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When Capcom debuted the villain of Resident Evil Village, a downright towering vampire woman by the name of Lady Alcina Dimitrescu, they had to have known how, uh...eager the RE fanbase would be to know more about her, right? With her WNBA-shattering height and dominant personality, Lady Dimitrescu quickly became an internet phenomenon, and fans were most excited to learn exactly how tall she is.
Resident Evil fans finally have their answer. RE Village art director Tomonori Tanako released a statement thanking fans for their interest in Village and shed some light on the matter.
“Most recently, Lady Dimitrescu and her daughters have received a fair amount of attention, far more than we anticipated” Tanako said. “It’s great that they’re able to take the spotlight as icons of Resident Evil Village. Lady Dimitrescu, especially, has received much fanfare both domestically and overseas, which has made all of us in the development team extremely happy. I hear her height is something of interest….”
“If you include her hat and high heels,” Tanako continued, “[Lady Dimitrescu is] 2.9 meters (approximately 9’6”) tall.”
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So there you have it. Capcom has finally released fans from horny jail and subsequently thrown them into the horny wine cellar. We look forward to repeatedly being captured by Resident Evil's big lady.
UPDATE 2/2/21: Fall Guys' third-and-a-half season of content is now live on PlayStation and PC, bringing with it an ever-welcome mid-point freshen-up.
As previously announced, it includes a brand-new round, over 40 variations for existing game types, and more - some of which make an appearance in Fall Guys' typically raucous Season 3.5 launch trailer below. Additional details on bug fixes and the like are available in developer Mediatonic's accompanying patch notes.
ORIGINAL STORY 1/2/21: We're just shy of seven weeks into Fall Guys' third season - which has given the knockabout multiplayer game an appropriately wintery "icy fresh makeover" - and the time is now right for developer Mediatonic's mid-season update, which arrives tomorrow, 2nd February.
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s Judgment is getting the next-gen treatment on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on April 23, Sega announced today. It will come bundled with all previously released DLC for $39.99.
Capcom just tossed another lore-infused ember into the Lady Dimitrescu fandom fire.
In a message regarding a "very curious fact you may have wondered about," Resident Evil Village art director Tomonori Takano said the tall vampire antagonist and her daughters got "a fair amount of attention, far more than we anticipated," and the team is "extremely happy" fans latched onto them.
He also divulged her height: "if you include her hat and high heels, she's 2.9m (approximately 9'6") tall."
Your love for Lady Dimitrescu is loud and clear. ð
— Resident Evil (@RE_Games) February 2, 2021
Here's a message from our RE Village art director Tomonori Takano, along with a very curious fact you may have wondered about: pic.twitter.com/Lj4m5pN2dJ
In the lead-up to Village, I've been revisiting past Resident Evil games, as is the time-honored tradition. In the case of Resident Evil 7, which I've already burned through countless times before (in and out of VR), I finally started messing around with Jack's 55th Birthday, a kooky side-mode about running through stages to find food, killing Molded to extend your timer, and feeding the old man as quickly as possible. I am obsessed. In fact, I'm taking a break from S-rank attempts to write this article.
[Update: Blizzard has posted the full BlizzConline schedule for February 19–20.
The opening ceremony will be just over an hour long, and most of the notable talks will be held on the first day of the show. "Behind the Scenes of Overwatch 2," "Diablo: What's Next," "World of Warcraft: What's Next," and a "Hearthstone Deep Dive" all start at 3:10 pm Pacific (on different streaming channels). There's also a "Diablo Developer Roundtable" at 4:00 pm and a Deep Dive at 5:00 pm.
I feel like my expectations for the show are in check now.]
BlizzCon was called off in favor of the online-only BlizzConline, and the replacement show is nearly ready for our prying eyes. Today, Blizzard shared the dates and stream start times for the event.
Day 1 (February 19) begins at 2:00 pm Pacific with a "first look" preview of the "latest game content the development teams have been working on." It's safe to expect updates on Overwatch 2, Diablo 4, and World of Warcraft, among others. After the main opening segment, BlizzConline will have "three-plus hours" of deep-dive streaming content divvied up between "six different themed channels."
Bravery Network Online will bring self-confidence and turn-based RPGs together in Online PvP combat.
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Preparing a Resident Evil Village Lady Dimitrescu cosplay? Better have some really high heels.
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Stadia users will still have access to their games, and Google will continue to work with third party developers.
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Destruction AllStars crashed into public consciousness last June during Sony’s PlayStation 5 event. At the time of its bombastic reveal, the car-combat title was set for a retail release around the then-upcoming console’s launch. In October, Sony pumped the brakes, announcing that the title was getting delayed to February 2. To mitigate the sting, the company said the game would be available at no extra charge for PlayStation Plus subscribers. Hours from its worldwide launch, we spoke with Destruction AllStars’ senior producer and director to learn about its old-school roots, on-foot action, and how it’s treating cars like guns.
When we spoke, the game was slowly coming to life on the other side of the globe. Players in New Zealand were the first to be able to check out the game, which has been an interesting experience for Colin Berry, director at Lucid Games. “This is the first time I’ve launched a game and now there’s somebody playing it live on Twitch,” he says. “Which is cool and exciting, but I’ve described it as being a bit unnerving.”
People are excited for Resident Evil Village. Part of that enthusiasm comes from the recent gameplay demo, along with additional details revealed as part of the latest trailer. However, another part of the excitement comes specifically from Lady Dimitrescu, the ghastly, yet compelling woman who has captured fans' attention with her disturbing mystique and towering height.
Capcom is clearly not blind to the role Lady Dimitrescu has played in driving interest in the game so far, because Resident Evil's official Twitter account just released a brief statement from Resident Evil Village art director Tomonori Takano.
https://twitter.com/RE_Games/status/1356391885816823808First, Takano says the team is very happy about the response the game has received. But most importantly, the message then goes on to clarify the height of everyone's favorite vampiric lass from the upcoming game: Lady Dimitrescu is 2.9 meters tall – or approximately nine feet and six inches.
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When you see squirrels doing their thing in the wild, have you ever wondered what they’re really up to when no one’s looking? As they forage for nuts and make those weird cries, what are they hiding? That’s the premise of Nuts, a bizarre and intriguing narrative surveillance game that's all about spying on squirrels.
The strange game comes from developer Joon, Pol, Muutsch, Char & Torfi and published by Noodlecake. Players control a rookie researcher, who, at the behest Viago University, is tasked with setting up cameras in the remote Melmoth Forest to capture footage of squirrels. The goal is simple: See what they get up to, primarily at night. Gameplay requires trial and error in terms of setting up the correct placement and angle of your cameras to record the best shots. Once that’s done, you’ll review your footage back at your caravan to piece together clues for how squirrels behave in terms of their routes in order to figure out where they hide their stash as well as unravel a larger, potentially sinister mystery surrounding them.
Click here to watch embedded mediaOne of the most popular aspect of Resident Evil Village certainly appears to be super-tall vampire Lady Dimitrescu.
But just how tall is she? Art Director Tomonori Takano took to Twitter to provide a precise figure.
Apparently, including her hat and heels, she towers at 2.9m-tall, which translates into 9’6”. She’s definitely quite tall.
You can read the full statement below.
Resident Evil Village will release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, and Steam on May 7, 2021. A playable demo is currently available for PS5 and will come later for the other platforms.
Blizzard Entertainment is celebrating 30 years in business this month by offering three packs of in-game downloadable content across the studio’s various titles.
