May 2021
Let's Play The First Two Hours Of Resident Evil Village - Game Informer Live
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Click to watch embedded media Resident Evil Village is almost here and if you couldn't tell already from our glowing review, we loved our time with the latest horror adventure from Capcom. To celebrate the coming launch, we're going to be playing the first two hours of Resident Evil Village. So come hang out, join the fun, and don't judge us when you realize how big of weenies we really are here at Game Informer.
The two-hour Resident Evil live stream event will be kicking off at 9 a.m. Central on the Game Informer YouTube and Twitch channels. We'll be diving in as Ethan Winters as he embarks on his journey to find his daughter Rose after she's taken by Chris Redfield following the murder of his wife Mia.
E3 2021 Confirms Square Enix, Gearbox, Sega, And More
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E3 2021 has confirmed even more companies that will be attending this year's digital showcase, including names like Square Enix, Sega, and more. The virtual event is set to take place next month, offering new looks, fresh reveals, and a celebration of the gaming community.
Even though E3 2021 will be digital this year due to lingering COVID-19 concerns, that doesn't mean that there won't be a few surprises to be had. ESA has confirmed even more companies that are joining the E3 lineup this year, including the following companies:
- Square Enix
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Gearbox Entertainment
- Verizon, Freedom Games
- Devious Eye Entertainment
- Turtle Beach
- Verizon
- Binge
- XSEED Games
Already confirmed companies include Nintendo, Xbox, Take-Two Entertainment, Ubisoft, Capcom, and Warner Bros. Games. Sony and Electronic Arts are once more sitting E3 out, opting in to their own showcases instead. Konami has also confirmed it won't be in attendance despite having several "notable" projects in the works.
Jade Raymond's Haven Studios gains more former Stadia staff
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Back in March, Assassin's Creed co-creator Jade Raymond started up Haven Studios, an independent Canadian developer with plans to make a new PlayStation game. She had previously been the head of Stadia Games and Entertainment, but left after Google started shutting down its development studios earlier this year. Now it seems Raymond has tempted some other Google alums over for her new project, who also all happen to be former Ubisoft developers too.
I'm a sucker for a good menu noise
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After I lived and breathed NieR Replicant for review, I looked back on my play time with a mixture of fondness and pain. The payoff of the fifth and final ending was worth the effort, but good lord was it a test of resolve. It was brilliance nestled in multiple layers of gift wrap, and I was happy to call it a day once I'd seen the final (x5) credits.
But one thing I haven't stopped thinking about is the menu sounds. NieR Replicant has excellent noises for its start menu and inventory management, both of which aided that sense of being transported to another world of monsters and emotion.
Eve Online will never die, says head of studio after 18 years
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Whoever said "nothing is certain but death and taxes" never played Eve Online. The space-faring MMORPG has no central government to shake you down for road money, and space pilots are cloned anew after every ignoble death. After 18 years and countless updates, Eve is one of the longest-running MMOs in the industry. It predates World of Warcraft by over a year. It is older than Facebook. Alongside long-toothed MMOs like Runescape, it has survived where others have fallen. But surely even this infamous generator of sci-fi skulduggery must pay the final toll some time. Well, not according to Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of the game's developer, CCP.
"It's never going to die," he says.
Even Super Mario 64 has ray tracing now
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The PC’s never-ending march to add ray tracing to everything has now made it onto other platforms. Super Mario 64 RT (or 'SMT64RT' if you're pressed for time) is the latest, albeit unofficial version of the Nintendo 64 classic for PC, grafting a lighting system onto the 24-year-old console game. Digital Foundry took a look at the mod and cried fully dynamic and simulated tears of joy.
Upcoming gothic fantasy roguelike Rogue Lords makes you play as a cheating devil
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Rogue Lords is an upcoming gothic fantasy roguelike being developed by Cyanide Studio (the creators of Blood Bowl and Styx) and Leikir, and it's set to release this year. It caught my eye when it was first announced amidst the notE3 celebrations last year, mostly due to the eerie aesthetic and cool concept art shown during publisher Nacon's announce-a-thon stream. But today, the devs released a new gameplay trailer that's piqued my interest once more, because it shows that players can kind of cheat to win runs.
The original Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance is getting a 4K re-release
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The PS2/Xbox classic is coming to modern consoles
Sony sued over PlayStation’s digital store ‘monopoly’
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The lawsuit was filed Wednesday as the Apple vs. Epic trial continues
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance Updated Ports Debut This Week
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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance PS4, Switch, and Xbox One versions are out this week, with mobile and console versions coming later this year.
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Angelique Luminarise Demo Lets You Play The First 27 Days
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In the first few days of Angelique Luminarise, it will teach the basic gameplay flow which includes a city-building competition.
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Watch the Scarlet Nexus Opening Movie
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The Scarlet Nexus opening movie is now online, and it shows off multiple members of the cast as the Oral Cigarettes theme song plays.
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Bandai Namco, Sega, Square Enix, and XSEED Will Be at E3 2021
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The ESA announced 10 more companies that will be at E3 2021, and Bandai Namco, Square Enix, Sega, and XSEED are among them.
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GTA Online: Claim Triple Motor Wars Rewards, Triple Speed Bunker Research, and More
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This week in GTA Online, claim double rewards for Mobile Operations Missions, Triple Rewards for Motor Wars, and much more.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX Aims to Recapture the Platforming Magic of 1986
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If you’ve played the remastered Halo games in recent years, then you know the joy of being able to instantaneously swap between the original creation and the modern recreation with the push of a button. But where Halo 1 and 2 Anniversary were given this treatment only a decade later, the developers at Merge Games aim to do the same with Alex Kidd in Miracle World: a game that’s a whopping 35 years old.
So far the result is a stunning overhaul that’s beautiful and modern, yet still immediately recognizable. As I toggled back and forth between old and new, I was continuously blown away by the night-and-day difference in everything from the once-pixelated levels, now made into beautiful, detailed landscapes, to the bizarre bosses that have been transformed into cartoonish masters of roshambo.
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What was once a barren blue background with a few clouds here and there now has mountains, trees, a colorful sky, and even a sun that casts light and shadow over the level. An enemy that was once a very plain-looking frog has been transformed into a bug-eyed, cross-eyed leaping weirdo. And yet each area and every enemy is unmistakably the Miracle World I remember playing on my grandfather’s Master System. During my playthrough, I stopped as often as possible to switch between the old and new versions to appreciate the differences and marvel at how far we’ve come in 35 years.
The most jarring difference, though, wasn’t in what I saw but what I heard. Miracle World’s audio overhaul is staggering, and the beeps and boops of the original retro soundtrack have been completely recreated with instrumentals or just reimagined altogether. The soundtrack has quite a few bangers that had me humming as I jumped, punched, and helicoptered my way through each stage.
First Tribeca Games Official Selection Line-up Revealed
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The 2021 Tribeca Festival has announced the Tribeca Games Official Selection; a line-up of eight games joining the festival. This will be the first time multiple video games will be up for consideration for an award at Tribeca in a film festival format.
The official 2021 Tribeca Festival games selection, competing for the inaugural Tribeca Games Award, are:
- Harold Halibut (Slow Bros.)
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
- Lost in Random (Zoink Games / Electronic Arts)
- NORCO (Geography of Robots / Raw Fury)
- Sable (Shedworks / Raw Fury)
- Signalis (rose-engine / Humble Games)
- The Big Con (Mighty Yell)
- Twelve Minutes (Luis Antonio / Annapurna Interactive)
Sony Facing Lawsuit Over PlayStation Store Digital Sales Exclusivity
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Sony is facing a lawsuit that claims it is operating an unlawful monopoly by restricting purchases of PlayStation games to the PlayStation Store.
As detailed by a Bloomberg report, the class-action lawsuit, filed by consumers, notes that by restricting digital purchases to the official PlayStation Store, Sony Interactive Entertainment are able to charge up to 175% higher than physical games sold by retailers both online and in-store. With modern games like Returnal commanding $70, you can see why people are trying to find the best deals on their games. Those who want to remain digital, however, are restricted to what Sony charges on the PlayStation Store.
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“Sony’s monopoly allows it to charge supracompetitive prices for digital PlayStation games, which are significantly higher than their physical counterparts sold in a competitive retail market, and significantly higher than they would be in a competitive retail market for digital games,” explains the lawsuit.
Sony stopped allowing third party retailers, such as Amazon, from selling digital download codes for PlayStation games back in 2019. Nintendo has also done a similar thing, suspending European retailers from selling first-party digital game codes.
While Sony brought an end to digital download codes being sold by other retailers, those companies are allowed to sell PSN credit. However, this still requires a user to pay Sony’s asking price for a game, rather than being able to pay the often cheaper prices retailers offer for disc-based versions of the same game.
While Sony may be facing legal action, it’s not the big case of the moment.
