July 2021

Demon Slayer may have only had one season and a movie adapted so far, but that hasn’t stopped fans from loving the series, due in special part to its cool characters. And while Tanjiro, Nezuko, Inosuke, and Zenitsu will always be best boys and girl, Fire Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku has quickly shot up the ranks amongst the fanbase because of his awesome design, combat prowess, and eccentric nature.

As a way of commemorating the Demon Slayer character’s quick rise to popularity, Woodart Vietnam recently made an amazing wood carving of Rengoku. And as you can see in the video below, it came out absolutely amazing.

Over the course of 28 days, Woodart Vietnam created the piece above, which they titled Demon Slayer: Rengoku Wood Carving – Glowing Tiger Flame. In total, they used three different types of wood to create the statue: Redwood and Jack Fruitwood to make the Tiger flame and mahogany to make the body of Rengoku. Three color combinations were also added to make the statue really pop.

The 20th anniversary of Fullmetal Alchemist is right around the corner. A special stream is airing next week to provide a “big announcement,” and we’ve got a bit of a wishlist of new FMA content that we’d give an arm and a leg to see.

A Continuation of the Story

Fullmetal Alchemist didn’t overstay its welcome with a long, drawn-out plot, and that’s a huge positive. However, it did end with many characters alluding to events in their futures that we were never able to see.

Earlier today during the Nacon Connect 2021 livestream, we got a look at a handful of new games and trailers from the French video games publisher and hardware manufacturer. You’ll be able to find all of the trailers from the event down below along with a video of the full livestream.

To start out the show, Benoit Clerc, head of publishing at Nacon introduced the stream and led into the new trailer for Vampire the Masquerade Swansong.

Big Bad Wolf Studio showed off some beta gameplay for the new game. You’ll be able to pick up Vampire the Masquerade Swansong on PS4, PS5 Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC starting in Feb. 2022.

Daedalic Entertainment’s Harold Riegler (Producer) went into detail on the Lord of the Rings Gollum video game they’re working on. It’s set to release in Fall of 2022, but the platforms were not detailed.

Abrakam Entertainment had a new trailer for the Roguebook Gem Mine DLC coming soon to PC. No specific date was mentioned.

Hexate showcased a short trailer re-revealing their new game, Ad Infinitum, coming to PC and consoles in 2023. The specific consoles were not detailed.

After that, pro skateboarder Daewon Song talked about his inclusion in Crea-ture Studios skateboarding game, Session, coming to PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. If you want to try it out now, the game is also available on Xbox Game Preview and Steam Early Access.

Up next, President of Spiders, Jehanne Rousseau showed off some alpha gameplay of their souls-like game titled Steelrising. The game is planned for a June 2022 launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

Eko Software had a short teaser trailer for Rugby 2022, which is set to launch in Jan. 2022 for PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.

Regardless of what console you own, there is no denying that Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is one of the most impressive-looking games to come out in 2021. The characters, scenery, and overall performance make for one beautiful action-adventure game.

To celebrate how gorgeous Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart looks, one fan decided to try their hand at recreating aspects of it in the game creation system Dreams. As you can see in the video below, Youtuber Bad Robo did an excellent job at making Ratchet and Clank: Dreamsaround.

In a Twitter thread describing their Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Dreams creation, Bad Robo described the technical aspects for creating the game, which you can see below.

• Ratchet’s character has 39 gameplay thermo and 29 graphics.
• The level works in performance mode on PS5 and has occasional drops below 60fps.
• The entire level without Mega Penguin has 90 graphics and gameplay thermo.
• 70% of the vegetation is moving.

What did you think of this awesome creation? Have you found any other great Dreams examples recently that you’d like to share? Be sure to let us know in the comments below.

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Xbox took its fandom back to the mid-90s with its latest Xbox All Access announcement. The sultry R&B crew All-4-One made a music video appearance. A remix of their Grammy-winning hit,  “I Swear,” emphasized the latest post on the official Xbox website. 

