May 2022

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Also known as the next expansion Final Fantasy XIV 7.0 is already underway, as producer Naoki “Yoshi P” Yoshida confirms...

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It’s provided endless amounts of fun, and it’s still alive on Switch Star Fox 64 is 25 years old now....

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Cblogs of 4/17 to 4/29/2022 -Dinokaiser extols their passionate love for Warriors Orochi 4. -BlackRedGaming takes a look at the...

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Legendary literature, now with added BARF! Arc System Works has confirmed that River City Saga: Three Kingdoms, a brawler take...

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It still plays the noises, of course The Fisher-Price toy video game controller is not really meant to be used...

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Streamers express concern at potential changes Career streamers are raising concerns following the publishing of a new report which suggests...

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Coming soon My Nintendo has been ramping up its physical reward selection as of late, and the next one in...

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Long-time-coming sequel saw hugely positive reception It took forever and a day to get here, but it appears that the...

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News is coming “soon” As we charge further onward into a potential Sonic Frontiers 2022 release, Sega has been mum...

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A hole in one? Well that comes later I have a mixed set of memories with the Wii Sports franchise....

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And the mechanic is quite forgiving, to boot Breath of the Wild Zelda shields deflect lasers, as this one player...

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Not all ‘western’ IPs are headed to Sweden In the early hours of this morning, the big news hit that...

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To some this makes perfect sense, to others, it doesn’t Juuuuuust in case you’re going to try and attempt Nintendo...

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Magic and Mystery are part of her history Anybody who knows me well knows that I wish I was an...

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Forecasts are down 10% from fiscal year 2021 There are some Nintendo supply chain issues coming up, the company has...

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Making the wrong kind of Impact Studio MiHoYo has announced that the next update to its uber-popular RPG adventure title...

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Major acquisition deal struck with Square Enix The bottomless pit of cash that is the Embracer Group has gone on...

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Flying Visit Hey folks! Welcome to this week’s Whatcha Been Playing! This will be a shorter deal than usual, as...

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I’m begging you, Nintendo Nintendo has been in a trend of bringing back its classic games recently — most notably...

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A light snack With a catchy theme song and colorful characters, Bugsnax “incherritoed” its way into the hearts and PlayStations...

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Choose your own fisticuffs with a new update, including the “original” level of difficulty Sifu players who want a smoother...

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Voucher codes will still remain valid, though Sony is gearing up to launch its revised PlayStation Plus system. But before...

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Stray‘s big adventure heads for warmer weather The adorable futuristic cat-hero adventure Stray has a new release window. Rather than earlier in...

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Jetto, Jetto, Jetto-man! I was at the perfect age when Mighty Morphin Power Rangers hit the scene. I absolutely ate...

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Wherefore art thou Deathclaw? Are you looking for a little bit of art and culture in the middle of the...

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The more XP you earn as different classes, the more passive bonuses you’ll accumulate A big part of Rogue Legacy...

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If you haven’t played Yoku’s Island Express yet, don’t miss out — it’s charming as hell I try not to...

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The pirate game, long lost at sea, mysteriously re-appears Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones has been in development for quite some time....

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Pietro Ubaldi, the Italian voice actor of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s Goron champion Daruk, recently shared in a recorded interview that he will be playing the role of a new character in the upcoming sequel.

This information, via Nintendo Wire, comes from the YouTube channel Lega Hyrule, an Italian channel focused on the Legend of Zelda.

The reporter speaks to Ubaldi and confirms that the voice actor plays the role of an ancestor of Daruk’s, whose exact name he cannot remember. All he can recall is that the character is a “bit more serious” than Daruk was. The reporter asks if the character is Darunia, a Goron from Ocarina of Time, but Ubaldi says he does not remember the names.

This is the first hint of a new character in Breath of the Wild’s sequel, which is due to release in spring of next year. If the character is an ancestor of Daruk, the champion from the first game, then it is possible that this ancestor is the Goron champion who piloted the Divine Beast 10,000 years ago.

Though this information is not a certain confirmation or official announcement, it is not unbelievable because Pietro Ubaldi is a renowned voice actor; not only did he voice characters in the original Breath of the Wild, he is also known for being the Italian voices of Patrick Star from Spongebob Squarepants, Doraemon from Doraemon, and Reinhardt from Overwatch.

A little over a week ago, PAX East 2022 officially ended, signaling a close to a weekend’s worth of great displays and fun for a lot of interesting video games. And while there were some pretty notable titles there, including Dead Cells and Splitgate, there were a handful of titles that really caught me off guard.

From a rockband roguelike to a cult-building adventure title, these are the 10 surprising PAX East games that stole the show. 

Power Chord

If you’re into Roguelikes and music, then Power Chord is just for you. In this rocking deck-building title, players battle their way through legions of demons, discover new cards to enhance their instruments of destruction, and take back the city, one dive bar at a time.

Alongside rocking music, Power Chord also features some slick visuals and a gameplay loop reminiscent of titles like Slay the Spire, Monster Train, and Darkest Dungeon. The game doesn’t currently have a release date, but is slated for PC when it does come out. 

Darth Vader is a powerful Sith Lord capable of defeating the biggest, baddest, and most dangerous foes in the galaxy. And now, thanks to a talented modder, one of the most iconic villains in cinema history has been added to the PC version of Elden Ring. Impressive. Most impressive.

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When Valve’s Steam Deck launched back in February, it could only certifiably run a (relative) handful of the platform’s 1000s of titles. The exact number was 399, but now, just a few weeks later, that figure has roughly tripled.

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It may have had some writing done by an old white guy, and have magic and swords and monsters and the word “Ring” in the title, but Elden Ring is not Lord of the Rings. Not even close. Unless....

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If you have not yet had the chance to try out the award-winning roguelite that is Returnal, now might be the best chance to do so. Having recently gotten a gigantic free update that added co-op and a new mode in Tower of Sisyphus to challenge players, developer Housemarque has now rolled out a new patch that brings even more improvements to the shooter.

The update will require 1.3GB of space and is all about finding the right balance for the Tower of Sisyphus mode. Unfortunately, the patch notes do very little in letting players know exactly what was changed to rebalance things.

However, if you are still curious about what has been tweaked in this latest patch for Returnal, here are the relevant details:

With Sony recently teasing and then finally rolling out a new system software update that enabled support for Variable Refresh Rates (VRR) for compatible televisions, the ball is now in the court of developers to decide if they want to up the graphical game for their titles. Tango Gameworks is one of the studios that has taken up the mantle, with a new update for Ghostwire: Tokyo that brings plenty of improvements, including support for VRR.

In essence, the use of VRR will dynamically sync the refresh rate of the display to the PS5 console’s graphical output. This enhances visual performance for PS5 games by minimizing or eliminating visual artifacts, such as frame pacing issues and screen tearing. So players can expect gameplay in Ghostwire: Tokyo to be smoother, have crispier graphics, as well as reduced input lag thanks to the VRR support.

In addition, the new update also reduces the noise of the helpful but incessant Tengu with a new adjustable volume option, a multitude of bug fixes, and improved overall performance. Be sure to check out the full patch notes for all of the details.

Today Atlus released another daily trailer for its upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, showing one of its demons.

This time around, we take a look at Chernobog, who debuted a long time ago and appeared often in the Shin Megami Tensei series, including Shin Megami Tensei V.

As usual, the trailer also includes the daily horoscope, which places Pisces at the top of the luck ranking and Capricorn at the bottom. I guess I better lock myself at home today.

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.

Level Infinite released a new trailer of the upcoming RPG Tower of Fantasy.

The trailer focuses on some of the mounts that you’ll be able to enjoy in the game, from mechanical horses to Akira-like motorbikes and mecha.

You can watch it below.

Here’s what Level Infinite has to say about mounts:

“Wanderers are constantly on the move, traveling all over the planet to restore peace and order to Aida. The scenery may be beautiful but walking and running across the planet gets tiring, and it takes much too long! That is why various mounts are available to help Wanderers get around!

From robotic horses to motorcycles to bi-pedal mechs, there is a unique mount out there for everyone! Let us know what your favorite mount is in the comments below!”

If you’re unfamiliar with Tower of Fantasy, here’s what the developer has to say about it:

“Through an interstellar colonization plan, humans created a new civilization on a planet called Aida.
To mine the comet Mara for a mysterious yet potent energy called Omnium, they built the Tower of Fantasy. But the humans who lusted after resources shall ultimately pay the price for their avarice.

The Garden Path appeared just about a year ago, a sort of slightly more complex-looking Animal Crossing. Lauren played the demo a few months back and found it to be lovely, and indeed, what's not to love about a pretty 2D world where you potter about and plant things, and trade things with different anthropomorphic animals that wander through. There's a slightly chonkier preview build knocking about now, and I'll say this for it: you need to put the time in.

There's more to say as well, but that was my main takeaway from the current build. Much like actual gardening, a lot of The Garden Path is inscrutable to me - at least from the visits I've made to the garden so far, which is actually more of a free-form forest at present. Presumably after some effort on my part I can shape it how I'd like. But if current trends hold that will take a long time. Cos plants.

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Epic Games has just rolled out the Fortnite 20.30 update, which adds a significant amount of new content including Star Wars quests and Lightsabers as weapons to celebrate May the 4th tomorrow, as well as introducing a Doctor Strange NPC.

While the blog post has now released and shares information about the immediate content available in the game, dataminer and popular Fortnite leaker iFireMonkey has also shared a bulk of the new content coming in the update.

The headline additions come in the form of the Star Wars content. Lightsabers have been reintroduced, providing players with a way of deflecting incoming fire as well as dealing heavy melee damage to their opponents. Though, at the time of writing, it remains to be seen if these have been adjusted since they last appeared in the game.

The lightsabers will also be joined by the E-11 Blaster Rifle, which will deal 30 damage per hit and has an unlimited magazine size. It can overheat, however, and when it does it’ll take two seconds to cool down. It has a fire rate of 4.75.