The simulcast of the latest episode of Attack on Titan, episode 73, has been delayed following a magnitude 4.6 earthquake that occurred in Wakayama prefecture of Japan earlier today.

Funimation and Crunchyroll both confirmed the delay via social media, stating the episode will not air anywhere else until its airtime in Japan finishes.

Attack on Titan normally begins its full simulcast at 3:45 EDT on Sunday. Approximately 19.5 minutes of the episode was actually broadcasted, but the simulcast cut off due to the event.

Titled “Savagery,” this episode of Attack on Titan carries over the fallout from the events of the last episode. It also focuses on what Levi and Zeke are doing in the forest.

Good Smile Company announced that its ultra-popular Pyra and Mythra figures from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 are getting another reprint.

Both figures were already reprinted in December 2020, but due to their popularity apparently that wasn’t enough and they quickly sold out again.

Now that they’re appearing in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, demand is going to flare up again, so here we are.

They’re available for pre-order at Good Smile’s own Americans (Pyra & Mythra) shop for $192.99, or at Ami Ami (Pyra & Mythra) for 20,166 yen, which roughly translates into $185.

The release window is quite far, September 2022 in Japan and October 2022 in America.

Pyra is sculpted in 1/7 scale by Akimofu, while Mythra is sculpted by Wotaku Mito (knead).

You can check out what they look like below, alongside an official description for both.

Today, during the BitSummit segment of the Game Dev Direct show, new gameplay of Production Exabilities’ upcoming narrative 3D shooter Wing of Darkness has been shared.

We get to see a full mission of the game, which keeps looking better every time it’s showcased.

There’s plenty of mecha waifu flying and shooting to be had, and the game seems to be quite ready to hit prime time.

You can watch it below.

Wing of Darkness‘ release for PS4, Switch, and PC has recently been delayed to June 3, 2021.

If you’re unfamiliar with this gorgeous narrative-driven 3D shooter, here’s an official description from the press release that announced the previous release date.

“Between high-octane action sequences and dramatic cutscenes, the Frauleins’ war unfolds…

Mecha Knights: Nightmare solo developer Damian Kubiak released another video of his upcoming mecha battle game.

This time around, we get a confirmation of the release window in late May 2021.

According to the developer, the risk of delays is low, but the priority is releasing the game without major issues.

The game’s content is complete and development is currently focused on polishing, balancing, and hunting bugs.

We also get to see new features, on top of plenty of gameplay. You can check it out below.

What do you suppose the ratio of sweet and tragic moments will be in the final season?

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Like every day, third-party developers are delivering news and releases for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

We get a new airport in Japan, and it’s a scenic one. Gate15Scenery announced and released Rishiri Airport (RJER).

It’s a small but very scenic airport on the sea on Rishiri Island, off the coast of the Japanese northern island of Hokkaido.

It can be purchased on SimMarket for approximately $15 plus applicable VAT.

Chun-Li doesn't need Red Bull's "wings" for her Spinning Bird Kick.

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The Poke-Lid trend in Japan keeps growing with new cities installing the popular Pokemon manholes on their streets.

This time around it’s Hachinohe and Hashikami in the northern prefecture of Aomori.

The first Poke-Lid features Geodude and Wingull. The second also Wingull, but the focus is on Pyukumuku, Pincurchin, and Snom.

In the pictures below coming straight from the press release, you can see what they look like.

Interestingly, the Poke-lids will mark locations for PokeStops compatible with Pokemon GO.

Classic Doom players are continuing to pick away at some of the hardest remaining community challenges left, beating missions without attacking a single enemy in some of the hardest retail Doom levels ever released.

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In 1991, Street Fighter II radically altered the video game landscape. It opened a portal through which all sorts of pretenders started flowing out. Some of them were good! Most of them were bad. The one I present to you this Famicom Friday has mostly been forgotten.

That’s right, Famicom. And not Super Famicom, either. This one was entirely 8-Bit and was a pretty incredible effort to replicate the 1v1 experience on the aging console. By 1993, most arcade kids were arguing about whether Mortal Kombat’s blood and fatalities were better than Street Fighter II’s actually good gameplay, but on the Famicom, you were hard-pressed to find anything close.

Beast Complex helps offer more insight into carnivore and herbivore relationships, while also providing more insights into how Beastars' world works.

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Back in 2007, Rockstar Games teased Grand Theft Auto IV with a series of late-night ads that appeared on channels like FX. All the ads amounted to were 30 minutes of watching a clock tick down, with every second punctuated by a gunshot. Young Zack, ever the sucker, fell for the hype hard.

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More Idolmaster games than you can shake a glowstick at.

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Ubisoft has confirmed that crossplay and cross-generation-play is on the way to Watch Dogs Legion's Online Modes.

While there's no firm schedule for release just yet, the official Watch Dogs Twitter account has recently begun responding to requests for the feature by stating that "the development team is working on adding this feature to the game with a later update".

"While crossplay and cross-generation-play is currently not available for the Watch Dogs: Legion Online Mode, the development team is working on adding this feature to the game with a later update," a Ubisoft representative said in just one of several tweets made by the official social media account over the last few days.

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It’s official. Microsoft has completed its purchase of Bethesda. They had a whole roundtable discussion about it and everything. (More importantly, it was officially approved by regulators.) Let’s have some fun with these two companies now stapled together like some hideous mega-beast.

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You wouldn't steal a Third Impact!

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The new AI-powered lip sync app Wombo lets you take a picture of basically anyone and have them sing along to a pop song. Historical figures and politicians are popular choices, as all you need is a fairly clear picture, but some users are making video game characters rock out, too. As you might imagine, the results are both hilarious and terrifying.

Wombo doesn't just make the photo subject's mouth move. Instead, the person appears to be actually moving around in their environment, with heads bobbing and shoulders grooving from side to side. As you can see in this example from Destiny in which Zavala sings Rick Astley's classic "Never Gonna Give You Up," the results are terrifying.

Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic got in on the fun with its own video, having the character Vendi belt out "I Will Survive."

The whole saga uploaded!

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The sublime soundtrack accompanying one of the PS5's best titles to date, Astro's Playroom, is available to stream now.

The full soundtrack - composed by Kenneth Young - is available now on pretty much every music streaming service, including YouTube Music, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Tidal (thanks, Kotaku).

It boasts all your favourites, such as I'm Your GPU, Memories of Play, and all variants of CPU Plaza.

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I choose you, Moon Ball! Vote for your favorite Poké Ball on Twitter. The top 3 choices will be available as buttons on Original Stitch's Pokemon shirts.

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Xbox is teasing Outriders may be coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service.

The official social media channels for Xbox Game Pass have never been afraid to drop cheeky hints and teases on their feeds, and the latest seems to imply that Square Enix's upcoming co-op RPG might be available to play for free as part of its subscription game library.

While the tease stops short of definitively confirming the news, it shared a screenshot of a faux email from "Melissa McGamepass" that asks if "anyone else has noticed a mysterious signal appearing in the distance lately".

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Best try the official support page, instead.

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Apex Legends developer Respawn has acknowledged there's a problem with Legends Bangalore and Caustic after a recent patch essentially nerfed the soldiers' smoke abilities.

When Chaos Theory was rolled out, the team made changes to the particle FX count for Legends that obscure the battlefield with smoke, making it easier for players to see through - and, perhaps more importantly, shoot - their enemies.

It's a big issue for Bangalore, Caustic, and Gibraltar in particular, as these characters rely on the cover of smoke to support their teammates.

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A 70-inch Hisense smart 4K TV and a 25-pack of KN95 masks lead Sunday’s best deals.

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Nothing really prepares you for stumbling upon a Lopunny that has had parts of its fur and flesh peeled off it, leaving a smooth monstrosity. And yet, that happened to me one day on Twitter. Now I can’t stop looking at all the other peeled Pokémon.

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Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon.

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Storytellers are creating a new canon of diverse characters

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Mark Twain once famously said, “Buy land. They’re not making it anymore.” It held true for a century, but Twain likely didn't imagine something like Minecraft when he said it. You can generate new land with just a few clicks, and one company is convinced that people need experts to help them landscape it, as well.

As spotted by CNN, a UK-based company called Whatshed is looking to hire a team of virtual landscapers who can give players advice on how to “improve their in-game outdoor space.” The company is primarily focused on offering advice on outdoor buildings like sheds and workshops, as well as greenhouses, and with the pandemic keeping so many inside, it’s likely a good portion of players have been diving deep into Minecraft for the first time.

Applicants need to have experience with Minecraft already, though not necessarily with landscaping--they do need to be able to demonstrate a “passion for gardening” and the outdoors. Proficiency with shears is probably not required.

One humorous line in the “responsibilities” section of the listing says that landscapers must provide suggestions that stay within a client’s “budget.” Whether this means real money based on hourly work or Minecoin in the game isn’t clear, but another page also mentions the latter.

If you’re on the other side and want to hire a virtual landscape gardener for your Minecraft world, you can also sign up on the same website. You’ll get an hour-long consultation and will then receive mockup designs and ideas for how to improve your world. This is truly the future.

Sega released new videos of the upcoming Phantasy Star Online 2 spin-off Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis.

The images were, as usual, provided by the official community Twitter account Rappy.Commu with notes translated via the official PSO2 global Twitter account.

We get to see several battle abilities and elemental magic techniques that can be enjoyed in the new iteration of PSO2, which look inevitably quite flashy.

You can check them all out below.

Sega released new videos of the upcoming Phantasy Star Online 2 spin-off Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis.

The images were, as usual, provided by the official community Twitter account Rappy.Commu with notes translated via the official PSO2 global Twitter account.

We get to see several battle abilities and elemental magic techniques that can be enjoyed in the new iteration of PSO2, which look inevitably quite flashy.

You can check them all out below.

Haley Bennett is joining the cast for Eli Roth's upcoming Borderlands movie.

While we don't yet know what character she will portray, a report by IGN intimates the figure will be "key to the past of Cate Blanchett's character, Lilith".

Bennett - who's previous work includes Hillbilly Elegy and The Devil All the Time - joins the star-studded Borderlands cast alongside Florian Munteanu (Krieg), Cate Blanchett (Lilith), Kevin Hart (Roland), Jamie Lee Curtis (Dr. Tannis), Jack Black (Claptrap), and Young Gamora actress Ariana Greenblatt (Tiny Tina).

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It may only be March, but I'd wager the cast of Gnosia is the most infatuating group of eclectic weirdos we'll see in gaming this year.

The 14 characters that make up the passengers of this wayward spaceship are a diverse bunch, with captivating stories to tell and styles that will undoubtedly inspire professional and amateur cosplayers alike. Throughout the game, you'll get to know each one of them, learn their often devastating histories, and figure out their tells for when it comes time to eliminate them.

Because one or more of these passengers is not who they say they are. They may look human, but in reality, they've been replaced by a Gnosia, an alien entity hellbent on the destruction of the human race. If any survive this galactic voyage, humanity is most assuredly doomed. But with no way to easily identify a Gnosia, the only thing you can do is hold a vote for who you think is most likely to be the enemy and hope to God you are right.

Watch Dogs: Legion launched back in 2020, but it wasn't complete, as online multiplayer was delayed until several months later. Though the game is available with cross-buy support between console generations, it doesn't support cross-play or cross-generation play, but Ubisoft is planning to change this eventually.

The game’s official Twitter account confirmed this when replying to a fan’s request, saying that the development team will be adding it in a later update. It didn’t give a date for when this update will happen and based on the delays we’ve seen for Legion’s online mode already--it was originally set to come out months ago--Ubisoft Toronto is likely working to make sure it runs smoothly before moving on to adding more features.

The previous Watch Dogs games have both included multiplayer modes, as well, and they didn’t try to deliver the exact same experience as the single-player portion but with more people. In the original game, for instance, you could use a separate phone app to attempt to stop a player running around on the ground. It was a novel idea given the phone-hacking interface the series is known for.

Someone has discovered a glitch that allows players to explore The Lgend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in first-person mode.

While glitches are often, by their very nature, complex things to replicate, this particular exploit discovered by Twitterer Axk_000 is actually pretty easy to reproduce.

You can do it yourself by pulling out the in-game camera, holding an item from the menu, and then cancel the item hold (thanks, Gamespot).

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Dying Light 2 developer Techland has admitted it announced the sequel "too early".

The admission came after the developer teased it had "a few words to share with [fans] about the Dying Light 2 development process", promising more information would follow on Wednesday, 17th March.

In a follow-up tweet further down the chain, however, the official Dying Light Twitter account responded to a fan who admitted they were "shocked" and wondered if the game was in "development hell".

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Creative Assembly has announced a new legendary lord for the dark elf faction is coming to Total War: Warhammer 2 from 18th March.

According to PC Gamer, Beastlord Rakarth of Karond Kar has armour that buffs his defences whilst swarmed by enemies, and boasts a Whip of Agony, a weapon that "can temporarily remove [enemies'] ability to cause the fear and terror statuses".

Rakarth also sports three mounts: a scourgerunner chariot, a manticore, and Bracchus the black dragon.

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