Bogdan Bilan, Senior Marketing Manager at Xbox All Access, wrote, “In the music video, shot and edited in a nostalgic ‘90s-style, the band takes us on a journey from reminiscing about our favorite gaming experiences and memories of years past to those waiting for us on Xbox Series X|S with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. Aptly narrated by the band with custom lyrics centered on Xbox All Access, “It’s All There” highlights the benefits and ease of your all-inclusive pass to Xbox.” You can watch the hilarious music video above.

Daedalic Entertainment first revealed The Lord of the Rings: Gollum back in 2019. An uncanny deep dive into Middle Earth’s expansive narrative, The Lord of the Rings: Gollum gives players full control over one of the franchise’s most iconic characters: Sméagol. A new trailer was posted on Twitter today that showcased vivid locations that will be explorable, new and classic heroes and villains, and brief snippets of stealth/parkour gameplay.

The One Ring’s thrall becomes an unlikely protagonist in The Lord of the Rings: Gollum. Take a new look at the game with developer Daedalic Entertainment pic.twitter.com/qi5J1QTDTZ

Chilean developers ACE Team have made a great many lovely games, but their most visually striking remains first-person brawlers Zeno Clash and its sequel. The series has remained dormant since 2013 - until now. At tonight's Nacon Connect, they announced Clash: Artifacts Of Chaos, a new game set in Zeno Clash's world. There's a new trailer below.

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Spiders - the French studio behind the scrappy but lovable RPG likes of GreedFall and The Technomacer - has shared first gameplay footage of its offbeat new action-RPG, Steelrising.

Steelrising, if you're unfamiliar, features a deliciously high-concept premise, unfolding in a heavily reimagined version of 18th century Paris, where players are cast as Aegis, one of Marie Antoinette's automaton bodyguards, and charged with tracking down their maker in a bid to stop Louis XVI's army of rogue robots.

Steelrising got its big reveal last summer, when Spiders shared a wonderfully atmospheric teaser trailer offering a glimpse of Paris' battle-ravaged streets and glorious automaton creations. And now, following a second cinematic trailer in June, the developer has provided a first look at Steelrising's gameplay, predominantly focussing on its flashy third-person combat.

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It's been quite some time since iconic 80s action-movie antihero RoboCop had a video game to call his own (he last appeared on PC and consoles over 18 years ago, re-emerging with a free-to-play mobile offering in 2014), but it's been revealed everybody's favourite cyborg security professional will be making a long-awaited gaming comeback in RoboCop: Rogue City.

RoboCop: Rogue City, which is set for release on PC and currently unannounced consoles some time in 2023, is the work of developer Teyon (the studio responsible for the critically savaged Terminator: Resistance and Rambo: The Video Game), and will feature an "original story" based on the events of the first three RoboCop films.

Beyond the fact that players will take on the role of RoboCop himself - "Become the iconic hero whose [sic] part man, part machine, all cop as you attempt to bring justice to the dangerous, crime-ridden streets of Old Detroit in RoboCop: Rogue City," teases publisher Nacon in its press release - specifics are currently a little scarce.

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RoboCop is making a comeback in video games with a brand-new title, RoboCop: Rogue City. The newly-announced action game is slated to launch in 2023 for yet-to-be-specified consoles and PC.

Rogue City sees good-cop-turned-cyborg Alex Murphy take on bad guys in an original story that draws on elements from the three classic films. Unfortunately, since the game’s release is pretty far out, there’s no insight on what gameplay entails. Development of Rogue City is being handled by Teyon, who previously shipped Terminator: Resistance in January 2020 (it also released an enhanced PS5 version this past April). Nacon and MGM will handle publisher duties.

“We're delighted to be teaming up with MGM to offer a new vision of a popular franchise that was created over 30 years ago. This game is the perfect fit to pursue our aim of offering different gaming experiences to the widest possible audience," said Nacon CEO Alain Falc in a press release.

