Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is due out later this year, and while we still don’t know the platform fighter’s full roster, we do know a few more friendly cartoon faces who will be joining the fight. The game’s full box art recently leaked on the Nintendo Switch eShop showing Avatar’s Aang and Korra, as well as classic…
Premiering September 9 on The Official Pokémon YouTube channel, Pokémon Evolutions is a new web-exclusive animated series that takes viewers to a different Pokémon region with every episode, from Kanto to Galar. Or should we say from Galar to Kanto, as the series explores the various Pokémon regions in reverse…
Video game publisher THQ Nordic says it will celebrate its 10th anniversary by announcing six new games, including new installments in "legendary franchises" that apparently "fans have been waiting decades" for. Well!
The reveals will be made in the company's first ever digital showcase event, to be broadcast on 17th September at 8pm UK time (that's 5pm Eastern, or 12pm Pacific).
This showcase will be fronted by Geoff Keighley - who else? - and be shown on YouTube, Twitch and Steam (no word yet on 8chan).
Surprise! Nintendo has announced Big Brain Academy: Brain vs Brain for launch on Switch on 3rd December.
(Hey, that's the same date as Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp!)
This multiplayer-focus party game lets you set individual player difficulty levels and is clearly designed for members of the same household to play together. Here's a debut trailer:
Inti Creates shared an updated Azur Striker Gunvolt 3 release window at Bitsummit the 8th Bit. People can see Gunvolt and Kirin next summer.
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Costumes and songs from Hatsune Miku and her friends will be available in Ninjala for a limited time.
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The PS4 and Xbox One versions of Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town will appear in October 2021 in North America, Australia, and Europe.
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Square Enix and Sony announced that Final Fantasy games will appear on PlayStation Now in 2021, with FFVII joining first next week.
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Intel have chosen an interesting time to launch the Core i9-11980HK, their latest top-of-the-line CPU for gaming laptops. Their 12th-gen Alder Lake chips, after all, are launching in what’s likely a matter of weeks. Why, then, should you drop £4098 / $3400 on a laptop like the MSI GE76 Raider, even if its 11th-gen chip is primo for the time being?
Idle and clicker games boomed too soon. Sure, we had a lot of fun during the 2013 clickplosion, but just imagine the joy you'd have experienced staring at browser windows and occasionally clicking if during pandemic lockdown. What a thrill! Well, perhaps you'll be tempted to return to the highly influential Cookie Clicker now that it has a premium version up on Steam. It's got music from yon Minecraft musicman, you know, that C418 lad.
With an unseasonal theme this week, the Electronic Wireless Show podcast is about our favourite seasonal updates in games. You know, where they make it all snowy or put pumpkins everywhere. That kind of thing. The podcast is substantially derailed, however, when we start cyberbullying Matthew about food yet again, and also discuss what the seasonal spirit of The Summer Of Games would look like if personified (like how Easter gets the Easter Bunny).
Over at the PlayStation Blog today, Sony detailed the many different versions of Horizon Forbidden West now available for pre-order. Which version you order depends on several factors. Do you need PS4, PS5, or both? Do you want a physical disc? How about a $260 box with both versions, no disc, and a statue of a robot…
In June, Niantic announced they were intending to start reversing some of Pokémon Go’s measures put in place to make the game safer to play in the midst of a global pandemic. At the beginning of August, they stunned everyone by going through with it, reducing key distances from 80 meters to 40, despite huge fan…
Crysis Remastered Trilogy - which, as its name suggest, bundles together fancied-up editions of developer Crytek's acclaimed first-person shooters Crysis 1, 2, and 3 - is coming to Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC on 15th October.
2007's original Crysis got the remaster treatment last Autumn, bringing various tweaks and enhancements for modern-era machines, and 15th October will see the game's two sequels - or, more specifically, their single-player campaigns - getting a similarly thorough spruce-up.
Crytek promises improved lighting, high-definition textures, plus visually enhanced characters, weapons, and environments, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S running the games between 1080p and 4K at 60fps using Dynamic resolution.
Pre-orders for Horizon Forbidden West have gone live, and once again fans face a range of options and editions which may/may not include both PlayStation 4 and PS5 versions of the game.
Neither the game's Standard or Special editions include Dual Entitlement, Sony's label for granting you both the PS4 and PS5 versions of the same game.
To be clear, you can always play the PS4 version of Horizon Forbidden West on your PS5. But you won't automatically get the PS5-optimised version, and according to Sony's pre-order support FAQ, "there are no plans for an update offer" at this time.
The name Savathûn is everywhere, both inside Destiny 2 and out of it. Following Bungie's The Witch Queen expansion reveal back in August (Hive Guardians, what?!) and Season of the Lost bringing the Destiny 2 community to the best place it has been since launch, there is a lot of lore Guardians are catching up on. It's no exaggeration to say that Savathûn has been a driving force of the events of Destiny fiction for years, acting as the trigger or catalyst for many of our Guardian's most involved strikes, raids, and other missions. Because of that, some may need a little refresher on the lore surrounding the central character of the upcoming expansion. With so many returning and new players, here is the biggest deep dive you'll find on who the Witch Queen truly is.
It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time for another Game Informer livestream on Twitch. Join us at 2 p.m. Central as we go fast – very fast – in Sonic Colors: Ultimate.
Click here to watch embedded mediaThe original Sonic Colors raced to the Wii and DS in 2010. While Sonic’s 3D outings had a less-than-stellar track record up to that point, Colors became the rare exception as one of the better-received entries during the hedgehog’s dark days. The game launches Sonic to outer space, where he teams up the Wisps, colorful aliens enslaved by Dr. Eggman that bestow a variety of fun abilities. One Wisp can turn Sonic into a ricocheting laser beam while another morphs him into a powerful drill. Eight cool powers combined with a fun blend of 3D and 2D platforming formed a winning formula that got Sonic back into the good graces of lapsed fans (for a little while at least).
If you missed Colors back in the day, the Ultimate edition launches September 7 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. It remasters this gem with 4K resolution graphics and 60 fps performance. While it may not correct every flaw of the original, it’s the best way to play one of Sonic’s more beloved adventures.
Fans of Aloy can't wait to dive into her newest adventure with Horizon Forbidden West on the horizon and now the team at Guerilla Games are sharing the different editions of the game that they can purchase for some extra loot. The only caveat is that the Standard and Special editions do not come with a free PS4 to PS5 upgrade option. To make things easier, here is what you get with each of the versions available now to pre-order.
There are four options available to purchase: Digital Deluxe, Special, Collector's, and Regalla. Here is a breakdown of what's in each:
The cross-generational Digital Deluxe edition comes with the following items:
Wizards of the Coast has begun the grand unveiling of the first of two fall sets for Magic: the Gathering, ushering a return to the gothic horror-inspired Innistrad. With Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, the plane's denizens are welcoming the Harvesttide Festival, a central event to the set with card art depicting rituals of the festival. Our prior visit to the plane left the day and night cycle in disarray. Now, as the days pass and the Harvest Festival approaches, the nights have been growing abnormally longer, perfect for the horrors that go bump in the night to stir again.
Midnight Hunt is back to being full of werewolves, vampires, zombies, and other terrifying creatures, instead of the Eldrazi threats from the last visit. A few mechanics have been revived (some with a new spin!), and the graveyard is a focus again in this morbid setting. Here's a look at what to expect in Innistrad: Midnight Hunt:
In the second half of the 21st century, unusual occurrences rattle planet Earth. Nexuses, casting off mystical energies and sonic waves, have bestowed new and exciting divine powers to certain special humans, now known as the Espers. At the same time, Miracles – strange floating objects in the sky – are summoning an influx of monsters, which are attacking the cities they hover above.
Get ready for the striking audio-visual experience and superheroic characters in the world of Dislyte. Pre-register now!
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Today Ubisoft released a new trailer of its upcoming co-op squad-based shooter Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction, introducing one of its operators.
Specifically, we take a look at Belarusian operator Lera “Finka” Melnikova, and we hear about the role that she’ll take on in Rainbow Six Extraction (which is pretty much what she does in Siege, mind you).
You can check her out below.
Rainbow Six Extraction is coming to PS5, Xbox SeriesX|S, PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia in January 2022. You can check out the previous gameplay trailer, plenty of screenshots, and the gameplay and cinematic reveal from E3.
Third-party developers continue to provide news and assets about upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons, including two relevant freeware aircraft.
We start with Drzewiecki Design, which showcased a brand new work-in-progress look at the terminal of Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) in the United States.
It’s kind of nuts to think that Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining was met with such a lukewarm critical reception and soft box office when it released back in 1980.
Indeed, with such a notoriously fraught production, and with Stephen King himself declaring the film as a “misogynistic” misinterpretation of the source material, it’s truly amazing that the legendary Manhattan-born filmmaker’s one-and-only horror pic has not only endured and weathered the storm but has gone on to become an outright masterpiece in the horror genre.
With all that in mind, then, we thought that now would be a good time to revisit Kubrick’s claustrophobic supernatural classic in Twinfinite’s latest movie quiz. All you need to do is answer these twelve trivia questions and, voila, we’ll be able to separate the wheat from the blood-drenched chaff and figure out how much of a The Shining fan you really are.
So, without further ado, grab your fire-axes and get ready to do your best Jack Nicholson impression as we journey back to the haunted hallways of The Overlook Hotel. Let’s get into it!
Today Mojang announced and date the next big Minecraft livestreamed event, aptly named Minecraft Live.
The livestream will happen on October 16 at 9:00 am PDT, 12:00 pm PDT, 5:00 pm BST, and 6:00 pm CEST, depending on where you’re located.
It will be streamed on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook.
You can watch a trailer below.
The livestream is likely to feature the second part of the Caves & Cliffs update, scheduled for the holiday season. Yet, we already know that we’ll also get a glimpse of what is supposed to come beyond, next year.
Ever wanted to get your hands dirty with some good old fashion Workshop activities without actually having to get your hands dirty? Well, then Intermarum has got just the game for you with Workshop Simulator.
As the title suggests, Workshop Simulator is all about resorting items that are a bit past their prime, as you’ll use true-to-life restoration techniques to restore toys, tools, and heirlooms. The game also has an appealing narrative that unfolds while your cathartically fixing all of these items, centered around family and connection.
Some of the features that fans can look forward to in Workshop Simulator include:
A brand new animated Pokemon series is coming to YouTube throughout September. It’s called Pokemon Evolutions, and it will explore the various regions of the Pokemon video games.
This eight-episode series aims to celebrate 25 years of Pokemon. It will work through the regions backwards, starting with the most recent region of Galar from Sword and Shield and end in Kanto, the first Pokemon region from the games Red and Blue.
The series will “provide fans with a fresh perspective on some familiar locations.”
All eight episodes will feature familiar characters from the Pokemon games as well as a Pikachu that leads viewers throughout the journey. You’ll be able to watch as different trainers in each region grow and evolve alongside their respective Pokemon.
Here are the names and dates of each episode in Pokemon Evolutions:
You’ll be able to watch each of these episodes of Pokemon Evolutions on the official Pokemon YouTube channel. They will also be available to watch on Pokemon TV.
Today Sony Interactive Entertainment launched pre-orders of Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Forbidden West for PS4 and PS5.
On top of that, we get details of the various editions available for the game.
The Digital Deluxe Edition will be available for both platforms and as a matter of fact, entitles you to both versions.
It includes the following:
The Special Edition is physical and it comes with either the PS4 or the PS5 version. It includes a SteelBook, a voucher for a digital soundtrack, and the Nora Legacy Outfit & Spear.
The Collector’s edition again entitles you to both versions and comes with the following:
Spectre developers Jordan Crawford and Fred Toms first met while working at a restaurant together in their teenage years. They bonded quickly over video games – and one game in particular: Splinter Cell. The duo would make Splinter Cell jokes to other employees and introduce themselves to restaurant guests as ‘Sam Fisher’.” After decades as friends and a COVID-induced separation, the two veteran developers, who have each worked in the industry separately, decided to form Symbiosis Games together, “a nod to our symbiotic relationship,” Toms said. “Jordan is a very artistic and visual person, while I am absolutely the opposite of that.”
Their minds kept coming back to Splinter Cell, a beloved franchise that, outside of a few Fisher cameos in other Ubisoft titles, has laid dormant since 2013’s Splinter Cell Blacklist. “We thought, 'What better way to introduce Symbiosis Games to the world with a game that features deep-seeded teamwork and partnership, heavily inspired by the glory days of our favourite franchise?’” Toms told IGN. And so Spectre was born.
New details have been revealed about Magic: The Gathering’s next card set, Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, including its rare dual lands and unique mechanics – as well the return of a recognizable ability for its werewolves, now formalized with new keywords and a shifting day-night mechanic.
Midnight Hunt revisits Magic’s gothic horror-themed plane of Innistrad during a time when the nights are growing unnaturally long and the local Harvesttide Festival is being threatened by werewolves. Werewolves have been an iconic part of Innistrad since its introduction in 2011, and the idea behind the transforming dual-faced cards that define them has been tweaked in small but significant ways here.
Flip through the gallery below to see brand new cards from Innistrad: Midnight Hunt:
Werewolves traditionally have a human “day” side that can be played normally and a werewolf “night” side that they need to transform into, but the the triggers to do so have now been made proper keywords: Daybound and Nightbound. These still behave the way previous werewolf cards generally have – Daybound triggers when a player casts no spells during their turn, flipping them to the night side, while Nightbound triggers when they cast two or more, flipping them back.
