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PCGamesN Wednesday, August 28, 2024 6:09 PM
     New strategy game Tactical Breach Wizards wows with 98% Steam rating

It took six years of development to get there, but last week Tactical Breach Wizards finally magicked its way onto Steam. The witty XCOM-like strategy game already stood out from the crowd with its bizarre concept, striking characters, and generous rewind ability that gives you multiple chances at making the perfect turn. Now it's here, there's one more thing making it stand out: it's impressive rating on Steam.

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Siliconera Wednesday, August 28, 2024 10:45 PM
    

Five Best Demon Slayer Nendoroids to Check Out This Year

There are a plethora of Nendoroids from many franchises and properties such as Hatsune Miku. This applies to the hit series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba as well. The Crunchyroll features a range of Nendoroids for customers to choose from including Nezuko and Rengoku figures. Below are five of the greatest Demon Slayer Nendoroids you should check out in 2024.

Five Greatest Demon Slayer Nendoroids to Check Out This Year
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Sabito Nendoroid

Five Best Demon Slayer Nendoroids to Check Out This Year Sabito
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This Sabito Demon Slayer Nendoroid is a figure of many customizations. Along with changing sword stances, Sabito is bundled with his sword as well as a wooden training sword. Included with Sabito are two faceplates; a stern expression and a smiling expression faceplate. If neither expression appeals to you, this Nendoroid also includes Sabito's mask from the anime and manga. This multipart Nendoroid cost is well worth the price of $74.99.

Nezuko Kamado Nendoroid (3rd Re-Run)

Five Best Demon Slayer Nendoroids to Check Out This Year Nezuko
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As a character who is prominent throughout the series while being the main character's motivation for, this Nezuko Nendoroid has inspiration from the source material, Demon Slayer. With the iconic scroll tucked in its mouth, this Nezuko figure features two facial expressions. One faceplate is the warm and welcoming expression Nezuko displays towards her brother. The other faceplate shows a more demonic expression as veins protrude from the head. The Nezuko Nendoroid also features both a kicking and punching pose. Style this figure with Tanjiro's box he carries Nezuko in for $55.

Kyojuro Rengoku Nendoroid Doll

Five Best Demon Slayer Nendoroids to Check Out This Year Rengoku
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The Kyojuro Rengoku Demon Slayer Nendoroid is a doll featured in the Nendoroid Doll series. While it has features similar to standard Nendoroids, such as the same heads, the Nendoroid Doll line-up includes elements of traditional dolls. For instance, this Rengoku Nendoroid allows you to remove the clothes and dress the figure any way you want. This doll includes Rengoku's Corps uniform, Haori coat, Nichirin Blade, and Zori sandals that can be posed on the stand. The Kyojuro Rengoku Nendoroid Doll also has a magnetic base to make posing easier for $68.99. Though this Nendoroid Doll isn't in stock now, wishlist it on the Crunchyroll store to know when it is next available

Makomo Nendoroid

Five Best Demon Slayer Nendoroids to Check Out This Year Makomo
Five Best Demon Slayer Nendoroids to Check Out This Year Nezuko

This Makomo Demon Slayer Nendoroid pairs well with the Sabito Nendoroid due to the duo's connection in the anime. Similar to the Sabito Nendoroid, Makomo features two facial expressions; a standard faceplate and a somber expression faceplate. Makomo also comes with a flower crown accompanied by a mask with painted blue flowers. Makomo Nendoroid is $69.99 on the Crunchyroll store.

Giyu Tomioka Nendoroid (Re-run)

Five Best Demon Slayer Nendoroids to Check Out This Year Giyu
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With Water Breathing effects included, this Giyu Tomioka Nendoroid affords a lot of customization to the collector. The Water Breathing effect allows collectors to recreate Water Breathing Eleventh Form: Dead Calm when paired with the sheet included in this set. Giyu comes with faceplates in the form of an angry, standard, and surprised expression as well. This Demon Slayer Nendoroid also features Giyu's Kasugai Crow to pose with him. While this figure is out of stock, you can purchase it for $59.99 when it becomes available.

The post 5 Greatest Demon Slayer Nendoroids You Need To Check Out This Year appeared first on Siliconera.


Siliconera Wednesday, August 28, 2024 9:30 PM
    

kamaitachi no yoru x3

Spike Chunsoft announced that Kamaitachi no Yoru x3 will include the main stories of the first two games. As well, the Switch version will have an arranged soundtrack of the first game as a bonus feature. [Thanks, Famitsu!]

Kamaitachi no Yoru x3 first came out in 2006 and the upcoming PS4, PC, and Switch release will be a port of that. The third game (which concludes the entire series) will also include the POVs of multiple characters, letting you check out other perspectives in the plot. The English version of Kamaitachi no Yoru is Banshee's Last Cry, and it's a sound novel murder mystery. You're able to pick different dialogue options to continue the story. There aren't many visuals or CGs, with text over top of backgrounds and silhouettes. 

The first game takes place in a popular ski lodge. Though the guests have a good time, they discover an eerie message predicting that someone will die at midnight. Then, someone actually does. Unable to escape from the ski lodge and cut off from the outside world, the guests have to figure out the culprit before they fall victim. The second game takes place on Mikazuki-jima during the Meiji era. The characters from the first game are invited to the island, but once again, murders happen and they must figure out the culprit, among other mysteries.

Kamaitachi no Yoru x3 will come out on September 19, 2024 for the PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows PC via Steam.

The post Kamaitachi no Yoru x3 Will Include First Two Games appeared first on Siliconera.


Siliconera Wednesday, August 28, 2024 9:00 PM
    

stardew valley 1.6 consoles haunted chocolatier

ConcernedApe has taken to Twitter to discuss the status of Stardew Valley console and mobile ports, as well as the development of Haunted Chocolatier. While there aren't any details in the Tweet, he assures fans that they've been working on them and they're the primary focus since Stardew Valley Version 1.6 appeared on PC.

To summarize it, he acknowledges that the console and mobile ports for Stardew Valley are taking a long time for various reasons he didn't get into. He accepts full responsibility for the delay. ConcernedApe also expresses gratitude to those who have been patiently waiting, as they reduce the amount of stress he has to deal with. As for Haunted Chocolatier, he has not worked on it in a while due to wanting to perfect and finalize Stardew Valley Version 1.6 first. Indeed, the last progress update ConcernedApe shared for Haunted Chocolatier was in 2021. The full statement is available via ConcernedApe's Twitter account. Fans in the replies have been more than understanding for the delay. A lot of them thank ConcernedApe for all the work that he's done in general. 

Stardew Valley Version 1.6 came out earlier this year on March 19, 2024. It features new festivals and events, a new farm type, a new mastery system, new NPC dialogue, updates to the world map, new outfits, new glamor items, balance changes, QoL improvements, and more. It was, all in all, a massive update to the game.

Stardew Valley is readily available on the Windows PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices. More information on when Version 1.6 for consoles and mobile, as well as Haunted Chocolatier, will come out will appear in the future.

The post ConcernedApe Gives Progress Update on Stardew Valley 1.6 And Haunted Chocolatier appeared first on Siliconera.


Siliconera Wednesday, August 28, 2024 8:00 PM
    

attack on titan ride in japan

The Fuji-Q Highland amusement park in Yamanashi, Japan will feature a new Attack on Titan ride from September 17, 2024. The ride will focus on the final battle in Libero, which was in The Final Season.

Last year, Fuji-Q Highland had an Attack on Titan ride that let you experience the operation to retake Wall Maria. Both that one and the upcoming Libero ride seem to be flight simulation rides. As a new recruit of the Survey Corps, you'll help out Levi, Jean, and Mikasa as you face off against five Titans to support Eren. You'll "fly" around while fighting against titans, which will be in full realistic CG projected on giant screens around you. This'll be the first time in Japan that a ride uses this technology.

The ride itself will last about 8 minutes and anyone over the age of 4 years old can ride on it. For safety reasons, you'll need to be over 110 cm as well. It'll cost 2000 JPY (around $13.85) to ride on it. If you bought the 1-day pass, then this ride will be part of that cost. Fuji-Q Highland will also sell merchandise based on this ride, with more information on that appearing later on in the future.

Attack on Titan is readily available on streaming services like Crunchyroll and Netflix. The Attack on Titan ride will appear in Fuji-Q Highland from September 17, 2024. Attack on Titan: The Last Attack, which will be a compilation film of parts 3 and 4 of The Final Season, will air in Japanese theaters from November 8, 2024.

The post Attack on Titan Ride Will Let You Experience Liberio appeared first on Siliconera.


Siliconera Wednesday, August 28, 2024 7:00 PM
    

hundred line trailer

A teaser trailer for Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- is now on the Aniplex YouTube channel. It's quite short at about half a minute.

You can watch the teaser trailer for Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LINC2Sd9vo

The title for the trailer is "Limit" x "Despair" and both concepts are obvious in the footage. It shows the deaths of several characters (unknown if they're actually important to the overall plot or characters who'll die at the very beginning). The audio of characters screaming either as they're killed or as they watch their friends being killed is layered on top of Sincere's "Sedam," which will also appear in the game.

While we don't know the voice actors for them, Too Kyo Games has shared the designs for SIREI and NIGOU. SIREI is the commander for Last Defense Academy while NIGOU helps them out. Taihi Kimura voices main character Takumi Sumino. Sumino is a normal high schooler who grew up in an average family. Though he can be pessimistic and have trouble making decisions, he's determined to stand up and protect the people important to him.

This is the latest upcoming game from Too Kyo Games, which previously released Master Detective Archives: Rain Code. Kazutaka Kodaka (Danganronpa) and Kotaro Uchikoshi (Zero Escape) are both working on this, and they've teased the project several times over times in the past. The plot of the game centers on an apocalyptic event striking Japan and killing a bunch of people. A mascot creature then transports students from around the world to the Last Defense Academy, where they must defend the school for 100 days against enemy invaders. It will be a TRPG similar to Fire Emblem but with visual novel elements.

The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- will come out on April 24, 2025 for the Nintendo Switch and Windows PC. The English version will come out on that date as well.

The post Hundred Line Trailer is Bloody And Dramatic appeared first on Siliconera.


Siliconera Wednesday, August 28, 2024 6:30 PM
    

trails in the sky remake

Falcom has updated its website to include the The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 1st remake, including information on the new sprites and such. So far, there's nothing new that the trailer, which was in the Japanese Nintendo Direct, didn't already cover.

As of the time of writing, you can check out the trailer, a brief summary of the story, screenshots from the remake, and a description of the battle system. Battle will commence after attacking an enemy symbol on the map and it'll still use a turn-based system. The description states that the battle system is easy to grasp and even if you're completely new to the RPG genre as a whole, you'll be able to master it in almost no time. We saw a little bit of it during the trailer as well, which you can watch here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vmMaTcluNo

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky originally came out in 2004 for the Windows PC, though there was later a port onto the PSP. It's the first game in the Trails series, which encompasses other titles such as Trails from Zero and Trails of Cold Steel. The story follows Estelle Bright and her adopted brother Joshua Bright as they journey through Liberl in hopes of becoming Bracers. As a JRPG, the story becomes a lot grander in scale and the stakes become much higher as the story goes on.

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky the 1st remake will come out on the Nintendo Switch in 2025.

The post Trails in the Sky Website Updates For the Remake appeared first on Siliconera.


PC Invasion - FeedDDD Wednesday, August 28, 2024 7:29 PM
     Genshin Impact PyroculusA new region in Genshin Impact means new Oculi to collect, and Natlan is home to over 100 Pyroculi to find. The Pyroculus hunt is the same as it's always been, and the ones in Natlan thankfully aren't as hard to find as the ones in Fontaine and other Genshin Impact regions. Table of contentsAll Natlan Pyroculus LocationsTequemecan Valley Pyroculus LocationsBasin of Unnumbered Flames Pyroculus LocationsCoatepec Mountain Pyroculus LocationsToyac Springs Pyroculus Locations All Natlan Pyroculus Locations Screenshot: PC Invasion Here's an overview of every Natlan Pyroculus location in Genshin Impact for reference. Keep reading below for zoomed-in maps and more detailed information about where to find every one of them. Tequemecan Valley Pyroculus Locations Screenshot: PC Invasion PyroculusLocationPyroculus 1Located along the main path into the region near Children of Echoes.Pyroculus 2Found on top of a skeleton with enemies inside south of Children o...