This year’s Pokémon Go Fest starts in July and ahead of the big event, Niantic has released full details about what to expect, how much tickets will cost, and what folks who don’t buy a ticket can do during the two-day long event. Also, there’s apparently a music festival this time around.
I recently stumbled upon a wonderful YouTuber named Manna-Tanuki who creates incredible-looking sweets. Their latest video highlights some adorable Gastly lollipops that look more like Pokémon decorations than food.
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection's Chief Producer discusses new difficulty options the game brings to the series to open it up to more players.
The post Interview: Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection Chief Producer Discusses Its Difficulty appeared first on Siliconera.
Bomberman will appear in Fall Guys, and vice versa.
The post Fall Guys Bomberman Collaboration Will Come to Both Games appeared first on Siliconera.
"So many of the established smoke and mirrors techniques you use in level design just didn't work for us. We actually had to put full environments behind the curtain, so to speak." ...
A new Sonic the Hedgehog game is in development, with Sonic Team preparing it for a 2022 launch.
The post New Sonic the Hedgehog Game Will Debut in 2022 appeared first on Siliconera.
The City will be filled with zombies this holiday season. Techland announced today that Dying Light 2 Stay Human will arrive on Dec. 7, 2021.
Developer Techland showcased more gameplay of Dying Light 2 today during a previously teased livestream, featuring some hints of story and a whole lot of gameplay. The sequel will keep the first game's use of parkour for traversal, utilizing even more verticality in a city that builds up over the dangerous streets.
The first Dying Light also had this interesting mix of zombies and Mirror's Edge, though this new game seems to be taking things even further with more parkour options and tools like the glider that appeared in a previous gameplay preview. It also comes with the subtitle Stay Human, indicating the thin line between staying human and becoming infected, as well as more emphasis on choice and consequences. You can hear more from the Techland devs in today's panel segments here, where they talked about the world and mechanics of the new game.
Dying Light 2 Stay Human will be coming to PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S on Dec. 7 in three retail editions—a standard, deluxe, and Collector's Edition.
It's all right there in the headline — if you haven't gotten Among Us yet and you'd like to, you can play it for free. The Epic Games Store is giving away the mega-popular social game until June 3, 2021.
I probably don't need to explain the appeal of this cartoonish sci-fi imposter-deducing game, and you probably don't want to hear it at this point, so let's just say that some players are cut out for "all in good fun" deception and some aren't. I'm not! As for the Epic Store freebie, hey, five bucks is five bucks.
Among Us was teased as a "mystery" giveaway, and next Thursday's free game will be one too.
It's time to (hopefully) get some more details about the parkour zombie action game Dying Light 2.
Following a mysterious tease earlier this week that had me pointing a small UV flashlight all over my apartment, we're getting a new stream today at 3 p.m. ET that will hopefully give us a few more details about what's to come for Techland's zombie series. You can watch along here.
It's been quite a while since Dying Light 2 was first unveiled at E3 2018. Its E3 2019 gameplay demo was fairly impressive, but the studio went quiet for a while following an indefinite delay.
No doubt there are hopes for something concrete here, but I'm personally eager to see more gameplay, and if the lofty ambitions of that 2019 preview are still holding strong in 2021. We'll find out together during today's stream, I suppose?
Well that was fast! Haha, get it?
Sega promised new announcements today during their Sonic Central stream, and that's just what we got. The big news? A Sonic Colors revival and a tease for the first new Sonic game in years, which will be coming in 2022.
Beyond that, Sega touted how it can throw its weight around and get Sonic into basically any game it wants, including a very brief "blink and you'll miss it" Minecraft split-second clip. We're also getting a free Sonic concert with some big names, more merch (of course), and another retro compilation.
Never underestimate Sonic's ability to make everything that's old new again. Here's a full recap.
Oh Sonic Central. You were about to leave us with "here's a remaster" and "a bunch of merch and collaborations," but you just had to give us one more tease!
Right as the stream was about to end, Sega gave us that classic "one more thing." For a few seconds Sonic ran through a forest and presented the below symbol for us all to speculate on. Folks noticed this earlier this week when they saw a not-quite Sonic Colors tease in the recent fan appreciation video. As it turns out, it's a new project.
The year "2022" and the platforms PS4/PS4, Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, and Switch was the only info provided beyond the symbol.
People rediscovered the film and they can’t stop talking about it
The award-winning tabletop RPG mixes Ocean’s Eleven with horror amid the Industrial Revolution
Techland confirms a release date for long-delayed Dying Light sequel
We have the technology! We can remake it!
The board game is already one of the most successful Kickstarters of the year
We've got some glorious new Dying Light 2 gameplay to feast our eyes on, now called Dying Light 2: Stay Human, and it goes even deeper into what role consequences and player choice have in this game. We always knew that choice would be a heavy factor in Dying Light 2, now we've got a closer look at what that means.