The first of the “Celebration Collection” is the Essential Pack that contains a World of Warcraft Moon-Touched Netherwhelp pet, Tracer’s OSV-03 Rogue mount with Tracer Hero for Heroes of the Storm, 30th Anniversary Overwatch Player Icon and Spray, five Overwatch loot boxes, 10 Madness at the Darkmoon Faire card packs for Hearthstone, a set of 30th Anniversary Portraits for StarCraft II and StarCraft: Remastered, portrait and pet for Diablo III, and a 15% off coupon for a purchase at the Blizzard Gear Store for $19.99.
The Heroic Pack contains all in the Essentials Pack alongside a World of Warcraft Snowstorm mount, the “Raynhardt” legendary skin for Overwatch, a random Madness at the Darkmoon Faire Legendary card in Hearthstone, and Diablo III wings for $39.99.
The Epic Pack includes everything with 30 days of World of Warcraft game time, five Golden Madness at the Darkmoon Faire Hearthstone card packs, three Overwatch Golden loot boxes and Diablo III Helm Transmog Items for $59.99.
Blizzard notes that the Overwatch and Starcraft items will be delivered in-game for PC players no later than Feb. 18, while the Diablo III items will come no later than Feb. 28. A separate version of the bundle for Overwatch and Diablo III console players will be announced at a later date.
If Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is indeed based on historical events like its intro screen says, it is based very loosely. Yet for all its simplification and misrepresentation of the Viking invasions of Britain, there’s one thing the game depicts really well: the idea that England’s history is one of immigration.
Fire Emblem Heroes’ Choose Your Legends Round 5 voting results are here, and Marth, Gatekeeper, Eirika and Byleth are this year’s winners.
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The Division 2 studio Massive Entertainment revealed patch notes for the 12.1 update that adds the limited-time Resident Evil crossover event, next generation support, and other changes.
The Resident Evil crossover event, announced last month at Capcom’s Resident Evil Showcase, will offer various themed outfits and cosmetic items for The Division 2 players.
Players will receive the Leon Kennedy RPD Outfit by simply logging during the event, while the Chris Redfield S.T.A.R.S. Outfit, Umbrella Corporation Operative, Rebecca Chambers S.T.A.R.S. Outfit, and Jill Valentine S.T.A.R.S. Outfit will have to be earned.
There will also be seven new back trophies and four patches that can be earned by completing S.T.A.R.S. Support and S.T.A.R.S. Assault projects. These replace the Base of Operations level 40 daily projects with one available each day.
The event itself runs from Feb. 2 to Feb. 15 with keys needed to be spent by Feb. 26, and is only available for players who have completed the expansion Warlords of New York campaign.
The 12.1 update also adds support for 60 FPS at 4K resolution for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, reduces Optimization Station costs by 75% and recipes by 50%, and changes the Reanimated Global Event so the green cloud produced by killing enemies with headshot now heals players and increases outgoing damage rather than harms.
The Division 2 update will be available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One after server maintenance has concluded on Tuesday, Feb. 2.
Control left like it was pushing the last generation of consoles to their breaking points, with loads of performance issues on the old machines. Despite these problems it was a great game, my favorite of 2019. Now, with the next-gen release of Control, many of these problems are gone, and an already-great game is…
Control left a mark on 2019: I still think about it.
It's hard to believe that it came out roughly a year and a half ago, but here we are, a console generation later, and we're still talking about Control. With the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S editions out today, that's not going to change.
Capcom has made it official: Resident Evil Village's tall vampire lady is very tall indeed: 2.9m (approximately 9'6") tall!
The recent release of the Maiden demo revealed snippets of Lady Dimitrescu's backstory. Our Aoife also looked into what Resident Evil Village is all about in a fantastic video, below.
Fans had noticed pretty early on that Lady Dimitrescu is very tall, but her exact height was a mystery until now.
Chris: Don't come to my ski lodge. Genuinely, the place is horrible. The queues are unbelievable and the lifts are old and small and there aren't enough of them. The routes I have for you are terrible, terrible routes - dull, but also dangerous. And I have a builder's hut stuck right in the middle of the main area. Don't know what happened there.
