Most of the items will feature the protagonists of Persona 1 and 2.
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However, updates will continue through December.
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The Complete Edition of the figure will cost over $2500.
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Starfield, Bethesda's big upcoming foray into sci-fi for PC and Xbox Series X/S, has been shown off again in a fresh video.
Today's seven-minute mini-documentary is full of teases for Starfield's world. There are a few glimpses of alien planets, ships and robots - as well as a lot of Todd Howard talking.
Icarus, the intriguing-looking sci-fi survival game from DayZ creator Dean Hall, launches this Friday, 3rd December.
You'll be able to buy a copy of the game in its version 1.0 launch build via Steam from 10pm UK time. It's normally priced £23.79, though there's a 10 percent discount for the next two weeks.
Microsoft Edge may not be everyone's favourite internet browser, but there's a decent reason to use it today - to try a new Clarity Boost feature for Xbox Cloud Gaming.
Clarity Boost is currently being tested using Microsoft Edge Canary - an insider-focused build of the browser - before a general rollout to all Edge users by next year.
The latest CD Projekt earnings report shows that digital storefront GOG.com has been losing money.
The company's overall revenue has increased 38 percent ($34.7m) owing to sales of The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077, but GOG reports year-to-date losses of $2.21 million.
Following internal comments by Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser earlier this month about allegations of sexual misconduct and discrimination at Activision Blizzard, Nintendo has updated its Corporate Governance document today with a new commitment to “increase the proportion of women in managerial positions”…
Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong, the other, other video game based on the popular tabletop game currently in development, has been delayed. It was tentatively set to release in February but is now launching on May 19.
It may be easy to confuse Swansong with the other two Vampire: The Masquerade games also in the works: Bloodhunt, the battle royale launching early next year that's currently playable in Steam Early Access, and Bloodlines 2, the long-awaited sequel to the 2004 game that had its development rebooted. Swansong is a choice-driven narrative RPG that puts you in the role of three vampires in modern-day Boston.
A new leader has emerged to take control of the city’s sect of vampires, triggering a violent power struggle filled with twists, turns, and betrayal. Each playable vampire hails from a different clan and sports its own unique powers, which can be customized to your liking. Many of those skills influence characters to pry information out of them, using techniques such as persuasion and intimidation. Check out the game’s teaser trailer below.
Techland has announced Dying Light 2 Stay Human has gone gold and is ready for production, two months ahead of its scheduled release date.
The company spread the news to Game Informer through a press release, saying the team achieved this milestone over the weekend. Techland's press release also had some words from Tymon Smektała, lead game designer on Dying Light 2. In it, he speaks about how the work on the game isn't quite done yet, saying, "The fact that the game is done and we hit the gold status two months before the release is a great sign but it doesn’t mean that our work ends here. There are still some upgrades and tweaks to add, and community feedback to implement, but the base is solid and ready to play."
So, while much of the work is in the rearview mirror, there's plenty to tweak and fix before the public is finally able to play it. Still, the feat of shipping a game is a massive undertaking and one worth celebrating. Tymon says, "I’m extremely proud of the whole team!" Considering the ups and downs the project faced over the course of a long development process, he should be.
The next time we'll see Dying Light 2 Stay Human is just around the corner. This Thursday, Techland will premiere Episode 5 in its Dying 2 Know series, where about 15 minutes of new gameplay will be shown. You can find that at 12 p.m. Pacific on Techland's Twitch channel.
PlayStation Studios has been busy as the PlayStation 5 closes out its first year Throughout 2021, Sony’s collection of worldwide development teams has continued to turn out acclaimed hits, reinvigorate old franchises, and expand with a host of acquisitions and first-party publishing partnerships. Let’s check in on the state of PlayStation’s First-Party Studios.
Before we jump in, a few notes. First off, we’ll be focusing on PlayStation first-party studios only. So we won’t be talking about studios developing third-party console exclusives or third-party partnerships. Hey, we didn’t cover Housemarque for this very reason the last time around, and since then they’ve been acquired by PlayStation, so never say never.
Last game published: Bend’s last published game was 2019’s Days Gone, an open world, motorcycle-riding adventure through the Pacific Northwest in which players starred as Deacon St. John fighting against hordes of Freakers. Bend continued to support Days Gone after launch with technical patches and some content updates, including a series of challenges for players to test their Freaker-fighting mettle against.
Metroid Dread developer MercurySteam is currently working on a third-person action RPG that will be set in a dark fantasy world, and has partnered with Control publisher 505 Games to make it.
