Atlus is continuing to release its long series of trailers focusing on the over 200+ demons of its upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V.
This time around we get to see the gameplay of Oberon, which has been part of the series since its debut in Shin Megami Tensei in 1992.
You can watch it below.
There will be multiple Monokuma voice actor options in Japanese in Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp.
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There will be Danganronpa Sanrio goods sold in Japan, which will include things showing Hello Kitty as Monokuma.
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NeoGeo Pocket Color Selection Vol. 1 Steam Edition doesn't include SNK VS. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium like the Switch version.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel will also feature a story mode.
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At TGS 2021, we got a better look at Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising with footage that showed Garoo fighting foes in a few different areas.
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The new trailer shows off the returning fighter's fire-based moves.
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Microsoft kicked off the first day of the Tokyo Game Show with a presentation that included the news of Scarlet Nexus hitting Xbox Game Pass today and the expansion of Xbox cloud gaming to other regions. While those are big announcements, the publisher also sprinkled looks at upcoming indie titles in the works. If you’re someone who is always on the hunt for games off the beaten path, here’s a look at some upcoming lesser-known games slated to hit the console in the coming year.
God of War: Ragnarok is one of Sony's most anticipated releases. The sequel to the 2018's megahit was initially teased about a year ago, and we initially expected Ragnarok to release sometime this year. However, in June, Sony confirmed that the title was getting pushed to 2022. Several factors likely led to this delay, but Kratos' voice actor Christopher Judge recently took to Twitter claiming responsibility.
https://twitter.com/iamchrisjudge/status/1443434928385843209 https://twitter.com/iamchrisjudge/status/1443436861867708419 https://twitter.com/iamchrisjudge/status/1443438179193798659In reality, it's hard to say that Judge was entirely responsible for Ragnarok's delay. Voice actors don't know every detail in a game's production pipeline, and factors such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic also likely played a part in Sony's rescheduling. Even so, it's interesting to hear Judge's perspective on the matter. We're glad to hear that he's doing better these days. The actor brought a lot to Kratos' personality, and we're happy that he'll be returning for Ragnarok.
Xbox held its digital showcase at Tokyo Game Show 2021 today, announcing Cloud Gaming for multiple countries, as well as introducing new Game Pass games and seeing Phil Spencer announce his intention to add more Japanese games to the Xbox line-up.
To ensure sure you don't miss anything, we've included all the big news from the showcase (which you can watch below):
In a video presentation at Tokyo Game Show 2021 Online, Microsoft's Phil Spencer and an assortment of guests revealed that Xbox Cloud Gaming will be available in Japan, Mexico, Australia, and Brazil starting Friday, October 1. Spencer expressed his gratitude to Japanese Xbox fans, stating that the Japanese market "is the fastest-growing market for Xbox anywhere in the world."
Phil Spencer said that Xbox is working "every single day to increase our line-up of Japanese games", in order to "help bring Japanese games around the world."
"It's an honour to support [TGS] and our Japanese partners," Spencer said in converation with Shinji Mikami. "We're working with Japanese publishers every single day to increase our line-up of Japanese games on Xbox. We know it's really important to fans and customers on Xbox."
If you canvassed a bunch of people about why they like Frogwares' Sherlock Holmes games, it's probably not unreasonable to suggest combat wouldn't feature too prominently on any resulting list. In the run-up to Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One's November release, however, Frogwares is trying to change some minds with a fresh look at the series' revamped fisticuffs.
Frogwares says Chapter One's new combat system is built "to suit the character of Sherlock", meaning that while melee attacks and firearms are both present and extensively utilised throughout fight sequences, players won't be able to take much of a beating.
Capcom has just wrapped its big Tokyo Game Show presentation on all things Monster Hunter, giving us some new details on the recently announced expansion Sunbreak plus a release date and a bit more information about the much anticipated PC version of Monster Hunter Rise.
The PC port of one of the best games of the year so far - at least I thought so in our Monster Hunter Rise review - will be coming on 12th January 2022, with a demo arriving as soon as 13th October. There will be support for 4K resolution and ultrawide monitors, improved framerates and textures plus refined keyboard and mouse controls.
Last week, I said I was worried about eFootball. Now it's out, I'm afraid to say it's even worse than I expected.
eFootball is available to download now - for free - in extremely limited form. This bizarre launch for Konami's football game, which, let's remember, is two years in the making after PES took 2020 off, lets you play offline 1v1 matches against the computer and online 1v1 matches in a challenge event that expires in 10 days. And that's it.
Christopher Judge, the voice actor of Kratos, claims he was responsible for God of War Ragnarok's delay after needing time to rehabilitate from knee and back surgery.
