GamersHeroes Wednesday, November 20, 2024 5:00 PM The team behind the annual Game Developers Conference has released a free eBook based around game makers' sentiments on Generative AI. The post GDC eBook Based on Game Makers' Sentiments on Generative AI Released appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Wednesday, November 20, 2024 1:13 PM Blending togehter extraction-based gameplay, first-person immersion, and unforgiving realism, the Kickstarter campaign for Ultra Corporation and Black Ice Studios' Ashes of Mankind: Citadels is now live. The post Ashes of Mankind: Citadels Kickstarter Campaign Live appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 20, 2024 6:00 PM  Scott Pilgrim series creator Bryan Lee O'Malley announced that the Netflix adaptation of the popular franchise would not receive a second season, confirming what many fans had already assumed. |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 20, 2024 5:40 PM  It's times like this when I realize nothing from my childhood is sacred, not even Pac-Man's innocent maze travels. According to an exclusive Entertainment Weekly interview with Tim Miller, creator of the upcoming Amazon animated series Secret Level, his new show will deliver what could be the bloodiest depiction of Pac… |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 20, 2024 5:20 PM  Fortnite Crew, the popular shooter's premium monthly subscription plan, will now provide players with premium rewards for all future passes—battle and otherwise—as Epic continues to streamline the game's rewards and leveling systems. The publisher also announced a small price increase for those who prefer to buy each… |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 20, 2024 4:35 PM  Pamela Hayden, who has voiced famous Simpsons characters like Milhouse for over three decades, announced that she is retiring from the long-running animated series. |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 20, 2024 4:25 PM  It's happened to all of us. You're playing your favorite game. You're losing pretty badly. You blame the developers, or cheaters, or the internet. But not all of us have blamed the billionaire who owns our internet service provider, challenged him to a fight, and watched stunned, months later, as he actually showed… |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 20, 2024 3:50 PM  Disney Dreamlight Valley has an incredible amount of content available in its base game, and it receives new free updates for its core experience on a regular basis. But if you want to get the most out of this cozy game, you should know it's all about the expansions. The Storybook Vale is the game's second and latest… |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 20, 2024 3:45 PM  The Storybook Vale is the second major expansion to come to the ever-popular cozy game Disney Dreamlight Valley, bringing all new biomes, characters, and stories to tell. Of course, as with the main game, there are also plenty of new critters to meet and befriend. And among these are Owls, the very first critter… |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 20, 2024 3:30 PM  Reading the official Dragon Age: The Veilguard art book is kind of maddening, honestly. I adored the fourth game in BioWare's fantasy RPG franchise despite my many, many issues with the series going in but each time I look at the art book, which is full of concepts that didn't make it into the final game, I find… |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 20, 2024 3:05 PM  The ability to stream video games via the cloud might not be something you, a person reading Kotaku, personally enjoys or uses very much. But the reality is that streaming video games on your phone, console, or PC is becoming more and more popular, and that's led to Xbox and Sony (and other companies) investing more… |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 20, 2024 2:15 PM  McDonald's world-famous meat product shaped like a tiny rack of ribs is returning just in time for the holidays. Starting next month, hungry customers can buy not only the McRib sandwich again, but also a jug of the sauce it's slathered in. Are you not loving it? |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 20, 2024 2:05 PM  Marvel fans, it sounds like our patience will soon be rewarded. After nearly two decades of the Marvel Cinematic Universe being a world-changing wrecking ball to the film industry and our lives, the X-Men we've long wanted to see join the party are coming. At least, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige sure thinks so. |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 20, 2024 1:25 PM  While the Pikachu ex might be making all the headlines and drawing all the wider attention, Pokémon TCG's Surging Sparks set is pulling in resale prices on multiple cards like the game hasn't seen in years. And although the opening fortnight's craziness is beginning to calm down, it's still a surprisingly pricy… |
Kotaku Wednesday, November 20, 2024 1:00 PM  After more than a decade on PC and console, Final Fantasy XIV is coming to smartphones. Square Enix's hit MMO revealed a mobile version this week that has the potential to bring millions of new players into the rich RPG world of Hydaelyn. It also raises a lot of questions about just how exactly a mobile version of… |
PCGamesN Wednesday, November 20, 2024 7:26 PM  It's been a bit of a rollercoaster of an opening day for Stalker 2 - but then again, its entire development has been far from plain sailing. First came some extremely varied critic reviews, then came reports of some pretty concerning performance issues and bugs, but spliced in between all of that is some immense popularity. Despite its issues, it is enjoying massive player counts on Steam, cementing itself as one of the biggest PC releases of the year. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Stalker 2 weapons, Stalker 2 release date, Stalker 2 anomalies |
PCGamesN Wednesday, November 20, 2024 6:17 PM  In a move to make sure developers and publishers don't stray from their promises and commitments when it comes to season passes, Steam is now toughening up its guidelines. Newly-spotted documentation from Valve outlines how season passes must give a release date to all DLC included, describe what's in each piece of DLC, and much more. Continue reading Valve's new Steam rules will finally hold season pass DLC to account MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Steam FAQ, Steam family sharing, Steam in-home streaming |
PCGamesN Wednesday, November 20, 2024 4:52 PM  With a charming (but sometimes mysterious) setting, the ability to craft your dream homestead, fishing, mining, cooking, and co-op support, it's difficult not to compare Luma Island to the likes of Stardew Valley. While there are lots of fresh cozy co-op life sims and survival-lite games dropping at the moment, Luma Island appears to be making a much bigger splash than many of its fellow newcomers. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best co-op games, Best farming games, Best relaxing games |
PCGamesN Wednesday, November 20, 2024 2:38 PM  In previous years, the wait for Ranked Play to hit the latest Call of Duty title has been far too long, often arriving two or sometimes three months after launch. For a game with a typical shelf life of 12 months, it's been pretty frustrating to deal with. Black Ops 6, however, is bucking that trend and has committed to launching its ranked experience within a month of the FPS game's release date. Wanting to hammer home just how on the ball it is, Treyarch has just revealed that Black Ops 6 Ranked Play will actually be going live later today - that's 24 hours earlier than first advertised. Continue reading Black Ops 6 jumps the gun and drops Ranked Play early MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Black Ops 6 guns, Black Ops 6 missions, Black Ops 6 loadouts |
PCGamesN Wednesday, November 20, 2024 1:09 PM  Over the years, Fortnite has become notorious for its constant barrage of cosmetics and crossovers, many of which are housed within its battle passes. Well, some big shifts are on the way for battle passes, as Epic looks to more closely align the main Fortnite experience, Fortnite Festival, Lego Fortnite, and its upcoming return to the golden age of the game, Fortnite OG. In a new blog outlining these changes, Epic has confirmed that Fortnite OG will be getting its own separate battle pass away from the main battle royale. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Fortnite map, Fortnite skins, Fortnite weapons |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, November 20, 2024 4:52 PM  Two theme parks are being planned based on Minecraft. Mojang are partnering with Merlin Entertainments to open the destinations, including rides, hotel rooms and shops, in the UK and US in 2026 and 2027. Merlin are the operator of existing theme parks and attractions including Alton Towers, Legoland, Sea Life, and Madame Tussauds. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, November 20, 2024 4:22 PM  Valve said that they want to make a new Steam Controller back in 2022, but such a thing might be getting closer to production, according to dataminer Brad Lynch. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, November 20, 2024 3:43 PM  Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is making changes to how it handles mods in order to address server stability issues. Come the next big update in December, mods "will be prohibited from public online sessions," according to an update from the game director. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Wednesday, November 20, 2024 3:03 PM  I've been looking forward to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 since it was announced, but I might wait a while longer before trying to play it. It launched yesterday and currently sits at "overwhelmingly negative" Steam reviews due to long loading times caused by server issues. |
Siliconera Wednesday, November 20, 2024 7:00 PM
Final Fantasy XIV will be coming to mobile devices, and while some users may assume this version of the game will include gacha, it won't. Final Fantasy XIV Producer Naoki Yoshida (or Yoshi-P) revealed in a video published on X (formerly known as Twitter) that players won't need to worry about rolling for gear.
You can watch the clip below:
However, this doesn't mean the mobile version of Final Fantasy XIV will be entirely free of microtransactions, only gacha. Yoshi-P did dive into monetization and did state that the goal for the game is for players to be able to enjoy it to it's fullest without heavy monetization. That said, we've yet to see the structure Final Fantasy XIV mobile will adopt. This being potential battle passes, and so forth.
A potential release date has yet to be shared, though playtests will be held in China sometime in the future. After that, the game will release worldwide. More information will more than likely appear in the future, which includes when playtests could occur.
Final Fantasy XIV is available on the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, and FFXIV Mobile is in development for Android and Apple iOS devices.
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Siliconera Wednesday, November 20, 2024 5:30 PM
Shueisha and Bandai Namco have opened a new official website to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dragon Ball. The site is available in Japanese and English. In an official tweet, Shueisha noted that it will launch numerous projects throughout the 40th-anniversary year.
