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Medieval strategy game Besiege is officially launching on PC today after five years of being in the Steam Early Access program.

The game allows players to create their own medieval destruction machines to crush soldiers and fortresses with a combination of mechanical parts, weights, and physics.

The game includes Workshop support so players can download others’ creations, though some players were able to make some incredible machines right after the Steam Early Access launch.

Besiege originally launched on Steam Early Access in January 2015, and the 1.0 update finally launched today after five years in the program.

The 1.0 update adds the final island, Krolmar, to the single-player campaign alongside a new category of blocks dealing with logic and automation. The four new blocks allow players to perform several actions in a machine with one button press, or perform it when the machine reaches a certain altitude, sensor, or time.

Developer Spiderling Studios says it plans to continue working on the game with improvements and prototyping experimental features.

Besiege is currently 50% off its regular price of $9.99 until Tuesday, Feb. 25. After the launch sale ends, the game will increase in price as per the developer’s early access plans.

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The Nintendo of America Twitter account has announced that there will be a live-streamed Direct airing later this week. It will feature the upcoming game Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

The Direct will take place on Feb. 20 at 9 a.m. EST, and it will last for approximately 25 minutes. It will give an in-depth look at Nook Inc.’s Deserted Island Getaway Package, which is the in-game reason for the player character to build his or her home on Tom Nook’s island.

Fans of the Animal Crossing series have been hungry for more news ever since the last trailer aired in the form of a commercial back in early January. Since then, the only news has been the announcement of an Animal Crossing themed Nintendo Switch console, which is set to release on March 13.

There’s still a lot that we don’t know about the upcoming Animal Crossing: New Horizons, so it will be interesting to see what Nintendo plans to reveal in the Direct. As we have seen in the past, a lot of information can be packed into a 25-minute spotlight, especially when it focuses on a single game.

If you are thinking about getting the game, you should know that Target is offering a pre-order bonus in the form of an adorable Animal Crossing themed journal. You can also visit Nintendo’s website if you would like to learn more about the game.

Out of nowhere, there seems to be a mini-event going on in Pokemon GO featuring fossil Pokemon hatching from 7K eggs.

These ancient Pokemon who were previously available in 2K, 5K, and 10K eggs are now only found in 7K eggs. Also, Riolu will return to 10K eggs effective immediately since the gifted eggs can now only produce fossil Pokemon.

This isn’t the first time that there have been special events focused on the 7K eggs you receive from gifts. The only difference is that this temporary change came out of nowhere.

Unlike other hatching events, there are no boosts in incubator effectiveness. Likewise, there’s no stardust or candy boost to speak of here. For now, it just seems to be a change in what Pokemon can hatch from 7K eggs.

The list of fossil Pokemon that are now hatching from these pink and yellow eggs is literally all of the fossils that are currently in the game. Here is that full list:

• Omanyte
• Kabuto
• Aerodactyl
• Lileep
• Anorith
• Cranidos
• Shieldon
• Tirtouga
• Archen

While most of these Pokemon will now take longer to hatch, this event will decrease the distance it takes to hatch a Tirtouga or Archen from 10K to 7K.

Thanks to the increased amount of candy you get for hatching Pokemon this will be a great way to work on your fossil collection. This should also make it easier to obtain more Tirtouga and Archen candies to evolve them into Carracosta and Archeops.

As of right now, we’re not quite sure how long it will run. The official release closed by saying that Spark is on the case so we’ll likely hear more soon.

Capcom’s Monster Hunter and FromSoftware’s Bloodborne feature some of the most popular “hunters” in gaming, and Good Smile Company has made both available for pre-order in Nendoroid form.

Both Nendoroid action figures can now be reserved at Japanese retailers, including Ami Ami.

The Nendoroid Bloodborne Hunter is priced at 4,360 yen, which translates into approximately $40. He’ll be released in August 2020.

He’s sculped by kan-D! of knead amd he’s 110 mm tall.

“The Night of the Hunt Begins.

From the PlayStation 4 Action RPG “Bloodborne” comes a Nendoroid of the Hunter who traveled to the city of Yharnam seeking blood healing. Optional parts include the Saw Cleaver, the Hunter Pistol and one of the lamps that function as checkpoints throughout the game. Be sure to add Nendoroid Hunter to your collection!”

The Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Hunter: Female Nargacuga Alpha Armor Ver. comes in standard and DX versions, priced respectively at 4,620 yen (approximately $42) and 6,300 yen (aproximately $57).

Both versions release in August 2020, and are scumpted by Shichibee, 100 mm tall.

The difference between them is that the DX version has more accessories.

“One who hunts under the cover of twilight, moving like the wind.

From the PlayStation 4/PC (Steam) game “MONSTER HUNTER WORLD: ICEBORNE” comes a fully articulated Nendoroid of a female hunter in Nargacuga Alpha Armor. This special DX version includes all the parts that are included with the standard version together with bonus parts for even more display options!

The Bigger Game – Far Cry 3 (Xbox One)

Xbox Games with Gold Predictions

The official reveal of which free games will be offered on Xbox Games with Gold for March 2020 is right around the corner, and in the meantime we have some predictions as to what those free games might be.

Usually one larger game leads the list, and for next month it seems like Far Cry 3 would be a perfect fit considering Microsoft’s history with Ubisoft.

Tons of Ubisoft games have been offered on Games with Gold in the past, including:

Google Stadia hasn’t enjoyed the smoothest of launches. Quite apart from a less than impressive library of games, a host of missing features has made its first few months on the market feel more like a beta than a proper release. Today, however, Google is taking a much-needed positive step by adding more robust support for mobile devices.

From Feb. 20, users will be able to enjoy Stadia on more than just Google’s Pixel family of smartphones. The service will support devices from Samsung, ASUS, and Razer.

The complete list of new compatible phones includes:

• Samsung Galaxy S8
• Samsung Galaxy S8+
• Samsung Galaxy S8 Active
• Samsung Galaxy Note8
• Samsung Galaxy S9
• Samsung Galaxy S9+
• Samsung Galaxy Note9
• Samsung Galaxy S10
• Samsung Galaxy S10E
• Samsung Galaxy S10+
• Samsung Galaxy Note10
• Samsung Galaxy Note10+
• Samsung Galaxy S20
• Samsung Galaxy S20+
• Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
• Razer Phone
• Razer Phone 2
• ASUS ROG Phone
• ASUS ROG Phone II

Today’s news comes by way of a community blog post over on Stadia’s official page.

Frustrated with Stadia’s lackluster release, Twinfinite recently compiled a wishlist of five games that we think would make the service much more competent. You can check it out here.

I love Square’s classic tactical-RPG Final Fantasy Tactics as much as the next person, but a Reddit user by the name of DividingPrescott either loves it way more than me, or at least has the patience and time of a god.

Recently posted on r/finalfantasytactics DividingPrescott, who self identifies as a “sick, sick boi”, showed off his most recent accomplishment: getting every main character and supporting character to level 99 using only the first map of the game.

It goes without saying that this took a ton of time and must have been a massive grind, but it’s even more than that. In random battles the enemies scale up to you and remain challenging however; DividingPrescott doesn’t have access to shops to get new equipment yet. Meaning he’s stuck using whatever weapons and armor he has at the beginning of the game.

DividingPrescott describes how he did it in a reply to a commenter also wondering how in his Reddit thread:

Just a lot of time and grinding. The hardest part is that the monsters level with you, but your gear doesn’t get any better.

Make sure you always have a way to resurrect party members.

The squire ability, focus, is the key for most the grind. You just focus. Forever. Eventually arithmetics and dance/song can replace fundements. Sometimes I had a character with martial arts. Never really bothered with any other secondary ability.

Jp up is required. Shirahadori on all my characters too. Move-jp is nice but moving usually takes more time than it’s worth for the jp, so I just camp my characters in a corner.

Right now there are several sales going on on the digital Xbox store that feature heavily discounted titles from EA and Ubisoft as well as a sale on Anime games and another sale that discounts video games that star animals –there’s a lot happening at the moment.

As for the EA Publisher Sale, you can grab Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order for $44.99, The Sims 4 for $9.99, FIFA 20 for $23.99, Titanfall 2 for $4.49, and even the not-so-great Anthem for only $8.99; considering that Anthem will be getting overhauled pretty soon, it’s not a bad idea to buy it now while it’s dirt-cheap.

For many, creating is the name of the game in Dreams. For the less creative among us though, we’ll want to check out the best that the world’s creators have to offer. Here are the best Dreams levels we’ve found so far that you should play as soon as possible.

We’ll continue to update this piece with more levels as we play more, so keep checking back for more. You can also check them out at https://indreams.me/, where you can add them to your list to play later.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ anticipated final season is earning acclaim so far, and today we have a new clip teeing up the storyline of the next episode, The Bad Batch. It’s set to feature an experimental group of defective clones that Captain Rex has called upon in his quest to thwart the onslaught of the Republic.

Disney describes the episode’s storyline:

“It’s the end of the historic Clone Wars, as the forces of darkness have amassed great power in their bid to transform the Republic into the Galactic Empire. With the Republic on a losing streak, Captain Rex fears the Separatists are using stolen data to help predict the Grand Army’s every move.

As the threat of defeat looms, Rex teams up with experimental Clone Force 99, also known as the Bad Batch. Together, they embark on a high-risk mission behind enemy lines to uncover the truth behind the Separatist victories in “The Bad Batch,” an all-new episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars making its debut this Friday, February 21 on Disney+.”

You can check out the clip below.

Today, kind of out of nowhere, Bungie teased the next story beat that may be coming next season during Season of the Worthy (or perhaps even further down the line), and it appears like we’re going to be merging a few of the loose threads from season 1 together.

Spoiler Warning: We’re going to show and talk about the cutscene now. We’ll put in the video form via iiDutchboyy below for you to see right now if you want, but if you prefer to log into Destiny 2 and see it on your TV the way Bungie intended go ahead and do that first and then come back.

OK, so first question: What the F? Second question: What did Rasputin say at the end there? Did he even say anything at all? Let’s break the cutscene down.

So we have our pal Osiris, who is finally allowed to do things now, poking around Rasputin’s home on Mars. We haven’t really heard much from the super AI Warmind since Destiny 2: Warmind’s story campaign where we teamed up with Ana Bray to bring him back online proper in spite of the Vanguard and especially Commander Zavala’s trepidation for doing so.

Even if you’re someone who’s not familiar with The Addams Family, you’ve probably seen the Thing sometime in your life –it’s that ghoulish-looking hand that moves on its own that’s disconnected from a human body and someone has basically created a proof of concept of a VR game that lets you control said hand.

push_matrix on Reddit posted this GIF earlier today to the gaming subreddit and asked folks if they would play a VR game where you could essentially throw your hand to solve tricky puzzles.

Of course, you wouldn’t actually be throwing your controller across the room (that’s just dangerous) but you would instead perform a throwing motion and then let the hand-tracking take care of the rest.

You can see the short video down below showing how the concept would work with a player “throwing” their right hand to hit a big red button that sits on a small table that then opens up a door:

No Man’s Sky has a new Experimental Update over on PC, and, as is typical, the developer has taken to the Steam forums to list the various fixes and new content on offer. What isn’t typical, though, is the addition of what would appear to be some pretty major changes unlisted in the actual patch notes.

As spotted users over on ResetEra, there appears to be a new class of organic ship buried within the patch. Thanks to ResetEra user FreezePeach for snapping the below images.

Paradox Interactive and Romero Games’ upcoming strategy/tactics game Empire of Sin has been delayed, the two companies confirmed in a press release today. It was originally slated for a spring release, but that’s now moved to the fall. The pair cites needing more time to realize its ambitious vision for Empires of Sin as reason for the delay.

Paradox Interactive’s CEO Ebba Ljungerud said of today’s news:

“We at Paradox Interactive, along with our partners at Romero Games, have an ambitious vision for Empire of Sin, and decided together that more development time is needed.

This will allow us to deliver the game that our community deserves and meets our standards.” 

Brenda Romero of Romero Games also weighed in:

“The challenge in making a game like no one has made before is exactly that – making a game no one has made before. It takes time to get everything right and presents us with some unique opportunities. I am grateful we are taking the additional time to polish.

The support and enthusiasm our community has shown thus far for Empire of Sin is incredible. We hope that once you’re let loose in Chicago and see the world we’ve created, you’ll believe it was worth the wait!”

For those not up to speed with Empire of Sin, the game puts you at the heart of Prohibition-era Chicago, showcasing the glitz and glamor of the roaring 20s through the lens of an organized crime syndicate. It’s up to you to pull the strings, manage your gang and dominate your neighborhood.

