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Developer NetherRealms has today provided an update on new sales milestones for its incredibly popular and long-running beat em’ up video game franchise, Mortal Kombat.

The series’ most recent game, Mortal Kombat 11, has now exceeded 11 million sales worldwide, up from 8 million a year ago. The franchise as a whole has now surpassed 73 million games sold, which doesn’t include a whopping 138 million downloads of the mobile game.

Ed Boon, creative director at NetherRealm Studios and franchise co-creator, said in a press release:

“When Mortal Kombat launched nearly 30 years ago, I never dreamed it would grow into the franchise it is today with more than 73 million games sold. We have some of the most passionate fans in the world and we appreciate the support they have shown us over the years.”

In other recent Mortal Kombat news, Warner Bros. revealed a new trailer of the upcoming animated film Battle of the Realms.

Twinfinite reviewed Mortal Kombat back in 2019 and was hugely impressed, scoring the game 4.5/5 and said of it:

“Small frustrations aside, Mortal Kombat 11 is an extremely fleshed-out fighting game that has a solid backbone both for single-player and online play. It leads the genre now in storytelling in fighting games, cleverly finding a way to unite 17 years of plot.”

Atlus is continuing its interminable series of trailers focusing on the over 200+ demons of its upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V.

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles on Switch

The Ace Attorney series has become a household name in the visual novel genre at this point; regardless of whether you’ve played them yourself, it’s likely that you’re at least somewhat familiar with its iconic lines and idiosyncrasies. Its characters slam the desk when they have a point to make, and they point a confident finger at their opponent and yell “Objection!” when it’s time for a debate.

Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth have become icons in their own right within the video game world, so it was nothing short of surprising when Capcom announced a few years back that they were making a new Ace Attorney game set in a completely different time period with a totally new cast of characters.

The Great Ace Attorney is a period piece set in 19th century Japan, featuring Phoenix’s own ancestor as the main protagonist. It’s a sharp left turn for the series –one that left me skeptical when it was first announced– but this duology of games manages to retain the essence of Ace Attorney while boldly moving forward into new territory. It’s so confident, self-assured, and most importantly, the story knows where it wants to go, resulting in one of the strongest narrative arcs we’ve ever seen in the series.

Players take control of Ryunosuke Naruhodo, a university student in Japan who decides to pursue studying law after getting caught up in a murder case where he’s nearly found guilty of the crime. After that initial setup, he sets off to Great Britain on a study tour to learn more about their court system with his close friend Kazuma.

Kojima Productions’ debut game, Death Stranding, has performed “quite well” from a commercial perspective, according to head of publishing Jay Boor. Speaking with Gamesindustry.biz, he stated that its sales have now exceeded 5 million across PlayStation and PC platforms.

“With Death Stranding being the first title developed out of Kojima Productions, from a sales perspective, it has performed quite well,” he said. “As of March 2021, Death Stranding has sold through over five million units worldwide on PlayStation 4 and PC.”

Death Stranding is acclaimed developer Hideo Kojima’s first game since leaving Konami in 2015 and starting his own studio, Kojima Productions. Sony was heavily involved in the production and publishing of the game, which was originally a PS4 exclusive. Death Stranding has since come to PC with enhanced performance options, which is likely to have boosted its sales over the past 12 months. It is also available on PS5 via backward compatibility.

Twinfinite reviewed Death Stranding in 2019 and was thoroughly impressed with the game, scoring it 4/5 and concluding:

“Death Stranding revels in the mundane and the simple joy of taking a hike while delivering packages from one place to another. It also has something to say about human nature and the resilience of our species, and while the message itself gets muddied in all the other overwrought filler that bogs down the game, it feels earnest, heartfelt, and genuine.”

Each and every month, Microsoft provides Xbox Live Gold subscribers with a bunch of free games, called Games with Gold. Normally, we get our hands on four titles, two for Xbox One and two for Xbox 360. Here, we’re going to be predicting the August 2021 Xbox Games with Gold free games for Xbox One.

Each month, PlayStation Plus subscribers get to download three free games. As long as you’re PS Plus subscription is live and active, you’ll be able to play these games forever, for as long as you want. While the announcement of the following month’s games tends to come at the end of the previous month, that doesn’t mean we can’t make a few guesses. Here’s what we think could be the August 2021 PS Plus free games.

The free games are split between one PS5 title and two for PS4. As such, we’ve broken our predictions down in this way, so let’s dive right in.

Editor’s Note: It’s been rumored that the August 2021 PlayStation Plus Free Games have already been leaked on the official PlayStation website. This has yet to be confirmed by Sony and as such, should be taken with a pinch of salt. In the meantime, check out our alternative predictions.

Today Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year that will end on March 31, 2022.

We can take a look at the overall results below, alongside those by segment, with the Entertainment Business representing video games.

Interestingly, this quarter’s results mark the overall record for both sales and profits for a Q1 in Koei Tecmo’s history.

Among the driving factors of such positive results are the release of new games and strong catalog sales of games like Nioh 2: Complete Edition.

Speaking of new games, we learn that Samurai Warriors 5, which has been launched only in Japan (it releases tomorrow in the west) has shipped 280,000 copies as of June 30.

Today Spike Chunsoft had a relevant reveal to share via press release about the upcoming Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp.

We get to take a look at screenshots featuring gameplay and event scenes of the game, which will be included as a bonus in the Danganronpa Decadence compilation.

You can check out everything below.

Type-moon released a brand new trailer of its upcoming fighting game Melty Blood: Type Lumina, which will soon be released both in Japan and in the west.

The trailer focuses on one of the playable characters, Ciel, showing her in gameplay action alongside her sleek moves.

You can check it out below alongside an official description of the character from the developer.

“The Holy Church, a major religion in Europe, does not take kindly to heresy.
Ciel works as an executor for its specialized force known as the Burial Agency.
Her calling? Hunting and destroying heretics in the name of the Lord.

Like Arcueid, she wishes to destroy her mortal enemy and has come to Souya in search of him, deciding to blend in by posing as a regular student at the same high school as Shiki.

She currently attends school as a senior, one year above Shiki, and is quite popular with many of the students there.
They see her as both warm and cheerful.

Her go-to lunch from the school shop is curry bread, and her favorite restaurant serves the best curry in town.”

Recently, the development team at 1047 Games had to take Splitgate servers offline due to the immense amount of players online that caused server instability.

Taking the beta offline, the 1047 Games team explained below that their servers can only hold up to a total of 65,536 players at one time. A threshold that the players reached over.

In a Twitter statement by the developers, last night they decided to shut the servers to prevent players from having a bad experience. They also rewarded all players with five in-game drops to compensate for the issue.

Third-party developers had news to share today about upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons.

We get another look at the Pilatus Porter PC-6 by FlightSimGames, which stars in three new work-in-progress videos.

The first showcases the external lighting system, while the second includes a test of the airport services. The third is a test of the switch panels.

Bigwest released a new music video of its Macross Frontier Super Dimension 3d Live World Tour 2021, this time dedicated to the super-popular Macross Frontier.

The video shows a 3D version of Sheryl Nome (who is the best girl and I’ll fight you for this) and Ranka Lee perform several songs from the series, interpolated with scenes from the anime.

The 3D parts are actually from the mobile game Uta Macross Sma-Pho De-Culture that was never released in the west, so this is a good chance to take a look.

You can watch and listen below, and smile (or perhaps cry?) while thinking that we finally live in a world in which we can enjoy Macross content without having to go through any loophole or settle for the unsightly western distortion called Robotech.

A few months ago Bigwest announced a deal that unlocked the possibility of releasing the popular Macross franchise on the global market.

Indie developer Sabotage Studio just released another long gameplay vide of its upcoming turn-based RPG Sea of Stars.

This time around we get to see quite a few elements, from combat to fishing, and even camping and cooking.

Sea of Stars, which is a prequel set in the universe of the developer’s The Messenger, has been funded with a very successful Kickstarter campaign and will feature music by Yasunori Mitsuda.

There is a lot to see today, so you can enjoy the video below.

Today Bandai Namco released an extensive gameplay video of the upcoming idol management and rhythm game The Idolmaster: Starlit Season.

We get to see the gameplay cycle of the game, including interaction with our idols, training, progression, and more, all the way to a live performance.

There’s a lot to see in the 25 minutes of gameplay included in the video, so grab a cup of your favorite drink, relax, and check it out below.

Atlus is continuing its long-running series of trailers focusing on the over 200+ demons of its upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V.

Today prolific add-on developer Orbx revealed a new trailer related to the upcoming release of Microsoft Flight Simulator for Xbox Series X|S.

One of the elements that may surprise the new virtual pilots that will approach the flight simulation hobby in two days (at least if they don’t follow our daily MSFS news) is how prolific the third-party add-on market is. Think of DLC, but created by third-party developers and released by the hundreds every year.

Australia-based Orbx is one of the most prominent among the companies creating such add-ons, counting on several development teams around the world.

Today’s trailer shows some of the add-ons that will be available when the Xbox version launches, the iconic London City Airport (EGLC), city packs for London itself and Singapore (which massively improve the looks of the cities with tons of beautifully modeled landmarks), and the Edgley EA-7 Optica observation aircraft, which is perfect to take in the sights of the simulator.

You can check them out below.

Coreupt creator Jesse Wright shared more images of the upcoming free-to-play next-gen fighting game.

The images show some of the characters included in the game, Winry, Beretta, and Gatling.

We also get a tease of a “next trailer” which is likely coming soon.

You can take a look below.

The weekend doesn’t matter in Microsoft Flight Simulator, as third-party developers never stop providing news and releases of add-ons for the popular sim.

We start with Drzewiecki Design, who announced Chicago Midway International Airport (KMDW) with a series of images. While the airport’s name was not explicitly mentioned, the tower and the cityscape are pretty much unmistakable.

Incidentally, Drzewiecki Design also released a package for the city itself, so expanding to one of its airports certainly makes sense.

You can find the new images below.

Today Bandai Namco released new videos and artwork of the upcoming cross-generation JRPG Tales of Arise.

Two of the videos showcased by the Japanese Twitter account and the art by Minoru Iwamoto show the mascot Hootle (Fururu in Japanese) and his friends. You can find and release little owls in the game’s world.

Doing so you will receive their accessories. On top of that, you’ll find their home in the Owl’s Forest alongside the king and queen of the owls, who will further reward you for releasing their subjects.

We also get two videos showing Rimwell and Law’s idle animation.

Bandai Namco continues to share a lot of new screenshots of the upcoming free-to-play first-person shooter Gundam Evolution.

The screenshots revealed on Twitter (sources: 1,2,3,4), showcase four different mobile suits, the ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos, the ZGMF-XX09T Dom Trooper, the WD-M01 ∀ Gundam, and the RX-75 Guntank. 

You can check them out in the gallery below.

Atlus is continuing its endless series of trailers focusing on the over 200+ demons of its upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V.

If you’ve had your eye on Frontier Developments’ upcoming dinosaur management sim, Jurassic World Evolution 2, then we may have a fresh batch of intel for you. Yes, a new developer diary has just dropped and it goes into a ton of detail about what to expect from the much anticipated sequel.

Clocking in at just over five minutes, the video features Game Director Richard Newbold, Executive Producer Adam Woods and Lead Designer Jim Stimpson, who all take deep dive into the new aspects and new improved mechanics that the sequel will bring to the table. Go ahead and check out the new developer diary down below:

Specifically, Jurassic World Evolution 2 will offer 4 distinct game modes. Firstly, Campaign mode will feature an original Jurassic Park story and boasts voice acting from the original iconic cast, like Jeff Goldblum and Bryce Dallas Howard, for example.

Today third-party developers had plenty of news to share about upcoming add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

We start with two new releases. Orbx launched its Mumbai City Pack, enriching the city in India considerably.

It can be purchased on Orbx Direct for $7.36 and you can read a list of features below.

• 16 high-detail custom landmarks including Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Gateway of India, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Omkar 1973, Imperial Towers, and the Bandra–Worli Sea Link bridge.
• More than 100 medium-detail custom landmarks showcase the truly unique architectural styles of old and new Mumbai.
• Several highrises with rooftop helipads, with additional landing areas on Navy frigates and at Shikra Heliport.
• Custom orthoimagery for Mumbai City as well as the port and industrial areas across the bay.
• Many enhancements to the city and surrounding areas: improved vegetation and building placements, static boats, vessels, cranes, chimneys, etc.
• Extensive terraforming and shoreline adjustments across the coverage area.
• Custom night lighting based on real-world photography.

Next is Edinburgh Airport (EGPH) in Scotland by Pyreegue.

You can find it on Orbx Direct for $22.06 and read all the features you’ll find below.

With the Tokyo Olympics underway, a new Google Doodle game has just been released to celebrate the occasion. Titled, Doodle Champion Island Games, it’s a free-to-play JRPG that gives a unique look at the sporting events taking place at this year’s Olympics.

In Doodle Champion Island Games, players control a feline athlete named Lucky who is venturing around the game to take on legendary champions in seven mini-games. By beating each of these Olympic opponents, players will also be collecting sacred scrolls after every victory.

It is a web-based game that can be played on an internet browser and will be available during the duration of the Tokyo Olympics. This should give players a chance to take part in the many mini-games that the RPG has to offer. To give you a better idea of what to expect in the Doodle Champion Island Games, you can check out this trailer that Google put together.

Once you click it, the doodle opens with a beautiful animation sequence that’s been designed by Studio 4°C as we see our feline friend heading towards the Japanese-themed Champion Island.

Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the official game by Sega based on the Olympic Games, is getting a free trial on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S this weekend on July 24 and 25 as part of the Free Play Days initiative just in time with the real Olympic Games. To access it, players will need to have Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (which includes Xbox Live Gold).

The game itself includes 18 sporting events like Tennis, Football, Basketball, Baseball, 100m, Boxing, Table Tennis, and more. They all have simple arcade-style gameplay that’s familiar to Sega titles, making it a good choice for a party game.

You can also create your own athlete, customizing skills and what to wear to compete. The game goes a bit wild with clothing, allowing costumes like pirate, cowboy, astronaut, and even a hilarious human-sized Sonic the Hedgehog costume.

Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is also available on PS4, Switch, PC, and Stadia. If you’re more interested in wackier versions of the Olympic Games, there’s Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Switch and Sonic at the Olympic Games on mobile devices. Other games on the Free Play Days this weekend include Battlefield 1 and Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga.

REPLACED made a big splash at E3 2021, and for good reason — the upcoming cinematic platformer oozes cool, from its gorgeous 2.5D pixelated art aesthetic to the promise of a thrilling cyberpunk story set in a grim dystopia. The brilliantly directed trailer depicted a tantalizing and mysterious gaming experience that we here at Twinfinite have been making a song and dance over ever since.

Naturally, the opportunity to speak with developer Sad Cat Studios was one we are hugely excited about. Already this week we’ve published a feature titled ‘REPLACED Aims to Deliver a Cinematic But Thought-Provoking Cyberpunk Experience,’ which is based around some of the most interesting takeaways from my discussion with game director Yura Zhdanovich, and studio co-founder Igor Gritsay. But with so much ground to cover I could hardly include everything, and that, dear reader, is something we considered such a crying shame that we’ve decided to publish the entire Q&A for those who are as interested to hear from the pair as we are.

Senior editor Alex Gibson: The reception to REPLACED’s trailer has been so immensely positive. How did that feel, and has that added pressure to the team, or is it something you’re drawing motivation from?

Game director Yura Zhdanovich: The trailer was deemed by a lot of people very high quality, and so we are now a bit stressed because we need to deliver everything on this kind of level of expectations. We can’t go and do a section of the game that looks subpar in terms of quality compared to what we’ve shown. 

Ubisoft has today announced that its post-launch support of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will continue later this month with a new update that launches on July 27, and among the few noteworthy additions it has confirmed is a new level scaling system.

Level Scaling is coming to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla on Tuesday, July 27! 📈 You may choose from 5 options, from ‘off’ to Nightmarish. 💀 pic.twitter.com/pGz2oTjZZY

— Assassin’s Creed (@assassinscreed) July 23, 2021

As you can see above, it’s an optional system that allows players to tailor the difficulty level of the scaling to their preference. That will come as a welcome feature to many who consider level scaling a frustrating feature, rather than something to be welcomed.

Many role-playing games have divided their fanbases with a similar system, including The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim; some consider that enemies constantly scaling to the player’s level removes much of the sense of progress. One might, for example, struggle to defeat an early-game enemy only to return again and similarly struggle 30 hours down the line as a result of scaling.

That being said, those who have hit a ceiling in Valhalla and find they are breezing through enemies far too easily —I certainly felt that was the case when reviewing the game’s latest expansion, Wrath of the Druids–, scaling will certainly add a new challenge to the experience.

Today Square Enix released a new trailer of the upcoming mobile JRPG NieR: Re[in]carnation which will be released in the west soon.

The trailer showcases an additional surprise coming with the NieR: Automata Crossover that will be included at launch.

On top of 2B, 9S, and A2, you’ll also be able to summon 2P, in case you didn’t get enough of her in Final Fantasy XIV.

You can check the trailer out below.

NieR Re[in]carnation has already been available in Japan for a few months, and it achieved 10 million downloads in the country in just a few days. It’ll launch in North America and Europe on July 28 for iOS and Android.

If you’re unfamiliar with NieR: Re[in]carnation, here’s an official description.

Lamentum’s release date has just been revealed, and it is scheduled for this summer on Aug. 31. It is a 3D pixel horror game starring Victor Hartwell and his quest to save his wife.

In Lamentum, Victor enters the mysterious Grau Hill mansion and explores the many floors within, encountering hideous monsters along the way, Exploring these rooms also opens up the ability to gain weapons and defend himself. From what the trailer showcases, the atmosphere is dark and gruesome but also strangely colorful. The art style is very appealing and definitely makes certain details stand out better.

It wouldn’t be a spooky mansion without puzzles, right? Oh, and also death traps. One small misstep and it can end your life. Keep a keen eye out for anything that might look suspicious to help you advance through the mansion. The game’s official site has more info about what to expect and some little extra details.

Lamentum will be releasing on Steam, Playstation, Xbox, and the Nintendo Switch. You can wishlist the game now here.

Lamentum’s release date trailer can also be found below:

With the Xbox Series X|S version of Microsoft Flight Simulator coming next week, the flight simulation hobby is going to be open to a brand-new audience.

Yet, Microsoft and Asobo Studio are also working hard to keep improving the simulator for the existing enthusiast audience as well.

To know more about what we can expect in the short, medium, and long term, we had a chat with the head of Microsoft Flight Simulator, Jorg Neumann.

Giuseppe: Let’s start off with something you revealed really recently: Orbis’ Flying Eye Hospital MD-10. Could you talk about how this collaboration came to be? Also, I can’t help but think that you could make it flyable down the line, and likely payware, perhaps with proceeds going to Orbis itself. Is this being considered?

Jorg Neumann: Orbis was seeking a partnership with Microsoft and talking about all sorts of cool stuff. It’s a very cool non-profit and their very first initiative was the Flying Eye Hospital. They told me the story — I did not know about it — and I immediately fell in love because to me our hobby, flight simming, is a close neighbor to real-world aviation.

Any time I see aviation making an impact on the real world and specifically something like this that is great… Flying to socio-economical situations where people need that type of help… I think it’s wonderful. So I genuinely wanted to help.

I looked at the MD-10 and wondered if we could make it. Frankly, our team was totally committed to other things, so we couldn’t make it flyable. It takes quite a long time to make a good flyable version of an aircraft like that.

Opening ceremonies at the Olympic Games often celebrate the culture and history of the host country and the one for the Tokyo Olympics that’s going out right now isn’t an exception… with a small twist.

The soundtrack of the ceremony is basically a compilation of some of the most iconic music from the history of Japanese video games and… it really works.

We got to hear music from Final Fantasy, NieR, Kingdom Hearts, Ace Combat 5, Chrono Trigger, SoulCalibur, Tales of Zestiria, Monster Hunter, Phantasy Star Universe, and many more beloved titles.

You can find a full list below and listen to a few samples courtesy of Twitter user ☆オードリーAudrey☆.

Today, UK-based developer Rebellion Developments has announced that its slow-mo bone-shattering military third-person sharpshooter, Sniper Elite 4, will be receiving a free next-gen upgrade for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The great news? This new enhanced version of Sniper Elite 4 is available to download now via a new update.

That’s right, the new upgrade offers full 4K support and a silky smooth 60 frames-per-second, as well as much faster load times thanks to the next-gen’s snazzy SSD tech.

Coinciding with the new announcement is a fresh trailer showcasing the flashy new features that the upgrade will bring to Sniper Elite 4. Go ahead and check it out down below:

As you can see, the X-ray “gun porn” kill cams look even sharper than ever with the new next-gen upgrade installed.

For more information, here’s a rundown courtesy of the game’s official press release:

The sky pirate aesthetic was popularized in the video game world when Final Fantasy XII was released back in 2006. It’s an appealing idea that’s been explored in books and other media with steampunk settings, but it’s not one that we often see in video games. Indie developing studio Hungry Couch wants to change that with their new game, Black Skylands, and this ambitious project is looking very promising so far.

Black Skylands takes place in a world where the lands have splintered into tons of different floating islands in the sky. You play as Eva, a young girl who lives on one such island referred to as the Fathership. After a scientific discovery goes awry, the human race finds themselves caught in a deadly conflict with an alien species known as the Swarm. The game then tasks you with sailing through the skies, liberating islands from the Swarm and other opposing factions, and strengthening the Fathership at the same time.

It’s a fairly straightforward premise, and while the story beats can feel a little rushed and contrived in the beginning, this is still an early access game, and its pacing issues can be sorted out further down the line. It’s the gameplay that shines here, and the fact that Black Skylands is able to take cues from several other popular games and genres and execute them well.

Gameplay-wise, it’s a top-down bullet hell shooter. You hit a button to fire a gun, and use the right stick to refine your aim. You can also perform a dodge roll with LB to avoid enemy shots, and combat quickly becomes a bullet hell segment where you’re constantly moving around and dodge rolling to avoid damage while countering with your own shots and melee attacks if you do get close enough. It’s very reminiscent of Enter the Gungeon; even the reloading and gun sound effects feel familiar.

Today, during a livestream hosted by Dengeki Online, Nihon Falcom introduced new characters and gameplay of The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki.

We meet the president of Calvard, Roy Gramhart, 46 years old. He was elected two years ago and consolidated his popularity by exacting huge reparations from the Erebonian Empire after the war.

Ashen Lu, 17 years old, is the daughter of the Lu family and sister of Xin. She is a bright and friendly lady and a childhood frine of Aaron Wei.

Gilliam Thorndike is the General Manager of Marduk Corporation. 35 years old, he is a businessman who prioritizes profits.

Nina Fenry, 18 years old, is a young and popular movie actress with a natural talent. Judith Ranster respects her as her junior, friend, and rival.

Esmerai Archett, 27 years old, is a professor at the bioengineering laboratory at the Basel University of Science. She is a bright scientist who designed the power drone used by Quatre Salison, who is her disciple.

YOu can see them all below, alongside new combat gameplay that was showcased during the livestream.

Nihon Falcom released a new batch of screenshots of its upcoming Trails JRPG The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki.

We meet Ouroboros Enforcer No. VIII Walter Kron, who returns from the Trails in the Sky series. He is currently chasing a young man in the republic of Calvard and this will bring him to meet Van.

Next is Lucrezia Isselee, also known as the “Golden Butterfly” and Ouroboros Enforcer No. III. She was mentioned in Trails of Cold Steel and is a former member of the Order of the Moonlight Horse. She wields a knife named “Duskgrave” with which she can deliver powerful attacks.

Mare is a special hollow core AI installed in Van’s tactical ornament Xipha. Her assertive personality is simply programmed in her AI and supposedly she has no free will. While she normally provides support via voice, she can project herself into the world as a hologram.

When this happens, she seems to show a will that is impossible for AI and she can transform Van’s entire body into a “nightmare-clad” armor named “Grendel” wielding annihilating power.

You can check out all the screenshots below.

Atlus doesn’t seem to even close to the end of the long series of trailers focusing on the over 200+ demons of its upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V.

John Carpenter’s 1982 shapeshifting sci-fi horror classic The Thing is an absolutely legendary film that went on to spawn a number of multi-media projects, including a pretty underrated third-person shooter title back in 2002. A sequel for the PS2 and OG Xbox era title was given the greenlight, but due to financial complications, the studio Computer Artworks was shuttered which ultimately led to the video game sequel getting canned.

Fortunately, a concept artist on said project, Ron Ashtiani, recently revealed a number of key pieces of artwork for the eponymous now-cancelled sequel on his ArtStation portfolio (H/T Bloody Disgusting) and as expected, they look incredibly gruesome and creepy. Go ahead and feast your eyes on some of the recently revealed concept art down below:

Type-moon released a brand new trailer of its upcoming fighting game Melty Blood: Type Lumina, which will soon be released worldwide.

The trailer focuses on one of the playable characters, Arcueid Brunestud, showing her in gameplay action alongside her powerful moves.

You can check it out below alongside an official description of the character from the developer.

A royal member of the vampire race known as the True Ancestors.
After suffering through a traumatic event, a naively innocent side of her was somehow released.
She now lives as a free-spirited, almost childish, princess.

She is incredibly powerful and, despite being a vampire, is able to survive in direct sunlight.
She has no desire to threaten human society, instead hunting other vampires known as Dead Apostles.
While pursuing her greatest enemy, she arrives in Souya, where Shiki lives.
Although a fateful encounter awaits her and Shiki here, a story of an earlier possibility is about to unfold.

Following the first cinematic reveal of its upcoming game code-named “Project HP,” Nexon released an extended trailer showing the first gameplay.

We get to see PvP action that could feel reminiscent of games like Chivalry or For Honor, with the inclusion of beastmen and magic.

We also get a brief official description.

“HP is an explosive PVP medieval-fantasy multiplayer melee action game. Grab your weapon of choice and storm the battlefield to engage in massive, all-out hack and slash Swordpunk warfare. Get ready to spear, slice and shatter your way to victory.”

You can watch the trailer below,  in smooth 4K resolution and 60 frames-per-second.

The game is defined as a “AAA PC Game” directed by Eunseok Yi, who previously worked on Mabinogi, Vindictus, and Durango.

“Project HP” is just a working title, and you can read a translation of the narration in Korean by activating subtitles with the “CC” button.

Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality is a new game by developer Maze Theory based on the popular British show Doctor Who. The game will have an original story that expands on the previous game Doctor Who: Edge of Time, and will have two previous Doctors providing voices for their versions of the character.

Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on Sept. 30. Unlike Doctor Who: Edge of Time, this one won’t be in VR.

The player will be able to join the Thirteenth Doctor, played by Jodie Whittaker, to help her save all of time and reality. This is done by entering the “Chaosverse”, a place where a series of time-breaking glitches keep happening and can change things as if time itself became corrupted data.

During your adventure you’ll face classic Doctor Who monsters like the Cybermen, who look like the main baddies, the Daleks, and the fan favorite Weeping Angels. There’s also a guest appearance by the Tenth Doctor, played by David Tenant, who is one of the most popular incarnations of the character.