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Little Nightmares introduced us to a disturbing world inhabited by monstrous enemies - like the misshapen janitor with his elongated hands, or the corpulent twin chefs preparing a grotesque feast for their disgusting guests. Following a hands-on encounter with Little Nightmares 2’s first new adversary, I’m happy to say that the sequel is proving to be just as unnerving.
This particular tale puts you in control of Mono, a diminutive figure who adorns his head with a paper bag in an oddly cute fashion statement. Where the first installment had you navigating the tight confines of a ship, this sequel introduced me to foreboding and equally oppressive woods, filled with cages, traps, and viscera. It wasn’t long before I hesitantly explored the basement of an old shack to find an imprisoned child who turned out to be Six, the protagonist from the first story (minus her signature yellow raincoat, which immediately had me thinking about when exactly this story takes place).
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True to its predecessor, Little Nightmares 2 will have you navigating the side-scrolling world and interacting with the often oversized environment to overcome obstacles, uncover paths and dodge traps - or worse. The locations are as suitably haunting as they are engrossing, with every discarded item and object telling a story you aren’t quite sure you want to hear the ending to. Why are there so many abandoned shoes near these animal cages? Are those stuffed bags buzzing with flies full of dead animals - or something even more disturbing? I was also pleased to find Little Nightmares 2 made the subtle effort to warn you of danger, like a soft breeze rattling the bear traps hidden beneath the leaves, or a scavenging crow ready to squawk and draw attention to your location upon drawing close.
Scarlet Nexus is a stylish, flashy, and edgy action-RPG; and features some beautifully grotesque enemy designs in the form of "The Others." Though I didn't get to play it myself, I did get to see a 16-minute gameplay demo and presentation from the producer, director, and art director, and I came away thoroughly interested and a little hopeful.
So, first things first: Why the heck is it called Scarlet Nexus? Tales series veteran and Scarlet Nexus Director Kenji Anabuki, along with Producer Keita Iizuka, said Scarlet Nexus can be interpreted as "red connection," or "red bonds." Iizuka elaborated by saying "Objects or persons connected with red lines represent a big part in the visuals and key art of Scarlet Nexus."
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We see this obviously by the red tubes stuck into main character Yuito Sumeragi's back, which are applied in an early cutscene and appear whenever Yuito borrows power from his teammates. These red cables are actually "brain link cables" that connect the members of the Other Suppression Force, or O.S.F, together.
Scarlet Nexus’ world is set in the "near future... but in an alternative reality where people discovered substances in the brain and developed their society greatly on that,” Iizuka explained. These psionic brain hormones also grant humans extrasensory powers, which Yuito and the O.S.F. wield as a weapon.The world is technologically advanced compared to ours, but this technology is all centered on the brain’s development, and the characters also have special powers by using their brains. All of this is why the developers have dubbed Scarlet Nexus’ genre “brainpunk,” deriving the new term from “steampunk” and “dieselpunk.”
The deals train is in full swing today, as Gamesplanet are also holding a big Gamescom sale this weekend. The biggest deals are on a bunch of Bethesda games, with a massive 50% off Doom Eternal and Fallout 76, as well as flash deals on loads more. Alas, the Bethesda deals are only available to those buying in Europe (which thankfully still includes the UK), but there’s still plenty of other game bargains to sink your teeth into if your current place of residence is elsewhere. Read on for my pick of the bunch.
Retro run-and-gun classic Turrican is back to celebrate its 30th anniversary with several anthology collections for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
Strictly Limited will release the series across two €34.99 volumes, each available separately or together as part of two pricier collections.
Turrican Anthology Vol. 1 will include the Amiga versions of Turrican and Turrican 2, the SNES Super Turrican and its Director's Cut, and the Mega Drive Mega Turrican Score Attack.
It's easy to forget there was life before No Man's Sky at Hello Games. The studio, which is still small now, started out tiny: "four people in a room" as co-founder Sean Murray puts it, somewhat wistfully, when the original team started work on the PS3's Joe Danger. Speaking to Murray and Steven Burgess, who's taking the lead on The Last Campfire, the curiously mournful puzzle-adventure that arrived via surprise release yesterday, the focus is very much on that kind of independent spirit.
There's some nostalgia there, when Murray talks over the studio's history, starting with the now-familiar story of the humble Joe Danger roots and how the team quickly ballooned to "15 or 16" people on No Man's Sky at the peak, before settling on the 25 that make up the internal Hello Games team now. But the core team's not the one working on The Last Campfire. Burgess, alongside Chris Symonds and James Chilcott, make up the entirety of The Last Campfire team. The main bulk of the Hello Games team is on something else entirely.
The setup now is all a bit full-circle. Burgess and Symonds were on "a smallish team" of about 18 people within a much larger one at Frontier Developments when their previous game, 2008's LostWinds, was in progress. After that, it was more or less solely Burgess that headed up the work on porting Hello Game's own small-team game Joe Danger to iOS ("We worked on that together, but Stevie did all the work," Murray half-jokes).
Hitman 3 is the latest upcoming game to detail how it will handle its next-gen upgrade.
IO Interactive's stealth shooter will offer a free upgrade on each corresponding next-gen console - but only for digital copies.
That means any PS4 downloadable copy will unlock a PS5 version for no additional cost, and any Xbox downloadable copy will provide you with the Series X version via Smart Delivery.
When it comes to strange enemy designs, things surely can't get much weirder than Bandai Namco's upcoming action RPG Scarlet Nexus. Flowers with ostrich legs and stilettos, a slinky with human hands - it's all rather disturbing stuff. Kind of like that horrible spider doll from Toy Story.
Thankfully, the game's developers are here with some answers as to why these look so darn odd, as discussed in a recent Scarlet Nexus preview viewed by Eurogamer.
For context, the game is set in a technologically advanced society called New Himika - a country "so big that the concept of 'overseas' doesn't even exist," as art director Kouta Ochiai explained. This civilisation has developed based on technology surrounding the brain, with the populace using a form of brain-internet called the Psynet, while some use advanced brain power in the form of various psykinetic abilities. It's not all glamorous, however, as this world is frequently visited by "the Others": alien creatures without a consciousness that feed on human brains. Those are the flower bouquet things, if you hadn't guessed.
The Seattle Storm’s Breanna Stewart, as she appeared in NBA 2K20. | Image: Visual Concepts/2K Sports
They won’t be in NBA 2K21 on PS4 or Xbox One, but will when the PS5 and Series X launch
Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves in Bill & Ted Face the Music. | Photo: United Artists Releasing
Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves reprise their roles
Every year on August 29th, people playing Deadly Premonition 2 can go through an event honoring victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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You'll have both Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart 30fps and 60fps options available when the game comes out during the PS5 launch window.
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Sega's newest game is playing it coy, but trademark filings and some telltale hints suggest that this is the latest Sakura Wars franchise title to come down the pipe.
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A new single debuts from League of Legends' official K-pop group, K/DA, along with a music video and a promise for more tracks later in 2020.
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Insomniac has confirmed today that Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart will have two different modes, one running in 4k at 30 frames per second and the other mode running in “lower resolution” at 60 frames per second.
Monster Hunter: World will get its fifth and final major update in October featuring the long-awaited face-off against the powerful black dragon Fatalis.
The weekend is for realizing that holy shit, the summer is almost over, the new Madden is out, nothing feels like it’s really happening anymore. Hooray.
GingerOfMods has transformed a number of retro consoles into nifty-looking portables, but the Wiiboy Color is on another level.
Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to people staying home during the global pandemic—the plethora of services can serve as a much-needed escape. At the start of each month, most services do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away, and io9 is here to help with your…
Yesterday Blizzard finally revealed the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands release date: October 27. But it wasn't all they gave us.
A new short is also primed and ready to watch, and it centers on some extremely crucial lore figures as well as some new expansion material. Uther and Arthas are united with the modern World of Warcraft era: or more specifically, the Kyrian Covenant and the angelic realm of Bastion.
I don't want to spoil it directly, but the short is extremely emotional and deals with decades of built-up lore, even if it doesn't satisfy every single fan. While Blizzard can sometimes go a little red-pen-crazy when it comes to rewriting the Warcraft narrative to suit the MMO world, it frequently gives us gems like this.
Visiting Uther's tomb in Sorrow Hill is a fun little pastime of mine, and this gives it new meaning.
Capcom has revealed the final behemoth heading to the killing fields of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. As predicted by many in the Monster Hunter community, it is none-other than the fearsome elder dragon Fatalis, who will be gracing us with its presence on October 1.
Originally making its debut in the very first Monster Hunter release, Fatalis is something of a legend within the MH universe. The gargantuan black dragon follows the more traditional tropes of the fantasy species, both in visual appearance and its range of fire-breathing, tail-lashing attacks. Fatalis is also capable of flight through the use of its huge, powerful wings.
Defeating Fatalis will reward your party with Fatalis-themed armour, weaponry, and clothing. Given the fact that this terrifying creature can wipe out most parties with relative ease, here's hoping that you're prepared. This battle could be the very moment you've been training for, Hunters.
Intel are holding their annual Gamer Days deals bonanza at the moment, and there are buckets of savings to be had on all manner of Intel-based desktops, laptops and processors. Running from now until September 6th, I’m still working my way through all the many hundreds of deals on offer, but this one from Newegg immediately caught my eye. It’s an Intel Core i7-10700K and RTX 2060 Super desktop PC from ABS, and it’s currently got a whopping $800 shaved off its price to take it down to a very agreeable $1300. That’s a saving of 38%.
That’s not all, either, as there are also savings to be had on individual processors as well, plus lots of CPU and motherboard combo deals. Read on for the best of the bunch.
InXile Entertainment’s latest adventure in the post-apocalyptic lands of the USA, Wasteland 3, came out today, bringing with it a big bizarre statue of a robo-Ronald Reagan. The RPG will have you fill the boots of a lone Ranger, tasked with reestablishing society in the wastes of Colorado. It’s a bit like old school Fallout, what with being a story-driven RPG full of turn-based tactical shoot-outs. It’s worth noting that the original Wasteland inspired the original Fallout games, which have in-turn inspired the new Wasteland games. Ah, the circle of life.
During a Monster Hunter World: Iceborne livestream from Capcom, the team announced the fifth free (and final) title update which will add Fatalis to the game, a very powerful elder dragon that initially appeared in the first Monster Hunter title.
The update will add a special assignment that will bring players face to face with the Black Dragon but you can only start the quest once you finish up Iceborne’s campaign, which can take some time –you also have to wrap up the Alatreon investigation.
And of course, with the new monster to fight comes a brand-new armor set for players to craft, which you can see in the gallery down below. There’s also a really adorable Palico outfit that turns your feline partner into a miniaturized version of Fatalis.
There’s also a new skill being added to the game with this update called Clutch Claw Boost, allowing any type of weapon users to take full advantage of the claw’s features. So if you have some space for an extra skill, this could prove to be advantageous for certain monster fights.
You can also check out the Iceborne roadmap for the rest of 2020. This new title update will be out on Oct 1, there’s a 1 year anniversary event quest starting on Sep 5, and there’s also some other fun stuff like the Astera Fest/Seliana Fest Rush.
You can watch the Fatalis reveal trailer down below and the developer diary video that goes into detail on all of the new content that’s coming.
Today Bandai Namco released Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions in North America and Europe, and the publisher is celebrating with a launch trailer.
The trailer includes what you would expect, and that is plenty of epic anime soccer including many of the well-known Captain Tsubasa characters. Basically, it’s 1.5 minutes of pure fanservice.
You can watch it below.
If you want to see more of Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions, you can read our review.
If you consider yourself a great fan of Animal Crossing, chances are that you have bought or created merch in real life relating to the franchise. YouTuber and Animal Crossing fan TheHollycopter made an adorable dollhouse in real life inspired by New Horizons. The detail in the miniature build is incredible, from the floating gifts to the Nook twins on pillows! TheHollycopter really outdid herself with this build.
The dollhouse features small decorative objects and even has working lighting! Check out the bedroom with its ambient lamps– the star and the floating present are perfect.
When Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix first showed off Marvel’s Avengers in all of its glory, I think most of us can admit that the faces of these well-known Marvel characters didn’t look quite right; Crystal Dynamics even remodeled the faces!
And it’s not that they don’t look like their MCU counterparts, but it’s the fact that they all look very similar to the big Hollywood stars that play Iron Man and Black Widow –it’s uncanny.
It would’ve been interesting to see how people would have felt if Robert Downey Jr. and the rest of the gang would have reprised their roles in a video game format.
But today we don’t have to imagine what that would look like, because someone has actually done it… sort of.
BabyZoneGaming on YouTube is known for creating videos using DeepFake technology, placing the likeness of these Hollywood actors over the video game faces.
For this latest video, they take Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth and Mark Ruffalo, and has plopped them into a Marvel’s Avengers trailer.
Does it make the game better? I can’t tell you.
NBA 2K21’s launch is just a few short days away now. Thankfully, 2K has finally decided to unveil the brand new Neighborhood that’ll be appearing in NBA 2K21. This trailer also gives us a quick preview of the MyCareer storyline for this year’s 2K basketball sim.
A gameplay trailer was already released that hinted at players being able to join a college team again this year, and today’s video confirms that. You’ll be able to go through a full journey, from high school to the NBA, in this year’s game.
The new NBA 2K21 Neighborhood is called 2K Beach. It’s a bit reminiscent of the Sunset Beach Park from NBA 2K17, given its location and atmosphere.
When you finally get to enter that new Neighborhood, you’ll want to bring the best MyPlayer build that you can. We messed around and found some of the best ones, and you can check them out here.
Check out the NBA 2K21 trailer below to see some of the new Neighborhood and MyCareer storyline for yourself:
Destructive Creations revealed its upcoming new game titled “War Mongrels” which was teased earlier this month as “WM.”
The game will be released next year for PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and it’s a “grisly real-time tactics game” set in World War II.
Below you can check out the first trailer and screenshots.
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