It has not been an easy time for No Man’s Sky. After what can only be described as Molyneux-levels of unrealistic pre-release hype from developer Hello Games’ lead, Sean Murray, reality crashed down hard when it was released in August 2016. Inevitably it was review-bombed on Steam, and that legacy has haunted it ever…
Berserk Volume 41 will get a normal and special edition release.
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Witch shop game Potion Craft is ready to open for business this month. I'll admit right now that I've already played two different versions of Potion Craft so far this year and I'm well up for being experimented on again. The rather neat crafting and haggling game is going the early access route, taking time to expand the shop simulation elements while adding in new ingredients and potion effects for you to discover and unlock. It's headed to early access on September 21st and you can hop in to try the demo again until the 17th.
Hello folks. Hope you've all been keeping well. It's been another busy month here at RPS, wot with Gamescom and Geoff Keighley's megamix taking over the internet for a spell. But we've also had a few big changes of our own in recent weeks, which I'd thought I'd relay to you here in my second Letter From The Editor, available to all RPS supporters. We've had a couple of new faces join the team over the last month, new powers granted to some of our behind-the-scenes staff and, sadly, we've also got one, very imminent departure - all of which I'll explain below.
Don't let the very pretty face of Beacon Pines fool you. Underneath its storybook aesthetic is an adventure game with a decent dose of scares and swears from its small town twelve-year-old protagonists. In the short demo for Beacon Pines, you can try out the ways that it mixes book-based adventure games with classic computer adventure games in its Mad Lib-like story puzzles. It's definitely been good for a chuckle or two just in the 30 minutes I've spent with it. You can try it yourself through Tuesday.
The shady world of key resellers is a murky, grimdark place to visit, but also incredibly stupid. Just a couple of weeks ago Frostpunk 2 developers 11 Bit Studios were astonished to see Kinguin selling keys for their just-announced game, long before they’d decided on a price themselves. Now, as spotted by World Of…
Click to watch embedded media We all have that friend. The person in our lives that always insists that art is subjective whenever they throw out some wild take about sports, movies, or video games. I bet you even have a few spicy takes yourself. They say hot takes are the spice of life, and we're here to celebrate those brave and bold Game Informer community members who are willing to share with us some of their wildest opinions on the world of video games.
Welcome to Heat Map, a new segment straight from The Game Informer Show. Join The Council of Alexes (Stadnik and Van Aken) as they go through the GI community's most divisive and spicy opinions and judge them on a scale from basic bell pepper up to Carolina Reaper.
So you want to make a Dead Space remake, EA? That's great! It's a beloved horror franchise, and honestly, we were all getting worried that you had forgotten about it. But can we trust you to recapture the magic of the original, because some of us still haven't gotten over Dead Space 3's release. To make things easier on developer Motive Studios, we compiled a list of five things that the Dead Space remake must nail to succeed.
Dead Space has an extraordinary sci-fi world, and the original game was full of incredible action, puzzles, and set-piece moments. However, horror is the most essential aspect of Dead Space's identity. The original Dead Space nailed the isolating atmosphere of films like Alien and Event Horizon. Whether we were dodging the writhing tentacles of a baby necromorph, stopping to listen to the creeks of a massive derelict spaceship, or running through an engine room in a panic as alarms drowned the sound of approaching enemies, the original Dead Space played our heart like a fiddle. You probably can't repeat all those tricks and expect the same results, but we'd love to see you try Motive.
Dragon Age 2 did many things right – and many things wrong – but one thing that stands out the most to me is the tragedy that is Hawke. In many stories where there is a hero at the heart of the tale, that hero goes through Hell and back to become a shining beacon of triumph and prosperity. For Hawke, however, each win came with ten losses behind it, ultimately leaving them to be one of the most heartbreaking protagonists in gaming to date.
When we first meet Hawke in Dragon Age 2, they are a humble farmer from Lothering whose life is suddenly upended due to the ravaging Blight seen in Dragon Age Origins. Escaping a simple life alongside their mother, Leandra Amell - a former noble that left the "good life" behind to find love with her apostate husband, Malcolm - and their two siblings, twins named Bethany and Carver, the first loss ends up being one of many. When escaping the hordes of monsters thirsting for destruction, Hawke and their family experience their second loss following the death of Malcolm some years before. Depending on which playable class the player chooses, either Bethany or Carver will be crushed to death by a vicious ogre. It's a startling way to begin any game, but what's worse is this is one of the easier horrors that this family will face.
Bandai Namco released two new trailers about its upcoming cross-generation JRPG Tales of Arise.
This time around, we take a look at two “couples” that will appear in the game (mind you, romantic involvement isn’t necessarily confirmed, but I’d be surprised if there wasn’t any): Alphen and Shionne, and Rinwell and Law.
You can check them all out below.
Like every day, third-party developers have released new assets related to upcoming aircraft and airports coming for Microsoft Flight Simulator.
We start with Fenix simulations, which released new screenshots of its upcoming Airbus A320, including the vintage Northwest Airlines livery.
All the screenshots below were shared on the developer’s own Discord server where you can follow development.
As part of this week’s Indie House Direct, US-based indie developer Hiding Spot Games has announced that their charming and cutesy storybook adventure title, Beacon Pines, will be heading to Nintendo Switch and PC in the “first half of 2022.”
Beacon Pines is a narrative-focused experience that blends the vibe and tone of Stranger Things, Undertale and Winnie The Pooh, and moulds it into an eerie tale centered around a perplexing smalltown mystery. The game recently smashed its $30,000 Kickstarter goal. As it stands, Beacon Pines has managed to net $84,548 from 2,782 backers. Not too shabby, eh?
In addition to the newly confirmed release window, the title has officially signed to indie publisher Fellow Traveller Games.
For those unfamiliar with the game, feel free to check out Beacon Pines’ announcement trailer from earlier this year down below:
See how Shotaro and his friends will look like in anime.
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When it comes to characters, it can sometimes be easy to pick out a defining character trait for them. For Sara in Genshin Impact, it's honor.
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American Truck Simulator is continuing to chart the west as it heads to Wyoming tomorrow. The newest expansion takes you through ten cities in the big, open Equality State. There are jobs to haul across all sorts of industries, as ever, and quite lot of sights to stop and gander at. Along with the DLC's launch tomorrow, SCS Software are challenging players to really put some drive time in over the next couple months to earn some in game cosmetics themed after the new state. You'll be able to hit the open Wyoming roads tomorrow, September 7th.
If raiding and pillaging your way through England was just a little too breezy for you in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, here's a new challenge for your Eivor. Valhalla's next title update is inbound tomorrow, bringing a new "Aesir" (nightmare) difficulty level. The update is also adding new river raid missions and extra tattoo options. That's all coming in update 1.3.1 tomorrow, September 7th.
Todaybor Day is Labor Day, so once again I’ve wrested the controls away from the grown ups, and intend to torpedo traffic with SEO-destroying unknown indie games! Below you’ll find the projects that poured into my inbox this morning, of which at least most will likely be something you want to stick on a wishlist.
Big screen movie releases are once again being reshuffled, as Covid-19's delta variant wreaks merry hell across the US. With cases climbing steeply since July, movie studios are aware how dangerous it is to encourage people into confined, stuffy rooms, sat closely together, with minimal ventilation little money they…
I spent the last week leaving my job working in technology and traveling back to my lakeside hometown to deliver mail. It was every bit as uneventful as you might expect.
Lake is a strange game. Built as a story-driven experience, it nonetheless firmly refuses to tell much of a story. It’s an open world where you freely drive a vehicle around, but built-in safety measures keep you from ever bumping into pedestrians or going too far off-road, ensuring you're always a law-abiding citizen. Lake is also about characters and dialogue choices, but the decisions you make are so low-drama as to barely matter most of the time. And yet, against all odds, Lake is also a surprisingly intriguing and amusing affair.
