Stoic Studios, developer of the acclaimed The Banner Saga trilogy, is working on a new project to be published exclusively by Xbox.
That's according to a round of reports from Windows Central and GamesBeat's Jeff Grubb, which have leaked details on the unannounced collaboration, currently codenamed Project Belfry.
Capcom has announced Resident Evil Village has sold over 5m copies, a steady increase from the 4.5m sales back in July.
Village's predecessor Resident Evil 7 has also seen an increase in sales to 10m copies, up from the 9m cumulative sales in July.
Sony has sold 13.4m PlayStation 5 consoles worldwide since launch.
According to Sony's latest report, Q2 (from July to September 2021), saw 3.3m PS5 consoles sold. That's a million more than the previous quarter.
Additionally, information regarding the Data Center travel system has been revealed.
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Sales for both Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin and Resident Evil Village contributed to growth.
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And sales continue to climb at a pace that exceeds the rate at which Resident Evil 7 had sold.
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Today Koei Tecmo reached out with a press release to reveal new screenshots and details of Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires.
We get to take a look at the politics system, the territory stroll feature, and layered armor.
We also hear about the Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires 20th Anniversary BOX, which includes a 20th-anniversary character artbook, a pack of 94 character cards with a display stand, the game’s soundtrack, and a copy of the game, nicely fit into a special box. At the moment, this has been confirmed only for Europe.
You can check out all the screenshots below, alongside all the details directly from the press release.
Mario Party Superstars is a return to what fans of the N64 titles may view as the good old days. Those magical times where everyone moved separately around the board and there were minigames at the end of every turn. Super Mario Party brought a touch of that experience back to the franchise, but Superstars spoils the long-time fans of the series with five classic N64 maps and over 100 of the best mini-games from the first 10 titles.
If you just tack on some online modes and worthwhile unlockables then one might think that this would be a surefire recipe for the greatest Mario Party game of all time. However, the lack of unlockables and a few other issues contribute to Mario Party Superstars feeling more like a paired down — but still better-looking — version of the old games.
Fortunately, what Mario Party Superstars does right is the most important aspect of the franchise, gameplay. Although the limitation of only having five playable boards is disappointing, the selection is perfect for groups of friends who want to either take it easy or challenge their party game skills.
I’m not the best Titanfall player out there. Not even close. But I’ll never shut up about how much I love the series. Today is Titanfall 2’s fifth anniversary, so there’s no better time to shell out even more praise for this unforgettable mech FPS.
Titanfall 2 is still, without a doubt, one of the greatest FPS games of all time. Both its single-player campaign and multiplayer modes can go toe-to-toe with any of the other best options in the genre and come out on top. The fast-paced and fluid movement system remains unmatched to this day. Not only that, but the unique gameplay experience doesn’t just boil down to point and shoot.
No other FPS of similar quality allows me to double-jump up, run on a wall, grapple onto an enemy in mid-air to finish them, then land inside a giant robot. Not a single one. And that’s not even one of the more complex maneuvers that Titanfall 2 allows players to pull off. Even Apex Legends, although great, can’t provide that exact same thrill.
Today Koei Tecmo released the upcoming remaster of Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, and it’s celebrating with a new trailer
The trailer provides an overview of the characters that we’ll play and encounter in the story, and features its unique atmosphere.
You can check it out below with a bunch of launch screenshots.
What’s more frightening: a near-photorealistic video game killer pursuing you with perfectly motion-captured movements, or a silent, meathook-wielding Easter bunny with vague features and primitive textures, chasing you with a jerky, hand-animated gait? If you answered the latter, then the low-polygon horror games…
A listing for Sackboy: A Big Adventure was briefly found on SteamDB, before the details were completely locked from Steam.
The listing, codenamed "Steel PC", has one key giveaway that reveals that it is indeed Sackboy.
Activision Blizzard's controversial boss Bobby Kotick has asked for his salary to be cut until significant changes are made to the company's culture, admist its ongoing State of California lawsuit which alleges sexual discrimination, harassment, and a "frat boy" culture.
Specifically, Kotick has said he will only accept California's legal minimum salary of $62,500, and will not take any other bonuses or compensation. However, it's worth remembering the CEO already earned $155m from the company via a bonus awarded earlier this year.
So far, 2021 has been a solid financial year for Sony. The acquisitions of Returnal developer Housemarque, Nixxes Software (known for its first-party PC ports), Star Citizen’s Firesprite, and remaster heavyweight Bluepoint Games contributed to a 20% increase in Sony’s total workforce.
According to VGC, this employee surge also led to record revenue numbers, as noted in the conglomerate’s second-quarter financial results. With this unprecedented level of success, Sony plans to “aggressively invest in development capabilities,” which likely means that more developer acquisitions are on the way.
Hiroki Totoki, Sony’s executive deputy president and chief financial officer, recently spoke about monetary success and the next steps. As Totoki put it, the new studios under the SIE umbrella are acclaimed for polished, engaging titles. And Nixxes Software, in particular, will ultimately help bring PlayStation games to other platforms.
Parties are great places to expand your horizons, meet new people, and make fun memories, but the best celebrations are often the ones spent reminiscing with old friends. Mario Party Superstars capitalizes on that notion, forgoing new content to deliver a greatest-hits compilation of boards and minigames from previous titles. The result is a celebration of the franchise that anyone can enjoy regardless of their experience level.
In an open letter released today, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick says he’ll be receiving the California minimum wage for salaried employees until the company’s Board of Directors has achieved “transformational gender-related goals.”
Kotick laid out those goals in the letter released today, as first reported by Video Games Chronicle, and he claims that his reduced salary will be $62,500. He also notes that “this is a reduction in [his] overall compensation” and not just his salary. The CEO claims he’s asking not to receive any bonuses or be granted any equity during this time.
“I truly wish not a single employee had had an experience at work that resulted in hurt, humiliation, or worse – and to those who were affected, I sincerely apologize,” Kotick writes. “You have my commitment that we will do everything possible to honor our values and create the workplace every member of this team deserves.”
While Digimon Survive was quietly delayed back in July 2021, there's now an official message from the producer about the new release date window.
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When Bandai Namco said Tales of Luminaria would be coming soon, it meant it, as the release date is set for next week
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The prequel movie will be released in Japan on December 24, 2021.
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Pre-ordering from the Good Smile website will net the Red Stone of Aja as a bonus.
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The mascots of Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate will also appear in Mages' first-ever rhythm game.
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Today Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the games that will be granted to PlayStation Plus subscribers in November 2021 at no additional cost.
We’re getting Knockout City, First Class Trouble, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, The Persistence, The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners – Standard Edition, and Until You Fall.
All games will be available on November 2 and you guessed it, three of them are for PlayStation VR.
If you’re unfamiliar with any of them, here’s an official description for each.
Knockout City | PS5 & PS4
Team up and duke it out with rival crews in style as you settle the score with epic dodgeball battles online*. Brace yourself for outrageous fun and intense competition in an all-new take on team-based multiplayer games. Customize your character and form a crew with friends to start your Knockout City takeover. Knock out opponents with trick shots and coordinated teamwork while dodging and catching balls flying across the map. No ball? No problem! You can literally ball up, roll into a teammate’s hands, and become the ultimate weapon.
First Class Trouble | PS5 &PS4
First Class Trouble is a social deduction party game where six people play together online* aboard a luxury space cruiser. At the start of each game, four players will be randomly selected to be Residents, cooperatively trying to shut down a rogue A.I. at the heart of the ship. The other two players will be Personoids, who will lie, deceive, and do whatever it takes to stop them! Teamwork is the key to survival, but who can you trust?
Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning | PS4
Even though its unique blend of turn-based strategy and high-octane first-person gun-’em-up action came out last month on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC, developer Ratloop Games Canada has dropped a fresh accolades trailer for its multiplayer shooter Lemnis Gate.
Go ahead and feast your eyes on the new footage down below:
Currently, Lemnis Gate sits at a ‘generally favorable’ 77 critical score on review aggregator Metacritic for the PC version of the title. Indeed, not only was Lemnis Gate well-received by gaming press, but many outlets described the experience as super innovative and ahead of its time, too.
Developer FYQD-Studio and Playism announced the release date of the upcoming “lightning-fast fusion of FPS and action” Bright Memory: Infinite.
For now, we know only when the game is coming to PC (via Steam and GoG), and it’s on November 11, 2021. An Xbox Series X|S version is still planned and “coming soon” according to the press release.
The PC version will launch with support for Nvidia DLSS and Reflex out of the box.
You can check out the trailer below.
If you’re unfamiliar with the game, which is coming in 2021 for PC and Xbox Series X|S. You can read an official description below via Steam.
“Bright Memory: Infinite is an all-new lightning-fast fusion of the FPS and action genres, created by FYQD-Studio. Combine a wide variety of skills and abilities to unleash dazzling combo attacks.
Next week marks the beginning of Valorant Episode 3’s final Act, and it’s set to introduce a brand new Agent to the game. As usual, developer Riot Games has started ramping up little snippets of information ahead of the reveal, and so we’ve compiled another of our articles wrapping up everything we know about Valorant’s new Agent, codenamed ‘Deadeye.’ Here you’ll find a full summary of all the teasers that have been dropped both in-game and via social media. We’ll keep this page updated right up until the next week’s Act 3 launch.
While Riot has yet to share firm details on who Deadeye is, the developer has confirmed during one of its news articles back in late September that he will be a Sentinel Agent that “focuses on mechanical outplays,” with an “additional focus on gunplay” for “an extra flourish.”
You’ll notice we’re referring to the new Agent as a male and by the codename Deadeye, so where does that come from exactly? Well, an image of Deadeye was first teased during Valorant’s One Year Anniversary trailer, and shortly thereafter references to the name Deadeye started appearing in various different teasers, trailers, and in-game files. As you can see in the image above, Deadeye is a slick-looking professional who wears fancy clothes and wields some sort of large sniper rifle.
Renewal, Breakaway and Discarded are three of the seven maps coming at launch to Battlefield 2042, and in a new gameplay trailer today we get our first look at them in action.
A focus for EA Dice this time around is the larger scale of Battlefield multiplayer, which now supports up to 128 players, and you can certainly get a flavor of their size in today’s trailer.
Battlefield 2042 is made up of three distinct multiplayer experiences – All-Out Warfare features the next generation of fan-favorite modes Conquest and Breakthrough; Battlefield Portal allows players to discover battles from the past, present and future as well as to create and change the rules of war; while Battlefield Hazard Zone brings a tense, squad-focused survival experience.
Battlefield 2042 will launch on Nov. 19, 2021, for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.
Rockstar Games recently revealed Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition, which launches digitally next month and hits store shelves in December. Alongside this high-profile return to the franchise’s past, though, the developer is presumably still working on its future. Now, according to comments made…
Does the stuff your infant chews on not look like a video game controller? Are you a gamer parent concerned that your child may want to go outside instead of sitting in front of the television all day? BabyGlitch has your back with its new line of baby gamer gear, featuring small scale replicas of Nintendo,…
Surprise, surprise, Epic Games founder, Tim Sweeney, is not a fan of the new billionaire tax being proposed in Congress at the moment. The CEO of the company, which prints money thanks to Fortnite, said the tax would possibly “end founder control” of Epic Games, calling into question whether he even knows what the…
Square Enix is celebrating Tomb Raider's 25th Anniversary this week with a bunch of announcements, including ports of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris for Nintendo Switch in 2022.
Speaking of portable gaming, three original English-language Lara Croft voice actors will join Keeley Hawes in Tomb Raider Reloaded when the mobile game launches next year. Players will be able to choose classic voices such as Shelley Blond (Tomb Raider), Judith Gibbins (Tomb Raider 2 and 3), Jonell Elliott (The Last Revelation, Chronicles, The Angel of Darkness), or Keeley Hawes (Legend, Anniversary and Tomb Raider: Underworld).
Bandai Namco has apologised for delaying the long-awaited Digimon Survive a third time, into 2022.
The monster battling tactical role-playing game was once set to launch for PC, PlayStation 4, Switch and Xbox One in 2019, before being bumped back to 2020.
Good news for Japanese PC fans.
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It turns out the two new KOF XV newcomers Dolores and Isla will work with Heidern on Team Rival.
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An update is in the works for Voice of Cards that will give people the option to speed up Yoko Taro's latest game.
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Preview season for the newest Magic: The Gathering set, Innistrad: Crimson Vow, begins today. Wizards of the Coast just wrapped a stream showing off all the basics of the upcoming expansion, the second set taking place on the plane of Innistrad this year. What’s happening in Crimson Vow? What mechanics can players expect? Is there anything exciting for card collectors? Look no further! You can find all of those answers below.
In a recently unprecedented move, WOTC is releasing a fifth standard legal set this year and a sequel of sorts to the previous one, Midnight Hunt. Innistrad’s horror setting and tropes are very much a favorite of Magic players. Instead of making a quick visit to the plane, we get two full expansions; each centered on the world’s more popular tribes: Werewolves, and now a focus on Vampires in Crimson Vow.
Continuing the story from Midnight Hunt, where the humans failed in preventing the plane from being plunged into the eternal night, Vampires are ready to thrive in the neverending darkness. One head of a vampire clan, Olivia Volderan, has taken an artifact known as the Moonsilver Key, a component needed to restore day to the plane. Of course, being a nightwalker, Olivia would instead use the key to gain power and influence among the vampire clans.
Metroid Dread launched to largely positive reviews earlier this month. The conclusion of Samus' decades-long battle against the Metroids maintains the classic side-scrolling exploration and the modern additions of developer MercurySteam, such as the melee counter. However, it has one prominent, frightening new feature: E.M.M.I's, nigh-unstoppable robots that Samus must regularly evade, adding a terrifying wrinkle to the formula. If you'd rather sample the game before committing hard-earned dollars, a demo for Metroid Dread is now available.
You can download the demo on the Switch eShop, or use the browser version to install it remotely. Nintendo hasn't clarify how big of a slice the trial takes from the main game, but one would imagine it will let players face off with an E.M.M.I. and sample Samus' new cloaking and/or magnetic grapple abilities.
Diablo Immortal is poised for a new play session. This time, it’s a closed beta that’s coming to Android only, and it includes a swath of updates, changes, and new additions to the mobile Diablo experience.
Of note, the Necromancer joins the roster with a plethora of signature skills, including corpse explosion and skeletal minions. Check out the trailer below for a look at what’s hitting in this beta.
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