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Npixel released more gameplay trailers of its upcoming MMORPG Gran Saga.

The first trailer showcases the various aspects of the gameplay, including several unique features like arena and more.

The rest of the videos focuses on the Grand weapons transformation, which are a very relevant aspect of combat in Gran Saga.

In the meanwhile, the game has reached the goal of achieving five million pre-registrations, which is a rather clear indication of the anticipation surrounding it.

The ultimate reward is a Grand Weapon SSR ticket. This should also tell you that gacha is most part of the whole deal.

Sega is continuing to provide new details and assets about its upcoming online RPG Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis.

We get to see new screenshots from the official community Twitter account Rappy.Commu with additional explanations in English from the western Phantasy Star Online account (sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).

You can check them out below, showing the “Region Mag” and a couple of new “DOLL” enemies.

It’s award season at Twinfinite, so we’re looking back at some of the best of gaming from last year. Voted on by our editors and staff, these were the best video game actors of 2020 whose performances brought life to their respective characters.

One Piece is a juggernaut of the anime and manga industry, holding strong as the best selling manga series of all time. It had a plethora of films, games and other media bolstering its popularity, and it has maintained an army of loyal and devoted fans during its two decades of popularity.

Many of these fans have an almost insane knowledge of the series, and have taken note of even the most minute of details.

You may be one such fan, capable of reciting random facts about the series from memory. However, we’re here to put your knowledge to the ultimate test with the hardest One Piece quiz you’ll ever take; or at least, the hardest one covering material from the first thousand chapters.

Now, without further ado, let the ultimate test of your fandom begin!

Hitman 3 is set to launch on January 20 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Stadia, Nintendo Switch and PC. With the release right around the corner, the developer, IO Interactive, have seen fit to give all the launch details that you could possibly want.

The Nintendo Switch version is only a recent reveal, with IO Interactive saying:

We’re happy to confirm that the Nintendo Switch version of HITMAN 3 will also launch on 20 January. The Switch version of HITMAN 3 is playable via cloud streaming technology. A stable and permanent internet connection is required to play.

With that out of the way, now to the most important aspect of this launch: the time.

HITMAN 3 will release simultaneously on all platforms at 13:00 UTC on 20 January 2021. To see the exact release time in your timezone, follow this link. This release time will ensure that the IOI teams in Copenhagen and Malmö are best-placed to ensure a smooth launch. At that time, digital copies will be available to play and the games servers will be online.

Both PlayStation and Xbox systems (not an option for PC players, unfortunately) will be able to pre-load the game. They don’t specifically give a date, but it’s usually a few days before launch.

IO Interactive do this give this extra bit of info/bad news:

Today third-party developer Orbx released its Tweed New Haven (KHVN) airport add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

The airport was announced a few days ago, and is one of the two commercial airports in Connecticut, benefiting from being right in the middle of one of the most detailed areas of Microsoft Flight Simulator.

It’s currently available on Orbx’s own store for approximately $14.

You can check out a gallery of screenshots below, alongside an official features list.

As of today King’s Canyon is back in the map rotation for Apex Legends with one key difference– Mirage Voyage has arrived in the Canyon. Mirage’s ship has taken up residence in the hole where Skull Town used to be, right between Octane’s Gauntlet and Salvage.

There are no ziplines onto or off of the ship this time around, instead you will have to enter on your initial jump or by redeploying. In order to get off of the ship there are some conveniently placed redeploy pads near the front and back. While on the Voyage you can also find and listen to a message from Mirage’s mom on the ship.

There is another ship flying around King’s Canyon, in addition to Mirage Voyage, being on King’s Canyon there is also another ship flying around, though you cannot land on this one.

This large ship is advertising the news that Salvo is joining the Syndicate. This is not the first time that Salvo and the Syndicate have been mentioned together.

Those who have completed the comic collection for Season 7 may remember that both Salvo and the Syndicate were mentioned together in comic 5.

Award season is upon us here at Twinfinite, and this year we’re going to look back at an amazing roster of anime releases, as we break down the best anime to come out in 2020.

Voted on by our brain trust of our most dedicated anime weebs, the following were the best anime released in 2020, as each series managed to innovate the genre in fun and memorable new ways. Before we get to our top voted anime, we’ve got a few honorable mentions to discuss below.

Today Mages released a new batch of screenshots and details from the upcoming The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬: Natsu Omoide Mo Go-Tobun game.

We learn that the player will be able to decide a schedule for the titular quintuplets juggling study, food gathering, free action, and rest.

If you run out of food (which is quite possible since the game is set on an island), you won’t be able to cook, while getting sick will cause academic ability to decline.

Cooking food from available ingredients will restore some parameters depending on the quality of the dish.

As parameters change, they can trigger a variety of events. At the end of the two weeks on the island, Futaro will host a test to make sure that the quintuplets’ academic skills haven’t declined. After that, character-dedicated routes will start.

There are seven character routes and 14 different endings.

You can check out the images below alongside a video featuring Ichika’s voice actress Kana Hanazawa.

Today Square Enix announced that the 14-hour livestream dedicated to Final Fantasy XIV planned for February 6 has been postponed.

The reason given is the state of emergency declared by the Japanese government due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Square Enix has opted to hold the livestream at a later date when everyone can enjoy it with peace of mind.

The 62nd Letter from the Producer Live broadcast which was scheduled to be included in the livestream will still happen.

It’s still going to be a big day for Final Fantasy XIV fans, as the news presentation planned for the same day will also be hosted regularly.

Easy speculation from the fans (and yours truly) indicates that we may hear about the new expansion that should come around the summer.

In the meanwhile, players are enjoying the completion of the Ishgardian Restoration and its rewards thanks to the latest 5.41 update.

If I was a betting man, my money would be on Ishgard’s housing wards being included in the rumored expansion mentioned above. It’d likely be an rather safe bet.

Final Fantasy XIV is currently available for PlayStation 4 and PC and Square Enix recently announced that it has passed 20 million players.

Available to all Nioh 2 players will be two new armor sets to celebrate the launch of Nioh 2 Remastered releasing February 4 on the PS5.

These costumes will be added in a patch that will be available from February 5-26. While these are being added in a patch, the tweet directly mentions it will only be available for a limited time. So, if you own the game on the PS4, this might be your only shot to acquire these two sets.

The tweet reads:

From February 5-26, celebrate the release of Nioh 2 Remastered with two new armor sets, available to all Nioh 2 owners for a limited time via a patch

The sets in question are the Ornate Gold Armor and the Sohaya Deserter Garb. You can see pictures of them here and below:

Developer GSC Game World has today showcased the first in-engine look at its anticipated sequel STALKER 2. Although only brief, the footage introduces players to its new protagonist Skif, while further supporting commentary via Xbox’s official website offers some further color.

We learn that the new takes place in the ruined school on the outskirts of the dead town of Pripyat, a dangerous place where Skif barely has time to appreciate his surroundings before running from a deadly emission.

“You’re seeing this world through the eyes of a stalker named Skif— remember the codename, you will hear it a lot. Following the steps of its predecessors, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 introduces a completely new main protagonist. His actions will shape the new grand chapter in the history of the Zone.”

The development team also offers a brief update on the game’s progress, explaining that development is “progressing smoothly,” which includes the Xbox Series S/X versions of the game. The team adds:

Josef Fares is one of the games industry’s most colorful personalities, fondly remembered for his hilarious speech at The Game Awards 2018 in particular. But he’s also highly regarded as a talented filmmaker and video game director, having led the team’s behind Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and A Way Out.

Today, in a candid interview with IGN, Fares spoke about the success of the latter, revealing its impressive sales figures.

According to Fares, A Way Out has sold almost 3.5 million units, which in turn could mean that around 7 million have played the game given that it requires two players to complete:

“When I believe in something, nothing can stop me. Obviously, no one believed in [A Way Out] – not even EA thought it would sell, but they still believed in me. I didn’t care. I was like, ‘This is going to happen.’ Now, we’ve sold almost 3.5 million units of that game. These numbers for a small team of 30, 35 people are madness, you know? And at 3.5 million units sold, that means that, I don’t know, almost seven million people played this game, which is crazy.”

That would mean A Way Out has sold nearly 1.5 million units since August of 2019 when we had our last official update.

Later in the interview, Fares discusses his vision for his next project, which he describes as being markedly different from A Way Out:

After a long year, it’s finally awards season here at Twinfinite and throughout this month we’re going to look back at our favorite games of 2020. In such a busy year, some games have stood out as doing something new and special, so here are our picks for the most innovative games of 2020.

Voted on by our editors, these were the games that stood apart from the pack by introducing us to something new, whether it be via gameplay, story, or something else entirely, so let’s take a look at the best of the year.

Today Capcom released a brand new video of the upcoming Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection.

The video features plenty of gameplay of the upcoming revival of the classic masocore platformer.

It also features commentary from chief producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi and producer Peter Fabiano. We hear how they collaborated with the original director Tokuro Fujiwara to bring the series back.

You can check out the video below.

If you’re unfamiliar with the game, you can read an official description below and check out the original reveal.

“Ghosts ‘n Goblins Resurrection is a reboot that brings the beloved Capcom franchise back to life and into the 21st century. Paying homage to Ghosts ‘n Goblins and Ghouls ‘n Ghosts, the latest entry combines the franchise’s action platforming gameplay with storybook-like graphics and challenging new obstacles.

As the eight console generation has drawn to a close, we’ve been graced with some exceptional games that will be fondly remembered for years to come as its final swansong. Here, as part of Twinfinite’s annual award ceremony, we’re reflecting on those with the best storytelling and writing of 2020 and crowning one overall winner. The following games have been voted by our team of editors as having the most compelling narratives and engaging writing.

Today SNK reached out with a press release to provide release details for Samurai Shodown on Xbox Series X and Series S.

We learn that the game will hit the new generation of Xbox consoles on March 16, 2021.

All the season passes will also be released in mid-March offering a wide range of DLC characters.

Smart delivery will be supported if you already have the game on Xbox One, and 120 FPS will also be on the menu for those who have a monitor that can handle it.

Below you can enjoy the trailer and first screenshots of the port.

Today Koei Tecmo and Team Ninja released a new trailer of the upcoming Nioh 2 Complete Edition for PC.

The trailer showcases the options and tech that we can expect from the PC version of Team Ninja’s latest masocore game.

You can check it out below.

Here’s a list of features for the PC Version.

• UHD 4K Compatibility
• Ultra Wide-Screen Support
• HDR Monitor Compatibility
• Consistent 60FPS/120 FPS For Compatible Systems
• Mouse and Keyboard Customization
• Gamepad Compatibility
• Compatible with 144hz monitors

Nioh 2 is currently available for PS4. PC players will get a chance to tackle with its Yokai on February 5, 2021.

A remastered edition will also be offered for PS5 on the same date, alongside a collection also including the original Nioh.

On the PS5 side, both games will support 4K resolution, up to 120 FPS gameplay, ultra-fast load times, and the ability to transfer your data from the PS4.

If you’re unfamiliar with the game, below you can read an official description:

Today Atlus released a brand new trailer of the upcoming Persona 5 action-RPG Persona 5 Strikers.

The trailer showcases some of the game’s action combat and provides a taste of the English voice track.

You can check it out below.

The western version of the game developed by Koei Tecmo as a sequel of the original Persona 5 will finally be released for PS4, Switch, and PC on February 23, 2021.

If you’re unfamiliar with Persona 5 Strikers, you can read an official description below and our hands-on preview.

Persona 5 Strikers takes players on an epic road trip with the Phantom Thieves, where they strike back against the corruption overwhelming cities across Japan. A summer vacation with close friends takes a sudden turn as a distorted reality emerges; reveal the truth and redeem the hearts of those imprisoned at the center of the crisis!

The last NPD report of 2020 is in, and with it comes news of US video game spending not only in December but a summary of 2020, too. Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War ends as both the month and year’s biggest seller, while Sony’s PS5 continues to build on its exceptional start in November.

As is typical, The NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella was on hand to break down the results via Twitter, which kicked off with a look at the overall market.

“December 2020 consumer spending across video game hardware, content and accessories reached a December record $7.7B, 25 percent higher when compared to a year ago. Full-year spending also set a new record, totaling $56.9B, 27 percent higher than 2019.”

An infographic offers a clear comparison of the past two years, showing a huge uptick in 2020:

IO Interactive announced last year its anticipated upcoming sequel Hitman 3 would be available on Nintendo Switch via cloud gaming functionality, but it’s only today that confirmation of its arrival day-and-date with console and PC versions later this month, Jan. 20.

The news comes by way of a Tweet from the developer’s official social media channels:

HITMAN 3 on Nintendo Switch arrives 20 January! The World of Assassination awaits… pic.twitter.com/IHVDEZwQbw

— IO Interactive (@IOInteractive) January 15, 2021

Similar to games like Control, cloud gaming will offer Switch players the chance to experience high-fidelity games that would otherwise not be capable of running on the hardware. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Resident Evil 7 Biohazard are further examples of games playable on Switch via the cloud.

For a glimpse of Hitman 3 running on Nintendo Switch, check out the original announcement trailer below.

After having spent hundreds of hours in Persona 5 and its complete edition Royal, it’s little surprise fans are hungry for new content set in the same universe. Enter Persona 5 Strikers, a spin-off title which blends the style, characters and story of the lengthy JRPG with the Musou gameplay framework.

Of course, this isn’t the first time a property has been given the Musou treatment, and while some have proven to be great fits for the gameplay style, others have proven middling at best.

Fortunately, we got the chance to check out this new title ahead of its release later this year, diving into the game’s first Jail; basically, its version of Persona 5’s Palaces. After this lengthy play session, we’re happy to report that Strikers is shaping up to be not only one of the better Musou games around but also a fitting sequel to its forebear.

As the original creators and developers of Halo, Bungie hasn’t been involved with the series since breaking off to do their own thing. The official Halo site has been kept online, though, and players could head there to view their stats and progress in the series through the years.

However, with the latest blog post from Bungie, the studio has announced that they will be taking the site down on Feb. 9.

“Almost nine years ago, stats and files from our previous franchise, Halo, stopped getting updated on Bungie.net. Since then, all stats, files, and other data from Halo 2, 3, ODST, and Reach have lived on in remembrance at halo.bungie.net. 
On February 9, the halo.bungie.net website will be taken offline permanently. Everyone is welcome to save their stats and files, however they can, if they’d like to save anything. Please keep in mind that our News articles, Forums, and Groups were imported into the current version of Bungie.net back in 2013.”

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This will certainly mark the studio’s official departure from the Halo series as a whole, as they continue to focus on supporting and updating Destiny 2 as a live service game.

The website will be up till Feb. 9, so players will have until then to record their stats and other achievements and progress listed there while they can.

CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 is meant to be a single-play experience, but if you feel like V’s journey is just a little bit too lonely, or if you’d like a slightly easier romp through Night City, there’s now a mod for that.

Over on Nexus Mods, you can now download a mod and save file that comes with a level 50 male V, who also has the ability to have various companions follow him around while doing quests. The companions are Judy, River, Saul, and Takemura.

Of course, there are some glitches and hiccups that come with the mod. For instance, Saul will always follow you around even when you teleport, while the others won’t. Because of this, the modder recommends that you leave your companions at V’s apartment before teleporting elsewhere.

In addition to that, if you decide that you don’t want them to follow you around any longer, you can do their important side quests to get them to reset. The quests are as follows:

• Judy: Ex-Factor
• River: I Fought the Law
• Saul: Riders on the Storm
• Takemura: Room 303

Cyberpunk 2077 has a pretty rough launch when it released in December, but CD Projekt Red has since been working to push out patches and fixes to improve the game’s performance across all platforms.

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For the first time in years, Blizzard is finally making some big changes to the Battle.net launcher. While the update has been in beta testing for a while now, it’s finally ready for its full release, the it’s begun rolling out to parts of North America.

Here’s what you can expect from the new update:

Electronic Arts and DICE’s action shooter Star Wars Battlefront II is free on the Epic Games Store for a limited time, as announced last week.

The free offer is the Celebration Edition of the game which contains a collection of customization options released up to December 2019. It includes more than 25 Hero skins, 125 Trooper and Reinforcement skins, 100 emotes and voice lines, and more than 70 victory poses.

Star Wars Battlefront II originally released in 2017 and received free content updates with new modes, maps, and a complete overhaul of the game’s progression system to minimize microtransactions. The last update for the game was released in April 2020 with The Battle on Scarif update, adding familiar locations to fight on both land and air such as Hoth, Tatooine, and Death Star II.

All Epic Games Store users can claim the free game and keep forever through the store page beginning today until Thursday, Jan. 21 at 11 a.m. ET.

The Epic Games Store continues to offer free PC games weekly since the digital store’s launch in December 2018. The next free game offered through the platform will be the 4X turn-based strategy game Galactic Civilizations III from Jan. 21 to Jan. 28.

Axiom Verge received its first post-launch content update today, six years after it originally launched for PC and PlayStation 4.

The free content update for the Metroidvania-styled game adds a “Randomizer Mode” used ideally for speedruns. The mode randomizes the ability upgrades the player receives, but will not give an item that will block the player from from progressing further.

“For example, the first item you get in the game really only needs to be able to shoot,” wrote developer Thomas Happ in the announcement blog post. “Without that, you wouldn’t be able to get through the barrier on the right. So the Randomizer knows not to give you, say, a health node.”

The Randomizer Mode will have three options: Beginner, Advanced, and Masochist. Beginner is for players who have at beaten the game and are familiar with the map, while Advanced is for speedrunners who can exploit glitches.

Masochist mode is similar to Advanced, but will assume the player is aiming for a low percent speedrun. According to the developer, “there are exactly four people in the world able to play this mode.”

Happ said his volunteer team of Pozzum, the original mod developer of the mode, and various speedrunners are planning other features for the new mode such as save states and using Twitch viewers to affect gameplay.

The Randomizer Mode is only available in beta for Steam and Epic Games Store on PC, but will be released for consoles for free when it is ready.

The first 2021 TWAB is a doozy as it wades right into some controversial waters, and hits on a few big topics in Destiny 2 right now.

The last few weeks since Bungie went dark for the holidays has seen lots of players discontent with aspects of Destiny 2, particularly when it comes to sunsetting and the lack of weapons as we approach another season where more weapons will be removed; but also the current dominance of Stasis in PvP.

This latest TWAB does begin to address a those issues and more. Let’s start with the reprisal of some equipment from the Moon and The Dreaming City.

The armor sets will be reprised and will drop with high stat rolls in both the Shattered Throne and Pit of Heresy respectively.

Also, four weapons from each of those destinations will be added to the drop pool:

• Dreaming City: Waking Vigil, Sleepless, Vouchsafe, and Retold Tale. 
• Premonition (Pit of Heresy only), Heretic, Blasphemer, and Apostate. 

These weapons can drop in Pit of Heresy and when they do, they can roll with perks that cannot be found anywhere else. Finally a reason to do Shattered Throne.

However, the masterworked Dreambane armor is out for Pit of Heresy and instead is being replaced with an armor piece that drops with 7 armor energy and is guaranteed to drop with at least a +16 in two different stats with higher stats overall. Shard farmers will be upset, but at least it’s a better chance at decent armor. Also: finally a reason to do Shattered Throne.

It’s a bit perplexing why Bungie stopped short with just four weapons each, but let’s move on.

Vendors are getting a big shake up. Each vendor will now have a season pass like system where ranks will earn you set rewards as you progress. Check out what it looks like below:

Valve released its 2020 report detailing the past year for its Steam platform, revealing figures such as player numbers, virtual reality game sales, and more.

The company noted that the COVID-19 global pandemic led Steam to have new highs in categories such as active users and increased playtime for 2020, considering lockdowns around the world caused people to have more free time at home.

The new highs include 120.4 million monthly active users with 62.6 million daily active users. The peak for concurrent players reached 24.8 million players in December, though was broken again at the beginning of January 2021 with 25.4 million concurrent players.

More people at home meant more people buying games with 2.6 million first-time purchasers per month and a 21.4% increase of games purchased compared to 2019. People also played games more with 31.3 billion hours of playtime, a 50.7% increase from 2019.

SteamVR also saw growth in 2020 with 1.7 million first-time VR users and a total 104 million SteamVR sessions played with an average time of 32 minutes, a 30% increase in total playtime. VR Game sales increased by 71% with Valve’s own Half-Life: Alyx taking 39% of sales.

Steam players also used controllers more in 2020 with 46.6 million users who had used a controller to play, up from 31.8 million users in 2019, across 1.68 billion game sessions.

Today third-party developer Orbx has shared new screenshots of the upcoming Sandefjord Torp Airport (ENTO) for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

The screenshots were provided on two threads in the developer’s official forums (sources: 1, 2).

If you’re unfamiliar with Sandefjord Torp Airport, it’s a rather handy low-cost alternative for those who want to visit Oslo.

You can check out the screenshots below.

Earlier today, Nintendo shared a brand new trailer for the upcoming Switch game New Pokemon Snap. It’s the sequel to the entry on the Nintendo 64 in 1999, and the trailer shows some of the things we can look forward to.

The trailer is only a minute and a half long, but there are some details you might have missed. If you’re looking forward to the game, which releases on April 30, here are some things you might be interested in knowing about.

Occasionally Xbox will tee up a Free Play Days event where players can play a select set of games for free, while also occasionally having the option to buy them at a steep discount. Well, that’s going on starting (looks down at watch) actually right now.

The latest Xbox Free Play Days, as you can tell from the title, will include the flying action game Star Wars Squadrons, DBZ fighter Dragon Ball FighterZ, and 3D collect-a-thon Yooka Laylee.

Starting now and running until Sunday, Jan. 17 at 11:59 p.m. PST, you can play any of those games for free.

Personally I love collect-a-thons so if I didn’t already play through Yooka-Laylee I’d be all over that. But the other two games are great too. Although Star Wars Squadrons, if you have a PS4, is particularly great on VR as well.

While Dragon Ball FighterZ is currently still full price, Star Wars Squadrons is 40% off at $23.99 and Yooka-Laylee is 75% off at $9.99, not too shabby.

Each game should be playable on Xbox One, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. You can check them out here.

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Today Xseed Games shared many screenshots and details of its upcoming farming game Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town.

First of all, we hear about some of the features that we can expect in the game.

This includes character customization, outfits, pets, and even babies.

“Farmers can create a look of their own by visiting Olive Town’s beauty salon, changing up everything from their hairstyle to facial features or skin color. To accompany their new makeover, players can change their character’s outfit to fit the season, bundling up for the winter or donning a breezy hat for long summer days. This customization extends to players’ farms, giving them the ability to upgrade from a tent pitched in the wilderness to a grand house where they can relax in comfort at the end of a long day’s work.

Once players have established their home, they can start building a family. All players can raise pets such as dogs or cats, building a relationship of trust and even bringing them into Olive Town to participate in the annual Pet Derby. And getting to the derby is easier than ever with new transportation options including motorcycles and friendly wolf mounts! Players who find love in Olive Town can have their partner move in with them and eventually raise a child together.”

You can check out all the images below.

We also learn more about many of the characters we’ll meet in the game.

Award season is upon us here at Twinfinite, which means we’re going to look back at some great games and in this case, some of the best DLC and expansion packs to be released in 2020.

Voted on by our editors, the following were the best add-ons released in 2020 that expanded their base games in significant ways. Let’s kick it off with some honorable mentions and then our top vote getters.

Today Muv-Luv publisher aNCHOR released a brand new bundle on Steam.

The bundle, simply titled “Megaverse” includes all four published games (some of which are compilations, so it’s actually more than four) on Steam saving 15% on the price of the titles purchased separately.

On top of that, those who already purchased some of them can still complete the bundle and access the permanent discount on the remaining purchases.

The bundle is an expanded version of the previous “Triple Threat” bundle with the addition of the recently-released and excellent Muv-Luv Photonmelodies.

Besides Photonmelodies, it includes Muv-Luv, Muv-Luv Alternative, and Muv-Luv Photonflowers.

It’s certainly a good way to get yourself up to speed before the release of Muv-Luv Unlimited The Day After, which should appear on Steam with full English localization by the end of the month.

Following the news earlier this week that Lucasfilm Games will be looking to work with developers across the industry to create new and exciting Star Wars games, it got me thinking: just how many Star Wars games will we see? And what will they look like?

My imagination started flowing and I was quickly left with a list of 10 Star Wars games I (and I imagine many other Star Wars fans) would love to see, and the developers that would be perfect to make them a reality. You’re welcome developers and Lucasfilm Games, you can drop me an email for the PayPal details!

I should probably point out now, some of these are far, far more realistic than others. But hey, it’s fun to dream, right?

Today, Ubisoft announced that their multiplayer extreme sports game, Riders Republic, has been delayed until later in 2021.

Initially revealed back in September as part of the publisher’s annual E3 conference (which actually had nothing to do with E3 this year), Riders Republic features mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, wingsuit flying, and rocket wingsuiting.

Up to 50 players will be able to race against one another in a variety of event types and explore the world together. However, everyone will now have to wait longer until they’re able to.

In the statement posted on Twitter, Ubisoft said “Today, we want to let you know that we have made the decision to move our release to later this year. This additional time will allow our passionate team to deliver the best fun filled experience to our players.” You can read the full statement down below.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has had its fair share of criticism since its release last year, but the one thing that has been universally praised about the game is the outstanding Zombies mode.

Zombies modes have been a staple of Treyarch’s Call of Duty games since 2008’s World at War, and had their ups and downs in popularity.

Cold War has gone to great lengths to update the gameplay and add a slew of new features, massively expanding the fanbase for the mode. The only issue has been that players were stuck playing the same map since November.

Treyarch had previously said there would be no new map until Season 2, but today they surprised the community by announcing that the long-rumored Firebase Z is coming in just two weeks. The details on the map are scarce at the moment, but here’s what we know straight from Treyarch:

Today Koei Tecmo released the first DLC for Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy in Japan, and new screenshots for the following packages.

Today’s DLC includes new alchemy recipes and a new dungeon.

By the end o February a DLC will bring more music from other Gust games.

By the end of March we’ll get the much-awaited swimsuit costumes, more recipes, and an extra-challenging dungeon.

Of course, the timeframes are all for Japan, so it’s likely that the west will get the DLC a bit later.

You can check out all the screenshots below.

If you want to learn more about Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy, which is the second game of a trilogy, you can read our interview with producer Junzo Hosoi and our hands-on preview in which we reconnected with Ryza and her friends.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition Review on PlayStation 4

The world has changed a lot since the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World comic series first released, but it continues to hold a certain charm even today, flaws and all.

The same can be said of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Complete Edition: While still rough in certain areas, it polishes up an enjoyable, retro-style title made all the better with some friends along for the ride.

Based on the events of the comics, the game is a straight-forward side-scrolling beat-em-up with RPG elements. Each level sees Scott and his friends tasked with taking down one of Ramona Flowers’ Seven Evil Ex’s, and the rag-tag group has to fight and scrape their way through hoards of eccentric enemies to do so.

The more enemies they defeat, the more experience they’ll gain, allowing them to level up and learn new techniques. These range from new attacks that allow players to damage enemies continuously or blast through mobs with ease, to skills like an aerial recovery which can make the combat infinitely less stressful.

The majority of the gameplay isn’t anything that’s overly complex, but that plays to the title’s favor.

Almost anyone can get the hang of punching, throwing and jumping within minutes, and so long as they have a friend along for the ride, they’ll be able to make their way through the game’s fast-paced story mode with ease. Which is an important point to touch on.