The thing is, I have had a brilliant time. Snowtopia is a tycoon game in early access. You have a pristine mountain and then you turn it into a business. You keep everyone happy and fill the slopes with great lines and then you sit back and watch it all work. Or watch it all fail.
But for me, the main appeal at the moment is just the setting. I love these mountains, these beautiful trees. I love trying to find a good line to put up and I love just disappearing off and moving the camera around. Snowtopia is a triumph of setting - it really delivers an alpine flavour. And it has a great name.
Today Koei Tecmo and Gust announced that the Atelier Mysterious Trilogy Deluxe Pack will bring back three classic Atelier games released in a bundle.
The package will include Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey, Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book, and Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings, which form the Mysterious trilogy.
It’ll be released on April 22 for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam.
If you’re unfamiliar with the games, you can check out an official description for each.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book
“17th in the Atelier series.
The budding alchemist Sophie of Kirchen Bell meets the Mysterious Book, Plachta, and embarks on a wonderful adventure of fulfilling dreams.”
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey
The second entry in the ‘Mysterious’ saga follows the adventures of the enthusiastic Firis Mistlud and her loving older sister Liane Mistlud.
The sisters have lived their entire lives in the isolated town of Ertona, where Firis uses her unique ability to see where crystals of materials are buried.
y way of a fateful encounter, Firis learns of the Alchemy Exam and decides to take her first step into the outside world, setting off on a grand journey to become a certified alchemist and discover the mysteries that life has to offer!
Experience a vast world with towns, environments and other locations!
Today Genshin Impact developer MiHoYo released a brand new trailer focusing on one of the characters of the game.
We get to see more of Xiao, one of the latest characters added to the game, showing him off in action both in cutscenes and a glimpse of gameplay.
You can watch the trailer below, both in English and in Japanese.
This new mount boasts more than one head.
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It was bound to happen. And it shouldn’t be a complete surprise. The latest Studio Ghibli film, Earwig in the Witch, is a CG animated feature film. Last month, director Goro Miyazaki told Kotaku how that happened.
Poor Wraith - she's already had her tactical ability tweaked and her iconic Naruto run removed entirely, but it seems all that still wasn't enough to weaken the legend, as Respawn is now increasing the size of her hitbox.
Wraith has long been a popular pick in Apex Legends due to both her maneuverability and small size. Despite the introduction of the Low Profile perk to increase damage against her and other small legends - along with the removal of her Naruto running animation - it seems Wraith was still too tricky to hit, as her win rate "continue[d] to be at the very top as it has since day one". As explained in the Season 8 patch notes, Respawn hopes to control Wraith's power without nerfing her abilities, and one way to do so is by changing her hitbox.
"Wraith now has a slightly larger hitbox than her fellow small legends, but the changes stay true to her model," Respawn explained. "As you can see in the before and after comparison, we're adding some width mostly in the torso and leg areas."
Why is a game scary? What is it about the mix of ingredients that really chills us, that really creeps inside and messes with our subconscious? I don't think it's the jump-scares. I don't think it's the gore. I think it's something deeper, something more unsettling, something insidious. And there are few games that trade in this kind of fear better than the Little Nightmares series by Swedish studio Tarsier.
The long-awaited sequel is a little under two weeks away now (it releases on 11th February). I had a chance to play Little Nightmares 2 recently, and wrote about it. A demo was also released earlier this month for you to try. Did you? What did you think? Were you as scared of The Teacher as I was?
I've been thinking about her, and about the game, since. I've been thinking about what it means for something to be scary, and how Tarsier manifests terror and frightens us. I've been thinking about fear. And I couldn't think of a better person to ask about it than Dave Mervik, senior narrative designer on the game, and the person who dreamt a lot of the world up.
Sega has announced Judgment is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Stadia, but there's no mention of a PC version.
The Yakuza spin-off, which first came out as a PlayStation 4-exclusive back in 2019, launches on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Stadia on 23rd April 2021 with "refined visuals", 60fps, improved load times and all the previously-released DLC. The new trailer is below:
The announcement of the game for Stadia and not PC has certainly raised eyebrows, coming as it does hot on the heels of Google's own announcement that it is shutting down its internal Stadia studios and offering its streaming tech to publishers.
The Atelier Mysterious Trilogy Deluxe Pack will feature three Atelier games bundled together.
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Demon Slayer's main characters celebrate the Japanese festival day where people repel demons and bring in good fortune.
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Epic Games has released the Fortnite 15.30 patch, introducing new weapons — the Burst Quad Launcher, Chug Cannon and Frozen — valentines-themed cosmetics, and a new Mandalorian-based mode.
The news comes via leakers and dataminers on Twitter, such as iFireMonkey and HYPEX.
The three new Exotic weapons will be up for sale from the various NPCs around the map in exchange for Gold Ingots. Thanks to leaks, we already have detailed weapon stats for each of them, as shown in the screenshots below.
The Chug Cannon appears to be a crossbow, with a 1.1 second reload time, capable of dealing 18 damage to players. What we don’t know about this new exotic yet is whether or not it can also heal players, as ‘Chug’ is a term commonly used for healing items in the game, like the Chug Jug of seasons-past.
Food influencing has morphed from flat-lay latte shots into something extreme: the relentless promotion of “must-try” items that offer little in the way of taste or soul. Influencers travel in packs, battling it out for primo Instagram Explore placement: health-conscious content creators who contort desserts into…
This weekend, a mob of PS5 shoppers caused chaos at the Yodobashi Camera retailer in Tokyo’s Akihabara. The police were called and sales were halted. Famitsu now reports that the retailer has instituted new requirements to purchase the Sony console.
It was just yesterday that we reported MGM Studios had acquired the movie rights to an as-yet-unwritten book concerning the strange case of GameStop, WallStreetBets, and the U.S. financial market. Well, I hope you're up for a double - or even triple - bill, as Netflix is apparently also getting to work on its own small screen adaptation of the phenomenon.
Again reported by Deadline, the movie-streaming service and production company is already outlining a currently untitled retelling of the past fortnight's events, which has seen Redditors skyrocket ailing GameStop stock, much to the chagrin of short-selling hedge fund managers. The Netflix production will reportedly be written by Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty), and will star Noah Centineo (The Diary, Black Adam) in an unspecified role. Producer roles fall to Makeready's Brad Weston and Definition's Nick Styne.
While Netflix is yet to officially announce the film or its direction, it is believed that the production will focus on the changing world market in the advent of social media, and how the proliferation of sites such as Reddit and Twitter have allowed for the challenging of long-held norms and status quos within society - fueling movements, activism, and involvement within circles that were previously gated-off to the public at large.
Call of Duty: Warzone hacking has hit the headlines again after a glut of high-profile players quit over cheating.
The BBC reported on YouTuber Vikkstar's decision to quit Activision's free-to-play battle royale after he released a video saying Warzone was in "the worst state it has ever been".
Vikkstar, whose real name is Vikram Singh Barn, has over seven million subscribers on YouTube. His video declaring his decision to quit has been viewed over 1m times.
A Netflix deal to make a live-action The Legend of Zelda TV series was scrapped by Nintendo after word of the project was leaked back in 2015.
That's according to US comedian Adam Conover, who was working on a similar Nintendo project at the time.
Speaking last night on The Serf Times podcast, as dug by up supererogatory , Conover says he was in talks with Nintendo to make a Star Fox claymation project inspired by Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox movie adaptation.
The Japanese Switch localization for Fight of Gods was handled separately by the Japanese game publisher Cosen.
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The NieR Reincarnation opening movie features a better look at combat, exploration, and provides a glimpse at story related cutscenes.
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