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Today Ace Combat developer Project Aces opened a brand new YouTube channel dedicated to the franchise. 

The channel debuted with two videos featuring ultra-talented composer Keiki Kobayashi playing two of his compositions for the series. 

The first that you’ll see below is the main theme of Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, followed by the theme of Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. 

This initiative was born from an idea on how to provide entertainment to the fans stuck at home due to the Coronavirus emergency.

I’m not ashamed to admit that I cried all the way through the two videos that you can watch (and listen to) below. Ace Combat’s music just clicks with me.

Today Square Enix released a new commercial of the recently-released Final Fantasy VII Remake. 

The commercial is the inevitable accolades trailer, showcasing some of the many media outlets that praised the game, which is currently sitting on a rather flattering 88 on Metacritic.

Being a commercial, it’s rather brief, but the pacing is quite intense, so you may have to pause it to read some of the quotes.

You can check it out below. 

If you’d like to see and learn more about the Final Fantasy VII Remake , you can read our own extensive (and no less enthusiastic) review and our wiki full of guides to help you familiarize with the game in case you already purchased it or plan to.

Disney has announced that the ninth and final episode of the Skywalker Saga, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, will be available for streaming on May 4 (Star Wars Day) on Disney+.

The Rise of Skywalker was originally supposed to start streaming sometime in July of 2020, but to honor May the 4th and everything Star Wars, the film will be available for subscribers two months early.

And that’s not the only piece of Star Wars content coming to the streaming platform on that day. May the 4th will be the premiere date for the new Star Wars: The Mandalorian documentary and the season finale of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

It’s also worth noting that this is the first time ever that people can stream the complete Skywalker Saga in one place.

You can watch a very nostalgic trailer down below that showcases every mainline Star Wars film to promote Rise of Skywalker heading to Disney+.

2K, publisher of the popular WWE 2K games, announced today that they will be allowing Visual Concepts more time to develop their next WWE game in order to give them adequate time to respond to player feedback and improve future games. Patrick Gilmore, a veteran of studios that have worked on games such as Killer Instinct and Medal of Honor, will be the new executive producer.

A new game, WWE 2K Battlegrounds, will be released this fall and will be developed by Saber Interactive, the studio behind NBA 2K Playgrounds. You can check out the trailer below which features The Rock feeding John Cena to a crocodile.

To the casual observer it may seem shocking that an annual sports game is being put on any kind of hiatus, but those that have followed and played the WWE 2K games as of late probably saw this coming. WWE 2K20 was critically panned on release and fans have been vocal over the last few years about a drop in quality in the games.

Based on the wording of the open letter provided to all fans today, it appears that Visual Concepts will be given at least through the 2021 fiscal year (AKA late 2020) to work on their next game. There’s no word yet if fans should expect a game in 2021 instead but considering 2K hasn’t outright cancelled the series, fans can probably remain hopeful that is the case.

Bandai Namco is preparing to launch Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot’s First DLC, and today it released a brand new trailer and a few images of its characters.

The DLC is titled “A New Power Awakens – Part 1” and it’ll release for PS4, Xbox One, and PC tomorrow, April 28. 

You’ll be able to unlock Super Saiyan God Vegeta and Super Saiyan God Goku and to fight Beerus. Of course, Whis will also appear to help you train.

Once you have unlocked the Super Saiyan God transformation you’ll be able to use it at any point during the main story as well.

You can check out the trailer and assets below.

Nintendo and Monolith Soft have released new screenshots and artwork for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition that showcases the characters and their personalities such as Shulk, Fiora, and Dunban.

The images come straight from the official Japanese Twitter account for the Xenoblade series and you see all of the gorgeousness for yourself down below:

The classic Kanto region starter Pokemon from the original games are being added to DeNa’s Pokemon Masters in a unique way; Charmander, Bulbasaur, and Squirtle can now be hatched from eggs.

A new video trailer published today celebrates the new update, paying homage to Pokemon Red and Blue in the process. As seen in the footage, once players have hatched their starters they’ll be able to battle alongside them as a sync pair.

The new eggs are acquired from Professor Bellis the next time players log into the game, allowing them to choose which Pokemon they want it to hatch into and what their names are.

Today’s classic Pokemon are said to be just the first batch to be incorporated into the egg-hatching mechanic. More Pokemon will be made available at a later date.

You can check out the new trailer below.

Other new features in this latest update include a new legendary event, sync pair, and a scout feature. The details are broken down in a press release sent to Twinfinite:

We live in an era of remakes, and the recently released and phenomenal Final Fantasy VII Remake shows just what a truly next-level remake can look like.

So much more than a remaster, a remake is a reimagining of a title that is able to push the bounds of our expectations, and by doing so, create something else entirely.

Over its long and storied history, Square Enix has released some of the best and most beloved JRPGs in the entire genre. Let’s take a look at some games that would make for unbelievable remakes, and as an extra challenge, only look at games outside of the Final Fantasy franchise.

There is no real ‘ending’ to a game like Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The game is what you make it out to be, and you can continuously iterate upon your island, making it the best, most attractive resort it can be. There is, however, an end credits sequence.

Once you’ve gotten past the tutorial phase of the game, you can start recruiting residents to your island and try to beautify it as much as possible. The goal here then becomes to get your island to reach a three-star rating, all so you can get the attention of one K.K. Slider, a famous doggo musician. The game ‘ends’ in a sense once you finally manage to get K.K. to show up at your island and perform a concert there.

It’s a beautiful scene as the lights dim and you and your villagers all gather round K.K. to take in the music and vibe with each other. The New Horizons theme is also relaxing and beautiful, and watching the credits roll on your screen feels like a nice, cathartic experience.

It’s also an experience that you can repeat multiple times every Saturday.

After K.K. Slider’s initial performance, he comes back to your island every Saturday, and you can get him to perform a song in the evening. Whatever song he performs first that evening, he’ll even give you a free copy of the music so you can register it and play it whenever you want. Like a true performer, he even does encores and take requests.

Over the last two Saturdays in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, I’ve been doing exactly that. Unwittingly, I have become K.K. Slider’s number one fan and I am now on a quest to collect a copy of every single song he’s ever sung, and prove to the rest of my plebeian villagers that I truly am the most knowledgeable K.K. fan out there.

Gears Tactics on PC

Back in September 2006, during Microsoft’s XO6 media briefing, Halo Wars was officially announced. It took the Xbox’s most prized exclusive IP and turned the sci-fi first-person shooter into a real-time strategy game. Despite being such a major divergence from the series’ roots, Halo Wars just felt right. Developer Ensemble Studios captured everything fans knew and loved about the Halo universe and packed it into a fast-paced, compelling real-time strategy title that was worthy of being associated with Master Chief’s epic series.

Now, in 2020, it’s time for the Gears of War series to get its own makeover. The end result is Gears Tactics, a surprisingly excellent turn-based tactics game I struggled to put down.

A collaborative effort between mainstream series developer The Coalition and Splash Damage, Gears Tactics puts the focus on strategy and intelligent play, over muscles and chainsaw bayonets, and obliterating a Locust’s head with a shotgun.

Taking place not long after Emergence Day (E-Day for you Gears veterans), Gears Tactics follows the story of Gabe Diaz, the father of Gears 5’s protagonist Kait, as he’s tasked with taking down the Locust eugenicist, Ukkon. In other words, he’s the guy making all the horrifying Locust creatures you’ve filled with shrapnel in previous titles.

Initially, I wasn’t all that sold on Tactics’ story. It’s serviceable in the sense that it gave me a reason to progress through the campaign and look forward to its story missions far more than the side missions (we’ll get to these later), but it wasn’t until the latter half where things really picked up.

Ever heard of Alien Day? We hadn’t either, but it should definitely be on your radar; a Steam Sale in honor of 4/26 has seen huge franchise-wide discounts on for the next 30 or so hours. Chief among the deals is a tremendous discount on Creative Assembly’s superb but often overlooked Alien Isolation, which is just $2.00!

The first-person game felt like a breath of fresh air for Alien video games when it launched in 2014, replacing the corny action of botched efforts like Colonial Marines with a top-notch survival horror experience more in keeping with the first (and best) film.

You play Amanda Ripley, daughter of the iconic Ellen Ripley, as she attempts to find her mother in the far reaches of space many years after the events of the original Alien film. Her search takes her to a distant outpost called Sevastopol, but when she arrives, something nefarious has left the space station eerily deserted. Any guesses on what that might be?

Isolation’s most impressive features are twofold: first, it’s a near-perfect recreation of the aesthetic from Alien, which is that wonderful 1970s vision of futuristic tech which is so synonymous with the first film.

Secondly, the excellent AI of the alien antagonist, which tirelessly hunts you throughout. Much of was made of its ability to learn player-actions on the fly during the build-up to Alien Isolation’s original launch, and it certainly delivers

While there’s no doubt Alien Isolation is the definitive Alien video game experience, there are discounts on other games within the franchise too. The Aliens vs. Predator Collection, for example, is $4.79, while the Colonial Marines Collection is $5.99.

Today Koei Tecmo announced its financial results for the fiscal year ended on March 31, 2020.

As you can see in the charts below, sales and operating income have both increased sizably year-on-year.

The Entertainmnet segment (which includes games) of the business is the only one which improved year-on-year, serving as a driver for the whole company’s results.

Tactics Feels Like Classic Gears

Gears Tactics may be a part of Microsoft’s long-standing Gears of War series, but it differs majorly when it comes to gameplay. Rather than guiding a hulking COG soldier narrow hallways and waves of Locusts, this time you’re taking a step back.

As the commander, you’ll be guiding a team of four units across a battlefield to complete objectives. Sometimes you’ve got to hold down control points to gather supplies, other times you’re destroying a Locust Imulsion supply.

Today Broccoli announced that the upcoming visual novel Jack Jeanne has been delayed by a few months.

The game will now be released in Japan on December 3, 2020 exclusively for Nintendo Switch, this is a few months after the previously-announced release date on August 5.

In case you’re not familiar with Jack Jeanne, it was announced back in April 2019 and it carries the signature of Tokyo Ghoul mangaka Sui Ishida.

Ishida-sensei isn’t just take care of the character design, but he’ll be responsible for most aspects related to the game, including direction, background art, and more. The scenario is written in collaboration with Shin Towada, who worked on the Tokyo Ghoul light novel.

The delay was motivated with the will to deliver the game in the best possible conditions. 

While the announcement doesn’t explicitly mentions the Coronavirus emergency, it does mention the decision was taken considering the current circumstances.

You can check out a trailer with the new release date below. It’s really brief, but it conveys the atmosphere of the game.

During these uncertain COVID-19 times where more and more people are staying and working from home, that also means that more people are playing video games. However, the flip side is that cheating might also be on the rise. This was indeed the case with Destiny 2, where Bungie has noted in their latest blog post that the cheating rate has gone up since January.

This past weekend, the latest competitive PvP Trials event went live as well, and while Bungie states that they were prepared and ready to deal with the uptick in cheating, they still weren’t happy with the overall results. With all this in mind, it’s become clear that the company is ready to clamp down hard on Destiny 2 cheaters, and that even includes the people who might’ve been on the same Fireteam as said cheaters, regardless of whether they actually cheated or not.

Concerning cheating, Engineering Director David Aldridge stated:

“When your pinnacle achievements are denied by encountering a cheater on a high Trials ticket, or devalued by seeing someone else with ill-gotten goods, that’s frustrating. Those frustrations are happening too often right now, and the vengeance of the Banhammer is often too far behind.”

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To combat this, Bungie is assigning more staff and manpower to monitor user data to identify cheaters. Most crucially, if you benefit from being in the same Fireteam as a cheater, you’re liable to banned from the game as well.

“We want you to find new friends out there, but be sure they have your trust before you go. If you LFG your way into a fireteam with a cheater, get out and report them. If you ride them to a flawless, the Banhammer will come for you as well.”

Today Bandai Namco released a new trailer and a new commercial for its upcoming mobile JRPG Tales of Crestoria.

The trailer, which comes with English subtitles, is named “final trailer” which likely means that it’s the last one we’re getting before the game’s launch.

It focuses on the story and characters, also showcasing the main antagonist.

We also get a 15-second commercial that comes only in Japanese and provides another glimpse at Tales of Crestoria.

On top of the trailers, pre-registrations have also been opened on the official site of the game.

You can watch both below.

The Japan Independent Games Association announced that it’ll host BitSummit Gaiden in June as an online event.

This new event will be hosted on June 27 and June 28, and it’ll replace the 8th edition of Bitsummit that has been canceled due to the Coronavirus emergency.

The event will happen entirely online with livestream via Twitch, chats via Discord, virtual booths for developers, and even playable demos.

Information on speakers and a detailed schedule will be communicated soon on BitSummit’s official website.

If you’re unfamiliar with BitSummit, it’s Japan’s most relevant independent gaming event, usually hosted every year in Kyoto.

It usually brings together many smaller developers mostly from Japan, but plenty from the west also join the festivities.

It’ll be interesting to see what Bitsummit Gaiden will offer this year. Of course, you can expect full coverage here on Twinfinite.

If you’re wondering, “Gaiden” means “side story” which is pretty appropriate for an event hosted online to replace a regular festival like the original BitSummit.

[Source: Famitsu]

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It’s the end of a week, so it’s time to take a look at the GfK chart related to physical sales in the UK. This time around, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is back on top.

According to Gamesindustry‘s report of the chart, Nintendo’s cutesy game beats FIFA 20 back to the top with a 53% increase in sale week-over-week.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare completes the top-three followed by Ring Fit Adventure, which is obviously rather suitable for times of quarantine. Its sales increased by 95% week-over-week.

The Final Fantasy VII Remake dropped down to the eighth place with its sales declining by 50% week-over-week, while Trials of Mana didn’t quite make the top-10, ranking 16th with 61% of sales on the Switch and 39% on PS4. Do keep in mind that GFK only tracks physical sales, so PC copies aren’t counted.

Below you can take a look at the top-10 chart. If you’re interested in Animal Crossing: New Horizon, it’s available exclusively for Nintendo Switch and you can check out our review.

The popularity of Fate/Grand Order is still going extremely strong, and figure manufacturers continue to portray its characters basically non-stop.

Next on the menu is a Nendoroid portraying Meltlilith (or Meltryllis if you prefer that romanization) by Good Smile Company. You can find it available for pre-order on Ami Ami for 4,870 yen, which translates approximately into $45.

If you’re not familiar with the Nendoroid series, it’s a line of super-deformed posable figures by Good Smile Company that has become so popular over the years that many use the name as the definition for all chibi figures.

This one will release in November 2020 and stands at approximately 110mm tall. That’s actually a tiny bit taller than many Nendos due to her rather unique boots.

Of course, it comes with a base. Good luck having her stand on her own otherwise.

“Trample them underfoot…? How delicious.”

From the popular smartphone game “Fate/Grand Order” comes a Nendoroid of the Alter Ego class servant “Meltryllis”! She comes with three face plates including her composed standard expression, a provocative sneering expression and a blushing expression. Additionally, effect parts to recreate action scenes from the game and a Fou plushie are included as optional parts. Be sure to add her to your collection!”

You can check out what she looks like in the gallery below.

Dischan Media’s Mahou Arms will be released in early access next week, and today its director Saimon Ma shared some charming artwork to celebrate.

The artwork includes some beautiful character design sketches, and certainly contributes to underlining Mahou Arms’ rather unique style. 

You can check it out in the tweets below.

Square Enix revealed a brand new batch of Wander Art action figures portraying the wanzer mecha of the Front Mission series.

The figures are now available on Japanese retailers like Ami Ami, including the Frost in Hell’s Wall and city camouflages, the Grilezex in Goryuu and city camos, and the Kyojun’s Glen’s version and city camo.

They’re from Front Mission First, Front Mission 3, and Front Mission 5: Scars of the War.

The price for each is 7,260 yen, which translates into approximately $67.5.

The release windows are distributed between August 2020 and January 2021.

They all come with weapons, alternate hands, and some even have alternate heads.

If you want to check out what they look like, you can check out all six models in the gallery below.

This comes as the series’ “proper” releases have been basically dormant since 2008, with the forgettable Front Mission Evolved in 2010 and the pretty disastrous Left Alive last year.

Mecha Knights: Nightmare developer Damian Kubiak released a new video of his solo-developed mecha game, showing more progress.

This time around we get to see graphical improvement thanks to the transition to the latest version of Unity.

On top of that, we can take a look at a variety of missile weapon systems, both guided and unguided.

As usual, it looks quite impressive, especually considered that it’s made by a single developer.

You can enjoy the video below.

Set in 2049, Mecha Knights: Nightmare depicts a scenario in which monsters of unknown origin have appeared on Earth, and they’re gradually pushing humanity to the brink of annihilation. 

Among the sources of inspiration, its creator cites Armored Core, Front Mission, Earth Defence Force, Resident Evil, Blue Gender, and Muv-Luv. Personally, I can say this makes the project even more promising. Anyone mentioning Muv-Luv and Blue Gender among their sources of inspiration has my attention. I’m quite sure reading the brief description above will prove familiar to the fans of said titles.