505's parent company, Digital Bros released a press release announcing that MercurySteam's next game is codenamed Project Iron – a third-person action RPG set for release on PC and consoles. While the company hasn't commented on a potential release window for the game, it does note that the project's initial investment amounts to 27 million euros (or around 30 million dollars).
Elsewhere in the announcement, it is stated that Project Iron's IP is co-owned by MercurySteam and Digital Bros. While very few details have emerged about the project so far, it looks like it should be in safe hands given MercurySteam's wealth of experience. Prior to developing Metroid Dread, the company also worked on titles such as Metroid: Samus Returns and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.
“We are thrilled to work with the team at MercurySteam, a proven studio that over the years has created
numerous phenomenal IPs – including the recent hit release Metroid Dread in partnership with Nintendo,”
explained co-CEOs of Digital Bros. Group Raffi and Rami Galante. “With MercurySteam’s creative vision and talent and 505 Games' extensive experience, gamers can expect a high-quality, captivating and engaging videogame.”
A new Starfield developer diary has revealed new concept art from the upcoming Bethesda game, as well as discussed its focus on grounded, realistic exploration.
In the video diary, Game Director Todd Howard explained that the staff at Bethesda Games Studios all had exploration in mind when it came to what Starfield would be about. "Coming to Starfield, everybody's starting over and saying 'What would you want to do? What does going to space mean to you?'" he said. "And everybody comes back with the same one: I want to see what's out there."
But compared to Skyrim's epic fantasy setting and Fallout's retropunk apocalypse, Starfield will offer a different approach to how we will explore. "It's got a more realistic, science-based backing to it," said Art Director Matt Carofano. "This is a more grounded game and a grounded setting about exploration. So I think that gives us a different take on how we make everything."
Howard notes that, despite the more grounded, scientific approach, the way the world works will still be similar to that seen in The Elder Scrolls games. "The mechanics of the world are entirely different, but there are similarities," he said. "I think that those are the things we like. We like playing first person. We like having all the coffee cups, we like being able to touch everything. Those moments make the whole thing believable. Being able to watch the sun set and night-time come, and just sit there and watch the world go by seems like it's not gameplay, but it is vital to how you feel through the rest of it."
Second Life creator Philip Rosedale has cast his doubts over Facebook's plans to create its own metaverse.
In a recent interview with Axios, the Rosedale spoke about his doubts over future attempts to build a metaverse and the questions that still remain over the digital spaces.
Rosedale somewhat pioneered the idea of a playable metaverse with Second Life, an online platform that saw players create avatars and take up residence in a virtual world. Those visiting Second Life did so for a number of reasons - whether that be on a smaller scale to socialize with friends and check out the surroundings or at a more in-depth level by taking up jobs as performers, politicians, or teachers. There was certainly plenty to keep people occupied.
Rosedale founded Linden Labs in 1999, where he worked until 2013. During that time, Second Life became an increasingly popular way to live digitally. Over the years, a huge number of people engaged with the platform, which peaked at over a million users, even leading the Swedish government to set up an embassy within the platform.
Having worked for the best part of two decades on the concept, Rosedale explains how his views on the concept have changed over time. “I think what we've learned — and somewhat with some sadness, given the work that I've done, I would have to agree — is that it's not for everybody, and maybe it's never for everybody," he says.
Bethesda kicked off a new Into the Starfield video series of trailers discussing news about it and going over its development.
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The next Idea Factory International Switch otome game will be Birushana, and people will get to play the visual novel in 2022.
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XSEED Games announced people can now get Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town from the Epic Games Store, as well as from Steam.
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When Tales of Luminaria update 1.0.9 arrives, the episode unlock requirements for additional characters will be adjusted again.
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Microsoft has sparked criticism for baking a "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) option into its Edge web browser, beginning in the US.
The option allows Edge to suggest a sponsored BNPL payment method when customers begin entering their card numbers into retail sites - even if specific sites do not offer it natively.
After a monumentally long wait, Mojang and Microsoft finally released the second part of the Caves & Cliffs update for Minecraft.
The update completes the additions that came back in June, finally completing what was promised back in 2020 and then partly delayed.
The most prominent feature is definitely a complete overhaul of the world generation which will bring much more dramatic caves and mountains to all Minecraft worlds.
You can enjoy it below.
Minecraft is currently available for basically everything with a chip, including PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. There probably are more devices, but I’ve lost track.
