October 2020

The incredible Vibe the Verse Suit Mod causes the Suit to mimic the visual frequency of another earth (the special animation you see). You can I equip it, or attach it to a different suit! https://t.co/9hLjcJMTdX

New Characters

New Quests

Seasonal Event - 'Unreconciled Stars'

Reputation System

The new Balan Wonderworld trailer teases a little bit of one of the game's stories.

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The Pokemon Sword and Shield Halloween raids are here for the weekend, giving people a treat... ghost-types!

The post Pokemon Sword and Shield Halloween Raids Bring Out the Dead appeared first on Siliconera.

The remake of the classic horror adventure game, Mad Father, will come to Switch and PC via Steam on November 5, 2020.

The post Mad Father Remake Will Bring Its Updated Scares on November 5, 2020 appeared first on Siliconera.

The Miles Morales Into the Spider-Verse suit is a part of Marvel's Spider-Man Miles Morales. Get a better look at it in-game.

The post Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales Spider-Verse Suit Revealed appeared first on Siliconera.

The Genshin Impact 1.1 patch has been dated, and there's a trailer introducing its new characters. It'll be PS5 backward-compatible then too!

The post Genshin Impact 1.1 Will Arrive November 11th, Includes PS5 Backward Compatibility appeared first on Siliconera.

A new Wizardry game will be in development under Japanese developer Drecom Co.

The post Drecom Acquires Wizardry Series, Will Develop a New Game appeared first on Siliconera.

Bandai promised more Demon Slayer Tamagotchi models and we have nine more underway.

The post Demon Slayer Tamagotchi Adds Nine New Models Based on Hashira Characters appeared first on Siliconera.

Pre-orders get ‘early access’ to Miles’ animated suit

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Season 7 of Apex Legends releases next week, and in advance of the big launch, we got to spend time with some behind-the-scenes content to see what the future holds. Here are the awesome features on the horizon for Respawn’s multiplayer online shooter.

Olympus Is Apex Legends’ Most Ambitious Map Yet

That unidentified floating object just outside of the Kings Canyon Airbase has been revealed. Pack your things, champions! We’re going to Olympus – a flying metropolis that overlooks the planet Psamathe. Olympus is larger than Kings Canyon and smaller than World’s Edge. Nevertheless, the city is brimming with vibrant shopping centers, lavish estates, industrial docks, and glass skyscrapers. There’s also the Rift, a location that will likely draw your attention the minute you load into a match. The Rift is a large, unstable singularity that players can use to teleport themselves to select locations across the map. With a variety of architectural structures, interconnected highways, and deathpits that lead to the astral abyss below, Olympus brings new visuals and level mechanics that are bound to impress.

Gears Pop! closes down in April 2021, Microsoft has announced.

The mobile real-time strategy game, developed by Fall Guys maker Mediatonic, launched in August 2019 as a spin-off from the main Gears of War series. It's got Funko Pop!-stylised characters. Our Christian Donlan called Gears Pop! "Clash Royale with a bit of Stormbound chucked in".

Microsoft announced Gears Pop! at E3 2018 alongside Gears 5 and Gears Tactics as part of a significant push of the franchise into new genres. The Coalition's Gears 5 launched on PC and Xbox One in September 2019, and is set to enjoy a boost from its next-gen optimisation in November. Splash Damage's Gears Tactics came out April 2020 on PC, and launches on consoles alongside the Xbox Series X. Clearly, Gears Pop! hasn't taken off.

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Here's another Warhammer game to add to the pile: Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall is a VR-only action-adventure RPG.

It's from Carbon Studio, the developer of The Wizards. The teaser is below.

Here's the official blurb: "Set in the Age of Sigmar universe, Tempestfall begins following the Necroquake. From the domain of Nagash and across all the Realms, Nighthaunt forces are rising. A specially assembled retinue of Stormcast Eternals embarks on a quest to investigate a new threat to the Mortal Realms. Side by side with these elite soldiers, you must explore the dread-filled realm of Shyish and battle your way through the Nighthaunt in a quest to protect the Forces of Order from a sinister plot.

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PlayStation 5 launch title Spider-Man Miles Morales includes the incredibly cool spidey suit from the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movie.

Not only is the suit's design the same, it is animated to look the same in motion as well. Seriously, just look at it:

But - of course, there's always a but - it is listed as a pre-order bonus. The above gameplay trailer's YouTube description confirms it as "a pre-order bonus", while on Twitter, Marvel described it as a "launch day bonus".

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If the thought of clown dolls in the dark with spiders for eyes doesn’t make you start feeling anxious, then you’re likely familiar with the oh-so-spooky horror genre. However, your fearlessness doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll fare well in this horror survival quiz.

Over the course of 13 questions, we will expertly analyze your knowledge of how to safely evade a vicious killer/bloodthirsty demon and some not-so-personal questions about your preferences. It certainly won’t be anywhere near as painful as a machete through the back.