The release window listed on Steam is fall 2020. At the moment, no other platforms have been mentioned.

Developed by Riot Games, Valorant is the newest and hottest competitive shooter game around. After an extensive beta period with just casual matches, Riot is finally ready to share some details about the competitive mode and explain exactly how it’ll work.

There are a total of eight ranks with three tiers each, except for the highest rank which is just referred to as Valorant. The ranks are as follows:

• Iron
• Bronze
• Silver
• Gold
• Platinum
• Diamond
• Immortal
• Valorant

Riot explains that in order to unlock the competitive mode, you’ll need to play 20 Unrated matches to warm up. After that, once you start playing competitive matches, your rank will be decided by your performance.

For the most part, winning matches will be the most important factor in determining your rank. However, Riot has also put a system into place that tracks your own individual performance, along with how decisively a match was won or lost. This should help incentivize players to play to the best of their ability, and prevent them from throwing matches, as it could reduce in a greater rank decrease otherwise.

In addition to that, the rankings will also take into account a player’s overall performance across all matches to prevent smurfing or paid level boosting, which can be a pretty common practice in other competitive games. Matchmaking will take into account player skill level of course, along with party size, and players will too great of a difference in ranking will not be able to play together.

Finally, the last major point was on the lack of rank decay. If you don’t play a competitive match in 14 days, your rank will be hidden but it won’t decay. After you’ve played another few matches, the game will display your rank again.

Izanagi Games has been releasing some interesting videos about the upcoming full-motion video game Death Come True. 

The videos showcase mini-video interviews with members of the cast, including the latest starring Yuki Kaji and earlier videos featuring Kanata Hongo, Chiaki Kuriyama, and Win Morisaki.

If you’re unfamiliar with Death Come True, it’s the latest brainchild of Danganronpa creator Kazutaka Kodaka.

You can check out the videos below.

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games released a new video about the upcoming space simulator. 

This time around, the video is all about the fauna that we’ll one day encounter in the game’s universe. This includes animals ranging from space cows (actually named Quasi Grazers but we all know everyone is going to call them space cows forever) originating from Terra to absolutely massive space whales that will actually float around Crusader.

At the end of the video we also get a tease of “more dangerous” animals that are in the concept phase.

You can watch the video below.

Star Citizen news is a crowdfunded game anbd the crowdfunding total recently passed $278 million.

To be more precise, it’s sitting on $278,431,433 at the moment of this writing. The number of registered accounts has also been updated ato 2,575,949.

As usual, it’s known that not all of them are paying players. The number includes free accounts created for a variety of reasons.

The closed beta of Blue Protocol is in full swing, and players have been posting a massive amounts of screenshots and videos showing the current built in all its glory. 

Since not many in the west are able to try it out, for now, we gathered a few of the best screenshots and videos being posted on social media and YouTube. 

Below you can see a few videos inn 4K and 60 FPS by YouTube users べべ and Slacking of Ameji. If you want to see more, you can find them here, for tens of hours of weekend entertainment.

Taleworlds continues to work hard on improving its early access game Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord. While they have left behind the initial one-patch-a-day beathtaking pace, they’re still proceeding quite quickly.

They just released update 1.2 which has been in beta for roughly a week, alongside beta update 1.3 for those who are a bit more adventurous and are willing to trade some stability for performance.

As usual, the beta update is opt-in, so you need to manually select it  (right-click on the game on your Steam client, select “properties” and then opt “into e1.3.0 beta” in the betas tab).

Whether you want to try the beta or stay on the safe side, both updates bring sizable performance improvements compared to the previous versions.

Below you can read the full patch notes.

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is currently available in Early Access for PC. If you want to see more, you can enjoy the latest trailer.

Multiplayer Crashes

Earlier today, Final Fantasy XIV players on the Japanese server Tonberry were the first to complete the second phase of the Ishgardian Restoration feature.

This provides the world with the first glimpse of what the future and much-teased housing wards in Ishgard will look like. 

As reported on the official ranking page, at the moment of this writing Tonberry is the only server to have reached stage 38, which completes the second phase of the restoration introduced in update 5.21.

