PCGamesN Saturday, July 6, 2024 3:00 AM  When Amazon Games first announced New World: Aeternum, the "spiritual sequel" to its flagship MMORPG, New World, I think we were all a bit perplexed. Is this a remake? Is it a full sequel? Is it an ARPG rework? Why now? Questions, questions, and yet more questions. As one of the millions of people who tried out New World at launch, I was intrigued, especially given the apparent switch to ARPG-style combat; I imagined New World's universe with an injection of Diablo and the fluidity of Lost Ark. I was pleasantly surprised when I sat down at Summer Game Fest to take Aeternum for a spin, but I ultimately left with more questions than I had to begin with. Continue reading New World Aeternum turns a middling MMO into a great RPG MORE FROM PCGAMESN: New World server list, Best MMORPGs, New World review |
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Siliconera Saturday, July 6, 2024 12:35 AM
At the Los Angeles Dodgers game hololive night event on July 5, 2024, which happened during Anime Expo 2024, Gawr Gura sang "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch. Cover then shared footage of the performance online for everyone who couldn't attend in-person to see.
Here's Cover's clip of the segment:
While the clip of Gawr Gura singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during the Dodgers hololive event was only a brief clip, other people also shared footage of the moment on social media. For example, Koko on X shared the full over one minute long performance.
Usada Pekora, Gawr Gura, and Hoshimachi Suisei also appeared on the board during the game. Spiritsnare shared video clips of those moments on social media, which you can watch below.
People were also sharing videos of the line for hololive merchandise being sold at the Dodgers game. Hwikky showed the Official Team Store tent, as well as part of the line of people waiting to buy Pekora, Gura, and Suisei items.
People who purchased tickets got a pack of trading cards of all three Vtubers in Dodgers uniforms. The event also included a photo op spot and a drone show.
The Dodgers versus Milkwaukee Brewers game was July 5, 2024.
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Siliconera Friday, July 5, 2024 10:05 PM
At the Bandai Namco Summer Showcase during Anime Expo 2024, the Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream reveal involved a trailer showcasing SAO Ordinal Scale's Eiji Nochizawa and Yuna. They will appear as a Rogue and Support, respectively.
Editor's Note: There will be some Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale spoilers in the SAO Fractured Daydream trailer for Eiji and Yuna.
Both Eiji and Yuna appeared in Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale and arc in the manga. The two characters are connected to each other in the story. Yoshio Inoue will reprise his role as the character. However Risae Matsuda will play Yuna instead of Sayaka Kanda, as Kanda died in December 2021.
Here is the video, which highlights their gameplay footage. It begins by showing gameplay of Eiji in battle. At the 30 second mark. Yuna appears and starts to fight. We then see the two of them together at the 50 second mark as they face a foe.
Here's the trailer showing how Eiji and Yuna will look in Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream:
We'll see Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream worldwide later this year. Bandai Namco recently revealed it will be out on October 4, 2024, and confirmed people who pre-order can get DLC to dress Kirito as a Demon King.
Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream debuts on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC via Steam on October 4, 2024.
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Siliconera Friday, July 5, 2024 9:37 PM
At the Bandai Namco Summer Showcase at Anime Expo 2024, a new Bleach game called Bleach Rebirth of Souls appeared. It will be on the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC. It was only listed as "coming soon." Ahead of the reveal, Tite Kubo's social media account teased an announcement would appear.
Bleach Rebirth of Souls will feature an original story by Tite Kubo. Ichigo, Rukia, Uryu, Orihime, Chad, and Renji were all confirmed as characters in the game. The color design is meant to fall in line with Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War's. It was described as a "fighting action game." Also, the first trailer showed the moment when Ichigo meets Rukia for the first time and gains the power of a Soul Reaper to save his family.
Here's the first trailer:
This isn't the only big Bleach game announcement to come up in 2024. Bleach: Brave Souls came to consoles for the first time in June 2024. People on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X can go through the free-to-play game.
Bleach Rebirth of Souls is in development for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC. The Bleach anime, including Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, is streaming on Disney+ and Hulu. Viz Media handles the manga.
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Siliconera Friday, July 5, 2024 9:00 PM
hololive VTuber Roboco will have a stream on July 6, 2024 from 12:00 PM. This stream will be a zatsudan stream in which she talks about the time she was in the hospital.
The above date and time for the stream correlates to Japan. It would be July 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM PST/11 PM EST. You'll be able to watch the stream from Roboco's YouTube channel.
According to Roboco's Tweet, she was actually in the hospital for reasons she'll discuss in the stream. An ambulance took her there about a week ago. Because she had no idea when she would be let out, she wasn't able to say anything to people. However, she's recovered now and is able to stream again.
Roboco is not the only VTuber who had to go on hiatus due to medical reasons. Fellow hololive VTuber Ookami Mio, who was also in the hospital for acute pancreatitis, could not stream for over a month. She recovered in late June 2024 and returned to her normal streaming activities.
Roboco is the second ever member of hololive and debuted in 2018 on YouTube and Niconico. She debuted before the concept of generations in hololive, but she's considered to be in the 0th generation along with Tokino Sora, Hoshimachi Suisei, and Sakura Miko. As of the time of writing, she has over 1.01 million subscribers on her YouTube channel.
hololive VTuber Roboco will have a return stream at 12:00 PM on July 6, 2024.
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Siliconera Friday, July 5, 2024 8:20 PM
At Anime Expo 2024, Kotobukiya officially confirmed that Sadako, the main character from The Ring series of novels, movies, and manga, will join the Bishoujo figure line. This comes after a teaser on July 3, 2024 that showed a video tape and a TV with static on it. On the second day of Anime Expo 2024, the company shared a picture of the painted prototype.
Here's the official concept art for The Ring Sadako Bishoujo figure. As usual, it is done by Shunya Yamashita. The artist is behind all of the designs for characters in the collection. The art shows her face entirely covered by her long black hair, though a shadow in the background shows one eye peeking out. She will wear a white dress and be surrounded by video tapes. This is a reference to how she spreads and attacks people.
Next, here's the full reveal from July 5, 2024:
Many horror icons are a part of the Bishoujo figure line. In each case, the design depicts them as a beautiful young woman. So in 2023, one based on the 2017 version of Pennywise from It appeared. Beetlejuice also joined the lineup in 2020. Vampirella is going to be one of the next characters to join after Sadako.
While no prototype of the Sadako figure will appear at the event, other exclusive merchandise will be at Kotobukiya's booth. The company confirmed it will have Bishoujo figure variants of Cliff Jumper from Transformers, a Medical Officer from Star Trek, and Lilith from Darkstalkers.
There's no release window for the Sadako The Ring Bishoujo figure. Anime Expo runs July 4-7, 2024 at the LA Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
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