Answer these questions as honestly as possible to find out how far you would make it through a horror film. Maybe you’ll get killed right away or you might just be the lucky survivor who gets to live with the unforgettable experience of losing everyone you love.

Don’t forget to share your results down below in the comments and on social media. If the horror survival quiz determines that you would die, then maybe one of your friends will make it all the way. And after you finish up this quiz, don’t forget to check out the rest of our fantastic trivia and personality quizzes.

Now get out there and let our all-knowing quiz determine your horror film fate. Good luck out there.

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Sony is close to striking an acquisition deal with US anime subscription service Crunchyroll, according to a report from Nikkei Asia today. The purchase is expected to cost Sony somewhere in the region of 100 billion yen ($957 million) in exchange for the service’s 70 million members and 1,000 anime titles.

It’s a move that could position Sony as a competitor with the likes of Netflix and Hulu, a battleground that’s expected to hot up considerably as COVID-19 continues to keep people at home and searching for digital entertainment.

Nikkei offers some key figures relevant to the potential acquisition in its report:

• Crunchyroll was founded in 2006 and has its headquarters in San Francisco. In 2018, AT&T, the U.S. telecommunications giant, became its parent company.
• Crunchyroll has 70 million free members and 3 million paying subscribers in more than 200 countries and regions, including the U.S. and Europe.
• Nikkei cites Sony’s total operating income from games, music and movies is forecast to reach $4.79 billion for the fiscal year ending March, accounting for 60% of the group total.
• According to The Association of Japanese Animations, the global anime market in 2018 was worth about $21 billion, 1.5 times that of five years earlier. The overseas market accounts for nearly half of total demand.

Sony is set to launch its PlayStation 5 console in less than a month, which is expected to further solidify the gaming segment of the company as its largest.

Twinfinite recently reported an upcoming Shenmue anime is in the works and coming to Crunchyroll.

Today Microsoft announced a launch celebration event for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.

The event will be hosted on November 10 starting at 11:00 am PST/2:00 pm EST.

It promises interesting content involving developers and plenty of games as you can read below from the word of Phil Spencer himself.

“Think of our livestream celebration as a companion to your gaming plans for the day.  We’ll host “Let’s Play” segments with the creators, showcase special launch highlights from around the globe and harness the power of gaming to raise vital funds for great causes. This will be a moment of play, not press releases, as next generation consoles begin to land in the hands of players around the world. Instead of big announcements, we will mark the beginning of a new era by gaming alongside one another. We will take this moment to have some fun and look forward to having you join us.”

We also get a trailer, which you can enjoy below.

The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S will release on November 10.

Ubisoft’s anticipated upcoming open-world RPG Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is now just weeks away, so it’s no surprise to see the developer dialing up its promotion. Today, a new cinematic commercial showcases a day in the life of Eivor as he raids an English village.

The sequence does the old break the fourth wall trick, with Eivor speaking directly to the camera as he describes the lay of the land and alludes to Valhalla’s main gameplay loop: sail, raid, loot, and take over. The life of a Viking, of course!

For more on Valhalla, you can check out a new trailer and artwork of its post-launch content, including the Beowulf mission.

For information on how Ubisoft is handling cross-generational titles and free upgrades, Twinfinite recently reported a trailer that detailed its strategy and the processes involved.

Apex Legends Season 7 is just a few short days away, so the usual trailers are now on their way. A gameplay trailer was just released that showcases the Season 7 Olympus map, teases Horizon’s abilities, and previews some new cosmetics that are coming to Apex Legends.

Players will be able to set foot on the city in the sky once Season 7: Ascension goes live on Nov. 4. Olympus has an extremely sci-fi aesthetic, even for this universe.

The Apex Legends Season 7 map contains vehicles, warp points, gravity distortions, and pitfalls that can send you plummeting down into the clouds.

This gameplay trailer shows little bits of these details as the Apex Legends fight it out while wearing a few of the brand new Season 7 legendary skins.

Check out the video below to get a quick look at what you can expect to see in Season 7 of Apex Legends:

Pikmin 3 Deluxe is out now for the Nintendo Switch. Originally released for the Wii U, this game features beautiful natural environments as you explore a hostile world. Whether you’re a new fan or a veteran of the series, you’ll be sure to love these desktop wallpapers that you can download and use for your computer.

What’s this? There’s some strange chill in the air!

We daren’t go to bed in fear of having a mare!

Oh, that’s right, spooky season has arrived, there’s no need to feel contrived.

The children are smiling, there’s candy to delight,

…just don’t let them too far out of your sight.

Best stay home and take a quiz,

relax, put your feet up and open some fizz.

It’s time to test your Halloween skills,

with some fun trivia sure to deliver the thrills.

And what better subject than The Nightmare Before Christmas,

everybody’s favorite festive film so you’ll surely need no assistance.

Good luck, friends! And here’s some other quizzes if you make a mistake and need to make amends.

Destiny 2 is about to shift into a completely different game.

Bungie is vaulting a ton of content, but there's an expansion on the horizon too, which is bringing some significant changes to the game, like an extra skill tree and a new storyline. To help players both new and old acclimate, Bungie provided a rundown of some of the newer developments for the Beyond Light expansion; most notably the power alterations.

When people start trying to max out in Beyond Light, they'll aim for the soft cap of 1200 power. From there, they'll climb (hopefully not in a grindy way) to the hard cap of 1250. Then there's the (please don't be more grindy) pinnacle cap of 1260. That all comes to fruition on November 10: just in case you need to start planning on how to get raid-ready early.

Bungie is also making a welcome change to powerful rewards. In their own words: "We have a change coming that will allow you to have a chance to earn Powerful rewards from strikes, Gambit, Crucible, and from Seasonal drops all the way up until the Hard Cap. It will still be much quicker to continue to complete all the Powerful reward sources each week, but if you just want to play strikes or Crucible matches all day every day, you can continue to earn Powerful rewards."

Premium merchandise maker Prime 1 Studio has unveiled a marvelous pair of statues depicting Resident Evil protagonists Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, styled after the dynamic duo's recent appearance in 2019 remake Resident Evil 2.

Each 1/4 scale statue stands roughly 22 inches in height and features the respective heroes caught in the midst of mayhem at the R.C.P.D. - while laying waste to two unfortunate members of Raccoon City's newly-dead city-dwellers. Fine details include the scattering of various supplies, a damaged, ornate staircase, and gruesome wounds on the hapless zombies' rotten bodies. Grisly stuff.

Oh, so now you're rapidly adding physical rewards to My Nintendo, Nintendo!

After years of leaving the service dormant in the wake of the fantastic Club Nintendo service, the publisher has finally decided to wake the sleeping giant. We've gotten an array of physical rewards recently, including swag for Xenoblade Chronicles, Animal Crossing, and several Mario games. Now two Pikmin 3 rewards are available.

So here's the rundown. Nintendo added a "deluxe coaster set" (of four 4"x4" coasters) that feature both the Pikmin themselves and a Bulborb enemy. You can snag that for 400 Platinum Points. Or, you can pick up the "Deluxe Drinkware Decal" set, which contains nine re-usable stickers that can obviously be used for anything; but are "intended" to be stuck onto glasses. That's also 400 Platinum Points. That same news link also has a few free Pikmin wallpapers for both PC and mobile devices.

As a reminder, you can get some easy Platinum Points with our guide here. Make sure you keep a stock of Platinum (I'd say around 600-800 to be safe), just in case a killer reward enters the fray.

Enjoy a plucky adventure with Pikmin 3 Deluxe and new My Nintendo rewards [My Nintendo]

Ah yes, here’s the face of Eivor. You know him for being the muscly, bearded bloke in Ubisoft’s upcoming Vikings game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. No surprise such a famous fella would be getting deals to appear in commercials for—sorry, wait, he’s still repping his own game that’s not out yet? I dunno, are you absolutely sure he’s not selling performance-enhancing basketball shorts or something? Oh alright, I suppose he is still drumming up views for Valhalla until it launches in November.

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The Roccat Vulcan has been sitting at the top of my [cms-block] list ever since it first came out at the beginning of 2019. Its superb build quality and Roccat’s brilliant mechanical Titan switches were a winning combination in my eyes, so I was extra intrigued when they announced that not only were they making a smaller, tenkeyless version of the original Vulcan, the Vulcan TKL, but that they were also introducing two new Vulcan Pro models with their new Titan Optical switch as well.

I’ve been testing the smaller of these two Vulcan Pro models for the past couple of weeks – the Vulcan Pro TKL – and I can confirm it’s every bit as lovely as the full-sized original.

In Watch Dogs: Legion, you’re able to explore the world to pick up special masks for use when you’re doing illegal DedSec stuff to avoid being recognised. There are special ones to find around the city of London though, so here’s all the mask locations in Watch Dogs: Legion.

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Watch Dogs Legion is set in a near-future central London, and unlike so many other games supposedly located in the United Kingdom’s capital, it often actually looks—and sounds—an awful like the city. While there are unquestionably some odd mistakes, some assumptions that don’t quite work, and something not quite right…

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Kotobukiya's 13 Sentinels Natsuno figure prototype appeared, and she won't be alone. Her robot buddy BJ will come with her.

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The King of Fighters ALLSTAR anniversary has some spooky content. Additionally, there are some impressive stats on the game's success.

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Items include an Uboa glow in the dark pin.

The post Fangamer Yume Nikki Merchandise Includes Madotsuki’s Sweater and Uboa appeared first on Siliconera.

The Demon's Souls soundtrack will be available digitally and eventually physically, though people can hear some of its songs now.

The post Demon’s Souls Soundtrack Launches in November 2020 appeared first on Siliconera.

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