With our new look at Dying Light 2: Stay human, we've got a closer view of the story surrounding the story; more backstory, more nuanced, and more dangers beyond the first game. Techland Games has previously confirmed that there are heavy consequences beyond just the obvious; some of them will even require more than one playthrough to see them come to full fruition. Players will be forced to make incredibly hard decisions in various no-win situations, decisions that will impact even the very world itself. Sometimes, these major consequences will even manifest at the very end of Dying Light 2, making it far too late for players to turn back time.
Click here to watch embedded media
Techland gave fans what they've been wanting: a detailed new look at what Dying Light 2 will have to offer. With its release date set in stone and more about the backstory and how consequences can be gut-wrenching, the studio also revealed a few different editions that players can buy. And yes, there is also a Dying Light 2 Collector's Edition.
With pre-orders now live, players can choose which experience they want to have with the Standard, Deluxe, and Collector's options. Digital-only players also have a few options with Standard, Deluxe, and Ultimate. For anyone that pre-orders Dying Light 2: Stay Human, there will be a digital download for the Reload Pack, which will offer a unique outfit, paraglider skin, and weapon.
Click here to watch embedded media 
The long-awaited Dying Light 2 finally has a release date. Following a year of near silence after the game was delayed early last year, developer Techland has slowly started revealing more information about its long-awaited sequel. During today's Dying 2 Know stream, Techland not only confirmed the game is coming on December 7, but also that it has a brand new name: Dying Light 2 Stay Human.
Dying Light 2 Stay Human picks up years after the story of the first game. You no longer play as Kyle Crane, the protagonist of the first game. Instead, you control Aiden Caldwell in a story that shapes around your choices. The game was a sight to behold at E3 2019, the first time we saw it in action. In that demo, we witnessed parkour upgrades, new combat mechanics, stunning visuals, and an impressive choice-and-consequence system. Those mechanics were further explored during today's stream. You can read more about the choice mechanics here.
As Craig reported earlier this evening, this evening saw Dying Light 2 developers Techland take to Twitch to share new details of the open world zombie parkour 'em up.
The core news of the presentation? That it'll be out on December 7th. There's also a new 8 minute trailer below, which breaks the game down in detail.
Ubisoft are offering some deep discounts on PC games as part of this week's Legendary Sale, which includes up to 80% off selected titles and an additional 20% off when you use the code LEGEND20. Here are the highlights we've found so far!
The big highlight has to be on Ubisoft's recent releases. Games like Immortals Fenyx Rising, Watch Dogs Legion and Assassin's Creed Valhalla have dropped to some of their lowest prices yet, especially if you're interested in picking up their complete editions with loads of DLC. For example, Anno 1800's complete edition costs a massive $110, but with the sale price and the further 20% discount from using the LEGEND20 code, you can pick up the whole lot for just $57 - less than the base game cost when it was released two years ago!
Ubisoft's older games are also heavily discounted. Look out for plenty of games at the $9 mark, which is discounted further to $7.20 with the code in place. Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Far Cry 5 and The Division 2's Warlords of New York DLC are just a few examples of the games or expansions you can pick upf or less than a ten-spot.
4K 120Hz monitors with HDMI 2.1 ports were meant to come out last year alongside next-gen consoles and graphics cards, but the recent human malware epidemic has meant that they're only just reaching the market now. The first few models we've seen have retailed for nearly $1000, but today you can pick one up for considerably less.
Newegg are selling Gigabyte's brand new M28U for just $600, and they're even throwing in a $20 gift card and a copy of the 'wildly entertaining' PC game Outriders. That's a stonking deal for the specs on offer, considering that even older 4K 120Hz monitors without HDMI 2.1 have typically retailed for $700 or more - and the very few HDMI 2.1 alternatives available so far, like the LG 27GP950, have all cost $900 or more when they've even been in stock.
The Gigabyte M28U has a lot going for it. The monitor's based around a 28-in 4K IPS screen, covering 94% of the DCI P3 colour space and getting bright enough to qualify for a DisplayHDR 400 certification. It's limited to 120Hz 4:2:0 over HDMI 2.1, the maximum refresh rate supported by the PS5 and Series X, but you can push up to 144Hz on PC using its DisplayPort 1.4 connection. Motion clarity should be great, thanks to a 1ms GtG (grey to grey) response time and FreeSync/G-Sync support.
It’s been six months since the PlayStation 5 came out, and yet the Seto Kaiba action figure that can also run high-end video games remains comically hard to come by. For a while, this irked me. I wanted to be part of the new console generation—the zeitgeist. So I obsessively watched a Twitch channel dedicated to…
As an Expert Gameplay Engineer you'll be working with Infinity Ward's design and content teams to push gameplay systems to new heights of AAA fun and visual fidelity. ...
Owlient co-studio managers Charlie Guillemot and Rémi Pellerin have both announced their departures from the studio. ...
Over the years, EA has pledged to double down on live services due to the financial gains of modes like Ultimate Team, and it doesn't seem keen to abandon that plan any time soon. ...
Guerrilla Games’ sequel looks impressive
House of Ashes gets to benefit from earlier mistakes
Animator Tom Bancroft started the viral challenge by accident
Multi-platform launch takes the sport where it’s never been before
That's a wrap on today's State of Play for Horizon Forbidden West, and... no release date! Drat.