It's nearly here: Horizon Forbidden West is set to release on PS5 and PS4 on February 18, 2022 (see it on Amazon / get it in the UK). A full-on sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn, Forbidden West finds Aloy in a blight-infected landscape populated by new tribes and being stalked by even bigger mechanical beasts. You can read our Horizon Forbidden West review to see what our critic thought.
The game is up for preorder now in a variety of editions. Below, we have the full rundown on what comes in each edition, how much they cost, and where you can place your preorder.
Startup developer Poorly Timed Games, which is headed up by Destiny veteran Chris Wright, has announced its first game: Grim Tranquility, an isometric-view roguelite tactical RPG that's coming soon to PC via Steam.
In Grim Tranquility, the story goes that humanity has exhausted the earth of habitability, and so people must venture out into space and find a new home somewhere in the stars. Naturally, a hostile alien empire they encounter isn't too keen on allowing that to happen, and conflict ensues. Check out the announcement trailer above and the first screenshots in the gallery below.
Climate change, bureaucratic corruption, and environmental damage fuel the story and Grim Tranquility's procedural gameplay. Poorly Timed Games says you'll be able to "upgrade primitive Earth weapons, recruit new members with enhanced abilities, and influence alien officials with bribes for beneficial buffs or overthrow them in high stakes boss battles."
Poorly Timed is based out of Redmond, Washington, and boasts a diverse group of developers. Wishlist Grim Tranquility on Steam and look for more on it at PAX West this weekend.
Horizon: Forbidden West won't offer a free upgrade from PS4 to PS5 on its standard or special editions, and you can't pay to upgrade a standard edition to one that does include the PS5 version.
As previously announced, Forbidden West will be receiving distinct PS4 and PS5 versions of the same game – you can play the PS4 version on PS5, but it won't receive the same visual and performance upgrades. Revealed on the game's FAQ page under the headline "Can I upgrade my PS4 version to the PS5 version?", it's revealed that Standard and Special editions of the game will come with no dual entitlement (i.e. include PS4 and PS5 versions).
Dual Entitlement is included in the (naturally more expensive) Digital Deluxe, Collector’s, or Regalla Editions, but they are entirely separate, full-game purchases. Unlike other PS5 games like Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut, there won't be a less expensive paid upgrade, either: "There are no plans for an update offer from standard to digital deluxe edition at this time," reads the FAQ.
Konami has revealed the release date for its upcoming free-to-play title, eFootball 2022. The company has announced that its replacement for the Pro Evolution Soccer series will launch on September 30 – though it should be noted that the game will be limited in both features and game modes until a post-launch update this fall.
Konami announced that eFootball 2022 will provide its users with a "taste of what to expect from the new free-to-play football simulation platform" when it launches for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC on September 30. The game will then receive its first major update later this Fall, which will coincide with the launch of eFootball 2022 on iOS and Android devices.
Some fans may feel disappointed with the title's launch, although Konami has previously said that it's 'basically a demo''. eFootball's offline mode, for example, will only contain nine teams and six stadiums when it releases. Whilst those teams include the likes of Barcelona, Juventus, and Arsenal, many may feel disappointed that after a busy transfer window, teams such as PSG, Manchester City, and Real Madrid won't be playable in the mode when the game comes out. We'd previously heard that the launch version of the game will also be missing some in-match mechanics.
Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy’s Edge, a virtual reality experience set on the Star Wars planet of Batuu, will get an extended chapter called “Last Call” on September 15.
Tales From the Galaxy’s Edge is developed by ILMxLAB, LucasFilm’s VR studio, and today the team announced Last Call’s release date. The new chapter adds new characters, two new Tales, and several new items to buy and try at Mubo’s Workshop.
Some new faces (who you might recognize) coming to Batuu in Last Call includes Hondo Ohnaka, Neeva, Lt. Gauge, Boggs Triff, and IG-88, everyone’s favorite robot assassin who will be voiced by Rhys Darby.
There will also be returning characters like Ady Sun’Zee, R2-DS and C-3PO, Dok-Ondar, Seezelslak, Lens Kamo, and Baron Attsmun.
In Tales From the Galaxy’s Edge - Last Call, you’ll be able to explore Batuu in virtual reality. Help Dok-Ondar recover an ancient artifact from the Sardeevem Chasm and the Cavern of the Moons, or escape the First Order on the Black Spire Outpost.
There are also new Tales to experience. In The Bounty of Boggs Triff players will become IG-88 as they hunt down the mobster Bogs. Or you can continue the story of Ady’Sun Zee in The Sacred Garden set during The High Republic.
Sony has announced PlayStation Showcase 2021, which will be broadcast on September 9 at 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern / 9pm UK (that's September 10 at 6am AEST).
