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Sting announced a release date for the Nintendo Switch version of Riviera: The Promised Land Remaster. It will come out on February 29, 2024 for 2860 JPY ($19.50).

The remastered version will have several new features, as well as additional content from the original. Riviera: The Promised Land originally came out in 2002 as a fantasy RPG that you could play on the go. It used to be on devices like the GBA and the PSP. The remaster will boast upscaled graphics, a text log, variations in the pixel art, autosave, fast forward, a return function, and an EXP boost feature. The EXP boost will let you adjust how many more or less EXP you gain per battle, which can be a way to alter how difficult or easy the game is.

As for new functions and features, there will be new difficulty and play modes, hints on how to obtain items, and NG+. Clearing the game will unlock additional content as well. Sting will post more information in the future via its official Twitter (X) account.

Pocketpair released a new Palworld update on all platforms, and the patch notes reveal other players Pals now can’t be stolen and the save issue tied to capturing over 7,000 pals is in the process of being fixed. While one issue is completely repaired, more work needs to be done on the other.

Rather than some sort of Palworld take on Pokemon’s Team Rocket, the one bug simply had to do with a glitch people could exploit. If one person in multiplayer’s Pal was too weak, another person could catch it with a Pal Sphere. That first player would then completely lose access to the character. 

As for the save file fix, that isn’t completely repaired yet in Palworld. If someone is playing and hits that 7,000 Pals mark after downloading the update, it will be fine. They won’t experience the game crashing that others are. However, if someone experienced that issue before the patch, they’ll find they still can’t play and use that save data just yet.

Nijisanji announced on social media that the Vtuber Kyo Kaneko will graduate on February 17, 2024. Kyo will hold a live stream on YouTube at 8am PT/11am ET/5pm CET explaining his decision.

First, here’s the announcement revealing Kyo will leave the company. It didn’t offer any explanation for his departure. However, it did clarify that activities will end and the YouTube membership both end on February 17, 2024. Fan letters can still be mailed into the company and will be delivered to Kyo until March 17, 2024. There’s no set end-date for merchandise, but those sales will taper off too.

Here’s the embed for the Kyo Kaneko stream which will explain why he decided to graduate from Nijisanji. 

Even more information on Honkai: Star Rail Version 2.0 will come out before the official release of the new patch. HoYoVerse announced yet another special program, titled “It’s Always Night in Penacony.”

You’ll be able to watch it from the game’s official YouTube and Twitch accounts. It’ll start from 5 PM PT/8 PM ET on February 5, 2024. However, it’s unknown what the special program will cover, since HoYoVerse already detailed what will be new in 2.0. Many people in the replies have also expressed curiosity and confusion, wondering what it could be. Some others have guessed that there might be a live music performance.

Square Enix announced the merger of the Tokyo RPG Factory subsidiary. The company will take over the rights and obligations of the subsidiary after the dissolution of the studio on January 31, 2024. [Thanks, Gamebiz!]

The studio was originally founded in 2014 under the “Tokyo Dream Factory” name by then Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda. The company was a subsidiary of Square Enix. Later, it was officially established as in June 2015.

The studio is behind the development of I Am Setsuna, Lost Sphear, and Oninaki, which released in 2016, 2017, and 2019 respectively. The first two titles are turn-based RPGs inspired by the SNES/Super Famicom era of RPGs, and the games share gameplay and story elements from titles like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy X. Meanwhile, Oninaki is an action-RPG with a focus on the theme of life, death, and rebirth.

During the January 2024 Sony State of Play, a new trailer for the much-awaited Silent Hill 2 remake was released, finally giving viewers a taste of what they can expect from combat. I watched the footage, puzzled as to what I saw. A part of me understands why changes were made — a new audience doesn't want to deal with "bad" controls — but I feel like something was lost as James Sunderland staggered enemies by shooting them in the knees or blasting a Bubble Head Nurse in the head with a shotgun.

While Team Silent may or may not have intentionally made the combat in those first four Silent Hill games clunky, it served a greater purpose within the Survival Horror genre. A majority of the most popular Japanese Horror games of the time functioned on Tank Controls, which arguably isn't great and requires some getting used to.

Atlus is continuing to build Persona 3 Reload hype ahead of launch, this time by releasing a collection of gifs taken from the game. The 45 available ones feature characters from throughout the game, with some being gameplay footage and others being more along the lines of reaction gifs created from story scenes.

All of the Persona 3 Reload gifs are available on the company’s Giphy page. Some are taken from the opening movie, like this one of Yukari and another of Junpei. We get a closer look at some people’s Personas, as a quick one shows Ken summoning Nemesis. Iconic monsters like Jack Frost and Pyro Jack show up too. The “Done and Dusted” All Out Attack image for the protagonist is among the ones appearing too.

Capcom showcased the Warfarer vocation in Dragon’s Dogma 2 with a new trailer during the January 2024 State of Play broadcast. The Warfarer is a class exclusive to the Arisen that can use every weapon and learn different skills from each vocation.

The Warfarer is a jack of all trades and will have lower base stats than the rest of the vocations. The lowered stats will require players to use the vocation’s weapon and skill versatility to their advantage to keep up with other specialized vocations.

In addition, the new trailer showed the Dragonsplague, a contagious condition that affects pawns as they travel between worlds. Instead of weakening pawns, Dragonsplage will enhance their performance and make them become bolder in their behavior.

Vocational maisters are one of the new features that will be included in Dragon’s Dogma 2. Players can encounter vocation maisters in the game who have fully mastered their vocation. By deepening their relationship with the maisters, players will unlock their vocations or grant special benefits.

You can watch the new Dragon’s Dogma 2 trailer shown during the latest State of Play here:

Sony revealed that a Until Dawn remaster is coming to PlayStation 5 and PC. The remaster was revealed at the January 2024 State of Play showcase.

The Until Dawn remaster is being developed by the new UK-based studio Ballistic Moon. The trailer shows a few scenes from the original game, although new scenes featuring a dollhouse are also shown. According to the end of the trailer, the game may be rebuilt from the ground up.

Until Dawn was originally released for PS4 in 2015, it was an interactive horror movie starring Hayden Panettiere, Rami Malek, and Peter Stormare, as a group of teens rely on their choices to survive a night in a spooky mountain cabin.

Kojima Productions revealed a new trailer for Death Stranding 2 On The Beach and its full name during the January 2024 State of Play. The sequel will bring Sam Bridges to Mexico and new parts of Earth after reconnecting America and is set for a 2025 release.

The new Death Stranding 2 On The Beach trailer is 9 minutes and 40 seconds long. The footage shows new environments like a desert area, the DHV Magellan ship that Fragile commands to back up Sam, as well as brand new characters and the return of familiar faces.

Note: The trailer includes spoilers for the first Death Stranding.

You can check out the new State of Play trailer for Death Stranding 2 here:

Rise of the Ronin appeared at the 2024 Sony State of Play, with a new gameplay trailer showing off new weapon types and gameplay. The game was previously confirmed as releasing on March 22, 2024.

Rise of the Ronin is set during the Bakumatsu period of Japanese history when American gunboats forced a crisis that would result in the fall of the Shogunate and the return of political power to the Imperial family.

We also saw characters wearing the blue and white colors of the Shinsengumi, a political group active at the time. The trailer featured grappling hook and glider gameplay and stance-based combat with swords, spears, and guns. Later, a flamethrower, a saber, and a rifle with a bayonet were also shown.

You can watch the trailer for Rise of the Ronin below:

A new Silent Hill game, The Short Message, was revealed at the January 2024 State of Play showcase. As well as its announcement, the game was released immediately as a free download for PS5.

Silent Hill: The Short Message stars a girl named Anita entering a crumbling apartment building, following messages from her friend Maya. She is searching for something, although what she's looking for is unclear.

The trailer shows the game as a first-person horror game, where a monster stalks Anita through dark hallways. Themes related to bullying and suicide appear to be prevalent, including graffiti and notes covering the walls.

The full trailer can be seen below:

At the end of the January 2024 State of Play, Sony announced a February 6, 2024 FFVII Rebirth State of Play showcase. That presentation will focus entirely on the RPG ahead of its debut later in the month.

Very few details came up regarding what this additional presentation could discuss. Additional gameplay footage will appear. There will also supposedly be detail and “exciting news.” This could be a reference to some sort of demo that will be released ahead of the game’s debut. As a reminder, Square Enix did release a Final Fantasy VII Remake demo back in March 2020 for the PS4. That showed up just ahead of its release.

The last bit of footage shared about the game was a brief clip on FFVII Day. It showed footage of Cloud playing the piano in FFVII Rebirth’s new free-play minigame and element. In it, it showed how someone could use the feature to play original songs, as the video has him playing “Happy Birthday.”

Konami revealed a new gameplay trailer for the Silent Hill 2 remake at the January 2024 PlayStation State of Play showcase. It's the latest news on the project since Bloober Team made an update on social media in October 2023.

The new trailer showed off the combat gameplay in the Silent Hill 2 remake, as James navigates the Wood Side Apartments. The game now features an over-the-shoulder camera angle similar to the Resident Evil remakes. Some of the puzzles from the apartment building are also shown, including the grandfather clock from the original game.

The full trailer can be seen below.

At the January 2024 State of Play, Sony and Mintrocket announced both the Dave the Diver PS4 and PS5 ports and Godzilla DLC. The game is already on the Switch and PC. 

The new trailer began by confirming that yes, the game is coming to the PS4 and PS5. Duff is sitting on a couch, holding a Dualsense 5, and playing the game. From there, a bit of footage appeared. Once that was done, it confirmed an April 2024 release window.

However, after the halfway point of the footage, the new crossover appeared. Godzilla then rises from the Blue Hole and towers over everything. That’s confirmed to be a free DLC for the game. That will appear in May 2024. 

Here’s the new footage.

A new Sonic game titled Sonic X Shadow Generations was announced at the Sony State of Play event. The game is in development and set to release on PS4 and PS5 some time in Autumn 2024.

The trailer showed a mix of traditional Sonic racing in both 2D and 3D, as they'd take part in skateboarding, roller-skating, and combat focused sections. This included a boss fight. The game appears to feature three different playable characters: a fully proportioned Sonic, a miniature Sonic, and Shadow. During Shadow's section, he interacts with a single-eyed starfish-like creature, though it is unknown if it will be an ally or enemy.

Square Enix has shared new information about characters Bonnie and Formina from the upcoming SaGa Emerald Beyond. A new trailer introduced the police duo alongside other characters that will appear in their story. [Thanks, Famitsu!]

Former marine Bonnie Blair and expert sniper Formina Franklyn are a pair of rookie police officers investigating an assassination attempt on the President of Capitol City. When the duo corners the suspect, he reveals that the President is a traitor before being devoured by a beast.

You can check out the new SaGa Emerald Beyond trailer introducing Bonnie and Formina here:

The release date for Stellar Blade was announced in a new trailer at the January 2024 PlayStation State of Play showcase. The game will be released on April 26, 2024.

The trailer showed off a bunch of new details of Stellar Blade. You play as Eve, a member of the airborne squad left on a post-apocalyptic Earth to fight off alien invaders called NA:tives. Through the story she'll be accompanied by two companions named Adam and Lily.

The trailer also showed some more of the Stellar Blade combat mechanics. In addition to the hack and slash gameplay previously seen with swords, some third-person shooter gameplay was also shown off. We also got to see more of the game's world, which appears to have an open world setting featuring towns full of NPCs. There are also camps out in the wasteland where Eve can replenish her health, purchase supplies and get upgrades.

You can see the full Stellar Blade release date trailer here.

At the January 2024 State of Play, Sony and HoYoVerse shared a new Zenless Zone Zero PS5 trailer highlighting characters. It essentially confirmed that it will be on the console and showed some cast members we already knew about. 

A handful of agents from different groups shwoed up. For example, Belobog Heavy Industries’ Koleda appeared first. Then Nicole and Nekomata from the Cunning Hares appeared. At the end, a confirmation of the PS5 version’s development came up. 

Atlus recently shared on social media some words from Megumi Toyoguchi, the Japanese voice actor for Yukari Takeba in Persona 3 Reload. Toyoguchi talked about her experience with the Persona series and revisiting the character for the remake.

When asked about her feelings regarding Yukari Takeba, and her experience recording for Persona 3 Reload, Toyoguchi said that the main difference in recording the lines for the remake was that she could clearly imagine the voices of the rest of the cast in her head. She also mentioned that she felt a bit embarrassed when voicing romance lines, and that she feels the most comfortable when recording lines interacting with Junpei.

Toyoguchi was also asked about her memories and impressions of P3 and the Persona series. While the original Persona 3 was released in 2006, Toyoguchi mentioned that at that point in time they didn’t have the opportunity to meet fans in person. The actor recalls her first time standing in front of an audience of Persona fans at the stage of an event for the release of the Persona 3 movies. Toyoguchi also said that it gave her goosebumps hearing the music live at the event.

Sony confirmed the three PlayStation Plus February 2024 games. We already knew Square Enix’s Foamstars (PS4, PS5) would launch day-one on the service, and it will be joined by Rollerdome (PS4, PS5) and Steelrising (PS5). 

Foamstars is an entirely new multiplayer game that is a third-person shooter not unlike Splatoon. However, players in the 4v4 title use foam as a way to get around and coat the map. It launches on February 6, 2024 on the service. It will be $29.99 when it leaves PlayStation Plus.

Rollerdome is another third-person shooter, but this one is a solo-only affair. It’s a futuristic game where players are on skates in the titular Rollerdome trying to survive while also investigating a corproration. It launched in August 2022 and normally costs $29.99.

Finally, Steelrising is an action-RPG set in an alternate version of the French Revolution. Players follow the bodyguard of Marie Antoinette, who is an automaton named Aegis, customizing their avatar’s attack style in the hopes of toppling King Louis XVI. It launched in September 2022 and normally is $49.99.

Square Enix announced the dates and details for the FFXIV Valentione’s Day event appearing for Valentine’s Day starting on February 7, 2024 and offered a peek at its new emote. This year, people can get a Love Heart.

To kick things off this year, you’ll need to go to Old Gridania and head to X:10.2, Y:9.4. You’ll find Astrid waiting there with the quest “The Symbol of Love.” As long as you are at level 15, you can take it and start working toward your new rewards.

As usual, there’s a new FFXIV emote and piece of furniture for Valentine’s Day. When used, the Love Heart emote causes the player character to make heart hands in front of themselves while six hearts also appear around them. As for the chair, it is brown and pink with a heart shaped design on the back.

Here’s how both of the new items look in-game.

HoYoVerse always goes over new features in game updates ahead of patches, and the 2.0 Honkai: Star Rail one will feature major quality of life changes to the Relic and Support Character systems. There will be more options for each one.

The Relic system changes are the most extensive ones. You can now mark ones you know you’ll want to discard and turn into experience items or Relic Remains when you get them or go through your items. If it is a five-star item, when salvaging you can choose if you want it to become a Relic Remain. You can also set limits so when you add experience items, it will only go until the next node level that adds a stat, instead of indiscriminately adds as many experience items as possible to level it up as high as you can. Finally, new exclusion filtering and recommended combination options will make it easier to pick which items you select and equip.

Square Enix and Applibot decided that Yuffie and Tifa will be beating enemies with household utensils as weapons for Valentine’s Day in FFVII Ever Crisis. Yuffie gets a Diner Tray via the latest banner, while people can earn Tifa Oven Mitts during The Secret Sweetheart event storyline.

The Yuffie new weapon and outfit is on a Valentine’s Day banner until February 18, 2024. Her new Dinner Tray weapon has the C. Ability Twister. That hits one enemy and deals 850% wind damage to them. This could prove handy for bosses. There is also Sparkling Skater gear for her. That’s a pink waitress-style outfit. Its two R. Abilities are Boost PATK, to deal physical attack, and Windstrike Arcanum to increase the amount of damage she’ll deal with every wind attack.

Here’s how both look in-game.

Capcom released more bath salts based on the herbs from Resident Evil. You’ll now be able to get Blue Herb and Yellow Herbs.

Previously in August 2021, Capcom released a series of bath salts based on two of the most iconic herbs that you can find in a Resident Evil game. You could get Red and Green Herb bath salts for around $5 each, with the in-game image of the plant appearing on the packaging. In most of the games, the Herbs appear in a powder format that your character then sprays all over themself. Since these are bath salts, spraying yourself with them will not grant you the same benefits as dissolving them in water and sitting in the liquid.

The Resident Evil Blue and Yellow Herb bath salts will appear in the online Capcom store from January 31, 2024 and in the physical ones from February 2, 2024. The webpage for the bath salts does not give any information on what scent or benefits they have. They cost 550 JPY each, which is around $3.70. As a note, Capcom would like to remind consumers that Umbrella, the “company” that made these bath salts, is fictional and does not represent any existing organization in real life.

The herb bath salts will appear in the Capcom stores from January 31, 2024.

In order to celebrate the Final Fantasy VII 27th Anniversary, Square Enix released a brand new clip from FFVII Rebirth showing off the piano mini-game by showing Cloud playing a rendition of "Happy Birthday." The clip shows off the free play function which allows players to perform any song they would like using the piano mini-game's inputs.

Final Fantasy VII originally released on January 31, 1997 in Japan on the PlayStation and has sold over 13.9 million copies worldwide since its release. The game spawned multiple spin-offs and sequels in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, including Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII G-Bike, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier, and Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis.

FFVII Remake released in 2020 as the first part of the remake trilogy. Square Enix announced it sold more than 7 million copies worldwide.

Pocketpair sent out an alert about fake Palworld mobile games showing up on Android and iOS storefronts. It’s a standard reminder that the company isn’t behind the titles and there are no mobile adaptations of the game.

Here’s the official announcement. In it, Pocketpair noted that it reported the offending Android and iOS apps to both Apple and Google, so the fake Palworld mobile games could eventually disappear.

When I first got my hands on Granblue Fantasy Relink in December 2023, I already knew it was going to be one of my favorite titles of 2024. Having now experienced the game in full, some of that passion cooled, but that doesn't mean that Relink isn't worth playing. While some may certainly feel out out of their depth when engaging with the lore and certain plot beats the game throws their way, it's an incredibly proficient action game with a decent post-game to keep playtime long and players engaged.

Granblue Fantasy Relink starts off with the protagonist character (Gran or Djeeta) and crew on the fantastical airship called the Grandcypher. While traversing the skies they come under fire. The Astral Bahamut is no longer heeding the call of Lyria, a young girl who is capable of harness the power of the Astrals. (These are elemental beings of untold power that appear in the mobile game as raid bosses and summons.) The Grandcypher is nearly destroyed while fighting off the raging Astral, and the crew is sent plummeting towards the sky-island below.

Mayla will release pumps that draw inspiration from Hatsune Miku on January 31, 2024, and you’ll be able to buy the shoes from Mayla’s website.

The Hatsune Miku pumps from Mayla will come with a special box that uses designs and motifs from her, such as the treble clef and digital circles. Every part of the shoe’s design looks like her. There are big teal ribbons on the side to represent her long pigtails, with the strap in front being pink like her hair accessories. It has an 01 on the inside, much like how Miku has 01 on her arm, and there are frills on the shoes to look like her skirt. The shoes cost 29,920 JPY ($202.70), and this price does not include shipping.

Here is a closer look at the Hatsune Miku shoes:

Devolver Digital has teased a new upcoming game on Twitter (X). The teaser comes in the form of a somewhat bizarre 30-second-long video.

You can watch the video here:

It shows several black-and-white clips of a pixelated character with a beard and sunglasses looking around and talking. It’s interspersed with text that has an anti-technology bent. The video ends with a close-up of the character’s mouth as he says “Let me be your sun.” Some of the replies are taking guesses at what this game could be. Guesses include a cult game (including a Cult of the Lamb and Rain World collaboration), Hotline Miami 3, Katana Zero DLC, and a Unabomber game. Devolver Digital, or “Daddy Devolver” now on Twitter (X), did not make a follow-up Tweet explaining or revealing anything more about this game.

In a California WARN notice, Sega of America stated that it will layoff 61 employees on March 8, 2024. Some Sega employees in the quote retweets on social media already announced their impending departure. [Thanks, What Layoff!]

This news comes after two major releases for Sega and Atlus. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth came out on January 26, 2024. Meanwhile, Persona 3 Reload will come out on February 2, 2024. These games had worldwide releases. That means that the localization teams in Sega of America worked alongside the Japanese development team’s schedule to put out the products.

McDonald’s Japan teased new Pokemon toys for an upcoming line of Happy Meal toys on social media. It looks like you’ll be able to get toys that look like Pikachu, Piplup, Milcery, and Espurr.

The tweet shows the four Pokemon standing in what looks like a house. The Milcery is floating in the air above the Piplup. It seems as if the Pokemon are to scale, since Milcery is considerably smaller than the other ones. However, Pikachu’s head seems abnormally large in the silhouette in that case. The accompanying tweet reads, “They look like residents of a certain house” along with a thinking face emoji.

All four Pokemon are vastly popular species from the franchise. Pikachu is one of the most recognizable Pokemon, and Piplup clawed its way into popularity ever since its initial appearance in DP. Espurr debuted in XY and quickly gained online popularity due to its blank stare and its sad episode in the anime. Pokemon SV, the current generation of Pokemon, also had a recent event in which players had a higher chance of obtaining a Shiny Milcery, which they could then evolve into a Shiny Alcremie.

HoYoVerse shared the 2.0 Honkai: Star Rail version preview site, and on it is a new character profile for the Stellaron Hunter Sam. It shares insights about the character, a video clip, and new art, and during so notes that this is someone in a mecha suit.

Rather than the 2.0 Honkai: Star Rail Characters section, the new information about Sam shows up in the enemies area. This is because, as revealed during the “If One Dreams at Midnight” Special Program, players will take part in a boss fight against the Stellaron Hunter. The profile for the member of Kafka’s squad confirmed this is actually a character inside of a “mecha suit,” rather than a robot like someone such as Screwllum.

Here is the official description:

One of the Stellaron Hunters, a mysterious warrior donning formidable armor. The mecha suit possesses the power to unleash fiery attacks, engulfing the battlefield in flames.

The profile page also offers a video clip of Sam attacking the Trailblazer and their party.

Despite being in Early Access, Palworld’s world is huge, meaning players could get overwhelmed when deciding where to travel to first. Here’s the full Palworld map, including the best places to build a base, catch powerful pals, and more.

Full Palworld map

The full Palworld map is gigantic, and even with the fastest flying mount, it would still take a few minutes to get from the top to the bottom. With the map being so big, it’s a good idea to have an idea of places to explore over others so that you can start off your adventure strong.

You can see the full Palworld map below:

Best Base locations in Palworld

Kumamoto Prefecture announced the release of the custom Kumamon Island map for Fortnite. The map is a business simulation game that will appear in Fortnite on January 31, 2024. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]

The Kumamon Island game map was developed using Fortnite’s Creative Mode tools by the Kumamoto Prefectural government in collaboration with advertisement company CyberAgent. The map was revealed during a Kumamoto Fortnite Press Conference to promote Kumamoto Prefecture. The custom map will take approximately 40 to 60 minutes to complete.

Kumamon Island is designed to have gameplay similar to that of Tycoon-style games. The setup for the game involves helping various Kumamon in developing a Kumamon robot to promote Kumamoto to the rest of the world, and helping them solve the problems that arise through the robot’s construction. Several of Kumamoto’s tourist landmarks and local products will appear as part of the map, and players will have to build Kumamoto Castle as one of the steps to finish the production of the robot.

You can check out some screenshots from Kumamon Island here:

Elcoco announced the release of new NieR Automata Ver1.1a arcade prizes that include Pod figures that can hold drinks, and miniature accessory stands featuring the clothes of 2B, 9S, and A2.

There are figures of both Pod 042 and Pod 153 available, and each one stands at 19.5cm (or about 7.68 inches) tall. Each figure includes a rounded indentation in its base to hold glasses and other drinks, and the arms of the pods make them look like they’re holding them for you. Meanwhile, the accessory stands can be used to display and hold rings, accessories, and other small items.

Both the Pod figures and 2B, 9S, and A2 miniature accessory stands are set to release in late July 2024, and will be available as prizes in amusement centers and arcades throughout Japan.

You can check out the new NieR Automata Ver1.1a Pod figures below and character mini accessory stand here:

A handful of Palworld Digimon mods appeared on Nexus Mods courtesy of SV BOY and FrancisLouis. SV BOY created ones of Gabumon, Omegamon, and Tyrannomon over the past week, while FrancisLouis created a Garurumon one.

All of these Digimon Palworld mods are Pal replacement ones. This means an existing character in your PC version of the game will be replaced with the new model. Here’s the full list of what each one changes:

• Bushi becomes Omegamon
• Eikthyrdeer becomes Garurumon
• Leezpunk becomes Gabumon
• Relaxaurus becomes Tyrannomon

The installation method for all of them is the same. You need to go into the directors in Steam to find Palworld, then place the new .pak files in the Palworld\Pal\Content\Paks folder. FrancisLouis also mentions making a “mods” folder in the “Paks” one. The Nexus Mods file download page for each also has the manual and mod manager download options.

HoYoVerse shared the requirements to start the 2.0 Honkai: Star Rail Trailblaze Mission “Long Day’s Journey into Night.” It also listed the seven kinds of rewards people will earn for finishing it.

The requirements aren’t too restrictive for the first 2.0 Honkai: Star Rail Trailblaze Mission. You basically need to just be completely caught up with the campaign. That means you had to finish all of the Xianzhou Luofu Trailblaze Missions before you can “head” to the new world. If you already cleared the Karmic Clouds Faded, War Banners Folded “Obsequies Performed, A Long Road Ahead” mission, then you are good to go. You can immediately pick up “Long Day’s Journey into Night” and head to Penacony. 

As for the rewards, they’re the typical ones we tend to get for Trailblaze Missions in the game. You’ll get some of the both types of currency, so Credits and Stellar Jades will be doled out. You’ll earn experience for your level too. There will be music acquired for the Astral Express jukebox. Finally, Lost Crystal, Refined Aether and Traveler’s Guide experience materials for Relics, Light Cones, and characters will be doled out. No increments were noted in the announcement.

Sega revealed more details about the second Nijisanji collaboration wave in PSO2: New Genesis at the January 2024 NGS Headline program. After previously announcing a teaser in December 2023, the company has shown how Amamiya Kokoro, Nagao Kei, Matsukai Mao, and Yorumi Rena will actually look like in the new Phantasy Star Online game.

The main highlight of this collaboration will be the Virtual Liver Style '24 scratch ticket, which will go live on February 14, 2024. Players will have a random chance to obtain avatar parts modeled after the Vtubers. In addition to dakimakura pillows featuring each Vtuber, the scratch ticket will also include Kei's katana and Rena's staff as actual weapon camos.

This wave will also add Nijisanji-based content for features that did not exist in PSO2: New Genesis when the first wave launched in February 2023. They include Vital Gauges that customize players' health bar visuals, Portable Holograms that players can place on fields, and Build Parts for Creative Spaces.

Intelligent Systems revealed a new 1/7 scale figure modeled after the female Alear from Fire Emblem Engage. The static figure will come pre-painted and stand at approximately 255mm (10.04in) tall. The Fire Emblem series creator studio is working with Good Smile Company to release the figure worldwide in 2025.

Pre-orders for the static figure are immediately available worldwide via Good Smile Company's storefronts. People who are in the U.S. and Canada can go to Good Smile Online Shop U.S. to order the figure for $216.99. Those who reside elsewhere worldwide can instead access the international web store and place an order at ¥32,780 / €226.90.

Here are the sample images for the upcoming female Alear figure: