GamersHeroes Friday, December 13, 2024 1:09 PM Now available for PC and consoles, the popular magical combat fantasy manga and anime series Fairy Tail returns to the world of games with Koei Tecmo's Fairy Tail 2 - get ready with the launch trailer for the title. The post Fairy Tail 2 Launch Trailer Released appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
Kotaku Friday, December 13, 2024 5:10 PM  Revealed less than 24 hours ago, Elden Ring: Nightreign has already announced its first network test for players to go hands-on with the online multiplayer spin-off. The test will take place early in 2025, with registrations beginning next month. |
Kotaku Friday, December 13, 2024 5:00 PM  Welcome back to Kotaku's Weekend Guide, the post-Game Awards edition! If you missed out on last night's pretty-darn-good awards show, we have a wrap- up of everything cool we saw, and a summary of all the awards won. But if you're also looking for some great game recommendations to fill your weekend with, we most… |
Kotaku Friday, December 13, 2024 4:50 PM  On December 12 the 2024 Game Awards were held, and over the span of about four hours, the yearly event handed out a ton of awards while also premiering a bunch of cool-looking trailers for upcoming games. And like every year before, the show ended with the reveal of 2024's Game of the Year. |
Kotaku Friday, December 13, 2024 3:45 PM  Captain America: Brave New World is coming in two months, and we've seen enough to get our adrenaline-loving, superhero-obsessed, conspiracy-theorist hearts hyped for the next installment in the Captain America canon. We've seen Harrison Ford transform from President Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross to Red Hulk, Giancarlo… |
Kotaku Friday, December 13, 2024 3:35 PM  I love The Last of Us and Uncharted, but I would also be content to never see another game in those series again. After all, for nearly 20 years now, Naughty Dog has been exclusively developing games in these same two franchises. Wild to think about, right? The first Uncharted game's development began in 2005, and… |
Kotaku Friday, December 13, 2024 1:50 PM  In an act of holiday magnanimity (and crafty marketing), Netflix is giving everyone a new way to compete with your friends. On December 17, the streamer will release its mobile game Squid Game: Unleashed for everyone to play for free, regardless of whether they have a Netflix subscription or not. |
Kotaku Friday, December 13, 2024 1:40 PM  Last night during the Game Awards, Saber Interactive and Universal Studios revealed Turok: Origins, a third-person co-op shooter that marks the first new entry in the franchise since 2019. Origins doesn't have a release date yet, but is being developed by the same studio that was behind the fantastic Space Marine 2. |
PCGamesN Friday, December 13, 2024 4:09 PM  When is The Outer Worlds 2 release date? It's been a while since Obsidian Entertainment's first space venture, but it had much of the same DNA as the Fallout series. This isn't necessarily surprising, given that Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, the creators of the Fallout series, were the game's directors. Now, we're finally getting the chance to head back to Halcyon in The Outer Worlds 2. The first in Obsidian's space adventure series was an enjoyable RPG game, perhaps hampered by the studio's upcoming Microsoft acquisition. The Outer Worlds 2 was confirmed to be in active development in June 2021, but there has been radio silence ever since. We consider this as a good thing, as a release date window has now dropped, and it's soon. Here's what we know about the window for a The Outer Worlds 2 release date and what we can speculate about the upcoming space game sequel. Continue reading The Outer Worlds 2 release date window, trailer, and latest news MORE FROM PCGAMESN: RPG games, The Outer Worlds 2 release date, Space games |
PCGamesN Friday, December 13, 2024 2:39 PM  When is The Witcher 4 release date? CD Projekt RED initially confirmed the existence of a new game in The Witcher series via a press release in March 2022 and a title update in October 2022. Following a long wait, one that felt like eternity for fans of the series, The Witcher 4 was officially revealed at The Game Awards in December 2024, alongside its first trailer. We know that the upcoming open-world game is the first installment in a new trilogy, and sees Ciri take on the role of the protagonist. While we previously thought this new entry to the series won't be called The Witcher 4, that seems to be its title now, in a pivot by CDPR. Continue reading The Witcher 4 release date estimate, trailer, and latest news MORE FROM PCGAMESN: The Witcher 4 release date, The Witcher 4 Unreal 5, The Witcher 4 School of the Lynx |
PCGamesN Friday, December 13, 2024 4:20 PM  When is the Crimson Desert release date? First announced in 2019, Crimson Desert is a story-driven adventure from the team behind the Black Desert MMORPG. Four years since its initial reveal, there's still a significant wait ahead for the Crimson Desert release date following an indefinite delay in July 2021. The devs cited the "need to dedicate more time to added new ideas for an even deeper, more enriching game." We now know that the enrichment process includes petting dogs, carrying sheep on your shoulders, and fighting giant crabs in the magical action-adventure game. I mean, what more could you ask for? Based on the gameplay footage of Crimson Desert so far, it does seem as though nature and animals play a massive part in the world of Pywel. The region looks at first glance like an ancient medieval continent, but it soon becomes apparent that it's filled with magic and mystery. Here's everything we know about Pywel and the Crimson Desert release date so far. Continue reading Crimson Desert release date window, story, gameplay, and latest news MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best action games, Best fantasy games, Best action-adventure-games |
Siliconera Friday, December 13, 2024 7:00 PM
Dolly Mix and Sanrio are having a collaboration for the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty. Little figurines of Hello Kitty and her friends in dessert-inspired outfits will appear in gacha machines in mid-December 2024, and they'll cost 400 JPY ($2.60) per attempt. [Thanks, Hobby Watch!]
There are four variations of figurines to collect. All of them stand at approximately 40 millimeters tall, though they look like they're sitting down. As mentioned earlier, the outfits look dessert-themed, as they all have strawberries in their bows. Each figurine also has either a star or a heart design in their eyes, adding to the overall cuteness. The characters you can get are Hello Kitty, Mimmy, Dear Daniel, and Tiny Chum.
Here are more pictures of the Dolly Mix and Hello Kitty figurines:
For the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty, many companies have collaborated with Sanrio to release exclusive merchandise. Takara Tomy, for example, released a special version of its Licca-chan doll. Meanwhile, Build-a-Bear added a special 50th anniversary Hello Kitty doll to its online storefront back in August 2024. Sanrio itself has released multiple pieces of goods as well, including special anniversary coins and a snow globe.
The Dolly Mix and Sanrio figurines for the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty will appear in gachapon machines in mid-December 2024.
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Siliconera Friday, December 13, 2024 6:30 PM
Nintendo announced a new line of merchandise based on the recently released The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom coming to Japan in late December 2024. The new goods feature characters and motifs from the latest Zelda-led title in the long-standing franchise.
The new The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom merchandise goods will be available on the official Nintendo stores located in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto, as well as through the Japanese My Nintendo Store website. The Nintendo Tokyo store handles purchases made online, so people located in other parts of Japan might take a bit longer to receive their purchases.
Here is the full lineup of items in the new collection as well as their prices:
You can also check out the items here:
As a reminder, Nintendo recently confirmed the placement of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom in the overall timeline of the series.
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is readily available for the Nintendo Switch. The new merchandise collection is now available in Japan and will release in late December 2024.
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Siliconera Friday, December 13, 2024 6:00 PM
During the CEDEC + KYUSHU 2024 conference, Persona series creative producer Kazuhisa Wada explained the reasons behind choosing a male protagonist for the Persona series, as well as why the cast is mostly students. [Thanks, Famitsu!]
During the Q&A section of a talk focused on the past and present of the Persona series, Wada was asked how much freedom he has during the planning stage regarding the main protagonist in each Persona game, as well as what was the reason for deciding to make a cast of mainly students and a male character for the protagonist for the latest entries in the series.
In response, Wada said that games in the Persona series are coming-of-age stories focused on growing up, and the most effective setting for those kinds of stories are of students on the verge of entering adulthood. Wada added that student life is an almost universal common experience and people can easily identify themselves with it.
As for the gender of the protagonist, Wada said that the choice is related to maturity and mental age. For high school students of similar ages, it seems like female students tend to have a higher mental age than male students, Wada continued. To better depict the themes of growth, the developers decided that a male student as the protagonist would fit better. However, Wada insisted that the team doesn't think that adults or women as protagonists aren't a possibility to consider.
The CEDEC + KYUSHU 2024 conference was held on November 23, 2024 and new information about some of the talks by the attending game developers have started to come out. In past years of the event, there have been talks offering details about how character lighting is handled in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 or details about Dark Souls boss arenas.
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Siliconera Friday, December 13, 2024 5:30 PM
In an interview with Famitsu, Yosuke Futami (the producer for Synduality: Echo of Ada) discussed why the game has a single-player mode. To summarize his answer, it's to prevent the game from being unplayable in the future should the servers go offline. [Thanks, Famitsu!]
As you progress through the game, you'll unlock a mission to investigate old Amasia in your Cradlecoffin (or Coffin, for short). What you do in this quest doesn't really have any influence on the main online file, and it's more for the story. This means that while you won't really receive any rewards for playing it, you won't lose any items either. As a note, while the mission to investigate old Amasia is a single-player mission, you'll still need to play online to get through the tutorials and such.
During the interview, Famitsu asked Futami about why Synduality: Echo of Ada is mostly online, and yet Game Studio still implemented the single-player mission. Futami replied that he didn't want the game to become unplayable should something happen in the future and you can no longer access the online servers. He doesn't mean this in a negative or pessimistic way. This is simply something to assure players that even if the game goes offline in the future, they'll still be able to play Synduality: Echo of Ada.
Physical versions of Synduality: Echo of Ada will come out on January 16, 2025. The digital version will come out on January 23, 2025. It'll be available on the PS5, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC.
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Siliconera Friday, December 13, 2024 5:00 PM
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Madness, the first manga adaptation of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, is available to read on Comic Walker. The first chapter is 42 pages long, and the next chapter will come out on January 10, 2025.
The plot of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Madness takes place before the anime, focusing on Pilar and Rebecca. In the first chapter, we see how they developed an "every man for himself" type of mentality following a conversation with their father. This is the way to survive in Night City. However, despite that education and her brother stopping her, Rebecca still goes out of her way to help someone. The chapter then ends with the two of them firing up their resolve to become edgerunners.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is an ONA based on Cyberpunk 2077, with Trigger the studio in charge of the animation. It first appeared on Netflix in 2022, and is itself a prequel to Cyberpunk 2077. The show follows David Martinez, a street kid who becomes a mercenary, or an edgerunner, after losing everything to a drive-by shooting. It received high praise from fans and critics alike when it came out. While Edgerunners itself is standalone, Netflix teased another show set in the same universe back in September 2024. More information on that should come out further along in the production process.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Madness is available to read on Comic Walker.
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Siliconera Friday, December 13, 2024 3:30 PM
MegaHouse shared new photos and a release window for its next Portrait of Pirates One Piece Evolutionary History figure of Nami, which is based on her Egghead Island arc appearance. It will debut in Japan in July 2025. As MegaHouse items end up appearing worldwide, we're already seeing Big Bad Toy Store also sharing a listing for it with an October 2025 launch window.
As this is a 25cm tall (9.8in) figure, this is one of the more expensive versions of Nami. She costs ¥19,800 (~$129) in Japan. Big Bad Toy Store's listing has a $189.99 price tag. It is a static figure with no additional face plates or accessories. Nami wears her new outfit from the latest arc, as well as wields a gun.
Here are some of the first photos of the figure, which highlight its design from different angles:
This is the first in a new Portrait of Pirates Evolutionary History line of figures. We don't know what the criteria for characters in this line will be or if it will specifically focus on appearances at certain points in the series.
When new One Piece episodes appear, they will sound a bit different. At the beginning of December 2024, we learned Kazuki would be retiring from the role of Franky. We'll learn who will replace the Straw Hat member at Jump Festa 2025.
The Portrait of Pirates Evolutionary History One Piece Nami figure will debut in July 2025 in Japan. Viz Media handles the manga outside Japan. You can find the anime streaming on Crunchyroll and Netflix. The live-action adaptation is only on Netflix.
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Siliconera Friday, December 13, 2024 3:00 PM
After the surprise announcement of the Okami sequel at The Game Awards 2024, Hideki Kamiya released a message for fans via the official social media account for the game. Kamiya is set to return to directorial duties on the Capcom title as part of his new Clovers studio's first project.
While not containing any new information on the game itself, the message opened with Kamiya remarking that he honestly didn't think he'd get to continue the story of Okami himself. He went on to thank the development team at Clovers, in addition to all of the fans who have continued to support the series long after its release. He finished by invoking Amaterasu's rising sun motif and stated that he and the team are ready to do their best while working on the Okami sequel.
You can find the full statement via the tweet below:
The sequel was a surprise announcement at The Game Awards 2024 presentation, 18 years after the first game's original release on Playstation 2. Protagonist Amaterasu also appeared earlier this year as a Mazo Talisman in an update to Capcom's Kunitsu-Gami: path of the Goddess.
The Okami Sequel is currently in development at Clovers Studio under Director Hideki Kamiya, though the release date and target platforms are currently still unknown.
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Siliconera Friday, December 13, 2024 2:30 PM
Crunchyroll releases its anime lineup for each season before it kicks off, which means we now know the new and returning shows that will be on the service for the Winter 2025 season. Things start on December 31, 2024, as that's when we see Fate/strange Fake. Over the next few weeks as 2025 gets into gear, we'll see new additions and seasons for shows like Solo Leveling, Zenshu, Blue Exorcist, Honey Lemon Soda, and Dr. Stone, on Crunchyroll.
Here's the full list of upcoming shows in alphabetical order, which will also highlight the day their first episode will debut. In some cases, such as the Crunchyroll debuts of Solo Leveling season 2 and Blue Exorcist The Blue Night, we don't know the start date yet.If there will be an English dub, that will also be noted. In the case of some series, like The Apothecary Diaries season 2 or Zenshu we already knew they were on the way.
In addition to the new Crunchyroll Winter 2025 anime series, there are nine returning series in the lineup. Here are the shows that will continue to show up each week throughout the next few weeks and months.
The new Winter 2025 anime season will begin on Crunchyroll on December 31, 2024, with the first title in the lineup to air being Fate/Strange Fake.
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Siliconera Friday, December 13, 2024 2:00 PM
Sega broadcasted a VF Direct program on its YouTube channel. Following the reveal of a brand-new Virtua Fighter game project at The Game Awards 2024, the company used the program to publish more information related to its fighting game series. Two of the program's highlights were the Version 2 update release for VF5 Ultimate Showdown and the launch of the open beta test for its upcoming PC port, Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O.
The Version 2 update for VF5 Ultimate Showdown brought in more than just gameplay balance adjustments. Sega also added brand-new combos for each playable character as it brought back several moves and attacks that appeared in prior series iterations. Meanwhile, the Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. open beta test is intended to test the overall online matching quality and the rollback netcode in particular. The public test will run for five days starting from December 13, 2024.
In addition, Sega also revealed purchase incentives for Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. The limited 30th Anniversary Edition will come with bonus in-game content like swimsuit costumes and the Yakuza / Like a Dragon DLC pack, as well as digital bonuses like sets of wallpapers and pre-production art. Players who have pre-ordered the game before release can also receive character customization items based on the legacy Sega consoles Mega Drive / Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast.
Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown is readily available for PlayStation 4 and arcades. The same fighting game will appear on PC via Steam as Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. on January 27, 2025.
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Siliconera Friday, December 13, 2024 1:30 PM
Atlus has revealed that it will hold a Metaphor: ReFantazio exhibition to showcase the game's art and illustrations. The artwork exhibit will appear on the Tennozu Isle in Tokyo, Japan, for a limited time throughout March 2025.
Atlus published the website—available in Japanese and English—shortly after The Game Awards 2024 had concluded. The English webpage noted how Metaphor: ReFantazio received six nominations at the event, while the Japanese version more specifically mentioned the three awards the game had actually won, which were the Best RPG, Best Art Direction, and Best Narrative awards.
Details about the exhibition are still scarce as of the initial reveal. Atlus has still yet to confirm details about ticketing for the event. However, it announced via a new X account dedicated to the exhibition that the venue will also contain photo spots themed after the game. The Japanese webpage also shows that the company will hold a popularity poll that features characters from the same title.
The Metaphor: ReFantazio Exhibition will take place at the B&C Hall of Warehouse Terrada in Tokyo's Tennozu Isle on March 8-23, 2025. The venue will be accessible from 10 AM until 7 PM JST for the duration of the event. It will feature artwork from the game, which is immediately available worldwide on Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC.
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WGB Friday, December 13, 2024 3:59 PM The Witcher 4 trailer features Ciri as the lead, with confirmation of Geralt's appearance. His role remains unclear, raising several intriguing questions about the game's story. |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Friday, December 13, 2024 4:19 PM The game is being developed in Unreal Engine 5. The post Dungeon & Fighter: ARAD Gets New Details and Trailer appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Friday, December 13, 2024 3:01 PM Launching for PC and consoles. The post Dying Light: The Beast Gets New Trailer and Release Window appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Friday, December 13, 2024 2:37 PM A trailer was also released. The post The Last of Us Part II Remastered PC Release Date Announced appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
MonsterVine Friday, December 13, 2024 1:25 PM One of the big announcements at The Game Awards was the reveal of Naughty Dog's new title, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet. Currently in development for the PlayStation 5, it stars a bounty hunter named Jordan who gets stranded on a planet that's been cut off from communication with the rest of the universe for centuries. According […] |
Gaming on PC Friday, December 13, 2024 6:41 PM Capcom revealed this week that a new Onimusha game is in development, scheduled to land on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles sometime in 2026. Read more after the jump. |