Players step into the shoes of Meredith Weiss, a middle-aged software developer in 1986 who heads back to her tiny hometown to deliver mail in place of her father, who is taking a well-deserved vacation after his years in the postman’s truck. As Meredith, you must deliver mail, catch up with people you haven’t seen since childhood, and find something to occupy your evenings, like reading a book, watching TV, or getting together with a friend.
While the Atelier series has started to receive tons of figures with Atelier Ryza, Japanese manufacturers aren’t forgetting older installments, like Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book.
Manufacturer Amakuni and retailer AmiAmi have teamed up to create a summery figure of heroine Sophie Neuenmuller herself, designed by character designer Noco.
The figure is available for pre-order at AmiAmi for 18,800 yen, which translates into approximately $171.
While she’s perfect for the summer, you won’t receive it during the warm months, as the shipment window is in November 2022.
She is sculpted in 1:7 scale for 22 cm in height by Ryuntaro (RyunRyunTei), with the paintwork for the prototype done by Emi Hoshina.
You can check out what she looks like in the gallery below.
Square Enix released a new trailer of Gate of Nightmares, a new mobile JRPG that carries the name of popular mangaka Hiro Mashima.
The trailer reveals another character who will be playable in the game, Luka.
These follow the release of recent trailers for Azel and Emma, those portraying Merle and Oliver, and the promotional videos for Elena Maria, Nord, Estio, Jigair, and Abigail.
You can check them out below.
The game was initially announced back in April for iOS and Android, and if you’re not familiar with Mashima-sensei’s creations, he’s the mangaka behind Fairy Tail and Edens Zero. For this game, he designed the characters and created the world.
The composer is also known for his Super Star Mitsuru alias during his tenure in Konami.
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The latest SMT V trailer introduced Loup-Garou, a new sort of werewolf who will appear as a demon in the Switch RPG.
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After plenty of previews and much ado, the major Hearth & Home update for viking crafting adventure Valheim is nearly here. Iron Gate have shown off the new hunger system, new foods, new ways to expel that food, and have now posted their last preview for the update. This one goes into some quick details on how the battleaxe and bow are changing. They say they're making the bow less overpowered but really, it sounds like an upgrade for me personally. Study up on all these changes before the big update hits next week.
Founded in March 1981, Nihon Falcom is one of the oldest active video game studios. Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the company helped pioneer the action-RPG genre, shaping both the JRPG industry and PC gaming scene in Japan. These days, Falcom is best known for its iconic Ys and Trails franchises. While only recently attracting more attention in the West, the studio has retained a strong reputation in Japan, often cited alongside juggernaut Square Enix as one of the most influential and distinguished RPG developers. To honor four decades in the business, we chatted with Nihon Falcom president Toshihiro Kondo to reminisce about the company’s history.
Nihon Falcom’s roots are very much in the PC scene; the Falcom name even nods to it. For the moniker, founder Masayuki Kato was inspired by Star Wars’ Millennium Falcon, but he changed ‘con’ to ‘com’ to represent the company’s focus on computer gaming. The studio’s first game, Panorama Toh, hit in 1983, with Yoshio Kiya at the helm. Kiya would later go on to create Falcom’s popular and influential Dragon Slayer and Brandish franchises.
These Pokemon tissue box covers will be available as game prizes in Japan's arcade centers.
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John Gibson, the CEO of Tripwire Interactive—the studio behind Maneater and Killing Floor—has “stepped down.” This follows the enormous public and internal backlash over his support for Texas’ recent decision to strip women of a basic human right.
Adam Middleton is an artist at Weta in New Zealand who has worked on stuff like Blade Runner 2049, Ghost in the Shell and Pacific Rim.
I’m not normally someone to dwell on personnel changes at video game studios, but this isn’t your everyday career change: Ryuta Ueda, who while at Sega served as art director on both Jet Set Radio titles, has announced his return to the company almost a decade after he left.
In this world, Idols can use magic!
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Following his comments supporting the Texas anti-abortion law, Tripwire CEO John Gibson has stepped down from the company behind such games as Maneater and Chivalry 2.
Tripwire announced the news alongside confirming that co-founding member and current vice president Alan Wilson will now act as interim CEO. In its statement, Tripwire shared that Gibson's views do not reflect the company as a whole and that "his comments disregarded the values of our whole team, our partners and much of our broader community."
"The comments given by John Gibson are of his own opinion, and do not reflect those of Tripwire Interactive as a company," Tripwire wrote. "His comments disregarded the values of our whole team, our partners and much of our broader community. Our leadership team at Tripwire are deeply sorry and are unified in our commitment to take swift action and to foster a more positive environment.
"Effective immediately, John Gibson has stepped down as CEO of Tripwire Interactive. Co-founding member and current Vice President, Alan Wilson, will take over as interim CEO. Alan has been with the company since its formation in 2005 and is an active lead in both the studio’s business and developmental affairs.
Type-moon released a brand new trailer of its upcoming fighting game Melty Blood: Type Lumina, which will soon launch both in Japan and in the west.
Last week, the developer released a video showing a match in which Ciel won against Shiki Tohono. Today we see another one, but Shiki gets a rematch.
You can check it out below.
Here’s how the developers describe Ciel.
“The Holy Church, a major religion in Europe, does not take kindly to heresy.
Ciel works as an executor for its specialized force known as the Burial Agency.
Her calling? Hunting and destroying heretics in the name of the Lord.Like Arcueid, she wishes to destroy her mortal enemy and has come to Souya in search of him, deciding to blend in by posing as a regular student at the same high school as Shiki.
She currently attends school as a senior, one year above Shiki, and is quite popular with many of the students there.
They see her as both warm and cheerful.Her go-to lunch from the school shop is curry bread, and her favorite restaurant serves the best curry in town.”
Today Bandai Namco announced that the mobile game That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Memories is going to release worldwide.
On top of Japan, the publisher plans to launch the game in all regions simultaneously, including North America, Europe, and Asia.
While a release date has not been announced just yet, we know that it’s coming this year.
Of course, like most mobile games, it’ll be free to play with optional in-app purchases.
Below you can watch the trailer and a message from producer Seitaro Onishi, conveying the news and showcasing the game and the bonuses from the pre-registration campaign that Bandai Namco is hosting.
Fortnite is entering the final week of Season 7, and you'll need to place warning signs this week in order to complete one of the last Legendary Quests of the season. There are a few places where you can do this, and we'll show you each of them so you can decide which route makes the most sense for you. This challenge will go live on Wednesday, September 8 at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET.
There are three towns in which you can place warning signs, and each town offers multiple spots for you to perform the task. Given that you need to place four warning signs in total, you could complete this challenge by only visiting one location if you're really efficient. We'll still show you all the spots though, just in case it takes multiple tries or you have to book it out of one region simply to survive the round.
Let's start in Misty Meadows. There are three signs with which you can interact in this location. You can find them:
If your travels take you instead to Dirty Docks, you can find four signs there too. Look for warning signs:
Learning how to write and produce your own music doesn’t have a massive cover charge any longer with The Complete Ableton Live 11 Music Production Essentials Bundle . This bundle has 11 hours of training and is now on sale for only $36.
Ableton Live 11 is the music and audio program that has all of the features you need to write, create, and edit your own music. This bundle dives deep into the software to teach you all the tips and tricks that you need to be successful. You’ll cover topics like arrangement of music, adding drum beats, warp and reverb, sound recording, and much more. You’ll even have lessons in music theory and how to invert or extend chords to produce a distinct, entertaining sound.
Taught by music producer Tomas George, you’ll be able take advantage of Tomas’ years of experience in the music field to create amazing tracks and albums. With thousands of students on sites like Skillshare, Tomas George has a well-earned reputation for excellence in teaching music.