GamersHeroes Thursday, November 28, 2024 11:14 PM Fans can take a deep dive into the world world of fandoms and fanfic creation with today's release of LaoO Studio's "Sensei! I Like You So Much!" in Steam Early Access. The post "Sensei! I Like You So Much!" Now Available in Steam Early Access appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Thursday, November 28, 2024 6:08 PM Hosted by Sacramento Ultimate Events, Sac Gamers Expo 2024 is bringing the hype with tournaments for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Rivals of Aether 2, Tekken 8, Street Fighter 6 and Guilty Gear: Strive. The post Sac Gamers Expo 2024 Tournaments Announced appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Thursday, November 28, 2024 6:00 PM After kicking the tires and lighting the fires on PC, Skydevilpalm and Playtonic Friends' Victory Heat Rally is set to hit the Nintendo Switch on December 12. The post Victory Heat Rally Coming to Nintendo Switch December 12 appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
PCGamesN Thursday, November 28, 2024 7:41 PM  While building your traditional affair of rollercoasters, carousels, and hot dog stands is mighty enjoyable, I feel like the best tycoon games and theme park sims take you somewhere no other game in the genre does. Jurassic World Evolution, for example, puts an exciting prehistoric spin on the formula. However, upcoming management game and theme park creator Mars Attracts might be one of the most unexpected and weirdest new games of 2025, and your first opportunity to try it is just around the corner. |
PCGamesN Thursday, November 28, 2024 6:22 PM  Star Citizen is one of the most intriguing but also incomprehensible projects in videogames history. While the concept of a feature-rich galactic MMO is absolutely a viable and exciting one, the amount of money that backers have sunk into it over its 12 years of development is extraordinary. Now, Star Citizen has reached another unbelievable milestone - it has raised over three quarters of a billion dollars. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best simulation games, Best multiplayer games, Best space games |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, November 28, 2024 6:39 PM  I greatly enjoyed tooting with my mouse in Trombone Champ on a flat monitor, but in retrospect it's the perfect candidate for conversion to virtual reality. It's small in scope, for one, but also VR would let you see through the eyes of the tooter and slide your trombone note up and down by holding the motion controllers up to your face. So it is in Trombone Champ: Unflattened, a VR spin-off that's out now. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, November 28, 2024 6:08 PM  It's almost the end of November, which means it is technically but not spiritually still autumn. It is spiritually winter, the season of wearing gloves and using my phone's flashlight to look for my dog's poos in the long grass. Yet it's not the Steam winter sale that started yesterday, but the Steam autumn sale. Discounts are definitely never a bad thing, but Steam sales used to feel like big events on the PC gaming calendar. They don't anymore, to me. Friends, are Steam sales still exciting to you? |
Siliconera Thursday, November 28, 2024 6:45 PM
The NieR series is absolutely incredible and is enjoying the popularity and success it has deserved since the first game (with two versions) back in 2010. However, there is a major problem. With the end of the NieR Automata anime and Reincarnation, the series' fans have nothing to look forward to now. As such, it feels like now is the time for a new game and true NieR Automata sequel.
Backing up a bit, NieR Automata first came out in 2017. It followed after a lengthy seven years of development following after the original NieR on the previous generation. Since then, sure, we have had Reincarnation, but that is a spin-off mobile game. There hasn't been a true third mainline title in the series in, you guessed it, more than seven years.
We just passed the gap between the two first games in real time. In addition, we are now in a new generation of consoles as well. The parallels here are pretty neat, while the series continues to be a popular one for Square Enix. It seems like 2025 is just the right time to announce and release the next game in the series.
But the long wait since NieR Automata isn't the only factor to consider. There is also the element of how series fans like myself have nothing to look forward to now from NieR. NieR Reincarnation shut down earlier this year in April 2024. This was quite disappointing, as it was arguably the best, most professional free-to-play mobile gacha game I ever played.
And to make matters worse, the anime series NieR Automata Ver1.1a ended its run in September 2024. There is no new substantial content of any kind to look forward to now. But it still doesn't stop there. What has Yoko Taro been up to the last few years? The wacky and lovable director of the series is in a bit of a slow period right now.
The last notable works Taro created was the NieR and KamiErabi anime series. The latter is still ongoing but Yoko Taro has shown he can work on multiple products at once. In addition, he hasn't worked on a notable game since the Voice of Cards titles in 2021 and 2022. Considering he worked on smaller titles in the same vein of these like SINoALICE at the same time as NieR Automata, it seems plausible he's been cooking up something else all this time.
2025 just seems like the right time for this third title to come out. Interestingly enough, Square Enix's slate of games next year is a bit light from what we know so far. All we know about right now is Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake. To make matters worse, that is potentially in the first half of the year if I had to guess, so that means a barren year otherwise.
Without any other major announcements, this would be potentially the lightest year in Square Enix's history. Kingdom Hearts 4 seems a bit too soon for 2025. The final part of the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy feels like 2027 at the earliest. The next FFXIV expansion shouldn't come out until 2026. Outside of other remakes, smaller titles like perhaps a Harvestella 2, or possibly a new Bravely Default, 2025 looks lonely for Square Enix titles at best.
That is, unless a NieR Automata sequel comes out. This series has transcended from the niche market into the more mainstream side of RPGs. This would be a monumental experience for the current consoles of PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and possibly the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2. Now seems like the right time for a NieR game to be announced and released in 2025. So, don't let us down, Yoko Taro.
NieR Automata is available right now for Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The anime adaptation is also available to stream on Crunchyroll.
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Siliconera Thursday, November 28, 2024 5:00 PM
Bandai Namco has announced that it will hold an open network test for Synduality: Echo of Ada in mid-December 2024. After previously holding two closed beta tests with exclusive registrations, the company will let all prospective players check out the upcoming online PvPvE mecha shooting game for free ahead of its launch in January 2025.
In the open test client, all players will be able to try out customization features for the Magus companion and CradleCoffin mech. They can also explore the Northern and Southern zones in multiplayer rooms that can host up to 12 players. Bandai Namco will also add a Forced Move option to free players who can get stuck in certain terrains.
The network test client will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC via Steam. The PC version will have minimum requirements of 16GB RAM, an Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X for the CPU, and a GeForce GTX 1060 or Radeon RX 480 for the GPU. Fulfilling these requirements should make the game runnable at 30 fps with a 1080p resolution.
The Synduality: Echo of Ada open network test will run on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC on December 12-20, 2024. Players who have pre-ordered the game will be able to access the test client for two more days until December 22, 2024. Bandai Namco will release the full game on the same platforms on January 23-24, 2025.
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