Month: February 2020

Five years ago, Techland released Dying Light. Initially, the game received mostly positive reviews, but certainly couldn’t be classified as a “certified banger”. However, over time, Techland has continued to support the game, adding copious amounts of new content and fixes. This has resulted in one of the most jam-packed games on the market and
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Bandai Namco held the second stream for Online RPG Blue Protocol on February 20. Multiple gameplay sequences were shown, and the Blue Protocol staff answered many questions via an FAQ. We’ve translated all the details below. This Blue Protocol FAQ re-explains certain features we already heard about in the past, but it also reveals new
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It wasn’t that long ago that Hideo Kojima’s latest title, Death Stranding, brought a new kind of gaming experience to players. It combined realistic walking with horror and stealth, to put it in simple terms. One of the consistent highlights of the game was walking around and suddenly the game’s soundtrack sets in. There’s suddenly a
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That island getaway just keeps looking better and better. A month out from Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ March 20 launch, Nintendo held a 25-minute Direct livestream on Thursday that gave an in-depth look at the many, many things players will be able to do on their soon-to-be island homes. With the infamous loan shark Tom
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Atlus held these past weeks a survey in Japan in order to create a ranking of all the BGM in Persona 5. Shoji Meguro’s work on the game has been highly praised worldwide, so this is quite an interesting survey. The results have been published on February 19, during Persona 5 Scramble‘s launch stream. Persona
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Today, Crea-true Studios’ 0.0.0.3 update for their Skate spiritual-successor Session went live, introducing many new changes. Highlighting the list of new changes is the addition of the new Legacy inputs; AKA Skate-like controls. The update note states; “Now you can play Session in a more familiar manner using the left stick to navigate and the right
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Since they’ve finished Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, and Shovel Knight Showdown, what’s next for Yacht Club Games? So far. the company only has one upcoming title announced, that of Shovel Knight Dig, and even that’s being developed in conjunction with another company. Based on a recent interview with Yacht Club devs on the Nintendo Power podcast, we
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Just a few months ago, THQ Nordic decided to try something new in game development. They released a playable demo for a potential remake of the classic Gothic game. Then, they asked fans to provide feedback on whether they should continue making it or not. Well, it seems the fans were heard loud-and-clear. THQ Nordic
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Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road was officially revealed a few weeks ago with the promise of more info to follow “after mid-February.” The time has come, and true to its word, Square Enix released the first set of details and screenshots on Wednesday to show how this new mobile experience will work. For starters, Dark Road will
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It has been a really, really long time since we have heard anything from THQ Nordic’s upcoming action-adventure title Biomutant. Despite being playable at conventions such as PAX and E3 over the past few years, the game hasn’t seemed any closer to receiving an actual release date. Now, the developers behind the title have provided fans
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In a surprising turn of events, Sony today informed fans that it won’t be attending PAX East in Boston, MA, later this month acknowledging that the ongoing coronavirus sickness is the reason for this move. Here’s the statement from Sony on the PlayStation Blog talking about this decision: Today, Sony Interactive Entertainment made the decision
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In today’s installment of, “Which company has THQ Nordic acquired now?” the publisher’s owning company has once again whipped out their checkbook and purchased developer Saber Interactive. It was announced this morning that Embracer Group, the parent company and owner of THQ Nordic, had snapped up Saber Interactive to the tune of $150 million. The
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Masahiro Sakurai confirmed the six DLC fighters in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass Vol. 2 will be the last ones. As you already know, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Director Masahiro Sakurai has a bi-weekly column feature in Famitsu Magazine. He shares many of his thoughts through this column, and it’s rarely actually about
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Square Enix published short gameplay sequences for Final Fantasy 7 Remake, showcasing some of its summons. We have Chocobo Chick, Carbuncle, and Cactuar. Note that all these three cute things are DLC-exclusives. In the west, Chocobo Chick is obtainable by pre-ordering the game. Carbuncle is in the 1st Class Edition and the Digital Deluxe Edition.
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It looks like PlatinumGames is set to pull another ace from its sleeve. Via Ryokutya2089’s magazine leaks, the studio has a “major announcement” that will be made soon through the Weekly Famitsu Magazine releasing on February 27 in Japan (officially titled Weekly Famitsu Magazine March 12, 2020 Issue). What this announcement might be about is
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CEO of Respawn Entertainment, Vince Zampella has revealed that Jedi: Fallen Order was potentially going to be delayed. The comments come from a backstage conversation after the studio won ‘Adventure Game of the Year’ at the DICE Awards 2020 that took place on February 13, 2020. Reported by USgamer, Vince Zampella admits that conversations about
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After weeks of outcries from fans around the world, Nintendo finally announced today when its latest Direct live stream will be transpiring. Taking place this Thursday at 9:00am EST/6:00am PST, Nintendo will be holding a Direct centered entirely on the upcoming release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. This event will be held exactly one month before
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