Konami is planning to release new entries and remakes for some of its largest franchises, which include Castlevania and Metal Gear Solid, according to a new report.
According to publishing sources speaking anonymously with VGC, Konami is working to bring the franchises back after a few years of languishing on the back burner.
The first one coming out of the gate is said to be a Castlevania game. Currently in development internally at Konami, it is a reimagining of the series and will receive support from local external studios.
Easily the two most iconic positions in football are the midfield general and inspirational number 10. There's so much diversity in the middle of the pitch that it can be tough to find the right balance, so here are the best CAMs, CDMs, and CMs in FIFA 22.
A good defensive midfielder is a vital part of your back line, shielding less mobile defenders and setting up counterattacks.
While at the other end of the park, the best attacking midfielders exploit the spaces left by an opponent's formation, pulling the opposition into difficult areas to create chances for their teammates.
After teasing the game for some time, Sega has revealed its new mobile RPG, Sin Chronicle – a game based on player decisions that can only ever be made once.
Today, I'd like to tell you more about Sherlock Holmes Chapter One, our newest game that tells the story of Sherlock Holmes before he becomes the world's most famous detective. Sherlock Holmes Chapter One begins in the 1880s, when the young Sherlock, together with his best friend Jon, arrives on the Mediterranean island of Cordona. […]
Hello there! A lot has happened since we last spoke back in April with the launch of Second Extinction on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and with Xbox Game Pass. Since then we've been regularly adding content and improvements as part of our run in Game Preview. New dinos, heroes, and challenges have all been […]
SNK used Tokyo Game Show as the perfect stage to debut the next two fighters for next year's King of Fighters XV. Newcomer Isla and returning combatant K' join the roster of 39 fighters vying to see who's the best in the world.
As previously mentioned, Isla is a graffiti artist that is brand-new to the world of King of Fighters. She's clearly too-cool-for-school by spending half of the time fighting with her hands in her jacket pockets, letting her kicks do the talking. Sure, she busts out the fists when necessary but Isla also settles for conjuring floating hands to attack opponents up close and from afar. Yes, that means she can quite literally throw hands. Watch Isla in action in the gameplay trailer below.
Meanwhile, K' (actually pronounced "Kay Dash") is a fighter dating all the way back to King of Fighters '99. He's an augmented human spliced with genes from KOF's main character, Kyo Kusanagi. Thus, he serves as a darker version of the series' poster boy and has the power to manipulate fire. He's also kind of a jerk. Watch him set his opponents ablaze in the trailer below.
If you're a Bandai Namco fan, it's time to start saying your goodbyes to the red, orange, and yellow logo that has graced titles such as Scarlet Nexus, Tales of Arise, Little Nightmares II, and countless other hits. The company has unveiled a new corporate logo alongside a new mission statement: Fun for All Into the Future.
The new logo adopts a more, shall we say, minimalist philosophy. The company's name is penned in a simple black font situated within a thick magenta border shaped like a speech bubble. According to a press release announcing the change, the speech bubble specifically signifies the brand's potential to connect with its audience while also tipping a cap to manga culture. Bandai Namco states that while the old logo represented the fusion of Bandai and Namco, the new one better fits the spirit of their new purpose.
That purpose being the Fun for All into the Future mission statement. What does that mean? The publisher explains that it embodies its goal "to share dreams, fun and inspiration with people around the world. Connecting people and societies in the enjoyment of uniquely entertaining products and services, we're working to create a brighter future for everyone."
You still have a few more months to enjoy the soon-to-be defunct logo. Bandai Namco states the new logo won't go into effect until April 2022.
So what do you think of the new logo? Share your graphic design-related hot takes down in the comments!
Marcus has had quite the adventure thus far, hasn't he? Today, we'll see if he can conquer his demons. Of course, spicy consequences await the group as Marcus makes his way through a rainy island. Let's see what happens! Join us at 2 PM CST as the incredible journey through the From Software classic continues.
In 2009, From Software changed everything with Demon's Souls on the PlayStation 3. The challenging action RPG would go on to lead the way for a critical subgenre with the Souls games and Bloodborne. With the PS5, Demon's Souls found a new home with Bluepoint's remake of the original title. Once upon a time, we began a Demon's Souls journey that didn't last long. This time, we're going through it all. Today, Super Replay returns to its frenzied Friday slot with a new adventure featuring a full playthrough of Demon's Souls. This Super Replay is sure to be extra hot!
Join Andrew Reiner, Dan Tack, and Marcus Stewart for a blazing run through this classic game. Marcus's first full playthrough is sure to be full of thrills, chills, and fire. Yes, fire. We're gonna be munching on all kinds of ridiculously fiery treats during the playthrough to really up the stakes. Everyone dies numerous times in Souls games, but what if you put the added pressure of some scorching zingers on top?
When our fearless champion perishes, the action gets amped up to new levels as we consume some of the hottest fare commercially available. How far will the crew go into hot challenge land as they travel through Boletaria and beyond? It's going to be spicy, and you don't want to miss it!
The action begins at 2 PM CST today, with a 2-hour block of delicious Demon's Souls. Will Marcus fall prey to the twists and turns of the game's opening? Demon's Souls doesn't mess around, and the levels can often be more maddening and dangerous than the bosses that would later come to be the highlights of From Software experiences.
Can you imagine the sheer terror as Marcus enters the Valley of Defilement for the first time? We might not make it out of this one, gang. This is sure to be one of the most epic Super Replays of all time, so come join us on Twitch for all the action. Can't make an episode? No problem – the episodes will be up on our YouTube page and easy to browse a day or so after we're live.
October: it's the best month. It's Halloween, it's the start of Autumn proper, it's the month where we get a new Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct, and it's my birthday the start of Scorpio season, which is objectively the best star sign.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a great place to celebrate the season, because it has growable pumpkins, plenty of spooky-themed decor items, and a general cottagecore vibe that players just can't get enough of. Plus, there are new Halloweeny items available today!
From the team who brought Aviary Attorney to the Switch.
Alex Young is trapped in a mysterious mansion, with no idea how she got there, or how to get out — and also, everything looks like a PS1 game. If you miss the old-school style of horror games, you'll likely be intrigued by this one, which is filled with puzzles, traps, and secrets to discover as you try to escape the mansion.
Hang on — where did September go? Yep, that's right, another month has flown by and it's time to get stuck into the really juicy months of the year. Early in October we've got the heavy hitters of a new Metroid game and new Switch hardware, which would be more than enough to keep us occupied in the summer months, but there's a whole lot more to look forward to over the next few months, including new-old Pokémon.
Below we've listed some of the upcoming highlights of big Switch games scheduled for October and November. Beneath those physical launches you'll also find a selection of other games releasing from September — usually physical versions of previously digital-only Switch eShop games — plus a selection of Switch accessories and related peripherals available in the coming months.
Today, I'd like to tell you more about Sherlock Holmes Chapter One, our newest game that tells the story of Sherlock Holmes before he becomes the world's most famous detective. Sherlock Holmes Chapter One begins in the 1880s, when the young Sherlock, together with his best friend Jon, arrives on the Mediterranean island of Cordona. […]
Hello there! A lot has happened since we last spoke back in April with the launch of Second Extinction on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and with Xbox Game Pass. Since then we've been regularly adding content and improvements as part of our run in Game Preview. New dinos, heroes, and challenges have all been […]
At the Tokyo Game Show yesterday, Bethesda's creative director Todd Howard told an audience that upcoming space-faring RPG Starfield will have more than 150,000 lines of dialogue. If that sounds like a lot, that's because it is. In response to the announcement, some developers at other AAA studios expressed shock at…
Whenever I think about theStranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins E3 trailer, the lasting impression of the game isn't the fact that it is a Final Fantasy game or even its admittedly cool combat. No, the only thing that comes to mind is how the protagonist just really wants to kill chaos. But after seeing the…
Yesterday, Twitch announced it will test a new feature that allows streamers and their audiences to pay for heightened visibility. Currently, only a select number of accounts participating in Twitch's research initiative have access to the feature. Despite this, streamers are, unsurprisingly, not very happy about this…
Amazon's colonialist resource extraction MMO, New World, is currently the hottest new game on Steam, quite literally in some instances. More than a few players are reporting loud fans and high graphics card temperatures while running the game, and occasionally even just while queueing for it. And then there are the…
A new online tool has launched today that provides detailed accessibility information on a growing list of modern games. The Accessible Games Database, created by games accessibility platform DAGERSystem, allows users to select the accessibility options they need and then view a list of games that include those features.
