November 2020

Fans have been waiting for news about new online MyPlayer modes. 2K recently provided details on gameplay changes, a WNBA MyPlayer, and player customization. Today, they’ve revealed that the Neighborhood is becoming a whole city in the next-gen versions of NBA 2K21.

The simple naming hasn’t changed, with the new location being called “The City”. The City contains multiple neighborhoods that players can join, much like the separate Parks last seen in NBA 2K17.

The City contains four boroughs with mayors, and even rival affiliations. Those affiliations are as follows:

• North Side Knights
• South City Vipers
• Beasts of the East
• Western Wildcats

The trailer also shows that the next-gen NBA 2K21 City will contain a ridiculous amount of courts to play on. These include themed courts as usual, as well as rental courts, a Kobe-themed Black Mamba court, and a skyscraper with different courts on each floor.

The Pro-Am and Training Facility still exist, but so do a few new locations, including Jordan and Converse brand stores.

Check out the trailer below to get a good look at the new online city that’ll be coming to next-gen versions of NBA 2K21:

Today All In! Games and 505 Games announced that Ghostrunner will launch on the Nintendo Switch on Nov. 10. The first-person cyberpunk parkour action title was originally planned to launch on Switch on Oct. 27 alongside the other versions but the release was slightly delayed.

You can check out the cinematic launch trailer down below that was released last week:

Here’s the official description of the game as well:

Ghostrunner’s original setting blends science-fiction and post-apocalyptic themes. Dharma Tower, humanity’s last shelter after a world-ending cataclysm, is torn by violence, poverty, and chaos. Thrown into the middle of the conflict, you must use your unique bond with technology to ascend the superstructure. Discover the story of a world that has already ended and whose inhabitants must fight to survive.

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With the imminent launch of NBA 2K21 for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, Visual Concepts and 2K Games hasn't held back on the reveals, providing insight into the improved gameplay, enhanced A.I., and new WNBA experience "The W."  Visual Concepts didn't stop there with the upgrades, pulling back the curtain today on "The City," which is the largest multiplayer environment in 2K History. 

The City is an evolution from The Neighborhood, which fans will remember was preceded by The Park, but the goal has always been the same: To bring together a virtual basketball community. "Imagine a map that is many, many times larger than previous Neighborhoods," writes executive producer Erick Boenisch in the most recent Courtside Report. "A design that resembles a modern metropolis, complete with towering skyscrapers, sprawling plazas, and a city center. Oh, and it houses four distinct boroughs that are controlled by four rival Affiliations. And with that, I’m incredibly proud to announce that Affiliations are BACK!"

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You know him, you love him, but you might not always recognize him, since he’s often hidden under layers of prosthetics. However, no amount of special effects can fully conceal veteran actor Doug Jones’ charisma, helped along by his expressive hands and his graceful body language. He’s truly one of a kind.

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Turn-based roguelite RPG Star Renegade is coming to Switch and Xbox One on November 19 and PS4 on November 25. It’s a beautiful game with a great combat system and thanks to a recent patch it now has an easy mode. It’ll also be on Game Pass.

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Koei Tecmo revealed more details on the new briefer War Chronicles mode, explaining how long it will last and going over features.

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Ready to get some Experience? Saviors of Sapphire Wings & Stranger of Sword City Revisited will launch outside Japan in March 2021.

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Video evidence shows the DualSense faceplate could be easy to remove, potentially opening up customization options for the PS5 controller.

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The Gal Gun Returns is getting a limited edition! It has things you expect, like an art book and CDs, and things you don't, like "safety goggles."

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Soundtracks from Demon's Souls, NieR: Automata, Persona 5, and more have been added to Sony's mora qualitas streaming service.

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Blizzard is clamping down on World of Warcraft multi-boxing.

Multi-boxing is a controversial method of farming online video games for resources that involves one user playing multiple accounts simultaneously. Blizzard is clamping down on one particular method of multi-boxing: using third-party software to "broadcast" your inputs across multiple clients. This key cloning software automatically mirrors a single keystroke or action across multiple versions of an MMO, thus letting the user gather materials and in-game gold at a game-breaking pace.

Players have used third-party software to multi-box in World of Warcraft for years, seemingly within the game's Terms of Service. All that has changed now, though. In a post on the World of Warcraft website, seemingly proclaimed by a watchful Malfurion from upon high, Blizzard announced its upcoming clampdown on third-party input broadcasting software.

