February 2022

miHoYo, the company behind Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact 3, contributed $65 million to Energy Singularity, which is a company that works on nuclear fusion technology. miHoYo led the round of financing alongside other corporations such as NIO Capital. [Thanks, Daniel “ZhugeEx” Ahmad!]

As part of efforts to lower carbon emissions, some companies and governments conduct research into renewable energy. Nuclear fusion is one of those options. While Tokamak devices are not new, small and commercialized versions of the machine could mean that more individuals and businesses would have access to clean energy.

A Tokamak device is a machine that uses magnets to confine plasma particles. This then leads to fusion (and energy), thus nuclear fusion. There are a large number of Tokamak devices in history. France has been constructing the ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), and it will finish in 2025.

Alex Senechal is art director at 1047 games, the developers of Slipgate.

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The most obvious way to tell if Elden Ring is a Souls game isn’t its satisfyingly difficult gameplay loop or incomprehensible lore. No, the true test of Elden Ring’s inherent Souls-ness lies with the messaging system, in which players can leave behind asynchronous notes to give their fellow Tarnished tips about…

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The update for the offline version of Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road has been delayed again. The official Japanese Twitter account announced that the patch would require "a little more time.” The 5.0.0 update was initially slated to release during Winter 2021 and will now release at an unspecified date.

According to Square Enix, one of the reasons for the delay is the large number of new scenarios coming with the new update. Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road is a prequel story that follows antagonist Xehanort, starting with the character's youth. The announcement tweet includes various images from the game.

https://twitter.com/KHDR_PR/status/1498130845047132160?s=20&t=qyiXCzm7We2xWM7ZGMNDnA

The upcoming 5.0.0 update is the final story update for Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road offline. Square Enix initially planned to release the update in September 2021. However, due to various issues, the company had postponed the update indefinitely. Prior to the most recent delay, Square Enix had announced the aforementioned Winter 2021 window.

Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road originally released globally in June 2020 as part of the existing Kingdom Hearts: Union x mobile app. A year later, Square Enix announced that it would shut down the Union x app. After the shutdown, players would be unable to access Dark Road via Union x. Players would instead be able to enjoy the story through a new, offline version of the game.

Today 2K games revealed the full roster of the upcoming wrestling game WWE 2K22.

The roster was published on the game’s official website, including plenty of superstars from all areas of the sport.

You can find the list below, keeping in mind that it does not include wrestlers that will be added after release via DLC.

Elden Ring: it’s good, people are saying, but it’s good with certain caveats, like the fact you can’t properly pause the game. This isn’t anything new for Souls-like titles, of course, but if Elden Ring’s hype means this is the first of them that you’re checking out (or if you’ve got older and/or your circumstances…

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Today Cygames announced that the Granblue Fantasy 8th Anniversary livestream will be hosted this week,

To be precise, it’ll be broadcasted on Sunday, March 6 at 6:00 pm Japan Time. This translates to 10:00 am CET, 9:00 am GMT, 4:00 am EST, and 1:00 am PST.

The livestream promises the latest news on the mobile game, but it was also hinted back in December that it would yield the next reveal about Granblue Fantasy Relink, possibly including a release date or window.

It’s also possible that we may hear about Granblue Fantasy Versus. While announced DLC characters have all been released, Cygames has asked the fans for their opinion on who should be implemented next.

You can find the livestream embedded below in case you want to follow along. Of course, you can expect to real relevant news here on Twinfinite.

Granblue Fantasy Relink is coming in 2022 for PS5, PS4, and PC.

If you are curious about the upcoming Netflix anime Bubble, the streaming platform has revealed both a new key visual as well as a full trailer for the parkour-themed animated feature. Both Hibiki and Uta, the main characters feature prominently in the new update.

The premiere for Bubble is slated for April 28 later this year, with Wit Studio the folks behind the title. Directed by Tetsurou Araki, who did Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, the script is being handled by Gen Urobuchi of Puella Magi Madoka Magica fame.

As is to be expected from anything backed by Netflix nowadays, there is some considerable star power behind Bubble. Singer-songwriter Riria will be the voice for the film’s main heroine, Uta. Jun Shison joins her as Hibiki, Mamoru Miyano plays Shin, Yuuki Kaji is Kai, Tasuku Hatanaka will be portraying Denki Ninja Leader, Sayaka Senbongi as Usagi, Marina Inoue as Undertaker Leader, and finally, Alice Hirose is the voice behind Makoto.

Artist Takeshi Obata (Death Note) is the film’s character designer, with Satoshi Kadowaki (Attack on Titan) being in charge of the chief animation direction. Hiroyuki Sawano (86 EIGHTY SIX) is behind the musical score.

Today Square Enix announced that its mobile game Octopath Traveler: Champions of Continent will receive a collaboration with the popular NieR: Automata.

The crossover will bring 2B, A2, and 9S as playable characters to the mobile game.

The event will be hosted in the Japanese version if the game between March 1 and March 17.

Of course, this does not yet apply to the western version of the game which will host a closed beta test this month and launch later this year.

That being said, precedents with other mobile games by Square Enix give hope that this content will come west in due time, even if it may take a while.

Below you can check out the trailer dedicated to the characters, and the beautiful art released to portray them.

With February just passing, it seems that the constant release of awesome games to enjoy is not abating anytime soon. Hot on the heels of Horizon Forbidden West and Elden Ring, fans of role-playing games have something else to look forward to in March as well. Coming from 1P2P Studio, the RPG brawler that is Young Souls is slated for release this March 10 for PS4, Xbox One, PC, and the Nintendo Switch.

Announced via a slick-looking release date trailer, the game sees a world divided into two, one for the humans and the other for goblins. Joining our heroes Jenn and Tristan, players will be able to explore and jump between the two worlds, and beat up any hostile goblins along the way.

Do not worry, your copy of Elden Ring did not ratchet up the difficulty by forcing you to play offline today. As announced on the official Twitter account of the game, Elden Ring will be undergoing maintenance on all platforms. However, we can expect the servers to be down for only about an hour or so.

Developers will be working on improving the game’s multiplayer functionality, and depending on your chosen platform, here are the times to look out for.

Platform: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
Publisher: Bandai Namco
Developer: From Software
Release: February 25, 2022

Godrick The Grafted is the ruler of Stormveil Castle, the first legacy dungeon in Elden Ring. This mandatory boss is a demi-god whose body is clad by extremities taken from his previous victims. Godrick is incredibly agile despite his large size, capable of using his storm-calling abilities to launch into the air or whirl massive gusts of wind. During his second phase, the disgraced lord grafts a dragon head onto his arm, spewing streams of deadly fire. Godrick is a nasty foe, but the good news is he’s easier to beat than Margit The Fell Omen.

The team clearly had fun imagining new possibilities for the series, and for Link alone almost a hundred different designs were presented within the team. And hey, as goofy as he may look, the concepts for Biker Link weren't too far off the mark in the end… at least, mechanically.