Currently, the Accessible Games Database includes information on 141 games, and includes filters for more than 70 accessibility features. There are additional filters to narrow down the list to show only games from specific publishers or in specific genres, and you can select ESRB ratings as well.
Say you want an open-world game that includes screen filters for deuteranopia, a form of red-green colourblindness. You'd add those filters to the list on the left side of the Accessible Games Database landing page, and you'd see that both Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Cyberpunk 2077 fit the bill. Maybe you want an RTS game that lets you pause the gameplay and enable subtitles - the database will tell you that Halo Wars, Halo Wars 2, and Pikmin 3 Deluxe include all of those features.
Xûr is Destiny 2's Exotic gear merchant. He appears every weekend to sell the game's most coveted items in exchange for Legendary shards, but if you're a casual player with limited shards to spend, it can be hard to know which of his wares is most worth your investment. That's where we come in.
As of June 12, 2020, it appears that Xûr is back to providing random rolls - so the Exotic merchant is providing more excitement than he has in a long time. Xûr appears every Friday at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST, and will stick around until the Tuesday reset. We'll update this guide shortly after he arrives, so if you're reading this, you need only read on to learn where he is, and which are the best items he's selling this week.
Now we're in Beyond Light territory, but Xûr's first appearances have been at the usual spots - so maybe don't expect too many surprises from the merchant in the new year of Destiny content.
eFootball 2022 is now the worst-reviewed game on Steam. Worse than the XIII remake. Worse than those hentai games. The launch has been a disaster, and all players have been able to talk about is the volume of absurd bugs and glitches they've run into. (Hey, at least it's free, right?) Now Konami says "we are very sorry for the problems", and promises a series of updates and improvements to come.
"After the release of eFootball 2022," Konami says in a tweet, "we have received lots of feedback and requests regarding game balance that includes pass speed and defence operation. We would also like to acknowledge that there have been reports of problems users have experienced with cutscenes, facial expressions, movements of players, and the behaviour of the ball."
The devs are working on an update for October, "while receiving further opinions through questionnaires to our users". The team promises that the game "will be continuously updated", with "consistent" new content and improvements to quality.
Want to know where to find New World gems? When it comes to creating the best New World PvP builds or PvE builds, gems can boost your stats and make that build even stronger. For example, gems such as the carnelian are great for tank builds, while fire staff builds benefit significantly from an equipped ruby.
But finding them in the first place? That's the tricky bit. They don't turn up reliably - instead, New World gems occasionally appear as rare drops whenever you mine certain minerals in the world. Fortunately, there are ways to boost your chance to find gems, but without these luck-enhancing items, your search may well be fruitless. Thankfully, so long as you're prepared to go into expeditions, there is a different way to get New World gems.
This guide will explain where to find New World gems and what items you need to equip to increase your chances of finding them. We'll also go through how to refine gemstones and what each gem does when you equip them for your loadout.
While the perfect way to play the best PC games is on a full-sized desktop, sometimes size constraints or a nomadic lifestyle make a gaming laptop a great alternative, ensuring you get PC gaming quality wherever you go.
However, choosing the perfect gaming laptop takes a lot of commitment. When you build a gaming PC you can swap out parts later if you want an upgrade. Because laptops often feature bespoke components and aren't designed to be tinkered with, it isn't as simple as picking out the best graphics card and best gaming CPU to suit your personal needs. Not only is there less customisation, but you have to look at other laptop-exclusive requirements, such as battery life, screen size, resolution, build quality, and aftermarket care.
With the recent arrival of Nvidia's mobile RTX 30 series cards and AMD's new mobile CPUs and GPUs, the latest gaming laptops are becoming just as good, if not better than the best gaming PC builds. We've come up with our picks for the best laptop for gaming in 2021, whether you're wanting to play triple-a blockbusters like Watch Dogs: Legion, or just want a laptop that can crank up the frames in Fortnite.
Looking for the moonchase charm and mystmoon chest locations in Genshin Impact? Liyue's Moonchase Festival has begun, and so has the Moonlight Merriment event, which consists of three different missions: Moonchase Tales, Moonlight Seeker, and Trail of Delicacies.
The Moonlight Seeker Event tasks you with finding Mystmoon chests and Moonchase charms scattered throughout a designated collection area. Completing these missions earns you various rewards, including primogems and mora, but most importantly, you can obtain the coveted Luxurious Sea-Lord weapon - a comically large fish claymore.
To access the Moonlight Merriment event, you must have an adventure rank of 28 or above and have completed the missions 'A New Star Approaches' and 'Mondstadt Gastronomy Trip'. To begin the Moonlight Seeker quest itself, you must first complete 'Moonlight Merriment: Part I' and 'The Many Matters of the Moonchase Festival'. Then it's time to set out on your quest for moonchase charm and mystmoon chest locations - and we've put together a Moonlight Seeker map to make the search a little easier.
Indie extravaganza Steam Next Fest is back for another edition today, showering us with hundreds of upcoming game demos to try over the next week. Running from today, October 1st, until Thursday October 7th, the latest Steam Next Fest is positively packed to the rafters with things to play, and we've picked out some personal highlights to help you get started.
Summer's in the bin, which means it's time to stop looking back at those E3 showcases and start thinking about the end of year shows. The Game Awards, the December-ly bonanza of world premieres interspersed with the occasional trophy, is back on again. After going online in December 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, show host Geoff Keighley is getting the band back together on stage this year for an in person show that's been scheduled for December 9th.
During TGS 2021, Bandai Namco showed Lisette, the last of the Tales of Luminaria Jerle Federation characters, and shared a trailer for the whole group.
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl has received two more showcase videos for newly-announced characters Aang and Korra that also show off their movesets and signature stages. In the game, Aang can use the following moves: Light Neutral "Elbow Strike", Light Up "Swiping Wind Kick", Light Down "Wind Chop", Light Neutral Air "Staff Spin", Light Up Air "Aerial Swiping Wind Kick", Light Down...
Metal Unit, a side-scrolling action-platformer from Neowiz and JellySnow Studio, is now getting the physical treatment. Super Rare Games will be handling the boxed version. All copies of Metal Unit contain the current content on its cart, a full-color manual, interior artwork, an exclusive sticker, and trading cards. 4,000 units will be made in total. Here's some information about the...
GameMill Entertainment, Ludosity and Fair Play Labs today revealed Aang and Korra and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. Aang starred in the show Avatar: The Last Airbender. Korra was the main character of The Legend of Korra. Technically, both of these characters were leaked previously. Ren and Stimpy from The Ren & Stimpy Show was also uncovered before the official announcement. Here's...
Graffiti Games and ROBI Studios have shared a proper trailer for Blue Fire Void of Sorrows, the game's just-released DLC. To recap, here's what it includes: The Void of Sorrows DLC features two new areas with a new boss and 16 Voids, which are levels filled with abstract platforming challenges that require great mastery to complete. Major Features in the...
In the wake of the ongoing investigations into and lawsuits over Activision-Blizzard's sexual harassment and discrimination scandal, the teams at Blizzard have said very little about the situation, and the company itself has not publicly acknowledged or responded to the four demands issued by its internal proto-union. What the teams have done that folks on […]
Ever since Mortal Online 2 announced its solemn intentions to carve a bloody swath through the gaming space when it launches next January, there has been an uptick of interest in this PvP MMO. And part of that involves increased scrutiny concerning the game's beta patches as it heads into this final stretch of development. […]
Gloria Victis has been on our radar for years: It's a realistic medieval MMORPG with action combat, territory control, a player-driven economy, class-less character progression, and a living open world. Developer Black Eye Games calls it "Mount & Blade meets PlanetSide 2" where you can "become a soldier, knight, archer, assassin, swordmaster, berserker, huntsman, blacksmith, […]
Star Citizen is learning to love the bomb in the final episode of Inside Star Citizen for this quarter as it leads off with the first implementation of aerial bombing gameplay features coming in alpha 3.15. As of right now, the Hercules A2 will be the only ship capable of dropping big juicy bombs on […]
Super Rare Games known for their exclusive limited edition physical releases, revealed that Metal Unit is getting its special treatment with 4000 copies.
It's no secret that gaming is becoming increasingly popular. In fact, it has surpassed movies and music in terms of total revenue spent on entertainment.
