April 2022

Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 3 Anime Announced; Coming in 2023

1 year 11 months ago

Today Pony Canyon officially announced Part 3 of the Final Season of the ultra-popular Attack on Titan anime.

We also get the confirmation that the anime will air in 2023, while there is no indication on when exactly it will debut.

In case you’re wondering, the Japanese title is “The Final Season Kanketsu Hen,” which translates as “Final Part” so it should really be the last.

Below you can find a teaser trailer and the key art, which were published today.

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Giuseppe Nelva

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Ashes of Creation Character Creator Looks Really Cool in New Video

1 year 11 months ago

Ashes of Creation developer Intrepid Studio revealed a first look at a crucial element of any MMORPG, the character creator.

In over 40 minutes of footage, the developers showcase the extremely deep character customization suite, that certainly appears to be top-notch compared to what you see in the MMORPG industry.

You can watch it for yourself below.

Ashes of Creation is a very promising fantasy MMORPG coming to Windows PC. If you want to hear more, you can check out our hands-on preview from last year.

The game is currently being transitioned to Unreal Engine 5.

Below you can read how the developers describe the game:

Experience an MMORPG where everything is permanently impacted
by your actions – explore, trade, build, and let the world take form. From your imagination through your will and into everyone’s reality, what you create will be the cornerstone of the next explorer’s ambition.

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Giuseppe Nelva

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Fire Emblem: Three Houses Getting Its Own Awesome Tea Sets in Japan

1 year 11 months ago

Japan loves all kinds of merchandise, so when you hear about a tea set dedicated to a video game, you shouldn’t be too surprised, especially when it’s Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Intelligent Systems revealed the Fódlan Tea Break set and the Fódlan Tea Collection sets.

The former includes one original teacup and saucer plus a can with 5 bags of “Hræsvelgr blend” tea.

The latter comes with 30 design tea bags inspired by the characters of the game and featuring various flavors. The prices are 5,500 yen for each set including taxes (which translates approximately into $45).

Both sets come in special boxes with a lovely illustration featuring the male and female versions of the player character.

You can check a gallery of images below.

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Giuseppe Nelva

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New Trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Hints at Adventures To Come

1 year 11 months ago

With just a month or so to go before Star Trek: Strange New Worlds makes its debut on Paramount+, a new trailer has just been unveiled, and it suggests that there is still much more to see for Christopher Pike and the rest of the crew of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek universe.

Set decades before the original series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will see Pike and the gang exploring brand new worlds and establishing contact with undiscovered societies and cultures. As opposed to a darker tone that has been prevalent in recent times, this show is more inclined toward the joy and excitement of discovery.

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Jake Su

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Azur Lane Getting Sporty Bremerton Figure by Mimeyoi

1 year 11 months ago

Japanese figure manufacturers are continuing to reveal new figures portraying Azur Lane’s shipgirls, and now it’s Mimeyoi’s turn.

We get a figure portraying Bremerton with her “Scorching-Hot Training” skin.

She’s currently available for pre-order on Ami Ami in a cheaper TF Edition and a pricier one with more accessories priced respectively at 14,600 yen and 18,800 yen, which translate respectively into approximately $120 and $154.

The release window is May 2023 for both editions.

The prototype was sculpted by Yadokari in collaboration with CREAME and painted by Emi Hoshina. The scale is 1/7 for approximately 200 mm in height.

You can check out what she looks like in the gallery below.

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Giuseppe Nelva

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MiHoYo to Rollback Yae Miko Nerf in Genshin Impact, Primogems Compensation Incoming

1 year 11 months ago

Yae Miko is a fairly recent addition to the already massive character roster in Genshin Impact, but players have been disappointed with the implement of a fix for her elemental abilities. Whereas her elemental skill used to target random enemies, it now locks on to the nearest foe, which can pose all sorts of problems if that enemy in particular is resistant or shielded to her attacks.

After examining combat data, MiHoYo has announced that they’ll be rolling back the nerf this week and readjust Yae Miko’s abilities so that it reverts to its original state. The developers apologized for the inconvenience caused, and also announced that players will receive a compensation of 100 Primogems.

And, well, more primogems is always a good thing because how else are you gonna pull all your favorite characters and weapons?

The patch is set to be deployed on April 6, and players should be able to redeem their compensation primogems then as well. Genshin Impact is now available on PC, PlayStation, and mobile devices.

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Zhiqing Wan

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In Nightmare Review – Scarily Mild

1 year 11 months ago

In Nightmare on PS5

The key to a good horror game is giving players new things to be afraid of, hiding new tricks around every corner so fear can’t turn into frustration. In Nightmare sadly wasn’t developed with this idea in mind; instead, nearly every threat or new monster doesn’t add anything to the game outside of a new gimmick you must learn how to avoid. Time and time again it provides more overwhelming annoyance than it does a sense of victory when finishing an area that was proving to be difficult.

It doesn’t help that too many sections of In Nightmare boil down to one simple objective: run down a corridor and avoid a pursuing monster. The first chase sequence was fun and useful for getting used to the game’s controls and test out the sprint speed of the main character. However, after far too many instances of entering through a door and seeing the telltale cutscene that lets you know you are about to be chased, it got old quickly.

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Cameron Waldrop

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Soul Hackers 2 for PS5, PS4, Xbox, & PC Gets New Trailer Showing the Return of Zhu Tun She

1 year 11 months ago

Today Atlus released one of its daily trailers of its upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, focusing on one of the demons included in the game.

This time around shows Zhu Tun She, known in Japanese as “Chotonda.” It’s another of the demons that are a bit rarer within the Shin Megami Tensei series and actually debuted in the original Soul Hackers.

As usual, we also get the daily horoscope, with Leo at the top of the fortune ranking, while Gemini is at the bottom.

Soul Hackers 2 releases for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC (Steam and Windows Store) on August 26, just one day after the Japanese launch on August 25.

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Giuseppe Nelva

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Soul Hackers 2 Gets Lots of Screenshots & Details Revealing New Characters & More

1 year 11 months ago

Today Atlus released a large gallery of screenshots and details about its upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, showing new characters and more.

First of all, we meet Raven. He’s a former member of Yatagarasu and used to be a top-notch summoner, but now he’s retired and runs an orphanage. He’s very sociable and loves children. He speaks calmly and he’s very caring. He’s like a mentor figure to the hero Arrow, and calls him little brother. Ringo and her team visit him to ask for advice during their investigation.

The second character introduced today is Kaburagi, a member of Phantom Society. He’s a bright young man with a strong sense of justice and care for his friends. Yet, he kills Arrow to fulfill his mission. The two appear to know each other and have some sort of connection.

We also learn more about Arrow himself, including the fact that he loves taking care of plants as his hobby, he loves shoyu (soy source flavor) ramen. His birthday is February 22.

Arrow’s COMP is a gun-type so his basic attacks are bullets. He is strong with the ice elements and support skills. His physical strength is considerable and depending on how he’s specced he can learn skills to shield his allies.

Like in most Shin Megami Tensei games, it’s important to attack enemies according to their elemental weaknesses, while avoiding their resistances.

Ringo and her companions have COMPs that can be equipped with a variety of demons giving them direct access to their skills.

If you hit an enemy’s weakness you can summon your own demon, which is called “Stack.” At the end of the turn, Ringo will give the signal to begin the “Sabbath” prompting all summoned demons to strike. You can stack up to 16 demons.

Demons can also learn tandem skills and when they join a Sabbath there is a chance that they will unleash those skills with various effects like inflicting abnormal statuses or healing allies.

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Giuseppe Nelva

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Think You Know Everything About Better Call Saul? Take the Quiz to Find Out

1 year 6 months ago

Better Call Saul is a spinoff of AMC’s hit series Breaking Bad, and over the past five years or so, the show has really started to come into its own. Previously seen as just a minor comic relief character, Saul Goodman has now evolved into one of the most complex personalities we’ve ever seen in the Breaking Bad universe over the course of five seasons.

The show is getting its sixth and final season this year to wrap up his story, which makes this the perfect time to test your knowledge of Better Call Saul and see just how well you know it. Do be warned that this trivia quiz does contain some minor spoilers for all six seasons, including the series finale, so we’d definitely recommend catching up first before attempting it.

(Image credit: AMC)

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Zhiqing Wan

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New Elden Ring Patch Buffs a Boss Who Got Accidentally Nerfed

1 year 11 months ago

Bandai Namco has announced a small Elden Ring patch, which will be released today, April 4, across all platforms. The patch buffs some attacks for boss Starscourge Radahn, who was unintentionally made weaker in the latest version of the game.

Elden Ring's 1.03 patch arrived last month, and made a lot of adjustments to the game. However, one was unintentional, making the famously tricky Radahn far weaker than he was meant to be when using some attacks. A new version of 1.03 arrives today as a result.

The only patch note reads "Fixed a bug in the balance adjustment of the boss 'Starscourge Radahn' in update 1.03, in which the power of some attacks was unintentionally reduced." The patch comes to PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Steam today.

Players on the Elden Ring subreddit broadly welcomed the change, with Naldo273 saying, "On my second playthrough he was a complete joke. You could actually just ride around watching the NPCs melt him. I don't know what people were thinking defending that nerf. God forbid one of the most epic boss fight in From history doesn't keel over on your first attempt".

If you're sturggling with the demigod after the change, our Elden Ring guide includes some tips on how to beat Starscourge Radahn.

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Joe Skrebels

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Elden Ring players complete no damage and pacifist runs

1 year 11 months ago

Elden Ring players have moved beyond speedruns to find alternative ways to play.

First up there’s Twitch streamer Seki, who not only completed the game in under three hours - an impressive feat alone - but did so without taking any damage.

Seki’s run was the world’s first to do so - while streamer GinoMachino managed a no hit run on 13th March, Seki took no damage at all. That means completing the whole game without taking fall or poison damage, let alone getting hit.

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Ed Nightingale

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PlayStation Plus will have "all the big names present", promises Jim Ryan

1 year 11 months ago

PlayStation boss Jim Ryan has been talking up his big new subscription offering, and the quality of games which will be available via the service.

Speaking via the official PlayStation Podcast, Ryan said that subscribers would be able to look forward to "all the big names" in the service's upcoming library of games.

When asked to name more games set to be available, Ryan replied that Sony had "massive publisher participation... We have all the big names present".

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Tom Phillips

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Halo developer acknowledges Infinite player frustrations

1 year 11 months ago

343 Industries has acknowledged the frustrations of its Halo Infinite community, however the team hopes the upcoming arrival of Season Two will fix some of the ongoing issues.

343 community director Brian Jarrard took to Reddit over the weekend, where he revealed the Halo Infinite team is "certainly not happy to be unable to meet player and community expectations".

He also admitted, "it's a difficult situation that's going to take the team time to work through".

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Victoria Kennedy

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