Look, I know some of you like Aiden Pearce and the original Watch_Dogs. I've seen you on Twitter talking about how it was grittier than the games that followed. You thought Aiden was dark and haunted, like a Batman who fell down a well and landed in a cave filed with baseball caps.

I happen to think you're wrong, but I'm happy for you, really. The new Watch Dogs: Legion Bloodline DLC is out now, and it adds a bearded Capman to the most recent of Ubisoft's hackfests.

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We've seen a handful of videos of SteelRising already. The new game from middling RPG specialists Spiders is set during an alternate history 18th century Paris, one filled with robots. It's a setting that lets you write fun sentences, like explaining that you play as Aegis, the automaton bodyguard for Marie Antoinette.

Below is the first time we've seen the game's combat in action, though.

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The revival of the Test Drive Unlimited series was announced last year with footage of a developer talking and an unfinished 3D car model. Now we're one step closer to a game existing: there's a new CG trailer below, which reveals the game's setting is Hong Kong.

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Publisher Nacon has delayed the release of Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong. Originally scheduled to arrive this year, the narrative RPG is now due to launch on Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PS4, PS5, and PC in February 2022.

Swansong, which was announced back in 2019, is the work of Big Bad Wolf, the studio behind episodic adventure game The Council, and places players into the shoes of three different vampires, each belonging to a different clan within the vampire sect of The Camarilla.

"Weaving between their intertwined tales," Nacon explained at the time of Swansong's reveal, "the player has to confront the different points of view of his characters to unravel fact from fiction. With whispers of conspiracy, murder and power struggles, the player must protect his clan, discover the truth and above all enforce the Masquerade, the vampire law designed to conceal the existence of creatures of the night from humans."

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People will be able to pick up the Danganronpa Decadence games separately or all together in December.

The post The Danganronpa Decadence Release Date Falls in December appeared first on Siliconera.

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Ninja Gaiden protagonist Ryu Hayabusa deals with a lot of bullshit in the iconic NES platformer from 1989, so it only makes sense that he would obliterate everything in his path en route to finding his father’s killer. But speedrunners, the crazy people that they are, have devised a way to beat the game without…

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Following the Ubisoft Forward showing at E3 2021, fans of Watch Dogs Legion are understandably excited about the arrival of the latest update for the futuristic hackathon. After all, it will bring two familiar faces back into the fold of DedSec. Now, the wait is over. The Bloodline expansion for Watch Dogs Legion is now available alongside Title Update 5.

In a new trailer spotlighting the different features of the DLC, there is plenty for players to look forward to. The Bloodline expansion will see new story missions coming to Watch Dogs Legion, starring both Aiden Pearce from the original game, as well as Wrench from Watch Dogs 2.

Bloodline will also bring new abilities to Watch Dogs Legion for both Pearce and Wrench. The former can count on his slow-motion aiming, while the latter has his custom drone to do some damage. A new enemy type in the form of Rempart Robots will add to the chaos. Both characters can be added to the DedSec crew, and you will be able to count on them in both singleplayer or online gameplay.

Season pass holders can get access immediately, and if you are intrigued, the expansion is also available for individual purchase. Title Update 5 will require about 45GB of space, so make sure you have the storage before attempting to enhance your Watch Dogs Legion experience.

Today Spike Chunsoft announced the release date for the Danganronpa Decadence collection for Nintendo Switch.

It will release on Dec. 3, 2021, including Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Anniversary Edition, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Anniversary Edition, and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Anniversary Edition, and the brand-new board game Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp.

The compilation will be priced at $59.99 and pre-orders are available right now at several retailers.

There will also be a Collector’s Edition priced at $99.99 including the following.

