November 2020

The Devil of Hell’s Kitchen plead guilty to killing a guy

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There’s a work-around, but switching builds will require players to start over

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We'll see Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate again soon, and Siliconera spoke with Tomoya Shinozaki about the rerelease.

The post Interview: Shiren the Wanderer and Making It Widely Available appeared first on Siliconera.

Merry Christmas! After six years, Omori finally has a release date.

The post Omori Release Date Will Fall on Christmas appeared first on Siliconera.

A special The Wonderful 101 Remastered demo featuring Bayonetta is out now. We've got details, the trailer, and unlock codes here, too!

The post The Wonderful 101 Remastered Demo With Wonder-Bayonetta Out Now appeared first on Siliconera.

New Poke Ball replicas will be released for the Pokemon 25th anniversary, and they'll include proximity sensors and a button to make it light up.

The post New Poke Ball Replica Will Respond to Your Touch appeared first on Siliconera.

Pokemon! Gotta catch 'em all. I have! Leave me alone!

I can't believe it's been 25 years since the first generation of Pokemon debuted. Okay, well it will be 25 years in February, 2021, in Japan. For me, the 25th anniversary will be September 2023, when I first went to Toys "R" Us and picked up a copy of Pokemon Red. One eight hour session later and I knew that it was something special. My link cable came in handy that year.

All of us have different memories for Pokemon (maybe it's going to the movie with a date and acting cool when you didn't get the Mewtwo trading card bonus). Or maybe you have none! Either way The Pokemon Company is celebrating next year. Teased during the broadcasted edition of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade of all places (where Pikachu made his debut as a float in 2001), the firm has revealed the new logo: a giant Pikachu face with the numbers "2" and "5" as his red cheeks. Cute and effective.

While The Pokemon Company is mum on what to expect right now, they're calling it a "very special celebration." The release of Pokemon Unite could likely come on the anniversary in February (remember that one?), as well as any number of other announcements. An E3-timed tease of a new mainline entry (or more Sword/Shield DLC) wouldn't be out of the question either.

Pokemon Teases Upcoming 25th Anniversary Celebrations [Pokemon.com]

Bayonetta 3 is still a mystery, but today, we're getting a little more Bayonetta in our lives.

Platinum has announced that the demo for Wonderful 101 Remastered is out today, and it comes with a special tweak that allows folks to play as Wonder-Bayonetta from the start. The demo is available on PC, PS4, and Switch: the same platforms as the current remaster. In case you're wondering, it does allow save transferring from the demo to the full game.

As a reminder, Bayonetta was already a fixture in the original version of Wonderful 101 as a secret character. But this demo will have her unlocked already, ready to go. You can get a quick look at her in the trailer below if you haven't played with her yet.

So there's a few more things to cover here. Patch 1.03 allows players to use "Wonderful Codes," which are Platinum-provided in-game codes for goodies. You can use "UMBRANGIFT" and "ANGELSLAYERS" now to unlock Bayonetta and Jeanne/Rodin respectively.

Also, Platinum insists that there is "no news" coming for Bayoneta 3 today. We already asked! This is clearly just setting the table. Maybe we'll get a special Nintendo Direct before the end of the year?

A former high-ranking employee of Blizzard Entertainment, Jeremy Dela Rosa, has announced the founding of a new, non-profit charity platform known as "Leyline." Through this new venture, Dela Rosa hopes to encourage PC and mobile video game fans to get involved with various charitable causes in return for games and gift cards, donated by the many business partners Dela Rosa has made within the industry.

"We have always been passionate about trying to make a big positive impact in the world," said the 10-year Blizzard veteran. "We realize that everyone wants to contribute to making the world a better place, but it can be needlessly complex. Through Leyline, we want to create an online ecosystem that rewards doing good things in the real world."

Leyline currently has a staff of 50 volunteers and is looking for investment and funding via a GoFundMe campaign. Leyline plans to promote a wide variety of charitable causes online and worldwide, hoping to encourage donations from video game players in the form of time, money, "idle processing power," and other means, dependent on the given charity. Though based on the company's first promo video, Leyline seems heavily in favor of the latter, using processing power borrowed from idle PC and mobile devices to contribute toward medical research.

The standard multiplayer is almost always the most popular mode in every Call of Duty game. How much staying power the mode has is often down to how good the maps are though, with the series struggling in that department over the last few years. Now that we’ve had some time with the game, here’s our rundown of all Black Ops Cold War multiplayer maps, ranked.

PlatinumGames has released a free demo of its recently-released game The Wonderful 101: Remastered.

The demo features a spiffy guest character, Wonder-Bayonetta, on top of useful items and access to the prologue and the three parts of the first operation.