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Nintendo has released a new trailer showcasing the next update for its free-to-play mobile battler, Fire Emblem Heroes. The new event, which launches November 6, re-imagines several members of the Fire Emblem roster as that stealthiest of assassins: the ninja.

The quartet of heroes joining the gacha barrel are Fire Emblem Heroes' own Laevatein, Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light's Navarre, Path of Radiance' Zihark, and finally The Blazing Blade's Lyn, accompanied by her bestie Florina. Each character is decked out in attractive new shinobi gear, all set for a life of running rooftops and striking from the shadows.

As always, the new update brings with it a new paralogue chapter, titled "In the Moment". The new update will go live in-game on November 6 at 00:00 PT / 03:00 ET / 07:00 BST.

Fire Emblem Heroes is available now on iOS and Android devices.

Co-publishers 505 Games and All In! have announced that cyberpunk hack 'n' slash adventure Ghostrunner will be slicing 'n' dicing on Nintendo Switch on November 10, following its release just last week on PS4, PC, and Xbox One.

Ghostrunner tells the story of a highly skilled but amnesiac young warrior who awakens at the base of a mega structure known as Dharma Tower. Seemingly the last remaining example of an experiment to create an army of unbeatable soldiers, our protagonist must climb Dharma Tower in order to face off against the mysterious "Keymaster" who runs the stacked metropolis with an iron fist. You know Dredd? Kinda like that.

Equipped with highly tuned senses and multitude of acrobatic and deadly skills, players guide the Ghostrunner in a vertically climbing war against an army of underlings. Both the Ghostrunner and his prey are defeated in a single hit, so be sure to use every technique at your disposal in order to reach the summit of Dharma Tower and face destiny.

You can check out our own Anthony Marzano's glittering review right here.

Ghostrunner launches on Nintendo Switch November 10. Players purchasing the game in the first month of release will unlock two exclusive in-game swords.

Sega Sammy Holdings has announced that they are jettisoning off 85.1% of their entertainment business shares to the Japanese mega-corporation GENDA: retaining the other 14.9%. What does this mean for Sega/Atlus videogames? Absolutely nothing for now, as it's more of a broad strokes picture of what's going on at Sega as a whole.

As most of you know, Sega merged with pachinko magnate Sammy in the mid-2000s, in a bid to takeover both the home and retail entertainment markets. It was a good arrangement for a time, but given the current outlook of physical gaming spaces for the near future, something needed to change.

According to an official statement, Sega Sammy plans on transferring most of their physical business to GENDA, which will help that department remain solvent. Naturally, savvy businessmen have their sights on low-cost investments that could grow exponentially in a post-pandemic world: whenever that may be.

Again, what does this have to do with games?! Well, the pachislot industry is certainly gaming, or gaming-adjacent, but this deal impacts Sega as a whole. Although their physical entertainment industry is the only space impacted here, it could help ensure that Sega Sammy doesn't have to make any cuts for existing studios. The future is uncertain, but it seems like Sega Sammy had no real choice here other than to find a buyer.

The corporation even explains it in their own words, noting that the "utilization of facilities has declined remarkably, and a significant loss was recorded at 1Q of the fiscal year ending March 2021."

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Today Raw Fury announced the release dates of its the tactical, turn-based roguelite RPG Star Renegades on consoles.

The game will launch on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Game Pass on Nov. 19, while the PS4 release will come a week later on Nov. 25.

In case you missed it, it’s already available for PC (including the PC Version of Game Pass) via Steam, GoG, and Windows 10 Store.

You can check out the trailer below.

If you’re unfamiliar with Star Renegades, here’s an official description.

Star Renegades

Star Renegades is a strategy RPG about outsmarting AI-driven adversaries, forging friendships, and toppling galactic empires spanning over multiple generations.

Fusing a reactive, tactical turn-based battle system that emphasizes interrupts and counters, with a procedurally generated and emergent mission-based campaign and an Intelligent Adversary system with enemy officers that evolve and move up in the ranks, every playthrough is unique, challenging, and never the same.

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What better way to feel like a part of the team than by dressing the part? From uniforms to graphic t-shirts, there are a lot of gifts this holiday you can find that are all about Haikyuu!

First and foremost, Ali Express offers just about every team’s uniform in all shapes and sizes. You can get your hands on everything from the warmups to even clothing alternates, ranging in price from around $12 to $25. 

It’s no secret that Spelunky 2 is pretty difficult – heck, just read one of Graham’s many Daily Deaths to get an idea of why. It’s good, then, that the roguelike platformer’s latest patch has made it so players die a little less frequently, by making it harder for physics to crush you. Not everything in this update is designed to help you out, though, because the biggest tweaks might actually make the Olmec boss fight a bit harder.

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Spoilers coming for The Face Of The Enemy, a mission close to the end of Watch Dogs: Legion. In this mission, you’ll need to infiltrate Zero Day’s military bunker. Here’s how to get into Zero Day’s bunker in Watch Dogs: Legion and solve the puzzle.

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To say that the Fallout 76 launch and the subsequent year was messy would be a massive understatement. While not the company's first multiplayer game, it was a first for the Fallout franchise. After numerous changes and a major overhaul, the Fallout 76 community is active and the overall reception has been positive. Director Todd Howard said recently that despite the long road to get to that point, the experience has been a good one and that the studio is looking into exploring even more multiplayer options. 

During the recent Developer: Brighton Conference with GameIndustry.biz, Howard revealed that the team knows they made some colossal mistakes when marketing Fallout 76 and with the launch itself. Given how much the public opinion has shifted in a positive light for the game shows that the team has learned from those mistakes, but will that stop them from making similar missteps in the future? According to Howard, the way to avoid that is to completely change their approach to multiplayer as to avoid another Fallout 76 debacle. 

Roguelike sci-fi tactical RPG Star Renegades is coming to consoles soon. You can pick it up on Xbox One and Switch on November 19, or PlayStation 4 on November 25. I reviewed the game when it hit PC, and enjoyed it quite a bit, especially the art style. Check out the full review here.

If you're curious as to how it plays, it's a roguelike with a dimension-hopping conceit where you have to time your abilities in sequence in order to interrupt opponents, land critical hits, and stay alive. While you can make it through some of the regular battles without embracing the mechanics, bosses will tear you apart unless you master the time line. There are some unlocks like new characters you can take with you from run to run but it leans closer to a traditional roguelike than a progression-based roguelite. Check out the spiffy new trailer below!

Netflix's The Witcher season 2 is well underway and to celebrate, we've got a new trailer that bodes well for new monsters making their way onto the show. The latest teaser video, appropriately set to the song "Monster Mash," is all about the beasties The Witcher series has to offer. 

The video doesn't let that Halloween spirit die with a description that says, "The White Wolf takes Halloween as a personal challenge. Keep your eyes peeled for a few sweet treats...you won't want to miss what's hidden."

As for the show itself, Netflix's The Witcher season two currently filming following a few COVID-related production issues, though Henry Cavill (Geralt) recently posted that the latest wave of lockdowns has them moving locations back to the studio. For those ready to dive into a new season, below is the official synopsis for the road ahead: 

It’s no secret that the 2020 election has been and continues to be stressful AF. It’s been particularly stressful for progressives whose attitudes appear to range from uncomfortable uncertainty to complete doom and gloom amid election results already reported that make it clear that, regardless of who wins the…

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There’s something about Black Friday that seems to bring out the worst in GameStop’s corporate leadership, and this year the video game retailer has found a bizarre new way to appear petty and out of touch. The company has invited employees to submit dance videos in the hopes of winning prizes that include extra work…

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A new Monster Hunter World Fatalis retexture mod gives us an idea of what Spyro the Dragon might look like as an Elder Dragon.

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People who want to link a third-party account they use with Genshin Impact to a miHoYo account might have to create an entirely new one.

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Good news for people having troubles posting RPG Maker MV games made on the PS4. NIS America has a temporary workaround for you.

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King Mickey will appear as a fourth party member when you use the "King's Call" item in Field Battles.

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Kalypso Media's remaster of developer Pyro Studios' much-loved WW2 real-time stealth-tactics classic Commandos 2 will be coming to Switch on 4th December.

Commandos 2 - HD Remaster, as Kalypso's spruce-up is officially known, initially released for PC in January, before making its way to Xbox One and PS4 in September. The core of the experience, as you'd hope, remains largely identical to Pyro Studios' notoriously challenging 2001 original, tasking players with leading a small team of WW2 soldiers - each with its own speciality, from sniper to demolitions expert - across a series of isometric stages in order to complete various open-ended sabotage and assassination missions.

Kalypso's remaster effort introduced the likes of graphical enhancements, reworked controls, a modernised UI, and an improved tutorial on PC, but was roundly criticised for removing key features - from multiple view panes to Commandos 2's entire multiplayer mode - while adding in an absolute mountain of bugs and performance issues at launch.

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Even though I was rarely good at them, one of the great joys of going to the arcade back in the '90s was taking a seat in one of the many racing games and putting the pedal to the metal. Games like Crusin' USA, Daytona USA, and Hydro Thunder devoured many of my quarters on these trips. I would have unloaded many more into OutRun, but sadly, my local arcade only had the upright version of the cabinet.

I guess now is my chance to play the game in a way I never got to with the OutRun cabinet from Arcade1Up. This is the first seated racing cabinet from the company and it includes the Sega arcade classic along with Turbo OutRun, OutRunners, and Power Drift. The cabinet features a 17" LCD screen, steering wheel, gas pedal, brake, and dual speakers.

BlizzCon Online is slated to stream on February 19-20: a format that Blizzard can easily control the messaging for and be shielded from potential "boos" from the audience.

But unlike previous shows, there will not be a "premium pass" or anything of the sort that's required for full access. Instead, on a recent "2020 Blizzard Fireside Chat" video, Blizzard president J. Allen Brack confirms that the event will be completely free. Brack is fairly plain in his statement in the first minute of the below clip, noting: "We wanted it to be a big virtual celebration, so BlizzCon Online will be free to watch and engage in."

There are a lot of unknowns and some relatively "given" announcements coming here. Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm will probably get expansion and hero reveals respectively. World of Warcraft will likely dish out more details on what's coming next for the Shadowlands expansion, due out this month. Starcraft II, now in maintenance mode, could be done for good when it comes to new reveals.

But the rest is shrouded in mystery. What about Diablo 4 news? How substantial will that update be? Or more importantly, what even is Overwatch 2 at this point? Will Blizzard walk back the idea of forcing people to pony up for a sequel and integrate it into Overwatch proper? Could we see a new game?

Lots of questions! Although the fiery hype for BlizzCon has had setbacks over the years, I'm sure a lot of people will be tuning in to see what happens regardless.

Awesome Games Done Quick is getting set for its 2021 iteration. The organizer of the annual speedrunning marathon has released a tentative games list for the event, revealing over 150 titles from the pantheon of gaming - all being played in efforts to raise money for a worthwhile cause.

The AGDQ 2021 schedule includes a huge list of great titles, old and new. In attendance will be GDQ mainstays from The Legend of Zelda, Sonic the Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros. and Metroid series, alongside games making their GDQ debut. These include Supergiant's Hades, WayForward's River City Girls, and Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2. Also on deck are a selection of fun and unique retro titles such as Mr. Bones, Snow White: Happily Ever After, and Rollergames.

As was the case with summer's SGDQ 2020 event, AGDQ 2021 will be an online affair, keeping all runners and staff safe and socially-distanced in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The week-long event is expected to feature giveaways and competitions, alongside hours upon hours of awesome gaming action. All runs will be broadcast live over on the official GDQ Twitch channel.

Pokemon Sword and Shield is seemingly done with DLC. Now, there's a chance Game Freak could announce an additional expansion or even a second season pass, Gearbox style, but at the moment, this might be the "complete" edition of Sword and Shield.

The Crown Tundra add-on introduced a ton of legacy Pokemon into the game (as well as a few new ones), but there is still a large amount of creatures that just simply are not supported. As in, you cannot find them out in the game world (or in either expansion) and they can't be transferred in.

According to Serebii.net, there are exactly 234 Pokemon that still have not made the cut. You can check out a full list here, which includes a host of Generation 1 characters and several starters like Chikorita. At the time of publication, the current grand total of all Pokemon across all games is 898: the list ends with Calyrax, the new Crown Tundra legendary. With a new generation, that number could break 1,000.

In spite of its issues, I enjoyed my time with Sword and Shield well enough. But if Game Freak never adds the ability to recoup most (if not all) of these Pokemon, it'll likely be forever-talked-about in the community. Game Freak has the opportunity to turn the conversation around on this, but I don't know if they will.

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