One of the articles it posted on the anniversary day featured a look back on Dragon Ball milestone covers in several Weekly Shonen Jump editions from around the early 1990s. The same article also included Akira Toriyama's illustration for the franchise's 20th anniversary in 2004 and a message for the 30th anniversary in 2014. Unfortunately, there will be no new messages from the Dragon Ball creator for the 40th anniversary, since Akira Toriyama died due to an acute subdural hematoma on March 1, 2024.
Besides the manga series, the website also contains a section dedicated to updates on Dragon Ball games Bandai Namco has released. When the website was just published, it featured a free trial of Dragon Ball Daima's Mini Goku in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2. People who have the game on the PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PC, or Switch can try playing with the character even without purchasing the "Future Saga Chapter 2" DLC on November 20-27, 2024.
The publication of the website on November 20, 2024, coincided exactly with the debut of the manga series in the Japanese Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on November 20, 1984.
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Siliconera Wednesday, November 20, 2024 5:00 PM
Bandai Spirits has revealed the full lineup of the Ichiban Kuji Hololive Chokonokko Collection lottery. People will be able to win random chibi figures featuring Hololive's Japanese Vtubers via the online-exclusive lottery, which will launch in early December 2024 with its tickets priced at 900 yen apiece. [Thanks, Hobby Watch!]
This lottery will feature a total of 33 products. 32 of them will be Chokonokko figures based on Japanese Hololive Vtubers up until the sixth-generation group Secret Society holoX, including Shirakami Fubuki who is listed twice due to her double group affiliations. However, it will only feature Vtubers who are still active as of November 2024. As such, it will not include retired Vtubers, regardless of whether they had an honorable graduation like Minato Aqua or a dishonorable discharge like Uruha Rushia.
Here is the complete figure roster in this lottery lineup:
In addition to the chibi figures, Bandai Spirits will feature an A4-sized acrylic visual board featuring all of the Japanese Vtubers listed above. People can win this item by pulling the last entry in the lottery or becoming one of the 30 winners of the Double Chance Campaign, which will run from December 2, 2024, until March 31, 2025.
The Ichiban Kuji Hololive Chokonokko Collection online lottery will launch on Monday, December 2, 2024.
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Siliconera Wednesday, November 20, 2024 4:45 PM
Sword Art Online is certainly a guilty pleasure of mine. The first half of the original season and Season 3 Alicization have a special place in my heart as some of my favorite seasons of anime of all time. But all things must come to an end at some point. It is high time for the final new season of Sword Art Online and 2025 feels like its last shot.
For the record, the last season of proper SAO was Season 4 War of Underworld that concluded in 2020. That was more than four years ago at the time of writing. That may not sound like a ton, but it is quite a lot considering the biggest gaps before now between seasons was between Season 2 and 3. That was also four years.
The problem, though, is we have no release date or formal announcement of an upcoming season. Waiting five years for a new season is some Attack on Titan-level patience and it shouldn't happen. 2025 certainly feels like the last time Sword Art Online will feel relevant enough to garner a new season and it just needs to happen.
To make matters worse, as of this year, we are now in the official SAO timeline. In the anime lore, the original Aincrad game came to an end in 2024, which we are now in. It has also been a whopping 12 years since the first season dropped. There is no reason to keep fans waiting this long, especially considering how close to the end it is.
Sure, the light novel series is still going in the midst of the final arc known as Unital Ring, but that equally needs to wrap up soon. It is in its seventh book thus far, which is coming close to matching the full length of the Alicization arc. Given how weak Season 4 and the conclusion of Alicization was, it is only more frustrating SAO isn't returning yet.
Then there is the matter of other similar anime. Attack on Titan started after Sword Art Online. And even with the infamous wait for that series, it still managed to conclude long before Season 5 of SAO. The same goes for Tokyo Ghoul and its four-season adaptation of two different manga series. But, to be fair, those are series that started around the same era as SAO.
What about series that came long after Sword Art Online's beginning? Equally notable and popular series like Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, Black Clover, Boruto, Oshi no Ko, and even My Hero Academia are done right now, at least in manga form. All of these series started after SAO and several of them even have many more anime episodes as well. Heck, even One Piece is in the final stretch and could finish first.
With the prevalence of virtual reality and AR in culture today, there is no better time to bring back Sword Art Online. Any longer, though, and it has the chance to come back with a whimper. To help, Gun Gale Online Season 2 is happening right now in the Fall 2024 anime season. It is doing just as great as the first season and is filling a nice gap right now.
But Gun Gale Online Season 2 should only be the start of the return of SAO. It feels like a neat appetizer for the main event next year. Plus, it would help the other aspects of the franchise, such as video games. The games have been in a slump for a few entries now and being able to fully adapt the Unital Ring arc alongside the anime would be an excellent opportunity.
It is high time for Sword Art Online to come back with a new and, hopefully final, season in 2025. Next year feels like the final opportunity for this series to stay relevant and popular. It already feels almost too late if it wasn't for the ongoing Gun Gale Online Season 2. If Aniplex and A-1 Pictures waits past 2025, it may not even be worth going back to Kirito, Asuna, Alice, and the gang for the community and company alike. The return needs to be announced now.
Sword Art Online is available to stream right now on Crunchyroll.
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Siliconera Wednesday, November 20, 2024 4:00 PM
Capcom has revealed new Capcoroms inspired by Devil May Cry 5 characters' Devil Trigger forms. People will be able to purchase the stackable plushies modeled after the Devil forms of Dante, Vergil, and Nero on November 22, 2024.
Each plush will cost 1,100 yen (~$7.10) individually. On the specified release date, Capcom will put up the products on sale in its physical stores. The outlets are located in Tokyo's Shibuya and Osaka's Shinsaibashi and Umeda. Capcom will also sell the plushies at the new Capcom Store Annex in Mitsui Outlet Park Marine Pia Kobe, which will have its grand opening on November 26, 2024.
Besides physical stores, Capcom will make the plushies available on Capcom Net Catcher. People who cannot visit the stores but still reside inside Japan will be able to find the plushies in the online crane game starting from November 23, 2024.
The new Devil Trigger Capcorom will join the ever-growing list of plushies Capcom has been producing. The company has previously released similar Tsum Tsum-like plushies based on Mega Man Battle Network and Resident Evil characters, as well as monsters from the Monster Hunter series.
The Capcoroms of the Devil Trigger modes of Dante, Vergil, and Nero from Devil May Cry 5 will be available for sale in Japan on Friday, November 22, 2024.
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Siliconera Wednesday, November 20, 2024 3:00 PM
The concept behind Death Note Killer Within is great, given it uses everything we know about the manga and anime and adapts it into an Among Us style social deduction game. It works reasonably well, and I never had issues finding a match. It even plays smoothly. However, the details get in the way, ranging from things like being forced to silently watch your chalk outline if you're killed or seeing a match immediately end if one person leaves or is disconnected due to other reasons.
As in games like Among Us, Death Note Killer Within hinges on everyone doing their best with the random roles they are given. Kira (Light Yagami) and Kira Follower (who looks like Misa Amane) want to eliminate criminals, L's Investigators, and L. So Kira holds the Death Note, uses it to write people's names in it after either getting their IDs or getting IDs from the Kira Follower, and build up their progress bar. The Kira Follower can steal IDs for Kira or hold the Death Note so if one of them are arrested, the Death Note and IDs aren't on them. Both can also cause distractions to "force" L and L agents to areas of the map. The Kira forces win if L is killed or their gauge fills.
Meanwhile, L and the Investigators just need to investigate the situation and find Kira. Like Among Us, this means essentially doing sorts of tasks in Death Note Killer Within by doing things like working together when L commands it and talking to NPCs to find out if Kira acted in an area. Of course, during meetings you need to discuss and determine if someone should be voted out for suspicious behavior and perhaps even arresting someone. Meanwhile, L gains even more power, as he can use cameras to watch the scene, force joint investigations, and create decoys to protect investigators.
It works as a gameplay loop, though a lot is being thrown at you at once and it can be complicated. It involves people paying attention, investigating, and looking for opportunities to catch people off guard. Knowing there are always only two Kira individuals in play can make it more difficult in larger groups, since they can be more easily hidden. Also, given how involved roles are, it can feel more complicated than Among Us at times. Though honestly, I do prefer the minigames there to the investigation execution here. Among Us also handles death better, as dying in Death Note Killer Within means you just are forced to sit and stare at the chalk outline of your dead body until the game ends and can't follow anyone else around.
The thing is, the actual gameplay isn't really what gets in the way of enjoying Death Note Killer Within. It is some issues that can keep it from being playable. A recurring problem I experienced in Death Note Killer Within is that it is far too easy for a game to abruptly end. If one person leaves, the whole match is over. You need to completely restart and hope that the next folks showing up are more reliable. Even when playing with friends, it became a problem due to randoms also joining. It's the most frustrating thing. I get if it was Kira or L dropping out, it would be a problem. However in one match this happened I was L and it occurred. In another, after consulting with people I knew who were in that round, the people who were Kira, Kira Follower, and L were all still around.
Though, this might not be because someone is maliciously leaving the game. I noticed this was a more evident problem when I ticked the box allowing crossplay. When that was turned off and I was playing with only PC players, it was a little better. I still ended up getting kicked out of about 50% of games, but it could have been worse.
I would also say that the initial community for Death Note Killer Within isn't ideal. You can opt for a game with no chat. However, it is necessary to help accomplish goals. With it on, a match with random players can feel stressful at best and deeply unpleasant at worst. In one match, I ran into some folks just screaming at everyone. In another case, someone was a jerk to me because they realized I was a woman once I started talking. Though mostly, the reaction to my being a woman was to possibly being hit on? But also, it's difficult to accomplish things and get things done when everyone is shouting and off-topic when proximity chat kicks in or you head into a meeting. This isn't on Grounding or Bandai Namco and the companies even brought up the reporting function as a means of calling attention to people behaving inappropriately or cheating, but sometimes it feels like a losing battle.
Death Note Killer Within is better than I expected it to be, but is also a game where your experience hinges on other people's behavior and actually getting to complete a match. If you are only playing with people you know, everyone is on a PC, and you all are committed, it can be a lot of fun! If you aren't, then good luck! My enjoyment tanked pretty severely once random players got involved in my matches, and I suspect it isn't an isolated issue. If that problem gets fixed and we see more reaction to reports about bad behavior, I think it could be a solid 6/10. But because it becomes so difficult to actually finish a round, it might be better to wait for a patch.
Death Note Killer Within is available on the PS4, PS5, and PC.
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Siliconera Wednesday, November 20, 2024 2:30 PM
HoYoVerse has released the drip marketing for Aglaea, who will be a new 5-star character in Honkai: Star Rail. She will be a Lightning Remembrance character, marking her as the first playable character on the Remembrance Path.
This is the first time that we heard of Aglaea, and she will likely be an important character in the new world we travel to after Penacony. Her title is the "Weaver of Gold" and her Divine Authority is Mnestia, Chrysalis of Gold. There's a lot of information in her character description that doesn't make a lot of sense right now, as there are a lot of terms that don't exist in the game yet.
Because there haven't been any Remembrance characters in the game yet, it's hard to guess how Aglaea might work. However, Remembrance is an existing Path you can pick in Simulated Universe. In Simulated Universe, Remembrance focuses on Freeze, lowering enemy Effect RES, and Dissociation.
We only know Aglaea's Japanese, Korean, and Chinese voice actresses. Her Chinese voice actress is Chu Yue and her Japanese voice actress is Aya Endou. Some of Endou's previous roles include Yelan in Genshin Impact, Komugi in Hunter x Hunter, and Chihiro in Persona 3 Reload. Meanwhile, Chu Yue doesn't have a lot of major roles in her filmography.
Honkai: Star Rail is readily available on the PS5, Windows PC, and mobile devices. Aglaea will make her debut in Honkai: Star Rail some time in 2025, which is also when The Herta will become playable.
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Siliconera Wednesday, November 20, 2024 2:00 PM
People who want to play Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Magia Exedra will have to wait longer until the game is finally made available. Aniplex published a new statement in both Japanese and English that it has delayed the release of Magia Exedra from 2024 to Spring 2025.
Aniplex also noted that it delayed the Magia Exedra release because it wanted to ensure a better quality for the game when it eventually came out. This is a rather common reason Japanese publishers mentioned when they delayed their game releases. But with the release date still yet to be confirmed less than a month and a half until the end of 2024, there have been uncertainties on whether Aniplex could release the game within the initial 2024 window.
Aniplex first revealed Magia Exedra in April 2024. It is slated to replace Magia Record, which had already shut down in Japan in July 2024. The company later revealed that it will also release Magia Exedra simultaneously worldwide in English with a PC release on Steam in addition to mobile devices.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Magia Exedra will be available worldwide for iOS and Android mobile devices, as well as PC via Steam, in Spring 2025. The seasonal window would usually run between March and May 2025.
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Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Wednesday, November 20, 2024 3:57 PM An announcement trailer was also released. The post Final Fantasy XIV Mobile Announced For iOS and Android appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Wednesday, November 20, 2024 3:10 PM As part of a merger. The post Bandai Namco Online Will Be Absorbed By Bandai Namco Entertainment appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Wednesday, November 20, 2024 2:31 PM Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 launched on November 20 The post Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Dev Addresses Technical Issues appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Wednesday, November 20, 2024 1:46 PM A launch trailer was also released. The post S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Dev Addresses Technical Issues appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |