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It has been a few months since Sifu arrived and delivered some satisfying and brutal combat, but developer Sloclap was certainly not done. Following a slew of updates and the confirmation that more was on the way back in February, we now know more about the update roadmap for Sifu in 2022.

Sharing via Twitter, Sloclap is preparing for four major updates for Sifu in the coming year, including difficulty options, various gameplay modifiers, a replay editor, and even a new arena game mode.

The first of these updates will arrive next week on May 3. Players can look forward to the new difficulty options of Student and Master, while also adding advanced training to help you refine your moves. Outfit selection will also be possible following the update.

As for the rest of the updates for Sifu, they will arrive in the summer, autumn, and winter. The gameplay modifiers being added in the summer definitely look interesting, with the options of No Guard, Bullet Time, and One Health Point likely to give experts even more ways to show off their prowess. The replay editor and arena game mode will also likely give us more jaw-dropping videos to admire once the updates are out.

Microsoft hosted its quarterly financial conference call for investors and analysts and chief executive officer Satya Nadella and chief financial officer Amy Hood talked about the Xbox business.

Nadella boasted leadership for Xbox Series X and S among next-gen consoles in several markets in the past quarter (January to March), on top of significant growth of time played on game pass and Azure applications for gaming.

Our ambition is to power gamers to play when and how and where they want. With our Xbox Series X and S consoles, we have taken share globally for two quarters in a row and we are the market leader this quarter among the next-gen consoles in the United States, Canada, UK, and Western Europe.

And with Xbox Cloud Gaming we’re redefining how games are distributed played and viewed. To date, more than ten million people have streamed games. Many of our most popular titles including Flight Simulator are now acccessible on phones, tablets, low-spec PCs for the first time.

Our Game Pass library now includes hundreds of titles across PC and consoles, incuding more games from third-party publishers than ever before.

Billions of hours have been played by subscribers in the past twelve months, up 45%.

And with Azure, we’re building the best cloud for game studios of all sizes to build, host, and grow their games. New capabilities speed time to development and to connect players across platforms.

Azure gaming revenue fiscal year-to-date increased 66%.

If you’ve ever wanted to break into a house without the danger and repercussions, then the upcoming indie game The Break-In is just for you. Developed by jorgen games Ltd, this upcoming four-player online co-op title lets you and your friends sneak into houses, museums, and bank vaults to steal everything that isn’t bolted down.

To steal successfully, you’ll need to use your profits to purchase thief equipment that helps you get bigger and bigger scores. It’s also important to note that the game can be played in VR or without VR.

You can check out a brief clip of the gameplay, which was posted to the Gaming subreddit, and a description of The Break-In’s description and features right down below.

The Break-In is a 4 player online co-op burglary game about sneaking into houses, museums, and bank vaults to steal everything that isn’t bolted down. (And maybe some of the things which are bolted down).

Today, Microsoft announced its financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal year 2022, related to the period between January 1, 2022, and March 31.

The presentation included an update on the performance of the More Personal Computing business, which includes Microsoft’s gaming division and the Xbox brand.

You can check out all the relevant figures for the segment in the slides below.

Ever since Halo Infinite’s multiplayer launched, fans have been begging 343 Industries to add a number of pieces of content that the series has been known for. So far, some of those queries have been answered, as features like playlists have been added and updated significantly since the game’s release.

Unfortunately, armor and character customization requests updates have still been lacking, especially when it comes to the fact that players can’t choose between playing as a Spartan or an Elite. The choice to play as this alien species was present in the majority of past games in the franchise, but Halo Infinite has yet to add it.

And according to 343 Industries Community Director Brian Jarrard, Halo Infinite doesn’t have any plans to add in Elites anytime soon.

Another big name is joining the MCU, as it was revealed during a presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas Monday that Grammy-winning artist Bad Bunny will star as El Muertoin a standalone Marvel movie for Sony at some point in 2024. Originally reported by Indiewire, the news is rather historic, as it’ll be the first-ever Latino-led marvel movie ever.

In the comics, El Muerto, real name Juan Carlos, fights Spider-Man in a charity wrestling match and almost unmasks Peter Parker. While somewhat portrayed as an antagonist at first, he eventually becomes more of an anti-hero.

This obviously isn’t Sony’s first crack at adapting superhero movies based on anti-hero characters, as they really been on a tear lately, adapting two Venom movies and the recent Jared Leto-led Morbius. When talking about the opportunity to play El Muerto, Bad Bunny had the following to say:

“This opportunity to bring El Muerto to life, it’s amazing. It’s incredible,” he said. “I love wrestling, I grew up watching wrestling and now I’m a wrestler … I think it’s the perfect role for me. It will be epic, I’m sure.”

Alongside his career as a musician, Bad Bunny also began a relationship with WWE, in which he’s wrestled a few appearances so far, receiving a lot of praise from fans, critics, and other wrestlers alike. For more information, be sure to check back to Twinfinite for updates.

The spring anime season has begun, with a few shows just starting out in the past few weeks. If you’re unsure of which ones to give most of your attention to, we’ve got a list of the brand-new ones that look like they’re most deserving of your time, excluding big names that got sequel seasons like Rising of the Shield Hero, Kaguya Sama, and Komi Can’t Communicate. Here are some of the best new spring anime of 2022 so far.

Today Microsoft and third-party developers had news to share about Microsoft Flight Simulator and its add-ons.

First of all, Sim Update 9 has been officially released. It requires it’s usual preliminary download on the Windows Store or Steam weighing about 500 MB, and then a further download after the simulator is launched weighing 4.72 GB.

This update mostly focused on fixing issues related to crashes, weather, navigation, and much more, but it also introduces significant changes to the F/A-18.

You can find the full update notes here.

On top of that, we get the release of the Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster and the Model R-2 Super Sportster for $14.99 on the official marketplace.

Earlier today on the Apple TV YouTube channel, the first trailer for The Essex Serpent was released. This upcoming Apple TV+ series is based on Sarah Perry’s award-winning 2016 novel of the same name. It’s a period drama set in Victorian England that focuses on the life of Cora Seaborne (Claire Danes) and her interest in the reports of a sea serpent terrorizing a remote village in Essex.

Upon arriving in Essex, Seaborne meets the reverend Will Ransome (Tom Hiddleston) who we can clearly see in the trailer will be a love interest for the main character. But the main plot appears to be centered around Seaborne’s hunt for this mysterious creature and all of the drama that comes along with it.

In the trailer, we hear one of the villagers liken the situation in Essex to the story about the Garden of Eden where Seaborne is parallel to Eve. However, nobody appears to have concrete proof that this creature even exists. Yet, there is clearly something nefarious going around the village.

Throughout the trailer, we see different citizens of the village transfixed on seemingly nothing, collapsing for no apparent reason, and even uncontrollably seizing. All of these horrific events are believed by the people of Essex to be caused by the elusive serpent.

The Essex Serpent begins streaming exclusively on Apple TV+ starting May 13. You can check out the official trailer down below.

It’s been a long time coming but MLB The Show is finally back on portables. The last time baseball fans were able to play the premiere baseball sim on the go was way back in 2015, which was the last year the series was released on the PlayStation Vita.

The PS Vita version was far behind the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 version by a large margin in pretty much every way but one: it was portable. Back then, it was easy to look past the graphical downgrade and the struggles of trying to play a game about hitting a small ball on a small screen because that was counter-balanced with the massive convenience of being able to play on the go.

Seven years later and, honestly, not much has changed with the Switch version. The good news is that, like the PS Vita version, the Switch version is very capable of playing MLB The Show 22 on the go without any massive issues. And also, unlike the PS Vita, the Switch version has the obvious benefit of docking in if you’re not using a Switch Lite.

The thing is, though, regardless of whether you choose to play handheld or docked, the experience is more or less the same. There’s a noticeable visual performance downgrade from not only PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions, but even last-gen via the PS4 as well. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone considering, you know, the Switch is a last-gen console.

In anticipation of its summer release, Volition is doing its best to get fans hungry for its upcoming reboot of the Saints Row franchise. In fact, they might be taking things a bit too literally, as their latest ad for the game is all about food trucks.

Anyone who has seen the customization trailer by now knows that food trucks are just one of the many car options you’ll be able to play around with, as Saints Row allows players to customize just about everything you can imagine. You can check out the new trailer, description, and key features for the game right down below:

Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the heart of the American SouthWest. In a world rife with crime, where lawless factions fight for power, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made.

Experience the biggest and best Saints Row playground ever created; the unique sprawling world of Santo Ileso is the backdrop for a wild, larger than life sandbox of thrilling side hustles, criminal ventures and blockbuster missions, as you shoot, drive, and wingsuit your way to the top.

Key Features:
Witness the Birth of The Saints – Play through an action blockbuster original story full of criminality, extraordinary scenes and signature surprises laced with humor.

You were waiting for the release date of Shorsey the other day…and now the wait is finally over. Earlier today, an official release date of May 13, 2022, was confirmed by Crave on the platform’s official social media account.

This news comes just a week after the reveal that it’ll arrive on Hulu on May 27, 2022, which was announced via a brief snippet. You can check out the tweet for yourself, as well as a brief description for the upcoming Letterkenny spin-off, courtesy of Bell Media right down below.

Created by and starring Jared Keeso, the six-episode, half-hour hockey comedy sees the foul-mouthed, chirp-serving, mother-loving, fan favourite character, Shoresy (Keeso), join the Sudbury Bulldogs of the Northern Ontario Senior Hockey Organization (The NOSHO) on a quest to never lose again.

Today 2K Games released a brand new DLC for its popular wrestling game WWE 2K22.

The DLC, named “Banzai Pack,” brings the following wrestlers to the game, Yokozuna, Rikishi, Umaga, Kacy Catanzaro, and Omos.

This is the first DLC package released for the game, and there are plenty more already announced. Here’s a list if you’re curious.

You can check out what the new wrestlers look like in the trailer below.

WWE 2K22 is currently available for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.

If you want to learn more, you can check out the previous trailer, another alongside release details, the first extended look at gameplay, the full roster, and read an official description below.

Hunter x Hunter has a variety of unique characters throughout the anime. Hunters like Gon Freecss, Killua Zoldyck, Knuckle Bine, and many more have proven the show’s creative storytelling. Female characters have especially shown their worth and strengths throughout the series. These seven female characters, in particular, are the best in the show’s history.

***SPOILER WARNING: This article and its contents contain considerable spoilers for the entirety of Hunter x Hunter. If you aren’t fully caught up on the anime yet, then come back once you are.***

Epic Games has today released the Fortnite v20.20 hotfix update for its Battle Royale mode. The latest patch sees the unvaulting of the Light Machine Gun into the battle royale. The fight against the IO has also now been moved from Coney Crossroads to Rocky Reels.

In terms of the season’s story, the Resistance fighting against the IO forces for the Coney Crossroads has won the battle. Now the battle is focused on Rocky Reels instead of Coney Crossroads; hence, drop into this location and help the Resistance push the IO forces back.

The Fortnite 20.20 April 26 hotfix also brings back the popular Light Machine Gun that comes with a relatively fast firing rate and 60-round magazine.

Similar to the other Fortnite weapons, the LMG comes in five rarities — Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Legendary and it spawns on the ground and in Chests, Rare Chests, Supply Drops, and sharks.

However, it should be noted that the LMG is not included in competitive playlists but is subject to an evaluation period.

After a trial period that allowed Fortnite players to get their hands on the Boogie Bomb and Rift-To-Go, they’ll now be able to contribute bars to their preferred choice. The first item to reach 100% funding will immediately be unvaulted into the game.

It’s worth noting that the winner of the Boogie Bomb vs. Rift-To-Go vote will not be immediately unvaulted in competitive playlists.

Finally, the Fortnite 20.20 battle royale hotfix adds the funding stations at Coney Crossroads for an Armored Battle Bus and set of Turrets after the Resistance won the battle against IO forces.

Epic Games has today announced that Blanka and Sakura of Street Fighter fame are making their way to the Fortnite island later this week to celebrate the series 35 year anniversary. A Blanka & Sakura Cup will also give players the chance to earn a special loading screen.

The news comes via a blog post showcasing the two character skins and their accompanying cosmetics. The Blanka Outfit comes with the Blanka Delgado alt Style inspired by Rival Schools’ Bowman Delgado. It also comes with a build-in Blanka Backflip Emote, and a Blanka-Chan Back Bling, which is a tiny, cute version of the big green brawler.

Last year, Square Enix and Warner Bros. revealed a brand new anime to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Legend of Mana series was in the works. Today, we finally got a teaser trailer and some key information on what to expect from the series, which is titled Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal

You can check out the teaser trailer and a brief description taken straight from the press release right down below.

The power “mana” that fills the world with all sources. A magnificent and loving story unfolded by those who seek that power-the first animation of the “Seiken Densetsu” series that has fascinated many RPG fans with its high degree of freedom and profound scenarios!

Shilo, a boy who lives near the town of Domina, begins to hear a mysterious voice in his dreams. He said he had a mission…

One day, Shilo meets two people who are “pearl charms”. Tamami was once a race in which many people were killed for the jewels buried in their chests. And now, there have been incidents of mysterious jewel thieves attacking Tamaki and others all over the world.

Shilo departs for an adventure over the jewels of pearl charm!

Alongside the trailer, a cast and staffing list was also released:

Cast

Bethesda Softworks released a new video dedicated to its upcoming sci-fi RPG Starfield.

The video stars Composer Inon Zur and Audio Director Mark Lampert as they talk about their respective work with the game, from music to sound design.

You can check it out below.

The accompanying press release also came with a comment from Zur himself.

“Starfield is the most ambitious project I’ve ever worked on,. It’s a vast  
game about a vast place, but more than anything else it’s bravely asking big  
questions—philosophical questions and important questions—that usually people  
don’t bother or dare to ask.”  

Starfield will release on Nov. 11, 2022, for Xbox and PC. It will also launch on Xbox Game Pass at the same time as at retail.

Much like the Souls games and Bloodborne that came before it, Elden Ring has quickly fostered a strong community that never ceases to amaze me with beautiful fan art and, of course, memes and inside jokes about the game. Here are some of the best and funniest posts we’ve seen on r/Eldenring so far.

Do be warned that this article will contain some major plot and character spoilers for the entire game.

Techland has officially confirmed that a much-requested feature will be added soon to its undead parkour-’em-up survival sequel, Dying Light 2. That’s right, New Game+ will be launching tomorrow across PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC on Apr. 27, and will come by way of a new patch.

The Polish studio shared the news via a freshly-cut “At The Fish Eye” video featuring the game’s producer Julia Szynkaruk, which you can check out in full down below:

Specifically, NG+ will give players the opportunity to replay Dying Light 2 again, but with the added bonus of keeping all the gear and upgrades that they’d accrued on their first playthrough.

Additionally, players will be able to make different story choices on their second time around and will potentially even get a new ending. That being said, some of the story-related content will still need to be unlocked, like the paraglider or the grappling hook, for example.

On top of the new addition of a NG+ mode, Update 1.3.0 will also bring an increase to the spawn rate of Special Infected, which will in turn increase the chances of finding legendary loot. Meanwhile, new parkour challenges have also been introduced, which add new platinum medals as well.

Atlus released not one, but two trailers of the upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2, showcasing more elements of the game.

The first is the second episode of the “Summoners’ guide.” It comes with English subtitles, so do remember to activate them.

This time around we hear more about the Covenants, the Great One, and the enemies belonging to the Phantom Society. We also hear more about Milady, dungeon, and combat gameplay.

The second trailer is the usual daily trailer introducing a demon, and this time it’s Thunderbird. That’s quite appropriate considering that it first debuted in the original Soul Hackers. It also appeared in the previous Shin Megami Tensei game, Shin Megami Tensei V.

As usual, the trailer also includes the daily horoscope with a ranking of signs from the luckiest to the unluckiest. Scorpio is at the top, while Sagittarius is at the bottom of the fortune ranking.

Today Aquaplus and Shiravune announced the release date of the next Utawarerumono game “Monochrome Mobius: Toki no Taika”, titled in English “Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs” 

You’ve heard it right, the game will be released in English on day one by Shiravune.

It’ll launch on September 8 for PS5, PS4, and PC via Steam. At the moment, it actually isn’t known whether the English version will come to PS5 and PS4, but the PC version is confirmed by Shiravune.

Below you can check out the official gameplay trailer with English subtitles on top of the opening cutscene, the box art for PS5 and PS4, screenshots, and an official description.

The anime that is Tensei Shitara Suraimu Datta Ken, or That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, has been quite a long-running one, helping to grow an invested community that also has the light novel and manga series to enjoy. But that’s not all, as a mobile JRPG, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Memories, was released back in October 2021, and six months on, Bandai Namco is preparing to celebrate its half anniversary in style as part of the Isekai Revelry.

From now until May 31, there will be plenty for players to get up to. Over 1,000 Magicrystals are up for grabs, obtainable by logging in during the event period. If you manage to log in for 30 days, you will also be rewarded with a 5★ Battle Character Guaranteed Recruit Ticket.

ISEKAI Memories will also gift players with a once-daily free Recruit where a 4★ or higher character is guaranteed. This Recruit includes characters that are now in Standard Recruits such as Diablo, The Black Progenitor, and Guy Crimson, the Lord of Darkness.

In addition, the game is increasing the drop rate of 5★ characters from 4% to 5%, while Chancellors can get 1 Memory Stone for Masked Hero, the Time Traveler, 5 Isekai Revelry Recruit Part 1 Tickets, and 50 Magicrystals as part of the Bingo Missions.

For those looking for even more story content for That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Memories, the RYUZIN: Contest of Dragons event and the addition of the new Eastern Block area should do nicely.

The day that Overwatch fans have been eagerly looking forward to is near, as the first Overwatch 2 PvP beta will go live starting on April 26 at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET until May 17. Ahead of the beta, Blizzard has given us even more details via an informative FAQ.

Those selected for the PC-only beta will be receiving an email from the Overwatch team, while Blizzard may look to add more players at later periods during the test. Players in North America, Europe, Latin America/Brazil, Korea, Japan, Australia/New Zealand, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia will be among the first to get their hands on the hero shooter sequel, and you can still opt in to the beta currently for a shot to join.

However, for a better chance of being invited, the Overwatch 2 PvP Beta Twitch Drops campaign will be where you would want to be. The limited-time campaign begins April 27 at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET and lasts until 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET.

Viewers will need to tune in to watch a select group of streamers broadcasting the Overwatch PvP Beta under the Overwatch category, and you will be eligible for Twitch drops after watching any participating channel for four hours. Be sure to check out the full list of streamers via the FAQ.

Earlier this month, Riot Games returned to Iceland’s capital, Reykjavík, as a venue for its inaugural LAN esports event of the year, Valorant Masters Stage 1. The competition saw 12 teams from around the globe showdown in a double-elimination tournament to crown a winner and earn the lion’s share of a $650,000 prize pool.

Yesterday evening, during a grand final watched by over 1 million people, North America’s Optic Gaming beat out Brazil’s Loud to earn that accolade, becoming the second team from the region to lift the trophy after last year’s winner, Sentinels. Along with EMEA (Europe, Turkey, and CIS), the two regions are widely considered the dominant forces in global Valorant, as they have been for many years in other tactical shooters such as Counter-Strike: GO.

Even in the case of other esports beyond this particular genre, it’s also fairly normal for one, or a select few, regions to consistently produce the game’s very best teams — think Korea in the case of Overwatch, China in MOBA games like DOTA 2 and League of Legends, etc.

At a glance, then, the eventual winning of Masters Reykjavík by a North American team doesn’t come as much of a surprise, and yet the real storyline of the event couldn’t be a more polar opposite. In fact, the major takeaway is that Valorant might be one of the world’s most global esports, with once thought of “minor regions” capable of beating teams representing the biggest esports organizations in the world.

In what is somewhat of a backward order, it was revealed today that two of Star Wars’ most popular spinoff series, The Mandalorian and Star Wars: Visions, would each be getting their own manga adaptation.

This news comes courtesy of Anime News Network, by way of the Square Enix’s Big Gangan magazine’s May issue and website. In the report, it was revealed that a number of manga creators will work on the manga of Star Wars: Visions, while Yūsuke Ōsawa will draw the adaptation for The Mandalorian.

You can check out the Star Wars Visions story each artist will draw and when each one will appear in the magazine below:

• Kamome Shirahama (Witch Hat Atelier) – will draw an adaptation of “The Elder” in the June issue
• Haruichi (Star Wars Leia, Princess of Alderaan) – will draw an adaptation of “Lop and Ochō” in the July issue
• Yūsuke Ōsawa (Spider-Man: Fake Red) – will draw an adaptation of “The Ninth Jedi” in the August issue
• Keisuke Sato (Little Witch Academia manga) – will draw an adaptation of “The Twins” in the September issue

Each of these manga adaptations will debut in the next issue, which releases on May 25, 2022. While you wait for its release, be sure to check out all of the related Star Wars content we’ve got for you down below. That includes plenty of news, quizzes, and features that fans of the franchise will surely love.

Today El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron creator Takeyasu Sawaki released a video announcing new information about the Nintendo Switch port of the game.

First of all, we hear that the game is coming to Nintendo’s console within 2022. At the moment we don’t have a more precise release date.

We also get the introduction of the developer handling the port, Shinjuku-based studio Aqualead, directly from its CEO Hiroyuki Hayashihara.

It’s not a well-known game within the gaming industry because the company works mostly on a support role on the engine side for games by other studios. That being said, this gives them an edge because El Shaddai is developed with an old engine that is no longer supported and has no current libraries.

You can check out the video below.

If you’re unfamiliar with El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, it was originally released for PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2011. Here’s an official description:

“El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, originally released in 2011, is a unique third-person action adventure filled with a deeply artistic world-building, outstanding aesthetics and thrilling battles. Experience an incredible mix of 2D-like platformer action and a colorful 3D world in an exceptional setting.
An ever-changing endless visual experience

After months of speculation and rumors, Twitter has officially agreed to sell itself to Elon Musk, the richest man in the world. The social media platform’s board of directors unanimously agreed to the offer, which sees the company being bought out for the price point of approximately $44 billion.

The news broke earlier today, as PR Newswire reports that for Musk purchased the platform $54.20 per share in cash. Upon completion of the transaction, Twitter will become a privately traded platform, allowing it to make enhancements to the product without the oversight of investors, regulators, and others.

The purchase is made up of $25.5 billion of fully committed debt and margin loan financing that Musk secured, as well as an additional $21.0 billion of his own equity. There are no financing conditions to the closing of the transaction. The billionaire addressed the purchase by detailing his plans for the future,

“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” said Musk. “I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans. Twitter has tremendous potential – I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it.”

This purchase price represents a 38% premium to Twitter’s closing stock price on Apr. 1, 2022, the last trading day before Mr. Musk disclosed his 9% stake in Twitter. For more information, be sure to check back to Twinfinite, as we’ll have plenty of updates as the story continues to unfold.

Today third-party developers had news to share related to upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons.

First and foremost, the highly anticipated McDonnell Douglas MD-82 “Maddog” by Leonardo now has a release date, and it’s on April 30 exclusively on Simmarket.

We also get pricing details (€75 plus VAT), and the mention that on top of the original feature list it’ll include an Electronic Flight Bag tablet and a brand new passenger cabin.

We also hear from Just Flight, which announced San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (KSBP) in the United States.

Here’s how the developer describes it:

Here’s an amazing rendition of this popular airport KSBP – San Luis Obispo Regional.

Right in the middle the California coast, between San Francisco and Los Angeles lies the beautiful San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport KSBP (McChesney Field) With a very active presence of General Aviation it also has three passenger airlines servicing nonstop flights to Seattle, San Francisco, Portland, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Denver, and Dallas-Fort Worth. Over the last few years, the airport has seen incredible growth to almost half a million passengers a year and expanded its capacity with a brand-new passenger terminal and Fixed-base operator (FBO) terminal and hangar.

Respawn has been giving us more info on Bangalore’s past for some time now, and it’s all culminating in this rollout for Apex Legends Season 13: Savior. This new launch trailer confirms that Bangalore’s long-lost brother, Jackson, has returned as the new Legend, Newcastle. Also, another Stories From the Outlands will be coming on April 28 to keep the rollout moving.

This cinematic trailer doesn’t show any gameplay, but it teases plenty of Newcastle’s potential abilities. He plants down several different types of shields during the video — one of which is a giant energy shield that could be his Ultimate.

Newcastle also drags an ally back after they’ve been knocked down by the giant monster attacking Storm Point and the other Legends, which may be a hint at his Passive. Being able to drag allies back into cover to revive them would be extremely useful if he could do so with the aid of a shield.

You can check out the launch trailer for Apex Legends Season 13: Savior below to see all of the cinematic action that leads to the reveal.

Today Yostar hosted a livestream from Japan to reveal the next major event that will launch in the popular mobile game Azur Lane and more.

The event is focused on the Iron Blood faction and will launch on April 28. It’ll remain available until May 13.

The following new shipgirls will be included:

• SSR Light Cruiser Emden
• SSR Heavy Cruiser Lützow
• SSR Battlecruiser Seydlitz
• Elite Light Cruiser Elbing
• Elite Heavy Cruiser Yorck
• Elite Battleship Thüringen

Seydlitz will be available out of gacha in the event shop, while Thüringen will be available as a reward for points.

New skins will include Emden,Lützow, Seydlitz, Elbing, Yorck, Thüringen, Sheffield, and U-47, with Emden, Lützow, and Elbing available for rental tickets.

Chibi Eugen will also be introduced with her own mini-event during the same period.

Today, Pokemon UK revealed some very exciting news for avid collectors, as The Wand Company Master Ball is available for the first time at the Pokemon Center UK. Measuring approximately 75 mm in diameter, this rare collectible also comes with a special edition plaque and display case, so you can show it off in all of its glory.

You can check out the official images and a detailed description of its features right down below.

In Animal Crossing New Horizons, players have the ability to create and customize their very own islands to their heart’s content. As you can imagine, this results in a bevy of different amazing creations, including a handful of ones related to Studio Ghibli.

Recently, one Studio Ghibli fan decided to recreate arguably the most popular and beloved anime of all time from the studio, Spirited Away.

As you can see in the post above to the Animal Crossing subreddit, user IsleofBunny created a magnificent rendition of Spirited Away in Animal Crossing New Horizons. In the brief video, we see recreations of the movie’s most famous scenes and characters, including everything from the parent pigs to No Face to even Yubaba’s office.

Polyphony Digital and Sony Interactive Entertainment revealed the free update being implemented in Gran Turismo 7 today.

The update, numbered 1.13, includes three new cars. We’re getting the Subaru BRZ GT300 ‘2, which won the Super GT championship in the GT300 class in 2021, the road version Subaru BRZ S ’21, and the Suzuki Cappuccino (EA11R) ’91.

On top of the cars the 24-hour layout of Spa-Francorchamps is also being added, on top of two new scapes set in Japan, “Gassho-style Houses in Ainokura” and “Cherry Blossoms at Night.”

The addition of new cars and tracks has been teased a few weeks ago, alongside deeper changes to the game’s rewards and progression structure.

Below you can check out a trailer showing off the new content.

Gran Turismo 7 is currently available for PS5 and PS4 and you can read our review.

I’m not usually one to go for the Domination victory in Civilization. I’m peaceful, I hate conflict, I love science and knowledge (in Civilization, not in real life ew), and I’ve always opted to go for the diplomatic route in Civ while mesmerizing my opponents with my state’s amazing technological advances. War is expensive, y’know? So much bloodshed. So much needless loss of life. And it just takes way too long and costs too damn much.

Then, everything changed when Dune: Spice Wars entered my life.

I’ve spent the bulk of my weekend playing an early access build of Dune: Spice Wars and, perhaps unsurprisingly, as someone who loves 4X strategy games, I was obsessed. Before we get into the weeds, here’s the setup. Dune: Spice Wars is being developed by Shiro Games, who also made Northgard, which is another strategy game in which you manage a clan, build your civilization, and fend off enemies.

Both games feel remarkably similar to each other, and they also bear some similarities with the 4X strategy king, Civilization. The key difference is that there are no turns in Dune: Spice Wars; every player makes their moves at the same time while the days tick away, which means that you can react to conflict immediately and change your course of action at the drop of a dime.

This makes for a much more fast-paced experience, and also serves as the main reason why I’ve started to gravitate towards a more aggressive approach when dealing with opposing factions. Each game starts off with the same objective: claim a region with spice in it. After dispatching your troops to a region, you can attack and take over the settlement there, giving you full control of whatever resources come with it.

Today Koei Tecmo announced its Financial Results for the Fiscal Year which ended on March 31, 2022.

Sales for the whole company were 72.759 billion yen, up 20.5% year-on-year, while operating income was 34.527 billion yen, up 41.5% year-on-year. These are described by the company as record results.

The Entertainment business, which includes video games, saw sales of 68.811 billion yen and profit at 33.827 billion yen, showing significant growth on both fronts.

We also hear that Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires has shipped 280,000 units, while Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream has passed 200,000 units sold.

In the future, Koei Tecmo intends to continue its plans to become the “world’s number one entertainment content” aiming to achieve both quality and customer satisfaction, while also pursuing growth and profitability.

Starting with the current fiscal year, the company has launched its new medium-term management plan that aims to achieve 100 billion yen of yearly sales and operating income at 40 billion yen by the fiscal year that ends on March 2025.

The priority goal to achieve that remains the previously announced will to launch a game capable to sell 5 million units and games able to achieve 2 million units sold every fiscal year.

Specifically, in the current fiscal year (ending in March 2023), the company intends to continue its policy of “creating and developing global IP” that has driven profit growth for 12 consecutive years.

Valheim was probably the biggest early access release of 2021, and Coffee Stain and Iron Gate Studio have just announced that the game has officially reached 10 million copies sold. It’s not surprising, as the game has received glowing reviews on Steam, and its rating has been sitting at Overwhelmingly Positive this entire time.

Announced via a press release, the developers have also promised that there’s more Valheim content to look forward to this year, as its early access journey continues:

‘As the development of the next major content update continues, fans of the survival genre can look forward to more Valheim goodness coming this year, including a brand-new biome to explore, enemies to fight and new weapons to craft. The Iron Gate team has also been updating players via a steady stream of Steam community posts that contain updates on Mistlands’ development, as well as sneak peeks at what the developers are currently working on.
“We never imagined Valheim would become so big, not even in our wildest dreams, and the past year flew by faster than we anticipated.” said Richard Svensson, CEO of Iron Gate Studio. “Our team has doubled since launch and knowing Valheim is enjoyed by millions of players around the world honours and humbles us at the same time. Our ambitions for the game have never been stronger and the development of Mistlands is well underway – we can’t wait to bring this new mysterious biome to the game.”’

The Mistlands biome is technically already in the game, though players will find it barren with cobwebs and hints with regards to what’s to come.

Valheim is now available on PC.

First announced to a cold reception back in 2018, Blizzard Entertainment’s popular Diablo series is making the jump to mobile phones with a spin-off called Immortal. Earlier today the publisher finally locked in a June 2 release date for Android and iOS platforms during a digital event hosted by game director Wyatt Cheng and Adam Fletcher, senior manager of community development.

In a move that is likely to please longtime fans of the franchise, and one that is in stark contrast to its initial plans for the game, the publisher also confirmed that Diablo Immortal will receive a PC version. Further, there will be cross-play functionality between the two.

For those who missed the event, which also offered a detailed look at Diablo Immortal with all-new gameplay footage, you can check out the showcase below.

As alluded to above, Diablo Immortal’s initial announcement at Blizzcon 2018 was met with disdain from fans who had expected the reveal of a new mainline experience titled Diablo 4. What they instead got was a mobile spin-off without any confirmation of a new mainline title, and one rather patronizing response to a fan question that has since gone down as a historic PR blunder on the part of Blizzard.

Riot Games’ latest Valorant esports event recorded concurrent viewership numbers exceeding one million yesterday evening during its grand final. The best of five series pitted North American team Optic Gaming versus Brazillian team Loud, with the former eventually winning in a 3-0 fashion.

Optic took home the lion’s share of a $650,000 prize pool and became the second team to lift the Masters Reykjavík trophy after Sentinels had done so for the very first time last year.

The viewership numbers are a actually down from last year, though only slightly. According to Escharts the comparison is as follows:

• Masters Reykjavík 2021 – 1 085 850
• Masters Reykjavík 2022 – 1 065 887

It’s worth keeping in mind, however, that last year’s event was given a major boost by the fact that it was Valorant’s first ever LAN event, and the grand final (which recorded the above figure) was between two hugely popular esports organizations in Sentinels and Fnatic. Optic and Loud, by comparison, don’t command quite the same number of fans and interest — though that might change after this recent run.

In any case, Valorant’s esports scene is still looking healthy for the time being, and as new communities of fans are built for newcomer organizations such as Optic and Loud (the former at least as it relates to Valorant) we should start to see numbers creep up consistently.

In related news, you can check out new information on Valorant’s latest weapon skin bundle, the RGX-11z Pro 2 here, and a full reveal of its latest Agent, Fade.

War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is a mobile gacha tactical RPG from Gumi and Square Enix, and the game just celebrated its second anniversary as well as a Final Fantasy VI collaboration event that added Locke, Celes, and Terra to the roster. Gumi isn’t quite done yet, though, as another collaboration event will be starting just as the FFVI event winds down. Three characters from Persona 5 Royal will be bursting onto the scene this week.

You can check out the announcement trailer down below:

Queen will be given out as a free UR unit to all players who log in to the game between April 27 to May 31, and Joker and Violet will be available as featured banner units that you can pull with the game’s premium currency, Visiore.

In addition to the new units, the event will also add two new Vision Cards: Changing the World Takes Heart (UR) and Those Who Defy Reality (MR). Both Vision Cards will also be limited and will only be available during the duration of the event.

Finally, the Persona 5 Royal event will introduce new event quests and raids to allow players to rack up more Visiore as well as character shards to build up the new units if they pull them.

War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is now available on mobile devices.