Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal retells the manga’s Dream arc, with humor, romance, and a strong visual sense
In 2018, Marcus Lindblom, a former Nintendo of America employee best known for localizing EarthBound, discovered the floppy disk containing his personal files from that massive project in an old box. He had, at some point, wiped the disk to make room for more data, but thanks to the folks at the Video Game History…
Today Orbx released a brand new aircraft for Microsoft Flight Simulator, and it’s a rather peculiar one, the observation plane Edgley EA-7 Optica.
The aircraft is currently available on Orbx Direct for $15.47.
You can read an official description and take a look at plenty of screenshots below. Do keep in mind that you can actually win it (or any other add-on in Orbx’s lineup) if you get lucky in our ongoing giveaway.
“The EA-7 Edgley Optica is a British designed aircraft for low-speed, long-range observation work.
With a similar cockpit to that of helicopters; the Optica offers a 270 degree panoramic view and almost vertical downward view. With a loiter speed of 81mph, around 40% power, the Optica’s fuel tanks can allow for flying up to nearly 8 hours and has a range of over 650 miles.
Orbx have faithfully recreated the aircraft with a high level of model and texture detail, engine and cockpit sounds, fully interactive and clickable cockpit, comprehensive checklists and realistic flight model including the Optica’s ballast system.
With the panoramic views the Optica affords, she is the perfect aircraft for exploring Orbx Landmark City packs, airports and regions, especially in VR.
The pack comes with several paint schemes representative of aircraft still located around the world, including a unique observation skin with front nose camera model.
Independent developers are raising money for Palestinian aid with a gigantic indie bundle of over 1,000 games and other media for a limited time.
The Indie Bundle for Palestinian Aid is now available on independent marketplace Itch.io and contains 1,020 DRM-free games, physical games, game assets, soundtracks, tools, comics, books, and other software with more possibly added at a later date. Similar to the Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality that Itch.io offered itself last year, this bundle is pay-what-you-want with a minimum of $5.
The bundle is highlighted by a game called Liyla and The Shadows Of War, which follows a young girl living in Gaza during the 2014 Gaza War, and was developed by Palestinian game developer Rasheed Abueideh. Other notable games included in the bundle are Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!, Nuclear Throne, Mini Metro, VVVVVV, and Glittermitten Grove.
The grassroots bundle was put together by over 800 indie developers with a goal of $500,000. All proceeds will be going to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which provides food, emergency, and protection services to Palestine refugees. Over $70,000 has been raised at the time of this writing, and the bundle will be available until next Friday, June 11.
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Today Clouded Leopard Entertainment released the first trailer with English subtitles of Kadokawa Games’ strategy simulation JRPG Relayer.
The trailer showcases a glimpse of the title’s turn-based gameplay with cutscenes playing when units clash. We also get the gist of the story.
You can watch it below, keeping in mind the fact that, while the trailer’s voice overs are in Japanese, the global version of the game will include an optional English voice track.
Skyward Sword is my favourite ever Zelda game and maybe just my favourite ever game. Clearly this is not a widespread notion, and I won't try to persuade you it's good if you don't already like it: Zelda fandom is a broad church, and I realise most people prefer the freedom to glide over to that mountain over there, or select mushrooms from a menu to drop in a pot. But Skyward Sword's whole vibe just works for me - as clear as a crush, as true as a laugh. Which is strange, because at first I thought it looked crap: too pale and twee, and there was this annoying shot in an early trailer of Zelda making a wet, adoring-anime-girl expression, beneath a fringe that looked like it'd been cut by a monk with a bowl.
But then I played the game, and it opens with the sight of two Loftwings flying to an island that floats in the sky. The music is lush and full and symphonic - even a bit Hisashi? A bit Laputa, a bit Nausicaa? - and then it goes quiet as we see Zelda, who begins to play a harp and sing. It's The Ballad of the Goddess (which is Zelda's Lullaby but backwards), and it's beautiful - sweet and true and somehow familiar, like a memory caught on the wind. And now I'm smitten. Actually her bangs look great. But she only gets two lines in before her Loftwing lands to take a letter to Link - her childhood friend, predictably asleep. A lazy link and a singing Zelda and an adventure that spilleth over with music and colour; with series-best dungeons and some brilliant bosses (the Koloktos fight!); with singing dragons and wiseguy moles and Moblins with animated nipple rings (?!). But also, with romance.
Alright, this is it, the first kinda-E3 weekend. While the big show doesn't begin until next Saturday, a few pre-E3 gameblasts are on today. See our E3 schedule for more on them and so, so, so much else. But those are futuregames; which nowgames are you playing this weekend?
An artist has alleged Capcom stole her photos in the creation of Resident Evil and Devil May Cry games.
As reported by Polygon, designer Judy A. Juracek filed a lawsuit in a Connecticut court on Friday that alleges Capcom used unlicensed copyrighted photos for the creation of some of its games - and even for the Resident Evil 4 logo.
At the heart of this lawsuit is Juracek's book, Surfaces, a visual research for artists, architects and designers that includes 1200 photographs of textures she took herself. Surfaces, which was originally published in 1996, includes a CD-ROM of the images, which require a licence for commercial use.
Indie publisher Devolver Digital will host an E3 livestream at 9.30pm UK time on Saturday, 12th June.
It's part of Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest.
There's no word on what to expect from the show, although I suspect it will follow the same unhinged theme of previous Devolver Digital E3 shows.
Shin Megami Tensei 5's release date and gameplay details have leaked ahead of an expected appearance at Nintendo Direct during E3.
PersonaCentral.com spotted the Japanese website for the Nintendo Switch exclusive RPG briefly listed an 11th November 2021 release date, alongside story and gameplay information.
This information is expected to be revealed officially during the Nintendo Direct on 15th June, given all previous Shin Megami Tensei 5 information has been announced during Nintendo events. The Shin Megami Tensei 5 trailer released last July is below:
PlayStation 5 exclusive Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart weighs in at a nimble 33GB.
That's 33.618GB, to be exact, according to Twitter account @PlaystationSize.
I expected Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart to take up more of my PS5 SSD, so it comes as a welcome surprise to see Insomniac's adventure arrive on the smaller side.
Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro's The Good Life is delayed once again.
Publisher Playism, which specialises in bringing indie games from Japan - including Touhou Luna Nights, Fight Crab, La-Mulana 2, Bright Memory, and DEEEER Simulator - to the west, has picked up Swery's debt repayment RPG and announced an autumn release date on PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
The new trailer is below:
The Medium has been rated for PlayStation 5.
Gematsu spotted The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has rated The Medium for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series (presumably that means Xbox Series X and S).
Bloober Team's well-received third-person psychological horror game The Medium launched digitally for Xbox Series X and S and PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store in January, as well as via Xbox Game Pass.
Sonic creator Yuji Naka has confirmed his exit from Square Enix, and said he may retire.
In a tweet, Naka said he left Square Enix at the end of April. Balan Wonderworld, which Naka directed and Square Enix published on multiple platforms in March, flopped at retail. It sold less than 2100 copies in its opening week in Japan, and failed to make the top 40 in the UK physical chart.
On his departure from Square Enix, Naka said: "I can't talk about the reason now, but I hope I can talk about it when the time comes. As for future activities, I'm 55 years old, so I may retire."
We treat some video games as one-and-done experiences but others we can’t get enough of even after the credits roll. No matter what new experiences fall into our laps, there are certain games we find our way back to again and again, either to find new secrets, to improve our skills, or simply because they offer a warm blanket of familiarity. So what games have we, the Game Informer staff, completed the most times? Read on to find out and feel free to share your most played games down in the comments!
Game: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Playthrough Count: 30-35 (or more)
I don’t replay games very often, especially as I’ve gotten older. That’s due to both shrinking free time and an increasing disposable income to buy more games. That’s not a flex. I was a broke kid, so once I got my first job at 16 and could finally buy my own stuff, I began valuing new experiences more than revisiting old ones, even those that I absolutely adore. As a kid, things were different. I generally didn’t get new games, or anything for that matter, until the end of the year for Christmas and my birthday (which is in November). Thus, I replayed games ad nauseam and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 saw more return trips than anything else.
If you’re a Kotaku regular, you’re likely familiar with our long-running Here’s Another Pokémon series, curated by our stalwart weekend editor, Zack Zweizen. Zack’s taking some well-earned time off this weekend, which means I’m taking the reins today. (Sorry in advance, but also, cue maniacal laughter.) That also…
This alluring Keqing garage kit was shown off at Wonder Festival Shanghai 2021.
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It’s stellar in parts, phenomenally clunky in others, and a fully accurate translation of the book’s flaws
Translator Janet Hsu on the challenges in localizing this long-awaited release
Jim Mickle and Beth Schwartz dig into the origins of their Netflix series
Today Alice in Dissonance released a new trailer of its upcoming visual novel fault – milestone two side: below.
The game was originally announced in 2020 and then delayed to spring this year. Now it has been delayed once more to the fall of 2021.
Here’s an explanation shared by the developer:
“We planned on Q1 and we hoped for spring/summer but it’s taking a bit longer than expected. Sorry, we’re really bad at guessing these time frames, but the game IS coming along quite nicely and we are 100% confident this won’t turn out like StP where we’re stuck in the water. It will come this year (2021), so please just hold on just a bit longer!”
You can watch the trailer itself below.
Today CFK announced that a legendary Touhou Project doujin game is coming back. Koumajou Remilia Scarlet Symphony will be released for PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch.
The side-scrolling action game by Frontier Aja, titled in Japanese Koumajou Densetsu: Akeiro no Koukyoukyoku and also known as “Touhouvania” among the fans, was originally released on Windows PC at Comiket 76 all the way back in 2009.
The new release on Steam and Switch will come within 2021 and will feature several upgrades. It will include English, French, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese(Simplified and Traditional) support.
You can check out the trailer of Koumajou Remilia Scarlet Symphony and an official description below.
Today CFK announced that TALESshop’s popular dating simulator Miracle Snack Shop is coming for Nintendo Switch.
The game was released in 2018 by Korean developer TALESshop for PC and is already available on Steam but soon you’ll be able to play it on Nintendo’s portable console.
Miracle Snack Shop will launch on Switch in 2021 with Korean voices and English, Korean, and Japanese subtitles.
Below you can watch a trailer and read an official description.
Fully Voiced Dating Simulation
Try to find love while managing a Korean snack shop.Manage your own snack shop as you try to win love and success! Feel the characters’ emotions as you listen to the Korean voice acting in this detailed visual novel.
Due to financial troubles, our main character is gifted his own snack shop.
But one day, a mysterious portal appears in the attic apartment, and a queen from an icy realm jumps through!
How are you going to balance love and business as the story plays out before your eyes?!
The Core i5 11400F has emerged as something of an unlikely champion in the wake of Intel's Rocket Lake S launch. The upper end of Intel's new lineup is certainly performant, but for many buyers the value simply isn't there while discounted 10th-gen equivalents are still available (especially when the 10900K's extra cores give it an outright lead over its successor for content creation workloads). So it's been the low and mid-range part of the stack that has garnered the most positive press, where Intel's roughly 20 percent gen-on-gen performance gains and more feature-rich B560 motherboards have created some pretty unreal value.
The Guerrilla Collective is a two-day livestream offering trailers and announcements of indie games. Its first day is happening right now, as I type this, while day two will happen next Saturday, June 12th. If you are looking for new indie games to be excited about, there's oodles and oodles of them here - for better and worse.
Somehow it’s June again, which means it’s almost time for E3 to start—and also, depending on who you ask (Sony, Sega, Blizzard), it’s already started. Still though, this must mean that several volcano bursts of white-hot excitement are just around the corner, right? You’d think, but after the year we just made it…
Playism announced it is now in charge of distributing the game.
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Today, during the Guerrilla Collective livestream, Neon Doctrine showcased quite a few games from its upcoming lineup.
First of all, we take a look at The Legend of Tianding, based on the story of one of Taiwan’s folk heroes. It’s coming in October 2021 for PC and Switch. It was actually announced a few days ago, but here you go.
Play as Liao Tianding (AKA. Liāu Thiam-Ting), vigilante of Taipei city and wanted by the Colonial Japanese authorities. Rob the rich, feed the poor, and fight for justice in the streets of early 20th century Taipei as Taiwan’s legendary outlaw.
Based on real events, real people and real situations, The Legend of Tianding is an exploration of a place and time often overlooked and presented in the style of Traditional Chinese Manga.
During the Guerrilla Collective livestream Next Stage and Dangen Entertainment showcased a new trailer of the 3D action game Ultra Age.
The game was actually revealed a while ago for PS4, but now we learn that it’ll be released this year published by Dangen.
It’s worth mentioning that the press release does not mention platforms. As a matter of fact, it clarified that more information about that (and release dates) will be shared soon.
You can check out the video, a few screenshots, and an official description of Ultra Age below.
During the Guerrilla Collective livestream, ThinkingStars revealed plenty of gameplay about its upcoming game ANNO: Mutationem.
The trailer showcased plenty of gameplay likely from the PC version, given the Steam popups.
You can watch it below for an update on what this beautiful game looks like nowadays.
If you’re unfamiliar with ANNO: Mutationem, it’s a game in development by Chinese studio ThinkingStars announced last year and then showcased once again later in the summer. It was originally presented for PS4 under the umbrella of Sony’s China Hero Project.
Below you can read an official description:
No More Heroes was an almost instant cult-classic when it was released for Wii back in 2008. That had less to do with it being an alright hack-and-slasher in which you fight assassins with a "beam katana", and more to do with its unusual sense of humour, otaku protagonist, and the fact you saved your progress by doing a poo.
Time to do a poo of your own. No More Heroes and its sequel No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle are coming to PC this week on June 9th.
Devolver Digital's yearly showcase streams have become a highlight of E3. Alice0 argued last year that their "self-indulgent and money-wasting spectacle" was particularly welcome in among the otherwise flat, endless expanse of notE3.
It's good news that Devolver are returning this E3, then. They'll broadcast an event during Summer Game Fest on Saturday, June 12th at 1:30pm PT/4:30pm ET/21:30pm BST.
An artist has filed a lawsuit against Capcom alleging that the game developer used her photography in games including Resident Evil 4 and Devil May Cry without permission. Polygon report that the lawsuit includes over 100 pages of documentation highlighting places in different Capcom games that allegedly use these photographs, including the Resident Evil 4 logo.
Last week, Kotaku’s Zack Zweizen and I teamed up for a few rounds of Knockout City. I played fairly well. Zack, on the other hand, crushed it, even ending one match with a jaw-dropping positive-15 KD. Sadly, save for the screenshots we both snapped in shock after the fact, there’s no way to tangibly commemorate…
It’s officially E3 season. Between the marquee E3 pressers (Microsoft, Square Enix, Ubisoft, et cetera) and individual events from publishers gone E3-rogue (what’s up, Sony?), you can catch a handful of events focusing on smaller games. The first of those, at least per the calendar, is the Guerrilla Collective, which…
The new trailer features a theme song from Kamen Joshi.
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During the Guerrilla Collective livestream, 2Awesome Studio and Critical Reflex showcased a new trailer of the action-platformer Aeon Drive.
This lovely pixel art game releases on Steam and consoles in 2021, and it’s a super-fast game that prompts you to save the world in a 30-second loop. It also supports 4-player co-op.
You can check it out in action below. A demo is already available on Steam.
Here’s how the developers describe Aeon Drive,
“Rush through the cyberpunk landscapes of Neo Barcelona in Aeon Drive, an action-platformer with a speedrunning twist! Whether solo or with up to 4 friends, sprint and dash through many areas of the neon-infused city – and use your time and space-bending abilities to get ahead.
Set in the neon-colored landscape of Neo Barcelona, Aeon Drive is an action platformer with a speedrunning twist!
During the Guerrilla Collective livestream, Good Shepherd Entertainment and Ace Team presented a new gameplay trailer of The Eternal Cylinder.
The video showcases the desert, which is one of the several biomes included in the game.
The Eternal Cylinder has caught my eye quite a while ago due to how weird and cute it looks, and the new trailer does not disappoint on both fronts.
You can watch it below.
The Eternal Cylinder comes later this year for PS4, Xbox One, and PC via the Epic Games Store.
You can also check out a story trailer providing an introduction to the world and its inhabitants, recent footage from the beta, and more gameplay.
Today, during the Guerrilla Collective livestream, StudioInkyFox revealed anew trailer of its adorable single player adventure game Omno.
I say a “studio” but InkyFox is actually one person, Jonas Manke, which makes what you’ll see in the trailer even more impressive.
And yes, apparently, you can ride dragons. How’s that for awesome?
The game is coming this summer for Xbox One, PS4, PC, and Nintendo Switch.
A demo is already available on Steam alongside a prologue chapter for the game, in case you want to sink your teeth into it immediately.
Here’s how the developer describes the game.
“Omno whisks you away on a journey of discovery through an ancient world of wonders. It’s a single-player adventure full of puzzles, secrets, and obstacles to overcome.
