This new outdoor attraction will put attendees in the role of a Pokemon researcher.
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**chants** Twilight marathon, Twilight marathon, Twilight marathon!
Nixxes Software is now part of the ‘PlayStation family’
Suing a video game rom site and being awarded $2.1 million in damages doesn’t mean much if the defendant can’t pay. Apparently, Nintendo’s having trouble collecting from RomUniverse founder Matthew Storman, who’s already missed a $50 monthly sanctions payment to the video game publisher.
After yesterday’s industry-wide discussion of the cost of being visible on Sony’s PlayStation Store, Kotaku has heard from multiple independent developers and publishers expressing similar frustrations and fury.
Bandai Namco has released a new video of its upcoming cross-generation JRPG Tales of Arise.
The video has the developers talk about the battle system and the character design of the game, while showing gameplay, artwork, and more.
You can check it out below.
Tales of Arise is coming on September 10 (September 9 in Japan) for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is one of the longest-running shonen series out there, and a big reason for its longevity is its Stands.
Representing the spirit of the people who wield them, these psychedelic astral projections are as stylish as they are powerful. Almost every one of them is memorable to some degree, and fans across the globe have at least one or two they like above every other one available.
You’re probably one such person, but a question has arisen in regards to the series’ iconic spirits: Which stand would you have if you were in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure based on your personality?
Well, worry not, because we’re here to help you figure out the answer to that. Below are a series of questions that will piece together your profile, allowing us to determine which of the series’ more popular stands you’d be worthy of wielding.
Now then, without further ado, let’s get to the quiz.
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Today head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst took to Twitter to announced that another studio has joined Sony’s lineup.
This time around it’s Utrecht, Netherlands-based developer Nixxes Software.
While it may not be as well-known as Housemarque or Bluepoint, Nixxes has a long history of supporting other studios with ports or games like Marvel’s Avengers, the Tomb Raider series, the Deus Ex series, and the Hitman series.
You can find the announcement below.
At the moment, we don’t know the role that Nixxes will cover at PlayStation Studios, and if it’ll preserve its dedication to ports.
Spider-Man: Miles Morales is already one of the best-looking games on PS5, but it’s about to perform even better thanks to the launch of a new patch today. Developer Insomniac Games has detailed a brief list of changes over on its official website, which not includes general stability fixes but “improvements to ray-traced reflection quality in the performance RT graphics mode.”
Here’s an overview of the changes:
General Fixes & Polish
Like many modern AAA games, Spider-Man: Miles Morales offers two different graphical modes, with one focusing on fidelity and resolution and the other on a higher framerate and smooth performance. Today’s update improves the ray-tracing on the latter, which was actually added after the game’s launch. Moving forward, though, there won’t be as severe a loss in fidelity –specifically, ray-tracing performance– when opting for framerate as there was previously.
So, you can look forward to all those puddles looking extra glossy while still sloshing about a 60 fps!
Spider-Man: Miles Morales has been a huge critical and commercial success for PlayStation having sold 4.1 million copies in its first six months.
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Good news for anyone particularly attached to their Valheim buildings, as developer Iron Gate has tweaked the AI to make monsters slightly less keen on smashing up structures.
Iron Gate recently made a change to enemy AI that made monsters much more aggressive towards buildings, and players started to complain the monsters had become a bit too rowdy. Enemies were seen running past players to destroy their buildings instead, while some monsters became so confused about what they should be attacking that they essentially froze in place. I checked the patch out for myself and discovered local greydwarfs had stripped our village walls of decorations, while a run-in with a troll ended in disaster when it became a bit too interested in my friend's treehouse:
In any case, it seems Iron Gate noticed the AI change was causing a fair bit of chaos, and the AI has been tweaked once again to solve the problems.
Sony has announced that Nixxes will join its growing family of PlayStation Studios.
The Netherlands-based Nixxes has a track record of working on the PC and console versions of multiplatform projects, and in recent years has worked with Square Enix on Marvel's Avengers, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and the Tomb Raider franchise.
PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst announced the acquisition this afternoon, just two days after the confirmation that Sony had also snapped up Returnal studio Housemarque. Exactly how much Nixxes cost is being kept confidential.
BioWare considered making a spacefaring Mass Effect spin-off for Nintendo DS.
The project, named Mass Effect: Corsair, would have been a first-person space adventure where you piloted a ship around the galaxy's lawless regions.
Details have come to light now from former BioWare veteran Mark Darrah, as part of a MinnMax interview (thanks IGN).
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"You can't fight crime if you ain't cute" is a gem from the show Reno 911 that I live my life by, don't judge, and in Diablo 4, I can keep that montage going strong in the gaming-verse. For the first time in the franchise's history, players will be able to completely customize their toon the way they want, making the world of Diablo more immersive than ever before. Recreate yourself, make an atrocity - dealer's choice!
John Mueller, the art director for the game, took to the Blizzard blog to go into more detail about the character art in the upcoming game. Beyond just the characters, he also confirmed that they took tailoring the experience to the next level by adding in character customization options beyond the transmog for gear seen previously. In the post, Mueller opened up about why they've taken a slightly different approach this time around with the art style of the game, including how characters look and interact with one another.
Earlier in June, Xbox unveiled a few different versions of exclusive Space Jam-themed wireless controllers. Now the team is adding to that Space Jam love by teaming up with Nike for a new shoe to celebrate the upcoming film. To sweeten the pot a little bit, another new Space Jam controller has been revealed that pairs with the new sneaker via the Nike SNKRS app.
Warner Bros. Nike, and Xbox have just unveiled the Space Jam: A New Legacy sneaker bundle that comes with a Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote Nike LeBron 18 Low and an exclusive pairing Xbox Wireless Controller. "Taking inspiration from Wile E, Road Runner and the LeBron 18 Lows, the Xbox design team set out to tell a deeper story and bring together the controller and sneakers in a scene representative of the classic Looney Tunes rivalry., said Xbox principal designer Elliot Hsu in the latest Xbox Wire blog post.
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Because you're a lovely little sausage and have chosen to support us, we're doing a monthly podcast just for you. It's an Electronic Wireless Show extra, featuring the usual cast of myself, Matthew "Dad Pod" Castle and Nate "The Shatterpillar" Crowley (I do not have a nickname do not even try). But the twist is: we put Nate in charge.
Codenamed The Nate Files, each of these podstras features Nate giving a tangent free reign. This month: the history of glass aquariums. It is both educational and ridiculous. Matthew is pleased at the glass-banging possibilities presented by history.
There are significant performance upgrades in the pipeline for Microsoft Flight Simulator. The good news was stealthily announced on a livestream by developer Asobo's CEO Sebastian Wloch. He showed off the engine tweaks that take the turbulence out of the simulator’s flight path. Smoother performance, better frame rates and fewer resources will all be implemented by the end of July.
When WitcherCon was first announced last month, I very much thought it would be some silly thing to capitalise on the success of Netflix's The Witcher series (and, I mean, it still kinda is). But now the full schedule has been revealed, it actually sounds like a pretty good time. On the 9th and 10th of July, the virtual Witcher-themed event will hold panels with the likes of Henry Cavill, chatting about deep lore, trivia, quizzes and updates on the upcoming Witcher TV shows.
The original Asus ROG Claymore was my gateway to the world of mechanical keyboards, converting my love of soft, squishy membranes into a new currency of cold, hard clackedy clacks. I still look back on it with great affection, even though its high price prevented it from joining our list of best gaming keyboards at the time. Now, Asus are back with the ROG Claymore II, a new and refreshed wireless take on their classic compact keyboard.
Playing games at high refresh rates is one of the best things about being a PC gamer, but unless your monitor has some kind of variable refresh rate technology built in, you can often encounter unwanted stutter and screen-tearing. That's why we've compiled this list of the best G-Sync gaming monitors to help you find a great screen that eliminates those pesky defects. We've included a range of screen sizes and refresh rates here, from entry-level 1080p G-Sync screens to 4K G-Sync Ultimate ones. Whatever you're looking for, we've got you covered.
A Teppen 2nd Anniversary Pack gives people a skin that changes Jill Valentine into Nina from Breath of Fire. It also changes her Hero Arts.
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With the new system, Jason will be able to access areas obstructed by dimensional rupture.
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The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster trailer that Square Enix released and then pulled is once again online. It shows off all six games.
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The Streets of Rage 4 DLC release date and free update will both arrive in two weeks, adding new characters, Survival mode, and Mania+.
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This week’s Galaxy Brains considers Fast and Furious as a faith-based franchise
We shan’t spoil who or what it concerns; read on if ye dare
Mr. X Nightmare DLC will add tons of new stuff
Insomniac Games’ latest titles just got some upgrades
Eight months after release, it’s still extremely hard to get hold of a PS5. New stock sells out almost as quickly as it gets advertised, and the scarcity has led to some weird hijinks as companies try to capitalize on the hype. The latest one? Letting paid subscribers cut in line to order first.
Having spent some time percolating in the rumour pool (and occasionally leaking onto various ratings boards around the world), developer Sucker Punch's "director's cut" of its acclaimed open-world stealth-action game Ghost of Tsushima is now official, and coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on 20th August.
Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, as the new edition is formally known, features all the content from the original release, alongside a new chapter in protagonist Jin's story, which will see him travel to Tsushima's neighbouring island of Iki.
"In this new story," Sucker Punch explains on the PlayStation Blog, "Jin travels to the island to investigate rumours of a Mongol presence. But soon, he finds himself caught up in events with deeply personal stakes that will force him to relive some traumatic moments from his past."
It's no secret that Team Fortress 2 has a bit of a bot problem, but the game also has a community that really enjoys mid-match shenanigans - and the two combined today in one of the funniest posts about TF2 bots I've seen so far.
Reddit user 2Noel posted footage of an Attack/Defend match in which Blu team was pitted against a bunch of bots - normally not great news for those wanting to keep their heads on their shoulders. Yet the team decided to try a different tactic to just charging into battle, instead choosing to conga their way out of spawn and onto the control points. And surprisingly, it worked. Stay tuned for the satisfying bot slaughter at the end of the match:
The question you're probably asking right now is: why didn't the bots shoot the Blu team members? The answer, it seems, is that the bots are programmed to avoid shooting players who are using taunts and emotes. If you look closely at the video, you'll notice that players not engaged in the conga line (such as poor old atomdotdat) are instantly sniped by the bots, while the dancers remain unharmed.
Norse god and Disney+ star Loki is now available in Fortnite, resplendent in his original Avengers movie outfit. Sign up to the game's £10 Fortnite Crew subscription in June and you'll get Loki for yourself, horns and all.
But it is those horns which are causing a problem for some fans, who have said the mischievous god's headpiece simply blocks too much of their view.
I've played a few games now as Loki and haven't seen as much of an issue as the images being shared on reddit, such as the one below. I think this is probably angled to make the problem look as bad as possible, although yes, Loki's enormous helmet is certainly quite distracting.
Swedish virtual reality studio Fast Travel Games has raised $4 million in funding to develop new titles. ...
