Tales of Monkey Island is back! ... But only on PCs. The once-delisted Telltale game has reappeared on some storefronts.
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The RPS crew have been eagerly following music-based action battler No Straight Roads for a while now. Alice L (RPS in pieces) talked with Metronomik at EGX Rezzed last year and resident Final Fantasy liker Katharine has been chomping to find out more about what Final Fantasy XV’s lead game designer would be doing next. You can get your hands on a playable demo right now before No Straight Roads launches on August 25th.
Rita Zimmerer, once EVP at Sunsoft and a Academy of Interactive Arts and Science founding director, has passed away at the age of 64. ...
The worst-kept secret this morning is Ubisoft's new free-to-play battle royale Hyper Scape. But, it's unclear if it's even meant to be a secret any longer. The tease might've crossed the threshold into reveal. It's all too haphazard to tell.
Here's the story thus far, which Eurogamer has done a good job to wrangle together. Rod Breslau, an esports insider, tweeted that Ubisoft Montreal is working on this first-person shooter battle royale:
In a very odd turn of events, Square Enix 2015 RPG Bravely Second: End Layer has rocketed back up the UK Charts, slamming into the number two spot some five years after its original release.
This bizarre feat was achieved due a huge sell-off of stock at UK retailer Argos, who were offering the Nintendo 3DS title for a pithy £2.49 (roughly five bucks). An understandable slew of sales then saw the title jam back into the Top 40. Had it not been for the might of current number one - Sony's The Last of Us Part II - then the dramatic anime adventure might have actually found itself at number one in the Year of our Lord 2020. Wild.
Speaking of The Last of Us, the incredible success of the sequel has seen the original game also re-enter the Top Ten at number nine. This is quite a feat given that TLOU has not only been a PlayStation Plus title, but is frequently available at low prices. THQ Nordic's SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated had a comfortable physical launch, debuting at number three. Of note, Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare left the Top Ten for the first time since its release back in October 2019.
Maybe it's just that I have the attention span of a goldfish, but the Crysis remaster completely fell off my Nanosuit's radar. It was announced in mid-April and then radio silence. That's kind of unusual for a game that's due to release within a month or two.
The cloaking device will be deactivated on Wednesday, as Crytek gives us an updated look at island life. The first Crysis Remastered gameplay trailer is coming July 1 at 9am Pacific. Will it be hot? In my experience, it's not so much the heat as it is the gosh darn humidity.
But it might be the heat! Crysis Remastered is slated for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One. If the remaster approaches the original's level of performance notoriety, Switches will melt and people will die.
We'll find out sometime soon because Crysis Remastered is currently scheduled to release this summer, and there's only about two months of the season left. We'll find out what it all looks like even sooner. Set your alarm clock for Wednesday morning. Your Nanosuit has all those nifty gadgets, it's gotta have an alarm clock tucked away somewhere.
The cancellation of E3, (along with numerous other industry events), certainly put a big ol' wrench in the plans of multiple publishers, who have since taken to holding their own shows and presentations in order to present their upcoming wares to the public.
One such publisher is Square Enix, who had several big titles lined up for E3 this year and, as such, continue to remain under wraps. Not for much longer, however, as the publisher has revealed in a recent interview that it plans to unveil these titles over the July-August period.
"We would normally announce new games at E3," said Square in an interview with No Investment, No Life. "We had planned to have a press conference as a replacement event, but were unable to do so since assets were not complete... We'll be announcing new titles individually as the timing permits. Several will debut around July to August."
Obviously one of Square's E3 reveals was intended to be rhythm-action spin-off Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, which was rush-announced the day after its logo was leaked. As for what else Square Enix has prepared for the rest of 2020 and beyond, we'll just have to wait and see.
Square Enix to announce games meant for E3 2020 around July to August [Gematsu]
Fire Emblem Heroes' flourishing roster of warriors grows ever larger tomorrow, with the arrival of a new Legendary Hero. As revealed in a new trailer from Nintendo, Seliph: The Scion Light will be added to the mobile battler's megamix of sword-swingers.
Seliph is the protagonist of 1996 SNES adventure Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. A young prince in exile, Seliph is hidden away as a child in order to protect him from the dark forces sweeping across his homeland of Agustria. Once coming of age, and learning of his true heritage, Seliph heads out on an epic journey across the continent of Jugdral, freeing the people and banishing evil en route to claiming his rightful place on the throne.
The excellent 1999 racing game Star Wars Episode I: Racer received an HD re-release for Switch and PlayStation 4 last week. It’s hideous in the unique way that only sharpened-up ‘90s-era 3D games can be, and I adore it.
“It’s time for magic.” With that phrase, Disney revealed on June 10 that Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure would reopen on July 17, the 65th anniversary of opening day in 1955. That date’s been pushed back because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, but Disney is determined to open its doors soon. Guests are …
Today, Twitch temporarily suspended the official channel of Donald Trump, the President of the United States, for hateful conduct.
PlayStation Plus is ten years old today! And what's occurring to mark this auspicious occasion over at Sony? Why, it's revealed the next batch of games to be included as part of the service this July, and here they are now: Rise of the Tomb Raider, NBA 2K20, and FMV adventure Erica.
