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Eagle Dynamic launched a “free for all” month for its combat flight simulator DCS World. 

While DCS World, that can be downloaded from Steam or the developer’s own website, is always free in its basic form, that offers only two aircraft to fly. 

With this event, you’re able to enjoy almost all aircraft for free until May 18. 

The event doesn’t include DLC campaigns and two specific aircraft the  F-14B and AJS-37 Viggen.

On top of that, should you decide to purchase anything that is currently free to keep it after the month ends, you’ll be able to enjoy a 50% discount.

Below you can enjoy the emotional trailer for the event. 

If you’re unfamiliar with DCS World, it’s an absolutely gorgeous sandbox flight simulator that offers a giant lineup of DLC aircraft for those who want to expand the experience.

Square Enix and People Can Fly have been releasing more footage of the upcoming cross-generation co-op RPG shooter Outriders.

The videos were released on social media, mostly focusing on powers, showing what you can do as a Devastator and Trickster.

You can enjoy the videos below. 

When it was announced that the new iteration of Final Fantasy VII would be a remake and not just a remaster, fans knew it would probably come with a slew of changes.

Although many aspects of the original game are expanded and built upon, the most noticeable are the members of Avalanche: Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge.

Spoiler Warning: This article will be talking about some scenes in the game involving Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge. Nothing that happens towards the end of the game, but if you don’t want to spoiled on anything at all, please click away.

In the original, the Midgar section of the game is about five hours, and in the remake, it’s the entire game. Thus, you get to spend a lot more time with Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge (all of whom are beautifully voice acted), who help you gain a perspective into the lives of people that live in Midgar.

The popular Japanese magazines Famitsu and Dengeki PlayStation just hosted the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2019.

The Game of the Year award was brought home by Pokemon Sword & Shield, which prevailed against a strong panel of nominees which also included Death Stranding, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

On the other hand, Hideo Kojima won the “Most Valuable Creator” award, with Death Stranding winning four awards including Best Rookie, Best Action Adventure, Best Graphics, and Best Character.

Below you can read the full list of winners and see if you agree.

Today, during the livestream of the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2019 from Japan, Square Enix released the first gameplay trailer of NieR Re[in]carnation.

The trailer showcases the first look at the gameplay of the upcoming title, which certainly looks like it’s coming straight from the mind of Yoko Taro, who is directing it supported by Yosuke Saito as the producer.

The developers mentioned that this gameplay was recorded directly while running on smartphone, and it certainly looks quite intriguing.

You can check it out below and judge for yourself.

 NieR Re[in]carnation, is mobile JRPG coming for iOS and Android. 

It’s developed by Applibot with character design by Cygames’ art subsidiary Cydesignation led by Akihiko Yoshida.

It will be free to play with the usual optional microtransactions, and it doesn’t have a release date just yet. It also hasn’t been officially announced for the west just yet.

During the livestream for the Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2019 Spike Chunsoft delivered more information about the  Danganronpa 10th Anniversary Project.

The first relevant announcement of the project is that the three mainline games of the series (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, and Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony) will be released for mobile. 

They will feature improved playability on a touch screen and dedicated UI for smartphone, on top of art galleries.

On top of this, we also get the announcement of a collaboration with Netease’s survival horror game Identity V.

Spike Chunsoft then announced a series of monthly livestreams dedicated to commemorating the series. They will start on May 21 from 9 pm to 10 pm Japan time. 

Lastly, we got a trailer to celebrate the 10th anniversary, which you can watch below.

The project was announced a few days ago by Spike Chunsoft, which promised “more Danganronpa content” and encouraged fans to “stay tuned for future announcements.”

Apparently, this is just the beginning, so we should indeed stay tuned for what is yet to come. 

Hopefully, there will be actual new games in store (and possibly on consoles), but it’s probably too early to tell, at least for now.

Only a short while after Deadpool was unveiled as unlockable in Fortnite, three other X-Force members have now been added as purchasable in the shop. On top of that, completing Deadpool’s Week 9 challenges will award you his grey and black X-Force costume/skin.