We already got a glimpse of what’s coming next year, assuming it’s not delayed.
If you’re unfamiliar with this massively popular game, here’s an official description.
Microsoft just released another trailer dedicated to its massively-anticipated first-person shooter Halo Infinite.
This time around, it’s the launch trailer (even if we’re still over a week away), and it’s all about the campaign, focusing on gameplay and in-game cutscenes.
This follows a series of emotional videos featuring CGI and live-acting including those focusing on Master Chief’s energy shield, the grapple hook, the creation of his exoskeleton.
You can check out the trailer below.
Today Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space developer Wright Flyer Studios reached out with a press release to tease the announcement of a new collaboration.
The collaboration will be with Square Enix, even if the title of the game has not been announced. That being said, the artwork above may provide some hints.
Details will be provided later this week at the beginning of a livestream on December 4 at 9:00 am UTC or 1:00 am PST.
The livestream will star the following:
You can find the livestream embedded below if you want to watch along.
If you’re unfamiliar with Another Eden, it’s a free-to-play JRPG originally released for iOS and Android in 2019 and then on Steam this year. It’s directed by Masato Kato of Chrono Trigger fame and also features music by Yasunori Mitsuda.
Below you can read a brief official description:
Techland’s much-anticipated sequel title, Dying Light 2, is finally ready for prime time following several delays since its announcement back in 2018. The developer has today announced the game has gone gold and is locked in for its release date on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC platform next year, Feb. 4.
“We are very excited about this and now we can truly feel that this is actually happening! After so many years of hard work we are proudly looking forward to the release of Dying Light 2 Stay Human.” said Tymon Smektała, Lead Game Designer.
He continues:
“This is it. The final and crucial moment for us. The game is ready to be manufactured, but we will not slow down. The fact that the game is done and we hit the gold status two months before the release is a great sign but it doesn’t mean that our work ends here. There are still some upgrades and tweaks to add, and community feedback to implement, but the base is solid and ready to play. I’m extremely proud of the whole team!
To celebrate the occasion, Techland is releasing all-new gameplay footage later this week, Dec. 2, in the latest episode of its Dying 2 Know series.
Earlier today, Armature Studio revealed that their former PlayStation exclusive indie title, Where the Heart Leads, would be coming to Steam and Epic Games Store in 2022. Players who get this narrative adventure on PC will also have the benefit of more customization features, including the ability to enhance visuals, improve visibility, increase dialogue font size, and many more quality-of-life touch-ups.
“Where the Heart Leads is about the power of choice,” said Todd Keller, director, Armature Studio. “We’re thrilled to give players more choices for where and how to experience Whit’s journey, a relatable story about where our choices in life take us. Are we the masters of our own fates, or does fate have other plans in store?
For anyone who has never heard of Where the Heart Leads and is interested, you can check out the official description below.
Shape the life of family man Whit Anderson as he tumbles through time and witnesses the most important moments of his life. With the chance to do it all over again, what would you change?
Pick from hundreds of choices en route to dozens of possible endings. Make decisions with a rippling impact on the small town of Carthage and its eclectic characters, each memorable and rich with personality. Change each chapter of a script rivaling the biggest triple-A RPGs, navigating the throes of young love, the uncertainty of parenthood, and what we leave behind in our final days.
Today Bethesda released a new video about Starfield, its upcoming sci-fi game coming next year.
The video stars game director Todd Howard, studio director Angela Browder and art director Matt Carofano as they discuss the upcoming game.
On top of looking to the future, they also talk about the studio’s past, and how it influences the direction taken with Starfield.
You can watch it below.
Starfield will release on Nov. 11, 2022, for Xbox and PC. It will also launch on Xbox Game Pass at the same time as at retail. You can also check out a recent video featuring the game’s lore, the trailer from E3, some more details shared by Todd Howard himself, and a tease of the soundtrack.
Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy remake hasn’t enjoyed the smoothest of launches, to put it mildly. The updated character models and the techniques that have been implemented to issue graphical improvements across the board have resulted in a game that looks… different, and not in a good way.
Exacerbating the issue, a huge number of bugs and glitches have rendered the experience a bit of a nightmare to play, and so it’s no wonder the developer has been quick to release updates in order to at least try and rectify the issues.
Today, that continues with a new title update for all three games in the trilogy across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC platforms. The same update for the trilogy’s Switch version is expected in the coming days.
