Today Bandai Namco Entertainment announced a new update for its popular JRPG Scarlet Nexus.

The update, which is numbered 1.08, brings crossover accessories and items from Tales of Arise and a “very easy” difficulty for beginners and those who simply want to enjoy the story.

We also learn that a new “story demo” is coming.

You can check the trailer out below.

Scarlet Nexus is available for PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. You can read our review  and, if you’re unfamiliar with the game, here’s how Bandai Namco describes it officially.

“In the far distant future, a psionic hormone has been discovered in the human brain, granting people extra-sensory powers and changing the world as we know it.

As humanity enters this new era, deranged mutants known as Others begin to descend from the sky with a hunger for human brains. Impervious to conventional weapons, those with acute extra-sensory abilities, known as psychics, are our only chance to fight the onslaught from above and preserve humanity.

The past few years have seen some startling revelations come out of big gaming companies, centered around toxic workplace culture and other major issues that have no place in the office. The likes of Riot Games and Activision Blizzard are prominent examples, and there has been a settlement reached in regards to the latter and the sexual harassment lawsuit that was brought against the company.

As reported by Kotaku, U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer has approved an $18 million relief settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). However, this conclusion is not exactly what those suing are looking for, especially as it might not result in meaningful change in the culture of Activision Blizzard.

While gamers can get their One Piece with the upcoming launch of One Piece Odyssey later in the year, those who prefer to watch the action unfold on-screen have other options. The anime is still ongoing, the Episode of Alabasta movie is out on Netflix, and there is also the upcoming live-action series from the same streaming platform. It is the latter that has more news, as the Netflix live-action One Piece series has cast its Fullbody, with actor Jean Henry taking up the role.

This latest development comes via a now-deleted Instagram post from the young actor, which was captured on Twitter by the One Piece Live Action News account.

War Thunder is a multiplayer combat game on PC and consoles that lets players take control of tanks, ships and aircraft from various time periods and just go at it. And like many other games of this type—World of Tanks and Warships in particular—the in-game chat experience can sometimes be dreadful.

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I appreciate a good single-serving game idea, and The One Who Pulls Out The Sword Will Be Crowned King is one. Its challenge is simple: pull a sword out of a stone by left-click grabbing it and pulling your mouse upwards. Its catch is devious: with each new player crowned king, the sword gets longer and heavier. Do you have the perseverence to be royal? It's free to find out.

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On March 23, Matthew Hagg, a professional Call of Duty player known as Nadeshot, expressed disappointment in a viral tweet that a new skin bundle for a weapon in the first-person shooter Valorant didn’t have a ton of alternate colors and special effects. He noted that the new cosmetics had “so much potential” but were…

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Hit indie hide-and-seek online multiplayer game Among Us could be getting a Master Chief skin in the game sometime in the future, both developer InnerSloth and Microsoft teased today.

Among Us studio InnerSloth tweeted an image of the game with a character donning the super soldier’s iconic green armor with the name “Spartan117” alongside what looks like a 343 Guilty Spark pet tagging along. The tweet tagged the official Halo account with the message, “the Impostor is coming for u… very soon.”

The official Xbox, Xbox Game Pass, and Halo accounts tweeted their own cheeky replies to the thread soon after, adding their own characters to the same scene. While no other information about the potential crossover was revealed such as when it it coming or how players could get it, it seems that at least Master Chief and his pet 343 Guilty Spark could be coming to Among Us sometime in the future.

I've got at least two jobs - three if you count parenting, four if you count eating as many salted cameral brownies as I can - but I still love games about jobs. That's what the latest Steam sale is about. The SimFest: Hobby Edition sale features "games that attempt to simulate a hobby or job", whether that's running a zoo, driving a truck, or making magic potions.

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Platform: PlayStation 4
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Developer: Clap Hanz
Release: August 29, 2017
Rating: Everyone

If you’ve been hitting the links online in Everybody’s Golf, your days on the green are now numbered. Sony has announced that the online servers for the 2017 title are shutting down later this year.

The shutdown occurs on September 30, as per a message that appears when you visit the game’s PlayStation Store page. It also states that “all online features (including online multiplayer modes) will cease on that date. You will still be able to play and enjoy the game in single-player offline modes.” 

Four Quarters, the developer behind the highly regarded deck-building roguelike Loop Hero, is encouraging players to pirate its game if they can’t find any legal means of purchasing it amid the ongoing sanctions placed on Russia after its military invasion of Ukraine.

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In Kirby and the Forgotten Land you can have a super-cute car Kirby (or “carby”) cake, but the pixels will soon take real (and delicious) shape in Japan, at the popular Kirby Cafes.

A limited-time menu to celebrate the new game and the 30th anniversary of the franchise will debut on April 1 and it’ll indeed feature the super-cute car cake.

According to the press release that shared the announcement, the cake will be be served at the Kirby Cafe Tokyo and at the Kirby Cafe Hakata in Fukuoka for the somewhat steep (but not so crazy for a themed cafe in Japan) price of 1,848 yen tax included. That approximately translates to $15.

The same special menu will include a Kirby Burger and pasta with meat and vegetables (and you can have the standard Kirby face or the retro one on the bun) and the Happy Birthday Kirby cake.

The burger also comes with the option to pay about $8 more to bring home the souvenir plate it’s served on.

You can check out a gallery below

Ghostwire: Tokyo, the cool new Tango Gameworks project about chatting up spirits and fighting ghastly humanoids, has managed to pull me away from Elden Ring. It’s a nice reprieve. Ghostwire is nowhere near as hard as FromSoftware’s latest Souls-like. So rather than roaming a vast, haunting open world and getting…

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Platform: PlayStation 5, PC
Publisher: Square Enix
Developer: Square Enix
Release: October 11, 2022

After weeks of Forspoken fun, the video portion of our coverage is coming to an end. But we're not going quietly into that good night. We have one last 4K episode of New Gameplay Today with developer Luminous Productions' exciting followup to Final Fantasy XV, including even more exclusive looks at the game. 

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Being able to construct towers and barricades is one of Fortnite's defining features, but the launch of the battle royale's Chapter 3 season 2 posited: what if nah? It removed building entirely, and that was around nine days ago. Now there's a new update which renames Fortnite's main mode to "Zero Build", suggesting the change might stick around for a while.

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Today Ubisoft and Blue Byte detailed the upcoming season pass for the popular city builder Anno 1800, including three DLC.

The first DLC will be titled “Seeds of Change” and launch on April 12, focusing on agriculture in the New World.

The second, titled Empire of the Skies will come in the summer and will focus on airships.

The third, coming late this year, will be titled New World Rising, which will bring cultural and economic expansion to the New World.

The price of the season pass will be 24,99€/$, while purchasing each DLC separately will cost you about 10 bucks more.

Incidentally, we also heard that Anno 1800 has reached 2 million players by the end of 2022.

You can check out a trailer and an official description below.

DLC 1 – Seeds of Change (releasing April 12th, 2022)

Season 4 kicks off in just two weeks with the first DLC – “Seeds of Change” – that allows you to revolutionize the agricultural sector of the New World.

To make this possible, you’ll first have to build the powerful Hacienda, which will become the agricultural hub of your New World empire. Construct and expand your own country estate with new ornaments as well as various highly efficient modules.

Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC
Publisher: Bandai Namco
Developer: Slightly Mad Studios
Release: August 7, 2020
Rating: Teen

Publisher Bandai Namco has announced that it will be delisting Fast & Furious Crossroads on April 29, effectively ending all sales of it. 

A US district court judge has confirmed they're "prepared to approve" Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard's $18m USD settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year, despite objections from other parties.

Activision Blizzard initially announced it had reached an agreement with the EEOC - to set aside $18m for employees who had experienced harassment and discrimination at the company - last September, but court approval of the settlement was delayed after California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing objected.

In that objection, the DFEH - which had filed its own bombshell lawsuit against Activision Blizzard in July last year, calling the publisher a "breeding ground for harassment and discrimination against women" - claimed the settlement would cause "irreparable harm" to its own ongoing legal proceedings if approved, given that its terms would, among other things, require employees to release Activision Blizzard from claims under California state law.

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A US district court judge has confirmed they're "prepared to approve" Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard's $18m USD settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last year, despite objections from other parties.

Activision Blizzard initially announced it had reached an agreement with the EEOC - to set aside $18m for employees who had experienced harassment and discrimination at the company - last September, but court approval of the settlement was delayed after California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing objected.

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Earlier this month, several Destiny 2 videos created by fans were removed from YouTube due to the filing of DMCA takedown notices. Bungie tweeted that they weren't responsible, but that they were "aware of a series of copyright takedowns" and were actively investigating. Some of their own videos had also been taken offline.

Now Bungie have filed a lawsuit in Washington against ten John Does, hoping to make an example of those who filed the "fraudulent" takedown notices.

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Activision Blizzard, the publisher-studio giant behind franchises like Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch, is set to bring an end to one of the multiple lawsuits filed against it with an $18 million settlement. 

It must be approved by the courts first, of course, and according to The Washington Post, U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer is “prepared to approve” Activision Blizzard’s $18 million settlement in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against it by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. It’s important to note that this lawsuit is just one of many Activision Blizzard is facing and you can read more about the others, including this one filed last week, here. 

“The Court is generally satisfied that both the monetary relief and the nonmonetary provisions are fair, reasonable, and adequate,” a California court filing published today reads, according to The Washington Post.

This morning, Sony finally unveiled its games-on-demand service in a blog post with more asterisks than the lease on your first apartment.. It’s a revamp of PS Plus called… [drum roll] wait for it… [another drum roll] PS Plus.

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Regardless of what you think of how the game turned out, there is no denying that Cyberpunk 2077’s aesthetic and vibe are just so cool. Even with all the crime and chaos home to Night City, it’s just such an awesome setting.

As such, it makes complete sense that Ryan Gosling’s nameless protagonist from the movie Drive fits into the game so well.

As you can see in the video above, well-known meme Youtuber eli_handle_b.wav created yet another cool mashup, this time with the movie Drive and the video game Cyberpunk 2077. The video shows just how the action of the movie and the game fit together, making us wish that Gosling’s character had a Keanu Reeves-like role in the game.

If you’re interested in more of Youtuber eli_handle_b.wav’s content, be sure to check out their official Youtube channel here. They’ve also got a Patreon where you can support their efforts to make more hilarious videos, which you can check out right here.

On the surface, Elden Ring looks like most difficult medieval fantasy games, as it places a heavy focus on memorizing your opponent’s moves and the flow of battle in order to defeat them with melee or magic abilities. If you get a bit clever, though, some of the builds that make up this game can get pretty crazy.

Take the insane build that uses the incantation Unendurable Frenzy that Youtuber Adam Barker has created. As you can see in the video below, this player’s character has basically been turned into a Mech from Armored Core, firing out laser spells at an insane rate, making even the biggest bosses quiver.

In the comment section of the video, Barker stated they’ll be uploading a full commentary video detailing what was used to create the insane laser lights show build, including how exactly it all works when it comes to defense. For more cool Elden Ring and Dark Souls content, be sure to check out Adam Barker’s Youtube channel.

We’ve also got plenty of other similar content in our related articles section below. That includes lots of features, news, and quizzes fans of both Elden Ring and the Dark Souls franchises are sure to love.

Zen-like puzzle and home decoration game Unpacking will be coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 sometime in the spring, publisher Humble Games announced today.

There was no exact release date for the launch, but more details would be revealed in the coming weeks, according to the press release. Humble Games also announced it had partnered with Limited Run Games for a physical release on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. Each comes with a cute cardboard box collector’s sleeve, and pre-orders are now available for the physical versions alongside a 2LP Vinyl Soundtrack of the game by BAFTA award-winning composer and audio director Jeff van Dyck.

Unpacking originally launched for PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Xbox Game Pass last November. The game revolves around unpacking belongings after moving to a new place and placing them around your home, whether it is a single room or an entire house. Players can discover a story about the character through which items stay or go over the course of eight moves.

The game had won several awards since its launch including from the Game Developers Choice Awards, SXSW Gaming Awards, D.I.C.E. Awards, BandLab NME Awards, Australian Game Developer Awards and Can I Play That? Accessibility Awards.

Blizzard has today offered a detailed behind-the-scenes look at development progress on its highly anticipated upcoming sequel, Diablo IV; specifically, the artwork that brings many of its beautiful locations to life. The blog post includes supporting commentary from some of the game’s leading artists, led by environments art director Chris Ryder.

As you’ll discover, the blog post begins by offering a detailed overview of how the team has conceptualized the artwork, which has been designed around “creating the environments of Diablo IV through a darker and more grounded interpretation than earlier installments.” The team has aimed for “believability, not realism,” we learn, which has been achieved in part by the use of physically-based lighting.

The article then takes us on a tour of six different locations that Ryder believes showcase the team’s highest priorities when creating environments in the game. Each location has both a written article and a video update blog, meaning there’s a bunch of new footage of the game you can check out. I’ve embedded them below.

Scosglen Coast

Orbei Monastery

When 2064: Read Only Memories was released in 2015, it encapsulated fans thanks to stellar pixel art, amazing characters, and an enthralling story. Just over seven years later, MidBoss hopes to capture that same spirit with the sequel, Read Only Memories: Neurodiver.

In this single-player adventure, players control ES88, a telepath with the ability to delve into memories. Using these powers, and a creature known as a Neurodiver, the psychic detective must chase down a rogue esper who has hidden away in other people’s memories, solving puzzles and making friends along the way.

I was able to get a quick preview of what fans can expect in Read Only Memories: Neurodiver, and there are already some noticeable differences. The first thing that is noticeably different is that the sequel looks even more visually impressive.

Sure, 2064: Read Only Memories looked beautiful too, but the next installment features even more detail than the first. Character portraits are more expressive, animations are snappier, and movement is pixel-perfect.

According to MidBoss’s Creative Director John “JJ” James, the team used everything they learned from the first game to add those small details. Interestingly enough, they also chose to limit the number of colors that can be displayed on screen all at once to give that natural color shift that older games used to have.

This simultaneously gives Read Only Memories: Neurodiver a retro and modern art feel to it, making for some really unique visuals. Alongside these visuals, gameplay has also been tweaked a bit for the sequel.

If cute critters of the damp variety are your thing, Frontier Developments has you covered in Planet Zoo's latest DLC expansion, known as the Wetlands Animal Pack, which will introduce the likes of the capybara, platypus, and more when it heads to PC on 12th April.

Wetlands, if you haven't been keeping a tally, will be Planet Zoo's ninth DLC expansion since its launch in 2019, following on from the Arctic Pack, South America Pack, Australia Pack, Aquatic Pack, Southeast Asia Animal Pack, Africa Pack, North America Animal Pack, and Europe Pack.

Given that this latest expansion falls into the 'Animal Pack' category, it lacks the zoo-sprucing scenery items seen in Planet Zoo's just plain-old 'Pack' packs, instead choosing to focus on a boosted number of creature additions - in this case bringing a grand total of eight new water-themed species: the capybara, platypus, Asian small-clawed otter, spectacled caiman, Nile lechwe, wild water buffalo, red-crowned crane, and Danube crested newt.

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If cute critters of the damp variety are your thing, Frontier Developments has you covered in Planet Zoo's latest DLC expansion, known as the Wetlands Animal Pack, which will introduce the likes of the capybara, platypus, and more when it heads to PC on 12th April.

Wetlands, if you haven't been keeping a tally, will be Planet Zoo's ninth DLC expansion since its launch in 2019, following on from the Arctic Pack, South America Pack, Australia Pack, Aquatic Pack, Southeast Asia Animal Pack, Africa Pack, North America Animal Pack, and Europe Pack.

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Meanwhile, the 2022 Premier Pass will provide players with costumes for Seth, M. Bison, and Akira, re-colors for all 45 characters, two fighter profile themes, five titles, and 10,000 Fight Money. Capcom is also planning to release new tracksuits for every character over the course of the Capcom Pro Tour.

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Pokémon-style NFT battler Axie Infinity was one of the biggest “success” stories in the world of crypto gaming. Now it’s responsible for one of the biggest thefts in the history of the technology. The gaming-focused blockchain Ronin Network announced earlier today that an Axie Infinity exploit allowed a hacker to…

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Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive
Developer: Rocksteady Studios
Release: 2023

Two big games were just delayed: the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. On this week's From Panel to Podcast episode, we talk briefly about the latter being moved into 2023, and also discuss Marvel Unlimited coming to Xbox Game Pass – a move that shocked us.

The Babylon’s Fall NieR Automata event is now live. 11 special campaign quests are live, there are themed emblems for reaching Amusement Park Rabbit ranked leaderboards, the hub got a new look, and people can earn certain cosmetics and weapons inspired by the game. Namely, people can get an A2 outfit, some Emil cosmetics, and swords 2B used.

Here’s the list of all the campaign quests available for the event. In each case, harder challenges unlock after beating lower tiers.

• Amusement Park Rabbit: Hard and Very Hard (Recommended Power 60 and 125) - Unlocks on April 12, 2022
• Beachhead: I, II, and III. (Recommended Power 20, 60, and 125)
• Certain Doom: I, II, and III. (Recommended Power 20, 60, and 125)
• Once More Into the Breach: I, II, and III. (Recommended Power 20, 60, and 125)

First, here's how the A2 outfit players can earn looks. This is at Sentinel HQ for Pygmalion.

One of the latest Pokemon-like games won’t appear on all platforms this week. Initially, Freedom Games and TRAGsoft announced Coromon would come to the Switch and PC on March 31, 2022. However, a last minute issue with some features resulted in a delay. As such, the PC version will appear as expected this week. However, the Switch release won't.

Here’s the full statement. It noted specifically that cross-platform multiplayer and online features, which could relate to general multiplayer or cross-platform saves, weren’t working as expected.

This is definitely not an announcement we ever wanted to make, but we want to be as transparent and honest as possible with you all. While working on our Nintendo Switch port of Coromon, we ran into some unexpected snags when it comes to online features and cross platform multiplayer. We want to make sure that the experience we bring to you all on Switch is going to be the best that it can be, and in order to do this, we have to delay the Switch launch. We’re hopeful that this delay won’t be too terribly long, as we know that you all are very excited to play Coromon on the go and against your friends/other researchers.

Back when it was released in 2015, MidBoss struck gold with its old-school cyberpunk adventure, 2064: Read Only Memories. The game boasted a solid story, likable characters, and beautiful pixel art that had fans gushing. Over seven years later, a sequel, titled Read Only Memories: Neurodiver, is finally almost here.

To shed a little more light on Read Only Memories: Neurodiver, I sat down with MidBoss’s Creative Director, John “JJ” James, and CEO, Cade Peterson. Thanks to both for taking the time to discuss the upcoming sequel.

Twinfinite: What are going to be the biggest differences between 2064: Read Only Memories & Read Only Memories: Neurodiver?

JJ: For the most part it plays the same. It’s still a point-and-click adventure that has a lot of the stylings of Japanese adventure games from the late 80s and 90s. 

The only thing that is really different outside of a visual update is that there aren’t really a huge variety of minigames. Last time we had map and maze puzzles; this time around, we decided to focus on one specific gameplay element: collecting relevant items in a memory and putting them into a fragment to repair it. 

That is basically going to be the main gameplay outside of interacting with characters and exploring the environments like the first game. 

Twinfinite: Will there be any characters that you think will stand out as Turing did in 2064: Read Only Memories?

Developer Witch Beam's "zen" puzzler Unpacking - which, you may recall, was named Eurogamer's Game of the Year in 2021 - will be making its way to PlayStation 4 and PS5 "soon".

Unpacking initially burst out of its box toward the end of last year, giving PC, Switch, and Xbox players the opportunity to experience significant moments in the life of its protagonist, as relayed entirely through the act of pulling her current possessions out of boxes and packing them away into a new living space each time.

"Here's a puzzle game, at surface, about tidying things away," wrote Martin Robinson on announcing Unpacking as Eurogamer's Game of the Year in 2021, "a premise that's compelling enough alone. There's something soothing about the fundamentals of neatly folding away t-shirts and socks while proudly stacking books on once empty shelves."

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