Kotaku Monday, January 15, 2024 1:55 PM  Staff from the UK's biggest video game retailer, GAME, have told Eurogamer the retailer is to stop accepting trade-ins. Which, if true, is the end of an era. |
Kotaku Monday, January 15, 2024 12:00 PM  Whether there's an omnipotent God or not, he or she definitely exists and hates printers. Like Bluetooth, printers are against God's wishes, violating universal laws on such a level that they must be forced not to work in ever-more impossibly unlikely ways. As such, the people who make them are cursed to be purest evil… |
Kotaku Monday, January 15, 2024 10:30 AM  A fun-sounding project, a Nintendo 64 demake of Portal, has been pulled from Steam. It's developer, however, is imploring people not to get angry with Valve, suggesting his idea was always doomed from the start. And yet, you know, I'm still a bit mad. |
Kotaku Monday, January 15, 2024 9:15 AM  The announcement that Nintendo Switch Online's Game Boy Advance range is to receive RPGs Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age is incredibly welcome news. But there are still some absolutely colossal gaps, some all-time great GBA games that we'd love to play on our Switches. Nintendo! Hear our pleas! |
Kotaku Monday, January 15, 2024 9:00 AM  Cast your mind back to July 2022. It was around the time the marketplace for NFTs was collapsing, and crypto scams were falling apart everywhere you looked. That was when GameStop declared its intention to get into all that cool web 3.0 stuff. Well, you're never going to believe it, but it hasn't worked out so well.… |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 1:56 PM  Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League is approaching quickly, and we can't wait to get our villainous hands on the open-world shooter. The expansive cast of characters is as iconic as they come, with some of DC's most beloved antiheroes taking center stage. As Rocksteady Studios is working on its upcoming comic-inspired adventure, a new report seems to reveal that the developer allegedly never planned a Superman game. Instead, it reportedly may have been developing a non-DC multiplayer game. Continue reading Rocksteady reportedly worked on a non-DC game before Suicide Squad MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Kill the Justice League system requirements, Kill the Justice League release date, Best PC games |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 1:04 PM  Halo Infinite doesn't have a battle royale mode, but a mysterious Halo project codenamed Halo Tatanka from a collaboration between both 343 Industries and Certain Affinity could have given us that chaotic king of the hill experience. Unfortunately, though, the unannounced Halo battle royale may never come to light after all as a recent podcast reveals that Tatanka was allegedly canceled. Continue reading Mysterious Halo battle royale is dead, allegedly MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Halo Infinite system requirements, Halo Infinite Bosses, Halo Infinite ranks |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 12:24 PM  There exists somewhere, in game design and game development, a borderline mythical sweet spot between substance and readability. You want games that are full, that are rich, that have plenty to say and plenty for you to do. Simultaneously, you want something legible - I remember turning on Assassin's Creed Syndicate, the first in-game pop-up telling me I had 150 Codex entries I could read, and immediately feeling encumbered and lost to the point that I didn't want to play. Continue reading 23 years later, this classic RPG puts most modern games to shame MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPG games, Best story games, Best old games |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 12:18 PM  One person is still playing The Day Before, alone, as the most overhyped and underbaked game of recent memory has just one week of life left in it before the servers go offline forever. The Day Before hit zero players just 17 day after launch, but has since continued to draw occaisional users, including one, solitary devotee. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best PC survival games, Best PC zombie games, The Day Before release date |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 12:06 PM  It's not looking good for the gaming performance of AMD's new low-end Ryzen 8000 CPUs with integrated graphics. According to the latest information, new APUs based on the AMD Phoenix 1 core will only be able to run PCIe 4.0 SSDs at half their potential top speed. Not only that, but gaming performance when using a separate graphics card will also be slower than usual. Continue reading AMD's new CPUs will halve your SSD speed and slash GPU performance MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 7800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 7800 XT review |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 11:58 AM  When is the