Kotaku Thursday, March 7, 2024 10:51 PM  Akira Toriyama, the creator of the Dragon Ball franchise and character designer for video games like Chrono Trigger and Dragon Quest, has died at the age of 68. |
Siliconera Thursday, March 7, 2024 10:51 PM
The official Dragon Ball social media account announced that Akira Toriyama died. The announcement comes days after the event, as it happened on March 1, 2024. Toriyama died at the age of 68. The official announcement noted the cause was due to an acute subdural hematoma. Toriyama was best known for the creation of the Dragon Ball franchise in 1984 and has seen multiple continuations in the form of Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, and Dragon Ball Super. Among his other popular works included Dr. Slump which began serialization in 1980 and became huge success for publisher Shueisha, and Sand Land in 2000. Toriyama also served as the character designer for the Dragon Quest video game series, helping to shape its iconic visual style that has spanned dozens of releases over the last 38 years. He was also the character designer on Chrono Trigger and Blue Dragon. Akira Toriyama was working on many different projects before he died, including the Sand Land video game adaption, the Dragon Ball Daima anime which is set to air in 2024, and other unannounced projects. The official Dragon Ball social media account announced that funeral services were held with his family and close relatives in private. To follow Toriyama's wishes for "tranquility" prior to his passing, it has been requested that there be no flowers, gifts, visits, offerings, or other forms of condolences sent in honor of him. The official social medial account also asked that no interviews be conduced with his family. The official social media account also stated that plans for a commemorative gathering for Akira Toriyama have not yet been made, but will be announced at a later date once confirmed. The post Akira Toriyama Died appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Thursday, March 7, 2024 9:30 PM
At the Capcom Highlights stream, the company announced it had released the Dragon's Dogma 2 character creator for players to download and use ahead of the game's launch on March 22, 2024. Additionally, players in the main game will be able to download official Pawns created by select streamers and influencers such as Snuffy, Maximilian Dood, and Salome Hyakumantenbara.
The full list of creators includes:
After the presentation, the presenters also used the character creation tools to creat a Pawn based on a real-life cat named Daisy, which is planned to be available as an official pawn. This also isn't the first time official Pawns have appeared, as the Switch version of the first Dragon's Dogma got an official Pawn of Travis Touchdown as part of a collaboration with the No More Heroes series.
You can find the announcement tweet for the Dragon's Dogma 2 character creator below:
You can also see the screencaps of the featured creators in the gallery below:
The Capcom Highlights event is set to go on for another day, with Day 2 to focus on games like Street Fighter 6, Monster Hunter Now, and Exoprimal. Earlier this week, game director Hideaki Itsuno revealed that the cooking cutscenes in Dragon's Dogma 2 used real meat instead of computer generated graphics.
Dragon's Dogma 2 will launch on March 22, 2024, for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X. The Dragon's Dogma 2 character creator is available to download now on the same platforms, and the characters created can be imported into the main game.
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Siliconera Thursday, March 7, 2024 9:00 PM
Capcom revealed a new Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess in-depth gameplay trailer during Day 1 of the Capcom Highlights broadcasts. The game mixes character action and real-time strategy elements with a unique Japanese aesthetic.
Kunitsu-Gami is set on Mount Kafuku, a blessed land that is defiled by a mysterious black substance. This defilement is stealing masks containing the guardian Goddess' powers, and it is up to protagonist Soh and Maiden Yoshiro to rescue the villagers of the land and purify each village.
Gameplay in Kunitsu-Gami is divided between day sections, where Soh guides Yoshiro to torii gates that need to be purified, rescues villagers, and builds contraptions used to fight enemies called the Seethe. At night, foes spawn and try to interrupt Maiden Yoshiro's purifying ritual.
Villagers can be positioned around the field to help fight back the Seethe. Woodcutter, Archer, and Ascetic are three of the villager types shown, and they excel at close range, long range, and casting spells respectively. A Spearman villager was briefly shown as well.
You can check out the new Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess gameplay deep dive trailer here:
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess will come out for the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC sometime in 2024. The game will be available on Xbox Game Pass.
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