This past week saw the release of a new update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and it’s an exciting one that brings quite a bit of new content to the game. Nature Day is here, Leif and Redd have been added as new NPCs, and the museum is even getting an expansion in the form of an art gallery. However, Nintendo’s also trying to stop the Bell economy from inflating too much.

The first form of these money-making nerfs comes with the drop in bank interest rates. As soon as you log in, you’ll receive a letter from the Bank of Nook informing you that interest rates have decreased, which means that you’ll receive a lot less money for leaving money in the ABD.

Even further than that, though, it looks like making money through selling bugs will also become much harder. Dataminers have dug into the update and game code and it looks like spawn rates for valuable bugs like the peacock butterfly, scorpion, and tarantula have all been nerfed. Whereas previously certain bugs had higher spawn rates in specific months or times of day, now all bugs have fixed spawn rates, making it harder to farm the valuable ones for money.

Syberia publisher Microids announced a partnership with The Adventures of Tintin company Moulinsart to create and publish a video game based on the comic book and franchise.

According to the press release, the “game title, artworks, and more details will soon be unveiled.” Although, it will be coming to PC and unannounced consoles.

The description for the game reads:

This new action-adventure game will transport the player into a whirlwind of incredible situations and suspense hand in hand with the legendary Tintin and Snowy characters. Other iconic characters will join the cast like the renowned captain Haddock, fond of fine whiskey and sophisticated slurs, the genius professor Calculus and the finest detectives Thomson & Thompson.

After navigating all seas, exploring numerous continents, doing some deep sea diving in a submarine and even walking on the Moon, the most famous reporter is ready for some brand new interactive adventures.

The Adventures of Tintin first appeared in video games with Tintin on the Moon for MS-DOS, Commodore 64, and other home computers in the late 1980s. It was followed up with several entries for the Super Nintendo, Mega Drive, Game Boy Color, PlayStation, and the last game as a tie-in to the 2011 film.

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If you’re interested in Google Stadia, a new “Connect” livestream has been announced for next week.

To be precise, it’ll happen on YTuesday, April 28 at 9 am PDT/ 6 pm CET. 

According to the announcement, we’ll hear from the team and see “a few new games” coming to Stadia. 

You can see the original tweet below. 

Earlier this month, Google has made Stadia Pro free for two months, while at the same time reducing streaming quality to 1080p to help reducing the load on the internet during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recently, tghe company also revealed a new first-party studio led by former Sony Santa Monica studio head Shannon Studstill. 

Kicking off at the beginning of this year, The Pokemon Company has been steadily releasing new episodes of Pokemon: Twilight Wings, a limited-time series that showcases characters, Pokemon, and locales from Pokemon Sword and Shield’s Galar region.

Just last week, the latest episode that focuses on the Water-type Gym Leader and model, Nessa, featured Pokemon that are not available in Pokemon Sword and Shield, which led The Pokemon Company to issue an apology to the company’s Twitter account:

The apology was tweeted out early this morning and it translates to:

“[Apology] In the web animation “Twilight Wings” some Pokemon that did not appear in “Pokemon Sword & Shield” were included. We’re sorry if this is misleading.”

Some fans apparently felt that they’ve been misled by the appearance of Pokemon such as Dewgong showing up in the anime.

Activision shared that Call of Duty Modern Warfare was the fastest-selling Call of Duty this generation, but even so, there are players that play Warzone for free without the full game. If you’re one of those players, now’s your chance to try out Modern Warfare with this free weekend.

The free weekend starts Apr. 24 at 10:00AM PT and lasts until Apr. 27 at 10:00AM PT. It gives Warzone-only players access to certain parts of the Modern Warfare multiplayer mode. It’ll provide access to five maps and five game modes, including some Season 3 content.

According to Activision’s website, the maps are limited to Aniyah Incursion, Hovec Sawmill, Talsik Backlot, Khandor Hideout, and Shoot House. The playable modes are Team Deathmatch, Kill Confirmed, Domination, Hardpoint, and Headquarters.

To jump into a Modern Warfare multiplayer session from Warzone, simply enter the Lobby, and you’ll see the 24/7 Playlist. Once you’re in the Playlist, you’re all set.

The multiplayer brings a good amount of realism, and it has crossplay support as well. Be sure to check out our Guide Wiki for a few tips on it before heading in.

Sony is after our wallets once again with another huge Big in Japan PSN sale that celebrates the best Japanese-developed games out there.

If you’re looking for the best games with the lowest prices, we’ve hand-picked a couple that you all should definitely check out. And also, the sale comes to an end on May 8, so get out there and grab these while you still can.

Judgment

Original Price: $59.99

Sale Price: $29.99

Judgment came out last year on PS4 as an exclusive and is a spin-off of the popular and wacky Yakuza franchise. You play as a top detective who is attempting to solve crimes while also dealing with the dangerous Yakuza of Tokyo.

Azur Lane publisher Yostar provided an overview of its future plans for the English servers of its popular shipgirl-focused mobile game.

During the next month there will be a new mini-event so that players can save up fuel and cubes before the next major one kicks in. 

After that, the English servers will diverge from the Japanese and Chinese servers and will get a rerun of a major event from the past before rejoining the event schedule from Asia.

A new skin for Amagi is in the works despite a delay due to unforeseen circumstances. 

The event providing the limited item to retrofit San Diego will also return soon for those who missed it the first time.

You can read the full message below. Incidentally, the art above is by Bibimbub.

We often escape to video games because we’re bored of dealing with the real world. After all, it can be exciting to spend time in a virtual universe with mythical creatures, fun methods of travel, and no consequences for our actions.

There are many different types of video game universes. Some are exciting and dangerous, some are quiet and peaceful, and some are molded by the actions of their inhabitants.

But just because you prefer to play a certain type of game, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’d do well living in that game’s world. Take this quiz to find out which video game universe you belong in!

As Twinfinite reported last week, Creative Assembly has been offering discounts across the entire Total War franchise this month, which kicked off in tandem with a free trial of Total War: Warhammer 2. Today, it’s gone one better, announcing a new sale from April 27 and giving away Total War: Shogun 2 completely free of charge to those who download it between that date and May 1.

There’s more to it than just spearheading the promotion, though. As explained in an FAQ post, Creative Assembly hopes its giveaway contributes to the #StayHomeSaveLives campaign, which encourages people to remain in self-isolation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The past few weeks have presented unimaginable challenges for many of us, but the remarkable collective effort being made by the global community to overcome this moment of adversity has been truly inspirational.

With this in mind, we want to continue to encourage you all to stay home and save lives by extending a gift to everyone to help make this difficult situation a little bit easier.

Everyone at Creative Assembly is now working from home, and we hope that this will help everyone with that stay home mission – #StayHomeSaveLives.

If you haven’t played Shogun 2, the grand strategy game from 2011 sees players take command of a 16th-century feudal Japanese army as they attempt to wrestle control of the islands.

As has become typical of the series, gameplay revolves not only around effective strategy in combat but also the development of settlements, military production, economic growth, and the technological advancement of their clan.

Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt RED is continuing to introduce organizations and gangs that you’ll meet in the upcoming RPG.

Today we hear about Kang-Tao, a Chinese company specializing in smart-gun tech and security services. 

Due to bold strategies and government backing they’re making their way to the top of the weapon industry.

We also hear more about the Animals, which we saw in the gameplay demo last year. Yet, this time we get a bit more color on their habits and we can take a look at their logo.

Today Bandai Namco provided an update about its upcoming mobile JRPG Tales of Crestoria, on top of new video assets.

We learn in a message on Twitter that the developer is planning to finally release the game in early June.

A new trailer will be released on April 26, and new videos focusing on the models of the characters have been released. You can watch them below.

Incidentally, this will be the first Tales game in the history of the series to release simultaneously worldwide and a beta test will be conducted in early May. 

You can read the full message from producer Tomomi Tagawa at the bottom of the post.

As a response to COVID-19, Bandai Namco is doing its part by adding to the list of free games that people can play while staying home. Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 will be available to download free of charge on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

The game will be free from today, Apr. 24, at 10:00AM PDT to May 10 at 10:00AM PDT. Be sure to grab it within the next few weeks if you’re looking for a retro game with a modern spin on it.

The game includes 3D graphics and a number of modes, including Score Attack and an Adventure Mode with bosses, rule changes, and tons of spectacle.

Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 isn’t the only game that’s free or discounted during this pandemic. There’s even a Humble Conquer COVID-19 Bundle offer that supports the Direct Relief charity efforts.

In terms of more free games to enjoy at home, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Play at Home Campaign was recently introduced this month.

It’s offering up Naughty Dog’s Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Journey by ThatGameCompany. Both of those games are free to download right now up until May 5 at 8pm PDT.