April 2020

Swedish developer The Outsiders has today confirmed that its anticipated supernatural first-person RPG Darkborn is no longer being worked on. In a message today published on Twitter, the team explained that despite having spent four years making the game, it regrettably made the decision to halt the project and move on.

In its stead, The Outsiders is working on “something new” that the team apparently “really loves.” No word on anything more other than that, though.

Darkborn started life as Archenemy, then Project Wight, before finally settling on its name. A lengthy 16-minute gameplay demonstration was released this time last year, showcasing a grim medieval setting where Vikings were murdered by a grizzly monster controlled by the player. An array of special abilities centered around stealth-action were showcased, including wall running, enhanced vision, and takedowns.

Darkborn is a concept that certainly appeared to hold a lot of promise, so it’s a shame to hear it’s on hold. Still, The Outsiders leaves the door open for a return to development on the game in its message today, suggesting that Darkborn may not be entirely out for the count just yet.

You can watch Darkborn’s 16-minute demo below.

Best 12 Games to Buy During the Under $20 Sale on PSN Right Now

Assassin’s Creed Origins

Since there’s a new Assassin’s Creed game coming out later this year, now is the perfect time to try out Origins. It garnered lots of attention because of how it added RPG elements into the series which would be improved in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. For just $14.99 during the Under $20 sale, you can explore Ancient Egypt and get lost for dozens of hours.

Dead Cells

Dead Cells is a fantastic and super-satisfying rogue-like that will challenge you while also being incredibly rewarding. It’s $16.24 right now so make sure to get on that if this catches your eye.

Donut County

You get to play as a hole in Donut County. That alone should have you intrigued. This unique and charming puzzler only takes a few short hours to complete and it’s just $6.49 at the moment.

Pokemon Snap

Pokemon Snap was such a simple concept back in the Nintendo 64 days. There’s 151 Pokemon out there in the wild. Go out and snap some photos of all of them.

It could take skilled players only an afternoon to snap them all but longevity wasn’t the appeal. Pokemon Snap was incredibly immersive and seeing Pokemon move and play in their natural habitat was something that we’ve never seen before.

A new updated version of Pokemon Snap would have so much potential. For starters, there’s way more Pokemon now so there’s obviously a lot of room to build on the original game in terms of scope.

Obviously a lot has changed in between the Nintendo 64 and the Nintendo Switch, so a new game could leverage modern features like more a complex AI and environments to keep gameplay varied, multiplayer competitions to see who can snap the better photos, and social elements that let you share your best photos.

Companies love finding ways for their game to get buzz on social media and Pokemon Snap could be a home run on that front.

Futurama may have ended, but it’s claimed a small space in every fan’s heart. From the most hilarious and goofy episodes, through to the likes of Jurassic Bark where you’re really having to hold back the tears, the show shines as some of the best sci-fi animated TV you can watch.

As we binge through the entire show for the umpteenth time, we decided to put together one tricky little trivia quiz to put your knowledge to the test. Will you be sent to Robot Hell for your poor results, or will you be welcomed aboard the Planet Express ship with open arms as a Futurama oracle? Only time will tell.

After optimistically delaying EGX Rezzed 2020 from March to July due to Covid-19 concerns, the organisers have now outright cancelled this year’s event. With the new coronavirus pandemic still running hot, the London games show from our corporate siblings will instead return next year. Folks who bought Rezzed tickets can transfer their ticket to the bigger EGX, which is still scheduled for September, or they can get a refund.

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Fallout 76 has more stuff trying to kill you than ever before. It’s not just the local mutated fauna as other players are likely to shoot first. You’ll need good weapons to defend yourself: melee weapons, ranged weapons, maybe an explosive or two. Perhaps the only way to get an enemy off your back for good is to make them eat a Fat Man nuke.

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Hot off the heels of revealing their next generation of Comet Lake laptop CPUs, Intel have finally lifted the lid on their 10th Gen Comet Lake line-up of desktop CPUs, and man alive there are a lot of them. Leading the pack is Intel’s Core i9-10900K, which has a whopping 10 cores and a maximum clock speed of 5.3GHz, making it the world’s new fastest gaming processor – a title previously held by its 9th Gen predecessor, the Core i9-9900K.

It’s not just super fast Core i9 CPUs Intel have unveiled today, though, as they’ve also revealed their full suite of Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 processors as well. Here’s everything you need to know, including their specs, how much they cost, and when (roughly) you’re going to be able to get your hands on one.

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Exciting things are happening in Apex Legends – well, it’s exciting if you’re into the game’s lore at least. This week, Respawn have dropped a couple of tasty teasers on Twitter, as they do when something fun is about to be announced. It all looks to be leading up the new video in the Stories From The Outlands series that’s dropping later today, which will hopefully reveal the next Legend fans have been speculating about since Revenant’s arrival – Loba.

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Today on Playstyle Royale, the series where I head into a battle royale game and try to win my chicken dinner while adhering to arbitrary rules, I’m joined by esteemed guest Nate Crowley. We’re going to drop into Call Of Duty: Warzone, make a beeline for a helicopter, and then never leave it. We’ll be stuck with whatever gear we’ve scrounged at the point when we climb inside, but I’ve little doubt that we will prove victorious regardless. I am very good at helicopters.

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If you’ve played Destiny 2 PvP this season, you have almost certainly been cut down by Hard Light. And then again. And again. The Exotic auto rifle became real strong after buffs this season, and has been statistically the most-used gun in Crucible. It’s a recognisable problem too, because it spits colourful lasers bouncing off walls and all over – not a subtle gun. Thankfully, Bungie last night tweaked this superweapon in a little hotfix patch. Initial reports are that it’s still good, just not monstrous. Nice.

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Nintendo has released the second part of its downloadable content for spooky sequel Luigi's Mansion 3. Much like the initial expansion, the new content adds new costumes, themed ghosts, and mini-games to the Switch adventure.

Multiplayer DLC Pack Part 2 includes three new outfits: "The Amazing Luigi" offers the slick style of a stage magician, while "Cap'n Weegee" turns our boy into a seafaring pirate. Finally, "Paleontoluigist "- which is a long walk for a pun - kits Luigi out as a safari-style treasure hunter. These costumes can be worn while exploring ScareScraper mode, and come complete with themed ghosts.

Meanwhile, over in ScreamPark, there are three new multiplayer games to enjoy with your buddies. The ice hockey-style Puckstravaganza, aquatic obstacle course Floaty Frenzy, and sand-balancing challenge Desperate Measures. All of the above content, along with Multiplayer DLC Pack Part 1, are available together in the Multiplayer Pack pass, available to purchase from the eShop for $10. As a bonus, you'll also receive a special Polterpup flashlight.

Luigi's Mansion 3 is available now on Nintendo Switch.

I'll make this short and to the point: if you don't want to engage in an Animal Crossing: New Horizons terraforming conversation due to light gameplay spoilers, here is your warning.

Last week, Netflix finally dropped its latest big anime get: Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, the highly anticipated (and perhaps in some regards, dreaded) continuation of the action-packed TV spinoff of Masamune Shirow’s beloved manga/cyberpunk movie icon. With the story over for now, here’s what worked for us in the…

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First-person spider hunting game Kill It With Fire is the stuff of nightmares.

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Intel officially announced its 10th-generation Core desktop processors today, from the $122 Core i3 10100 all the way up to the $488 Core i9 10900K. Like its Comet Lake H mobile processors, announced in early April, the big focus here is on single-core performance through frequency gains - with several models pushing past 5GHz and the flagship model hitting 5.3GHz - but there are also higher core and thread counts for many models. Intel also detailed some nice feature additions for enthusiasts and overclockers which look promising - but will it be enough to reverse the trend towards AMD Ryzen for gamers and content creators? Here's what you need to know about Comet Lake on desktop.

First, let's take a look at the full Comet Lake Core lineup. We're seeing faster frequencies more or less across the board compared to the Coffee Lake refresh of 2019, but there are also some interesting design changes to note.

Core i9 processors now have ten hyper-threaded cores, up from eight last gen, while Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7 keep their ninth-gen core counts (four, six and eight, respectively) but gain hyper-threading. Finally, the tray prices here are exactly the same as last-gen, which hopefully will translate into similar prices at retail despite the current human malware situation.

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The current coronavirus pandemic, and the extended lockdowns faced by communities across the globe, have left a lot of people with a lot of time to play a lot of games. Some are using that time to build capitalist empires, some are replicating real-life hangouts to facilitate virtual reunions with their much-missed friends, and others are using the time to spread a little bit of human kindness, in a bid to alleviate some of the stresses of isolation, in any way they can.

One such merry band of joy bringers is the East India Company Gaming, a close-knit group of Elite Dangerous players founded on "principles of tolerance and helping others". Its members spend their time engaging in a broad array of activities across the galaxy, but their most notable endeavour is the delivery of rare and mineable commodities to help others mitigate the arduous grind of Engineer-based ship improvements.

It's a trading service the group (whose name makes a certain thematic sense, given its alignment to Elite's Empire faction) has been providing in exchange for select in-game resources since 2017 - but in the spirit of giving that's been reflected across many gaming communities during the coronavirus outbreak, it's currently waiving that fee.

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After Microsoft announced a new subscriber milestone for Xbox Game Pass--10 million subscribers so far--the company has shared even more details on how the subscription service is progressing.

In short, Microsoft's data shows that Xbox Game Pass users are making more (virtual) friends, playing more games, and playing titles they might not have otherwise checked out.

Xbox Game Pass users have added more than 23 million friends on Xbox Live since March, which represents a 70 percent growth in new friends, according to Microsoft. In terms of gaming, subscribers are "playing twice as much," though the company did not say if this is based on total time or number of games played. Additionally, Microsoft said multiplayer gaming for subscribers is up 130 percent.

Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass subscription service--which features a catalog of more than 100 games and growing--will be added to the xCloud streaming service later this year.

In a blog post today, Xbox boss Phil Spencer confirmed the news. "Later this year our cloud game streaming technology, Project xCloud, will come to Game Pass--so you and your friends can stream and play the games you love together on your devices," he said.

This news is not altogether surprising, given that Microsoft announced in November 2019 that game-streaming from the cloud was coming to Xbox Game Pass.

PC gaming gives players the opportunity for ultra-high refresh rates that exceed the 60 frames per second most console games strive to hit. And while your gaming PC may be powerful enough to reach those highs, you still need a monitor with support for higher refresh rates. However, they can be quite pricey, which makes this one-day deal from Best Buy so exciting. The retailer has the Dell S2417DG 24-inch G-Sync gaming monitor for $250, down from $430. It comes with free shipping, and if you order now, it'll arrive as early as May 5-6.

The 24-inch Dell gaming monitor boasts a resolution of 2560x1440 and a refresh rate of 165Hz on top of its 1ms response time and G-Sync support. G-Sync is a technology that replaces V-Sync, an in-game setting that sacrifices performance for keeping your screen from tearing. This means you can enjoy variable frame rates that don't always match your display's refresh rate, tear-free.

Dell 24-inch gaming monitor, 1440p and 165Hz

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The Little Town Hero physical copies won't launch as planned. The PS4 and Switch Big Idea Editions will be slightly delayed until late June.

The post Game Freak’s Little Town Hero Big Idea Editions Slightly Delayed in North America and Europe appeared first on Siliconera.

The depth of Maneater's combat, exploration, and customization are highlighted in this behind-the-scenes video. Maneater is the upcoming shark RPG from Tripwire Interactive, which is slated to launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC (through the Epic Games Store) on May 22, with a Switch version to follow at an unspecified date later this year.

Bandai Namco just released a brand new trailer of its upcoming anime soccer game Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions.

This time around the trailer likely won’t stimulate the fan’s nostalgia because it’s about the America Junior Youth team from the United States.

The United States never played a big role in the manga and anime, basically getting only mentions in passing and sporadic appearances off the field. 

It did appear in previous games but looks like it’s getting a facelift for the big screen with new players. Hence, we meet the new goalkeeper Cheikh Azwan and the forward and captain Blake Martin, who are brand new characters like the team itself 

You can watch the trailer below. 

Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions is currently developed by Tamsoft, and it will release for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC worldwide in 2020.

Gigantamaxing is a new feature in the world of Pokemon that was introduced in Sword and Shield last year that makes Pokemon turn into a giant/altered form of themselves. Meowth has a Gigantamax form in the game and so does Pikachu, and now you can have them in real life, in the form of an adorable and huge plushie.

Pokemon Center Japan, a place where you can literally purchase anything you can think of involving Pokemon, has announced two new plush dolls for Meowth and Pikachu and you can pre-order them now.

The Gigantamax Meowth doll weighs 3.05kg, is 165 cm tall, and can be purchased for 33,000 yen, which equates to about $309 USD. The Pikachu plush weighs 4.36kg, stands at 80cm tall, and costs 44,000 yen –about $412 USD.

Both Pokemon plush dolls are expected to ship sometime in October of 2020 and you can check out some images of the dolls down below:

Today Xseed Games announced the western release date of the PlayStation 4 remaster of Nihon Falcom’s JRPG Ys: Memories of Celceta.

It will come on June 9 in North America and June 19 in Europe both digitally and physically with the day 1 “Timeless Adventurer Edition” including a soundtrack CD and 12 art carts. 

The remaster was originally titled Ys: Memories of Celceta Kai in Japan, and it brings the PS Vita classic back to a new platform following the PC version launched in 2018.

The price will be $29.99 for the digital standard edition, $39.99  for the physical edition, and $39.99 for the Digital Deluxe edition that will include the soundtrack in digital version and a PS4 theme. 

The game will support 60 FPS, 1080p resolution, enhanced gamepad controls, and both Japanese and English audio.

You can see a trailer and a bunch of screenshots below.

Ary and the Secret of the Seasons, a charming action game about a young girl’s courageous journey and power over the seasons, has a new gameplay trailer today. It not only showcases the game’s Zelda-like combat and puzzle-platforming action but also reveals a July 28 release date for PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

In Ary and the Secret of Seasons, players take on the role of the titular protagonist as she begins her unexpected duty serving as Guardian of Winter. With her newfound powers, she’s able to change the seasons, helping in her quest to find her brother Flynn and become a Winter Guardian.

The game is being developed by Belgian studio eXiin, a fast-growing indie game company based in Brussels. It’s to be published by Modus Games.

In today’s trailer, you’ll see protagonist Ary exploring lush stretches of grassy wilderness and a grand, mysterious temple, demonstrating her ability to conjure seasonal biomes to alter her surroundings. She’s able to create new platforms leading to new areas and frigid solutions to puzzles obscuring her way. Check it out below.

You can learn more about Ary and the Secret of the Seasons over on the game’s official website.

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A Humble Bundle of The Walking Dead comics, a Neo Geo Mini International Edition all-time low discount, a $5 sale on Fenty highlighter, and a Parks and Recreation: The Complete Series highlight Thursday’s best deals.

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Announced in 2016 as Project Wight, Darkborn is a game in which players control a monster whose species has been hunted to near-extinction by humans. Today Swedish game studio The Outsiders announced development on Darkborn has been halted indefinitely.

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Oddworld Inhabitants Inc. continues in its quest to bring the classic Oddworld adventure series to Switch. As previously noted by the ESRB back in January, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee is next in line for the Nintendo platform, and will launch digitally in May.

Munch's Oddysee is the second release in the "Oddworld Quintology," beginning with 1997 PlayStation release Abe's Oddysee. When the Vykkers start harvesting hapless Gabbits for the eggs and other organs, one such Gabbit - the titular Munch - decides its time to fight back. Utilising a rusted wheelchair, and accompanied by original hero Abe, Munch embarks upon a quest to take down the Vykkers' airborne fortress and liberate his species from their clutches.

I'm a simple man: I hear the phrase "Mega Man" and I come running.

While scores of developers have followed in the footsteps of the retro "classic" Mega Man series with fan projects and 2D platformers, here comes a game that seeks to replicate the world of Mega Man X.

The project, which just hit Kickstarter this week, is called Protodroid DeLTA. Described as a "3D action-platformer," it's goal is to "successfully translate the fast & fluid 2D gameplay of the X series into 3D." Based on the footage and character designs so far I'd say that it's on the right track, and then some.

What's amazing is that the lion's share of this project is being done by a solo dev (with contractors for voice work, 3D models, musicians and 2D illustrators) and family man named Adam Kareem. Kareem's past projects include fan games like Sonic Explorers, Mega Man Legends 1.5 and Mega Man X & Zero: Training Missions, as well as and original work called Tuff Stuff, which is inspired by Ape Escape. Kareem calls Protodroid DeLTA a passion project, and it shows.

Right now the project is seeking a modest $20,000 (game dev is expensive!) and has over a month to go. If everything goes according to plan, Protodroid DeLTA will arrive in November of 2021, and the lowest tier that grants a copy of the game is $15. If you don't want to pledge, you can also wishlist the game on Steam.

Protodroid DeLTA [Kickstarter]

Stockholm-based indie studio The Outsiders has announced its viking monster game Darkborn has been put on ice.

As explained on Twitter, the project had been in development for four years - and despite releasing a gameplay trailer in April last year, the team has decided to stop development.

"In spite of our best efforts to continue, ultimately we had to make the difficult decision to halt development on the project," The Outsiders said. "Perhaps one day we will return to it: we all hope so and genuinely appreciate the support of everyone who followed us over the years."

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Doom Eternal still is a very, very good shooter, though there are some key differences between this one and the one that came out in 2016. If you’re still getting to grips with the game, I’ve listed my top tips for shooting all the demons and some stuff on exploring levels.

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I think we probably all have a game, be it franchised or not, that holds a special place in our heart. In my case, one of my ride or die games is historical stab-fest Assassin’s Creed. Every time a new one comes out, I will get it and play it to the (occasionally bitter) end.

I was overjoyed at the new life breathed into the series with Assassin’s Creed: Oranges. 2018’s Odyssey, featuring best woman in the entire world Kassandra, and all her giant pals, was even better. And so when Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was teased yesterday, you bet I sat and watched a man using Photoshop for 8 hours! So, my credentials as an AC fan established, here are my demands for Valhalla after watching the new cinematic trailer.

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