GamersHeroes Wednesday, November 13, 2024 4:58 PM A new roguelike retro platformer, Mega Cat Studios and Ryan Carson/Refresh Games' Flap Happy has taken flight on the NES and Nintendo Game Boy. The post Flap Happy Now Available appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 13, 2024 5:25 PM  Hugh Grant stars as a strange and dangerous villain in Heretic, A24's new horror flick that debuted with $11 million last weekend. And at one point in the film he does an impression of Star Wars character Jar-Jar Binks and folks, it's the worst impression of the hated alien I've ever heard. |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 13, 2024 4:10 PM  It's midnight. The room is pitch black. I gingerly creep into bed so as not to disturb the amorphous blob of children that may be residing somewhere near its center. I'm sleep-deprived but unable to turn my brain off. I pull out my phone and see a tiny notification out of the corner of my eye that my booster pack… |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 13, 2024 3:30 PM  Vampire Survivors draws tons of inspiration from Castlevania, so it is no surprise that the new Ode To Castlevania DLC is fantastic. I'm here to guide you through unlocking each Hero and evolving each weapon, because that's how you'll end up accessing everything the Ode To Castlevania level has to offer. After all,… |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 13, 2024 3:06 PM  I started playing Overwatch in 2019. By the time I was pushing payloads and getting Play of the Game with a well-placed Tactical Visor, a lot of the old hero kits and team compositions that were infamous when the hero shooter launched in 2016 were more like cautionary tales for relative newbies. But since I never… |
PCGamesN Wednesday, November 13, 2024 7:18 PM  Counter-Strike 2 has already given several incredible CSGO maps a fresh coat of paint, but there's a fan-favorite that's been surprisingly absent from the FPS game. Home to so many memories, players have been missing the abandoned railyard of Train. Well, after a few sneaky teasers last week, Valve has just dropped a surprise CS2 update that brings Train into the map pool - and it's looking more atmospheric than ever. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: CS2 crosshair, CS2 review, CS2 skins |
PCGamesN Wednesday, November 13, 2024 7:01 PM  Fabled Lands is one of those games that's really hard to classify. On one hand it's a narrative RPG version of a series of '90s gamebooks by authors Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson, similar to titles like Sorcery or The Warlock of Firetop Mountain. Then on the other side of things it's full of deep turn-based hex tile combat like Heroes of Might and Magic 3 or For The King 2. It straddles these genres smartly, and it just got even smarter thanks to a brand new update. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPGs, Best turn-based strategy games, Best open-world games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, November 13, 2024 6:01 PM  Outside of experiments like Heroes of the Storm, most of Blizzard's properties haven't rubbed shoulders with each other too often. While some developers and publishers cross everything over with merry abandon, like in the case of Sony with Astro Bot or Fortnite with literally everyone, Blizzard has always tended to keep things in their own lanes. Until recently, that is, with a loosening of the bonds between properties. That's continuing now with Hearthstone, which is getting a brand new mini-set from the sci-fi universe of StarCraft. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Hearthstone decks, The best card games on PC, Free card games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, November 13, 2024 5:38 PM  It's that time of year again - the new CoD game is about to integrate with Call of Duty Warzone. Whenever this merging of content and mechanics happens in the battle royale, it usually ends in a buggy or unbalanced mess - there's a very good chance that this will happen with Black Ops 6's integration too. However, even if it isn't a totally smooth transition, the new set of Warzone Season 1 patch notes genuinely set this up as one of the greatest updates the game has ever seen. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Warzone loadouts, Best Warzone AR, Best Warzone guns |
PCGamesN Wednesday, November 13, 2024 4:29 PM  Season 1 of Black Ops 6 and Warzone is nigh, and ahead of the explosion of content coming to both Call of Duty games, Treyarch has revealed some of the tweaks it'll be making to the BO6 arsenal. While Season 1 will introduce some new weapons to the meta, these balancing changes to some existing staples will also shake things up quite a bit. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Black Ops 6 guns, Black Ops 6 missions, Black Ops 6 loadouts |
Siliconera Wednesday, November 13, 2024 7:15 PM
The Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct was full of incredible surprises from across every Warcraft title, including some we haven't seen in generations. From player housing (yes!) to a Classic refresh and The War Within 11.1, here's every announcement from the livestream.
Every Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct Announcement, Reveal, and Teaser
Warcraft Battle Chest: Warcraft I Remastered, Warcraft 2 Remastered, & Warcraft III: Reforged 2.0
The Warcraft 30th Direct kicked off where it all began: the RTS series. Starting today, Warcraft III: Reforged will update to version 2.0, boasting customizable updated visuals, quality-of-life changes (like hotkey customization), a revamped ladder, and "much, much more."
That's not all when it comes to Warcraft, though! Warcraft I and II are both receiving Remasters with hand-drawn graphics and much-needed QoL improvements, including health bars, tooltips, a fancy new mission select screen, faster speed, band-box select, and increased unit selection. Phew.
Warcraft I Remastered and Warcraft II Remastered launch today (November 13th) alongside the new Warcraft Battle Chest, which includes both remasters and Warcraft III: Reforged — as well as the beautiful Meat Wagon mount in World of Warcraft.
World of Warcraft: The War Within Patch 1.1 Undermined, Siren Isle, 2025 Roadmap, Player Housing, and Heartlands
TWW Patch 1.1: Undermined
The first major patch for WoW: The War Within is Undermined, kicking off Season 2 with lots of goblin goodies, including:
From 30th Anniversary Direct's footage, Undermined looks absolutely phenomenal. The art team didn't miss here, with Liberation of Undermine potentially shaping up to be one of the best-looking raids of all time.
Patch 1.0.7: The Siren Isle
The previously-announced Siren Isle will be hit live servers next month, with epilogues and story content leading us toward Undermined and beyond. According to the 2025 Roadmap, Plunderstorm will return between 11.0.7 and 11.1 with its promised new rewards.
Player Housing, Midnight, and 2025 Roadmap
That's right, they've finally done it. Player housing is coming to World of Warcraft... In the next expansion. World of Warcraft Midnight will introduce player housing after two decades of fan requests, though we don't know to what extent just yet. Blizzard will announce more about player housing and Midnight in late summer 2025.
Speaking of upcoming content, the 2025 World of Warcraft roadmap details a basic content outline up to the beginning of winter:
The War Within: Heartlands
World of Warcraft: The War Within Heartlands, a 5-part audio novella available right now. Heartlands is written by Adam Christopher and narrated by the legendary Chris Metzen, exploring what happened to Jaina and Thrall while we were busy adventuring in Khaz Algar.
World of Warcraft Classic: Classic refresh, Mists of Pandaria, SoD Phase 7, and the return of The Burning Crusade
World of Warcraft Classic...Classic?
Any World of Warcraft Classic player knows the fanbase has been begging for a Classic Era refresh, and I'm happy to say that it's finally happening. The Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct announced fresh starts for World of Warcraft Classic begin on November 21 with WoW Classic 20th Anniversary Edition.
World of Warcraft Classic 20th Anniversary features "very large" realms with PvE, PvP, and even Hardcore options. Additionally, QoL features like the Chronoboon Displacer and PvP Honor System will be available from the start. Like before, the experience will be split into phases over the course of around a year, before transitioning to...
The Burning Crusade Classic
The Burning Crusade Classic returns in late 2025! WoW Classic 20th Anniversary characters will progress into TBC Classic after the conclusion of Phase 6, with the exception of Hardcore characters. It seems like Hardcore TBC isn't quite on the table just yet.
The Hour of Twilight and Mists of Pandaria Classic
World of Warcraft Cataclysm Classic will wrap up with The Hour of Twilight patch in December. The not-so-surprising announce
Once Dragon Soul has been swept up, Mists of Pandaria Classic will replace Cataclysm in Autumn 2025. The pre-patch, which brings Pandaren, Monks, Pet Battles, and Theramore's Fall will fly in Summer 2025.
Season of Discovery Phase 7
Last, but certainly not least in the 30th Anniversary Direct WoW Classic announcements, is Season of Discovery Phase 7. Late Winter 2024 will see the arrival of Naxxramas and brand-new endgame content starring the Scarlet Crusade and Deadwind Pass.
Additionally, new Qiraji battle tank mounts were briefly teased in the live stream, presumably for new Ahn'Qiraj content in Phase Six.
Hearthstone: Starcraft crossover, Arena Revamp, and Year of the Raptor
Heroes of Starcraft
Coming out of nowhere like a sudden swarm of Zerg was the reveal of Heroes of Starcraft, a mini-set for Hearthstone based on the iconic Blizzard series landing in January 2025. The Zerg, Terran, and Protoss are each represented as factions with their own hero card:
Along with cards full of Starcraft characters and references (plus a certain Murloc), Heroes of Starcraft features new music and visuals in Hearthstone's most extensive mini-set to date.
Arena Revamp and Underground Arena
Being almost entirely unchanged in the decade since its launch (ouch, my back), Arena is set to receive some significant updates early next year. Players can choose between two versions of Arena: standard Arena with shortened runs and Underground Arena, featuring longer runs and a new "Redraft on Loss" feature.
Redraft on Loss allows you to redraw cards and tweak your deck after a loss in Underground Arena. Both Arena modes will feature separate Arena ratings, with regular Arena matching players with similar skill levels, while Underground features a wild mix of player abilities.
Year of the Raptor
The 30th Anniversary direct showcased the roadmap for Year of the Raptor in Hearthstone, featuring three new expansions: Into the Emerald Dream, The Shrouded City, and The Heroes of Time.
Into the Emerald Dream features the Druids of the Emerald Dream in a face-off with The Old Gods, heating up mid-season with a Druids of the Flame mini-set.
The Shrouded City is Hearthstone's first sequel set, sending players back to Un'goro to explore and party in the Festival of the Dinosaur mini-set.
Finally, The Heroes of Time is a time-travel set featuring alternate realities and an epic final battle with Murozond in the End Time mini-set. What happens at the end of the expansion is something "[we] won't believe."
Warcraft Rumble: PC launch and Split Leaders
The heavens have heard my call, and the once-mobile exclusive Warcraft Rumble is launching on PC with a beta on December 10, 2024. Alongside the beta are three new "Split Leaders", who belong to multiple families:
In addition to these exciting new heroes, Sylvanas will also become a split leader, joining the Horde alongside the Undead.
That wraps it up for every announcement from Warcraft's 30th Anniversary Direct livestream! What are you most excited for?
World of Warcraft and Warcraft Battle Chest are available now on PC. Hearthstone is available on PC and mobile devices. Warcraft Rumble is exclusive to mobile devices until it arrives on PC later this year.
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Siliconera Wednesday, November 13, 2024 6:30 PM
Kadokawa has released the 2025 Start edition of its Pikopuri magazine, which dedicates 46 pages to Animal Crossing: New Horizons. There is also a fashion book that contains the QR codes of outfits and patterns you can download.
Aside from potential new patterns to get for your avatar and island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Pikopuri 2025 Start includes information on ongoing and future events, seasonal furniture, and tutorials on how you can use certain items in the game. Kadokawa aims these articles to both new players and veterans of the game. As a note, the patterns come in a separate fashion book that contains around 84 pages. The patterns for this edition focus on royalty, so you can make your avatar look like princes and princesses.
Other games that Pikopuri 2025 Start covers include Super Mario Party: Jamboree, Mario & Luigi: Brothership, Disney Music Parade: Encore, Himitsu no AiPri: Atsumete Secret Memories, and Suika Game. This magazine is for children, so all of the kanji have furigana next to them. This also makes it good reading material for gamers who are trying to learn the language.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is readily available on the Nintendo Switch. In order to use custom design codes, you will need to have either your real-life smartphone and the Nintendo Switch Online app, or a Nintendo Switch Online account and the Able Sisters shop.
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Siliconera Wednesday, November 13, 2024 5:30 PM
Capcom will release a series of original goods featuring Resident Evil characters looking like the cats from Shigoto Neko (Working Cat). These items are available in the online lottery, CapKuji Online. [Thanks, PR Times!]
Characters who are part of this collaboration are Chris, Leon, Jill, Ada, and Wesker. Most of the items are stuff that you can bring with you outside. In total, there are 33 different prizes that are part of the Resident Evil and Working Cat crossover, with prizes ranging from S to E.
Here are the different prizes:
It costs 880 JPY ($5.65) per attempt, and the lottery will run until December 16, 2024. As a note, it is possible to do a 10-pull on CapKuji. The 10-pull costs 7920 JPY ($50.90) and is about 880 JPY cheaper than if you bought 10 pulls separately. The items will ship out some time in mid-to-late March 2025.
Working Cat is based on artwork by illustrator Kumamine, using the popularity of previous memes like Denwa Neko (Phone Cat) and Genba Neko (Construction Site Cat). These cats usually strike bizarre poses and work well as Internet memes. Genba Neko, for example, was a cat wearing a construction helmet and performing a safety check. But people would put it with pictures of blatant workplace safety protocol violations.
The Resident Evil and Working Cat crossover will run until December 16, 2024.
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Siliconera Wednesday, November 13, 2024 5:00 PM
Sakamoto Days will start airing from January 2025, with season 1 having two cours. The first episode will air in Japan on January 11, 2025, and the second cour will start in July 2025. [Thanks, Comic Natalie!]
The key visual for Sakamoto Days shows the Sakamoto and his friends in front of his convenience store. While this would look like a normal slice-of-life anime, multiple characters are holding guns in the picture. The catchphrase for the show can loosely translate to "Ordinary folks living extraordinary lives."
You can watch the trailer for Sakamoto Days here:
Vaudy will sing the opening song "Run Sakamoto." Vaudy is a huge fan of the original work and he commented that he composed the song to impart the sensation of being so powerful that no one can hope to catch up to you. Aside from releasing his own single and albums, Vaudy has written songs that appeared in multiple anime series. This includes Ranking of Kings, Chainsaw Man, and Spy x Family.
Sakamoto Days follows Taro Sakamoto, a retired hitman who lives with his family and works as a convenience store owner. When criminals from his past life come to take revenge on him, Sakamoto must fight them off while pretending he's just a normal person.
Season 1 of Sakamoto Days will start airing from January 11, 2025. It'll appear on streaming services like Netflix.
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Siliconera Wednesday, November 13, 2024 4:00 PM
The Monolith Soft X (formerly Twitter) official account shared a new post informing followers that the company will start offering irregular social media updates. The intention of these new types of post will be to help fans learn more about the studio.
Attached to the social media post is a picture of the Monolith Soft logo alongside two figures of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 secondary protagonists Pyra and Mythra. There is also a figure of KOS-MOS from the Xenosaga series depicted with her design from XC2.
You can check out the post itself here:
As a reminder, Monolith Soft recently celebrated its 25th anniversary back on October 1, 2024 by opening a new website dedicated to the studio's history. Nintendo also shared a video celebrating various of the games and series developed by Monolith Soft, including the Xenoblade Chronicles series and the Xenosaga trilogy, among others.
Considering recent activity at the studio, it comes as no surprise that the developers at Monolith Soft wish to update fans on how they're operating. On August 5, 2024 the studio put out a job posting looking for staff members to work on a new Tetsuya Takahashi led game. Additionally, Monolith Soft established a new R&D team to develop a new game engine on October 7, 2024.
Monolith Soft recently announced that Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition will be coming to the Nintendo Switch on March 20, 2024.
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Siliconera Wednesday, November 13, 2024 4:00 PM
Mystery House Crafters is a new event that started on the Japanese server of Fate/Grand Order, introducing a free version of Van Gogh and a new Archer, King Tutankhamun. The event is only on the Japanese server for now and it'll run until December 4, 2024.
For starters, you will receive a 4-star Van Gogh (Miner) after completing the main quest of the event. Van Gogh (Miner) is a Lancer whose Skill set lets them support the party. Their Noble Phantasm, Cafeterras Bij Nacht, deals Quick damage to all enemies and has a chance to Stun them for a turn. Similar to event Servants like Leonardo da Vinci, you will need to meet certain requirements in order to permanently obtain Van Gogh.
As for Tutankhamun in Fate/Grand Order, he's a limited 5-star Archer with Skills that charge NP for the party, as well as bestow buffs upon himself. His Noble Phantasm deals Arts damage to a single enemy, as well as inflicts Curse upon them. Curse seems to be Tutankhamun's particular niche.
You can check out his Noble Phantasm here:
Rika Abe voices Tutankhamun. Abe's previous roles include Mizuki in The Idolmaster Million Live!, Z23 in Azur Lane, and Hazuki in Extreme Hearts. As for King Tutankhamun, he is one of the most well-known Egyptian pharaohs in history. Not only did he become pharaoh and die at a very young age, but the discovery of his tomb in the 1920s was a widely publicized event. Some of the people who were part of the discovery died in ways that made people believe in the curse of the pharaohs. This curse is likely the inspiration behind the Noble Phantasm.
Fate/Grand Order is available on mobile devices. Tutankhamun is only on the Japanese Fate/Grand Order server for now.
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TGN – Tabletop Gaming News Wednesday, November 13, 2024 5:05 PM Witchfyre, a new supplement designed for D&D 5E and Pathfinder 2E, is now live on Kickstarter, offering players an adventure centered around witchcraft themes. Witchfyre presents a variety of content suited to fans of gothic aesthetics, fall atmospheres, and dark academia, providing an opportunity for both newcomers and experienced RPG players to explore witch-inspired gameplay.... |
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Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Wednesday, November 13, 2024 3:13 PM According to a recent Q3 2-24 earnings report. The post Stellar Blade PC Version Coming Sometime in 2025 appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |