s Buster Sword and the Meteor logo.

They come in a special box including a branded case, wiping cloth, and a special card.

The lenses are Zoff PC ULTRA which is said to mitigate blue light by about 50%

At the moment, we don’t know whether they will be made available outside of Japan, but you can check out a few pictures below.

Ever since 2019 came to an end a couple of months ago, this video game season has been very, very dry. There have not been any huge AAA releases since celebrating the new year but now, new PS4 games are here for March 2020 and the skies are finally clearing up.

We’ve got Doom Eternal from id Software, MLB The Show 2020, Nioh 2 and we have Persona 5 Royal –there’s probably a new PS4 game for anyone to enjoy in March.

We have a full list of every new game coming to the PS4 down below but if you want some more info on some of the more notable releases that we recommend picking up, just keep scrolling down:

New PS4 Releases for March 2020

• Granblue Fantasy Versus – March 3
• Langrisser I and II – March 10
• Hidden Through Time – March 12
• My Hero One’s Justice 2 – March 13
• Nioh 2 – March 13
• MLB The Show 20 – March 17
• R.B.I. Baseball 20 – March 17
• La-Mulana 1 and 2 – March 17
• Doom 64 – March 20
• Doom Eternal – March 20
• Moons of Madness – March 24
• Gigantosaurus The Game – March 27
• One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 – March 27
• Persona 5 Royal – March 31
• The Complex – March 31

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Halo: The Master Chief Collection just had some long-awaited reinforcements arrive. The Noble Six now have more firepower by their side.

Today, Microsoft stealthily doubled the size of Master Chief Collection on PC by adding Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. Saber Interactive was in charge of porting the original Halo to PC, although this is almost like a remaster of the 2011 Anniversary remaster on Xbox 360. It has support for 4K resolution and frame rates at 60fps and above.

Here are the other PC-specific features that Microsoft calls attention to: variable framerate, native mouse and keyboard support with ability to rebind controls, ultra-wide display support for various aspect ratios, and the usual array of visual quality options.

The Master Chief Collection on PC runs $40 on both Steam and the Windows 10 Store. Alternatively, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary can be purchased a la carte from either of those stores for $10. Lastly, Master Chief Collection is also a part of Xbox Game Pass for PC, so subscribers can just queue it up as part of that membership.

Siliconera stepped into the ring with Suda51 to talk about writing a sequel 20 years later, suplexes, and more.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is known for its cosmetic items, usually in the form of militaristic or cool-looking skins for your operators and their gear. Infinity Ward has now introduced a more playful item, which imitates the Tamagotchi fad of the late '90s.

The "Tomogunchi" is available from the in-game item shop for 1,000 CoD Points. The bundle includes a charm, emblem, calling card, sticker, and spray. The real star of the bundle is the Tomogunchi toy itself, which is represented as a wristwatch-like item. The tweet suggests that you can check on your little virtual pet, feed it, monitor its mood, and help it evolve.

Modern Warfare has been careful not to sell game-changing items through its shop, so it's doubtful the Tomogunchi will do anything to help up your game. In fact, if you get too distracted with checking on your pet it might actually be a detriment to the firefights around you. A guide on the Activision blog looks as if the Tomogunchi responds to your in-game play, making it something of a real-time performance tracker.

If you're an Apex Legends fan, you might want to clear some space on your hard drive, because the game's new 6.2 patch is a hefty one. Coming in at 32.5 GB on PC, 33 GB on Xbox One, and 18.5 GB on PS4, it's one of the bigger game updates in recent memory. According to the patch announcement, this large size is intended to allow developer Respawn to ensure that future patches are smaller.

"As an FYI, players will notice this patch size is larger than most," Respawn explained in a tweet. "This was done so that future patch sizes will be significantly smaller than what they've traditionally been."

This event introduces a new limited-time mode called Déjà Loot, where all the loot spawns in the same location for the duration of the event, with the plane path and circle locations will shift on a daily basis. According to developer Respawn, this is intended to reward players for learning the map in the short-term. Tweaks have also been made to how Bloodhound plays and to make Wattson less of a must-have.

In Knuckle Sandwich, I stumble into a restaurant and the next thing I know my boss is barking at me to bring customers their burgers. A minute later, after barely passing a customer satisfaction survey, I get jumped in the alleyway while taking out the garbage by a green guy in a leather jacket. A turn-based RPG fight…

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Fallout 76 didn’t have much of a storyline when it was released in November 2018. Its world was full of interesting little details, but bereft of living, breathing characters. Instead, it tasked players with creating their own narratives. Some role-played as cannibals, others joined cults. One person decided to try…

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Mario Kart Tour, which is sort of what you'd get if microtransactions had wheels, will no longer be a strictly solo affair as of next week; the iOS and Android racer's long-promised multiplayer mode is set to arrive on Monday, 9th March in the UK.

When the "free-to-start" Mario Kart Tour launched on mobile devices last September, it was lacking anything resembling the series' beloved real-time multiplayer racing, with the only vaguely competitive element existing in the form of World Ranking leaderboards.

Nintendo added the option to beta test a more traditional multiplayer mode last December, but only for those signed up to (or trialing) the game's dubious £5/month Gold Pass.

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Nintendo has been a giant in the video game industry ever since it entered it. Across multiple consoles, the company has created some of the most memorable games, stories, and characters the industry has ever seen.

Having been around for as long as they have, it’s no surprise that there’s a lot of interesting information lying around about their history that makes for some awesome trivia. With that info, we’ve put together one of the hardest Nintendo quizzes in history.

The 15 questions below are sure to separate the true fans from the pretenders.

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We here at Twinfinite always love to name drop Nekojishi whenever we can. The free-to-play indie gem came out of nowhere when it first released on Steam a few years ago, making our dreams come true by coupling traditional dating sim elements with buff, gay kitties. It also had a theme song that rocks too damned hard for words.

Nekojishi told the tale of college nobody Liao, whose whole life was turned around when he discovered the latent ability to communicate with his ancestral spirits; mythical beings that come in the form of anthropomorphic cats. Like any rational man, once he realized this newfound power, his next big decision was which one he should seduce.

Equally coming out of nowhere, Studio Klondike has dropped a furry bombshell by announcing its long awaited sequel, Nekojishi: Lin & Partners, which will be available on PC, Mac and Nintendo Switch in 2021.

It continues the tale of Liao and his feline guardians, who have fallen on financial hardship since graduating. They resolve to enter the cutthroat world of architecture, encountering a bevy of mystical beasts who all seem to be really keen on the property market.

Nintendo has announced a launch date for Mario Kart Tour's multiplayer mode, which will finally go live in the mobile racer later for all players on March 8, almost half a year after the game's initial launch in September 2019.

Once the update is live, players will be able to race up to seven other players in both local and online play. The multiplayer mode will be available to all Mario Kart Tour players, but the high-powered 200cc racers will still remain locked out to players who are not subscribed to MKT's "Gold Pass" subscription service.

Mario Kart Tour is available now on iOS and Android devices.

DuckTales: Remastered was delisted from digital stores in 2019, but the game is back today.

Capcom shared the news this morning and reminded us that the prettied-up platformer is available for purchase on PC via Steam, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 (and by extension Xbox One thanks to backward compatibility), and Wii U. Naturally, fans have called for a Nintendo Switch port. I don't blame 'em!

There have been higher-profile removals than DuckTales: Remastered, sure, but it's unfortunate to see any game – especially ones that let you pogo jump! – vanish in the night. All is right again. (For now.)

I have to say, it feels so strange to use the site's Wii U tag in 2020. I think it's haunted.

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Another Final Fantasy VII Remake PS4 theme has been revealed, and you need to own Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers and preorder FFVII for it.

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Capcom will be holding an exclusive Resident Evil 3 Remake stream on YouTube and Twitch on March 4, but no new gameplay will be shown.

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I don’t do drugs, so I’m not about to make any bold proclamations about the mind-altering properties of Infini, a new puzzle game out tomorrow on Steam from developer Barnaque. But the game is grotesque, thoughtful, overwhelming, and altogether trippier than any other game I’ve experienced.

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By the end of its second season, Netflix’s Castlevania show seemed to have reached its apex. Dracula was defeated, and the story—largely based on the NES’ Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse—was over. Season three could have gone in a lot of directions. It ends up focusing on the characters that viewers have come to know…

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Doom Eternal will be released on March 20

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The US-based television subscription service Hulu has now added its “Hulu + Live Television” package to PS4’s list of media applications, the company announced today. It essentially serves as a replacement for Sony’s own PlayStation Vue, which had been the only streaming service the company allowed on the platform before shutting Vue down toward the end of last year.

It’s a decision that was blamed on the rising costs of live TV licenses, which saw a number of Vue price bumps that slowly began to negate its big advantage over traditional cable. With Sony out of the game, Hulu now offers something similar at a price point that should stay fairly steady thanks to the service’s increasing presence in the streaming space.

The Hulu and live TV bundle costs $54.99 per month and offers a number of live channels –ESPN, FOX, NBC, and ABC– in addition to the basic ad-free Hulu subscription. If you already have Hulu then you’re able to upgrade from your account settings menu.

As per Hulu’s own description:

“Hulu + Live TV is currently supported by Apple TV (4th generation), Amazon Fire TV devices, Amazon’s Echo Show, Roku devices, Xbox One, Xbox 360, iOS and Android mobile devices, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, select LG and Samsung TVs, VIZIO SmartCast TVs, Windows 10, Mac and PC browsers, and Chromecast.”

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March 2020 for new Switch games is a pretty solid month, especially when you consider that Animal Crossing: New Horizons launches and is one of the most anticipated releases of the year. There are also some neat indie games coming and a remaster of some excellent Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games.

If you take a look at the list down below, you can see all of the new Switch games coming in March of 2020, and if you want more info on the titles that we would recommend picking up, you can scroll down a bit further.

Granblue Fantasy: Versus is finally out, and if you've read our review, you should have a solid idea of how it works compared to other fighting games. Granblue Fantasy: Versus, I think, succeeds in making every character feel distinct in their playstyle and preferred strategy. You'll just need to take some time testing each of them in the training mode to really figure out which fighter is right for you.

If you pick based on aesthetics alone, then it may be easier to pick the seductive Metera or the edgelord Vaseraga. But if you want to figure out who best fits you in terms of playstyle like keepaway, rushdown, or mixup, then here is a general overview of every initial character from launch, from someone who has been at the game since it first debuted overseas.

I’ll go over each character from the launch roster, in a simplified explanation of how they play, and important moves they’ll be relying on. Damage is high, so matches can end quickly if you guess wrong a few times in a row. Plus, there’s not a lot of distance to the corner, so a good chunk of a match is going to be spent either doling out or suffering through some especially powerful corner combos.

If you haven't completely combed Blasphemous yet, or you're planning to eventually play the gnarly metroidvania game again when time allows, some good news: a major patch just dropped on consoles.

Patch 2 is meant to "make Blasphemous feel even better and more accessible than ever, refining and polishing the experience as much as possible without actually changing the core game," according to the developers. It's been out on PC since December. Many of the changes were informed by the community.

The major improvements have to do with platforming, which was trickier than it needed to be in some cases, and fixes for softlocks, graphical issues, NPC quests, and Guilt Fragments. You can find the full patch notes here, but basically, The Game Kitchen polished up the place from top to bottom.

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The latest game to come to EA Access and Origin Access is Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. That means subscribers on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC can play the game for free.

Playing the game through EA Access or Origin Access will get you the Animal Noseguard for the Acorn and the ability to redeem 30,000 coins each month from Rux’s Emporium. Origin Access Premier members will also get 200 Rainbow Stars every month and the chance to score the Lost Cat Lip for Oak and Acorn.

If you need a refresher on what EA Access is, it's a gaming subscription service that allows you to play a "Vault" of EA titles on both the PS4 and Xbox One. The subscription costs $5 per month and the annual package runs at $30. Additional perks include a 10% discount on EA digital purchases and access to EA titles before they launch.