Yasuke Is A Full-Circle Moment For Black Anime Fans
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Watching the first episode of Yasuke, Netflix’s new fantastical animated show about the life of a Black samurai, I started to cry. I remembered how it felt to be a 16-year-old girl watching anime in the nighttime darkness of my living room. Watching Yasuke, with its titular Black character kicking ass to a soundtrack…
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance Returns To Consoles Tomorrow
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While fans of hack-and-slash RPGs await the June 22 release of the all-new Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance, Interplay’s releasing the 2001 classic that started it all. Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance will be available for PlayStations, Xboxes, and Switch tomorrow, complete with support for 4K scaling on capable…
An Ode To Google Chrome’s Dinosaur Game
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This morning, I faced a problem you can probably relate to: my internet went out. As many of us working from home would, I scrambled to let my co-workers know and restarted my router hopefully. But, just as my heartbeat started racing, I was met with a familiar dinosaur friend.
These Are Your 2021 World Video Game Hall of Fame Inductees
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After sifting through a field of finalists including classics like Guitar Hero, Pole Position, Portal, and...FarmVille, the Strong National Museum of Play has announced the 2021 inductees into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. Let’s hear it for StarCraft, Animal Crossing, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, and …
USC Games launches fund to support Black and Indigenous game design students
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USC Games has established a new fund with help from Borderlands publisher Take-Two Interactive that will support Black and Indigenous students in game design and engineering. ...
Nintendo wants to teach programming to the world with Game Builder Garage
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Game Builder Garage uses a visual programming language built around creatures called 'Nodon' in combination with step-by-step lessons created by Nintendo to make programming fun and accessible. ...
Nintendo Download: Skate City
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It's skate time!
We haven't gotten nearly enough skating sims before.....roughly a few years ago, but now we have Tony Hawk 1+2 and Session. And Skate City!
Today Skate City hits the Switch, alongside of a few other interesting releases like Raiden IV x Mikado remix. The eShop is coming off a smallish showing these past few weeks outside of the launch of New Pokemon Snap, as it awaits the next big Nintendo release in Miitopia.
Here's the rest!
Humble Bundle scraps plan to remove dividend sliders from website
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Humble Bundle has announced that it will abandon its plan to replace the storefront's dividend sliders with static, capped options. The Humble Bundle store will continue to allow its customers to decide what portion of their purchases are donated to the store's many charities.
The controversial plans were announced in April, and would have seen the current Humble Bundle system — which lets the customer plot the distribution of each sale between charity, publisher, and Humble Bundle itself — replaced with two flat-rate choices: "Default Donation" (5% to charity) and "Extra to Charity" (15% to charity). These options would see more money distributed to publishers, with an aim to encouraging more companies to volunteer titles for inclusion in future bundles. The community was disappointed with the change, however, and thus the original system will be retained.
"We’ve heard everyone loud and clear and apologize for the way these changes were rolled out," said Humble Bundle in a new statement. "We are now taking a moment to pause, collect constructive feedback and be more transparent about the path forward. Today, we’ll be turning sliders back on for all customers on our bundle pages while we take more time to review feedback and consider sliders and the importance of customization for purchases on bundle pages in the long term."
Nintendo reminds us of what's on the horizon for the Switch, with more likely to come at E3
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In case you missed it, Nintendo posted their financial results this morning for the fiscal year ending in March 2021, and there's a lot to parse. Go ahead, read it! Back? OK we'll head into what's to come now that you're done catching up on what has been.
Although it wasn't mind-blowingly revelatory, Nintendo gave us some insight into what this summer might look like before we get potentially more surprise-summer releases, and deal with the fervor of E3. Pokemon Snap just launched of course, but on May 21 we're heading into Miitopia territory.
Following that, we're getting Game Builder Garage on June 11, which was just announced (good timing!). Then on June 25 Nintendo is pushing out Mario Gold Super Rush, which we'll probably hear more about at E3. From a hardware perspective, the Nintendo Switch Lite is coming out with a new color (blue) on May 21.
In non-Switch news, Nintendo reminds us that Super Nintendo World technically had a grand opening on March 18 (which has hit some snags), and they also have a Pikmin app coming. We'll get more soon enough, but this is what their schedule looks like for now as a lot of big-time projects have been pushed back.
Will you be creeping into Resident Evil Village tomorrow?
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The reviews are out for Capcom's highly anticipated Resident Evil Village and, for the most part, critics agree that it's a bloody good time. The newest entry in the genre-defining horror franchise launches tomorrow, bringing another terrifying adventure into the supposed comfort and safety of your humble home.
Ubisoft announces The Division free-to-play spin-off Heartland
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Ubisoft has announced Tom Clancy's The Division: Heartland, a standalone free-to-play game due for PC, PlayStation and Xbox sometime vaguely in "2021-22".
It's being developed by Ghost Recon studio Red Storm Entertainment, and you can already register your interest in joining playtests.
Another The Division game is also in development for mobile, Ubisoft said, while its previously-announced The Division film starring Jessica Chastain and Jake Gyllenhaal, in development with Netflix, is also still on the cards. Finally, a The Division novel is on the way, with a story set post-The Division 2.
Resident Evil Village tech review: Capcom transitions beautifully to next-gen
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Resident Evil Village has arrived and while the various demos over the last few weeks gave us a chance to sample the technology, we've now played through the entire game and have had a chance to fully process it. As a sequel to Resident Evil 7, this game retains the first-person perspective but with some key improvements. It's also a remarkable showcase for the excellent RE Engine, with image quality, performance and ray tracing enhancements for the next generation of consoles combined with a dramatic boost in scale and scene complexity across the board.
This is what stands out the most to my eye - every scene feels carefully pieced together in a beautiful marriage of art and technology. Yes, the RE Engine powers the game but it's the art team within Capcom that really steals the show. All areas are carefully crafted with an eye towards overall scene composition above all else. In exterior scenes, the distant background lends the world a sense of scale, mid-field objects are placed in a way to connect the background to the foreground and that foreground is packed with fine detail.
20 year-old action RPG Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance re-releases on console tomorrow
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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance re-releases on all consoles tomorrow - 20 years after it came out.
The action RPG launches on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch on 7th May with up to 4K support. There's also support for local two-player co-op. It costs £29.99. IGN has an exclusive on the trailer, below:
This re-release is the work of Interplay Entertainment, which is still knocking about after all these years. But it's not the same company that developed the original Fallout games and published the original Baldur's Gate.
GI Show – Resident Evil Village Review And Biomutant Hype
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Click here to watch embedded media On this week's episode of The Game Informer Show, we discuss a handful of the games we've been digging recently, including Resident Evil Village, the Famicom Detective Club games, Returnal, and Biomutant. Alex also squeezes in his book report on Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's Legendary CEO.
Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series Debuts This Summer
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Ash has come a long way. After the hopeful trainer spent a fateful morning in bed instead of receiving his first Pokémon from Professor Oak, he was paired up with a stubborn Pikachu and the rest is history. In the 23 seasons since, Ash has traveled across the land, battled the biggest and baddest Pokémon out there, vanquished Team Rocket more times than we can count, and even won the Alola League a couple years ago. There was little left to do for the iconic trainer and his partner Pokémon, so when the series jumped to Netflix via a 2020 deal, they started from scratch. Pokémon Journeys retold the origin stories of Ash and Pikachu, while injecting new characters like Goh. Now, that story is set to continue later this month with Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series.
Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition is out now as a free upgrade on PC
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I've found that the dingy post-apocalyptic world of Metro Exodus always looked quite good, but today developers 4A Games made those visuals even better. They've released the Metro Exodus PC Enhanced Edition, expanding the FPS's ray tracing capabilities, increasing framerates and display resolutions, among other technical upgrades. You can download the Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition right now if you'd like, but be warned: it requires a ray tracing-capable GPU at the very minimum.
May's Humble Choice bundle includes the brand new Metro Exodus remaster
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Hot on the heels of their decision to bring back their charitable donation sliders, Humble have announced their latest monthly Choice bundle - and this month's big headliner is none other than Metro Exodus, which upgrades into the brand new Enhanced Edition today for free. The May Bundle also includes 11 more games, too, and is available to new customers for a discounted price of £8.61 in the UK or $12 in the US.
Ubisoft announces new free-to-play game, The Division Heartland
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Here are the games nominated for the first Tribeca Games Award
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Nintendo Switch sales went gangbusters in a pandemic year
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28 million consoles sold, walloping previous year’s 21 million
Atelier Ryza Lila Decyrus Figure Will Depict Her Fatal Drive Attack
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Pre-orders for the figure of Atelier Ryza's Lila will be available until early July 2021.
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The Wing Diver Will Make Her Return In Earth Defense Force 6
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The airborne female soldier will still fight together with the ground Rangers in EDF6.
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