June 2022

Arkane and Bethesda have given us all a bite sized teaser highlighting the thrills and bloody spills that are coming our way in Redfall.

"The town of Redfall is under siege by a legion of vampires who have cut the island off from the outside world," the description reads. "Trapped with a handful of survivors, choose from a roster of heroes to create the perfect team of vampire slayers and take back Redfall."

Said heroes are Layla Ellison (the "telekinetic threat student in debt), Devinder "Dev" Crousley (the "verified cryptid hunter"), Jacob Boyer (the "deadeye with an undead eye") and Remi de la Rosa (the "ingenious ingeniera"). You can check out the new trailer below.

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Renovation simulator House Flipper appears to have quietly dropped on Xbox Game Pass.

First spotted on the XboxSeriesX subreddit, the game was listed on the "Recently added" selection despite no official announcement by Microsoft.

The official store page for the game on Xbox confirms that the game is indeed on Game Pass.

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Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins has DLC coming 20th July.

Trials of the Dragon King will include a number of additional missions, seemingly focused on Bahamut.

Square Enix has released a new teaser trailer and updated its website.

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Kirby and the Forgotten Land was a colourful and welcome splash of fun on its release in March. One of its most adorable features (of which there are many) was the ever-evolving Waddle Dee Town, which has its own café.

At this café, you can purchase a selection of eats to help Kirby on his quest to free the Waddle Dees, including the Car-Mouth Cake. This cake will cost Kirby 20 coins and will recover some health. But, let's be honest, its reviving properties are not what we really love about it. What we really love is the fact that it is an adorable, edible Carby.

Now, the Kirby Café in Tokyo and Hakata in Japan has updated its menus to include a real Car-Mouth Cake for us to enjoy (I mean, if we are ever in the area).

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Wreckfest is an all-out brawl of a racing game. Races are full-contact, with track designs that encourage massive shunts as cars criss-cross and shove other vehicles into barriers. Made by Flatout dev Bugbear Entertainment, Wreckfest represents a long-awaited return to form for demolition derby games. After debuting on PC in 2018, it's since crossed over to current and last-gen consoles - and this week, the Nintendo Switch. Today, we'll be taking a look at Wreckfest across all console formats, with a particular emphasis on Switch. Just how well can this game scale from Nintendo's hybrid console all the way to PS5?

Wreckfest's claim to fame is its destruction. Vehicle damage is fully simulated here, with cars that realistically crumple and disintegrate as they collide. Crashes leave bits of fender and sheet metal strewn over the track, and often send pieces of concrete barriers or tire walls into the air as well. The damage system is backed by a solid handling model, with weighty-feeling vehicles that demand care when navigating corners - but some arcade characteristics that prevent mistakes from being too punishing.

Technically speaking Wreckfest is a good-looking but not especially ambitious title, outside of its superb car damage model. Cars are highly detailed, there's plenty of trackside geometry, and pop-in is minimal - but indirectly lit shots often look quite flat, car reflections are quite basic and anti-aliasing is absent. It's a slightly unusual feature set, which is perhaps explained by its initial development in 2012 by a smaller team on a custom engine, but it turns into a winning formula for Switch: conservative rendering tech plus a custom, tweakable engine.

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Bandai Namco shared a One Piece Odyssey Dev Diary starring Producer Katsuaki Tsuzuki. This time, the focus is to go over its development. He mentioned things like how its “let’s travel to the heart of memories” messaging is critical to the game and the concept. All of this goes on while new One Piece Odyssey gameplay footage appears.

Things begin with Tsuzuki discussing the initial reception to the announcement. After that, he mentioned that development began five years ago when One Piece Warriors 4 was being promoted. Once the framework was set, Eiichiro Oda was asked to contribute character designs. Oda’s message noted he’d consulted and provided art for it about three years ago. Tsuzuki also noted scenario production began during the manga’s Whole Cake Island arc.

Here’s the full One Piece Odyssey Dev Diary. It begins with an introduction, before moving onto character design, the development approach, and its features. At the 5:40 mark, details about the RPG gameplay elements in One Piece Odyssey show up.

In case someone missed it, the last update went over one of the original characters. People will meet Lim in the game.

Square Enix revealed the Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Trials of the Dragon King expansion release date. That add-on will appear on July 20, 2022. It is the first of three additional missions coming to the game. To help provide an idea of what to expect, there's a teaser trailer and official art as well.

First, here's the teaser trailer.

There was once a group of warriors who attempted to defeat the darkness.

This is the story of what came next.

Stranger of Paradise @FinalFantasy Origin's first expansion Trials of the Dragon King launches July 20th. pic.twitter.com/YvGEwGh1ux

— STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN (@fforigin) June 30, 2022

Next, here's the official art. The announcement for it suggests new challenges. There might also be a new job.

A new warrior arrives bathed in light.

An ancient dragon demands proof of worthiness.

All another opportunity for Jack to prove his strength.

That Final Fantasy XIV streetwear is finally here. Back in May 2022, a new outfit showed up in Korea. Now, it and a new mount are available worldwide. Folks can now buy a FFXIV Megashiba mount or Street Attire from the online store.

First, the FFXIV Street Attire costs $22. That gets you a Street Attire Coffer. Once you open it, you get a Street Cap, Street Cargo Trousers, Street Handwear, Street High-top Shoes, Street Jacket, and a Street Top. However, if you have a Hrothgar or Viera character, the hat won’t show up on them. You can use dye on these items.
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The FFXIV Megashiba mount is the more expensive of the two items. It will cost someone $24. This is an account-wide item characters can ride. Once you buy it, you get a Megashiba Flute that lets you summon the giant dog. As long as you have the ability to ride mounts in-game, something you get after being able to get your own chocobo, you can use it.

Sea of Stars developer Sabotage Studio announced a delay for its highly-anticipated RPG to 2023.

It was originally scheduled to release this holiday season.

According to an announcement made on Twitter, the team is closing in on a relevant milestone and decided to delay the game to next year keeping in mind the quality of life of the developers and the quality of the game itself.

That being said Sabotage is also looking at options to release a playable slice of the game this year.

You can find the full announcement below.

Released today is the 1.3 update for Total War: Warhammer 3. The patch notes themselves acknowledge that the changes this time around are not as hefty as what was seen in patch 1.1 or 1.2, but fans should still be satisfied with the pile of fixes this time.

Before we go any further, there is also a summary video to accompany this new patch. You can see it below.

While there are tons of changes, there is also a section of highlights that are:

Wondering how to start the Delicious Last Course DLC in Cuphead? Well, you’ve come to the right place. In this guide, we’ll clue you in so you can get to the newly-added content quicker than you can say Ms. Chalice. So, without further delay, let’s jump into it, shall we?

How to Start the Delicious Last Course DLC in Cuphead

Thankfully, starting Cuphead’s new Delicious Last Course DLC is pretty straightforward. Once you’ve downloaded the content, you’ll be greeted with a catchy new theme song in the options menu. Boot up your save file and a new, mysterious character will greet you, saying “The Legendary Chalice has an urgent message for you, find me on the coast, Cups.”

Today Bandai Namco released an extensive developer diary video of its upcoming anime JRPG One Piece Odyssey.

The video stars producer Katsuaki Tsuzuki, composer Motoi Sakuraba, and Ken Takano from Weekly Shounen Jump as they introduce the game.

First of all, we get to see a ton of gameplay and cutscenes, providing an extensive look at the game and its characters.

On top of that, the developers provide a description of many of the gameplay mechanics that we can expect including exploration and the turn-based battles with monsters, which are visible on the field and can be avoided. Each character also has unique ways of traversal that will help us get around the island.

We also get to take a look at the original design created by One Piece mangaka Eiichiro Oda himself for the game, including new characters Adio and Lin, and some of the animals we’ll meet.

One Piece Odyssey is coming in 2022 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC. If you’d like to see more, you can check out the original announcement and a bunch of details and screenshots.

Ever wanted to travel to Pallet Town in Pokemon for yourself? Well, one fan has just made a splendid animated poster that is going to make you want to go to this imaginary town even more.