• Danganronpa Decadence – Danganronpa 1, 2, V3, and brand-new title Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp on one game card.
• 10th Anniversary Poster – 18×24″ cloth poster featuring brand-new art of Shuichi, Nagito, and Kyoko drawn by Danganronpa character designer Rui Komatsuzaki.
• Remix OST – Special edition! Danganronpa music producer Masafumi Takada pours his heart and soul into this 10-track remixed soundtrack.
• Danganronpa Lenticular Print Set – 3 lenticular prints displaying cover art and characters from the Danganronpa series.
• Collector’s Outer Box – Sleek, 9x7x1.38″ premium pop-lid metal box perfect for display for any Danganronpa fan.

Below you can check out the editions and a few new screenshots for Danganronpa Decadence. If you want to see more, you can enjoy the announcement trailer from E3.

Even as we move into the latest generation of videogame hardware with the PS5 and the Xbox Series X|S, the love for all things retro is still very apparent among the community. It harkens back to the days where graphics are not always that important, and gameplay remains the top priority. Now, if you are seeking such a trip down memory lane, publisher Incube8 Games and developers Carmelo Electronics have you covered with the announcement of Pine Creek, a Game Boy Color game coming out in October 2021.

You read that right, Pine Creek will be a physical release of a Game Boy Color cartridge in 2021. An adventure made for a more mature audience, this murder-mystery adventure will transport players to a small town where ritual killings have been taking place. A young girl has also disappeared, sparking concerns that a cult may be behind all of the shenanigans.

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness is a brand new CGI animated series based on Capcom’s popular survival horror franchise, and it’s set to air on Netflix on July 9. To hype up the release of the series this week, Netflix has just released a clip from an episode featuring Leon himself.

You can check out the clip down below:

In the clip, we get to see Leon showing up at the White House to help an agent with dispatching a zombie. Soon after, he works with several other agents to cover the White House to try to keep it secure. The events of Infinite Darkness take place some time after Resident Evil 2, and also features Claire Redfield as a co-protagonist.

We haven’t seen all that much of Claire just yet, but we do know that she’s working with TerraSave and eventually teams up with Leon to uncover another conspiracy.

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness is set to premiere on Netflix on July 9.

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GameStop decided to meet the gamers where they live today, opening a new Discord server where thousands are coming together under the enriching banner of a video game retailer. The community launched without a filter, as evidenced by a torrent of the n-word flooding chat on Tuesday night. The moment I first peeked…

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Today Level-5 opened a developer recruiment page seeking new employees to work on a new JRPG.

The page doesn’t provide any specific information, but it does show what appears to be concept art.

We don’t know platforms or release windows, so we’ll have to wait until we hear further from Level-5 itself.

You can check it out below and see if it sparks your interest.

Back in December 2020, Level-5 president Akihiro Hino had teased that a new game was in development, and it’s possible that this is the one.

Square Enix has been teasing something special for Final Fantasy XI’s 20th anniversary for quite some time now. While we’re still fresh in year 19, the countdown to year 20 has begun with the launch of a new website that will serve as a hub of sorts for the celebration. Called “We Are Vana’diel“, the new website will house a variety of content that current and former players should find interesting.

Final Fantasy XI Producer Akihiko Matsui kicks off the website with the first update and promises that future updates will come alongside content that will celebrate 20 years of Square Enix’s first MMORPG.

We Remember Vana’diel goes through a chronological history of the game and is filled with new insights and notes from the developers that worked on it. We Discuss Vana’diel will be a space where Matsui will interview special guests, with Final Fantasy XI’s original producer Hiromichi Tanaka kicking off the series. Finally, there is also We Illustrate Vana’diel which is a space where Square Enix plans to house illustrations released throughout the years starting with the work of the legendary Yoshitaka Amano.

To be a great animator like Hayao Miyazaki, you need to be able to notice the tiniest things. The power of observation is key in drawing. Masaaki Endo, who worked on My Neighbor Totoro as a key animator, recently told a story explaining just how good Hayao Miyazaki was at picking up small details.

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