To check out more on how it plays, you can watch Empire of Sin’s most recent gameplay trailer here.

A lot can change in twenty years.

At the turn of the millennium, Pokemon’s popularity was at its apex. Gold and Silver built on the foundation that had been laid by the original games (as well as, let’s face it, fixing its many broken mechanics), and the pocket monsters looked slicker than ever on our tiny Game Boy screens.

That being said, the one thing we truly, desperately wanted, was for a fully-fledged Pokemon title to arrive on home consoles. Sure, it would come at the sacrifice of the franchise’s ‘battle anywhere, trade anywhere’ appeal, but the idea that we could see our beloved Lugias and Hoothoots in robust, polygonal glory was incredibly enticing.

The compromise, at the time, came in the form of Pokemon Stadium, a home console title that focused entirely on battling. When the first Stadium dropped on the Nintendo 64, I distinctly remember the thrill I felt seeing these beloved critters come to life. My Raichu sprung onto the field with a resounding shriek, ready to duel against my sister’s Rapidash.

Said Raichu was resoundingly shut down by Fire Spin, unable to land a single hit as we watched it slowly die in a pillar of flames. Again, gen 1 doing gen 1 things.

Today CD Projekt RED released a new update for the Nintendo Switch version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and it’s a juicy one.

The updaye, numbered 3.6, adds cross-save via cloud with the PC version on Steam and GOG, on top of new visual options to customize your portable Witcher experience.

You can check out the full patch notes below.

Update 3.6 — list of changes: 

• Added touch control support.
• Added save file integration with GOG, Steam and versions of the game for Switch from different regions.
• Added more text languages (in selected regions).
• Added more graphical options.
• Added multiple performance optimizations.
• Fixed various visual and functional bugs.
• Various gameplay and crash fixes.

While transferring saves from PC, please keep in mind:

• Mod-related bugs and blockers might get transferred from a modded PC game save file.
• If the save file name has been changed on PC, the Switch’s Cloud Save feature won’t be able to recognize it.

Incidentally, CD Projekt also mentioned that additional voice over languages will be distrubuted at a later time in selected regions as free DLC.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is currently available for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

If you’re not familiar with the game, you can read our review and see why it’s so beloved.

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Kingdom Under Fire 2, an MMO sequel that fuses action-RPG and RTS gameplay mechanics, is set to receive its third major content expansion since launching in late 2019.

The latest post-launch support update will add a new raid called Grave of Time, as well as a new mission called Dimensional Test. Additionally, there are new items and rewards on offer.

The full breakdown is as follows:

Sega is celebrating the decade milestone of two cult classics with the release of the Bayonetta & Vanquish 10th Anniversary Bundle. It’s today prepared a new launch trailer for the anticipated package, which showcases the remastered games in action on PS4 and Xbox One in 4K/60 FPS.

The remasters have been put together by the Texas-based Armature Studio, in partnership with the games’ original developer, Platinum Games. Armature Studio highlights the bundle’s key takeaways in a statement included with today’s press release:

“Armature Studio has partnered with PlatinumGames and Sega of America to port Bayonetta and Vanquish to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles, keeping the stylized, intense action and unique visuals of each game intact while increasing the framerate to 60 FPS, and supporting 4K resolutions on the Xbox One X and PlayStation 4 Pro.

As part of porting the game, Armature has updated both games to a modern 64-bit architecture, including the middleware used by the games. Armature worked closely with the original creators to realize their vision for the games on modern hardware, as well as updating each title with visual improvements and polish.”

The Anniversary Bundle is available as both a digital and physical package. Pre-orders of the digital PS4 version comes with two themes included: the Bayonetta & Vanquish, and the Bayonetta & Vanquish 10th Anniversary Bundle Theme. You’ll be able to pick up the latter even you purchase the game up to two weeks after today’s launch.

You can check out images of the steel book physical version below.

Annapurna Interactive and Simogo have announced that the pop album arcade game, Sayonara Wild Hearts, will be coming to Xbox One on Feb. 25. The news was revealed via an announcement trailer on Annapurna’s YouTube channel and on Twitter.

Sayonara Wild Hearts is a sort of rhythm arcade game that has you going through a variety of levels, with each one representing a different song on the fantastic soundtrack. Some levels will have you riding motorcycles and skateboards while others will put you on a dragon and place a sword in your hand.

After a young woman goes through a terrible breakup, she finds herself in this colorful and vibrant dream world where she discovers another version of herself with a mask.

I reviewed Sayonara Wild Hearts when it launched on Apple Arcade last year and had a fantastic time with the music-based arcade title.

The title will be out on Xbox One at the end of the month but you can also purchase it on Switch, PS4, and PC. And if you’re an Apple Arcade subscriber, you can play it on your Apple devices as well.

You can check out the Xbox One announcement trailer down below to see what the game is all about:

Today, during a livestream from Tokyo, Square Enix announced the end of active development for its fighting game Dissidia Final Fantasy NT and its arcade counterpart Dissidia Final Fantasy. 

We hear that the next major update will be the last, effectively bringing to a close the long run of the latest Final Fantasy fighting game. 

The update won’t include new characters, but it’ll come with new skins and weapons for Cloud of Darkness and The Emperor, respectively from Final Fantasy III and II. 

You can check them out in the trailer and artwork below. 

Larian Studios has been fairly secretive about the upcoming Baldur’s Gate 3 following the reveal in June 2019, but it’s finally about time to lift the veil.

Today the developer released a video providing a few sneak peeks on development assets and the usual inevitable comedy, but the juicy part comes at the end.

Larian Studios Founder Swen Vincke reveals that the gameplay reveal will happen really soon at PAX East, on top of a Q&A that will be hosted on Thursday, February 27 at 3:30 PM ET.

No further details were shared of what and how much will be shown, but this is quite promising and exciting.

You can enjoy the video below, and dream of the upcoming reveal. Hopefully, the game will be worthy of its glorious legacy.

If you want to see more about Baldur’s Gate 3 you can check out the original announcement trailer, a clip introducing the project, and a video celebrating the announcement and explaining what was going on in the original trailer.

Every time that Xbox Game Pass has a month like February 2020 I always wonder how this console generation would have been so different if the Xbox One had this from the start, or at least early on.

February 2020’s full list of Xbox Game Pass games, especially for console, is just bonkers; doubly if you’re a fan of great Japanese games.

Xbox Game Pass for console will receive the following games:

• Feb. 20: Ninja Gaiden II
• Feb. 25: Kingdom Hearts 3
• Feb. 25: Two Point Hospital
• Feb. 25: Wasteland Remastered
• Feb. 26: Yakuza 0
• Feb. 27: Jackbox Party Pack 3

Xbox Game Pass for PC is similar but has a few changes considering Kingdom Hearts III isn’t available on PC at all. No dates are listed for these, just “Coming Soon.”:

• Indivisible
• Reigns: Game of Thrones
• Two Point Hospital
• Wasteland Remastered
• Yakuza 0

Finally, we learned what games will be leaving Xbox Game Pass sometime this month. For PC it’s just the 3D platformer Snake Pass. As for console:

• Fallout 3
• Just Cause 4
• Rise of the Tomb Raider
• Snake Pass
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• Batman: Return to Arkham – Arkham City
• Batman: Return to Arkham – Arkham Asylum

Most games bought via Xbox Game Pass are discounted by 20%, so if you’re currently playing any of these games and want to keep playing them, you can at least get a decent amount off for it.

New Weapons

If there’s one thing that’s been really noticeable as part of Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 1, it’s been the stripped-back arsenal of weapons we’ve had in comparison to past seasons.

Where in previous seasons there were about three or four different types of Assault Rifle, numerous shotguns, SMGs, launchers, and weird and wonderful weapons for players to use, Chapter 2 simplified everything. There’s no longer half as many weapons, but it has somewhat simplified the pros and cons of each weapon in different combat scenarios. Though we’re still not over the loss of the beloved Hunting Rifle. F… F.

Chapter 2 Season 1’s not been completely devoid of new additions to the roster of weapons. The Harpoon Gun made its debut, offering a faster way to fish, as well as deal damage to your opponents. Sidegrading also introduced the Heavy Assault Rifle, albeit in a limited fashion (you can only get it from sidegrading).

Just last week, Fire Emblem: Three Houses got its biggest update yet. The new patch introduced a few quality of life changes for the base game, and also came packed with the brand new Cindered Shadows DLC for Expansion Pass holders. You might already know this, but it’s a good ass DLC.

Introducing a new, secret fourth House called the Ashen Wolves, Cindered Shadows gives players access to four new characters and classes, and they all mostly add new freshness and depth to what was already a very dense RPG.

The new story scenario itself is also a hefty affair, taking me about eight hours to complete on Normal Classic difficulty. The side story is completely separate from the main campaign, giving players a set party of characters including all three House leaders, and a student rep from each House as well. In addition to that, you get the Ashen Wolves themselves, and they sure are a special bunch.

Cindered Shadows kicks off with the most cliched of openings: Byleth and the three leaders spot a shady figure disappearing through a hole in the wall that leads to the basement of the church, and they decide to pursue. Once inside, they meet the four Ashen Wolves who automatically assume that you’re there to kill them, and so you fight.

Somehow, through the heat of battle, they learn that your intentions are actually pure, so you stop fighting and become friends. This is when Byleth learns of the Abyss, an underground society dedicated to those shunned by the surface and that need help. The story then sends you on a journey to find a long lost Chalice that can resurrect the dead, and uncover the mysteries surrounding this artifact.

It’s a very basic setup, and the plot itself is a bit predictable. But as we all know, it’s the characters and the way they interact with each other that make up the backbone of a Fire Emblem game.

NIS America has announced that it will be publishing Game Freak’s RPG, Little Town Hero, for the PS4 with some added features.

The Big Idea Edition on PS4 will include an art book, poster, lapel pin set, and official soundtrack CD with music composed by Toby Fox.

There will also be an easy mode added to the game that lowers the attack and defense of enemy Dazzits and special effects from enemies will show up less often. A big complaint of the original game on Switch was that the boss battles were extremely long and difficult so this update should remedy those issues.

Our reviews editor, Zhiqing Wan, wasn’t a huge fan of Game Freak’s new RPG, scoring the game a 2.5/5 which is a “poor” on Twinfinite’s rating scale. Here’s what she had to say about it:

Little Town Hero’s soundtrack is easily its saving grace, because it’s stellar, which is to be expected from the composer of Undertale and Deltarune, Toby Fox. Even then, it’s certainly not the strongest collection of music we’ve seen from him, with more than a handful of tracks that are often just mind-numbingly grating and repetitive.

Epic Games is continuing to roll out the teasers for the upcoming Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2, and this time it’s hinting at the return of the previously-vaulted Dynamite.

The teaser comes to us via the same way that the other ones have. It was posted on the official Fortnite Twitter account not long after the previous ones, that you can check out here.

As you can see from the image above, it doesn’t really tell us a whole lot else other than that Dynamite is making its return. The words surrounding it are all translations of the word ‘danger.’ These various translations may be a nod to the ARG that Fortnite has currently got going on, too.

Players have noticed phone numbers in random advertising popping up around the world. Phoning these numbers from a local landline results in a voice clip being played, often talking about ‘Agents.’

The second episode of the limited animated Pokemon series, Twilight Wings, is now live and ready to be watched on the official Pokemon YouTube channel.

Pokemon: Twilight Wings is a short seven-episode series that is set in the vibrant Galar region, the same setting from Pokemon Sword and Shield with each episode focusing on a different character and plot.

This newest episode centers on the fighting-type Gym Leader, Bea, as she sets off to train with her Pokemon after losing a Pokemon battle to Galar’s Champion, Leon.

You can watch the newest episode of Twilight Wings down below or you can go to YouTube:

Also, if you missed out on the initial premiere of the new animated series, you can watch the first episode right here.

For more on the Galar region and Pokemon in general, check out these new Pokemon-themed skateboards that are now on sale or these awesome Pokmon Funko figures.

We’re just a couple of days away from Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2 starting, and Epic Games has kickstarted its hype-building efforts with Twitter teases and even a real-life alternate reality game (ARG).

The teases first started dropping yesterday on Twitter around 10:00 AM ET. Simply showing off the golden hand with the words ‘Transmission Intercepted,’ it was pretty vague.

A couple of hours later, another tease dropped. This time, we got a few floating bits of gold, what look like contour lines, and some more detail in the background.

Bandai Namco Entertainment released a new trailer of the upcoming battle action game My Hero One’s Justice 2 alongside plenty of screenshots.

We get to see plenty among the playable characters who will appear in the game, including Gang Orca, Seiji Shishikura, Kemy Utsushimi, Kendo Rappa, and many more.

The trailer also showcases the Story Mode from both the hero and the villain side. 

You can check them all out in the trailer below.

And now, the massive gallery of screenshots showing plenty of heroes and villains who will appear in My Hero One’s Justice 2.

When Nintendo first announced the Switch Lite last year, it came in three eye-catching colors: turquoise, yellow, and grey. They were all beautiful-looking pastel colors, and considering the company’s track record with releasing new colors and designs for their consoles, it’s no surprise that they’d have another one in store for the Switch Lite.

A new coral colored variant has been announced for the console, and it looks just as aesthetically pleasing as its turquoise and yellow brethren. While it hasn’t been officially announced for the west yet, it should only be a matter of time before it comes over as well.

For now, we only have pricing and release date details for Japan. Pre-orders are set to go live on the official Nintendo Japan website on March 7, and the console itself will be officially released on March 20.

You can check out some images of the coral Switch Lite in the gallery down below:

Today Square Enix is updating its popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV to version 5.2, with a new patch titled “Echoes of a Fallen Star.”

Ahead of the servers going up at the end of the maintenance period at 2:00 am PST, the update is now available for download.

It’s a rather sizable one, weighing a whopping 2.661 gigabytes on PC. If you want to be one of the first to experience the new content, you better get downloading.

If you’re unfamiliar with the content of the update, below you can find a handy summary below.

Today Japanese figure manufacturers were in attendance at the winter edition of the Hobby Maker Joint Product Exhibition 2020 in Akihabara, Tokyo, and they had another look to share at their upcoming products. 

Of course, many of the figures at the show were related to gaming. While some were already presented at the latest edition of Wonder Festival, there were new entries.

Below you can enjoy a thorough look at them, courtesy of retailer AmiAmi’s English and Japanese twitter accounts.

Dragon’s Crown

Today Spike Chinsoft released a brand new and extensive trailer of its upcoming game Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story.

The trailer revolves around two major aspects of the title, its isometric hack & slash combat, and its online multiplayer.

Multiplayer is quite interesting, as players are allowed to either collaborate or compete and there seem to be a lot of room for mind games and betrayal if you’re co inclined.

Incidentally, we also get another glimpse at the story, which revolves around a samurai who decides to help the deeply indebted blacksmith Dojima earn more money as his cute daughter Nanami is taken by debt collectors as collateral. 

You can check it out below.

Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story releases in Japan on February 20 for PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The western release will come day-and-date with the Japanese one which is always a nice thing to see.

If you want to see more, you can check out the original reveal and a previus trailer from Spike Chunsoft.

Kristofer Hivju, the Norwegian actor known for his role in Game of Thrones as fan-favorite character Tormund Giantsbane, has been confirmed as part of Netflix’s The Witcher Season 2. That’s according to enthusiast blog site Redanian Intelligence, which has apparently acquired a casting breakdown of the season.

Hivju star in the season’s opening episode and is strongly suspected to play the role of Nivellen, a character featured in one of The Last Wish’s short stories called “A Grain of Truth.” That’s because his codename is “Nigel,” and the show has a history of using codenames that start with the same letter as their actual character.

Further, Nigel’s description matches that of Nivellen, who is described as “a charismatic, witty and funny man. He’s from an aristocratic family and has been cursed as a boy for the crimes he has committed in the past.”

We won’t spoil anything for those who haven’t read the books, but that lines up almost exactly with Nivellen as depicted in the books.

The blog had actually predicted Hivju would feature in the season 2 a while back after one of The Witcher Season 2’s directors tagged him in a social media post while scouting filming locations. Later it was discovered that Hivju had recently followed a bunch of Witcher accounts, too.

In related news, we recently learned that Netflix’s animated series is about Vesemir’s Witcher path.

An Unreal Engined 4 version of The Witcher Enhanced Edition is now playable in VR thanks to a new mod. Over on Nexus Mods, Patryk Loan explains that currently the mod only allows players to “take a walk in Kaer Morhen,” but there are future plans to add more maps and even story sequences of the game. It currently supports Oculus, HTC, and Windows Mixed Reality.