The X-Force members added which are Cable, Psylocke, and Domino are now available as skins you can grab from the item shop in Fortnite to complete your X-Force super squad in the game.

The X-Force was created in 1991 by Rob Liefeld, and as since seen a large rotation of heroes and villains enter and exit the team, such as X-Men Colossus and Cyclops.

Cable and Domino were both featured in the second Deadpool movie, and Psylocke made her big screen debut in X-Men: Apocalypse. Nothing is currently known about a third Deadpool movie, but with the X-Force appearing in Fortnite, you can enjoy them early.

You can see the trailer for yourself below, and prepare yourself for the comic book battle royale action.

While Final Fantasy XIV update 5.3 will be online a few weeks later due to disruption created by the Coronavirus emergency, it’s definitely still coming and Square Enix is preparing to show it off.

The next Letter from the Producer Live broadcast has been announced and it’ll include the first part of the introduction of the update presented by producer and director Naoki Yoshida.

Incidentgally, the second part of the broadcast will see Yoshida-san himself visiting one of the live servers to have fun with players there, even if we don’t know which it’ll be.

This is going to be the 58th installment of the broadcast, which has continued uninterrupted since 2011. If you want to witness history, Square Enix has been rebroadcasting the original three episodes. 

Games Done Quick is currently holding a speedrunning marathon with all donations from the event going to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Corona Relief Done Quick began earlier today and will run through the weekend until Sunday, April 19. Unlike previous Games Done Quick events that were held in front of a large crowd, the Corona Relief Done Quick is an online event only which can still be watched through the group’s official Twitch channel.

The full schedule of games for the event can be found here, and includes speedrunning staples such as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Metroid. There are a few new entries including Pokemon Sword, Antichamber, and the recently released Ori and the Will of the Wisps.

All donations made during the event will go to Direct Relief, a humanitarian aid organization “with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies.”

Last month, GDC postponed its upcoming Summer Games Done Quick event in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. It will now be held on Aug. 16-23, 2020 in Bloomington, MN. The groups’s previous event held last January, Awesome Games Done Quick 2020, raised over $3 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.

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Today, following a series of teases, a trailer for an upcoming limited edition Xbox One X tied to Cyberpunk 2077 has surfaced.

The video (via Wario64) provides a nice 360 degrees view of the console, which is coming in June 2020.

While its does include the game likely in code form, the trailer comes with a warning that that part of the bundle won’t be available until September.

The bundle also includes the controller leaked a few days ago, while the console itself is heavly decorated with a complex “cyberpunk” paint job and custom panels, led, and a glow-in-the-dark “No Future” decoration.

You can watch it below.

Square Enix is continuing their Stay Home and Play campaign and have made Hitman GO is available for free for iOS and Android devices from its regular price of $5.99. There are no strings attached or hoops to jump through, simply load up the app store of your choice and “purchase” the game for the discounted price of nothing.

Hitman GO (no relation or similarities to Pokemon GO) is unlike any other game in the Hitman series. This spin-off is a grid-based puzzle game where you must move a plastic 47 around a plastic landscape and time his movements to remove any obstacles people in his way.

San Diego Comic-Con is the latest in a string of conventions to announce its cancelation for 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. An official announcement was made earlier today via the organization’s website, which expressed regret for the first cancellation in its 20-year history.

The event will instead return to the San Diego Convention Center from July 22-25, 2021. The announcement also reiterated that WonderCon Anaheim, which was to have been held April 10-12, 2020 is also taking a year off.

“Extraordinary times require extraordinary measures and while we are saddened to take this action, we know it is the right decision,” said David Glanzer, spokesperson for the organization. “We eagerly look forward to the time when we can all meet again and share in the community we all love and enjoy.”

Importantly for those directly affected, SDCC’s announcement confirmed that individuals who purchased badges for Comic-Con 2020 will have the option to request a refund or transfer their badges to Comic-Con 2021.

Similarly, exhibitors for Comic-Con 2020 will also have the option to request a refund or transfer their payments to Comic-Con 2021 and can expect an email also.

Finally, for those who had already made a hotel reservation with Comic-Con’s official hotel affiliate, OnPeak, the company will be refunding all deposits made automatically.