The highlight of the mostly gameplay-focused presentation was some decked-out environmental art that spanned a jungle, beach, and a couple of moments underwater near the Golden Gate Bridge. I know the Tremortusk was meant to be the showpiece, but I'm stuck on those beavers. What's their story?
The brief narrative setup for Horizon Forbidden West is that a "strange red blight" has been "spreading across the land," which Aloy will need to try and stop using tech artifacts scattered among the ruins. During the PS5 gameplay showcase, she had to rescue Erend from his raptor-riding captors.
I wouldn't say the familiar armor-stripping action-shooter gameplay blew me away or anything, but I do think the combat looks a bit more fun than my memory of Horizon Zero Dawn. I'd fight that mammoth for sure — and I am partial to hovering across sprawling worlds, in this case with a Shieldwing.
Horizon Forbidden West is also coming to PS4, but when? Sony isn't ready to say.
"We don't have an exact release date just yet, but development is on track and we will have an update for you very soon," tweeted Guerrilla Games. "Thank you as always for your ongoing support!"
A very soothing simulator has secured a new partnership to keep its development going. FuturLab has announced a partnership with Square Enix Collective to publish PowerWash Simulator under Square Enix on Steam.
This collaboration will allow FuturLab to continue developing PowerWash Simulator, which recently launched on Steam Early Access.
"Our original vision for PowerWash Simulator was to expand the game in ways that would appeal to a large audience, with the potential of licensed content," said FuturLab founder and creative director James Marsden in a press release. "Square Enix Collective is the perfect publishing choice as we share a united vision regarding the future of the game."
This soothing simulator really captured our attention here in the first GIF we saw, and it sounds like Jordan has enjoyed his time with the Early Access version of the game. Hopefully this collaboration leads to even more, and possibly some wild crossover content too. I'd like to imagine Midgar needs powerwashing too, right?
PowerWash Simulator is currently available in Early Access on Steam.
With Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart almost here, it's time for PlayStation to start spotlighting the next head-turner: Horizon Forbidden West. That's right — another stream today. The dam is about to burst.
The State of Play stream for Horizon Forbidden West starts at 2:00 p.m. Pacific today.
Guerrilla Games said to expect "14 minutes of brand new in-game action" from the PS5 version in this presentation, with the total runtime taking up about 20 minutes. That I can handle. In and out.
We always enjoy hearing the Dtoid community's thoughts as they spill out of your minds and tumble into the comments during live news streams. Horizon Zero Dawn resonated with so many of you, and it's only natural for expectations to rise with this (presumably) even more confident adventure.
I'm looking for oohs and aahs from this State of Play. I want some Beast Wars-tier machines.
[Update: If you're here for a release date, no news on that front. Just gameplay today!]
Even though Microsoft already shared a ton of new titles coming to Xbox Game Pass last week, the company has just confirmed even more are on the way. Seven new additions are coming soon on top of the previously confirmed titles, including a survivalist adventure you won't forget and a stunning indie journey that is all about magic. Let's dive into what's coming down the pipeline.
Let's dive in, here is what is coming to Xbox Game Pass starting today:
E3 2021 feels like it has kicked off a little early this year with so many announcements happening around the same time. With the latest PlayStation State of Play, Guerrilla Games shared new Horizon Forbidden West PS5 gameplay footage for those eager to jump back into the role of Aloy from the original Horizon Zero Dawn experience.
The latest video dives deep into what players can expect from the highly anticipated sequel. The stunning open world is made even more so by utilizing smart ray tracing technology. From what we've seen before today's showcase, massive storms have destroyed the land that we so loved in the first game. This latest look also shows off some of the earlier features revealed, like diving underwater. There will also be a plethora of new creatures for her to interact with and new monsters to fight, including an awesome-looking robotic elephant.
Can we also appreciate that she has a Breath of the Wild glider and an Ult attack? And the scanner? And the boost? I'm OK, I'm not excited or anything...(I'm very excited).
Click here to watch embedded media
Techland's parkour-infused open-world zombie sequel, Dying Light 2, has - after a rather tumultuous few years of development - finally received a release date. It'll be coming to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC on 7th December, and Techland has released a brand-new gameplay trailer to accompany the news.
Dying Light 2 is set 20 years after the events of the first game, in a world devastated by a mutated version of the original virus. With over 98% of the population now lost, the remnants of humanity have congregated in the sprawling metropolis of Villedor, also known as The City, and it's here that new protagonist Aiden Caldwell finds himself while searching for his family.
To date, Techland has really only painted the ensuing adventure in broad strokes, talking up key points such as Dying Light 2's 2-4 player co-op, its returning day and night cycle, and its focus on choice and consequence. Today's developer livestream didn't go too much further than those core concepts, but did flesh them out with a few additional details.
Horizon Forbidden West is bound to come to PC someday, right? Horizon Zero Dawn eventually made the jump last year, and Sony have repeatedly committed to bringing more games to PC - as recently as yesterday with the announcement of an Uncharted 4 port.
So, yes, let's post about the 14 minutes of new Horizon Forbidden West footage. It's very pretty.
