Yeah, you read that right. Not only is this the day we're jumping back into Replay, but we're also doing it in a big way. Super Replay is back, and we couldn't think of a better last-gen game to kick off the show with than FromSoftware's iconic combination of gameplay excellence and incredible world-building in Bloodborne.

While the esteemed developer was already well-known for its work on the seminal Dark Souls series and paving a way for a new sub-genre, Bloodborne was able to capture the attention and imagination of those not as versed in what From had worked on before. Looking back at the official Game Informer review, it's clear that Bloodborne left an early and lasting mark on those who played it: 

With the sixth and final season of AMC’s Better Call Saul beginning filming, now is the perfect time for anyone who hasn’t gotten into the show to start. And yes, we understand how good Breaking Bad was, but trust me, this show isn’t just a b-grade spin-off of it.

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One of the hardest parts about creating a prequel series is that you have to keep fans interested even though they already know how a lot of the characters and main stories end up. Better Call Saul solves this problem by focusing on things that don’t require viewers to even have seen Breaking Bad to be interesting or compelling. 

Starting today, you can play a bunch of Bethesda-published games on Game Pass, thanks to Microsoft and ZeniMax’s recent marriage. Some were previously available. Many are new. However you slice it, if you’re a member of Microsoft’s games-on-demand service, you now have 20 largely excellent games at your fingertips.

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The CDC recently released an actual guide for zombie preparedness, with tips and tools for surviving disastrous situations illustrated in a graphic novel. CDC officials might be suffering from a bout of pandemic cabin fever, but I, for one, will take heed of their advice, which can apply to almost any emergency…

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Have a gamer or collector in your family with a birthday or graduation coming up? Or maybe you’re just looking for fun reward for yourself after an especially long winter? Whatever the situation, we gathered some of our top recommendations for gadgets, toys, clothing, board games, and more, sure to appease even the most discerning enthusiast.

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Today Koei Tecmo released a new gallery of screenshots of the upcoming Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey DX, which will be part of the Atelier Mysterious Trilogy Deluxe Pack.

Today we hear (and see) about the new content and features introduced with this new version of the game.

We get to see the new vehicles and a Puni Drone that will help you traverse the map with different effects.

New quests have also been added focusing on killing monsters to help out Palmyra, leading to a fight against her as well.

We’re getting a speed mode for battles that will double the speed of combat, a photo mode, and a Digital Art Book mode that lets you enjoy art and music from the game.

Of course, the DLC previously released for the game will be included.

Fans concerned about sales affecting balance of FUT game mode

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Immortals Fenyx Rising, Ubisoft's greek mythology inspired open-world adventure, will be getting its second helping of paid post-launch DLC on 25th March.

Myths of the Eastern Realm, as it's known, moves away from Immortals' usual Olympian action, instead following a new hero, Ku, on a journey - taking place long before events of the main game - across a new open-world map inspired by Chinese mythology.

"When a brutal war breaks out between Heaven and Earth," explains Ubisoft, "humanity is turned back into the clay that the Goddess Nuwa formed them from. But...Ku, escapes the curse of the broken heavens and emerges into the fallen world."

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In this 2019 GDC session, BioWare's Ben Cloward shows off the shaders created for the world of Anthem. ...

In today's contest you can win a Gioteck Premium Wireless Controller for Switch or PS4!

I'm not wasting any time today -- we're giving away a freakin' purple controller! Also a camo one. Sorry, I don't mean to diminish camo, but up against purple there's no contest. It's just how it is.

Even if you don't like purple or camo, it's a free controller! Stop complaining, and let's give away some free stuff!

To get your hyper-casual game to global launch faster and beat out competitors, here are six tips for speeding up the launch process at each step of publishing. ...

Aerosoft’s Bombardier CRJ is most definitely one of the most-anticipated add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator, and it’s only a few days away.

Today the developer published three more videos, as usual narrated by a professional CRJ pilot explaining systems and procedures.

This time around, the video, which are quite gorgeous, focus on the end of the flight with an approach to Munich, landing, taxing, and shutdown of the aircraft.

We already know that the The CRJ add-on by Aerosoft will release on March 16 including the 700 and 550 versions of the aircraft. An optional further add-on will follow 6-12 weeks later including the 900 and 1000 variants.

Trials of Osiris is back

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Join Steve Golson and Warren Spector as they revisit their GDC Classic Game Postmortems for Ms. Pac-Man and Deus Ex at GDC Showcase. ...

The Genshin Impact Windblume Festival will have four major activities and a chance to earn and improve the Windblume Ode bow.

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The first thing I did upon setting foot in Foundation, the hub world central to Final Fantasy XIV’s Heavensward expansion, was sign up for the Astrologian and Dark Knight job class. This is extremely out of character for me because I only play damage dealers in MMOs, and Astrolgian and Dark Knight are healer and tank…

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Today FuRyu released another new trailer of its upcoming JRPG Caligula 2, or The Caligula Effect 2 as it’s going to be called in the west.

The trailer focuses on #QP, one of the “Obbligato Musicians” that guard the virtual world of Redo and that will oppose the heroes’ drive to freedom.

He is voiced by Inori Minase, whom you may know as Maya in Dragon Quest XI, Hestia in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Rem in Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World, and Altina Orion in the Trails of Cold Steel series.

The associated composer is Kairiki Bear. You can check out the trailer below.

The Caligula Effect 2 has recently been revealed and it’ll be released in Japan on June 24 for PS4 and Nintendo Switch.

Western gamers will have to wait a bit longer, but we already know that it’s coming to North America and Europe in Fall 2021 for the same platforms, courtesy of NIS America.

The servers for the cutesy customizable platformer LittleBigPlanet have been temporarily taken offline, and players believe a DDoS attack is to blame. ...

