May 2022

There's a new Soul Hackers 2 character trailer, and this time both Ringo and Figue share the spotlight. The two are the Aion digital sentient beings attempting to prevent the apocalypse alongside humans Ringo soul-hacked. The video consists of in-game footage. People can see Ringo exploring the world and fighting, while Figue uses a drone that looks like an owl and is named Mimi to assist the group.

The video begins with portraits of Ringo and Figue and introducing their Japanese voice actresses. Ringo is played by Tomoyo Kurosawa. Kurosawa is also the Japanese voice of Fire Emblem: Three Houses’ Sothis and Scarlet Nexus’ Haruka. Figue is voiced by Nanako Mori. She also played Coco in Code Vein and Taki in Soulcalibur 6. While Ringo is the game’s heroine, Figue acts as an ally who assist from the sidelines.

The video begins with the two essentially being created. Then, we see Ringo resurrect Arrow, Milady, and Saizo. After that, we watch how Mimi can be used to explore vents in an area. More gameplay footage with Ringo encountering antagonists appears after that.

Here’s the full Soul Hackers 2 Ringo and Figue character trailer, If you turn on closed captions, English subtitles are available.

Dragon Quest Day 2022 Video Mentions DQ XII, Dragon Quest Builders

In 2018, the Japan Anniversary Association officially dubbed May 27th Dragon Quest Day. Since it is officially May 27, 2022 in Japan now, there is a new video starring creator Yuji Horii discussing the series and things to come. Most notably, he also brings up Dragon Quest XII and Dragon Quest Builders’ mobile port. The former is still in development, while the latter is available worldwide now.

The video begins with Horii at Dragon Quest Island, the attraction at Nijigen no Mori in Awajishima, Japan. As he walks around the attraction, which has been open for a year, he shows off areas like the inn.

After a quick walk around the park. Horii offers updates on upcoming Dragon Quest games. He first noted that a few are planned for 2022. That’s when he said the Dragon Quest Builders mobile port will be released “very soon.” However, the game is available immediately worldwide. People can go to the App Store or Google Play to get it. A temporary launch discount is in effect until June 9, 2022, bringing the price down to $21.99. People can also buy add-ons that add an Astronomy Set, Boss Monster Model Set, Magic Carpet, and Pixel Ring.

The teased Last Cloudia Persona 5 Royal event is now live in-game. It features Goro “Crow” Akechi, Kasumi “Violet” Yoshizawa, Ren “Joker” Amamiya, and Morgana as playable characters. However, people won’t have to pull to get at least one. Everyone will get either Joker or Morgana.

The free unit is a login bonus. When people log into Last Cloudia during the event, one of two will be given out. A trailer was released focusing on these two characters. It looks at Joker first, showing him in battle. Then, it shows his traits. There’s Steal, Arsene, referencing his Persona, and Wild, which alludes to his nature as the Wildcard who can equip any Persona. It also goes over his skills and special. After that, Morgana is shown off. Like Joker, his traits reference things about him in-game. One is Zorro! Show Your Might, which involves his Persona. The other is Magician, which references the Arcana connected to him. His skills and special are discussed after that. The video closes with a look at the Royal (LR) Ark people can get in-game.

Today Clouded Leopard Entertainment released an English trailer of The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki, but it isn’t what you may think it is.

Clouded Leopard Entertainment has the license to localize the latest games of the beloved Trails series for the Asian market in Traditional Chinese and Korean, but not in English.

As such, they’re going to release the game’s PS5 and Steam version on July 28, 2022, day and date with the Japanese release, but only in the languages mentioned above.

The English localization, which is probably going to come from NIS America, still hasn’t even been announced despite the fact that this game was originally released in Japan for PS4 in September 2021.

The publisher plans to localize The Legend of Heroes Trails From Zero (which is coming on September 27), The Legend of Heroes Trails to Azure, The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails, and The Legend of Heroes: Trails Into Reverie for PS4, Switch, and PC all the way into 2023, which means that the perspective of playing Kuro no Kiseki in English is unfortunately quite far in the future.

Today, Disney+ revealed that its newest upcoming Star Wars television series, Andor, would be arriving on the platform this Summer. To be exact, the show will begin streaming on August 31, 2022.

Star Wars: Andor follows Cassian Andor, a young rebel that embarks on a path against The Empire that is destined to make him a hero. You can check out the official teaser trailer for the series, alongside a general description, just down below.

The “Andor” series will explore a new perspective from the Star Wars galaxy, focusing on Cassian Andor’s journey to discover the difference he can make. The series brings forward the tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became involved. It’s an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue where Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.

Diego Luna returns as Cassian Andor and is joined by cast members Genevieve O’Reilly, Stellan Skarsgård, Adria Arjona, Denise Gough and Kyle Soller. The executive producers are Kathleen Kennedy, Sanne Wohlenberg, Diego Luna and Michelle Rejwan. Tony Gilroy is the creator and showrunner.

BioShock: The Collection is the latest freebie on the Epic Games Store. Grab it anytime between now and June 2nd and BioShocks 1, 2 and Infinite are free to keep forever, including all the add-ons such as Minerva's Den and Burial At Sea.

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Survarium was one of several games that hoped to claim S.T.A.L.K.E.R's stalking hood after GSC Game World burst. Ten years after it was first announced and seven after it was released, developers Vostok Games say that Survarium's servers will go offline for the final time on May 31st.

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Sony mentioned in an investor call this week that a third of their first-party games would be on PC by 2025. Well, it looks like Returnal could be next in line to be ported across based on details in a new listing on SteamDB.

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No stranger to Star Wars or the annual celebration happening right now in Anaheim, CA, Harrison Ford made a surprise appearance at the Lucasfilm Showcase today, but he didn't show up for a space-faring adventure this time around. Instead, he arrived to promote another Lucasfilm franchise he stars in by the name of Indiana Jones and dropped the big news of a 2023 release date for the next film installment.

Ford's segment started with a musical introduction by longtime Star Wars and Indy composer John Williams (who celebrated his 90th birthday in February) playing him onto the stage. Ford spoke about working on the new Indian Jones film and how it was nearing completion. "I had a wonderful experience working with James Mangold," said Ford, according to a Tweet from Decider. "I am really proud of the movie that we made. So I'll be seeing you around campus."

Ford says they've almost finished the next Indy film. "I had a wonderful experience working with James Mangold," who is also here. "I am really proud of the movie that we made. So I'll be seeing you around campus."

— Decider (@decider) May 26, 2022

Before leaving the stage, Harrison Ford dropped potentially the biggest bit of information from today's panel: Indiana Jones 5 will be released in theaters on June 30, 2023. How about that for a final segment surprise?

Star Wars Celebration began today with a panel showing with a showcase of the projects Lucasfilm is working on, and the new Star Wars series Andor had the spotlight after the cast of Obi-Wan Kenobi left the stage. Not only was there a brief interview with the show's cast and crew, but a teaser trailer debuted along with the release date on Disney+ of August 31.

The teaser trailer shown is musically paced with anvil-like percussion and throat-singing casting the theme of the footage. Focusing on the growing tension between the rebellious citizens and the overbearing Empire, Andor will depict the five years of Cassian Andor's life prior to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The trailer shows those citizens preparing for conflict with imperial forces while Diego Luna's Andor voices his displeasure with the Empire over the footage. We, of course, see Cassian Andor sneaking around, but also a new look at Genevieve O'Reilly returning as Mon Mothma, who last played this role in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. Peppered throughout are shots of a lush forest, a stark white base set in a body of water, and a large futuristic city that is most likely Coruscant.

The first season of The Book of Boba Fett almost transformed into the third season of The Mandalorian, so we haven't been away from Grogu, Luke Skywalker, and Din Djarin for too long. The wait to be reunited with them again, however, will be a little longer than expected. The Mandalorian's third season won't hit this year. The first episode is now officially slated to release in February 2023.

This news comes from the first day of Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, Calif. The series' creators, Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, took to the stage in front of a packed theater to deliver the update. Actor Rosario Dawson also appeared in full Jedi makeup from the set of Ahsoka to reveal it would also be hitting in 2023, but no month was given.

Filoni and Favreau then surprised the crowd with the announcement of a new show called Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. This Disney Plus show is scheduled to launch in 2023 and will star Jude Law. It's yet another project touched by Favreau and Filoni and also has Jon Watts and Christopher Ford serving as executive producers. You can see the official teaser image below:

With lengthy wait times a distant memory, the Final Fantasy XIV team is ready to return to normalcy by letting folks stay logged in forever, no matter how long they go without, you know, actually playing the massively multiplayer online game.

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To follow Halo Infinite closely is to subject yourself to constant emotional whiplash. One day it’s on the top of the charts. The next, it feels like all of social media is calling it a “dead game.” Or maybe the developer adds a ton of cool stuff to the game…and then breaks a ton of other cool stuff…and then un-breaks…

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Hunter x Hunter fans around the world clamored in celebration earlier this week after creator Yoshihiro Togashi teased the end of the beloved shonen manga’s hiatus. But while some merely waited for two years, one unsung fan put himself through real-life training until the day the manga resumed serialization.

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In today’s internal all-hands meeting with Xbox Game Studios employees, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer said that he would recognize Raven Software’s union. This came after the QA testers at Raven voted to form the first labor union at a major studio.

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Actor and producer Ray Liotta, famous for his starring role as Tommy Vercetti in the PS2 open-world classic Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, has died. He was 67 years old. He leaves behind a daughter and fiancée.

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Hangar 13 can’t catch a break. The studio behind Mafia III, which suffered multiple rounds of layoffs in the years that followed its 2016 launch, is once again on the chopping block. Kotaku has learned that in addition to a steady stream of departures, developers across the studio’s three global sites have been let…

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Budding urban planners that somehow still haven't found their way toward Colossal Order's enormously entertaining city builder Cities: Skylines now have no excuse. You can pick up the base game and almost all its DLC on PC for around £16 in the latest Humble charity bundle.

Cities: Skylines was a solidly entertaining city builder when it released all the way back in 2015, but seven years of expansions and other post-launch DLC haved created a game of truly amazing scope. However, getting your hands on absolutely everything that's released thus far is, inevitably, an extremely pricey undertaking even during sale season.

Hop over to the Humble Store right now though, and you can pick up publisher Paradox Interactive's Cities: Skylines Colossal Collection. This features a total of 32 items (usually costing £204.39), including the base game, plus its After Dark, Snowfall, Natural Disasters, Mass Transit, Green Cities, Parklife, Industries, Campus, and Sunset Harbour expansions.

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People will have a second chance to get Nendoroids of the Konosuba characters. Good Smile Company announced it will once again offer the Aqua, Darkness, Kazuma, Megumin, and Yunyun figures. In the case of Kazuma and Yunyun, this is the first time they’ve returned since their 2018 debuts. Meanwhile, this is the fourth time Aqua will be rereleased. Most of them are ¥5,900/$53.99. However, Megumin is slightly more expensive at ¥6,100/$55.99.

As one might expect, each of these Konosuba Nendoroids come with the same items they did the first time around. Each one has three face plates. Everyone has their signature weapon. In the case of Megumin, you also get some magic effect parts and an eyepatch. Aqua, Darkness, and Megumin come with special bases as a Good Smile Company store pre-order bonus. Kazuma’s pre-order bonus is a folded jersey he can carry. Yunyun’s is a pair of bunny ears.

Today Bandai Namco hosted the Gundam Game Fest event and we get news about four Gundam games.

We start with the recently-announced SD Gundam Battle Alliance for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC with a brand new trailer revealing an overview of the gameplay.

We also take a look at an original Gundam appearing in the game, Gundam Latreia. On top of that, the trailer also features a glimpse of the story.

Last, but not least, we also get the release date, which is August 25, 2022. Pre-orders start today and we also learn that the game will be the Gundam Game with the most supported languages ever: English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Neutral Spanish, Brazillian Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, and Thai.

Next, we move to Gundam Evolution for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, & PC, which also gets a new trailer showing gameplay.

We learn about a network test for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One that will happen in the United States, Canada, and Japan. It’ll be hosted between June 23 and June 28.

Today Cloud Imperium Games released another video showcasing a new vehicle coming to its growing space game Star Citizen.

The new vehicle is made by Drake and it’s named the “Mule.” It’s petty much what you expect, a space truck with six wheels for good measure.

Players will actually be able to drive it soon enough, as the Mule will make its playable debut at this year’s Invictus Launch Week on May 28. To be precise, it’ll be at Drake’s own “Defensecon” spin-off event. The Invictus Launch Week celebrate the UEE navy, and Drake being Drake, they’re not invited.

That being said, this means that everyone will be able to play with the Mule for free and enjoy a couple of days as a space Fedex delivery person thanks to the ongoing free fly event. That’s pretty much what this truck is all about.

You can check it out below.

In other Star Citizen news, the crowdfunding total has just passed $467 million and it’s currently sitting on $467,478,233.

The number of registered accounts has also recently surpassed 3.8 million, and it’s at 3,849,053 at the moment of this writing.

Striking Distance Studios CEO Glen Schofield took to Twitter to provide new information on the upcoming survival horror game The Callisto Protocol.

The Callisto Protocol releases Dec. 2, 2022 for consoles and PC. You can check out the original trailer, an extended and uncensored version, and a recent screenshot.

You can see the full announcement about the PUBG relationship below.

With the release of Top Gun: Maverick the interest in aviation seems to have spiked, and game developers have certainly been working hard with themed DLC, from Microsoft Flight Simulator to Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.

War Thunder developer Gaijin Entertainment may not have an official movie license, but this certainly isn’t deterring them from jumping on the bandwagon.

With its tech trees having recently advanced as far as the A-10 Thunderbolt, it may be a little early to introduce Maverick’s F/A-18E Super Hornet, but there is another famous Top Gun aircraft ripe for the taking, and it’s the F-14 Tomcat.

That’s exactly what’s coming with the upcoming update teased today, aptly titled “Danger Zone.”

You can check the beloved carrier-borne fighter jet out in the trailer below.

War Thunder is currently playable for free (with the usual optional purchases that many believe aren’t all that optional) for PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, and PS5.

If you’re unfamiliar with War Thunder, here’s an official description:

Wordle is a puzzle game I play for a few minutes each day in order to relax. WeWordle, by comparison, isn't relaxing at all. It's a multiplayer variant where both players take it in turns to guess words on the same board, which means that each helpful guess you make is also helping your opponent.

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The Callisto Protocol is one of the most anticipated horror games in years and happens to be our June cover story. One of the project’s more intriguing aspects was that it canonically took place in the same universe as popular battle royale PUBG: Battlegrounds, albeit in the distant future and on another planet. As of today, that’s no longer the case.

Glen Schofield, The Callisto Protocol’s creative director, took to Twitter to announce that the game now unfolds within its own story and fiction and not PUBG’s. 

FYI @CallistoTheGame is its own story and world. It no longer takes place in the PUBG Universe. It was originally part of the PUBG timeline, but grew into its own world. PUBG is awesome, &we will still have little surprises for fans, but TCP is its own world, story and universe.

I’m not going to do a “Would you kindly” joke. I’m not going to do it. I’m better than that. Besides, you don’t need to be brainwashed to know how good a deal it is to get all three Bioshock games on PC for absolutely nothing at all via the latest Epic Games Store giveaway.

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A 29-year-old former airport cop, Evan Baltierra, was arrested this week and charged in federal court with allegedly harassing a World of Warcraft streamer off of Twitch. The two met in person at BlizzCon 2019, according to an accompanying affidavit, but when the streamer declined to be his “valentine” and later took…

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Minecraft's long-awaited The Wild Update - which includes two new biomes, new mobs, and various other delights - finally has a release date, and will be launching on 7th June.

The Wild Update's first major addition comes in the form of the new Mangrove Swamp biome, bringing mangrove trees and a new natural (and craftable) resource known as mud blocks. It also ushers in the highly anticipated Deep Dark biome, which was originally due to launch as part of the Caves & Cliffs update before getting delayed.

The Deep Dark biome, as its name very much implies, is Minecraft's deepest area to date, and is found beneath the game's current bedrock layer. Here, curious adventures will uncover remnants of a ruined civilisation as well as creepy, eyeless mobs known as Wardens. These fearsome foes react to vibrations, meaning stealth is the key to survival, and can also be summoned if careless explorers stumble into the new Shrieker traps.

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Today third-party developers released a new major airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator and shared screenshots of another.

We start with Pksim, which released Simón Bolívar International Airport (SVMI) serving Venezuela’s capital Caracas.

It’s currently available on SimMarket for $18.12 plus taxes.

Today Atlus released another daily trailer of its upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, focusing on one of the demons that will appear in the game.

We take a look at Mothman, another classic demon that debuted in the original Soul Hackers’ predecessor Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner. Recently, it also appeared in Shin Megami Tensei V.

As usual, the trailer also includes a daily horoscope displaying Pisces at the top of the fortune ranking, and Taurus 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.

So, for a little while at least, there was a plan for Daybreak’s Dimension Ink studio (DC Universe Online) to develop an MMO based on the Marvel universe. That game, whatever it was called and however it was shaping up, has now been cancelled.

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Ever since its unveiling in 2020, Dead Space creator Glen Schofield's sci-fi horror The Callisto Protocol has conjured images of Dead Space, so it was a bit of a surprise when, due to various studio connections, it was announced the game would be set in the PUBG Universe. That, however, is no longer the case, with Schofield now saying it's its "own story and world".

The Callisto Protocol is a third-person horror game set in 2320, with its action unfolding within the confines of the Black Iron prison colony on Jupiter's moon Callisto. While that set-up mightn't immediately scream PUBG to onlookers, the connection came from the fact developer Striking Distance was explicitly established by PUBG: Battlegrounds publisher Krafton to create narrative-driven games that would expand the universe introduced in the battle royale hit.

As Schofield explained in a recent GameInformer cover feature on The Callisto Protocol, "When we came in, [Krafton] had a lore team and they were writing this big story, like, 'Where does PUBG start? Where does it fit in?'". Had those plans continued, the horror game would have sat "pretty far out" along the timeline, but somewhere during development the idea was dropped.

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Legendary actor Ray Liotta, who made a memorable impact on the world of gaming as the voice of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City protagonist Tommy Vercetti in 2002, has died aged 67.

Although Liotta only ever starred in one other game - Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's DLC pack Mob of the Dead in 2013 - the actor had a long, enormously prolific career in both film and television, appearing in wide variety of productions, ranging from beloved baseball movie Field of Dreams to ER, and, more recently, Apple's psychological thriller Black Bird.

Arguably his most iconic role, though, remains his 1990 breakthrough performance in Martin Scorsese's movie classic Goodfellas, where he starred as real-life mobster Henry Hill alongside the likes of Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci.

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It’s time to rack your brain to try to solve yet another Wordle puzzle by guessing a random five-letter word within six attempts. It’s almost impossible to get the word right on your first try, and if you’re finding yourself on the ropes with little hope of getting it correct on your final attempt, we’re here to help. Here’s a list of 5 letter words with IAR in the middle to help you out on your Wordle journey.

5 Letter Words with IAR in the Middle

• Diary
• Fiars
• Liard
• Liars
• Liart
• Tiara
• Tiars

If you’re here, that means you’ve probably figured out that today’s word features the letters I, A, and R in the middle. That’s fantastic news, because the list of possible solutions has been narrowed down to just seven words, drastically increasing your chances of getting it right today. If you’ve still got at least three attempts left, you should be able to easily rule out the wrong answers based on your previous guesses and letter placements. Or, you know, just go down the list if you haven’t even started guessing yet.

If, somehow, you’re still having trouble with the puzzle, we’ve got today’s Wordle solution right here to help you out.

That does it for our list of 5 letter words with IAR in the middle. Be sure to search for Twinfinite for more tips and information on the game.

One might argue that Wordle is shaping up to be the biggest game of the year, especially given how it’s completely taken the world by storm when it blew up in January. The game’s concept is very simple, but very compelling: guess a random five-letter word each day, but do it within six attempts. Guess it correctly, and you get to start a streak and brag about it to your friends. Here’s a list of 5 letter words starting with TI to help you with today’s Wordle puzzle.

5 Letter Words Starting with TI

• Tiara
• Tibia
• Tical
• Ticks
• Tidal
• Tided
• Tides
• Tiers
• Tiffs
• Tiger
• Tight
• Tigon
• Tikes
• Tikis
• Tikka
• Tilak
• Tilde
• Tiled
• Tiler
• Tiles
• Tills
• Tilth
• Tilts
• Timed
• Timer
• Times
• Timid
• Tinct
• Tinea
• Tined
• Tines
• Tinge
• Tings
• Tinny
• Tints
• Tipis
• Tippy
• Tipsy
• Tired
• Tires
• Tirls
• Tiros
• Titan
• Titer
• Tithe
• Titis
• Title
• Titre
• Tizzy

There are just a little over 60 words to choose from here, making today’s puzzle one of the easier ones to solve, especially if you’ve already concluded that the word starts with TI.

If you’re still having trouble, keep in mind that Wordle answers usually tend to be the simpler words you use in day-to-day life, or a more commonly known word that everyone would know. This isn’t always the case, of course, but it’s usually a good bet.

And if you’re still having trouble, or you’re already down to your last attempt, we’ve got the solution right here.