October 2021

Red light, green light Squid Game is a bleak thriller that’s become an incredibly popular hit on Netflix in the last...

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Inscryption, Lil Gator Game, The Good Life, and more intriguing demos to queue up A decade ago, irresistible Steam sales...

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Arthur can throw lances instead of kunai As someone who regretfully dipped out of Monster Hunter Rise and might circle...

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Handheld hug button A reimagining of an NES classic is getting another port, this time carrying it forward to another...

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You have a few weeks to bro out Final Fantasy XIV has been out for a long time, so it’s...

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Don’t bring Cards Against Humanity It’s now October, and that means we’re just a few weeks out from one of...

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E3 2018 was the big day We’re just days away from the last Masahiro Sakurai reveal for Smash Ultimate, and...

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More like Bland-i Namco, hyuk With a new logo, publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment — whose portfolio includes superb IPs such...

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Happy Bandcamp Friday, a thing I didn't know existed until two weeks ago when Alice0 mentioned it. But it sounds good! Celebrate by buying music from small artists, even if that music isn't anything to do with video games. Am I allowed to promote non-game things? Hmm. Not sure. We'll see if a gaming sniper (no-scope, natch) has taken me out by the end of this post or not. In the meantime, here are the games we're playing this weekend!

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Sony has added a new Game Trials feature to PlayStation 5.

The feature is live now on PS5 - apparently in the UK only - for just two games: Death Stranding Director's Cut and Sackboy: A Big Adventure.

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Sega has unveiled its mystery mobile RPG.

The game Sega teased last month (and subsequently pilloried on YouTube for being a mobile game) is called Sin Chronicle, and it's set for iOS and Android on 15th December in Japan. A western release has yet to be announced.

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The Elder Scrolls Online's Gates of Oblivion adventure concludes 1st November with the release of the Deadlands DLC, Bethesda has announced.

The final DLC in the year-long campaign hits the PC, Mac and Stadia version of The Elder Scrolls Online: Deadlands on 1st November, then PlayStation and Xbox on 16th November.

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“The only good bug is a dead bug!” While those are wise words to live by, exterminating bugs can still prove to be an entertaining way to pass the time. Case in point: Belgian studio The Aristocrats is working on an RTS adaptation of Paul Verhoeven’s beloved 1997 action-comedy series for PC dubbed Starship Troopers: Terran Command.

The good news? A new demo is now available for the upcoming game which you can download from Steam here.

Coinciding with the news is a brand new video spotlighting a scenario from said gameplay demo. Go ahead and check it out down below:

From the looks of things, Starship Troopers: Terran Command appears to be a promising RTS experience that implements the military sci-fi licence in interesting and clever ways.

If you love mecha and turn-based strategy JRPGs, you have come to the right place as Kadokawa Games released a new gameplay video of Relayer.

Unlike yesterday’s video, today we get to see a full battle in the demo that is currently playable at Tokyo Game Show.

We get to see both battle actions and options, and fans of games like Super Robot Wars will certainly feel at home, even if here everything is beautifully rendered in 3D.

You can watch it below and see why I’ve been excited about this game for the longest time.

If you’d like to learn more about Relayer, we recently published an extensive interview with producer and director Yoshimi Yasuda.

Today, during Sega’s livestream from Tokyo Game Show 2021, Nippon Ichi Software announced a brand new strategy JRPG.

The game was teased a few days ago, and it’s titled “Shikabane Kurai no Bouken Meshi,” which translates as “Deadly Eating Adventure Meal.” It’ll come for PS4 and Nintendo Switch in Japan on January 27, 2022.

It’ll cost 6,980 yen plus taxes on both platforms. Pre-orders in Japan start tomorrow, with a bunch of bonuses in store.

As you may easily notice, the character design is by Takehito Harada, whom Nippon Ichi fans will immediately recognize as the artist behind the Disgaea series.

The keywords are “character creation,” “dungeon survival” and “simulation RPG” (that’s how Japanese people call turn-based strategy JRPGs).

The aim is to explore dungeons while collecting ingredients that can be used to cook meals to survive and buff your characters. You can control parties of four.

Not only you can eat food that makes your characters more powerful, but also feed poisonous meals to enemies to weaken them.

The character creator is quite deep while retaining the style of the character designer, letting you customize plenty of elements of your heroes.

You can check out the first trailer below.

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 Principality, which has been part of the series since Shin Megami Tensei II in 1994.

You can watch it below.

During a livestream from Tokyo Game Show 2021, Sega presented new gameplay of the upcoming Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles.

We get to take a look at the versus mode, and more specifically a full match among familiar characters from the series.

You can watch it below.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles, will launch in Japan and Asia on October 14 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, & PC. The western release was just announced a few weeks ago and will come one day later, on October 15.

If you’d like to learn more, you can read our hands-on preview.

From a 1/7 figure of Minamoto-no-Raikou in her swimsuit to a cute Nendoroid of Senji Muramasa, there were a lot of reveals at WonHobby 34.

The post WonHobby 34 Fate/Grand Order Nendoroids and Figures Revealed appeared first on Siliconera.

Oftentimes the gameplay loop in point-and-click adventures involves uninspired scavenger hunts for trinkets, with no time taken to fully appreciate the history of those objects. The new game Last Call tackles this shortcoming directly, making the backstory of seemingly ordinary items a core part of its gameplay and…

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Today, during a livestream from Tokyo Game Show, Koei Tecmo revealed a trailer and new gameplay of the upcoming JRPG Blue Reflection: Second Light.

First of all, we take a look at the exploration of the map, crafting, dates, battle, and more. The second video shows an event scene.

Last, but not least, Koei Tecmo showcased a brand new trailer.

Today, during a livestream from Tokyo Game Show, Koei Tecmo revealed news for Nobunaga’s Ambition: Shinsei and Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires.

We start with Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires that finally got a release date for Japan on December 23, 2021. It’ll launch on for PS5, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PS4, & PC.

A season pass will also be available including 14 edit parts, 5 castles, 4 enemies, and more. A demo will also be made available down the line.

Release information for the west will come at a later date.

We also get to see brand new gameplay showing a battle. The second video showcases character customization, which is based on the feature made for Nioh 2. The third video shows an event scene.

Today Bandai Namco announced that Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown will receive another DLC to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the series.

The DLC in question will be titled “Cutting-Edge Aircraft Series” and it’ll include the F/A-18F Super Hornet Block III, the F-2A Super Kai, the Mig-35D Super Fulcrum, and plenty of new skins from the history of the series.

It will release in fall 2021, even if a specific release date has not been announced at the moment.

Incidentally, we learn that the series has shipped 17 million physical units and sold 3 million digital download units in its 25 years of history.

Below you can see the new content including the aircraft and skins in a new trailer.

If you’d like to know in detail why  Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is so good and has become the most successful game of the series,  you can read my full review.

The game is currently available for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. 

A full month of streaming recommendations, from horror movies to Halloween specials and weird videos

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Sophie and Plachta will return in Atelier Sophie 2 for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC.

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Atelier Sophie 2 is in development and Producer Junzo Hosoi spoke with Siliconera about its development and features.

The post Interview: Junzo Hosoi Talks About Atelier Sophie 2 and Its Development appeared first on Siliconera.

Good Smile Company has revealed new images of hololive VTuber figures currently in development such as Shiranui Fubuki and Ookami Mio.

The post WonHobby 34 Hololive Vtuber Figures Include Fubuki and Mio appeared first on Siliconera.

Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Drifblim!

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With FIFA 22, EA is trying a bunch of new stuff - and part of that is selling the kind of cosmetic items we've not seen in the football series before.

FIFA 22 launched proper yesterday and with that global release came the first cosmetic items in the in-game store.

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The Medium is an interesting game for sure - one we've covered in the past on both Xbox Series consoles and PCs, but I must admit, going into this one, I didn't expect the PlayStation 5 port to see so many changes from the existing console versions. Just about every multi-platform project we've seen so far on the new wave of consoles has seen effective feature parity between Series X and PS5 because, after all, they are very similar machines at the architectural level. However, with The Medium, Bloober Studio appears to have rebalanced the game to produce something very similar but also quite different to the original Series X release.

We'll get to the tweaked visuals shortly, but beyond the graphical revamp, there are DualSense controller features added too - rain, wind and other atmospheric effects are mapped to haptics, while some dialogue and effects are routed through the controller speaker. There's also gyro aiming when investigating objects. It's nice to see these features added, but only the haptics appealed to me really.

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During a livestream from Tokyo Game Show 2021, Sega and Atlus presented new gameplay of the upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V.

Player by local talent Mafia Kajita, we get to see lots of fighting, negotiation, exploration, and more.

You can check it out below.

Shin Megami Tensei V releases for Nintendo Switch on Nov. 12, 2021. If you’re unfamiliar with it, you can enjoy and a brief official description below, hinting at the story.

Today Square Enix released a new video of the upcoming game Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin.

We learn that improvements have been made to the graphics since the original reveal, and the video provides a before (left) and after (right) direct comparison.

Things certainly seem to have been improved, and you can check out how below.

If you’d like to see more about Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin, which is actually developed by Koei Tecmo’s Team Ninja, you can check out the original trailer, the first screenshots and art, and a new trailer from yesterday.

The new Nendoroid will resemble the character's likeness from the next season of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

The post JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean Jotaro Nendoroid Announced appeared first on Siliconera.

Good Smile Company revealed new Uma Musume Pretty Derby figures, figmas, and Nendoroids currently in development at WonHobby 34.

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It’s likely that if you are reading these words on this website, you already know how hard it can be to get your hands on the new consoles. Well, I’ve got some bad news straight from Xbox VP of gaming Phil Spencer: Finding a console ain’t getting easier anytime soon.

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High-profile Grand Theft Auto 3 and Vice City reverse-engineering fan projects were pulled offline for a second time after yet another Take-Two takedown.

The GTA 3 and Vice City reverse-engineering fan projects known as re3 and reVC were first hit by a DMCA takedown in February, with Rockstar parent company Take-Two claiming copyright infringement.

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