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Today Firaxis and 2K games revealed the content of the upcoming DLC package for Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.

First of all, we learn that the new DLC (which will be released on January 28) will include a new civilization, and it’s Vietnam. For now, all we know is that it’ll be based on culture and terrain.

A new video featuring it will be launched at a later time providing more information.

A new leader will also be added, and he will be an option for both China and Mongolia. If you’re interested in Chinese history, you’ll probably be able to guess that he’s Kublai Khan. Once more, additional information will be provided at a later time.

A new mode named Monopolies and Corporations Mode will also be included, letting players unleash their tycoon fantasies.

You can find plenty of details of how it’ll work in the video below.

THQ Nordic has today announced that the Nintendo Switch version of Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning will launch on March 16 with all DLC included. The anticipated Fatesworm expansion, which is said to add around five hours of new gameplay, was also confirmed as still in the works and arriving later in the year.

Re-Reckoning is a remaster of Big Huge Games’ and 38 Studios’ 2012 action-RPG, which earned acclaim for its superb combat system and engaging progression mechanics. The lore of its intriguing world is also noteworthy, too, which is largely inspired by Celtic mythology and stands apart from the typical high fantasy aesthetic, even if Amalur’s graphical style is itself rather derivative.

The new and improved version features enhanced visuals and some quality of life improvements over the original. Although, it should be noted that critics were largely underwhelmed by the enhancements when playing the PS4 and Xbox One versions. It’s something Twinfinite’s own Ethan Anderson noted in his review last year.

For that reason, it’s actually Switch’s handheld functionality that is likely to prove the most appealing prospect to returning fans — the opportunity to play such a massive open-world PRG on the go is just such a boon.

You can check out today’s new trailer showcasing what is presumably footage of the Switch version in action:

Today Square Enix announced that the upcoming action platformer Balan Wonderworld is going to get a free demo next week.

The demo will be available starting on January 28 including both single-player and local co-op gameplay.

PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch will all get their own download.

Three of the twelve magical worlds from the demo will be included:

“World 1 – The Man Who Rages Against the Storm
Playable Areas: Act 1, Act 2, Boss Battle

World One is set in a beautiful farm, made up of rolling hills and giant crops. This mysterious world is woven from the memories inside Jose Gallard’s heart, a farmer whose beautiful cornfield is struck by a storm. The boss lurking in the depths of Jose’s world is Barktholomew, the embodiment of Jose’s despair after seeing his cornfield being destroyed.

Make use of a range of costumes to successfully complete this level, including the Jumping Jack costume that allows players to jump to places they just can’t quite reach and the Dainty Dragon costume that uses its fiery breath to clear obstacles in its path!

World 4 – The Boy Who Would be One with the Wind
Playable Areas: Act 1

World Four takes place in a fantastical setting born from the heart of Chang Haoyu and his love of the open sky, where bicycle parts and floating islands of all sizes are scattered through the sky.

Costumes in this world that could come in handy include the Soaring Sheep costume that can float away by puffing up its fluffy fleece, and the Aero Acrobat costume that can soar through the sky and aim kicks at balloons and enemies!

World 6 – The Girl and the Kitten
Playable Areas: Act 1

Microsoft revealed nine games coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC, Xbox Series X|S, console, and Android until the end of January.

Headlining the list is Remedy Entertainment’s action adventure game Control coming to Xbox Game Pass for PC this Thursday, Jan. 21. The game had been available for the Game Pass on console since the beginning of December.

Also being added on the same date are Outer Wilds for Android alongside physics puzzle game Donut County and real-time tactics game Desperados III for PC, console, and Android.

Side-scrolling platform game Cyber Shadow, published by Shovel Knight studio Yacht Club Games, will be coming to PC, console, and Android on Jan. 26.

Psychological horror game The Medium will available for Game Pass on Jan. 28, its launch day, for PC and Xbox Series X|S. There is no Xbox One version of the title, so subscribers will need the next-gen console or PC to play it.

Finally, the end of the month will see the Yakuza Remastered Collection coming to PC, console, and Android on Jan. 28. It includes remastered versions of Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, and Yakuza 5. It also joins prequel Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, and Yakuza Kiwami 2 as most of the franchise is now available through Xbox Game Pass.

Microsoft also announced these game leaving the service on Jan. 29:

Shonen battle anime are usually filled to the brim with side characters, building them up as important friends to our protagonists or even hurdles for them to overcome. While Demon Slayer may only have one season under its belt so far, it has already introduced a whole lot of interesting supporting characters for fans to fall in love with.

To celebrate those side characters, we’ve come up with a trivia quiz that tests your medal, as we’re asking you to name even the most obscure characters the show’s introduced so far. So gear up and get ready to see if you can name these 15 side characters from Demon Slayer.

And if you like this quiz, we have bunch more right here for you to check out, including a couple of other Demon Slayer quizzes.

(Images Courtesy of Crunchyroll)

Hitman 3 on Xbox Series X

Ever since IO Interactive broke away from Square Enix and gained “complete control over the Hitman IP,” as its CEO, Hakan Abrak, put it, the team has insisted that Hitman 3 would feature “the most important contracts of his (Agent 47’s) entire career” as the conclusion to the trilogy.

Not only does Agent 47 have more ways to take people out than ever before in Hitman 3, but the locations are more impressive, even if not all of them rank among the series’ best.

For the most part, and somewhat expectedly, Hitman 3’s structure remains largely the same — sticking to what has worked well previously. You’re plonked into a level with a fiber wire, some coins, a dashing disguise, and few details on who you’re there to kill, and you can do whatever you like. Between each of the six missions, there are then cinematic story cutscenes that set the tone for subsequent missions.

The sandboxes are generally pretty similar in size and design to those in previous games. There are restricted areas you need to change your outfit to sneak into, for example, as well as the typical window ledges to shimmy along, and often large crowds to blend into.

The locations themselves are Hitman 3’s truly new features, and IO has produced some of their best work yet. The opener, which has been shown off a lot in preview, is a spectacular and state of the art highrise in Dubai that’s pretty standard layout wise but highlights Hitman 3’s stunning art design.

Fire Emblem Heroes is easily one of the biggest free-to-play gacha mobile games available right now. Released a few years back, it gave mobile users a way to play a watered down version of a Fire Emblem game, while also including microtransactions that allowed players to pay money for more opportunities to obtain powerful characters if they so choose.

Since its release, Nintendo has been supporting the game with consistent updates, keeping things fresh for longtime players. The latest update brings back four characters: Tharja from Awakening, Raphael and Dorothea from the recent Three Houses, Lene from Genealogy of the Holy War. You can check out the trailer down below.

The update also includes a new paralogue called Dark Desert Rituals, which all players can attempt once they’ve updated their game. Fire Emblem Heroes is now available on all mobile devices.

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Back in November, it was reported that filming and production of Netflix’s The Witcher series had halted due to multiple positive COVID-19 tests on set. Thankfully, it looks like production has resumed, though the filming schedule will continue through March of this year, according to a report from Redanian Intelligence.

Actor Paul Bullion, who takes on the role of Lambert in the show, tweeted today to announce that he was back on set, which confirms that production has indeed resumed. While there’s still no word on when the second season will be released, it’s still a good sign that we’ll likely see it sooner rather than later.

The first season of Netflix’s The Witcher had a rather slow start, but picked up in a big way about three episodes in before ending with a bang. The show was so well-received that it quickly got greenlit for a second season after the first season had just aired. We’ll keep you updated as more info on the show comes our way.

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Skyrim will never die. Since the release of Skyrim: Special Edition, console players have been able to make use of mods as well through Bethesda’s Creation Club. While the selection will never be quite as expansive or varied as what we have on PC, it’s still pretty damn good, and modders are making it even better.

A newly released mod on Bethesda’s Creation Club now allows PlayStation users to enjoy the game at 60 frames per second, which is pretty darn impressive. You can check out the mod in action for yourself down below.

It’s also worth noting that players on PS4 and PS4 Pro can also download the mod and use it, but it’s unclear whether the performance will be just as good on those machines. Even so, if you were looking for more ways to enjoy Bethesda’s open-world RPG, now’s a good time to jump back in.