Originally posted to the Pokemon subreddit, user tworedpillowcases’ post below shows off an amazing animated version of Ash’s journey leaving Pallet Town at the beginning of the series. The video contains plenty of cool visuals and easter eggs that eagle-eyed fans of the anime will notice, including the glowing Ho-oh and one of the first notable Pokemon that Ash catches on his journey, Mankey, who is hanging out in a tree that the trainer passes.

While short, this quick animation is sure to give fans of the original anime and game a quick the nostalgic memory rush. If you want to check out some more amazing 3D Pokemon content like this, be sure to keep an eye on tworedpillowcases’ Reddit account, as they stated in the comments that they’ll likely do other generations next.

If you’re wondering how to use Valorant Rank Yoinker (vRY) to check out other players’ ranks, skin collection, and party status, then you’re in the right place. Here we’re breaking down how to install and use this handy third-party tool, which offers a ton of information to enhance the ranked experience.

How to Use Valorant Rank Yoinker

After installing Yoinker, you’ll be able to view a bunch of information about other players in your lobby. This includes rank, peak ranks, rank rating, party details, equipped skins, and the account level of all players. One notable recent update is that vRY now respects streamer mode during the in-game phase; all previous versions since the update no longer work. Make sure you have the latest version.

To get the application up and running, follow these steps:

Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout hit the Epic Games Store on June 21, and since then, the game has amassed over 20 million new players after going free-to-play. As always, these freebies are available only for PC and console players, and Mac users are sadly left behind due to compatibility issues. But that doesn’t mean they can’t play Fall Guys on a Mac. By the end of this guide, you’ll definitely learn how to play Fall Guys on Mac and embark on the battle royale journey with your friends.

Downloading and Playing Fall Guys on Mac

Before moving forward, meeting some requirements is essential to bring Fall Guys to your Mac. First of all, ensure that your system is up-to-date, including the latest Boot Camp Assistant version. In addition, create a bootable Pendrive of Windows 10 and ensure that at least 64GB of free storage space is available on the Mac.

So, Portal: The Companion Collection, a bundle of Valve’s 3D puzzle-platformers Portal and Portal 2, just dropped on the Nintendo Switch. But not long after its surprise release during this week’s Direct Mini Partner Showcase, a modder named OatmealDome has already figured out a way to get the celebrated FPS Half-Life…

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The Portland Timbers beat Houston Dynamo 2-1 last night, but the coolest moment came before the match even started when giant banners in the stands were raised to reveal an unflinching Pride display with an unlikely messenger: Mae Borowski from Night in the Woods. It was one of the best video game crossover reveals in…

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During Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct Mini, Return To Monkey Island was finally seen in motion. Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman’s return to the series, after over 30 years away, has given a lot of cause for interest among classic point-and-click adventure fans. And unfortunately, where go fans go assholes, people leaving…

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Let’s face facts: the old Sonic games have been re-released more times than I’ve had hot dinners. And every single Sonic fan has bought every single one of them, such is our sheer madness. We’re a little spoiled on PC for Sonic content these days, with every recent game of note having its own PC port that’s immediately been modded from bottom to breakfast. But it wasn’t always this simple, oh no. It used to be pretty slim pickings for us Sonicsters, and I’m here to tell you what we fought through to get to the promised land of ports we bask in today.

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The creator of indie game storefront Itch.io has called out a website that appears to have taken the site’s code for itself and begun selling creators’ games without permission. Dubbed 'W3itch.io', the copycat site's creator replied to a tweet from Itch.io founder Leaf Corcoran, who promptly asked them not to "rip off" Itch.io anymore. W3itch.io even described itself as a “free-as-freedom open marketplace for independent game creators inspired by Itch and Gitcoin”. Not the most sensible of ideas to engage with the person whose work you’re replicating, W3itch.io.

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Charming roguelike deckbuilder Dicey Dungeons will see six new episodes added to its gameshow on July 7th in the free Reunion update for all players. Hailing from designer Terry Cavanagh, the DLC gives each of the base game’s six contestants an episode with “wildly new designs and rules”, the devs say. Play through all the episodes and you should get another 4 to 5 hours out of the game.

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The Arknights Skadi Nendoroid pre-orders opened, and it turns out she comes with a familiar accessory. One of her items is a slice of pizza she can "eat." This is a reference to the first anniversary art showing her and Grani eating pizza. The Arknights figure costs ¥7,200/$65.99. Ordering her from Good Smile Company directly will net people an acrylic keychain of the character.

Skadi comes with three face plates. One is stoic. The other features a small smile. The final one is more firm. In addition to the pizza, she has a small orca whale, a removable hat, and her Originium sword. You also get a Tidal Elegy skill effect part.

Here's a closer look at the Arknights Skadi Nendoroid.
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And this is the Good Smile Company Store keychain that comes with Skadi orders.

There's a new Genshin Impact live wallpaper, and this time it features Arataki Itto. The new freebie is available via the N0va Desktop app. People can download it and use it with their PCs and Android tablets. However, it does not show up as an option on phones. (The most recent live update there involves Childe.)

The Itto Genshin Impact live wallpaper might look familiar. That's because it is based upon a recent video HoYoVerse released. The same scene shows up during the Hanamizaka’s Aspirations EP. Itto is hanging out in front of the Raiden Shogun's home. He's also wielding the club he uses during his Royal Descent: Behold, Itto the Evil! Elemental Burst.

It's been a while since the N0va Desktop app added a new Genshin Impact live wallpaper. One with Zhongli in Liyue appeared in March 2022. Another involved Ayaka in Inazuma.

There’s new FFVII Remake concept art, and this time it focuses on the Shinra building floor 63 recreational facility. This is a space people can visit in both the first part of the remake and the original game. In each entry, the function is the same. It’s essentially where Shinra employees can stop to relax and have something to eat. In FFVII Remake, it is also home to a Combat Simulator Lounge.

First, here are two images going over the space. In both versions of FFVII, a tree is a central fixture in the Shinra building floor 63 space. While the concept art shows it being free in the middle of an area, next to a coffee kiosk and food court, the final image shows it encased in a greenhouse of sorts in FFVII Remake.
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Another image specifically compared the height of accent plants to a person.

Today Nintendo published three videos featuring the music of its upcoming JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

While there is no gameplay or footage on display, we get to hear three lovely tracks, “Keves Battle,” “A Life Sent On,” and “The Weight of Life”

As usual for Xenoblade games, the soundtrack of the game, spearheaded by Yasunori Mitsuda, sounds extremely promising.

You can listen to the tracks below, and check out a description of each from Nintendo.

“Get fired up with Keves Battle, one of the battle themes that appears in Xenoblade Chronicles 3.”

“This sombre flute-based melody from Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is played by off-seers Noah and Mio to mourn those who’ve fallen in battle.”

Electronic Arts has announced a new DLC expansion pack for The Sims 4, titled “High School Years.”

The trailer displays an authentic teenager experience at Copperdale High, where Sims can go to class and participate in extra-curricular activities. In addition, players can attend out-of-school events, including dates at Plumbite Pier and visiting the amusement park.

Alongside the pack, is The Sims 4 latest collaboration with the popular app Depop, which features multiple designs from real-world creators. Players can also sell these exclusive outfits on the Trendi app, a new feature added to the game to increase your chances of becoming a “Simfluencer.”

You can check out The Sims 4 High School Years reveal trailer on YouTube and read the official description of the Expansion Pack from Electronic Arts, as shown here:

Bandai Namco released another character trailer of its upcoming fighting game JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R.

The video showcases Iggy, the canine stand-user who appears in the manga and anime’s third arc, Stardust Crusaders.

Of course, we also get to see his stand The Fool in action.

“Knock down Timber Pines with a Ripsaw Launcher” is one of the newly added Week 4 challenges in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3, and here’s how you can easily complete this quest. Week 4 is here and, as usual, there are a bunch of weekly quests for players to complete and earn XP. Here’s how you can cut down Timber Pines using a Ripsaw Launcher in Fortnite.

How to Knock Down Timber Pines with a Ripsaw Launcher in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3

Before you go about knocking down timber pines around the island, you will first need to get yourself a Ripsaw Launcher. This new weapon was added with the Battle Royale v21.10 June 28 hotfix and is capable of doing some serious damage.

Today, Arkane is officially welcoming fans of their upcoming FPS to vampire town, as they just released the official trailer for Redfall. The video officially introduces fans to each new protagonist that they’ll be in control of, alongside a brief overview of the town and situation.

Those characters include Layla Ellison, Jacob Boyer, Remi De La Rosa, and Devinder Crousley; who all boast their own unique set of skills that help the group survive the mayhem of Redfall. You can check out the official trailer and description for the game right down below.

The quaint island town of Redfall, Massachusetts, is under siege by a legion of vampires who have blocked out the sun and cut the island off from the outside world. Trapped with a handful of survivors against diabolical enemies threatening to bleed the town dry, choose your hero from a diverse roster, grouping up with others to create the perfect team of vampire slayers.

Alongside these character reveals, the trailer also delves a bit into some of Redfall’s other features, including character and loadout customization and a sneak peek at the upgrade system.

Earlier this week, news broke of a modder that hacked AMD's FSR 2.0 temporal upscaling technology into Cyberpunk 2077, allowing users of non-RTX graphics cards the chance to play the game at higher frame-rates with substantially better visual quality than with FSR 1.0 upscaling. That's massive for owners of AMD GPUs, and the mod even works beautifully on Steam Deck.

We contacted the mod's creator, the gloriously named PotatoOfDoom1337, to find out exactly how it works - and whether it means that FSR 2.0 will soon be available in a tonne of existing games. Here's the interview, edited lightly for clarity. Enjoy!

What's your background in programming and game modding? On NexusMods, it looks like you've only been creating mods since April last year?

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Retro-inspired RPG Sea of Stars has been delayed into 2023.

It's from Sabotage, the team behind ninja-platformer The Messenger, and features some truly stunning pixel art.

Sabotage was aiming for a 2022 release, but a new statement on Twitter reveals that's been pushed back to 2023.

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As previously promised, Halo Infinite’s long-awaited campaign co-op takes its first steps towards launch, thanks to a network beta flight scheduled for July.  

Much like the multiplayer beta that proceeded Infinite’s launch last fall, this co-op beta, which runs July 11 to July 22, allows registered players to tackle the entire campaign alongside a buddy to ensure everything works as planned for the full rollout. Because this is a new campaign build that players must download, 343 states that no previous story progress carries over, so players will be starting from scratch. Progress made during the beta will also not transfer back to the retail version. 

In a Halo Waypoint blog post, 343 lead software engineer Isaac Bender and lead world designer John Mulkey discussed the co-op mode’s features. A fireteam of four players can create separate campaign saves for co-op, and progress – such as completed missions, acquired collectibles, equipment, upgrades, and achievements – count toward both players’ individual saves. That means you don’t need to be the Fireteam leader to retain your team’s accomplishments. For upgrade cores, if one player collects one, then the entire team gets it. However, players spend cores individually. 

You'll soon have the chance to play EA's highly anticipated Skate sequel, but not in the way you would expect. Developer Full Circle and publisher Electronic Arts are looking for players who want to playtest the game and provide feedback on its development. You can sign up for this "insider" program here. As EA notes, you cannot share your videos or screenshots from your play sessions.

If you are curious what Skate currently looks like or what you can expect from the gameplay, EA has released a trailer with the appropriate title "Still working on it." The first few clips focus on bails, which must have been captured early in development given how rough the animations are. As the trailer moves on, the animations smooth out and the series' skating realism returns and is on display in a handful of awesome sequences. Full Circle also looks to be upping the scale of the challenges through some wild clips featuring impossible grind opportunities and huge ramps. Most of these clips are lack any kind of texturing or lighting and truly give us a look at how games are made.

Regardless of where it is at in development, this trailer gives a fun look at a series that never should have left us. Skate is alsmost back and it looks like it's going to be a blast.

Video game publisher Sega, fresh off the success of its live-action Sonic films, is looking to adapt more games into films or TV shows. Specifically, Sega says it’s in the early stages to produce live-action adaptations of Atlus games, like Persona and Shin Megami Tensei.

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Back in 2016, Square Enix created a Dragon Quest spin-off that blended creative Minecraft-style elements into the formula. Since then, Dragon Quest Builders showed up on multiple platforms and spawned a sequel. Now in 2022, Dragon Quest Builders is back again on mobile devices. To learn more about the latest version, Siliconera got in touch with Producer Yuki Furukawa.

Jenni Lada: How difficult was it to prepare Dragon Quest Builders for mobile devices? What was the most challenging part of the porting process?

Yuki Furukawa: The most challenging parts of creating the port were the sections involving the controls. The console version of Dragon Quest Builders is played with a controller, so for mobile devices, there were various issues such as fingers covering up a part of the screen and the lowered visibility of the screen due to its smaller size. Despite that, we had to achieve
controllability that delivers an experience as good as the one using a controller, so we made and remade many prototypes. We were able to arrive at its current form by receiving many ideas and suggestions for improvement from Producers Takuma Shiraishi and Noriyoshi Fujimoto and Yuji Horii.

Folks who played the JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R will recognize the featured character in the latest game trailer. It's time to take a closer look at JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean's Jolyne Cujoh. She uses the Stand Stone Ocean, which is also known as Stone Free, and appeared as one of the PS4 and PS5 demo's few playable characters. She's also the daughter of Jotaro Kujo, who also appears in her arc.

For this trailer, we see Jolyne Cujoh wearing her typical outfit and fighting at the Green Dolphin Street Prison where she’s incarcerated during the events of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean. She’s fighting Father Enrico Pucci, the antagonist in that arc.

"Sweet dreams, creep!"

The JoJo queen of Part 6, Jolyne Cujoh, is going balls to the wall in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R.

Accompanied by her Stand, Stone Ocean, she's prepared to do whatever it takes to be free. pic.twitter.com/sIA2JSCI2I

— JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R (@jojo_games) June 30, 2022

In case you missed some of the game's past character trailers, here's the list of ones that appeared so far.

There's a release window for Kotobukiya's Transformers Optimus Prime Bishoujo figure, which envisions the character as a woman in a similar outfit. It is estimated to appear in January 2023 in Japan. The official price is $149.99, and Sideshow is already taking pre-orders. The retailer is expecting the figure to ship outside Japan between February and April 2023. In addition, there will eventually be a Transformers Bumblebee Bishoujo figure too.

Here’s a new video offering a closer look at the Transformers Optimus Prime Bishoujo figure showing the character as a woman. It also shows how she looks wearing the optional battle mask head part.

Finally, here’s the teaser for the Transformers Bumblebee Bishoujo figure. There’s only a silhouette hinting at how she’ll look. However, we can see she’ll have the same horns and “hairstyle.”

Wondering how much Cuphead’s Delicious Last Course DLC is and which platforms it’s available for purchase on? Since it was just released on June 30, you are definitely not alone in that. Here is everything you need to know about the price and where you can get it.

How Much Is Cuphead’s Delicious Last Course DLC?

The Delicious Last Course is currently priced at $7.99 USD or £6.79 GBP and is available on PC (Steam & GOG), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. In order to add the content to your copy of Cuphead, all you need to do is navigate to the game’s store page on the platform of your choosing (as it’s available on every platform the base game is available on), head to checkout, and pay the amount listed above.

The Delicious Last Course is the first major content update Cuphead has received and takes the player to a previously undiscovered Inkwell Isle sporting new bosses, weapons, charms, and areas. There are new achievements and trophies to be earned, as well.

If you’d like to know how long you can expect the Delicious Last Course to last an experienced player, you can see the answer here. If you’re looking for information on how to start the DLC, you can read our guide on how to do so. You can also take a gander at Twinfinite’s preview of the Delicious Last Course to get a better idea of what it offers to Cuphead fans.

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