Last night, as I was playing Fortnite’s latest season, I hopped into a car to drive off into some empty part of the map to finish up a quest. As I drove, I noticed some new songs on the in-game radio that I hadn’t heard before. And I realized how nice that was, and how I really hope Rockstar does something similar in…
Koei Tecmo released a new trailer for Atelier Marie Remake. The video acts as a guide of what to expect in the game, which is split into three sections: exploration, combat and story.
The exploration portion of the guide trailer talks about gathering materials for synthesis by heading to different portions of the map. It also shows off how synthesis works when visiting the atelier. The combat portion shows off various battle mechanics, including the flee command when a dragon shows up. The story portion introduces the cast of Atelier Marie Remake, including Schea, Kreis, Ruven and Schwalbe. It also confirms there will be different endings depending on your actions.
The new guide trailer also emphasises Atelier Marie Remake’s new Ultimate Mode as an option. This mode will remove the game’s time limits, allowing players to enjoy the game as they see fit.
Here's the full trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sizYuIJitm4&ab_channel=KOEITECMOAMERICA
While Atelier Marie Remake is being released soon, it may not be the end of Atelier remakes. Executive Officer Junzo Hosoi confirmed that they would be interested in giving other titles in the Atelier series the same remake treatment. He stated that the company's goal is to have the entire series available in digital stores.
Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg releases on July 13, 2023. It will be released for PS5, PS5, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam.
Lasengle added three more previously event-locked welfare Servants to the Fate/Grand Order shop. This time, you’ll be able to get three Summer Servants: Jeanne d’Arc Alter, Scathach, and Hokusai. You can use Evocation Leaves to get these Servants, as well as their upgrade materials.
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Summer Scathach is a Quick Assassin that debuted in the 2016 Summer event. Unlike her normal self, her Noble Phantasm, Gae Bolg Alternative, deals damage to all enemies. Summer Jeanne d’Arc Alter, who debuted in 2018, is a Buster-oriented Berserker with a kit that can improve her abysmal HP and DEF with Evasion. Like her normal Avenger self, Summer Jeanne d’Arc Alter has a single-target Buster Noble Phantasm. Finally, Summer Katsushika Hokusai debuted in 2019 and is an Arts Saber. She focuses on Critical Hits and also has a single-target Arts Noble Phantasm.
I don't need to tell you that Microsoft's Xbox Wireless Controller is one of the best PC gamepads, but what I should mention is that you can pick up one of these controllers in Shock Blue for £30.73 when you buy a "Used - Like New" model from Amazon Warehouse in the UK.
To get this deal, just visit the product page linked below, then click the button labelled "New & Used (45) from £37.99" to see other buying options. From here, find the model retailing for £38.41 and add it to your basket. Go to the checkout, and you'll see that 20% has been knocked off the price, bringing the controller to a tidy £30.73.
The original Far Cry turns 20 years old next year, but it looks like somebody wanted to celebrate a little early - and by leaking the game’s entire source code to the Internet Archive, no less.
Zombie video game Dying Light 2 will meet zombie comic-book series The Walking Dead in an upcoming crossover event that will probably involve zombies.
Niantic is getting ready to launch an event for the Pokemon GO 7th anniversary celebration. The event will offer additional bonuses, different starter Pokemon appearing each day, and a returning shiny Masterwork Research Story. The event will take place from July 6-12, 2023.
New versions of Wartortle and Blastoise will be added to Pokemon Go to mark the event. These variants will feature them wearing party hats. They can also be evolved from Squirtle wearing a party hat, who will be appearing more frequently during the event. Meowth, Ponyta, Togedemaru, and a Pikachu wearing a cake hat will also be appearing more frequently.
Each day of the 7th anniversary celebration will involve starters from the first seven Pokemon generations appearing more frequently too. This is the schedule players can expect:
There will also be one-star raids for the party hat Pokemon. Three-star raids will offer Magneton, Lapras, Flareon, Snorlax, and Sealeo. Five-star raids will offer Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. Mega Raids will offer a chance to get Mega Blastoise.
A new Hatsune Miku figure is now available to pre-order from The Good Smile Company. The Hatsune Miku Symphony 2022 Ver figure is based on the key visual illustration from the 2022 full orchestra concert. It will appear worldwide in 2024.
The figure features Hatsune Miku wearing a dress with a gramophone look, while her hair is styled into a heart shape. She is sitting on a base that’s shaped like a ring made of ribbons and bows. The figure will stand at 310mm (12in) in height. The figure is available to pre-order now, and pre-orders are open until September 7, 2023. Figures are expected to ship in July 2024 in Japan. It has a Q3 2024 launch window for North America. It's priced at ¥30,000 from Good Smile's Japanese shop or $197.99 from its US storefront.
The original design by illustrator Rella was created for the Hatsune Miku Symphony 2022 concert. The concert took place in Tokyo on July 2, 2022 and featured two performances due to high demand.
The Hatsune Miku Symphony 2022 Ver figure had previously been announced at Good Smile’s WonHobbyG 2023 Spring event. It was revealed alongside other Hatsune Miku figures, including a Nendoroid and scale figure both to celebrate the character's 16th birthday. There will also be a stylized figure based on the Sanrio character Cinnamoroll.
Typically, whenever Nier creator Yoko Taro makes an appearance, the auteur keeps his face hidden from the public with a giant mask based on Emil, the strange-looking Nier character. However, while attending Anime Expo 2023 to promote his new anime, fans witnessed a new and honestly pretty horrifying look for Taro.…
Summer is upon us, and the heat’s on the rise.. This year has already seen a number of great games, but there are still more to come. While July’s release slate isn’t packed with household names, there are more than a few titles you might recognize here.
Xiaomi makes great phones, but they also produce a surprising amount of PC peripherals - including the subject of today's deal, their Mi Desktop Monitor 27". This poetically-named model has a 27-inch 1080p 75Hz IPS panel with 100% sRGB coverage, making it a reasonable choice for gaming and a great shout for content creation duties at its newly-reduced £110 price point.
To get this price, you'll need to clip the £10 off new user coupon on the product page.
At Anime Expo 2023, Crunchyroll announced the One Piece English dubs will head to the streaming service. People will be able to begin watching them on July 5, 2023. In total, 976 episodes will appear on the service that day.
The announcement brought up details about how they will roll out. Episodes 1-976 of the One Piece English dub will all first appear in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. Crunchyroll didn’t mention plans for other regions yet. That will bring people up through part of the Wano Kuni arc. However, it did note that there will be more batches of episodes. As of right now, the most recent episode on the service is 1,067.
Crunchyroll also shared the English voice actors for the One Piece dub as a reminder of who is in the cast.
Crunchyroll held a panel at Anime Expo 2023 and shared a number of trailers and announcements for new series in the process. In total, 12 announcements for both new and upcoming series for the streaming service. Some of them are returning series. So Bottom-Tier Charactr Tomozaki 2nd Stage and Goblin Slayer season 2 will be back. In the future we’ll also see Black Butler, Solo Leveling, and Me & Roboco. Many of the shows will appear next year. However, Me & Roboco will join the service on July 4, 2023.
As there are a lot of new trailers accompanying Crunchyroll’s Anime Expo 2023 announcements, here are some of the most notable ones. First, here’s the new Black Butler trailer. It will launch in 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEzaz6e0-ws&ab_channel=CrunchyrollCollection
Here’s how Solo Leveling looks ahead of its debut “next winter.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vIxi5XkQ8Y&ab_channel=CrunchyrollCollection
Goblin Slayer season 2 will show up in 2023, though there’s no exact date for its debut yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufYEythBd3w&ab_channel=CrunchyrollCollection
The Apothecary Diaries is one of the new anime series that will show up on Crunchyroll sometime in 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYNGkSvFT8c&ab_channel=CrunchyrollCollection
During an Anime Expo interview, I spoke with creators Yoko Taro (NieR Automata), Atsushi Ohkubo (Fire Force), Hiroyuki Seshita (Ajin), and the mononymous Jin (Kagerou Project) about how they came together to make the upcoming anime sci-fi death-game anime, KamiErabi GOD.App.
While we’re still a bit away from the spooky season, it’s never too late to prepare for it. If you’re a fan of horror games or want a gaming experience that will keep you on your toes, the PS5 library has some solid choices. It might be hard to sort through the PlayStation Store if you aren’t looking for something specific, so we have gathered a list of the top 10 best horror games the PS5 offers.
For quite some time now, I’ve been looking for a good ole’ classic slice-of-life game with a somewhat linear storyline. I’ve already had my fill with the likes of farming simulators and wanted something fresh that didn’t necessarily involve the restoration of my grandfather’s old business. Then, out comes Dave the Diver, which ultimately feels like two games rolled into one, as you take on the role of a diver by day and help run a sushi restaurant by night.
The first time I dove into the watery world of Dave the Diver, I was instantly hooked by its whimsical dialogue, vibrant 2D graphics, and addicting gameplay. However, despite the character’s 2D design, the landscape takes a different shape through its 3D environment, changing the dynamic of the overall art style. You’ll meet Dave, who often gets a double look due to his big-boned appearance, but he never lets the insults get to him and continues taking down the sea’s most fearsome creatures.
As a diver, players must collect fish for Bancho’s restaurant during the day, accumulating the chef’s inventory for the night. While it may seem like there isn’t much to do in the sea, there’s actually a whole world down in the Blue Hole that is full of life and wonders. Each fish offers a different challenge every time, where you’ll need to strategize your actions in order to bring them down successfully.
Pokemon training can be a lonely endeavor. Scouring the verdant plains in search of willing challengers, gym badges, or in the case of Paldea, literally anything of interest whatsoever.
It’s enough to drive one mad, mad I say! But fear not, weary travellers, for I have gone on a Pokemon journey of a different kind. I have scanned the vast catalogue of pocket monsters not for the fiercest battlers or the rarest beasts. Nay, I have instead elected to narrow down the ten most unreasonably handsome Pokemon for your enjoyment/bewilderment/abject horror.
Were I to spot them on a dating app, I would most assuredly swipe right. Best be wary, however, as I have been Whiscash’d on more than one occasion, and nothing is worse than having to go out for drinks with a deceitful fish who keeps causing earthquakes. Such a hassle!
Out of the legion of things to be excited for, it appears that Starfield’s fans are veritably fizzing at the bunghole to behold and experience the game’s… rocks. Yep, you read that right.
Indeed, over on Reddit right now, there’s an entire thread dedicated to celebrating how magnificent the space RPG’s rock formations are. I mean, whatever floats your interstellar boat, right?
Amazingly, the post boasts 2.3k upvotes at the time of writing, so for those thinking it’s just a sole geologist who’s just rocked up with an incredibly niche fascination with stones, you’d largely be off base. In fact, speaking of geologists, it wasn’t long before the ol’ rock scientists got in on the action.
As you enter the massive world of Valisthea in Final Fantasy 16, you may be wondering where exactly you should start in terms of getting your feet on the ground, and being ready to tackle the many challenges the game has to offer while following Clive’s incredible story. We’ve put together a list of what we think are the most useful gameplay tips to get you started on your adventures.
The XDefiant Open Session gave FPS fans another opportunity to dive into Ubisoft San Francisco’s arena shooter but, as quickly at it opened up, it’s closed and players have to wait for the full release later this summer. As a result, we’re looking at opportunities to fill the void.
We don’t have a specific release date for XDefiant just yet, with the devs only promising a summer 2023 release. They’ve already revealed a pre-season and Year 1 though, so there’s a huge amount to look forward to. However, it’s not here yet so the fans waiting for it will likely be looking for games to play in the meantime. That’s where we can help. Here are 7 first-person shooters you can play while we wait for XDefiant to launch.
Naturally, this list is subjective and you might not be a fan of all the games. We’re trying to diversify our picks and suggest a variety of FPS titles to satisfy everyone. They’ve also got a lot in common with XDefiant, so they could also be the perfect way to warm up for the game’s full release.
With the release of Tears of the Kingdom, I finally decided that it was time to give the Zelda franchise a go. Thankfully, I was pleasantly surprised with the level of care put into this title and impressed with how suitable it was to both longtime franchise fans and newcomers alike.
After spending many hours enjoying everything Tears of the Kingdom offers, I’ve found plenty of little details and mechanics to admire. This has led me to consider how similar features may work in other Nintendo titles.
The main franchise that comes to mind as a suitable candidate for Zelda comparisons is the Pokemon game franchise, a fan-favorite Nintendo collection that I’ve been fully invested in since I was just a little kid on my limited edition Pikachu Game Boy Color.
There’s no denying that Pokemon has had several ups and downs when it comes to its video game lineup, from disappointments such as the devastating cut of the National Dex and the buggy, unfortunate release standard of the most recent titles and remakes, to the more positive notes such as the adorable new Pokemon designs and intriguing first steps Scarlet and Violet took towards a new direction and approach to the series.
Indulge me for a moment, to give you a brief viewpoint into my origins as a gamer. Though my beginnings were firmly rooted in the treasured catalogue of the Super Nintendo, my very identity was shaped by the notion that Genesis Does.
Sonic the Hedgehog and his ilk embodied everything that a radical 90s kid would cling to immediately, defined by his sleek visage and devil-may-care attitude. Of course, without the actual portfolio to back it up, you could only get so much mileage out of biting wit (hello, Bubsy).
In his earliest offerings, Sonic was a can’t-miss prospect, providing thrilling, unique gameplay at a breakneck speed. The compelling level design and fast-twitch reactions have become ingrained within a generation, and over 30 years later, many of us are still viewing these games with absolute reverence. So when Sonic Origins first launched across all platforms last year, we giddily gobbled up this latest rerelease of the hedgehog’s golden years in a compilation of Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and Sonic CD.
Admittedly, a “Sonic’s greatest hits” package is nothing new, between Sonic Jam, Sonic Mega Collection, Sonic Gems Collection, and any number of Sega Genesis anthologies we’ve seen over the years. This is where its newest DLC additions look to ramp up the stakes, delivering the eponymous “Plus” in Sonic Origins Plus. Have they done enough to shake the cobwebs from these classics of yesteryear? Let’s take a trip down those loops once more to decide…
The latest Behind The Sims event showcases a ton of new features for The Sims 5 that will certainly increase your happy moodlet. Although it is still in its early stages, the future looks bright for the series, where players can experience a new world with a more modernistic take. So, if you are looking forward to Project Rene’s launch, we’ll show you five things we learned about The Sims 5 in Behind The Sims to make the wait all the more worth it.
There’s no doubt about it, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is another monumental success for Nintendo, and the Zelda franchise. Inevitably, comparisons will be drawn between it and its predecessor, even though they belong to the same series. And it might be easy to claim that Tears of the Kingdom is the better game because it’s the sequel and offers more, but there are still factors to consider between it and Breath of the Wild. That’s why it’s time for a showdown between Tears of the Kingdom vs Breath of the Wild: which is the better Legend of Zelda game?
At its Anime Expo 2023 panel for Persona 3 Reload, Atlus shared a new gameplay trailer featuring the English voice actors. It marks the first time people will get to hear the new voices for people like Fuuka and Junpei. This will be a regular sort of affair for Atlus. As it noted on Twitter, each full moon there will be a new announcement.
Here's the new Persona 3 Reload trailer with the English voice actors. People can hear Heather Gonzalez as Yukari, Zeno Robinson as Junpei, Suzie Yeung as Fuuka, Allegra Clark as Mitsuru, and Alejandro Saab as Akihiko in the footage below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnZJL1Mg900&ab_channel=OfficialATLUSWest
There's also an alternate Japanese trailer. It is entirely identical, only with the Japanese voice actors and gameplay footage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCOP-hRwxQs&ab_channel=atlustube
New art for Akihiko, Fuuka, and Mitsuru also appeared:
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This isn't the only Persona series trailer to appear at the event. Atlus also held a panel for Persona 5 Tactica on July 3, 2023. That presentation involved a new character trailer. It focused on showing off Joker, Morgana, and Erina in the game.
Square Enix has canceled Just Cause Mobile, its upcoming free-to-play game.
In a statement to VGC, Just Cause global brand lead Anne-Lou Grosbois-Favreau confirmed development has now been stopped on the mobile action game. “It is with great sadness that we are announcing the end of development for Just Cause Mobile,” she said. “As of tomorrow, 3 July 2023, the game will no longer appear on digital stores.”
Just Cause Mobile had previously been available in early access, however, the game has now been removed from Google Play stores. It was due to launch later this year.
“It is never easy to put forth an announcement of this nature, especially to our fans who have been awaiting the release,” said Grosbois-Favreau. “We sincerely appreciate the support you have given us.”
Just Cause Mobile was announced at The Game Awards in 2020 but was pushed back several times since this announcement. It was described as a top-down isometric shooter set within the Just Cause universe and was going to offer a full story campaign along with 30-player competitive multiplayer as well as four-player co-op missions.
A premium currency, Blue Diamonds, was available to purchase during early access but will now be refunded in full. “Please note that any Blue Diamonds purchased during the Regional Early Access have been refunded in full to your Google Play Account on February 24, 2023.”
Just Cause 4 was the franchise's latest release back in 2018, with fans hoping the upcoming mobile game would give them a new Just Cause story until the next mainline game.
Yoko Taro, the director behind such games as Nier: Automata and Drakengard, revealed he lost the iconic mask he wears in public that is modeled after one worn by Nier's Emil. As if that wasn't tragic enough, the replacement leprechaun mask he chose for the time being is actually a bit terrifying and quite possibly cursed.
As reported by Kotaku, Taro was attending Anime Expo 2023 in Los Angeles so he could host a panel about his upcoming anime, KamiErabi God.app, and the mask was lost the night before his panel while he was out drinking.
Taro claims he didn't lose the Emil mask, but instead, the blame fell to a producer from Fuji TV he shared a drink with. Taro then asked the producer to find him a new mask, but that turned out to be a difficult challenge.
After some time, they happened upon the large leprechaun mask you can see below at a Los Angeles costume store.
ダンガンロンパ小高さんと会いました。
ヨコオ「髪の色変えたんですね」
小高さん「ゲームに合わせて血の色です」
だそうです。 pic.twitter.com/GcEblGF1Y8
There are games about being a weird little guy, and then there are games about being a weird little gal infused with the power of a vengeful demonic sword. Doomblade is both metal and kind of cute, and it's held my interest longer than the average platformer or metroidy castley oh my god do we seriously not have a better word for this yet.
The main thing marking it out, apart from its style, is that instead of stabbing monsters, you attack by hovering the cursor (actually the shimmery face of the sword's spirit) over them and clicking, which launches your little globby shadow man directly at them. You can probably already imagine that this is also a means of getting around the world.
Celebrated roguelike platformer Spelunky 2 is set to leave Xbox and PC Game Pass later this month.
The game was added to the service in January 2022, but will leave on 16th July.
Two other games have also been added to the Leaving Soon section and will be removed on the same day: Exo One and PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls.
The original director for Super Mario RPG on the SNES isn't returning for the forthcoming Switch remake.
Announced at last month's Nintendo Direct event, the remake is a faithful recreation of the original 1996 game that was never physically released in Europe.
Original director Chihiro Fujioka is not involved, however.
Persona 5 Tactica will add a new playable character to the game's group of Phantom Thieves.
Not much is known about its plot yet, but the game will feature turn-based tactical battles and takes place after the events of Persona 5.
A character spotlight video has now been released, showing fresh gameplay and new playable character Erina.
"Have you ever been on a crowded train with one of your best gay friends and, inside, a tiny part of you is cringing because he is being so gay?"
That's a question posed by my favourite drag queen and Ireland's self-proclaimed gender discombobulator, Panti Bliss, in a biting speech about "checking" herself. What she's "checking" is something most queer people "check" for in public, whether they realise it or not: their own queerness. Am I standing too gay? What about these colourful socks? Are they too much? Will holding a partner's arm in public turn into a problem? Something private and intimate altered into something shameful or political, all through other people's reactions.
That feeling's best thought of as the tension between who people expect us to be and who we really are... or who we're trying to become. Imagined futures are projected onto our bodies like film reels, blurring the skin that lies beneath. That tension feels a lot like shame. But, while video games usually have all the subtlety of a sledgehammer busting through a wall, they're occasionally a great place to explore queer topics, letting us role-play as whoever we want to be or explore those unique experiences in unique ways.
Atlus may have accidentally given fans a little more bang for their buck by revealing a new playable character in Persona 5 Tactica's latest trailer.
As reported by Game Rant, a two-minute character spotlight trailer (above) breaking down the moves and abilities of Joker, Mona, and Erina also revealed a character called Toshiro that will seemingly be playable in the game.
Only viewable briefly, at about 36 seconds into the trailer, the mission objective is to "have Toshiro reach the target destination". The bottom right corner of the screen, where playable characters like Joker and Mona have their health bars, also shows what's presumably Toshiro.
This character has a much smaller health bar than the others though, and also doesn't have any MP or an "Action" available to use, meaning it could just be an escort mission. Toshiro doesn't appear in the trailer again, so fans will just have to wait and see whether or not his character has any more importance.
The trailer otherwise shows off what players can do when controlling the other characters. Joker has a long range, single use pistol and a special ability called Phantom Judge that can deal big damage even to guarding enemies.
Mona's wind abilities allow him to knock enemies out of cover, ready for a follow-up from teammates, while his Winds of Time ability deals damage across a huge area. Finally, Erina can target multiple enemies with her weapons and has a special ability called Flag of Freedom that both heals nearby allies and weakens nearby enemies.
This beautiful summer is in full swing, so what better time to go inside, draw the curtains, and unwind with a weird anthology of spooky indies? Last month, the Haunted PS1 community reunited to release C.H.A.I.N.G.E.D. - a collection of over 30 bizarre shorts, where your choices at the end of one game leads to a different game made by different developers. Each one loosely follows on from the games preceding them, even though they bury past art styles, perspectives, music, and ideas.
The Lara Croft Collection has just landed on Switch, bringing together top-down arcade treats Lara Croft & the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft & The Temple of Osiris. We decided to have a chat about these fascinating and playful parts of the Tomb Raider back catalogue.
Chris: Hello! I thought it might be a good opportunity to talk Tomb Raider with you, since it's a series we both love, and these games that have just come out are a weirdly interesting entry point to them.
I see this series as sitting between the original trilogy that Crystal Dynamics did and then reboot trilogy, which I know you love - except for the last game. Anyway, starting off simply, are you a fan of this style of Tomb Raider? And how would you describe it? It feels like an arcadey, almost twin-stick take on a series which is generally a bit more cinematic, often a bit more willing to take its time with things?
Apple has reportedly scaled back its internal sales target for its Vision Pro augmented reality headset due to production difficulties.
The tech giant had previously set a target of 1m units sold in 2024, but there are now concerns it won't be able to produce enough devices.
What's more, as reported by the FT (thanks IGN), current production issues have pushed back plans for a cheaper version of the $3499 headset.
Nintendo isn't bringing back Super Mario RPG's original director for the Nintendo Switch remake.
As reported by Eurogamer, Chihiro Fujioka has revealed he won't be returning for the remake but is excited about it nonetheless.
"I am not involved in the remake", Fujioka said to a fan on Twitter who asked of his involvement. "But I am very surprised and pleased with the news."
Super Mario RPG, which was developed by what's now Square Enix and released for SNES in 1996, followed Mario, Bowser, and Peach as they set out to repair the wish-granting Star Road.
While Fujioka isn't returning, Nintendo is bringing back at least one other member of the original development team, as beloved video game composer Yoko Shimomura has announced her return.
The remake was announced during June's Nintendo Direct, with Nintendo promising a complete overhaul of the original game's graphics when it launches on November 17.
"Originally released on Super NES, Super Mario RPG has been overhauled with new graphics! Join Mario, Bowser, Princess Peach, and original characters Mallow and Geno, in an RPG filled with twists, turns and treasure," read an announcement statement.
Diablo 4 has been out for a month now, and as players work their way through the campaign or the endgame with characters either at or approaching the level cap, the community is digging into the detail of how Blizzard’s action role-playing game actually works. But there are some rabbit holes players perhaps need not go down.
This week, some Diablo 4 players convinced themselves the game’s rats lead players to better loot. In a sort of reverse Pied Piper situation, redditor zerger45 took to the Diablo 4 sub to declare: “FOLLOW THE RATS.”
“Okay this is going to sound really bizarre, but you need to follow the rats for good loot,” zerger45 claimed in the post, which has 8,400 upvotes.
“Don’t follow the predetermined path in any dungeon, instead, just follow the rats. The rats smell the cheese! I’m telling you it’s real and I feel like I’m crazy but I found multiple legendaries doing this within a span of maybe 10 minutes. The rats will tell you which pack of enemies to kill, and then they wander towards where you need to go! It’s real I’m not crazy! FOLLOW THE RATS.”
Persona 3 Reload will see Atlus remake absolutely everything from the 2006 RPG and, as revealed in a new trailer, this includes bringing in a new voice cast.
Atlus released a gameplay reveal trailer for Persona 3 Reload (despite the initial trailer featuring gameplay) that showcases a handful of the game's party members and their new voices.
Heather Gonzalez, who played Mineru in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Malaya in Octopath Traveler 2, will take on the role of Yukari Takeba, previously played by Michelle Ruff.
Another prominent inclusion is Zeno Robinson, who played Sakaki in My Hero Academia, as Junpei Iori, previously portrayed by Vic Mignogna.
Aleks Le will also replace Yuri Lowenthal as the protagonist, Allegra Clark will replace Tara Platt as Mitsuru Kirijo, Alehandro Saab will replace Liam O'Brien as Akihiko Sanada, and Suzie Yeung will replace Paula Tiso as Fuuka Yamagishi.
The gameplay reveal trailer (above) acts as an introduction to these various characters, and shows the protagonist chatting with them, running around school, and battling Shadows.
Mineko's Night Market is a game we've seen appear and reappear over the years. Following its reveal in 2017 and Nintendo Indie Showcase appearances after, we've essentially seen it grow. Now ahead of its September 2023 debut, we spoke to Meowza Games Co-founder Brandi Kobayashi about Mineko's Night Market's characters, cats, and crafting.
What got you into developing video games?
Brandi Kobayashi: Video games have always been a huge part of both of our lives, so the interest in making them was always there. Brent [Kobayashi] was hired as an artist at Tiny Speck, who made the game Glitch, and later he moved on to an art director position at Spry Fox (Alphabear, Road Not Taken). We had the idea for Mineko’s Night Market while on vacation and immediately started experimenting. Shortly after, Meowza Games was born!