A few months ago we got our hands on a gallery of screenshots for a new Godzilla game, one that seemed timed to capitalize on the success of this year’s Godzilla film which already earned a sequel (and helped its director, Gareth Edwards, land a gig directing a Star Wars spinoff). The game went under the radar and we haven’t heard an update until Bandai Namco brought it to The Game Awards last night....
For a long time now, fans of Star Wars: Battlefront have had to live in loathing with the fact that the next sequel, Star Wars: Battlefront 3, isn’t marching through the door anytime soon. After the release of Battlefront 2 back in 2005 for the PC, Xbox, and PlayStation 2, developer Free Radical had begun laying the foundation for a current-gen sequel in Star Wars: Battlefront 3. However, circa some ugly financial disarray and an acquisition by German developer Crytek, the project was mysteriously axed by the overarching powers at LucasArts....
Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s developers Yoshinori Kitase and Tetsuya Nomura sit down for an interview to clarify some misconceptions about Square Enix’s blockbuster remake. Kitase and Nomura addressed numerous topics that had been the subject of fan discussion and debate, including the announcement that Final Fantasy 7 Remake will be done in multiple parts. The developers noted that, while gamers might have concerns about an episodic look at the Final Fantasy universe, remaking the game under one title would have resulted in “a lot of cuts”....
Nearly two and a half years ago, a MechWarrior trailer foretold the long-awaited return of the franchise. We now know that game as MechWarrior Online, a play4free MMO that will release this summer. For fans of the core MechWarrior games, this was excellent news. For fans of the arcade MechAssault console games, we now have good news for you as well! Last week the website http://reignofthunder.com ran a countdown timer which over the weekend revealed a brand new MechWarrior-esque game from Day 1 Studios, the team behind F....
A chorus of Happy Birthday, please, for one Michael Theodore “Mickey” Mouse, who reaches the grand old age of 92 this month. As befits his advanced years, Mickey will likely be celebrating with a swig or two of Pepto Bismol and the Band of Brothers DVD boxset. Or, if he fancies, he could always fire up Disney + UK and catch some new episodes of The Mandalorian (starting Friday the 30th of October) The Simpsons, and Agents of SHIELD, all of which will be on the streaming service in November....
The Japanese shonen series One Piece is one of the longest-running productions of all time, and its 900+ episode anime adaptation would take over 15 days to finish according to CBR. It has also teamed up with the ever-popular Pokemon franchise before, with Pokemon GO adding One Piece-themed content to raise money for Kumatoto earthquake relief in 2019. One Piece has retuned the favor by apparently having the Mythical Pokemon Meltan appear in its ongoing manga....
One of PlayStation 5’s coolest new features is the “Game Help” section. Filled to the brim with curated video guides, it can provide a bit of help in a pinch when you get stuck during a game. It seems the Game Help center is going to be expanded soon, at least if this new patent is anything to go by. As spotted by VGC, Sony filed a patent late last month that will allow users to register as experts in a particular game and help others in real-time with issues they might be having....
Fans of The Walking Dead can finally become their favorite characters in the series thanks to game publisher Elex’s new mobile game. The studio has officially announced that The Walking Dead: Survivors will be made available next week for iOS and Android. The Walking Dead: Survivors will have players taking on the role of various characters from the series as they attempt to build their own community from the ground up to fight against walkers and other players....
New World‘s Trade Skills system is certainly one of the game’s most interesting features. See, instead of only allowing you to learn a couple of Trade Skills at a time (which are broken down into Gathering, Refining, and Crafting categories), New World lets you learn all 16 available trades at once. On top of that, it turns out that the majority of the game’s Trade Skills are genuinely useful and arguably equally valuable....
While the majority are pondering about the future of the impending Elder Scrolls 6 following Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda, there is another fantasy RPG Xbox fans are waiting for. The “Next Fable” seeks to mark the return of Microsoft’s pillar RPG, a revival of a franchise that has been synonymous with the Xbox brand since the original Xbox console. To add further intrigue to a game with very little information about it, a new job listing adds further fuel to fans speculating on what this new Fable might be....
The Nier series is well known for its devastating stories and characters that fans fall in love with almost immediately. However, amongst the characters and haunting tale of Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139…, there are incredibly unique boss encounters that help elevate urgent parts of the journey. By nature, boss fights are often the culmination, and payoff, of the current arc you are playing through. And Nier Replicant has many, many arcs, emotional payoffs, and boss encounters....
Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139… is out this week on April 23, and Square Enix continues to tease new looks at the hybrid remake/remaster. In its latest Extra Content trailer, Square revealed brand new story content, Automata features, and a little somethin’ somethin’ for Papa Nier fans. Square Enix has referred to the new Nier Replicant as a “version up,” landing somewhere in the world between a remake and a remaster. While old graphics appear to have a fresh coat of paint, it seems Yoko Taro and the team at Toylogic have implemented plenty of new features to this version, just like they teased earlier last week....
As has been the case with many well-received titles from other consoles and past generations, Ni No Kuni is coming to the Nintendo Switch with a remastered version of Wrath of the White Witch. For over 6 years, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch languished as a PlayStation exclusive from the PS3 era. Released in Japan in 2011 and everywhere else in 2013, Wrath of the White Which would eventually become one of the most popular (and profitable) JRPGs ever to release on the Sony platform....
Nintendo has now sold more than 84 million Switches since the console launched in 2017 as it continues its journey up the all-time best-seller rankings. Nintendo’s numbers for the financial year ending March 31, 2021, are in and surprising pretty much nobody, they are very impressive. The Switch has now sold 84.59 million units worldwide since it launched in 2017, making it the eighth best-selling console ever. It has now surpassed the lifetime sales of the Xbox 360 and is closing in on the PS3 which sold 87....
This article contains major No Time to Die spoilers. It was a surprise when Nomi, the new and chic MI6 agent played by Lashana Lynch, surrendered her 007 codename in No Time to Die. Before that third act moment, she’d made a point of fiercely carving out the designation as her territory. She even delighted in the way everyone at MI6 called her by that title in front of old man James Bond....
Three months into the new year and it looks as though there haven’t been many updates as to when PC gamers will be able to get their hands on an Nvidia or AMD graphics card. The situation has gotten to the point where the former is looking into launching a series of GPUs just for crypto mining to hopefully ease the low supplies. However, it’s possible that this may not be the reason why supplies of hardware have been so low lately....
The much anticipated Wildlands update for Ooblets has just been released and you can now be reunited with all those Ooblets you sent into the unknown once more. You’ll be able to open the gate and walk through into a brand new area where your excess Ooblets are happily living a free-range life. However, unlocking everything the Wildlands update has to offer will take a while. The Wildlands is more than just an area of free-roaming Ooblets....
The day you’ve been waiting for is here if you’re a games reporter. Media registration is live for E3 2021. You’ll need to access the E3 registration portal, plug in your credentials, and then wait to get your registration confirmed. For everyone else, including industry insiders, creators, influencers, and fans, you’ll have to wait until next week. Industry and creator/influencer registration opens on May 31, with open (fan) registration set to begin June 3....
Blizzard reveals the Overwatch open beta content details along with specific launch dates for early access pre-order users and all access users later this week. With the long closed beta now at an end, Blizzard is making final preparations before the launch date arrives for their newest IP, Overwatch. Before May 24 arrives, the hero-centric shooter is letting players get behind the wheel one last time to put the game through its paces....
The comic book anthology, meanwhile, will be a hardcover collection of the first 12 issues of the Overwatch comic series. Retailing for $19.99, this collection will launch a couple of weeks earlier than the art book, with a planned release date of October 10th. Regardless of when these two books actually launch, if they are successful enough, it may convince Blizzard to publish even more Overwatch books. Perhaps Blizzard will even start expanding the game’s expansive lore through novels along with its comic books and animated shorts, as many other video game franchises have done in the past....