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration is, of course, the second entry (plus DLC) in developer Crystal Dynamics' three-game re-imagining of the classic Tomb Raider franchise, and does, by and large, offer more of the same as its predecessor. It's a tense, tightly constructed, if rather unremittingly grim, adventure that, this time, sees Lara maiming and murdering (and occasionally puzzling) her way across Siberia in search of the Lost City of Kitezh.
"Rise of the Tomb Raider is a well-made game," wrote Oli Welsh back in 2015, "It's a handsome and solidly entertaining, if seldom inspired, way to while away a dozen hours. It has a famous name and an avatar of real dynamic power at its centre. It has tombs to raid. That ought to be enough. It shouldn't have to reach. But reach it does - for an emotional hook it doesn't have, and for trendy gimmicks it doesn't need."
Nintendo fans are always eagerly anticipating the next Nintendo Direct, but the YouTube account of the Japanese company delivered something offbeat today: a minute-long video challenging fans to "guess the game." The games are introduced with blurry footage that slowly resolves to reveal a first-party Nintendo game.
Needless to say, some fans have expressed their confusion over this video, with many of the YouTube comments speculating that new content might be revealed soon for one or more of these games. The games listed were (spoiler warning) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
Crysis Remastered was officially revealed with a teaser a few weeks ago, but this week we'll finally get to see exactly what the nearly 13-year-old game will look like with some improved graphical features.
The gameplay debut for Crysis Remastered is set for July 1 and will go live at 12 PM ET / 9 AM PT / 6 PM CEST. Although no details about what will be shown have been shared, Crytek did reveal in its initial announcement that the remaster will introduce a "hardware and API-agnostic ray tracing solution," which will allow the graphical enhancement to run on current-generation consoles.
Crysis Remastered is expected to just include the first game, which was originally developed by Crytek in 2007. It was set on an island that featured wide combat areas, letting you experiment with how you used a variety of suit powers to dispatch enemies. Both Crysis 2 and Crysis 3 converted this formula into a more traditional linear shooter, while also streamlining some of your suit powers, making some fans yearn for the return of the original.
Streaming service Twitch has temporarily suspended the account of President Donald Trump. Unlike some of the other recent bans it's handed out, it offered more specific reasoning for this move, perhaps due to the high-profile nature of the action. The company pointed to its policy on hateful conduct and even cited specific violations from past streams, which both involved the broadcast of Trump campaign rallies.
In a statement shared with GameSpot, a Twitch spokesperson said, "Hateful conduct is not allowed on Twitch. In line with our policies, President Trump’s channel has been issued a temporary suspension from Twitch for comments made on stream, and the offending content has been removed." The length of the ban was not shared.
It also referred to its hateful conduct rules and provided the transcript for comments from the channel's streams that violate these rules. They are as follows:
Continue Reading at GameSpotCall of Duty: Warzone is about to get a lot bigger. The official Call of Duty Twitter account teased an increase to 200 players, a major increase from its current 150 player maximum, as part of the "Season 4 Reloaded" update.
The update will be available at 11 PM PT on June 29. The new limited-time 200-player battle royale was detailed in a new season roadmap. The update will be 22GB-30GB for Warzone standalone players, and 22-36GB for Modern Warfare players. Once the update is installed, it will "minimally increase" the total footprint of Modern Warfare, and slightly decrease the total footprint of standalone Warzone.
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There's a lot to love about the Nintendo Switch--its portability, its exclusives, its relatively affordable price tag--but for a console that's designed to also be used as a handheld, there's a major drawback: Portable mode is just uncomfortable. The flat Switch and Joy-Cons offer very little to grab onto when you're trying to play in bed, on the couch, or elsewhere, and because of the button placement, it's easy for your hands to start feeling a little cramped. It's a little surprising Nintendo hasn't come out with an official accessory of its own to address this issue, but fortunately, several third-party accessories brands have.
Nintendo Switch grips attach onto the console and give you a much more ergonomic grip when playing handheld, and one of the best Nintendo Switch grips just became even more appealing, as it's now available in two new shades that are clearly inspired by Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Microsoft will reportedly announce its lower-powered next-gen console in August after a quiet June. According to a report by Eurogamer, Microsoft had originally planned to announce the console, codenamed Lockhart, as part of its Xbox E3 press conference during June, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Microsoft announced that it would be doing monthly events leading up to the release of the console, named Xbox 20/20, starting in May. It is unknown when exactly the decision was made to move the reveal from June to August, but June will end without an Xbox 20/20 event. June instead had a series of Xbox Wire posts detailing how some next-gen titles would be taking advantage of the Xbox Series X and the announcement that Mixer is shutting down in July.
The rumored Xbox Series S reportedly has the same CPU as the high-end Xbox Series X, with a different GPU and less usable RAM. The console is also rumored to not have a disc drive and be cheaper than the Series X.
Continue Reading at GameSpotHideo Kojima has never been shy about messing with his fans, and a recent tweet is no exception. In it, Kojima reveals the contents of his desk-top, which includes a BB from his last game, Death Stranding. There's been no word on a sequel to his divisive take on the "walking simulator" as of yet, and some fans are hoping this tweet indicates a tease of sorts.