As you’ll see below, the number of fixes is substantial, which is both pleasing to see but perhaps raises question marks as to whether the compilation was ready for release in the first place. The most notable changes seem to relate to the new rain effects, which are generally excessive and often spill into areas they shouldn’t.
Here’s the full list of changes via Rockstar Games’ official patch notes:
General – PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC
Earlier this week, it was confirmed that the Cody and Brandi Rhodes-led AEW reality drama Rhodes to the Top has been renewed for a second season on TNT. The show was announced back in March of this year, with six hour-long episodes following the couples’ personal lives and the backstage issues surrounding the rise of the hottest wrestling promotion in the industry, All Elite Wrestling.
An official description of the reality show can be seen down below:
Coming to TNT, Rhodes to the Top will take viewers behind-the-scenes as the powerhouse couple manage their ever-busier lives inside and outside the ring, all the while surrounded by a colorful and often hilarious motley crew of wrestlers, family and friends who both support and test them at every turn. Married in 2013, Cody and Brandi have been on an unprecedented path to wrestling greatness, but will now face their newest and possibly biggest challenge yet.
This news comes by way of well-known wrestling journalist David Meltzer, with F4W Online corroborating the report. According to the site, Rhodes to the Top averaged 360,000 viewers and a .15 rating in the 18-49 demo, though rotating time slots of Saturdays instead of Wednesday following Dynamite may have affected viewership.
While there isn’t an exact release date in mind for Rhodes to the Top season 2 on TNT, fans should keep an eye out for more news regarding the AEW reality show at some point soon.
Today, Rockstar Games released a new patch for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition that fixed a whopping 117 bugs in the game.
Not satisfied with simply taking inspiration from Mother (known as EarthBound outside Japan), a new group of developers is trying their hands at creating an unofficial numbered entry in Nintendo’s cult classic role-playing franchise.
Queerness has always existed in the gaming world, even if it hasn’t always been out in the open. But more and more, we’re seeing new and existing gaming communities embrace and even center their queer members. One such community is the vast, rapidly growing subculture around speedrunning, a specialized way to play…
Amazon Game Studios’ New World has been plagued by a number of issues since the MMORPG launched in September, from incredibly simple exploits to repeated pauses in its economy due to cheaters. The game’s latest confounding issue comes in a deluge of high-level farming bots that are stripping the natural world bare and…
For a game about the undying, Dead Cells is really living up to subject matter. The popular roguelike, first released in 2018 for consoles and PC, is getting even more new content, developer Motion Twin announced via press release today. The expansion announcement comes shortly after announcing a different massive…
The top five played games on Steam are the usual suspects, online multiplayer games, with one unusual exception. As of this writing, Capcom Arcade Stadium is the third most popular game on the Steam charts.
The Ruined King: A League of Legends Story is, like many of Riot’s recent projects, an effort in translation. League of Legends remains one of the biggest games in the world, despite its rampant community toxicity and the tremendous time investment required from most players—but things like The Ruined King and Riot’s …
The most popular MMORPG in the world launches its next big expansion at the end of this week, which means Final Fantasy XIV’s servers are about to get hammered. While the ongoing global semiconductor shortage has kept Square Enix from adding new servers for Endwalker’s launch, the developer is taking steps to help…
Activision Blizzard is currently facing serious ongoing allegations of harassment and mistreatment of marginalized workers. To learn more, please visit our timeline as well as our in-depth report on the subject.
A slew of new details about Call of Duty: Warzone's new Pacific map has been revealed. A new blog post from Activision shows off numerous new pictures and the actual in-game map of Caldera, the Pacific island replacing the fictional eastern European region of Verdansk.
Right on the heels of Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes one of the best video game prices on one of the OK-est games available right now. Today at Amazon you can get Marvel's Avengers for PS4 or Xbox for just $9.99.
Marvel's Avengers had a bit of a rough launch, but things have smoothed out somewhat. Still, it's not without its problems. In our initial Marvel's Avengers review, we gave it a 6 (which is 'OK' on the IGN scale). There's still a pretty invested fanbase around Marvel's Avengers, but it never reached the heights its pedigree seemed to promise.
But for ten bucks, who cares? It's fun enough, especially at that price. I say roll the dice. The end game isn't quite as great, but again, the price is right enough to where maybe that doesn't matter to you.
It's also a great gift, if you're looking to give a Marvel fan a little something this year. They never need to know you only spent $10 on it. I would never tell on you.
Seth Macy is Executive Editor, IGN Commerce, and just wants to be your friend. You can find him hosting the Nintendo Voice Chat podcast.