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If you’ve ever spent any amount of time on Reddit, you’ll undoubtedly have come across at least some sort of argument or two between passionate commenters. These are sometimes fun to read, other times, not so much. But if you wanna have a good time reading lengthy arguments, this new bot from Micah Price turns them into Ace Attorney style debates, and it looks awesome.

Speaking with Mashable, Price said that he was a fan of Ace Attorney and was inspired by other meme videos he saw on YouTube. To activate the bot, you’ll simply have to add the command !objectionbot in a Reddit thread, which will allow the bot to scan the thread and automatically convert it into an Ace Attorney debate.

The bot only works with a selection of Reddit threads at the moment, but it does keep track of which comments have a negative score, and which ones have been rated more highly, and plug that into the video. The project was created with Python and is currently open source, so it may very well get developed and expanded upon even further going forward.

Naughty Dog co-president and creative designer of The Last of Us Part II and Uncharted 4, Neil Druckmann revealed what established IPs he’d like to make a game for.

Asked by Kinda Funny Game’s Greg Miller, the question is purely hypothetical and shouldn’t be taken seriously at all as a hint as to what Naughty Dog is up to next.

That said, it’s still interesting to imagine what it would be like if Druckmann and the team at Naughty Dog decided to make a game set within the Punisher universe.

Here’s Druckmann’s top 5:

The Punisher is a really interesting one. I just wrapped up The Last of Us Part II myself and the violent gameplay seen in that title would certainly work well in a game set in the Punisher’s world.

That one seems like it could actually be plausible one day if Naughty Dog ever had the time, and could be given permission to work with the IP.

Npixel’s promotional campaign ahead of the release in South Korea of the MMORPG Gran Saga is in full swing, and another trailer has been released.

This time around, we take another look at the gameplay following a brief swing of cutscenes, showcasing that all characters have full voice-overs.

You can check it out below, also taking a look at the variety of NPCs that players will meet during their adventures.

If you’re unfamiliar with the game, it’s a cross-platform MMORPG that will launch on both PC and mobile in South Korea on January 26.

Today the total of pre-registrations is at 5.05 million, showing that the level of anticipation in the country is through the roof.

The development team includes staff that previously worked on Seven Knights. There is a lot more than fighting to the game, including plenty of minigames, as showcased by the videos.

Incidentally, Npixel isn’t working just on Gran Saga, as they also recently announced the equally-impressive Chrono Odyssey, even if the visual style is entirely different.

PC gaming has seen a lot of great releases in 2020, but what are the best games that did not appear on consoles? Part of Twinfinite’s game of the year awards, here are the best PC exclusives of 2020 voted by our staff.

Best PC Exclusives of 2020

Second Runner-Up: Valorant

Senior Editor Alex Gibson: Riot Games was always going to need to produce something special to muscle its way into a crowded PC multiplayer shooter scene, and that’s exactly what it did with Valorant.

The core cast of The Office rose to fame throughout the course of its 10 series, but they weren’t the only famous faces that graced the offices of Dunder Mifflin. Many a famous face appeared for either very short, single-episode cameos, or for a lengthier stint as a returning character. But can you name each of these celebrity’s cameo characters? Well, that’s what this quiz is here to test you on.

Below, you’ll find 12 different celebrities who made a brief cameo in The Office. All you need to do is match them to the correct character name? Sound simple, well, go ahead and give it a try!

If you’re looking for more quizzes on ‘The Office’ to test your trivia knowledge after giving this one a try, be sure to check out our The Office Quotes quiz, and the hardest Office trivia quiz you’ll ever take. We’ve got other trivia quizzes on Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn 99, How I Met Your Mother, Game of Thrones, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia to test your knowledge, too.

All images via NBC.

It’s award season here at Twinfinite! Today, we’re looking back at the games that received the best ongoing support in 2020. Voted on by our editors, these games provided a great stream of content, updates, and fun for their players this year, despite not having necessarily released this year.

Let’s start with some honorable mentions, followed by our two runners-up, and of course, our overall winner for 2020.

Valentine’s day is a big deal in MMORPGs, and even more so in free to play games that have to make that sweet gacha dough. Phantasy Star Online 2 is preparing for the occasion.

Today a new AC scratch collection has been revealed, aptly named “Sweet Romance,” allowing Arks to get ready for February 14.

It’ll become available tomorrow, Jan. 19, an disappear on Feb. 17. As usual, you can take a look at the trailer below to see the main items, while the full catalog is published on the official website.

If you’re unfamiliar with AC Scratch, that’s basically the game’s loot box/gacha-like mechanic that you can get through tickets purchased with Arks Cash.

Phantasy Star Online 2 is available in the west for Xbox One and PC. A few months ago, we heard that the western version enjoyed a “strong start” and that it passed one million players.

Ninja Theory released the newest video for its Dreadnaught Diaries series of dev logs showing how the developer is creating the most realistic setting and assets possible for their upcoming games. Along the way, we get a glimpse at more of the setting for the upcoming title known only as Project: MARA.

For this experimental title, Ninja Theory is recreating an entire apartment building all the way down to the dust particles in the corners. Chief Creative ‘Ninja’ Tameem Antoniades, walks viewers through Ninja Theory’s innovative approach to creating high-resolution textures from real-world materials.

The video documents the process of building a realistic apartment from scratch which includes a lot of surveying, color matching, and assistance from outside tech company ClearEye to help with scanning the materials.

A couple of comparison screenshots made their way into the video showing some incredible fidelity.

Today Scarlet Nexus developer Bandai Namco released two in-depth cosplay guides based on the upcoming JRPG.

We get one for each of the protagonists, Yuito and Kasane, and there is plenty to enjoy whether you care for cosplay or not.

Each guide comes with lots of beautiful art showing both characters in great detail.

Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord

Best Early Access Games of 2021

Developer Talewords’ Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has been a long, long time in the making having first been announced way back in 2013, and it’s still not finished!

Bloodborne is perhaps the most beloved of all Souls games, lauded in particular for the eerie ambiance of its dreary gothic streets and the terrifying design of the creatures who lurk them.

Personally, it’s always reminded me of childhood days half hiding under my blanket playing Kalisto Entertainment’s creepy 1997 PSOne hack-and-slash Nightmare Creatures. So, imagine my delight today in seeing the efforts of one talented developer who’s been slowly putting together a demake of Bloodborne!

This Bloodborne PSX dev thread starts with loading and a proper loading screen! Now that we’re hopping between levels I need to write a save and load system that passes data around for proper navigation 🧵 pic.twitter.com/MHhMC1ouUE

— Lilymeister ✨🏳️‍⚧️ BLACK LIVES STILL MATTER (@b0tster) January 16, 2021

Lilith Walther is a UE4 Tech artist/engineer currently working on the indie JRPG Witch from Heartstrings Studios, but in her spare time, she’s been forging the amazing demake showcased on her Twitter today.

If you actually click into the Tweet above you’ll find a whole thread recapping her progress so far, which has been ongoing since 2017. Recent milestones include a character customization mechanic and save system.

By the sounds of it, the plan is to make something that’s actually playable, as opposed to it simply being a tech showcase.

With the upcoming release of the long-awaited and highly anticipated, New Pokémon Snap, we thought there was no better way to celebrate than to put your Pokémon spin-off knowledge to the test!

Anything that isn’t a mainline series game with your standard catch, train, and battle experience is considered to be a spin-off for the sake of this list.

There will be no mainline games or remakes included. So for example, you may see a quest about the Mystery Dungeon series, but you will not see a question about Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee as they are remakes of the generation one games.

Now, let’s see how well you remember these Pokémon spin-offs. Will you land some critical hits or end up flopping like a Magikarp?

All images belong to The Pokemon Company, Game Freak, and Nintendo.

Respawn and EA are getting ready to introduce the next season of Apex Legends. Just like in the past, the teaser rollout is starting up as the current season is coming to a close. This Apex Legends Stories From the Outlands video focuses on new Legend, Fuse.

The story, titled “Good as Gold” brings us to Salvo, where we see Fuse grow up after he and a friend happen upon a golden grenade while exploring. Their story isn’t exactly the easiest to follow, but it ends with Fuse stating that he’s joining the Apex Games as a new Legend.

This short video doesn’t explicitly show any of his potential abilities, but the focus on the grenade, combined with his nickname, hints at Fuse having some sort of affinity for demolitions.

Check out the Stories From the Outlands trailer below to get a quick, but slightly confusing look at Fuse’s backstory before he becomes an Apex Legend on Feb. 2:

It’s finally award season here at Twinfinite! Over the course of the next week we’re going to look back at our favorite games of 2020. That includes the plethora of memorable console exclusive titles the year has seen. These are the best console exclusive games of 2020.

Voted on by our editors and staff, these were the console exclusives that really stood out from the pack and sold some systems.

It’s award season here at Twinfinite, and there are plenty of games that deserve to be recognized as visual standouts. Voted on by our editors and staff, here are the games with the best art direction of 2020 that provided some of the most screenshot-worthy moments of the year.

Hitman 3 has received a new launch trailer ahead of its impending release, showing off all the places agent 47 will go in the name of murder.

Streamed through the official Hitman YouTube channel on Jan. 18, the trailer offers a glimpse at all the places players will travel to during the game, the people they’ll encounter and – of course – Agent 47 taking out a few targets in a variety of ways.

The locations shown include a night club, jam-packed with patrons absorbed in the music; remote stretches of wilderness, ranging from serene forests to scorching-hot deserts; remote estates that overlook an expansive valley; and technologically advanced facilities with unknown purposes.

Each of Hitman 3’s locales are stunningly beautiful, but for all their majesty, there’s an underlying danger. Most all of the areas are shown to contain weary persons of interest, guards preparing themselves for a showdown with would-be attackers or both.

Fortunately, Agent 47 won’t be alone in his missions. An ally can be seen with him in some of these locations, either standing beside him or dropping into the area to provide some form of assistance.

It’s all set to a haunting melody that’s as calming as it is foreboding, especially when one considers that the game has been touted as the epic conclusion to the series’ latest trilogy.

It’s a great trailer overall, and will give both long-time fans and newcomers a reason to be excited for the game’s imminent release. The full trailer can be viewed down below.

Orbx recently released Tweed New Haven Airport (KHVN) in Connecticut, United States, for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

KHVN is an interesting choice for an add-on, as it’s far from a major hub. Yet, it does have scheduled airline services by American Eagle.

As a matter of fact, American Airlines canceled it at the end of last year and resumed it just a few days ago.

The airport is certainly more suitable for general aviation use because the simulator doesn’t yet have airliners of the type and size that regularly operate from New Haven.

As far as I know, the airport doesn’t usually see anything bigger than an Embraer E-175 (which is what flies there nowadays to and from Philadelphia) and has seen operations with CRJ and Dash-8 aircraft.

Today Bandai Namco and Project Aces announced a new sales milestone for the popular air combat game Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, on top of a new update coming for free.

According to the announcement made via press release, the game has now passed 2.5 million shipments worldwide including digital and retail copies.

To celebrate, the developer released a new wallpaper that can be found here.

Yet, this is not all. we also get the reveal of the free 2nd Anniversary Update which will drop tomorrow, including plenty of skins and emblems.

Here’s a list, a trailer, and screenshots.

Skins: X-02S Glowing, F-22A Phoenix, F-4E Mobius, F-15E Garuda, ASF-X Ridgebacks, F-16C Crow, Su-37 Scarface, Typhoon UPEO, F-22A Gryphus & Su-37 UPEO.

Emblems: 25th Anniversary Nugget -Mobius 1-, 25th Anniversary Nugget -Yellow 13-, ACE COMBAT 7 2nd Anniversary, Shooter, Spooky, Falco, UNF, UNICS, Arrows (Low-Vis) & Falco.

Today Square Enix revealed a brand new NieR: Automata action figure from its Play Arts Kai brand.

This time around, it’s YoRHa Model A No. 2 (also known as A2) to get the figure treatment, and she comes in two versions, standard and DX, which of course stands for Deluxe.

Both can be found on Ami Ami and other retailer, available for pre-order priced respectively at 16,330 yen and 12,200 yen (which translate to $157 and $117).

The release window of both versions is July 2021.

The difference is in the quantity of accessories that come with each version.

Below you can find a set of images from the DX version (which has all the accessories) and a list for both.

Just last week, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game got released for PC and consoles. It was originally available on the Xbox 360 before being delisted, and now it’s officially back on sale. For those who might’ve been hoping to get a physical version of the game, though, Limited Run has you covered.

In fact, the game has been so well-received that Scott Pilgrim is officially the biggest release that Limited Run has ever had. Within three hours of pre-orders for the physical version going live, Limited Run had already sold 25,000 copies for the Switch, which is pretty impressive to say the least.

The Last of Us was confirmed for a TV adaptation of the popular game series on HBO a while back, and it looks like the project finally has a confirmed director. According to Hollywood Reporter, Russian filmmaker Kantemir Balagov will be heading the project.

Balagov is best known for directing the Russian films Closeness and Beanpole, the former making its debut at the Cannes festival back in 2017. Initially, it had been rumored that Chernobyl director Johan Renck would be heading the project instead, but has reportedly dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.

The Last of Us was developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony, and it tells the story of a smuggler named Joel and a 14 year-old girl named Ellie as they travel across America to find an organization called the Fireflies to hopefully help them find a cure for the infection that has ravaged the world. There are no further details on the TV adaptation itself, but we’ll keep you updated as more info comes our way.

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IO Interactive’s Hitman 3 is set to release on Jan. 20. While it will be available on PC and consoles, it’s also going to release on the Google Stadia. And if you’re planning on checking the game out on Stadia, you’ll be pleased to know that this is the first game that will make use of Stadia’s State Share feature.

For the uninitiated, the State Share feature allows players to share their save points online via a saved image or video clip. With this feature being implemented in Hitman 3, players will hypothetically be able to share their unique experiences in the game, allowing others to replay a specific way of beating a mission.

Over on the Google Stadia site, Product Manager Catherine Hsiao gave more insight into how it would work with Hitman 3:

In HITMAN 3, as well as in the first two games in the HITMAN – World of Assassination trilogy, you’ll be able to use State Share to save a game state within any campaign or custom mission, during the missions themselves or at the mission complete screen. IO Interactive has designed its use of State Share to allow all saved game states to include the following gameplay elements:

• Mission starting location within the beginning of the level
• Mission objectives
• Player loadout (including weapon, gear, and clothing)
• Mission difficulty

The incredible part of playing HITMAN 3 on Stadia is that with State Share, you’ll be able to play with weapons and items that you haven’t unlocked yet. Even if you haven’t unlocked certain weapons or items in HITMAN 3, you’ll be able to experience them with State Share at the click of a link, without affecting your own progression in-game.

Today the folks at FlyByWire Simulations showcased an interesting preview of the 3D work going on for their Airbus A380 add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

We get to see the 3D models of the overhead console, the pedestal, and the nose landing gear.

Do keep in mind that the elements that appear in color don’t have an actual texture yet besides decals. A base color has simply been applied to the mesh and the screens are still images for now, so this is very much work-in progress.

You can find the screenshots below and the full video, which also includes information and a look to the progress of FlyByWire’s outstanding A320NX mod.

Incidentally, the work done by FlyByWire on the A380 is especially relevant considering that there really isn’t a good add-on portraying the massive airliner pretty much anywhere. If you’d like to hear more, you can read our recent interview with founder Iceman.

Microsoft Flight Simulator just got two new airports for fans of flying over the Scandinavian peninsula.

The first is Båtsfjord Airport (ENBS) by Onfinal Studio, which can be purchased on SimMarket for Approximately $12.

It’s a small airport in Norway with an unmistakable look due to the terminal’s exterior covered in Russian Larch.

Widerøe is the only airline operating at the airport, connecting it with several regional destinations.

Next is Stockholm Skavsta Airport (ESKN) in Sweden by M’M Simulations. Despite the name, it’s actually near Nyköping, about 100 km from the Swedish capital.

As usual with airports that bear just the name of a large city but are nowhere near it, it’s a destination beloved by low-cost airlines, which can bait and switch by telling you you’re flying to Stockholm, and then dropping you over an hour by train and bus from the city.

In this case, Skavsta is host to several regular flights operated by Ryanair and Wizz Air.

This one is also on SimMarket for approximately $21.

Third-party Microsoft Flight Simulator add-on developer Whiskey Jet Simulations provided a new look at its upcoming Airbus A220.

The video was showcased on the developer’s Facebook page, providing an interesting look at take-off and landing, with a focus on engine and wing animations, including wing flex.

You can watch it below.

If you’re unfamiliar with the Airbus A220, it was born as the Bombardier CSeries and then rebranded after the Airbus acquired the majority of the project.

At the moment, only a relatively small number of A220 have reached operative airlines including airBaltic, Air Canada, Delta Airlines, EgyptAir, Korean Air, Swiss Airlines, and Air Tanzania.

Today Bandai Namco revealed a lot of new goodies for the upcoming rhythm and idol management game The Idolmaster: Starlit Season.

First of all, we get to see a new music video with the new song “Session” showcasing the feature that allows collaborations between idols belonging to different offices. The reason for that will be revealed in the story.

Next is new gameplay of a live performance in which the player aims to liven up the venue and pass the excitement goal for the audience.

There are also auditions during programs and events in which multiple idol units will participate, and festivals in which your idols will have to compete with rivals, winning over the excitement of the fans.

Daily activities also let you earn “Skill Points” and “Unity Points” respectively by deepening your bond with an idol and by performing group activities. Those can be used to acquire Skills that can then be used during performances.

You can check out all the new assets below.

Legendary developer Tomonobu Itagaki is well-known for creating Dead or Alive and for the Ninja Gaiden series, but as of late, he has been out of the spotlight. That may be about to change.

In a post of Facebook (as reported by Gamestalk), Itagaki-san relayed a Q&A chain that was supposed to be part of an Xbox-focused interview on Bloomberg but ultimately was not published.

Not only he talks about his relationship with Microsoft during the early years of the Xbox brand, but he also reveals that he’s ready to make a new game and he has formed a new studio named Itagaki Games for that purpose.

He also clarifies that the new studio is not related to either Tecmo or Valhalla Game Studios.

Below you can read the whole Q&A.

“Bloomberg: How did you meet with Microsoft first?
Itagaki: The timing was immediately after that prototype of Xbox was complete. I think it was about 13 months prior to the product launch, and that was when Microsoft began talking to Japanese studios, and Tecmo was one of them. Microsoft wanted to meet me, probably they believed I would be able to prepare a game that maximizes the machine’s full capabilities.

Following the re-reveal of The King of Fighters XV, SNK is providing more information about the upcoming fighting game.

This time around, we get a comment from artist Tomohiro Nakata, who talks about the design of Shun’ei, also confirming that he will be the protagonist of the game.

We also get to see a lovely character design illustration, on top of a description of how he changed from the previous installment of the series.

You can check it out below. If you want to see more of Shun’ei, you can also enjoy the recent trailer and screenshots focusing specifically on him.

Today third-party add-on developer DC Designs provided another look at the upcoming F-15 Eagle package for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

The video is still work-in-progress and focuses on the sound of the F-15’s engines, and they certainly feel impressive, esspecially if you crank your volume all the way up. I would advise against doing that if you’re in Europe and you live with other people who may already be sleeping.

You can check it out below.

The add-on will release on Jan. 20 or Jan. 21, and will be priced at $37 including four versions of the Eagle (C, D, E, and I).

Two different third-party developers are working on two important airports in the UK for Microsoft Flight Simulator, Glasgow (EGPF) and Birmingham (EGBB).

Birmingham is already available in early access by Macco Simulations, that has also been working on an excellent rendition of Manchester with the same business model.

You can already grab it for £9.99, keeping in mind that it isn’t finished, and it’ll receive regular updates going forward.

You can also see a batch of image and an official description below.

“Birmingham Airport (EGBB/BHX) is located 7 nautical miles from Birmingham City in the United Kingdom and is the 7th busiest airport in the country.

The airport is a not only an international airport, but is also a hub for regional flights within the UK.

Some of the busiest destinations from and to this airport include Germany, Spain, Dubai, Netherlands, France, Greece, Ireland, Spain and not to mention the multitude of regional UK airports.

This airport has unique runway undulations which makes taking off and landing here a treat!”

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

We get to see more combos and special moves featuring Winry and Wolf.

On top of that, we can also take a look at a static but no less impressive image of Vector in action, on top of what appears to be the character selection screen.

Apparently, the developer is now going silent as the beta build is being polished, so we may have to wait a bit longer to see more of this promising game.