With a career at PlatinumGames that has spanned well over a decade, longtime director and producer Yusuke Hashimoto has had a hand beyond some of the studio’s most successful projects, such as the first two entries in the Bayonetta series. However, it appears that Hashimoto’s time with the company has come to an end just recently.
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During today’s latest edition of the Kombat Kast, the ongoing live stream series dedicated to Mortal Kombat 11, the team at NetherRealm Studios revealed another character who will be joining the game’s roster. Today’s addition to MK11 is that of Jade, one of the classic female ninjas from the series. Jade returns to Mortal Kombat 11 for the
Nintendo’s plans for 2019 have come much more into focus thanks to the Nintendo Direct that aired yesterday. In the latest Direct, the Big N has provided a little more for Switch owners to be excited for throughout the year and their 2019 is shaping up to be one of their biggest and best yet. That
When you’re spending dozens upon dozens of hours playing a video game, you can’t help but grow attached to certain characters. No, not in a weird way…just in the kind of way that makes us love them from the start of a journey to reaching the very end, and seeing how they’ve grown and changed
Behaviour Interactive’s creepy multiplayer horror title, Dead by Daylight will be heading to Nintendo Switch as confirmed during the Nintendo Direct that took place yesterday. Now players will be able to experience hunting other players, or being hunted from the comfort of…wherever they are with an internet connection. Originally launching in 2016, Dead by Daylight allows one
During the Japanese broadcast of February 13’s Nintendo Direct, Bandai Namco Entertainment and Nintendo announced Doraemon Nobita no Bokujou Monogatari, a brand new Story of Seasons game but with characters from kids anime franchise Doraemon. In Doraemon Nobita no Bokujou Monogatari, players control Doraemon‘s protagonist Nobita and manage a farm. You’ll get to grow crops, raise
After teasing its community with a reveal this week, Team Cherry has revealed that the once planned Hornet DLC is now a full-blown sequel to their Metroidvania hit Hollow Knight. This new game is called Hollow Knight: Silksong and will be released for PC and Switch at its launch. There was no release window given. Check
Surprising everyone, Xseed Games and Marvelous announced on today’s Nintendo Direct Rune Factory 4 Special, a remaster of Rune Factory 4 on Nintendo Switch. Not stopping with this and decided on triggering hysteria among the series’ fans, Rune Factory 5 was announced as well. The game is currently in development, with no release date estimate. Meanwhile, Rune
Nearly two years after its initial release, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is making its way to Nintendo Switch, as announced during today’s Nintendo Direct presentation. The action game from Ninja Theory received high marks for its story, particularly with how it depicted mental health and psychosis. With a body of work that includes Heavenly Sword, DmC,
While it may not be Kingdom Hearts like everyone was wanting, at least there’s one Disney game coming to the Nintendo Switch. Today, during the publisher’s highly anticipated Nintendo Direct, the House of Mouse announced a brand new game for Nintendo’s latest console, titled Disney Tsum Tsum Festival. If you’re a Disney fan and that name sounds
We’ve known that Dragon Quest Builders 2 would be coming westward for some time, but have now finally learned when it will be arriving. During today’s Nintendo Direct, Square Enix confirmed that Dragon Quest Builders 2 will be releasing for Nintendo Switch and PS4 simultaneously on July 12 and released the game’s opening movie. Above,
After years of anticipation, the forthcoming “Igavania” Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has finally received a new release window during today’s Nintendo Direct. For starters, a new gameplay trailer for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was released and it showed off the throwback style of gameplay that we’ve come to expect from this title. We see the
During today’s Nintendo Direct, Square Enix developer Tokyo RPG Factory revealed its latest project entitled Oninaki. Oninaki is an action RPG and features characters that can travel between lands of the living and the dead. It also boasts a similar visual style that we’ve come to expect from Tokyo RPG Factory in the past. The official
Over the past year, Swedish publisher THQ Nordic has been on an acquisition frenzy when it comes to both studios and IPs. From big publishers like Deep Silver to notable developers like Coffee Stain and Warhorse Studios, THQ Nordic has certainly been beefing up its workforce. When it comes to IP, the Swedish publisher has
The weird physics focused puzzler Human: Fall Flat which features sticky-handed drunken characters is heading to mobile devices after Curve Digital and 505 Games join forces. The mobile version of the title is currently in development with no release date set as of yet. Human: Fall Flat has done fairly well since launch and is now not
More news from the Activision Blizzard financial results came forth yesterday, detailing how our lovely boy, Crash Bandicoot has shifted over 10 million units since Crash Bandicoot: N. Sane Trilogy launched. It turns out that it isn’t just our Reviews Editor Logan Moore that loves the wonderful creature. Crash Bandicoot, the best of the bandicoots had his 3
Over the past year, Sony has dealt with a lot of controversy surrounding cross-play. At first they were criticized for not allowing it at all while Microsoft and Nintendo were getting friendly with each other. Now, even after that policy has shifted to allow cross-play, the feature has been rolled out across PS4 games quite
Pysonix is trailblazing the cross-platform play scene again with the addition of a cross-platform friends list in Rocket League. Take friends from all platforms of Rocket League and put them in one place with the new Friends List. You will also be able to create cross-platform parties to chat with your friends, no matter where
Chara-ani and Extreme published a new trailer for Langrisser I&II, showing Langrisser I‘s main characters Ledin and Chris, Langrisser II‘s Elwin and Liana and a bit of gameplay. A demo for Langrisser I&II is also currently available. The demo lets you play stage 1 to 3 in Langrisser I, and stages 4 to 6 in Langrisser II.
Following the overwhelming success of games such as Faster Than Light, the roguelike genre has grown intensively these past years, with many news games releasing both from indies and from big companies. While the genre was already extensively represented in Japan with works such as theMystery Dungeon games, it’s not far fetched to see it
The long silence has ended and a new Nintendo Direct is coming in hot. Nintendo has announced that the next Nintendo Direct will happen tomorrow, February 13, at 5:00 PM EST/2:00 PM PST. The Direct will be roughly 35 minutes long and will focus on Nintendo Switch games. Fire Emblem: Three Houses was specifically mentioned
Following a small teaser which lasted for a few days, showing an illustration of sprouting grass, Nippon Ichi Software and Acquire revealed a brand new game: Jinrui no Minasama e. The announcement was made through Famitsu. Jinrui no Minasama e, which can be translated to “For All of Mankind” will be releasing for PlayStation 4 and Switch
Game developer and publisher Starbreeze has been going through some hard times over the past fiscal quarter. Overkill’s The Walking Dead did not perform well, their longtime CEO stepped down, and the company even got raided for insider trading. This meant they went from having a highly optimistic view of their future to struggling to
It’s 2019 and Team Cherry is still hard at work adding more content to the critically-acclaimed Metroidvania Hollow Knight. The game’s next update, which will see Hornet become a playable character, is scheduled to arrive at some point down the road and now, Team Cherry has revealed when we’ll finally get our first look at the
Last week, Ubisoft showed off the first look of the remaster of Assassin’s Creed III along with revealing that it would be coming to PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Noticeably, many thought it was strange that the Nintendo Switch wouldn’t be a destination for the remaster as well. Now, it seems that AC3’s arrival on Switch could
So far, 2019 has been filled with some pretty great games each week, whether they be remasters, remakes, series continuations, or Japanese localizations. While February typically isn’t a very notable month, 2019 is much different. This Friday alone with see the release of five notable titles spread across various different genres. Manga and anime fans
Despite both Resident Evil 2 and Kingdom Hearts III having great debuts the past two weeks, neither title could stay ahead of Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 on the UK sales chart for the sixth week of the year. Red Dead Redemption 2 jumped back up to the number one position on the chart this week and beat
You can’t blink without a new up-and-comer entering the cosplay scene. On our radar this week is a Russian cosplayer who took on Persona 5 best girl (fight me), Futaba Sakura. In fact, her photoshoot is so spot on, its inspired me to jump back into the arguably best game on PS4. Russian cosplayer Tsuramari broke out the
A listing via Gamestop Germany seemingly confirms that the Spyro Reignited Trilogy will be launching for the Nintendo Switch sometime later this year. While nothing has been officially revealed as of right now, it frankly wouldn’t be surprising at all to see Spyro make his way onto Switch considering the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy made its way onto the console-handheld hybrid
It’s always heartening when companies put down their corporate schtick to play nice with each other. Whether it is major game studios celebrating with competitors during flagship launches or the typical PR banter, it’s always a nice feel-good story for the press. Yet, in an odd turn, Epic Vice President (i.e. Fortnite) deleted his congratulations to