Ninjala is an upcoming Battle Royale action game from GungHo Online Entertainment and it’s headed to the Nintendo Switch eShop as a free-to-play title on May 27, 2020. The development team has just announced that the title will be getting an open beta in just a few weeks so interested folks can jump in and try it out for themselves.

According to the press release, the global open beta will be available to the public on April 28 and April 29 during specific periods of time. It’ll feature the eight-player battle royale mode and a separate training mode. Players will also have access to four of the 12 weapons that’ll be in the game at launch.

Ninjala’s open beta will be available for the following periods in each time zone:

PDT
April 28, 12:00-12:59
April 28, 20:00-20:59
April 29, 04:00-04:59

BST
April 28, 20:00-20:59
April 29, 04:00-04:59
April 29, 12:00-12:59

CEST
April 28, 21:00-21:59
April 29, 05:00-05:59
April 29, 13:00-13:59

The team has also released a new Ninjala developer diary video to its YouTube channel and you can watch it down below. The team goes into detail about how the combat works and discuss topics like how to parry and how to craft powerful weapons:

The domestic seasons around the world might have been suspended due to COVID-19, but EA Sports are continuing with their annual Team of the Season promo. However, for FIFA 20, it will be called Team of the Season So Far.

It won’t work any differently to normal Team of the Season, with squads being made up of the best performing players of the domestic seasons.

As usual, the first squad that will be released will be the Most Consistent/Community Voted team, which will be made up of players who have performed well all season but never received a performance based upgrade.

Final Fantasy VII Remake is finally out in the wild, and while the game is fantastic, after rolling credits I immediately began to think about all the things Square Enix could do to make the next game (Part II or whatever they are thinking for a title) even better, both mechanically and in terms of the plot.

Warning: Just a heads up, this article will contain SPOILERS, as it is quite difficult to talk about where ‘Part II’ could go without discussing where ‘Part I’ went. You have been warned!

Following the announcement for Japan made earlier today, Yostar revealed its plans for a rerun of a popular event on the English servers of its mobile game Azur Lane.

The event is “Crimson Echoes” which was originally launched in January 2019.  

This is certainly welcome news for many considering that the event focuses on Amagi, who was voted as the most popular shipgirl by the western audience last year.

What remains to be seen is whether we’re getting a pure rerun of the old event or the boosted version coming to the Japanese servers including battleship Tosa and two new destroyers ( Maganami and Hanazuki).

We’ll keep you posted as soon as Yostar announces further information but for now, you can check out the trailer with English subtitles below.  

If you’re unfamiliar with Azur Lane, it’s is a free-to-play mobile horizontal scrolling shooter/RPG hybrid currently available for iOS and Android.

GameStop is having a huge one-day-only sale this weekend and if you’re stuck inside and looking for some awesome games to play for the cheap, now’s the time to stock up. Some GameStop locations are offering Delivery@Door which allows you to buy products online and then pick up the location’s door or you can get the items shipped to your home.

The one-day sale starts and ends this Saturday on April 18 and features heavy discounts on a lot of major video game titles and consoles. You can check out the sale advertisement right here or look down below for a list of the biggest games/consoles that will be marked down tomorrow:

Ring Fit Adventure

Best Workout Video Games

Ring Fit Adventure is a brand-new IP from Nintendo that brings working out into the living room and makes it highly entertaining. This lite-RPG has you jogging through dozens of stages and defeating enemies and bosses by using different workout techniques.

By using a leg strap and a stretchy Ring-Con controller, you can perform a bunch of workout exercises that keeps you fit and causes major damage to your opponents.

It might be hard to purchase Ring Fit Adventure right now since the title has been seeing shortages as of late, but if you do get your hands on it, it’ll keep you fit and healthy without having to pay for a gym membership.

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Warning: massive spoiler alert for Final Fantasy VII Remake contained within! You probably figured as much when you read the title though, right? We will be talking about what happens at the end of the game.

A reimagining of one of gaming’s most treasured works is bound to be divisive. It doesn’t matter whether you’re concerned about censorship or just anxious to know whether it maintains the quirky, sometimes janky elements of the original that captivated us over two decades ago, you’re likely to have reservations. (PS. “attack while it’s tail’s up!”)

One of the interesting points of contention, however, is whether the integrity of the plot will be maintained. At the time of its initial release, it was a revolutionary yarn that took twists and turns, making bold strides towards the kind of cinematic storytelling that comes standard in today’s industry. It was a primordial predecessor in so many ways.

The alterations, sometimes on a grand scale, are apparent early on in the Final Fantasy VII Remake, and you can take them however you like. Several, which I won’t mention directly in this article, are sure to be met with massive backlash by many members of the community in the coming days/hours/minutes/present moment.

In fairness, Square Enix aren’t trying to do a step-by-step facsimile of the PS1 classic, and if any changes don’t sit well with you, the original is still right there and available to play on modern platforms — go nuts.

After saving up tons of bells last week, I finally had enough to feel comfortable dropping one million on turnips. Come Sunday I would be taking my biggest risk so far in New Horizons when a perpetually sniffly boar would let me try my hand at playing the stalk market.

When the turnip seller, Daisy Mae, comes to town in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it’s like a little weekly New Year’s Day for those of us who are into the stalk market. Even if you had a bad week, it’s a brand new opportunity to try something different that could turn your fortunes around.

It’s exciting, scary and joyous all at the same time.

Everyone shares their turnip prices so we can all get the best deals and then storing them is a whole ordeal on its own. I’ve seen people make entire rooms, massive fenced gardens and even paths made of turnips.

Today Kadokawa Games released a brand new trailer of its upcoming Metal Max Xeno remake Metal Max Xeno Reborn.

The trailer showcases characters, vehicles, and monsters in action, including a look at the Field Bus that was revealed back in March.

On top of that, we learn that a livestream to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the series will be hosted on May 24. The original game was launched on the same day in 1991.

The livestream (which you can find embedded at the bottom of the post) will include info on Metal Max Xeno Reborn and a development progress report on its sequel, Metal Max Xeno Reborn 2. 

We also get the reveal of a reversible cover which will be included in the first-print copies of the game. The art is a homage to the original Metal Max. There will also be a limited number of 100-page manuals with plenty of info on vehicles, weapons, and enemies.

You can check out the new trailer, the reversible box art for both platforms, and the manual’s cover below.

Persona 5 had a lot going for it. Great characters, incredible music, fun gameplay, solid dungeons, it had it all. So what could Persona 5 Royal possible add to all of that? Well, in a word, more. 

The recent drop of the massive Persona 5 Royal had everything that Persona 5 had, and even more. Some of these new additions were very welcome and a lot of fun, and some additions were a surprise, but cool nonetheless. 

Of all of the new elements Persona 5 Royal introduced, here are the top 5 we hope the Persona franchise continues to use. 

Developer Dotemu has been dropping Streets of Rage 4 trailers and teasers one after the other for months now, but one of the few things they never showed was a release date. Fans will be happy to know that that’s no longer the case.

The game is coming sooner than you’d think. It’ll be out for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on Apr. 30 for $24.99. If you’re looking to get a physical copy, Limited Run Games is the place to look. Pre-orders are available now on their site.

Unsurprisingly, Dotemu released another new trailer to make this Streets of Rage 4 release date announcement.

The trailer also reveals the return of Battle Mode, which will allow players to face off against each other in one-on-one fights or team brawls using either the modern or retro versions of the playable characters.

If you missed the various character introductions, we’ve got you covered. The main playable roster includes Cherry Hunter, Adam Hunter, Floyd Iraia, Axel Stone, and Blaze Fielding.

Check out the trailer below to see them all in action in the Battle Mode alongside a few other notable characters.

Today Yostar revealed the next major event for its popular shipgirl-focused mobile game Azur Lane during a livestream from Japan.

The event has not yet been confirmed for the English servers, so keep that in mind, even if Yostar has been quite good at launching almost all major events at the same time.

It’ll start on April 23 and end on May 7 and it’ll bring back the Sakura Empire-focused event “Crimson Echoes” from January 2019, but it won’t be entirely the same.

We’ll see the return of Amagi, Kaga’s battleship version (The real Kaga was initially planned as the second Tosa-class battleship), Makinami, Ashigara, Naka, and Hatakaze, but there is more.

The event will also include the SSR battleship Tosa, the SR Destroyer Maganami, and the SR Destroyer Hanazuki.

On top of that, we’re getting new skins for Makinami, Hanazuki, Naka, Ashigara, Maganami, and Hiei, on top of a retrofit for Isuzu.

We also learn that Zeppy, Hiei-Chan, and Akagi-chan will be added to the permanent construction pool.

Last, but not least, the third collaboration with World of Warships has been announced. While no details have been provided, the event will happen in both games. More news about this will come at a later date.

You can see all the shipgirls and skins below.

The COVID-19 situation has caused a number of countries to go into lockdown, or at least impose restrictions such that people are forced to limit their daily outings and stay home instead. With no real end in sight to the lockdown, and my realization that even as an introvert, this is just way too much home time for me, I’ve grown exceedingly appreciative and grateful for video games, my Nintendo Switch, and Ring Fit Adventure.

Switches have been selling out fast over the past couple months or so, and even if you could find one in the wild you’d probably have to buy it at an insane markup. Having had my Switch since launch, the deluge of video game releases have certainly been effective in curbing my boredom and keeping me from going quite mad in my own house.

But then there was another problem: how do I stay in shape while spending the bulk of my time at home?

The solution turned out to be pretty simple as I laid my eyes on Ring Fit Adventure while browsing the Switch catalog one afternoon. It’s not a cheap game; coming in at a couple hundred dollars, you’re investing in the game, along with the included accessories: a leg strap and a Ring-Con. Desperate for something new to keep my attention while allowing me to maintain my fitness at the same time, I ordered it without a second thought.

This past week, I’ve settled into a new routine: wake up, take a quick shower, pop in Ring Fit Adventure, and complete a level or two. It’s surprisingly worked wonders for my mental health. Being cooped up in a house for almost the entire day for an indefinite period of time has definitely taken its toll, and being able to release that stress in a productive and healthy manner helps.

Today, during a livestream from Japan, Compile Heart had a few reveals to make about the upcoming DLC for Azur Lane: Crosswave.

We already know that the DLC will bring new shipgirls straight from the mobile game, on top of new support shipgirls, and new story chapters.

First of all, we get release dates for for the DLC, which will be as follows.

• DLC 1 Taihou – April 20
• DLC 2 Formidable – April 27
• DLC 3 Roon – May 11
• DLC 4 Le Malin – May 18
• DLC 5 Sirius – May 25.

A season pass will be available, for 4,950 yen, which translates into approximately $46. Do keep in mind that the dates here are for Japan. At the moment, Idea Factory international has not confirmed them for the west yet.

We reached out to the good folks at IFI asking for a clarification on this, and we’ll keep you posted on what they say.

Update: IFI got back to us, but they mentioned that for the moment they have no update on this.

We also learn the remaining shipgirls that will come with each DLC exclusively as support and secretaries.

We we already knew that the first DLC included Jean Bart, Dunkerque, and Saint Louis. Below you can see the full list for DLC 2-5, with the newly-revealed shipgirls bolded.

• DLC 2 – Zara, Warspite, Neptune
• DLC 3 – Graf Zeppelin, Deutschland, Graf Spee
• DLC 4 – Baltimore, Essex, Centaur
• DLC 5 –  London, Alabama, Azuma

New gameplay showing off Taihou in action was also broadcasted.

Aside from the odd wonky texture here and there, Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s graphics are absolutely superb. Character animations, the panning shots of Midgar, and the frenzy of its vibrant battle encounters are some of the most eye-popping visuals we’ve seen this generation. And today’s Inside Final Fantasy 7 Remake episode, the last in the series, puts a spotlight on exactly that.

The episode sheds light on the various development processes, inspirations, and core principles that guided the team’s choices in aesthetics for the game. That includes a fascinating insight into how the lipsynching for cutscene animations was automatically generated. There’s also time spent reflecting on the original game’s graphics, looking back on its various innovations and limitations.

You’ll hear supporting commentary from producer Yoshinori Kitase, directors Tetsuya Nomura and Naoki Hamaguchi, character modeling director Masaaki Kazeno, lead animator Hiroyuki Nagatsuka, and battle animation director Hiroyuki Yamaji.

Check the video out for yourself below.

Today Cygames released new information, a trailer, and screenshots about the upcoming DLC for the fighting game Granblue Fantasy Versus.

We get to see Zoey in action and we learn her release date, which will be on April 28, closing the first character pass. At the same time, we’re getting the new Jewel Resort stage. 

Yet, that’s not all, two free updates in summer 2020 and early 2021 will expand the RPG mode adding chapters 41-45 and 46-50. 

Last, but certainly not least, Character Pass 2 will start in the fall with Belial and it’ll include six characters. 

You can enjoy the trailer and screenshots below.

Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding attempts to preach all sorts of powerful social commentary and deep philosophical questions. Personally, though, all I remember is delivering goods from one place to another like a madman for 60 hours. And the memes.

However, Saber Interactive’s hilarious new parody trailer for its upcoming SnowRunner might just trump the lot of them.

Called “United We Drive,” the spoof features the same narration-style, font, trendy music, and overly dramatic tone of Kojima’s divisive action-adventure game. Oh, and the absurdly on-the-nose character/truck names, too!

And in practice, SnowRunner has largely the same premise: “Keep America Going,” is a nod of the hate to Death Stranding, of course, but struggling across rugged terrain and maintaining the country’s infrastructure are two major elements that both games have in common.

For those who would like a flavor of the actual gameplay experience, here’s a previous trailer providing an overview of how SnowRunner plays:

The closed beta of Arc System Works’ Guilty Gear -Strive- is in full swing and the developer released another video.

The video, which continue a series started three days ago and continued yesterday and the day before, is basically starter guide showing Faust’s moves.

You can watch it below and get ready to master Faust in the beta.

Incidentally, if you registered for the beta, it’s going to run untl April 19 on PS4. You still have a few days left.

We also recently learned that the final game will include an implementation of the popular Rollback netcode for its online matches.

This morning we got to get a feel for what the Tower will be like when the Guardian Games event begins next week. This evening via the latest Destiny 2 TWAB, we learned a little bit more about how winners will be declared.

The best bit of news is that Bungie is aware there are more Hunters than any other class in Destiny 2, and the point system to determine the winner will be weighted to account for that fact and there will be an even playing field.

Each day during the Guardian Games you’ll be able to earn bronze, silver, and gold medals by participating in certain game modes and picking up laurels on the battlefield by defeating enemies with your new fancy class item equipped (see below).

Despite everything being closed down, Pokemon GO keeps on chugging along with another new event. This time it’s the Buddy Up event which will add a bunch of incredible bonuses and new Pokemon spawn rates to the game for a limited time.

First, the region-exclusive Pokemon Volbeat and Illumise will finally be available in all regions simultaneously for the Buddy Up event. You’ll also have the chance to catch a shiny version of each of these Bug-types.

Woobat will also become catchable in the wild and in research tasks. Following the end of the event, you’ll still be able to encounter the Psychic/Flying Pokemon in the wild and hatch it from 2 km eggs.

The Pokemon GO Team also announced a full list of other features that are exclusive to this timed event:

The following Pokémon will be appearing more frequently in the wild: Alolan Meowth, Chansey, Eevee, Feebas, Lillipup, and Joltik.

The following Pokémon will be hatching from 5 km Eggs and at a higher rate: Alolan Meowth, Eevee, Feebas, Lillipup, and Joltik.

Enjoy event-exclusive Field Research tasks that reward Stardust and encounters with Alolan Meowth, Volbeat, Illumise, and Woobat.

None of these Pokemon becoming more available will cause any major shakeups in PvP or PvE. Yet, it’ll help players who are looking to complete their dex and don’t have Volbeat or Ilumise yet.

When it comes to bonuses, they’re all about making your experience with your buddy better in every aspect. It’ll be easier to get buddy candies and hearts since they’re going to cut the required walking distance in half.

Better yet, your buddy Pokemon will bring you gifts more often and they even teased that you might get a new kind of gift from them. Here are the rest of the bonuses for the Buddy Up event:

It’ll be easier for your buddy to get excited!

Want to turn your island home into an art gallery and showcase your love of Vincent van Gogh, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michaelangelo to your Villagers and friends? Now you can, thanks to the Animal Crossing Art Generator courtesy of the Getty Museum.

The Getty Museum has curated an open-access collection of artwork for you to import them into Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Based on the Animal Crossing Pattern Tool that we’ve all turned to for the craziest pop culture designs, the museum, according to The Hollywood Reporter, has offered a collection of some of the greatest artwork in the history of mankind for you to import into the game by scanning the QR code via the Nintendo Switch Online app.

“With this tool you can fill your island with art and transform your home into a world-class art gallery. Create your own custom patterns featuring artwork from famous art collections around the world.”

The artwork patterns can be used to make paintings or easels or canvases, cover the walls and floors, and yes you can wear them on your shirts. The entire world is literally on your art palette!

Originally, Abra was supposed to be the Community Day focus in Pokemon GO for the month of March. Tons of gameplay changes and one pandemic later, we finally have a new date for Abra Community Day.

It’s essentially going to have all the same features you would expect from a regular Community Day with some extras that promote playing from home. Just to recap, here’s everything from the original event that is still happening in this rescheduled Abra Community Day.

You’re going to find Abra more often in the wild, a shiny version will be available, Alakazam will learn Counter during the event and there will be a paid Special Research quest titled Investigating Illusions.

That’s your standard Community Day fare except for the Special Research where you can earn 13 thousand stardust, a poffin, a rocket radar and more. There have been paid Special Research quests in the past, but this is the first to coincide with a Community Day event.

On top of those features, they also have a list of others included in what they’re calling Community Day: Play at Home Edition. Arguably the biggest change is that the standard length of the event has been doubled from three hours to six.

Catch stardust will now be tripled instead of just doubled. Instead of lures lasting for three hours, incense will now get a duration boost of the same amount. This will not only encourage players to participate in the event but do so from the safety of their own homes.

To even further the playability of Pokemon GO’s Abra Community Day at home, Great Buddies will frequently find Poke Balls and other items throughout the event.

Marvelous Entertainment and Honey Parade Games are preparing to launch another crossover in their free-to-play game Shinobi Master Senran Kagura: New Link.

Once again, the game is collaborating with the OVA series Ikki Tousen: Western Wolves, following the previous crossover launched a year ago. 

This time around, players will have a chance to get Sonsaku Hakufu, Kan’u Unchou, and Ryomou Shimei in their SSR school uniform versions and UR with a more flashy costume. 

The event launches tomorrow, April 17, and you can enjoy a trailer below.

Shinobi Master Senran Kagura: New Link is currently available only in Japan for iOS, Android, and PC.

Dating sims seem to be all the rage now. There’s a dad dating sim, a weapon dating sim, and now there’s a dating simulator called Later Daters that has you playing as a senior citizen in a retirement community.

Later Daters launched today on Switch and PC and is being self-published by Bloom Digital.

You can enjoy LGBTQ inclusive romance and poly relationship options, customize the look of your character, and you can even pick a cat, dog, or robot to act as your loyal companion. And the most important aspect: you can flirt with eight other residents of the old folks home.

Here’s the synopsis from the Steam page for Later Daters:

You’re the newest resident at Ye OLDE retirement community, where you’ll meet a cast of sexy seniors who are all dying (not literally) to meet you. It’s a lot like summer camp, but with orthopedic shoes, bridge clubs, and more jell-o. It’s an adjustment as you settle in, but who knows: maybe these will turn out to be the best years of your life!

Adventure, passion, and transformation are not experiences reserved for the young. Later Daters portrays the aging process as a rollicking romp and reminds us of what the elderly can teach us about our capacity for love.

In a statement from Sega today, it was announced that Sega Heroes would be deactivating its servers on May 21, after developer Demiurge amicably separated from Sega.

“After five years of fruitful collaboration, SEGA and Demiurge have decided to take different paths. In a common agreement, Demiurge is to assume full ownership of their studio. Regrettably, that means that we will have to discontinue SEGA Heroes. We wish Demiurge all the best in their upcoming adventures. Working with such a talented team has been an amazing journey,” Sega said in their statement.

Sega Heroes was a mobile connect-three battle game featuring characters for multiple Sega franchises. Due to the game being discontinued, Sega Heroes will be deactivating in-app purchases today, April 16. It will also be unlocking the following content:

– Legendary Events

– Dremagen Boss Battles

– Daily Rewards now grant lots of Gems

– All VIP levels granted to all players

– Taiga Saejima is available, completing the Yakuza Set

If you have made an in-app purchase with real money on or after March 17, you are eligible for a refund. For more information on how to apply for a refund, you can follow the instructions on the statement.

If you need more mobile games, check out our list of the best multiplayer mobile games in 2020. If you need more Sega, check out G-LOC Air Battle joining the Sega Ages collection on Switch.

Welp! TaleWords’ long-awaited sandbox RPG Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord has its claws in me; I’m so far down the rabbit hole I can barely find my way out to take a shower or make something to eat. 

Even when I do, it’s still on my damn mind: Queuing for the grocer, I nearly declared war when the bloke in front of me paid £23.99 in pennies; on the way home I pondered the efficiency of setting up a caravan instead of lugging “goods” by hand. And when the receipt in my pocket reminded me I’d just spent three times the normal price for a can of tuna, I cursed those pesky panic-buyers for laying siege to the town’s supermarket.

Still, small interruptions aside, I find myself actually glad that self-isolation means there’s barely anything to disturb my quest across Calradia. I don’t even have to pretend I’m disappointed to be letting friends down for missing social occasions! There’s not the slightest bit of guilt as I scurry to my PC at every waking moment… even if my obsession with it is very clearly driving me insane.

“The real challenge starts now.”

This is what the mercenary Cloud says after hiking up a 59-story staircase in Shinra HQ to attempt to rescue a dear friend. This very long climb up in Final Fantasy VII Remake comes straight from the original PS1 classic and after having experienced it in a new, remastered way, it hits different this time around.

Don’t worry! We’re not going into spoiler territory here as this piece doesn’t contain any end-game plot points, other than vaguely talking about the stairway climb, obviously.

You see, the staircase scene happens in the early hours of the original Final Fantasy VII. There’s a point when the player gets to choose whether to face enemies to reach the top of the Shinra tower by taking an elevator or by going through a quieter route by way of a staircase.

It’s a scene that you don’t see if you choose the former, and although the hike up the stairs didn’t do much for me in the original game, in the remake, it made much more of an impact.

Instead of taking place in the beginning, the scene happens roughly 20 hours into the game. By this point, we’ve spent a lot more time seeing just how Cloud’s relationship with Tifa and Barret has grown into something more than just work friends. They are a team now, with a clear unified goal, and tragedy has made their bonds inseparable.

People have died, friends were lost, and their goal is to take down this huge evil corporation, and trekking up this 59-story staircase tied it all together.

I included a video of the scene down below if you’ve yet to see it, but just be careful because this falls into spoiler territory:

If you’ve been on Twitch lately you have definitely noticed Valorant, the new competitive fps developed by Riot Games.

It blends the 5v5 tactical multiplayer of Counter-Strike with the abilities of the hero shooter genre. While both styles are familiar, together it makes for an entirely new spin on things that works very well.

After spending time with the closed beta each match I played came down to three important factors. Your team composition, your ability to make accurate and effective shots, and communication.

Currently, in Valorant, there are nine characters that all bring something unique to the table. Making sure your characters synergize well together can give you a huge advantage early on.

For instance, the character Brimstone comes equipped with smoke grenades that can be dropped from the sky. This on its own is useful, but when paired with Raze’s cluster grenades or Viper’s poison pool you can create some serious area denial to gain an advantageous position.