Head to the Tower for some Exotics

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It’s A Nightmare on Elm Street with dread instead of Freddy

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Pokémon Go developer Niantic is testing a feature that lets players see what might be inside the game’s eggs before they walk the many miles to hatch them. It appears this is a response to the argument that the game’s eggs are akin to lootboxes. There is an awful lot that could be better about Pokémon Go, but I would…

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Rust is finally coming to consoles later this spring, so naturally the news caused its PC audience to furrow their brows wondering how the game would perform on PS4 and Xbox One. Can the last-gen boxes handle everything the game has to offer without devolving into a stuttering, unplayable mess? Developer Double Eleven, who is handling the console ports of the game, is addressing those concerns by releasing uncut gameplay videos of Rust running on consoles.

The developer put together two different gameplay videos of Rust running on PS4 Pro and Xbox One X, the most powerful versions of the last-generation of consoles. While the demonstration may be less illuminating for owners of the standard PS4 and Xbox One, it still provides some idea of Rust’s performance on a home console, including its load times and framerate. If you've never played Rust, the videos provide a solid idea of the moment-to-moment action and the various loadout options used to customize your playstyle. 

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When we got an extended look at Dying Light 2 at E3 2019, we were blown away by the gameplay demo. However, in early 2020, the studio delayed the game indefinitely and then went largely quiet ever since. Now, developer Techland has announced a development update planned for next week. 

Scheduled for Wednesday, March 17, the Polish studio says it will give fans an update on the development of Dying Light 2. "We've got a few words to share with you about the Dying Light 2 development process," the tweet from the official Dying Light Twitter account said. "Be sure to be with us next Wednesday." The studio then said that people who join the Dying Light Discord server will be the first to see it.

We've got a few words to share with you about the Dying Light 2 development process.
Be sure to be with us next Wednesday.

Want to see it first? Join our discord server now at https://t.co/Iyivc8uFWx pic.twitter.com/gkfcGLgsdV

Nvidia’s other 30-series GPUs offer more bang for your buck

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PC owners can head to Battle.net to play Crash Bandicoot 4 later this month. It'll arrive a few weeks after the Switch, PS5, and Xbox Series X versions.

The post Crash Bandicoot 4 PC Will Be on Battle.net This Month appeared first on Siliconera.

When's the last time you genuinely struggled to get a rare drop in a game and put in hour after hour only for your unlucky streak to persist well beyond reason? What stopped you from calling it quits?

I'm trying to hatch an ostrich egg in Stardew Valley – my first and only – but I can't, and I'm not alone.

You see, I'm on this island, and each day, I bomb the hell out of hundreds of rocks in a volcano while kinda-sorta-but-not-really dodging lava beasts. I'm trying to get a particular fossil to pop out that I can donate to a professor in exchange for a specific incubator that will let me hatch my new animal buddy. But there's a problem, at least for some of us: the item we need – a Mummified Bat – just won't drop.

Am I one of the unlucky few? How unlucky is too unlucky? Let me back up for a minute.

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I've been playing an unholy amount of Stardew Valley lately, and despite owning it on a few different platforms, only now – with the 1.5 update that added split-screen co-op – have I gone this overboard.

The marsupial of legend returns and he’s never been so fluffy. But there’s nothing soft and cuddly about Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time. In true Crash fashion, this cute and colorful platformer is here to kick your ass.

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Finally, there’s news on Dying Light 2. Well, sort of. There’s news of news coming next week thanks to a Twitter announcement today that has locked in a development update for Wednesday, March 17.

We’ve got a few words to share with you about the Dying Light 2 development process.
Be sure to be with us next Wednesday.

Want to see it first? Join our discord server now at https://t.co/Iyivc8uFWx pic.twitter.com/gkfcGLgsdV

— Dying Light (@DyingLightGame) March 12, 2021

Dying Light 2 is, of course, the anticipated sequel of 2014’s Dying Light, a post-apocalyptic, open-world zombie game that proved hugely popular. The second game was first announced way back in 2017, promising a larger, more ambitious iteration of the same design, though with a far greater emphasis on storytelling and role-playing.

But writer Chris Avallone, an intricate part of the studio’s plan to focus on storytelling, was forced to leave the studio after allegations of sexual misconduct, Dying Light 2’s development continued to falter. First, a delay earlier this year, then the departure Pawel Selinger, the game’s lead art director and writer who had been with the company for over twenty years.

Cheaper tier will be released in June, no word yet on price

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FFVII Remake plush dolls of Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, and Barret are all on the way, with the first two scheduled to appear in August 2021.

The post FFVII Remake Plush Cloud, Tifa, Aerith, and Barret Will Appear This Fall appeared first on Siliconera.

You know that Jack Nicholson nodding gif? That's how I feel whenever I hear the phrase Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis.

I mean, I love playing PSO 2 on the Xbox One. I've been waiting for it for years! But there's something special about the idea of playing a Phantasy Star offshoot at the same time with everyone else; sans a giant years-long Japan region lead. It's glorious, and reminds me of when my whole group dove into Phantasy Star Online together on Dreamcast and the OG Xbox.

We've already gleaned a bit of info from various Sega goings-on these past few months, but now we're diving even more headfirst into it really soon. How soon? March 18 at 7AM ET, otherwise known as 21:00 JST. You can watch it right here at that time.

As the listing reminds us, New Genesis is scheduled to be released "sometime in 2021" on PC, PS4, and Switch (via cloud version) in Japan. In the US, it'll also arrive on the Xbox One and Series X/S.

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Camp building is at the center of Fallout 76 and the game’s April 27 update will finally let players create, store, and manage multiple campsites, a massive boon to the game’s more industrious architects.

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