Borderlands 3 has cross-play on PC, Mac, Xbox, and Stadia, but no PS4 or PS5 support The headliner of today’s...
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I have had two large burgers in the space of about 12 hours so I'm struggling to think about the present, let alone what I might be doing in the next couple of days. But there are a whole lot of games around the place aren't there? Especially with that there Steam Summer Sale. Why I'm sure we can find something to play between the lot of us.
CD Projekt and Netflix are set to hold the first ever WitcherCon next month - but don't expect the announcement of a brand new Witcher game.
The "digital convention" will be streamed at 6pm UK time on 9th July, and includes "deep dives" into the making of the Witcher games, the live action series and anime film. The WitcherCon teaser is below:
But, the official website warns, no new Witcher game will be announced.
There was once a Mass Effect movie in the works. In 2010 EA sold off the film rights to Legendary Pictures, with then BioWare bosses Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk set to work as executive producers alongside former Mass Effect chief Casey Hudson. But it failed to materialise. Why?
In a recent interview with Business Insider, BioWare lead writer Mac Walters explained what happened.
"It felt like we were always fighting the IP," he said. "What story are we going to tell in 90 to 120 minutes? Are we going to do it justice?"
The Demon Slayer game launches in this west this October, courtesy of publisher Sega.
Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles, the official video game of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime, launches in Europe and North America on 15th October. The new trailer in English is below:
The game launches on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One and PC via Steam.
Activision has defeated WWE wrestler Booker T in a Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 likeness lawsuit.
Booker T. Huffman claimed unlicensed use of his character 'G.I. Bro' with the character 'Prophet' from Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 in a lawsuit filed in February 2019.
The lawsuit revolved around a poster Booker T commissioned and used to promote his 2015 comic, G.I. Bro and the Dragon of Death. The comic stars a "special operations hero called G.I. Bro". Prophet, from 2018's Black Ops 4, is a "cybernetically enhanced soldier". The image below compares the two characters:
The Halo TV show will reportedly lose its showrunner after season one is over.
Variety reports lead showrunner Steven Kane will not return, should the show get picked up for a second season. Variety suggests a second season "seems likely... given the high-profile nature of the underlying IP and the high level of investment on ViacomCBS' part".
Kane has been in Budapest, where production of the Halo TV show is ongoing, for the past two years and wants to return to the states for "personal reasons".
Friday the 13th: The Game was set for an Among Us-style mode before a lawsuit blocked development.
That's according to Wes Keltner, CEO of Gun Media and one of the developers of Friday the 13th.
In a TwitLonger post, Keltner revealed a raft of content planned for the game before development was shut down in 2018 because of a messy Hollywood battle over ownership of the franchise.
Looking forward to a fourth year in operation.
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Valve's 2007 shooter Team Fortress 2 just broke its all-time concurrent players count.
According to Steam's official stats, the multiplayer FPS hit a peak of 151,253 concurrent players on Steam on Friday night.
The previous high was 147,360 concurrent players in December. At the time of this article's publication, Team Fortress 2 had 141,741 concurrent players on Steam.
Modders do incredible things with the video games we love. They build expansion-sized add-ons, issue performance fixes, and come up with the weird and wonderful to extend the life of games long since left behind by their original creators.
And then there's this, a Greggs in Far Cry 5.
Edinburgh-based artist Mojo Swoptops recreated our nation's sandwich shop in fine detail. It's got a Greggs-looking counter flanked not by fridges stuffed with sparsely-filled sandwiches but shelving units packed with fruit. The Greggs sign is pretty close, though.
Final Fantasy 14 is a game with a rich and storied history, spreading back across the generations to the PlayStation 3 era - and before that, to a 2010 PC release. Its status as an MMO separates it from Square-Enix's usual Final Fantasy offerings, but this game is very much worthy of its mainline series entry status. Today, we can play Final Fantasy 14 natively on PlayStation 5, but getting to the point of having a quality play experience on consoles seemed impossible when it first released, to the point where the game was even temporarily taken out of service. All of which brings us on to Digital Foundry video we're presenting today. Yes, you get to learn about Final Fantasy 14 on PS5 - and how it stacks up against PS4 and PS4 Pro offerings - but we go further, revisiting its misguided beginnings, its rebirth and its various expansions over the years.
We're very excited about this Final Fantasy 14 coverage. Marc 'Try4ce' Duddleson works on the excellent My Life in Gaming YouTube channel and occasionally guests on Digital Foundry - and despite not being a huge MMO fan, he absolutely loves Final Fantasy 14, having the authentic voice needed to assess the game as it is today and how it has evolved over the years. And in approaching this project, it's also been fascinating for the DF team to see how an experienced video producer gets to grip with our performance analysis tools and adapts the presentation to suit his vision for the project in hand.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition has certainly done the trick: it's rekindled a love of BioWare's original trilogy years after the games came out. But it's not just Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3 that are being judged once again. Fans are reappraising Mass Effect Andromeda, too.
2017's Mass Effect Andromeda endured a torrid time upon release, with clips of dialogue scenes descending into meme status. There were other areas of the game that came under fire, including its limited character creator, bugs and animation quirks.
Beyond that, though, Andromeda's missions, storyline and characters failed to set the world on fire. Without Commander Shepard, the Normandy and the original trilogy's cast of much-loved characters, Andromeda set out for a new galaxy, a new premise and new party members. I think it's fair to say it didn't stick the landing. Some thought the game was just okay, others considered it outright awful. Either way, Andromeda flopped and BioWare soon moved on, leaving it sequel-less.
Face off against the Oceanid, Primo Geovishap, and Maguu Kenki in special domains to win Primogems and other goodies.
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The director of Shaun of the Dead and Baby Driver explains how his fandom became a 140-minute documentary
Pro wrestler Booker T. Huffman has lost his lawsuit against publisher Activision over the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 character Prophet. Huffman had argued the in-game character looked very, very similar to G.I. Bro, a character from his early wrestling days. However, a jury disagreed.
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Swampert!
Indie developer Sabotage Studio just released another brand new teaser trailer of its upcoming turn-based RPG Sea of Stars.
The trailer is fairly brief as usual, but it does a good job in showcasing the many traversal options included in the game.
Sea of Stars, which is a prequel set in the universe of the developer’s The Messenger, has been funded with a very successful Kickstarter campaign and will feature music by Yasunori Mitsuda.
You can enjoy the video below.
Indie developer Sabotage Studio just released another brand new teaser trailer of its upcoming turn-based RPG Sea of Stars.
The trailer is fairly brief as usual, but it does a good job in showcasing the many traversal options included in the game.
Sea of Stars, which is a prequel set in the universe of the developer’s The Messenger, has been funded with a very successful Kickstarter campaign and will feature music by Yasunori Mitsuda.
You can enjoy the video below.
Atlus has released a new trailer of its upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V, focusing on one of its many demons.
We get to see Feng Huang (Houou in Japanese) in action, following the previous videos we saw over the past few days featuring Jack Frost, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Amanozako, Angel, Daimon, Mermaid, Mandrake, Arioch, and Kumbhanda.
You can watch the trailer below.
Atlus has released a new trailer of its upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V, focusing on one of its many demons.
We get to see Feng Huang (Houou in Japanese) in action, following the previous videos we saw over the past few days featuring Jack Frost, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Amanozako, Angel, Daimon, Mermaid, Mandrake, Arioch, and Kumbhanda.
You can watch the trailer below.
Today Sega released another video in English of a series dedicated to the characters of Judgment sequel Lost Judgment.
This time around it’s all about Kazuki Soma and his actor Hiroshi Tamaki, showcasing cutscenes and a presentation by Tamaki-san himself.
Kazuki Soma is the leader of an “hangure” gang named “RK” described as “underground thugs” in the video, but the concept is a bit more complex.
Hangure gangs aren’t exactly random thugs, as much as organized groups that usually fill the power vacuum left by the Yakuza.
Soma himself used to be a member of the Tojo Clan and a candidate for leadership before the group was disbanded, and his gang has made a name for itself in the struggle for control of the underworld in Kamurocho.
“Once a member of a disbanded yakuza organization, Soma takes the opportunity to unite Kamurocho’s underground into a network of thugs. What he intends to do with this power is not immediately clear.”
Lost Judgment releases globally on Sept. 24 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, & Xbox One.
Today Sega released another video in English of a series dedicated to the characters of Judgment sequel Lost Judgment.
This time around it’s all about Kazuki Soma and his actor Hiroshi Tamaki, showcasing cutscenes and a presentation by Tamaki-san himself.
Kazuki Soma is the leader of an “hangure” gang named “RK” described as “underground thugs” in the video, but the concept is a bit more complex.
Hangure gangs aren’t exactly random thugs, as much as organized groups that usually fill the power vacuum left by the Yakuza.
Soma himself used to be a member of the Tojo Clan and a candidate for leadership before the group was disbanded, and his gang has made a name for itself in the struggle for control of the underworld in Kamurocho.
“Once a member of a disbanded yakuza organization, Soma takes the opportunity to unite Kamurocho’s underground into a network of thugs. What he intends to do with this power is not immediately clear.”
Lost Judgment releases globally on Sept. 24 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, & Xbox One.
Today, during the Rage GBVS 2021 summer tournament, Cygames announced the last character of the Granblue Fantasy Versus character pass 2, and it’s Seox.
During the same event we also learned that the game passed 500,000 shipments worldwide.
The package, which will be included in the season pass or sold separately for $6.99, will include the following:
Perhaps even bigger news is that DLC support for the game won’t end when Seox releases on July 12, but more characters will be released, with the next to be revealed in August.
“Seox, sixth of the Eternals and master of the claw, strikes down his opponents with unrivaled speed. Marred by fate, he dons many masks—both physical and emotional—to obscure his true feelings. But this won’t stop him from pressing forward on his journey of atonement. He would venture to the ends of the skies, so long as he is one day able to reunite with the person he holds dear.”
Today, during the Rage GBVS 2021 summer tournament, Cygames announced the last character of the Granblue Fantasy Versus character pass 2, and it’s Seox.
During the same event we also learned that the game passed 500,000 shipments worldwide.
The package, which will be included in the season pass or sold separately for $6.99, will include the following:
Perhaps even bigger news is that DLC support for the game won’t end when Seox releases on July 12, but more characters will be released, with the next to be revealed in August.
“Seox, sixth of the Eternals and master of the claw, strikes down his opponents with unrivaled speed. Marred by fate, he dons many masks—both physical and emotional—to obscure his true feelings. But this won’t stop him from pressing forward on his journey of atonement. He would venture to the ends of the skies, so long as he is one day able to reunite with the person he holds dear.”
Since it was released back in 2009, Minecraft has been updated many, many, many times. Over the years, fans have started working together to find these past versions. Most have been easy to find. But one version, Alpha 1.1.1, was thought to be completely lost until a random tweet from a decade ago led to it being…
In Everyday Today's Menu for Emiya Family, people get a relaxing chance to cook with the charming Saber, Sakura, and Rin a little each day.
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In Everyday Today's Menu for Emiya Family, people get a relaxing chance to cook with the charming Saber, Sakura, and Rin a little each day.
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Third-party developers had quite a few new releases and assets of new add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator to share today.
Nemeth Designs released a brand new aircraft, the Yakovlev Yak-8T for those interested in some healthy Soviet-era radial power.
It’s available at the developer’s own store for $19.49.
Below you can check out a lot of images and a product description.
“It is widely used as a sport aerobatic airplane both inside and outside the former USSR. It is powered by a 268-298 kW (360-400 hp) Vedeneyev M14P radial engine. Compared with other four-seat light aircraft the Yak-18T is only a little wider and longer but it is much heavier and is equipped with a considerably more powerful engine. The Yak-18T has strong construction, aerobatic capability and responsive handling characteristics and its performance and handling capabilities far exceed its western counterparts. When performing aerobatics, the solid airframe is rated to withstand G-loads from +6G down to -3G.
The Yak-18T was designed with versatility in mind so it can land on paved and unpaved surfaces, take off from noticeably short fields and it’s landing capability allows easy access to shorter runways. Its rate of climb is between 1000 and 2000 feet per minute. It is a big, aerobatic capable, four-seater with retractable landing gears that can be found throughout the Eastern Bloc countries working as trainer, transport, air-ambulance aircraft, aerial photography platform, pipeline patroller and more.”
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On Friday, over 151k players (and let’s be honest, probably some bots too) were all playing Team Fortress 2 at the same time. This is the first time in the history of the game that so many concurrent users have been playing TF2 since the game launched back in 2007.
It might be June, but I won’t be getting rid of my goofy skeletons and creepy smoke machine in Fallout 76, thank you very much.
The game also reached 500K sales worldwide across PC and PS4.
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GOG are giving away the Shadowrun Trilogy - which includes Returns, Dragonfall and Hong Kong - if you signup to their newsletter before Monday. That's a lot of quality cyberpunk RPGs for free.
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I, @zombiepie, am once again honored to be your host as we look back and enjoy the best user-created works from the previous week. Whelp, we certainly survived E3 2021. The event has come and gone and despite all of the digital-only weirdness, it mostly succeeded in what it set out to do. It got people talking about video games and provided a handful of major companies a platform to showcase their best stuff. It was certainly awkward at time, but I would take that awkwardness over not having any form of E3. The other big highlight of the week was Giant Bomb's collaboration with GameSpot to raise money for the AbleGamers Charity. Many thanks for those who were able to donate, and many more thanks to RedVentures chipping in to help the event get past its fundraising goal, but more on that in a little bit. With all of that in mind, let's jump into the site-related housekeeping!
Dads. Love or hate ‘em, they are a part of this crazy world. Or something. Look, I just drank a big can of Monster Zero way too fast. Let’s get to the awards and stuff.
Though the conclusion of the plot does not appear in-game as a cut-scene, Save the Queen has wrapped up, according to the writer.
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The new trailer shows the mythological bird obliterating Mermaids with Fire Breath.
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Kadokawa Games released a new trailer and assets for Demon Gaze Extra, the return of the original Demon Gaze for PS Vita.
The video showcases the opening cutscene which comes with rearranged music and showcases the game’s rich cast.
The cast is also at the center of the images, that includes many of the characters that we’ll meet during our adventure.
Kadokawa Games has released a new video, a new image, and new details about its upcoming strategy simulation JRPG Relayer.
Thanks to this new set of assets, we learn more about the AI Pluto and we hear from his voice actress, Asami Sanada. Incidentally, during our recent interview with Kadokawa Games president Yoshimi Yasuda, he confirmed that Pluto is, in, fact, male, despite being voiced by a lady.
From the tweets, we learn that Pluto is the management AI of the hypergravity starship Asterism. He is in charge of a wide range of tasks including administration, observation, and electronic warfare. He is in good terms with Terra’s partner AI, Yodaka.
Speaking of Sanada-san, you may know her for her roles as Sayless in YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World, Muzét in Tales of Xillia, and Kurumi Tokisaki in the Date A Live series.
You can check everything out below.