Judge also praised developer Santa Monica Studio for its patience and support while he recovered.
What is the best armor in New World, and how do you craft it? New World is a game all about war and conquest, so naturally armor plays a large role and should be one of your first considerations when choosing your character's loadout. Fortunately, armor is abundant on Aeternum. Unfortunately, that can make it very difficult to decide what pieces to equip, especially as the game doesn't waste a lot of time explaining it to you. But luckily, that's what this New World armor guide is for.
Twitch yesterday launched new moderation options which let hosts restrict chat to people who have verified their account by tying it to a phone number, hopefully helping fight the plague of 'hate raids'. Frustrations with the livestreaming platform's ineffectual response to harrassment recently came to a head with the #ADayOffTwitch campaign, when many streamers and viewers skipped Twitch for one day. The new (optional) options are fairly nuanced, and should help channels control marauding hordes of bots and dickheads without keeping chat fully locked down.
Deep in the endless sediment of the ancient, fossilised internet, it is possible to find signs of an interview in which I spoke to ACE Team about their weird beat ‘em up sequel, Zeno Clash 2. Company founder Carlos Bordeu finished up that interview by saying: “aesthetic choices have been intentionally made to make our game stand out from the mass of traditional fantasy games that continue to mimic each other”. I feel that it’s probably fair to say that these choices have continued to be made almost a decade later, with Bordeu now the game director of The Eternal Cylinder, a game about a giant cylinder.
But is it really about a giant cylinder? And what do such esoteric choices add up to in this latest Ace Team venture into the unfamiliar? Let’s find out.
After a few lean months over the last year, we’re really in it now. So, I hope you’ve done all your book-reading, TV-watching, and music-listening, because the next four weeks is just wall-to-wall video games.
The Tokyo Game Show 2021 has begun, and from today it'll have a bunch of announceathons from the likes of Square Enix, Capcom, Ubisoft and more stretching over the weekend. Like most other games events this year, TGS is a digital affair, streaming good game stuff to your screens via YouTube and Twitch. There's a heck of a lot on too, so I've had a look through the official programs and gathered some highlights right here.
With Intel’s Alder Lake chips breathing down our necks (or are already here, if you’re reading this in 2022 or whatever), now seems like an opportune time for a refresher on how to install a CPU. And yes, AMD, you can come too.
The latest Tales of Luminaria trailer looks at Lucien, a character with leadership qualities dubbed the Head of Blaze by instructors.
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The first major Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris DLC is in the playtesting and debugging phase, and second will arrive in 2022.
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As part of its TGS 2021 presentation, Capcom revealed the mystery October 2021 Monster Hunter Stories 2 co-op quest will feature Fatalis.
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The developers also revealed that monsters from previous titles will make a return through the expansion.
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PC players will be able to get their hands on Monster Hunter Rise in January. A demo is also on the way.
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This fearsome new flagship monster will arrive in Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak.
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Arthur will arrive as a set of layered armor in Monster Hunter Rise this October.
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In an interview with Twinfinite, Moonglow Bay’s creative director and art director explained why the slice-of-life fishing RPG doesn’t have romance options.
When asked whether players would be able to pursue a romantic relationship with one of the characters living in Moonglow Bay — following the death of their long-term life partner at the beginning of the story — Art Director Lu Nascimento explained that wasn’t the case, and that it is instead “inspired by a story that happened in Zach’s life.”
Zach Soares, Moonglow Bay’s creative director, then elaborated:
“…which was my father’s best friend, who was like a second father to me. He lost his wife when he was in mid-life, basically at the age of 50. It was really interesting to see how his immediate response wasn’t the fact of, “Hey, I need to find a new life partner.” it was more a case of “I’ve been with this person since I was 15,” and he didn’t really have any involvement with people around town.”
The protagonist in Moonglow Bay is in a very similar situation, he later went on to highlight:
“She was his attachment to the community, which is exactly how it is in our game, where your partner was your attachment to the community.”
And it’s for that reason that Soares believed it would be “really hard to validate shooing-in a mechanic like romance because it invalidates the story itself.”
Instead, players will focus on developing their friendships with the NPCs living in Moonglow Bay. Building these relationships will earn players “emotional rewards, and you get some small, other rewards, too.”
During Capcom’s presentation at Tokyo Game Show 202 Capcom had news to share about the Monster Hunter Rise and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin.
First of all, a new collaboration for Monster Hunter Rise has been revealed, specifically with Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection, starting on October 24. You’ll be able to earn yourself a layered armor portraying Arthur. It’ll be the last of the Capcom Collaborations.
Yet, there will be more crossovers in the works, including a brand new one with the Sonic franchise by Sega.
We also hear of paid DLC character voices performed by Debra Wilson and ProZD.
During D3 Publisher’s presentation at Tokyo Game Show 2021, the Japanese developer showcased more of its upcoming action game Earth Defense Force 6.
First of all, we get to see a new trailer that confirms 2022 as the new release window and PS5 and PS4 as the platforms.
Next, we get to see some live gameplay from the Tokyo Game Show 2021 demo, which appears to be still the PS4 version.
In the second segment of gameplay, played directly by producer Nobuyuki Okajima, we get to see the Air Raider class in action and its drones.
In an interview with Twinfinite, Moonglow Bay Creative Director Zach Soares and Art Director Lu Nascimento shared the inspirations for the slice-of-life fishing RPG, citing Animal Crossing, manga such as Toriko, and Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo as examples.
“One of the first major ones was Harvest Moon,” Soares said when asked what the team’s inspirations were for Moonglow Bay. “And Legend of the River King as well,” Nascimento added.
“Then I think it was Animal Crossing. Not the newest one (New Horizons) because it was not out when we started making the game. It was New Leaf.”
Explaining how Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon inspired the game, Soares noted it was “the dynamic that occurs in that game, with the people that live there, that kind of stuff.” Nascimento added, “Like the whole becoming friends with the villagers.”
Outside of games, Soares interestingly explained how slice-of-life manga and anime helped inspire the game and its core mechanics. “I do read a lot of manga, but the one that stuck out most was Toriko, which is…. not the entirety of the manga, but just the kind of initial premise of people who just punt weird creatures and cook and stuff with it.“
As fans continue to wait for the release of Ghostwire: Tokyo from Tango Gameworks, studio founder Shinji Mikami has revealed another new title is already in the works, and it's being led by Evil Within 2's director.
Mikami appeared in a video with Xbox head Phil Spencer as part of Microsoft's livestream event during the first day of Tokyo Game Show and hinted at a new title, saying that John Johanas, the director of The Evil Within 2, is working on it.
Mikami mentioned Johanas when prodded by Spencer to talk about the Tango Gameworks’ philosophy of fostering young new talent: "Right now John is in the middle of working energetically on a new game," Mikami told Spencer.
Mikami did not drop any further hints on what type of game Johanas may be working on. Due to Microsoft's purchase of Bethesda Softworks' parent company, ZeniMax Media, and its studios last year, it's likely whatever title Johanas is hard at work on is being developed with Xbox platforms in mind.
Johanas has been with Tango Gameworks since August 2010 and was the visual effects designer for the 2014 survival horror title The Evil Within. Johanas served as director for the game's two DLC offerings.
He then took the torch from Mikami and directed The Evil Within 2. Shouldering both the pressure of building upon the franchise and taking the reins from a survival horror legend in Mikami, Johanas helped deliver an experience that garnered mostly positive responses from critics and players when it was released in 2017.
Capcom has revealed a number of new details about its "massive expansion" to Monster Hunter Rise, Sunbreak.
Announced during a Capcom showcase at Tokyo Game Show 2021, we saw a little more from the game's cutscenes and learned new details about the monsters and locations we'll be visiting. It's very much an expansion for seasoned Rise players, only allowing access after finishing the 7-star quest Serpent Goddess of Thunder. The expansion will also introduce a new Master Rank level for quests.
After finishing that quest, you'll be able to take your hunter on a journey, leaving behind the core game's hub, Kamura Village, and taking you to a brand new base of operations (which hasn't yet been revealed). The eerie location we saw in the game's introductory trailer was confirmed to be a new hunting locale, complete with castle ruins to scale using your wirebugs.
We also learned more about some of the monsters involved. The Elder Dragon seen in the first trailer is called Malzeno, but other details remains scarce. We'll also see a number of returning monsters from older games, including Shogun Ceanataur, which got a trailer introduction of its own.
Capcom also announced that the PC version of Monster Hunter Rise will be released in January 2022. Given that Sunbreak doesn't arrive until summer 2022, it will be released for PC at the same time.
Capcom has announced that Monster Hunter Rise for PC (via Steam) will be released on January 12, 2022.
Announced during Tokyo Game Show 2021, the Steam version of the game boasts a number of updates to the original Switch version: 4K resolution support, high-res textures, uncapped framerates, optimised keyboard and mouse controls, voice chat, and ultrawide 21:9 display support.
A demo for the PC version of the game will arrive on October 13, giving you a look at what's to come. The demo will include online multiplayer and offline solo play, allow use of all 14 weapon types, and include two tutorials. After the tutorials, three quests are available, against Great Izuchi, Mizutsune and Magnamalo.
Released as a Switch exclusive in March, we awarded Monster Hunter Rise an 8/10 review, saying that it "mixes classic Monster Hunter ideas with some of World’s best improvements and a whole bunch of clever new mechanics of its own."
After leaks suggested the game would eventually get an improved PC release, Capcom confirmed that the game would get a PC release. "“We received a lot of requests for a PC version of Monster Hunter Rise, particularly from overseas players, and so we have decided to develop a version for PC," said producer Ryozo Tsujimoto at the time.
Rise will receive a "massive expansion", Sunbreak in the summer of 2022 – the PC edition will receive it at the same time.
This article was updated after publish with new details provided by Capcom.
Playground Games has announced a range of details surrounding the PC version of Forza Horizon 5, including its recommended system requirements for AMD and Nvidia setups.
In a post released on the Forza website, the developer says that it has worked diligently to ensure that everyone experiences the best version of Forza Horizon 5 as players look to set out across the game's stunning Mexican landscapes.
In order to deliver that experience, Playground Games says that it has updated its minimum specifications "from the previous estimate given on the Microsoft Store and Steam." At the low end, Forza Horizon 5's minimum specs are relatively modest. Player's harnessing older graphics cards such as a Radeon RTX 470 or Nvidia GTX 970 should theoretically be able to run the game - although Playground does recommend that fans come equipped with at least an RX 470 or GTX 970 for a better experience.
As part of the update, the developer has said that "Forza Horizon 5 is built from the ground up on PC to deliver the open road in extraordinary detail at limitless speeds." In game, this means that players will have access to a wealth of graphics settings when Horizon 5 releases - spanning from the inclusion of HDR for more luminous lighting to 4K graphics options and the ability to unlock the game's framerate.
Capcom’s Tokyo Game Show presentation this morning was all about Monster Hunter, showcasing new additions coming to existing games like Monster Hunter Stories 2 and Monster Hunter Rise. However, all eyes were on the significant expansion for Rise next summer, Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak.
The Sunbreak segment introduced us to Director Yoshitake Suzuki, who has been simultaneously leading the development of the upcoming expansion and the updates for Rise since release. He introduced the new mystery monster from the Sunbreak trailer as a new Elder Dragon called Malzeno, but that’s all the information the devs were willing to spill on the headlining wyvern.
We were also treated with additional information on Sunbreak and what players can expect when venturing into its content. Suzuki confirmed Sunbreak will bring Master Rank hunts to the game, giving hunters their most daunting challenges yet. After completing the final Hunter Rank seven story mission, Players will leave the cozy village from Rise and embark on a journey to a new hub area. We don’t know much about this new base, but Suzuki promises the team will share more information in the coming months.
Monster Hunter Rise finally rides to PC via Steam on January 12. The port takes advantage of its powerful new home with a host of graphical and performance improvements to make it the best version of the best-selling Switch title.
Rise on PC features 4K resolution graphics, an ultrawide display option, and uncapped framerates. Gameplay has been optimized for mouse and keyboard and even includes voice chat, making multiplayer sessions a lot more sociable. The PC port also bundles every piece of DLC to have arrived on the Switch version up to the end of November, which would include collaboration goodies such as the upcoming Ghost ‘N Goblins event. Capcom also confirmed that the Sunbreak expansion will launch on both the PC and Switch versions of Rise next summer.
Monster Hunter Rise is about to get spookier before going supersonic. Capcom announced during its Tokyo Game Show Monster Hunter Spotlight that two new collaborations are in the works, first with Ghost ‘N Goblins: Resurrection and then Sonic the Hedgehog.
On October 29, hunters will soon have the materials to create layered armor based on Ghost ‘N Goblin’s hero, Arthur. Besides making your hunter resemble the chivalrous knight, the special event features music from the game, including the classic theme song.
Sometime after that, Sonic the Hedgehog celebrates its 30th anniversary in style by crossing over into Monster Hunter. While it’s not the first time the two franchises have collided – a similar collaboration took place in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – Capcom promises this mash-up will be even grander. However, it didn’t have any details to share regarding what the collaboration entails.
“Too many games” season is officially upon us. I’ve been spending more time than usual looking at the video game release calendar lately and marveling at how many of them I’ll be playing on Switch. It’s rarely a bad (or normal) time to be a Nintendo fan, but fall 2021 is shaping up to be a lot better than I had…
As Kotaku reported earlier this spring, Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno is writing and directing a new Kamen Rider feature film. It’s called Shin Kamen Rider, and the movie’s first teasers give us a good look at how Anno is bringing the character to life.