Exodus release date? If I had a nickel for every time Matthew McConaughey embarked on an interstellar journey afflicted by time dilation, I would have two nickels. Exodus is the inaugural game from Archetype Entertainment, comprised of industry veterans across notable AAA studios such as Bioware, Naughty Dog, and 343 Industries. The studio is also helmed by James Ohlen, venerable lead designer on Dragon Age: Origins, Knights of the Old Republic, and more. Suffice it to say, Exodus' design pedigree is certainly promising. The Exodus release date is set to deliver an original sci-fi universe that's shaping up to resemble Mass Effect more than games like Starfield. Choice is the driving force behind its non-linear story, which sends us across time and space to secure humanity's future among the stars. The upcoming RPG could well be one of the best PC games of its release year – but which year, exactly? Here's all the latest surrounding the release date, including news, gameplay trailers, and story details to keep you up to speed. Continue reading Exodus release date estimate, trailer, gameplay, and latest news MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best space games, Best RPGs, Best PC games |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 11:50 AM  The first 2TB MicroSD has been revealed, and it's about to make storing games on your Steam Deck a whole lot easier. AGI is behind the SDXC card that will now make it possible for MicroSD storage to match SSD capacity at 2TB. Now you've got no excuse for not getting through your backlog. If you already own one of the best handheld gaming PCs in the Steam Deck, it doesn't matter whether you went big or small with your storage choice, the chances are you'll always need or want more. We've previously looked at the best MicroSD cards for Steam Deck and can see the AGI taking the top spot with this new 2TB solution. Continue reading Hot swapping is dead, the Steam Deck just got a 2TB MicroSD MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 11:47 AM  What are the best Meta Quest 3 games? We're a few months into the Meta Quest 3's life now and the future is looking very bright as 2024 rolls on. We've already seen some exceptional games released in the final few months of 2023, including major AAA franchises and long-awaited sequels, but this year promises to be even bigger. Continue reading Best Meta Quest 3 games January 2024 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 11:20 AM  When is the next Steam sale? It feels like one Steam sale has just ended when the next one begins, but with some events offering better discounts than others and genre-specific sales, it's a good idea to keep these dates to hand. Fortunately, Valve has released the entire Steam sale dates for the rest of the year and beyond, so that you can plan your wishlist. Whether you're looking for new PC games to sink your teeth into or simply the best PC games of all time, there's something for everyone on Steam. Smaller publisher sales can introduce you to new favorites if you get to the bargains in time, while seasonal sales are much bigger and last one to two weeks, with more games, DLC, and bundles available with chunkier discounts. Continue reading When is the next Steam sale? MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Steam FAQ, Steam family sharing, Steam in-home streaming |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 11:01 AM  What is the No Rest for the Wicked release date? Moon Studios has a pretty good track record; even though it only has two games under its belt, those two games happen to be Ori and the Blind Forest, and Ori and the Will of the Wisps, so, y'know, pretty good. The next game from the acclaimed studio, No Rest for the Wicked, looks to change things up quite dramatically, but in a good way. No Rest for the Wicked is an action RPG that is part Diablo, part Dark Souls, and maybe another, slightly smaller part Game of Thrones. You're saving the world, obviously, but there's more at play here as you slice your way through soldiers, religious folk, and unspeakable terrors: politics! Here's when we think No Rest for the Wicked will be released, as well as what we know of the story, and the main trailer. Continue reading No Rest for the Wicked release date window, story, and trailers |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 10:55 AM  When is Palworld coming out? On top of the imminent date, the developer of the 'Pokemon with guns' game, Pocketpair, has now given us exact release times for every region, alongside a comprehensive FAQ detailing just what you can expect with the Game Pass and Steam Early Access launch. Continue reading When is Palworld coming out? PC release times MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Palworld pals, Palworld starter, Palworld system requirements |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 10:52 AM  I love League of Legends, but ranked has always been the bane of my existence. I gave up relatively early in my 2023 climb attempt because I felt like I'd lose most of my hard-earned LP in one fell swoop following a loss - and not a particularly bad loss, either. As my climb begins in season 14, I'm already a little sceptical about just how much LP I'm losing - but, according to Riot, those levels are "normal." Continue reading League of Legends' negative LP spurts are "normal," Riot says MORE FROM PCGAMESN: League of Legends Season 14, League of Legends patch 13.23, League of Legends tier list |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 10:52 AM  Acolyte of the Altar is a roguelike deck builder that, on the digital table, more closely resembles a traditional collectible card game such as Hearthstone or Magic the Gathering than it does the likes of Slay the Spire or Monster Train. Built by Black Kite Games, founded in 2020 by former Red Dead Redemption 2 designer Cameron Reid, and inspired by the grand boss battles of Shadow of the Colossus, the Acolyte of the Altar release date has officially been confirmed, and you can try the game now with a free Steam demo. Continue reading Slay the Spire meets Hearthstone as new card game sets release date MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best card games, Best roguelikes, Best indie games |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 11:10 AM  Ever wondered what it would be like if the Sims packed up and decided to settle on a new planet? How about Stardew Valley but sci-fi? Seed aims to answer these questions and more with its society-building gameplay and neat genre mashups. This one sees you managing space colonists tasked with setting up life on a new planet 1,000 years after Earth's demise. The individual colonists are controlled by AI, but you are the lone master of their collective actions, deciding which tasks to prioritize in their quest to build a new home among the stars. |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 10:49 AM  The Cities Skylines 2 community is becoming increasingly toxic, Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen, also known as 'martsu,' says. With new Cities Skylines 2 editing tools still in testing, and plenty of new material for the city building sequel set for the coming year, Colossal Order sets out various ways to combat "a growing tendency of toxicity" in the CS2 community, urging players to "always be kind" to both developers and one another. The new Cities Skylines 2 mods platform is also expected to debut in the coming months, which Colossal Order says is its highest priority. Continue reading Cities Skylines 2 CEO says community is becoming more toxic MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Cities Skylines 2 review, Cities Skylines 2 roads, Cities Skylines 2 maps |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 10:31 AM  MSI might not have sealed an Evangelion licensing deal like Asus, but it's still looking to cash in on the growing anime gaming PC market. The component maker has just unveiled a new Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Super graphics card with an anime-style backplate. The new MSI GeForce RTX 4070 Super Gaming X Slim MLG also has a thin footprint, with a width of just 46mm, enabling it to squeeze into tight spaces, such as some mini-ITX cases. Continue reading This slimline graphics card from MSI is an anime lover's dream MORE FROM PCGAMESN: MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC review, MSI GTX 1080 Ti Gaming X Trio review, Best gaming motherboard |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 10:07 AM  Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree might be arriving sooner rather than later, as beloved RPG and Dark Souls developer FromSoftware makes a potentially telling new update to the Elden Ring Steam backend. Perhaps the most anticipated DLC in the world, especially now Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty is here, we're still waiting for news on the Shadow of the Erdtree launch, or details on how specifically From is expanding the Lands Between. Nevertheless, the Elden Ring Steam page has some new, tantalizing details. Continue reading Elden Ring DLC hinted by mysterious new FromSoftware Steam update MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The best Elden Ring builds, Elden Ring bosses, The best Elden Ring classes |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 10:06 AM  What are the best Baldur's Gate 3 mods? The modding community working on Larian games has a storied history when it comes to DOS and Baldur's Gate, and the BG3 community is no different thanks to official mod support for the DnD game. We've delved into the BG3 mods that are available to add even more to the already massively entertaining game to find the very best ones. As we tell you in our Baldur's Gate 3 review, the RPG game is filled with interesting and unique experiences, including hours of content that most players will likely never see, which includes most of the Baldur's Gate 3 endings. Somehow, though, the modding community has still found gaps worth filling in Baldur's Gate 3. Continue reading The 19 best Baldur's Gate 3 mods MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Baldur's Gate 3 builds, BG3 mods, Baldur's Gate 3 classes |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 10:43 AM  What is the current and next Honkai Star Rail banner? If you're looking to acquire the best five-star characters for your team, then wishing on banners is your best bet. Banners rotate on a regular basis, so it can be difficult to decide whether to go all-in on the current banner or wait for the next one. Our banner schedule includes everyone you can pull during the 1.6 update, as well as a list of upcoming characters that are set to appear in later updates. The Honkai Star Rail banner system almost entirely relies upon the luck of the draw, where you can trade in your hard-earned Star Rail passes for the opportunity to pull the best Honkai Star Rail characters. If you're new to HoYoverse's gacha-driven free PC games, our crash course to Honkai Star Rail Warps is invaluable for understanding banners and how they work, as well as the latest Honkai Star Rail codes to redeem currency. Now that we've got you up to speed, here's the lowdown for the current and next banner in Honkai Star Rail updates. Continue reading Honkai Star Rail current banner, next banner, and 2.0 banners MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Honkai Star Rail review, Honkai Star Rail codes, Honkai Star Rail tier list |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 9:40 AM  This stunning Cyberpunk 2077 rig is filled with glowing goodies – it looks like it came straight off the street in Night City. Dystopian fiction fan Richi Bowzer spent a year creating this gaming PC, which can boot into two PCs for two-player gaming, and has an incredible amount of custom paintwork, as well as a nifty screen on the PSU shroud. Thanks to our rapidly growing PC building Facebook page, we've seen many custom gaming PCs, from mods based on existing case designs to scratch builds. Here we talk to the creator Richi about how he built this Cyberpunk 2077 theme dual gaming PC. Continue reading This Cyberpunk 2077 gaming PC build is straight out of Night City MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty review, Best Cyberpunk 2077 mods, Buy Cyberpunk 2077 |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 9:51 AM  January 15, 2024: We've added new entries to our list of free dice links. How can I get Monopoly Go free dice links? The classic board game has made its way to a free-to-play format, and you'll be doing laps of the board collecting houses and hotels and completing a variety of multiplayer minigames along the way. You can't get far in Monopoly Go without dice rolls, which you'll have a limited amount of, to begin with. To earn more dice rolls, you'll need to log in daily to collect bonuses, invite your friends to the game, or progress further. If you don't want to spend your hard-earned money on more dice, you can use dice links for the board game instead. Now, let's run down all the currently active Monopoly Go free dice links for today. Continue reading Free Monopoly Go dice links January 2024 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Free PC games, Monopoly Go dice |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 9:52 AM  The wonders of the CES show floor are often still capable of throwing the odd surprise our way. This year, a giant wall of 200 be quiet! RGB fans have been turned into a display capable of playing Doom and Tetris. But don't watch it for too long, because you might get Rickrolled. Our coverage of CES 2024 isn't over and while we have focused on many exciting new products due to land over the next year and beyond, the show is about more than just new ways to spend your cash. Continue reading You can now play Doom on 200 RGB fans MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best old games, Best FPS games, Best zombie games |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 9:34 AM  If you're looking for a new RPG in the vein of beloved classics like Baldur's Gate 3 and Morrowind, but with some distinctly modern ideas, the newly released Archaelund is for you. Out now in Steam Early Access, you explore the fantasy world in first-person, only to then fight your turn-based battles in a top-down perspective. Oh, and it's also almost entirely developed by one person. Continue reading New dual-perspective Steam RPG perfect for classic fans of the genre MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best fantasy games, Best indie games, Best RPGs |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 9:23 AM  The AceZone A-Spire is one of the most interesting headsets I've tested in recent months. It's a $319 headset for starters, which puts it up against the best of the best before we even consider any other factors. What's more, and introduces an interesting selection of features including active noise cancellation, dual wired and wireless connectivity, and audio performance that is seemingly perfect for the eSports niche at which it's aimed. We've seen headsets target competitive players before, but not to the same extent that the A-Spire does. It's certainly enough on paper to put the AceZone A-Spire on course for a place in our best gaming headset guide, but does it achieve such an accolade? Read on to find out. Continue reading AceZone A-Spire gaming headset review MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Monday, January 15, 2024 9:08 AM  What are the Palworld pals? These friendly, or often unfriendly, little pals are pocket-sized monsters that can work alongside you to fight, gather food, construct, and more. Sound familiar? Well, there are 100 of them available to meet in the early access version of the game, with this list expanding to 175 later on. By the time the Palworld release date rolls around we should know much more about these cute little critters, but for now we'll list the Palworld pals, or Paldeck, in full along with all of the information we know about the open-world game's inhabitants so far. Bear in mind that the Paldeck number noted does not reflect the Pal's in-game number, and this will be added once the game is released, or we see it in Pocketpair's marketing materials. Continue reading All 100 Palworld pals – the complete Paldeck MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Palworld pals, Palworld starter, Palworld system requirements |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, January 15, 2024 1:33 PM  We've had barely an official word on Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree since it was announced about a year ago, itself a year after the release of From Software's superb open-world soulslike. That hasn't stopped a steady drip of decidedly unofficial rumours and signs about the Elden Ring expansion could arrive, though - and the latest indication is that Shadow of the Erdtree's release date might be soon. Very soon, in fact. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, January 15, 2024 12:58 PM  The developers of renovation sim House Flipper 2 have outlined their own ongoing renovation plans for the chill clean-and-decorate game, including notable bug fixes and incoming features missing from its predecessor. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, January 15, 2024 11:30 AM  Hello folks. It's probably officially too far into January to get away with saying Happy New Year now, but stuff it, I'll wish you a good one anyway, as well as a warm welcome back to Letter From The Editor. This month's letter can be considered very much a part two to the one I wrote in November, in which we had a sneaky peek at the behind the scenes process of putting together our annual RPS Advent Calendar (or in regular video game website speak, our big games of the year feature). We always have a big old voting barney around November time to decide which games do or don't make the cut in our Advent Calendar (that is: we all submit top ten lists and we count up the votes afterwards), and every year lots of you try and guess which ones will make it over on the RPS Discord. Inevitably, there are only so many slots for what is always a heck of a lot of games put forward, but the key question has always been thus: who voted for what? WELL. For the first time ever, come and find out below as we reveal all. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, January 15, 2024 11:03 AM  War Hospital, out now on Steam, is about subsisting on the periphery of a war and keeping it firmly off-screen by means of adept time management. Set in 1918, it puts you in charge of a field hospital in northern France, a few minutes drive from the frontline. Here's how all that works: casualties arrive from the trenches by ambulance or stretcher, and are carried by your medics to a clearing station, where nurses look after them before they're seen by a doctor. Patients may be lightly or severely injured, but they will all eventually die if they're left unattended. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, January 15, 2024 10:34 AM  First reported by MP1st, Raven Software lead designer Michael Gummelt mentioned a couple of cancelled projects on his Linkedin page. One was a live service version of Call Of Duty's zombies mode, and the other, a revival of a classic Raven IP. I'm not sad about one and I'm mildly sad over the other, with the mystery not being too hard to solve. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, January 15, 2024 10:30 AM  I mentioned this in a What Are We Playing? and the podcast last week, but I've been playing a point and click puzzle game called Twilight Oracle, which is out at the end of the month. It's cool! It reminds me a lot of Legends Of Kyrandia, in that it doesn't need to explain why stuff in the world is like it is, it just is. Big talking fish? Sure. Skull floating in space? You betcha. Twilight Oracle isn't immune to the kind of counter-intuitive puzzle solves that are sort of inherent to the genre (use pineapple on wallet, etc.), but there's a demo to see for yourself, and I thought it'd be just as well to make more of you aware of it before it comes out on the 30th of January. Also because I wanted to point out that one of the reasons I have been enjoying Twilight Oracle is the colour. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, January 15, 2024 10:21 AM  Combine the turn-based mech battles of Into The Breach with the rule-changing puzzling of Baba Is You and you have Mobile Suit Baba, whose launch I entirely missed right before Christmas. Pick a squad of mechs to field in different scenarios where you must push, pull, and slam your way to victory. All of which will be so much easier if you rewrite the rules by shunting around syntax blocks. And yes, Baba is piloting a giant Baba-shaped mech. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, January 15, 2024 8:13 AM  Lost Boys Interactive have reportedly been hit by "sizable" layoffs, as overall owner Embracer Group continue the "restructuring" program that claimed over 900 jobs at various studios last year. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, January 15, 2024 7:48 AM  Given the sheer quantity of games releasing on Steam these days, having a neat little elevator pitch for your game can be vital in helping it stand out. For example, if I get an email saying a game is like "Obra Dinn meets such and such" or "Into The Breach but a deckbuilder", that's like personal catnip to me, and can be a handy indicator of whether I should investigate further - maybe watch a gameplay trailer for it, say, or see if it's got a demo. Case in point: this is exactly how I stumbled upon the upcoming Donkey Kong Country-esque platformer Windswept last week, although instead of an email, I saw it on the growing "Your game is too much like..." thread over on Xwitter - which is definitely worth a browse if you have very niche interests in need of a good scratch. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Monday, January 15, 2024 7:10 AM  Do you like trapping innocent, extinct animals in diabolical, broken worlds of your own devising, miring them in a purgatory of genre comparisions from which they may never escape? Because Ark: Survival Ascended developers Studio Wildcard and Grove Street Games are promising/threatening to "put the power of unbridled game creation directly in your hands" with the game's next major dev kit update, which will release by the end of January. This will greatly expand the game's moddability, though concrete details are thin on the ground. It'll ship with a "Mario-inspired" platformer to show you how. There's also a dev kit update planned next week for multiplayer spin-off Ark: The Survival Of The Fittest. This will allow you to "sculpt the ultimate battlegrounds where your fellow ARK survivors will fight to see who will be the ultimate survivor". |
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Siliconera Monday, January 15, 2024 1:00 PM
Taito announced that it will shut down its online servers for Groove Coaster 4MAX: Diamond Galaxy and turn it into a permanently offline game on April 1, 2024, at 6 AM JST. The rhythm arcade game will remain available after the date, as long as arcade centers still retain its cabinets.
Once the game goes offline, players will no longer be able to record their play data with NESiCA cards. In exchange, the Extra mode and all difficulty levels for each song will be unlocked by default. Versus mode will only be available locally if the outlet is running multiple cabinets of the same game.
The company will also shut down the Groove Coaster 4MAX My Page website, where players could view achievements and customize their in-game interfaces, on April 8, 2024.
The Groove Coaster series producer Takuma Hanagata provided more context to the arcade game's offline transition. In late 2022, his team announced that new content updates were no longer possible due to hard drive constraints. Even though the team promised that the online servers would remain available for the foreseeable future, the lack of new content directly led to fewer outlets retaining the game's cabinets.
The team ultimately decided that continuing to maintain online services in this situation would be difficult. It will hold one last online versus event where players can collect titles and trophies before the Groove Coaster arcade game goes offline.
Groove Coaster 4MAX: Diamond Galaxy is available in arcades.
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Siliconera Monday, January 15, 2024 12:30 PM
A snow sculpture of Rising Freedom Gundam, Kira Yamato's new Mobile Suit in Gundam SEED Freedom, will appear at the 74th Sapporo Snow Festival. The event will run from February 4 -11, 2024. Bandai Namco also noted that this will be the first time ever a Gundam-themed snow sculpture is shown at the annual festival.
The snow sculpture will feature a large bust of the Rising Freedom Gundam. The Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom logo will also appear on the panel.
Bandai Namco will also set up a merchandise booth wrapped with key visuals from Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom near the sculpture. The movie will be already available in Japanese theaters by the time the Sapporo Snow Festival runs in February 2024. The booth will be open every day during the event period from 11 AM to 8 PM JST.
The snow sculpture will just be one of the numerous exhibitions Sunrise and Bandai Namco will hold to promote Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom. The group will set up exhibitions dedicated to the movie at Tamashii Nations and Animate outlets in Japan. It also newly revealed that The Gundam Base Pop-Up store will open temporarily in New Chitose Airport with a focus on the new movie from January 26, 2024, to February 11, 2024.
The 74th Sapporo Snow Festival will take place on February 4-11, 2024. The Rising Freedom Gundam snow sculpture will appear at the HBC German Square in 7-chome of the Odori Venue. It will help promote Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, which launches in Japanese theaters on January 26, 2024.
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Siliconera Monday, January 15, 2024 12:00 PM
Once Diablo IV released, I never really expected Blizzard Entertainment to continue supporting Diablo III outside of a skeleton crew. While Season 28 and 29 came and went, Diablo III Season 30 has been a pleasant surprise, as it has allowed players who otherwise lost interest in the ARPG during its early years to experience previous Seasons with some extra bells and whistles tacked on. While no major content updates have been planned for Diablo III as of the release of Season 30, there will still be enough to chew through as previous Seasons go on rotation.
As mentioned previously, Season 30 isn't exactly novel, but instead is an exploration of content that appeared in Season 1 with some mechanics from previous Seasons tacked on. What makes this interesting is that Diablo III has more or less all of it's kinks ironed out, which means that new and returning players are experiencing the game at its best. (Though this is debatable depending on what class or build you preferred.) For me, I sort of weaved in an out of Diablo III depending on when I wanted to scratch my ARPG itch. I played the game on launch and experienced it in it's roughest state, flipping through stages as a Demon Hunter only to drop the game a few weeks later after carrying a friend and their mom through the end game.
I returned for the Reaper of Souls expansion, giving the Wizard a try, but ultimately fell back into playing a Demon Hunter. I enjoyed the Rift system a lot, even wishing it had returned for Diablo IV, but again I ended up dipping out of Diablo III to play something else. The game didn't hold my attention for any long periods of time, which was fine. However, leading up to the release of Diablo IV, I jumped back into Diablo III again, but this time with a dedicated group made up of friends who were either veterans of the series or entirely new.
We played through Season 27 and even streamed some of Season 28, eagerly awaiting it's release to run through Rifts and other end game activities in the game's Adventure mode together. With Season 30, I've reinstalled Diablo III to play with that very same group again once we have time. But what I've experienced on my own lured me into continuing. It's content that I missed out on due to my waxing and waning interest in the game. Though knowing that no major changes will be coming any time soon has made it all the more appealing. I know what builds I want to aim for and I know what I can work towards effectively through Diablo III's prestige system.
Also, incorporating mechanics from previous systems means that players can choose how they want to progress and gain passives and elixirs. It adds a permanent depth to what is effectively just making numbers go up and killing things quickly and efficiently in a way that feels satisfying.
While I may not stick with Diablo III Season 30 for very long, I know what I'm getting and I know it's going to be a good time. And if you are a player that maybe dropped off either with Diablo III's base game or with Reaper of Souls, I genuinely believe this Season is worth checking out, especially if you weren't exactly captured by how slow Diablo IV's general pace is. Diablo III is erratic, frantic, but ultimately fun, and I'm surprised at just how enjoyable Season 30 is.
Diablo III is available for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
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Siliconera Monday, January 15, 2024 11:30 AM
Bandai Namco revealed that the Tekken 8 original soundtrack will be available in both physical and digital formats and Eddy Gordo will be the first DLC character. Eddy will appear in Spring 2024. The digital soundtrack will appear first on the same day as the fighting game's release date, and the physical album will be released later in March 2024.
Here's the DLC announcement. Eddy will be the first of four DLC characters in 2024, with one appearing in each season.
The Tekken 8 original soundtrack will contain 42 tracks ranging from in-match BGMs to the Tekken Fight Lounge lobby theme. The tracks will have a combined total length of over 170 minutes.
The physical album will come with many bonus items. Bandai Namco will split the soundtrack into four CDs and contain them in a large jacket that would normally host a vinyl record. It will also come with a large 36-page booklet containing liner notes from the 13-person composer team, including background descriptions for all 16 stages in the game. A sheet containing transparent stickers inspired by all 32 launch characters will complete the set.
The Tekken 8 physical soundtrack will cost 6,800 yen (~$46.65). Pre-orders for the album are immediately available on Amazon Japan, which supports international shipping. Amazon will also offer a tin badge as an exclusive bonus item.
The Tekken 8 digital soundtrack will appear worldwide on the same day Bandai Namco releases the fighting game for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on January 26, 2024. The physical soundtrack will be available on March 13, 2024. The Tekken 8 Eddy Gordo DLC will arrive in Spring 2024.
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Siliconera Monday, January 15, 2024 9:00 AM
Persona 3 Reload won't contain certain content from past games at launch, such as the female main character or The Answer. However, new story DLC content beyond the usual costumes and soundtracks could make up for the remake lacking these features.
Persona 3 Reload DLC could be a perfect way to tie us over until Persona 6
Persona is a series with many costume DLC across titles like Persona 5, but it hasn't yet attempted major story expansions through downloadable content. With the release of the inevitable Persona 6 likely a ways away, this new content could extend the lifetime of this highly anticipated remake and keep fans busy for a good while until the next game.
It would be great to see a Season Pass or something of the sort down the line, with maybe a year or so of dedicated new story DLC for the game. To be clear, I am not expecting this title to suddenly get FeMC as an additional option later down the line, as that would be a huge undertaking they are unlikely to do this late into the experience.
However, what this story DLC could focus on is bringing new experiences to players. For instance, an early DLC drop could include perhaps a new optional expansion to Tartarus or an unexpected part-time job. There is even the potential for a new social link or harder content to make the game worth replaying.
The Answer DLC just makes sense
Above all else, I think major DLC content for Persona 3 Reload could offer at least one significant expansion for the game. There are two options I have in mind, and the first is something from FES that makes sense in this title: The Answer. This epilogue content focusing on Aigis as the playable protagonist is immensely challenging.
The Answer was also offered as a separate mode in the main menu in the first place when it came out. As such, it makes sense to do this again and offer a remake of The Answer down the road for fans to look forward to. This would give players a reason to come back to the game, whether they've played this content before or not.
In addition, this could be a chance to expand upon The Answer. This could be in the form of a couple of hours of side content for the story to give something more for fans to do in the DLC. Since The Answer already exists, this would be more straightforward than a new story entirely.
New DLC focusing on a Side Story would still be great
While it feels less likely, I think it would be great to see Persona 3 Reload story DLC that focuses on a new side story. There are a few options for this, but something separate from the main story for players to check out. The first idea I have is for a prequel dungeon story of sorts, similar to The Answer, but before the main game.
It could focus on Mitsuru, Akihiko, and Shinjiro during their initial Dark Hour investigations. This would give us more time with these characters and some context for events in the main story. Another option could be something after the main plot, similar to The Answer. I could see a story revolving around the Shadow Operatives. This could show what Mitsuru and other members of the group shown in Persona 4 Arena do in their regular missions.
Persona 3 Reload releases for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on February 2, 2024.
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