The event promises to offer a "sneak peek at the future of PS5, with updates from PlayStation Studios and industry-leading devs," and will last around 40 minutes. It will show off games releasing this holiday "and beyond".
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One thing you can count on not being part of the show is the (still officially untitled) PlayStation VR 2. The new headset, and its next-gen controllers, is reportedly due late next year, and a PS Blog post about the event makes clear it won't make an appearance in the showcase.
Paradox Interactive, the developer-publisher behind a titles including Stellaris, Hearts of Iron, and Crusader Kings, is currently in the midst of an unexpected change in leadership after its CEO resigned due to the company's future strategy.
As announced by Paradox, Ebba Ljungerud is stepping down from her duties as CEO at the publisher. The company has said that her departure from the role will take place with immediate effect although she will continue working with Paradox for a period of time to "ensure a good handover".
According to the publisher, Ljungerud's decision to leave the role comes "due to differing views on the company's strategy going forward." Despite her resignation, it seems as though the decision was amicable, with Paradox praising the now-former CEO for the 'fantastic job' that she carried out during her tenure at the company.
"During her leadership the organisation, player base and our game projects have been strengthened and grown which give the company a strong base for future growth." reads a statement from Paradox. "We regret that she has decided to resign but wish her all the best in future endeavours, says Håkan Sjunnesson, Chairman of the Board."
No details have been offered as to what those differing views are, and why they became irreconcilable enough that the CEO felt she should resign.
After Cyberpunk 2077's disastrous launch, CD Projekt made a promise to change how it markets its games, including talking about the games closer to their launch. The company's latest investor calls saw it keeping that promise, as it refused to offer dates for the next-gen versions of Cyberpunk and The Witcher 3 – and wouldn't even guarantee that they won't be pushed into 2022 if necessary.
Both Cyberpunk and Witcher 3 are due to receive new console upgrades during late 2021, something CD Projekt reconfirmed during its latest financial reports. During an H1 2021 Earnings live stream, an investor asked the company to be more specific about when those next-gen upgrades would arrive, or if they could feasibly be delayed into next year.
SVP of business development Michał Nowakowski refused to be drawn on the questions, making clear that it was part of CD Projekt's new philosophy: "Our target is to release the next-gen version of [Cyberpunk 2077] late this year [...] At the same time, keeping in mind the lessons we have learned during the past year, and taking into account the fact that this project still remains in deveopment, we can't say with full certainty that the production schedule will not change, of course.
A new month and a new batch of games coming to different services. PlayStation announced its September 2021 PS Plus lineup, and now Xbox has announced what games are coming to Xbox Game Pass this month also.
Leading the charge on September 2 is Craftopia, an ID@Xbox game about living on a small island by hanging out, fighting bosses, crafting items, really whatever you want. Or if you want to try out something completely different, Final Fantasy 13 is also heading to Xbox Game Pass for both console and PC.
Square Enix’s RPG has something of a mixed reputation, but it’s undeniably one of the best-looking Final Fantasy games even over a decade after it was first released in 2009. There are also new indie releases coming out day-and-date this month including Surgeon Simulator 2 and The Artful Escape.
Craftopia (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox - September 2
Final Fantasy XIII (Console and PC) - September 2
Signs of the Sojourner (Cloud, Console, and PC) - September 2
Surgeon Simulator 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox - September 2
Crown Trick (Console and PC) ID@Xbox - September 7
Breathedge (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox - September 9
Nuclear Throne (Console and PC) ID@Xbox - September 9
Stephen Ddungu didn't know much about TikTok at all when a clip of his upcoming game project, Sword of Symphony, started circulating on the video platform last month.
A clip of a young boy attacking an enemy using musical combos that Ddungu had previously posted on other social channels was reposted on TikTok by an account called @gamedevblaster on August 2. As of the publication of this piece, it has gotten over 335,000 views, and the comments are full of praise and excitement.
Ddungu tells me he was alerted to the sudden popularity of his clip by a friend, so he made an account and posted his own video, introducing himself to his newly-found fans. That video has now been watched 1.6 million times, and a second follow-up he posted later has been seen nearly 3 million times.
"It's crazy how fast stuff gets out there and gets popular so quickly on TikTok," Ddungu says. "And just the kind of things that get popular; weird things get so many views. Other people are working for content and only get a few views here, and then you get someone doing a random, weird-looking dance and it's getting millions of views. I guess people like what people like."
Ddungu has always been a musician, and loves to both play and compose. He has a music channel on YouTube where he posts orchestral covers of video game songs, and its success directly led to his eventual work on Sword of Symphony.