A new trailer showcases the modified version of the game for the first time, which you can check out below. As you can see, it switches the perspective to first-person for a more immersive experience.

Installation of the mod appears easy enough –though we haven’t yet tried–, requiring simply that you own The Witcher Enhanced Edition, download the mod, and follow the installation procedure. Head over to Nexus Mods to download it.

A quick bit of snooping around Patryk Loan’s YouTube channel reveals a work in progress recreation of The Witcher’s opening prologue in Unreal Engine 4.

The Big Game – Mirror’s Edge Catalyst

PS Plus Free Games Predictions

It’s just about that time for Sony to announce what free games will be included on PS Plus for the upcoming month of March 2020, and just about our time to give our PS Plus predictions.

Last month we saw a really strong line up with The Sims 4, Bioshock: The Collection, and PSVR game Firewall Zero Hour. This marks the first time a PSVR exclusive has been included on PS Plus since Starblood Arena back in February 2018.

For next month, we predict action/adventure game Mirror’s Edge Catalyst from EA seems like a likely choice.

Past EA games offered on PS Plus include Plants vs. Zombies in February 2013, Titanfall 2 in December 2019, The Sims 4 for the current month of February 2020, and much more.

Mirror’s Edge Catalyst released way back in 2016, and considering Sony usually only waits two to three years before it puts a AAA game on PS Plus means this title is way past the time when we would have expected it’s inclusion.

Nintendo has announced via a tweet on its official Twitter account that those beautiful wireless SNES controllers for the Nintendo Switch are now back on sale after being unavailable for quite some time now.

The wireless controller perfectly emulates the original controller for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and can be used to play the SNES and NES games that are available exclusively for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers.

Obviously, we will be talking about spoilers and post-credits scenes for the new Sonic the Hedgehog live-action film that’s just been released in theaters. So, if you do not want to get spoiled, I would recommend turning away now and never coming back.

Just kidding, just go watch the movie and then you can come back and check out this article, but you’ve been warned.

More Eggman

Arguably, some of the best scenes in the Sonic the Hedgehog movie were the times that Dr. Eggman, played by Jim Carrey, was on-screen. Carrey did a fantastic job bringing his humor into the role and you can tell immediately that he was having a lot of fun bringing the character to life.

Developer Nimble Giant Entertainment has announced that its time-bending multiplayer shooter Quantum League will run an open beta for PC players from Feb. 21 to March 2.

Nimble Giant’s lead designer Balthazar Auger said of today’s announcement in a press release today:

“Quantum League‘s open beta is a great opportunity for players to test their skill and experiment with the time loop mechanic. We can’t wait to see the new strategies players will discover.”

Quantum League is described as a “revolutionary time paradox shooter.” The online shooter sees players battle within a time loop, tactically teaming up with their past and future selves in mind-blowing one-versus-one and two-versus-two matches.

It’s set within an alternate universe in which time travel has changed the face of competitive sports into something much more deadly. Donning armor and weapons, competitors duke it out in specially designed arenas and must call on a high degree of teamwork to emerge unscathed.

Quantum League’s unique mechanics demand that players take into consideration where they were and where they want to be to make a winning shot. Check out a tease of the gameplay mechanics in a new cinematic trailer below.

Nine Dots Studio’s open-world fantasy RPG Outward’s first premium DLC, Soroboreans, is set to launch this spring. The news comes by way of a press release from both the developer and its publisher Deep Silver, which confirms a March 26 release date.

In keeping with the game’s emphasis on survival mechanics, role-playing, and exploration, Soroboreans isn’t a story expansion but rather a set of new systems to enhance those core features.

This includes Corruption, an effect that impacts your character in different ways and adds new layer of strategy to the survival experience. Further, new status effects are also to be introduced, said to have the potential to completely change playstyles.

There’s also a new progression system called enchantments, which allows players to upgrade weapons and gear with new effects. Presumably, this will keep our favorite gear competitive against new enemy types in addition to the inevitable influx of new gear scattered throughout the world for Soroboreans.

While new locations aren’t mentioned in today’s press release, it does appear that there will be new places to explore based on the first teaser images of Soroboreans seen below.