If you opt to purchase the game after playing the demo, you can keep your progress via the saved game.

You can find it here for PS4, here for Nintendo Switch, and here for PC.

On top of that, we also get the release of update 1.03 for the full game that adds a “Wonderful Code” feature.

“By entering the code “UMBRANGIFT” players can unlock Wonder-Bayonetta and the same set of support items that are available in the demo. Moreover, to celebrate the release of the demo we are also revealing the code for Vol.2. By entering the code “ANGELSLAYERS” players can unlock Wonder-Jeanne and Wonder-Rodin. We’ll be revealing more codes in the future, so be on the lookout for more Wonderful Codes!”

You can check out a trailer below.

The developers of Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time are feeling playful today, and posted a cute video on Twitter.

The video, which you can see below, shows Crash and Coco playing Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End.

It’s a fun little cameo paying homage to an iconic scene in Naughty Dog’s adventure game portraying Nathan Drake trying his hand at Crash Bandicoot under Elena’s watchful (and mocking) eye.

You can check it out below.

If you’re unfamiliar with Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, it’s currently available for PS4 and Xbox One.

If you want to see more, you can enjoy the launch trailer.

Here’s how the game is officially described by Activision:

We now know that the upcoming twin-stick shooter Habroxia 2 is nearly ready for blast-off after its first trailer today revealed a Feb. 3, 2021 launch on PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC. The game will also be playable on current-gen PS5 and Xbox Series X/S systems.

The news comes by way of a social media post from Lillymo Games’ chief creative officer Colin Moriarty, who is perhaps better known as the owner and co-host of the PlayStation-centric podcast Sacred Symbols.

Habroxia 2 is only Lillymo’s third game since the company’s inception and the second since Moriarty joined following the launch of Twin-Breaker, the aptly named story-driven brick-breaker featuring both Moriarty and his Sacred Symbols co-host, Chris Ray Maldonado (Chris Ray Gun).

Habroxia 2 is set to feature non-linear level design, a robust progression, 20 unique boss battles, and an aesthetic style reminiscent of 8-bit era classic games. You can check out the new reveal trailer below.

In addition to today’s trailer, Moriarty also confirmed the game would be getting a physical PS4 and PS Vita release, which you can see the first images of below.

Fantasy colonial RPG GreedFall launched back in September 2019 with a modest splash. I thought perhaps we’d heard the end of the latest game made by Spiders but the developers have now announced that they’re actually planning new content and an expansion. It comes alongside the announcement that Spiders will be releasing GreedFall for the new PlayStations and Xbox boxes.

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During its time in early access, RimWorld ’em up Amazing Cultivation Simulator was only available in China, during which time publishers Gamera Game say it sold over 700,000 copies. For its full launch last week, the Chinese myth-based management RPG has harvested an English translation and western release so now we too can found a sect of Cultivators.

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Insomniac Games' Andreas Fredriksson presents Insomniac Games' Cache Simulator, an in-house tool developed to gain additional insights into cache performance and utilization of arbitrary CPU code. ...

New research from Omdia shows that the consumer virtual reality (VR) market will be worth $10bn by 2025. In 2020, 3.3m standalone headsets will be sold, outselling combined smartphone and tethered VR headsets for the first time. ...

If you're a Hibana fan, this Rainbow Six Siege statue is a must-have, but it's going to cost you more than just a pretty penny. Whether you're an avid collector or looking for a nice gift for the gamer in your life, this collectible is a fine addition from PureArts Studio. 

The 1:4 scale Hibana Elite statue seen below will set you back $500 dollars, which is a pretty standard price point for a statue of this size made with polyresin. It features alternate weapons for her, including her Kyudo Japanese bow and the X-KAIROS 40 mm caliber launcher. 

The statue offers two unique poses for each weapon type, making her an interchangeable addition to any collection. It's also good for those that love the idea of the bow and not the bow itself. 

For those collectors that may be interested, here is what you need to know about the above Hibana statue from Rainbow Six Siege: 

Equipment

• Unique Abilities: The X-KAIROS - a 40 mm caliber launcher and its pellets that can be displayed held in her hands.
• Secondary Weapon: The BEARING 9 - a machine pistol that magnetically attaches to the waist holder.
• The Kyūdō - Her emblematic weapon, the Kyūdō is a Japanese bow that you can display ready to shoot.

Accessories:

It’s Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take.

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While a neat concept, getting invaded by other players in the Demon’s Souls remake can be super frustrating. Sometimes it feels impossible to land a single hit due to the typical online latency. But a notable Souls player recently managed to banish an invader from his world with the worst and most unwieldy attack in…

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Treyarch has tweaked Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War so players level up weapons faster.

The developer released a patch for the shooter this evening just as Black Ops Cold War's double XP and double weapon XP event came to a close.

"Coming out of last week's 2XP + 2WXP event, we've made some additional tuning changes to global Weapon XP earn rates across the board," Treyarch said in the patch notes.

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3D anime girls are everywhere now — and they’re making big bucks

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This keeps happening. We need to talk about it

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Genuine masterpiece alert

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The best Cyber Monday, leftover Black Friday deals, holiday sales, and more

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Here’s how cross-save will work

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The new Demon Knight job will arrive in the next major update.

The post Dragon Quest X’s New Demon Knight Job Revealed With Wicked Moves appeared first on Siliconera.

This spring, you'll be able to create a new legend on the Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC with Re:Legend.

The post Re:Legend Will Finally Launch in 2021 appeared first on Siliconera.

The PlayStation Store End of Year sale's here. Prices for games like Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Jump Force, Persona 5, and Monster Hunter World dropped.

The post PlayStation Store End of Year Sale Includes Dragon Ball, Jump Force, and Monster Hunter appeared first on Siliconera.

Man, look at that World of Warcraft: Shadowlands screenshot! I have enough of those to last the entire next year, and then some. It's a beautiful expansion, but a lot of you will probably want to enjoy it with alts. The good news is that Blizzard is easing the barriers of entry for those extra characters beyond your main.

As detailed on the official World of Warcraft blog, the "Threads of Fate" system is designed to help make the leveling process from 50-60 (the new cap) a little more enticing. After unlocking the ability to pledge to a covenant at 60 with one character, the process opens up at 50 for everyone else. You basically just need to finish the "Stand as One" quest from Anduin and you're good to go.

In other words, you can create four characters to enjoy all three covenants at the same time, and earn progress toward each as you level: so there's less wasted time. I 100% get that the team wanted you to explore all four regions for storyline reasons before you made a choice, but given that you can swap at will regardless, that sounds like a more desirable mechanic overall.

Yeah you read that right: you can swap with your main if you want and then swap back if you aren't feeling it. Covenants are one of the more lore-heavy and fun elements of Shadowlands, and the lack of a grind (there's a weekly cap on certain parameters) has made it more bearable than a few other endgame concepts in the past.

Level Anew with Threads of Fate [Battle.net]

Sony and Microsoft have taken wildly divergent paths in their approach to their new console's first system update. Earlier this month, PS5 got an 800MB update that was simply detailed as "improves system performance." Xbox Series S/X's first update has begun rolling out now, and we know everything about it.

In a very comprehensive post, Microsoft outlined everything that's new to Xbox Series S and X. The most exciting inclusion is dynamic backgrounds. The first smattering has six animated backgrounds that are mostly based off of various Xbox branding throughout the generations. This implementation opens the door for premium backgrounds based on various games. It's something PlayStation has had for a long while now.

The long road leading up to the release of The Good Life, the next game from Deadly Premonition director Swery, doesn't feel like it's getting any shorter – but it is. A bit. The game is now being published by The Irregular Corporation (Murder By Numbers) and it's aiming for a summer 2021 launch.

This latest footage looks further along than our last check-in, but the frame rate is struggling.

The Good Life is a slice-of-life adventure game about an American photographer caught up in a strange rural English town where people – the protagonist included – can transform into animals. If you're the type of player who enjoys really settling into a new place and poking around, you might be down.

As a game, I don't have high expectations for The Good Life. As an outlet for Swery's creative characters, worlds, and stories, I'm far more interested. I just don't want a repeat of Deadly Premonition 2. There's "forgivable" and "endearing" jank, and then there's "so busted it's nearly unplayable" jank.

I'm not sure what to make of this game, and I probably won't be until I'm literally playing it.

@Swery65 [Twitter]

Here's some housekeeping that will probably fall on deaf ears. Any committed Rock Band player took care of it long ago. Anyone who hasn't probably won't care enough to rush this through in the coming hours.

Alas, here goes anyway: It's the last day to export your Rock Band 3 songs into Rock Band 4/Rivals. The license expires on December 1, 2020.

For those who want make a last-second just-in-the-nick-of-time export, you'll need a copy of Rock Band 3 and $15. Harmonix's systems need to check that you're a "verified purchaser" of Rock Band 3 and then the export costs $15. The process is outlined on this very old blog post. 

You had five years to push this through, but now you only have a few more hours. If this PSA helps anyone out, you're a procrastinator to the max. Get it done now though. Without the export, the only way to play Rock Band 3 games will be inside actual Rock Band 3. Your library deserves better.

The latest UK Chart report sees most of the industry's biggest releases jostling within the Top Ten, as the UK's current COVID-19 lockdown legislation put the dampers on the lucrative Black Friday sales, (which Britain also adopted because Capitalism, yo).

Electronic Arts' football simulator FIFA 21 has once again returned to the number one spot, pushing out Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War after just one week. Nintendo saw its Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe climb to numbers three and four respectively, while Square Enix's stumbling Marvel's Avengers has managed to push back into the Top Ten at number seven. Rounding out the charts at number 10 is Ubisoft's perennial holiday seller Just Dance. 'Tis the season, after all.

The biggest single-week drop goes to Nintendo brawler Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, which slipped from number six to number 20, with a 61% sales decline. Given the current state of the UK high street and the rapid decline in physical sales, these rise and falls are becoming ever more irrelevant as an expression of a title's success or failure - but it's still an achievement to see your title hit the coveted number one spot, only encouraging further sales.

The Wand Company has revealed the first-ever officially licensed die-cast Poke Ball replica that comes straight out of the Pokemon franchise. It’s a premium collectible for the most hardcore Pokemon fans out there as it costs a whopping $100 and can be pre-ordered now from several retailers.

The Poke Ball is scheduled to ship worldwide on Pokemon Day next year, which falls on Feb. 27, 2021. The shell of the Poke Ball is sensitive to touch and has technology that senses nearby movement. The light on the button will begin to illimuniate as your hand approaches it and the closer you get, the more the light will glow.

You can even press the button itself to initiate the iconic Pokemon-catching sequence from the anime and series of games, you know, for that extra touch.

Each Poke Ball comes with a very fancy case that can be left open or closed, depending on how you would like it to be presented in your home or office or wherever.

It’s worth noting that in the frequently-asked questions section of the product page, the manufactur states that this replica Poke Ball “must never be thrown.” It’s not a toy, so make sure not to bonk it over the head of a kid or a pet or something.

And unfortunately, the Poke Ball cannot open up and there’s no Pokemon inside. It’s a shame.

The uber-popular multiplayer title that is Among Us is currently only available to play on PC and mobile devices, but what if it wasn’t 2020 and Among Us had originally come out on the Game Boy?

An animator, streamer, and YouTuber that goes by ‘LumpyTouch’ has created an impressive pixel art animation for Among Us that shows folks what could’ve been if it was released in 1990 instead of 2018.

The Game Boy demake video can be seen down below and is quite the charming throwback. It shows off four-player multiplayer by way of the iconic link cables and even the chiptune music is very appropriate, with the tracks being taken from games with moody vibes such as Metroid II, Killer Instinct, and Alien 3.

You can even see a discussion sequence towards the end of the video that’s done through text and no voice chat, since, you know, there was no proper voice chat or online play for Nintendo’s first handheld gaming console.

Here’s the video below and you can also support Lumpy Touch via their Twitch channel and Patreon.

As with many of the characters from the Disney+ show, The Mandalorian, you may be quite confused why some people seem to know who Ahsoka Tano is. That is because she, as well as a few other characters, including Bo Katan, are from the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

As one of the main characters from the show, she has had a massive character arc that even spanned into another show, Star Wars: Rebels. Her live appearance was a relief for many fans who noted her voice at the end of The Rise of Skywalker, among the rest of the dead Jedi.

Many people however have only seen the live-action content that Star Wars has produced, leaving Ahsoka completely out of their knowledge base.

So we put together a short bio to help everyone else understand what all the hype is about the character.

The post Who Is Ahsoka Tano from Star Wars? Everything You Need to Know appeared first on Twinfinite.

Players who will play the PS5 remaster of the original Nioh will be able to enjoy a brand new feature.

Koei Tecmo announced that the upcoming remaster will include a photo mode, which was not present in the original PS4 version.

Together with the announcement, which was made on the official Twitter account of the franchise, we also get to see the first screenshot of the feature.

You can check it out below.

Sony’s next-gen (now current-gen) console, the PS5, is loaded with a bunch of neat features that are the talk of the town right now. The loading times are incredibly fast, the UI isn’t as laggy as the PS4’s, the launch titles are outstanding, and the DualSense controller feels great. There’s one thing that many people are not discussing at the moment though, and that’s the new Twitch integration features.

The PS4 allowed players to stream from the comfort of their own console, without needing an expensive capture card or really any equipment besides a camera and a microphone. It was a great feature that helped many people get their streams out there that may not have access to a powerful PC, like myself.

However, the PS4’s Twitch integration wasn’t the best option. You were limited in the types of visual quality you can stream at and there was a huge and ugly black bar that covered a large percentage of your screen if you wanted comments to pop up on your television. Also, I personally faced many disconnection issues, which were extremely annoying and forced me to constantly have to reconnect to my internet.

After streaming on multiple occasions on the PS5 though, it’s safe to say that that the changes made to the Broadcast settings are much improved over the PS4’s.