Here's my way of designing new title w/Yoji. 1st we discuss the setting for each character, the background, the world, the color, the characteristics, the roles, the images, ideas and keyword going back&forth via E-mail. WFH & 20 mins direct discussion. Mostly texting via iPhone. pic.twitter.com/XCYpFwsQ6U
— HIDEO_KOJIMA (@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN) June 26, 2020
The photo also includes a sketch of what appears to be a Star Destroyer, which is a spacecraft from Star Wars. If somehow Hideo Kojima manages to make an official Star Wars game, our lives would never be the same, but that possibility seems rather dubious for now.
Xbox Series X
It has long been rumored that Microsoft is preparing a second next-gen system codenamed Lockhart which is cheaper and less high-powered than the announced Xbox Series X. Eurogamer reports that this version – also known as the Xbox Series S – is going to debut in August.
The Series S – named similar to the cheaper Xbox One S – was originally going to debut in June at E3, but Microsoft had to change those plans when the industry event was canceled.
Microsoft has yet to announce the official date and price for the Series X, but it will be out this holiday season. Whether the Series S releases alongside the Series X also remains to be seen. Perhaps all will be revealed in August.
[Source: Eurogamer]
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‘Fast-paced FPS Battle Royale’ reportedly coming from Ubisoft Montreal
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The Last of Us Part II is one of the most high profile and anticipated games of 2020, and it definitely lived up to our expectations. However, there are still a few grievances and nitpicks we have with the game as a whole, and if they’d been addressed, the game could’ve been even better than it already is.
Before we go any further, do be warned that this article contains light spoilers for The Last of Us Part II.
Today Atlus released a new video of the upcoming Nintendo Switch port of Catherine: Full Body.
The video showcases a good look at the puzzle-platforming parts of the games and a few more snippets, including the selection for Catherine’s own voice.
You can check it out below.
If you’re unfamiliar with the game, below you can read an official description. You can also watch the latest trailer and the previous video, and more gameplay from a few days ago.
Catherine: Full Body is a gripping, action-adventure puzzler that features a mature story about complex relationships and difficult choices. Our story centers around commitment-phobic Vincent, who is at a crossroads of taking the next step in his long-term relationship or leaving it all behind. Succumbing to the temptation of a new romance, Vincent then finds himself trapped in a recurring nightmare of a crumbling tower of puzzle blocks he must climb to survive to see another day…
Animal Crossing fans love recreating things. Whether they’re reimagining Pokemon’s Pallet Town, designing costumes for the entire Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster, or reenacting iconic scenes from The Office, Animal Crossing fans are unmatched in their creativity. It helps that the game itself is so versatile, allowing plenty of room for fans to express themselves in all sorts of ways.
Now, a few of those talented and creative fans have turned to a beloved classic Nickelodeon Cartoon – Danny Phantom. Twitter users ecokitti and UltimaShadowX have faithfully recreated the entire intro, details, and all, in one of the most impressive Animal Crossing recreations yet. Check it out for yourself below!
It may be summer in Canada now, but The Long Dark is cooling things down in July with the Winter’s Embrace update to their Canadian survival simulation. From June 29th until July 31st, Hinterland Studio are dropping the temperature in The Long Dark, meaning you’ll need to work harder to survive. They’re also permanently adding some new treats to celebrate Canada Day.
In this 2018 GDC session Peter Drescher, Damian Kastbauer, Wilbert Roget II, Caron Weidner, and Guy Whitmore discuss the pros and cons of working full-time in corporate game dev vs. life as an indie. ...
In a silly video uploaded today, GungHo Online teased "a new title" from the team behind Let it Die.
Uncle Death, the game's mascot, recently went missing. The team tracked him down to "some creepy basement" only to find him sitting beside a little shrine to director Hideyuki Shin, surrounded by cardboard. They informed him that Let it Die passed the six-million-download mark across PS4 and PC.
He seemed shocked. Uncle Death said he was "living it up like a king" when the free-to-play game first took off, but then the "royalty payments started drying up," and the debt collectors began calling. "Think about it, if we have six million downloads, shouldn't I be getting a bit more money?"
The skateboarding reaper also claimed he "heard a rumor that the staff who created Let it Die have gathered to create a new title." The developers didn't divulge anything to him (or us), but they closed out the video by saying they're "now accepting messages of encouragement for Uncle Death."
Hang in there, boss. You can't live off white bread and single-serving sake cups forever.
@LetItDieTheGame [Twitter]
It may not be the gift you were hoping for, but you know what they say: Never look a gift Beelzebub in the mouth.
Today is the 20th anniversary of Diablo II, one of the most influential and beloved PC games of all time. It seems like a good day for Blizzard to reveal the long-rumored and longer-pined-for Diablo II remaster. That didn't happen.
Instead, Blizzard gave us a pair of gruesome spindly wings in Diablo III. Just log into Diablo III sometime soon and you'll unlock the Prime Evil Wings. Here's what they look like:
