GamersHeroes Thursday, July 18, 2024 6:52 PM A non-violent, rogue-like survival base builder, the world of Sonderland and Pineapple Works' Landnama will come out for the Nintendo Switch and Xbox consoles August 1. The post Landnama Coming to Nintendo Switch and Xbox August 1 appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Thursday, July 18, 2024 5:46 PM Announced as part of Tacticon 2024, Gentlymad Studios and Assemble Entertainment's post-apocalyptic survival colony builder Endzone 2 is launching in Early Access for PC August 26. The post Endzone 2 Launching Into Early Access August 26 appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
Kotaku Thursday, July 18, 2024 6:45 PM  Paramount+ announced today that it has canceled Xbox's Halo TV show after its second season. The team behind the show is reportedly looking to shop the sci-fi adaption around to other places in an effort to continue the series. |
Kotaku Thursday, July 18, 2024 6:05 PM  On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission pointed to Microsoft's recent pricing overhaul of Xbox Game Pass as evidence of the harm its merger with Activision Blizzard has had on consumers. The agency filed a new letter in its ongoing appeal of last year's deal, calling the changes "exactly the sort of consumer harm… |
Kotaku Thursday, July 18, 2024 4:55 PM Earlier this week, No Man's Sky announced its latest update, which apparently refreshes the entire universe to make it more diverse and lively. As part of the update, No Man's Sky is also getting some graphical advancements from the studio's upcoming survival game Light No Fire, and the most exciting bit of it for me… |
Kotaku Thursday, July 18, 2024 4:15 PM  As a crafting-survival game with a surprising depth, Once Human doesn't shy away from the basics of the genre, either. You have countless resources necessary for crafting and construction. Various tools are required to harvest specific resources, with upgrades needed for late-game materials. |
Kotaku Thursday, July 18, 2024 4:05 PM  A newly published report claims that the majority of adults in the United States play video games of some kind. It also found that most of them have spent real money on in-app purchases in a free-to-play game. |
PCGamesN Thursday, July 18, 2024 7:58 PM  One of the most exciting things about a new Path of Exile update is that you never quite know what to expect. While both Diablo 4 and the full launch of Last Epoch are still in their early stages and working out exactly what new seasons look like, PoE is now more than ten years old and Grinding Gear Games continues cooking up all manner of fascinating ideas for each league. Path of Exile 3.25, titled Settlers of Kalguur, packs in all manner of upgrades and improvements, along with a whole new city-building side. Continue reading Path of Exile Settlers of Kalguur turns the ARPG into a city builder MORE FROM PCGAMESN: PoE 3.23 details, Best free PC games, Best ARPG games |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, July 18, 2024 5:32 PM  Everybody knows that Counter-Strike's asymmetric levels are its best. If only someone had told its millions of players. Counter-Strike creator Minh Le seems to agree with me at least, naming cs_siege as one of his favourites in a recent interview. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, July 18, 2024 4:59 PM  It was just last month that we reported on Streets Of Rogue 2's early access release date, then planned for the middle of August. Alas, the streets of video game development are meaner than first thought, and its release date has now slipped until October 22nd. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, July 18, 2024 4:48 PM  I confess that 2018's Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks is a corner of the grim dark far future with which I'm unfamiliar, but it turns out it's an Orky death rally. Its video game adaptation, meanwhile, is a free-to-play, multiplayer, with several team-based modes. It now has an Early Access release date: August 6th. |
Siliconera Thursday, July 18, 2024 11:00 PM
IDW Publishing will release a Naruto and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossover miniseries some time in October 2024. It will be available in both physical and digital formats. [Thanks, Keifer Martin!]
According to Martin's replies in the thread, the source comes from the Russian TMNT forum "Turtle Power." In the original post, we only know the release window and that Jorge Jimenez did the cover. For reference, Jorge Jimenez is a comic book artist who's well known for his work on multiple Batman and Superman series. There's no information yet as to who the writers are for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto miniseries and, nor do we know what the story will be about.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles first came out in 1984, with action figures and an animated series coming out in the 1980s as well. The story follows Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo, who are four anthropomorphic turtles who live in the sewers of New York City. Sewer rat sensei Splinter taught them ninjutsu, which they use to fight crime. In their off time, they enjoy stereotypical teenager activities like playing video games and eating pizza. Naruto (of Naruto) is a teenager who likes to eat ramen and can use ninjutsu. He also has a sensei with hair that's similar to the color of a rat's fur. So they have that in common.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto comic miniseries should come out in October 2024. More information will appear closer to the release window.
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Siliconera Thursday, July 18, 2024 10:00 PM
A pop-up store based on Bombergirl will appear in Shibuya, featuring characters dressed up like they're magical girls. The store will run from August 1 to 31, 2024.
You'll be able to find the Bombergirl pop-up store on the sixth floor of the Shibuya Tsutaya. As a note, if you spend over 2200 JPY on Bombergirl goods, you'll be able to get a novelty bromide. There are twelve variations in total and you'll get a random one so if you're aiming for a specific character, you might have to purchase more. It seems that it's for every 2200 JPY rather than per transaction though, so you don't have to make multiple purchases.
Here are the goods that'll be available:
Bombergirl is a Konami's spinoff of Bomberman, which it has the rights to as it bought Hudson Soft. Like Bomberman, the goal is to use bombs and such in order to defeat the opposite team's base. Unlike the original Bomberman series, the characters look like stereotypical bishoujo rather than little mascot-looking people.
Bombergirl is available in Japan on the Windows PC and in arcades.
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Siliconera Thursday, July 18, 2024 9:30 PM
Square Enix is no stranger to brand collaborations. Through the lifespan of Final Fantasy XIV, the developer and publisher has teamed up to distribute unique mounts and emotes to players that participate and gobble up collaboration goods for the aforementioned rewards. The most recently FFXIV collaboration is with bubble tea brand Gong Cha to reward players with an exclusive mount, which everyone was excited for.
For posterities sake, I decided I would actually attempt at participating in a Final Fantasy XIV collaboration. Now that I was in North America, it would be significantly easier and I wouldn't be barred from obtaining a unique mount because I could get a specific Butterfinger bar in Germany, or the Pizza Hut at the hauptbahnhof (or main train station) wasn't part of a previous collaboration because it wasn't located in the United States. And with the Gong Cha having so many locations in my neighborhood I figured that there was a high chance I'd be able to obtain the exclusive collaboration mount (which is just a variation of a mount players can already obtain in game entirely for free, they just put a crown on a pig).
This was absolutely not the case. The Gong Cha FFXIV collaboration started on July 17, 2024. I thought about getting some bubble tea from Gong Cha on July 18, 2024 which meant that there was a high chance I would not be getting the mount. Which was entirely correct. I called my local Gong Cha to ask if there were any FFXIV mount codes still available, and I was promptly notified that no, there were not. Doing a quick search on Reddit and Twitter, I learned that Square Enix and Gong Cha decided that codes would be given out on scratch cards that are apparently in limited supply. Instead of taking the route of printing a code on a receipt, the code would instead be distributed through a select amount of these scratch cards. So even if you did go to a participating Gong Cha location (because not all of them are), you'd run the risk of spending around $20 on bubble tea for nothing — not even a commemorative key chain, since those are also sold out depending on the store you go to.
Now $20 on a mount is a bit steep. But arguably, it is cheaper than most everything you will find on Square Enix's official Final Fantasy XIV Online Store. Mounts there range from $12 to $37 depending on how many players each mount can carry, how old a mount is, and if it was tied to a previous seasonal event. Even then, paying $20 for what is effectively the same mount players can get through Nu Mou Tribe Quests in Shadowbringers feels a little pricy.
Now this isn't the first time Square Enix has had some difficulties with Final Fantasy XIV collaborations. There was the aforementioned Pizza Hut collaboration, which distributed a pizza eating emote through purchasing a pizza from participating locations, that also distributed codes in limited supply. This emote can now be purchased on the Final Fantasy XIV Online Store for $7. Or the Butterfinger collaboration, which netted players an exclusive chocolate-colored Korpokkur which were then made available through a Twitch campaign in 2024 to celebrate the release of Dawntrail. There were difficulties redeeming codes for this, so I suppose Square Enix figured that distributing this mount for free was probably a good idea. This makes me wonder if the now-exclusive Porxie mount will eventually be available to obtain through other means. Which would be nice, because I guess these collaborations are mostly about the experience of gathering as many Butterfinger bars in your arms as possible to get mounts for you and your friends, or waiting two hours for bubble tea only to be told that the store has run out of codes.
Final Fantasy XIV is a popular game, there's no doubt about that. So it makes me wonder why code distribution for these exclusive mounts or emotes are distributed the way they are. I mean, it's definitely a system that works for Japan, but that can't be said for other regions. And I think of Square Enix is going to continue to try and bring brand collaborations to North America and Europe, they should do so with those respective regions in mind. Because the worst case scenario are these codes being sold online for hundreds of dollars, which is already happening, and players feeling burned by a lack of proper rollout for what should be an exciting event for the community.
Final Fantasy XIV is available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, and Xbox Series X. The FFXIV Gong Cha collaboration will run from July 17 to August 28, 2024.
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Siliconera Thursday, July 18, 2024 9:00 PM
Jade City Foods and Atlus have teamed up on a new collection of hot sauces and coffee beans based on Persona 5 Royal. You can also get an entire set of the hot sauces if you're not sure which one you want to be.
There are six hot sauces in total, with three of them having the Royal Trio on the label and the other three having Ann's Persona Carmen. This is likely due to Carmen being the fire specialist with her collection of Agi spells. All of the hot sauces cost $18 and the complete set costs $90. The flavors are:
It's unknown if these hot sauces will pair well with your coffee and curry combo. But you can always try!
As for the coffees, they're more based on locations and groups. Each bag contains 12 oz of coffee beans and cost $20. In a wild steal, you can get the 3-pack for $50. The flavors are:
Persona 5 Royal is readily available on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and the Windows PC.
The post Persona 5 Royal Hot Sauces and Coffee Will Steal Your Heart appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Thursday, July 18, 2024 8:00 PM
A life-sized statue of the Seikret bird mount and the Hunter from the upcoming Monster Hunter Wilds will be on display at the upcoming Monster Hunter 20th Anniversary exhibition. The exhibition will start on July 19, 2024 and will appear in Tokyo, Japan.
Capcom showed a brief glimpse at the statue of the Seikret bird, as well as a tease of the Hunter statue riding the bird. In a post made by the Monster Hunter Wilds X (formerly Twitter) official account, the Hunter statue has been shown carrying a carving knife as well as the greatsword weapon that was shown on the latest gameplay trailers.
You can take a look at the tease of the Seikret bird and Hunter statues from Monster Hunter Wilds here:
As a reminder, the Monster Hunter 20th Anniversary: The Great Hunting Exhibition will start on July 19, 2024 and it will be held at the Mori Arts Center Gallery in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. Aside from the Seikret and Hunter life-sized statue, a replica of the Mizutsune monster long sword weapon will be on display at the exhibition. A new line of exclusive merchandise will also be available for sale.
Monster Hunter Wilds is currently in development for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC and is set to release simultaneously in 2025. Capcom confirmed that the game will feature crossplay between platforms.
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Siliconera Thursday, July 18, 2024 7:00 PM
Nintendo announced that the Family Computer (Famicom) controllers for the Nintendo Switch are now available to buy for everyone via the company's official Japanese store. Previously exclusive to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers, these controllers can now be bought by anyone.
The Famicom Controllers, priced at ¥6,578 (approximately $42 USD) each, are designed to replicate the classic feel of playing on the original Family Computer system on the Switch. They can be attached to the Nintendo Switch console for charging, much like the standard Joy-Con controllers. However, due to their limited button layout, Nintendo noted that the controllers are only compatible with the games in the Famicom Nintendo Switch Online app and Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition.
Customers can purchase up to four controllers per person. The expected delivery date is typically between two to six days after ordering, excluding some isolated islands. The store only ships to people in Japan.
Nintendo hasn't made any worldwide announcements as of yet regarding whether or not this change could be made globally. The US website for the Nintendo Switch Online service still shows the NES Switch controllers as an offer for subscribers. That set normally costs $59.99.
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is available on the Nintendo Switch worldwide.
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Siliconera Thursday, July 18, 2024 6:00 PM
Nintendo will sponsor a Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition tournament featuring various Hololive Vtubers. The tournament will be broadcast on July 29, 2024 at 8pm JST, and it will feature livers Usada Pekora, Nekomata Okayu, Inugami Korone, and Himemori Luna as the contestants. Shirakami Fubuki will be the event's host.
The livestream will appear on the official Hololive YouTube channel. The 4 participants will compete using the Time Attack mode in 10 different rounds carefully selected from the over 150 available challenges in the game. Each player can try each round up to two times, and the fastest of the two times will be used.
In each round, the contestant in first place will receive 4 points, second place will get 3, third place gets 2, and fourth place gets a single point. The Vtuber with the highest point total at the end of the 10 rounds will be the winner of the tournament. The games featured in each round of the competition will be the original Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Balloon Fight, Kirby's Adventure, Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros. 2, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Ice Climbers, Metroid, and Super Mario Bros. 3 in order.
The Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Hololive tournament will be broadcast on July 29, 2024 at 8pm JST. Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition is readily available for the Nintendo Switch, and you can read our review of the game here.
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Siliconera Thursday, July 18, 2024 5:00 PM
Activision Blizzard has revealed that the latest Support hero for Overwatch 2 is Juno. In addition, she will be available as a limited time trial from July 19-21, 2024, ahead of her full release in August.
Juno was previously teased as a new Overwatch 2 hero at BlizzCon 2023 under the codename Space Ranger, but now she has received a full gameplay trailer. Hailing from a Mars colony, her moveset is based around sci-fi technology. Juno will be released as part of Season 20 on August 20, 2024, but players will be able to try her out on July 19-21, 2024, where she will be available as part of a limited trial.
Her primary fire is the Mediblaster, a burst fire weapon, while her secondary fire is the Pulsar Torpedoes, which are homing missiles. She can also double jump and perform a horizontal glide thanks to her Martian Overboots and deploy a Hyper Ring that can increase ally movement. Her Ultimate is the Orbital Ray, a laser that fires from space and travels forward. All her abilities will damage enemies while healing allies.
Activision Blizzard also revealed the voice actor for Juno. She will be voiced by Xanthe Huynh, whose previous credits include Haru in Persona 5, Pela in Honkai: Star Rail and Marianne in Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
Juno is the latest hero to be revealed for Overwatch 2. The previous character to be added to the cast was Venture, a Damage focused hero released in Apil 2024.
Overwatch 2 is available now for Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Juno will be available on August 20, 2024, with a free trial on July 19-21, 2024.
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Siliconera Thursday, July 18, 2024 4:30 PM
A collaboration between the One Piece manga series and the Lacoste fashion brand has been revealed, and the announcement features Robin hanging out with the Lacoste crocodile. More details about the collaboration will appear on issue 34 of the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, which will go on sale on July 22, 2024. [Thanks, Oricon!]
The announcement post by the One Piece X (formerly Twitter) official account showed the cover art for chapter 1106 of the manga, as it featured art depicting Robin alongside a humanoid crocodile wearing sunglasses and an outfit sporting a familiar logo and the caption Lacosta. In the post, the name Lacosta transforms to reveal the fashion brand Lacoste.
You can check out the announcement post for the new Lacoste collaboration with the popular manga series here:
In addition to the upcoming collaboration with the popular fashion brand, One Piece will also start a new collaboration with Japanese dairy and confectionery company Meiji on July 23, 2024, with Luffy and other characters from the Straw Hat Pirates crew appearing on the boxes of various Meiji chocolate snacks.
More information about the new One Piece x Lacoste collaboration will appear on the Weekly Shonen Jump issue 34 coming out on July 22, 2024.
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WGB Thursday, July 18, 2024 7:51 PM The FTC continues to wage its war against Microsoft, using the recently announced changes to Game Pass as further evidence that the merger needs to be appealed. |
WGB Thursday, July 18, 2024 7:09 PM The Halo TV show has been canned by Paramount, but there is a small hope that season 3 will still happen. |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Thursday, July 18, 2024 5:06 PM A trailer was also released. The post Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks Release Date Announced appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Thursday, July 18, 2024 4:22 PM A trailer was also released. The post Splitgate 2 Announced For PC and Consoles appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
Gaming on PC Thursday, July 18, 2024 8:39 PM 1047 Games has just announced a sequel to their popular free to play multiplayer FPS Splitgate, due for release next year on PC and consoles. Read more after the jump. |