Month: September 2018

Today, during a four hours long livestream, Studio Zero revealed many details for Catherine: Full Body, showing live gameplay for the first time and revealing the contents of the limited edition and DLC. The stream was presented by announcer Hisanori Yoshida, game journalist Mafia Kajita and voice actress Tomomi Isomura (Hifumi in Persona 5). Isomura-san and Kajita-san
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Lucas Pope, the developer behind Papers, Please published the first trailer for his new game Return of the Obra Dinn after revealing the plot and title over four years ago and it sure does look fascinating. At the beginning of the trailer, I immediately took note of the visuals. What was described as “minimal color” in the description of
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The developers at Mouldy Toof Studios (one of my favorite names for a developer) and publisher Team17 have announced the official release date for The Escapists: Complete Edition for the Nintendo Switch. Players will be able to jump into the game starting September 25th. This game will come packed with all of the prisons from the original
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Frogwares Games shared another video going behind the scenes of The Sinking City, an open world investigation-horror game that is due out next year. This video focuses on the game’s use of visual storytelling. In the video, cinematic artists Dmytro Teplinsky and Andrew Kudriashov discuss how much video games take direction from movie makers and other
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Today, during a stream on Niconico Douga, Atlus revealed the second trailer for Studio Zero’s Catherine: Full Body. The new trailer starts like a documentary, with people passing by on the streets being interrogated on philosophical questions related to Catherine Full Body’s themes. It then moves on to a parody of classic movie 2001: A Space
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If you haven’t heard of party platforming game Ultimate Chicken Horse, here’s the basic premise: four players team up to create platforming levels, and then compete to finish these same levels. After a release on PC, Xbox One, and PS4, the game is getting a Switch port—this will coincide with a new “Chimply Amazing Update.” Developer
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Microsoft Studios has announced that five of their games are now available on Steam and retail outlets that carry PC discs. Those games are: ReCore: Definitive Edition, Super Lucky’s Tale, Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection, Disneyland Adventures, and Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure. Each title costs $19.99 USD. ReCore is an action-adventure game from famed creator
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Today Sony Interactive Entertainment and Marvel Games revealed a new trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man. The trailer is of the accolades variety, providing a look at some of the scores and high praise the game received, and that’s certainly quite well deserved. Beyond that, it shows some cutscenes, placing the spotlight on some of the characters
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Today, InXile Entertainment released the launch trailer for The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep. The game was initially announced in January 2015 and was partially funded via Kickstarter. The Bard’s Tale is another western RPG franchise which got revived using the crowdfunding system, once players around the world showed love for the genre is still
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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey is due out in just about three weeks which means it stands to reason that Ubisoft should be just about finished with their initial work on the project. As of today, that has been indeed confirmed as Ubisoft announced that Assassin’s Creed Odyssey has now officially gone gold. Other than a potential–and likely–day one patch for
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Despite having enjoyed the first season of Life is Strange, I never got around to playing Before the Storm or this summer’s standalone release, The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit. This wasn’t necessarily on purpose on my behalf, I just found myself kind of un-intrigued by the new projects in this universe that were being made. Upon the announcement
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It’s been a busy year for professional Overwatch players as the Overwatch League’s Inaugural Season saw 12 teams battle it out to prove their worth as the world’s best competitive gaming outfit in front of millions of fans. It turns out that champions The London Spitfire’s sweeping 3-0 victory against The Philadelphia Fusion in the
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During the Nintendo Direct event that was held today, we got a quick, but in-depth look at Daemon X Machina’s gameplay modes as well as some customization options we haven’t seen before in-game. The trailer opens by giving us some details about the storyline; the moon has fallen and you play as a mercenary in a world
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Today Atlus released a new trailer of its upcoming JRPG Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth.The video is the latest of a series of videos dedicated to introducing the cast. Today’s trailer shows off Yukiko Amagi from Persona 4, who inevitably remains perfectly classy and collected even in her super-cute Persona Q design. If you’re unfamiliar with the title, Persona Q2: New Cinema
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Given that the system is so well-suited to being played portably or at home, it’s a natural fit for board game-style experiences to come to the Nintendo Switch, with several classics now coming to the system over the next year. During today’s Nintendo Direct, one of the more surprising announcements from Nintendo was that several
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