Kotaku Tuesday, January 7, 2025 11:30 AM  Another Activision-owned title arrives on Game Pass soon. This time it's Blizzard's classic and iconic Diablo. The action RPG iscoming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC next week alongside a few other games making the leap to the standard tier. |
Kotaku Tuesday, January 7, 2025 10:43 AM  Last night at CES 2025, Sony and HBO announced that The Last of Us' second season will premiere on Max in April. The seven-episode season will cover only part of The Last of Us Part II's story, as HBO plans to split the events of the 2020 sequel across multiple seasons. Based on this trailer, it seems like the… |
Kotaku Tuesday, January 7, 2025 10:30 AM  Nvidia's new GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards have been officially revealed and they are beastly. The RTX 5090 will cost $2,000 and require a recommended power supply of 1kW, or roughly the equivalent of running a belt sander non-stop. The latest line of GPUs comes as Nvidia rushes to fill demand in the current… |
Kotaku Tuesday, January 7, 2025 10:05 AM  The PlayStation 5 lineup of consoles and accessories continues to expand. Just a couple of months after the 30th Anniversary set was released, Sony has revealed another lineup of color variants, this time in all-black. The new PlayStation Portal looks especially slick. |
Kotaku Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:50 AM  Call of Duty is the best-selling game almost every year, but even that might not be enough to keep up with its ever-ballooning blockbuster budgets. New court filings reveal that 2020's Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War cost $700 million to make over the life of the game, despite selling 10 million fewer copies than the… |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 11:33 AM  What are the best Minecraft texture packs? These colorful and game-altering texture packs can make your world a new experience. Of course, Minecraft's low-fi charm is part of the draw, but texture packs range from subtle changes to an all-over reskin, so you can choose just how much you want to leave vanilla Minecraft behind. We've scoured and tried a bunch of different packs to be able to recommend the very best. Just like the best Minecraft mods and shaders, texture packs can help give an entirely new feel to one of the best PC games of the last decade, and it's just one of many ways of keeping the sandbox game feeling fresh after all these years. While some mods can alter Minecraft gameplay, and shaders change the quality and style of the graphics, texture packs allow you to add a new skin to existing blocks. Included in our list of the best Minecraft texture packs are realistic blocks, cartoonish overhauls, and cute changes to the way Minecraft mobs look. Continue reading The 44 best Minecraft texture packs January 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Minecraft seeds, Minecraft skins, Minecraft mods |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 11:26 AM  Just months after launching its first handheld gaming PC, Acer is back at CES launching the Nitro Blaze 8 and Blaze 11. While the Blaze 8 appears to be a fairly routine update akin to the Steam Deck, the Blaze 11 is packing some far more interesting hardware choices. Companies are in a rat race to build the next best gaming handheld PC, as Valve still dominates with the Steam Deck. Acer's latest attempt includes the Nitro 11 that comes with an enormous 10.95-inch screen and removable, Switch-like controllers. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best gaming monitor |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 11:21 AM  Nvidia has unveiled the latest iteration of its DLSS suite, with the newest addition now claiming to increase your game's frame rate by as much as 8x without losing graphical fidelity, thanks to upscaling and frame generation. DLSS 4 improves upon DLSS 3 in several ways but the biggest new feature is a new frame generation mode called DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation, which allows for not just one but as many as three frames to be created entirely by AI. The innovation was unveiled as part of Nvidia's CES keynote where it also revealed the RTX 5000 series of GPUs - including claiming the RTX 5070 is as fast as the RTX 4090 - and discussed a new type of graphics processing technique called neural rendering. Continue reading DLSS 4 can increase your gaming PC frame rate by 8x, says Nvidia MORE FROM PCGAMESN: GeForce RTX 4070 Super review, DLSS explained, Best graphics cards |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 11:21 AM  What are some cool Minecraft build ideas? The sandbox game remains one of the best of all time over a decade on from its release, but such a long time in one game means you might be running out of ideas. We've been there: you've already built a city, a castle, or even a Wild West outpost, so what's next? Luckily, there are plenty of unique builds, farms, and creations out there to inspire your next Minecraft project. Unlike our favorite Minecraft house ideas or Minecraft castles, for example, this list is more varied and contains plenty of inspiration. From a stylish Minecraft Nether Portal to automated farms, from massive decorative builds to homely aquariums, these ideas can be copied directly or simply used to inspire your future Minecraft builds. Continue reading 35 Minecraft build ideas for 1.21 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Minecraft seeds, Minecraft skins, Minecraft mods |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 11:20 AM  I go back to Counter-Strike, the early days of 1.6, and, for me personally, I think it set the ground rules for what a good online FPS ought to be. In Counter-Strike - and this is still true with CS2 - it's all about risk and consequence. You get one life per round, and you're incredibly vulnerable. It's not like Call of Duty or even Battlefield, where the default game modes give you armor and perks. It's raw. I've always preferred shooters in that tradition. So too, it would seem, have a lot of other PC players. One of the toughest, most brutal, and knife-edge FPS games available, after almost four years, the peerless Hell Let Loose just set a new Steam record. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best WW2 games, Best war games, Best FPS games |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 11:15 AM  January 7, 2025: We've added the latest Monopoly Go dice links for free dice rolls and tokens. How can I get Monopoly Go free dice links? The household favorite board game has been reimagined as a free-to-play app on smartphones, allowing everyone to experience the thrills of Monopoly on practically any device. Everything that makes the board game special is here in Monopoly Go, so you'll be collecting properties and building hotels as you go around the board, and there are a variety of multiplayer minigames to get through along the way. You're going to need to get your hands on Monopoly dice rolls, but they are difficult to come by no matter how far you are into the board game. There are ways to earn additional dice rolls, including logging into the game every day to collect daily bonuses, progressing further in the game, and inviting friends to try Monopoly Go. While you can also spend real money to unlock more dice rolls, you may want to give our list of Monopoly Go dice links a try instead, especially if you're waiting for the next Monopoly Go Golden Blitz event. Take a look at all the currently active Monopoly Go free dice links for today. Continue reading Free Monopoly Go dice links January 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Monopoly Go events, Monopoly Go dice |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 10:54 AM  If you're quick about it, you could grab this incredible 34-inch QD-OLED curved ultrawide gaming monitor for a very competitive price. This Alienware AW3423DWF curved gaming monitor offers great value for money considering its specs and that it currently has a huge $250 saving on its normal asking price. That's a saving of 28%. Alienware produces some top tier tech, so it's no surprise to see the AW3423DWF in our best curved gaming monitors guide as one of the best you can buy. It packs in plenty of goodies for gamers, from a lightning-fast 165Hz refresh rate and 0.1ms response time to its stunning ultrawide WQHD 1440p resolution. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 10:30 AM  Blizzard has announced that the cost of World of Warcraft subscriptions, Tokens, cosmetics, and change and transfer features is increasing - but not for everyone. Players in both Australia and New Zealand will soon be spending more money than before on various WoW features, after another increase in costs from back in 2020. There is a small, temporary saving grace though, as recurring subscriptions from before the price increase comes into effect will not go up until later in the year. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best MMORPGs, WoW The War Within review, The best WoW addons |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 10:59 AM  What are the best soulslike games? An off-shoot of action RPGs, the defining principles of this ever-growing subgenre sprung up from Demon's Souls back in 2009. However, it took the release of its spiritual successor two years later to really light a fire under fans. FromSoftware's Dark Souls is a landmark game in many respects, but the soulslike genre is its greatest legacy. While efforts have been made to diversify soulslike games in recent years, patience in the face of adversity remains the focal point. Characterized by punishing stamina-based combat, risk-reward currency systems, and challenging bosses, victory leads to progression through rich worlds that often capture a dark fantasy game aesthetic. Whether you're a newcomer who's not sure where to start or an RPG game veteran looking for a new challenge, we've got the very best soulslikes on PC you can play right now. Continue reading The 15 best soulslike games in 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best RPG games, Best soulslike games, Best fantasy games |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 10:22 AM  What are the best Minecraft skins? There are countless Minecraft skins available online now, as imaginative creators have spent years building an extensive library of avatar customizations for the sandbox game. With OCs, Disney characters, superheroes, celebrities, cartoon characters, and even memes now available for your Minecraft skin the choice can be overwhelming, but we've gone through them all to find the best. If you'd rather rock something a bit more unique than the defaults, we recommend one of the custom Minecraft skins below. You can even build from one of these options or create your own from scratch with our instructions on the best custom Minecraft skins editor. If that's a little too much effort, find out how to change your Minecraft skin, then pick from these free, ready-to-go NameMC Minecraft skins. We're always adding to this list, too, so be sure to keep checking back for a fresh look! Continue reading The 101 best Minecraft skins 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Minecraft seeds, Minecraft skins, Minecraft mods |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:37 AM  January 7, 2025 New Once Human codes have been added to the list. What are the latest Once Human codes? There are times in all of our gaming lives when we need a little bit of help. Call it a handout, call it a freebie, call it whatever you like, but receiving a gift from time to time is lovely - and vital when there are eldritch abominations around each corner, wanting to turn you into their next meal. Whether you're just starting off in Nalcott or working towards the last of the Once Human bosses, you could always use a little help. As with many free PC games, Once Human offers redemption codes to give you a boost, and the Once Human codes below can help you fill your coffers without having to spend hours collecting resources and risking your life outside of your cozy home base. Continue reading Once Human codes and how to redeem MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best sandbox games, Best open-world games, Best survival games |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:20 AM  What is the next Monopoly Go event? With so many limited-time events in Monopoly Go, it can be hard to keep track of the rewards you can get your hands on. Monopoly Go events can last anywhere from a few hours to a week, so bookmark this page as we'll keep it regularly updated with the next events and their start and end dates. Monopoly Go is the latest online board game sweeping the globe, but completing all of these events won't be easy without some free Monopoly Go dice links, so check out our daily updated guide for some freebies and rewards before you get started on the next Monopoly Go tournament. Continue reading All Monopoly Go events, tournaments, dates, and rewards MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Monopoly Go events, Monopoly Go dice |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:15 AM  When is the next Monopoly Go Golden Blitz? This special, limited-time event allows players to trade the usually locked golden stickers up to five times a day. This is an ideal solution for grabbing elusive missing stickers and completing albums quickly. While you can trade these up to five times a day, each event is limited to two specific stickers, set by Scopely. There's no official schedule for Monopoly Go's Golden Blitz event, so a lot of sites that confirm dates are actually speculating based on the current Monopoly Go events. While you're waiting for the next Golden Blitz, make sure to keep on top of other freebies with our free Monopoly Go dice links guide, which is updated several times a day with the newest links. Continue reading When is the next Monopoly Go Golden Blitz event? MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best board games, Monopoly Go events, Monopoly Go dice |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:44 AM  What are the best Infinity Nikki outfits? A pro stylist needs a wardrobe suitable for all occasions, and Nikki is no exception. There are over a thousand items of clothing to mix and match in Infold's dress-up game, and while any combination will do for general exploration, the best outfits will really help you stand out from the crowd in Miraland. The best outfits in Infinity Nikki aren't just a fashion statement; they're also indispensable for beating all the styling challenges in the open-world game. Each piece of clothing is graded from D to SSS according to each style. The highest clothing score has the highest grade, but the values of each can vary wildly. Major pieces like dresses and hair offer dramatically more points than accessories, but all factor into your outfit's total score. With this in mind, here are the top-value pieces for the best outfits arranged by style. Continue reading Best Infinity Nikki outfits for all styles MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Infinity Nikki codes, Infinity Nikki banners, Infinity Nikki events |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:05 AM  Razer is going back to the gaming chair drawing board with its new Project Arielle concept. The latest Razer gaming chair idea isn't quite ready for prime time just yet, but will be "the world's first heating and cooling" gaming chair when it arrives, assuming no other manufacture beats Razer to the punch before its actually available. Razer Project Arielle, which is being demoed at the CES trade show in Las Vegas right now, is being built on "the framework" of the Razer Fujin Pro, which is the company's current most premium gaming chair option. As one of the best gaming chairs around when it comes to comfort, and using a breathable mesh back and seat design, it's a great starting point for a chair that's all about letting you feel the air around you, whether it's hot or cold. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Razer Viper V2 Pro review, Razer BlackShark V2 Pro (2023) review, Best gaming mouse |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:31 AM  What are the best Dragon Age The Veilguard builds? Whether you're a Mage, Rogue, or Warrior, a lot of work goes into building your Rook. Not only do you have abilities and buffs to worry about, but specializations to spec into at higher levels. What's more, the sprawling skill tree for each class can be a little daunting to parse. Never fear – our guide to the best builds in Dragon Age The Veilguard delves deep into how each Veilguard class performs at its optimal level. Before you get too invested in a build, check out our complete list of Veilguard companions to avoid any party overlap which could put a dampener on a Veilguard romance. Once you've chosen your class, it's time to start building. Continue reading Best Dragon Age The Veilguard builds MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best Dragon Age The Veilguard class, Dragon Age The Veilguard review, Dragon Age The Veilguard builds |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:27 AM  Which games are coming out in 2025? If you're anything like us, your time is already stretched trying to play all the great games out right now, and the year isn't slowing down any time soon. Hope and anticipation, agony and elation - the endless cycle of emotions we go through during the annual PC release schedule. Year in, and year out, videogames are produced in such varying degrees of quality that not a single one of them is destined for certain success. Some of the best PC games of all time release alongside utter disasters, series are born while others dwindle, and occasionally a game lives up to our expectations. Below you'll find all the upcoming PC games to keep on your radar, and it's wildly varied. There are racing games, story games, city builders, and more, plus all of their expected release dates. Continue reading Upcoming PC games 2025 and beyond MORE FROM PCGAMESN: GTA 6 release date, Best open-world games, GTA 5 cheats |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 8:59 AM  The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 is finally official, and Nvidia is making one spectacularly bold claim about its performance. The company has declared this new $549, mid-range gaming GPU will be faster than the RTX 4090, though as you might imagine there's a catch. With Nvidia taking to the stage at CES to announce its full suite of RTX 5000 gaming GPUs, including the flagship RTX 5090, it revealed a host of interesting new products and technologies. However, it was the company's bold claim about the RTX 5070 that was perhaps most striking. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: GeForce RTX 4070 Super review, DLSS explained, Best graphics cards |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 8:50 AM  Racing games had a difficult time in 2024. Forza Horizon 4 was delisted from digital stores. Servers for The Crew were turned off for good. In the fast-paced world of new releases and yearly updates, some of the best and most beloved games just don't make the cut. But it's not all bad news. Despite also vanishing from online stores, Forza Horizon 3, the Australian-based open-world icon that PCGamesN called "the best racing game of its generation," is still with us. It looked like it was about to die, but Playground has swiftly stepped in. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best racing games, Best open-world games, Best sandbox games |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:02 AM  League of Legends Season One 2025 is about to start, marking the beginning of a new era with a reworked Ranked structure, a transformed Rift map, and changes to Teleport. But even before launch, the new LoL patch has already been criticized by one of the game's most prominent streamers and creators, Los Ratones coach Marc Robert 'Caedrel' Lamont. Calling the new patch "horrible," Caedrel says that the changes to TP lean too heavily on influences from LoL's spin-off TV series Arcane, and that various aspects of the new patch feel like they cater to players coming to League of Legends for the first time after watching the show, rather than long-time fans of Riot's MOBA. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: League of Legends ranks explained, League of Legends Mythic shop rotation, LoL tier list |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 7:46 AM  I love that Hades keeps inspiring so many new roguelikes. Supergiant Games' version of Greek myth has some of the tightest gameplay, unique storytelling, and challenging progression the genre has ever seen, and more developers keep using it as clear inspiration for their own work. We might be at the point where there are too many Hades-likes to parse on Steam, but this just means we're spoiled for choice. Today I bring you another in the form of Rogue Loops, which twists the genre with a delightful new idea, and you can try a demo right now. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best roguelike games, Best RPGs , Best action games |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 7:03 AM  After launching a "beta installation method", Nvidia is going all in on bringing its streaming service, GeForce Now to the Steam Deck. The graphics card company will be launching a native app for the Linux-based device so that gamers can stream AAA games directly from the cloud to their handheld. The Steam Deck is still one of the best handheld gaming PC options available. However, even the Steam Deck can't play everything, as its relatively weak hardware is quickly outpaced by demanding AAA games. This is where Nvidia sees itself stepping in with its streaming service. Continue reading Steam Deck is finally getting a native Nvidia GeForce Now app MORE FROM PCGAMESN: GeForce RTX 4070 Super review, DLSS explained, Best graphics cards |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 6:48 AM  What are the best free PC games? Whether you're broke or just frugal, free is a price point that appeals to everybody's purse. No matter your genre of choice, it turns out that zero can buy you quite a lot in the F2P game world, and even beloved classics are available at the steepest possible discount. We've collated the top free games on PC that are guaranteed to deliver a near-endless stream of complementary entertainment. All you need to spend is your time. From cultural landmarks like Fortnite to all-time greats like Team Fortress 2, some entries on this list can easily make our list of the best PC games of all time. In no particular order, here are the best free games on PC. Continue reading The best free PC games MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Genshin Impact codes, Genshin Impact character tier list, Genshin Impact leveling guide |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 6:37 AM  Who are the Marvel Rivals characters? With any new Marvel game comes playable Marvel characters, and in Netease and Marvel Games' new 6-vs-6 shooter, there are plenty to choose from. Spanning across some of the biggest and best comic book series, you can pick from a growing list of legendary heroes and villains. At Gamescom 2024, it was revealed that every character at launch and beyond will be free, which is excellent news as there are a lot of them. Who will you decide to play as in Marvel Rivals in your bid to be the best around? This primer aside, our Marvel Rivals tier list can also help you make that decision. Continue reading All Marvel Rivals characters and full roster MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Marvel Rivals codes, Marvel Rivals characters, Marvel Rivals tier list |
PCGamesN Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:03 AM  What are the latest Raid Shadow Legends codes? Raid Shadow Legends is a champion collection RPG with turn-based combat elements so, naturally, your main priority is collecting the best champions and increasing their strength. This costs valuable resources, but, luckily, there are a bunch of free redemption codes available to help you out. It is worth noting that redeeming the current codes in Raid Shadow Legends requires some patience since you can only redeem one every 24 hours. If you're new to the free PC game, there are also 13 new player codes to choose from that grant a bonus Champion if you're quick. If you're unsure how to redeem codes in the RPG game, we've got all the details you need at the bottom of this guide. Now, with all that out the way, here are the current Raid codes for January 2025. Continue reading Raid codes January 2025 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Play Raid: Shadow Legends for free, Raid codes, The best free PC games |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 7, 2025 11:19 AM  There's a new Lenovo Legion Go on the way, and while it's ditching the signature detachable controllers, it's still got something unusual to stick on its CV. The Lenovo Legion Go S is a smaller, cheaper take on Lenovo's portable gaming PC, and it's on track to become the first officially licensed SteamOS handheld outside of Valve's own Steam Deck range. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:08 AM  Last night, at CES 2025, Nvidia finally announced their RTX 50 series graphics cards, and can I just say that I am wise to the RTX 5090's tricks. A GPU that eats up to 575W and costs £1939 / $1999? Yeah, nice try, Geoffrey N. Vidia, but such a mad card couldn't possibly exist in reality. It's clearly only here to make the other ones, the RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070, look like better deals. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 7, 2025 8:18 AM  Countless are the pretenders to Dungeon Keeper's skull-buttressed throne, but I sense a certain fearful promise in The Deadly Path, a building management and roguelike strategy game from Owlskip Enterprises. The setup here is that you're stuck in a tabletop underworld with a bunch of elder gods, or Dread Deities. As Custodian of this dusty funereal expanse, you must place structures on tiles around your throne room, striving to fulfil the desires of whichever Dread Deity is in play, while fending off pernicious attackers from the realm of light. Here's a trailer. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 7, 2025 7:33 AM  The development of 2020 FPS Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War cost $700 million, making it the most expensive video game project yet reported. That's according to a court filing reviewed by Stephen Totilo's Game File (paywalled) in which Call Of Duty creative head Patrick Kelly divulged the budgets of three games in the series. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 7, 2025 6:37 AM  If you gotta go fast, you probably don't want to be a stubby-legged spearman who climbs every ladder like a geriatric walrus. Yet that's the challenge taken up yesterday by speedrunners at Awesome Games Done Quick. The UFO 50 speedrun includes an impressive dart through the retro collection's most bewildering game, the ancient and mysterious Barbuta, in which your character is a frustratingly slow hero with a fearfully short attack range. They managed to complete it in less than five minutes. Not only does the run (and its helpful commentary) serve as a short and sweet explanation of why Barbuta is so glitchily fascinating, it also left plenty of time to marathon another three games from the collection. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 7, 2025 6:29 AM  Gentle reader, I have previously written exactly two boob-related articles in my life. One was a cheesy round-up of the best manboobs in video games for Green Man Gaming's long-vanished blog. It was published sometime in 2010, and IIRC, pre-reboot Kratos came out on top. I think/hope it still exists somewhere in the apparatus of Green Man Gaming, hidden beneath the retailer's veneer of respectability like a barrel of radioactive waste. The other boob article was a piece for OXM about Ken Levine saying that he wished people would stop fixating on Elizabeth's cleavage in Bioshock Infinite - a complaint we might consider slightly hypocritical, given the character's visual design. Now it's time for boob article number 3: some modder has given 122 of the 150 Jokers in cardgame Balatro big chests. This extends from visibly human Jokers to Joker concepts that shouldn't, strictly speaking, have the capacity for boobage. The banana card has boobs, for example. The credit card card has boobs. Behold. |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Tuesday, January 7, 2025 5:12 AM  I don't want to talk to a game. I assume I'm not alone in this, because the tech's been around for donkey's and barely anyone tries to use it. Mass Effect 3 tried voice commands. Socom U.S Navy Seals shipped with a headset. "Dunno if I wanna be shouting out tacticool commands in my living room," wrote a Redditor on the subject four years ago, speaking to my very soul in the process. "Gimme the clunky buttons instead". Thankfully, you can also use your keyboard to interrogate suspects in murder mystery Dead Meat. It's a moody, slightly goofy noir puzzler that lets you ask anything you want. Whether this means you'll always get a worthwhile response, I'm not sure. "Want to discuss their alibi? Probe them on the meaning of life? Confess your love? Or just troll them mercilessly? Your words hold power, and anything goes," reads the Steam page. Here's a trailer. |
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Siliconera Tuesday, January 7, 2025 12:00 PM
As part of the Sony's Crunchyroll CES 2025 announcements, the company revealed a Ghost of Tsushima anime. It is working on it with Aniplex and KAMIKAZE DOUGA, and Gen Urobuchi is working on its story. It has a 2027 launch window.
The Ghost of Tsushima anime won't be retelling Jin Sakai's tale. Rather, the announcement noted it will pull inspiration from the Legends multiplayer mode released after the game's launch. That isn't based on actual history. Instead, in that mode a legendary assassin, hunter, ronin, and samurai go into other worlds and fight Oni to keep them from invading Japan. At the same time, they'll also fight Mongols.
KAMIKAZE DOUGA should sound familiar. The studio has been behind a number of notable and upcoming series. For example, there are the Pop Team Epic and Ninja Batman series. It also worked on the Tales of Crestoria anime segments.
A few other folks working on the adaptation were revealed. Takanobu Mizuno will be its director. He previously worked on Star Wars: Visions. Gen Urobuchi, who is known for Fate/Zero, Psycho-Pass, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Saya no Uta.
The Ghost of Tsushima anime will air on Crunchyroll in 2027. You can find the game on the PS4, PS5, and PC worldwide.
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Siliconera Tuesday, January 7, 2025 11:30 AM
Nankatsu Sports Club has announced that it will produce and sell crossover merchandise featuring Captain Tsubasa and Transformers in mid-January 2025. The items will feature Tsubasa Ozora and Optimus Prime stepping on a soccer ball.
The merchandise lineup will consist of T-shirts, keychains, and face towels. The T-shirts will be available at 5,000 yen (~$31.60) apiece in two colors (black and white) and four sizes (S, M, L, and XL). The blue face towel will cost 2,500 yen (~$15.80). Meanwhile, the white square keychain will be available at 900 yen (~$5.70), but the club will only produce 200 copies of this item.
The crossover originated when Yoichi Takahashi published a new illustration that featured Tsubasa Ozora and Optimus Prime on Nankatsu SC's final home match day in the 2024 season. The crossover came to fruition because both the Captain Tsubasa-inspired real-world soccer club and Takara Tomy—the Japanese IP holder of Transformers—are based in the same city of Katsushika in Tokyo, Japan.
The Captain Tsubasa - Transformers crossover merchandise will be formally available for sale online in Japan on January 14, 2025. Nankatsu SC will have early-bird sales for several items in the lineup at the U-12 Captain Tsubasa Cup Katsushika tournament on January 11-12, 2025.
The post Captain Tsubasa Transformers Crossover Goods Will Be Sold appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Tuesday, January 7, 2025 11:00 AM
Microsoft released a list of new additions heading to its Xbox Game Pass service in January 2025, which includes the original Diablo game from Activision and Blizzard. Other games joining the Game Pass library include the console version of My Time at Sandrock and EA Sports UFC 5, while others like Exoprimal will be leaving the service.
Diablo originally launched back in 1997, and Activision and Blizzard since released several installments and spin-offs, most recently Diablo 4 (which is also currently on Game Pass) and its expansion Vessel of Hatred. The original game will join the Game Pass service on January 14, 2025 and be available for PC users.
You can find a list of other games joining or leaving the service below:
Meanwhile, these games are set to leave the service on January 15, 2025:
Back in November, 2024, Microsoft also announced that Persona 5 Tactica and two Yakuza/Like a Dragon games would be leaving the service. The month before that, Good Smile Company announced it would be producing a Pop-Up Parade L figure of Lilith, the chief antagonist of Diablo 4.
Diablo will become available via Xbox Game Pass for PC on January 14, 2025. The game is already available for purchase via GOG and Battle.net.
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Siliconera Tuesday, January 7, 2025 10:30 AM
Following Crunchyroll deciding to end its digital manga app in December 2023, Sony announced at CES 2025 that a new Crunchyroll Manga app and service will debut in 2025. It will only initially be available on Android and Apple iOS devices in the US and Canada. It is also designed to be its own service, though some Crunchyroll standard plans will include it.
The initial announcement went over some of the details. For example, this is designed to be an additional app and entity. Only North America was mentioned as a launch region for it. People who already have a subscription plan will apparently be able to pay extra to add this on. As a reminder, the three options for that right now are the $7.99 Fan one that is for one device, the $11.99 Mega Fan one that adds support for four devices, offline watching, and the Crunchyroll Game Vault, and the $15.99 Ultimate Fan one with everything from the previous tiers, 6 device support, and a swag bag after 12 months. (All subscriptions also offer varying degrees of Crunchyroll Store deals.)
It also teased that it won't always be limited to mobile devices. The 2025 launch only confirmed support for those of us in the US and Canada. It also only mentioned the app for mobile devices. However, it will also supposedly support browsers for viewing on things like PCs too. As for content, the Crunchyroll Manga app announcement only mentioned series from "renowned publishers."
Crunchyroll's first manga digital service offered series to read for about 10 years. It first stopped adding to its collection on November 7, 2023. After that, it completely shut that area down on December 11, 2023.
The Crunchyroll Manga app will launch on Android and Apple iOS devices in the US and Canada in 2025.
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Siliconera Tuesday, January 7, 2025 10:00 AM
Bandai has revealed that it will release a new batch of figures modeled after the captured monsters from Capcom's Monster Hunter series in late January 2025. The figure lineup, which is known in Japan as Hokakushi-tai, will be available via Gashapon vending machines. The new third wave will feature Rathian, Diablos, Barioth, and Rajang, as well as a secret rare entry based on an unspecified Rathian subspecies.
The company will depict the monsters that are sleeping after they have been pelted with tranquilizers and fallen into a Pitfall Trap. A Gashapon vending machine containing these figures will require people to spend 500 yen via either physical coins or cashless mobile payments before they can pull a random capsule.
Bandai had previously released the first batch, which featured Magnamalo, Zinogre, Mizutsune, and Khezu, in late December 2023. It followed up with the second batch in late August 2024, which contained Rathalos, Nargacuga, Tigrex, Gore Magala, and a Rathalos subspecies as a secret rare figure.
Capcom has been releasing various kinds of merchandise based on its Monster Hunter games. In late December 2024, the company revealed self-produced chibi plushies with eco-bags that are available as crane game prizes. Other than Bandai, Capcom also worked with many other companies like Puma and U-Treasure to produce merchandise from the same franchise.
The third wave of Monster Hunter Hokakushi-tai captured monster figures will appear at Gashapon capsule toy vending machines across Japan in the fifth week of January 2025.
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Siliconera Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:30 AM
Dragonhorse has revealed a new lineup of Danganronpa character merchandise under the Fanthful brand. The items, which feature the series' characters in chibi proportions, are available for pre-orders via AmiAmi. The latter lists the items on not only its Japanese site but also the English site, which supports worldwide shipping.
The company features eight characters from each of the three mainline series entries. The list includes Makoto and Kyoko from Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Hajime and Chiaki from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, and Shuichi and Kaede from Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony.
The merchandise prices will range from 1,980 yen (~$12.50) for an individual character's acrylic stand to 7,040 yen (~$44.50) for a box of eight random charm amulet packages. Note that the charm amulets and pin badges are being packed in blind random formats. That means even if one were to purchase the 8-in-1 box, there is still a good chance of getting duplicates of the same character item and missing another character in the collection.
The full character item lineup is available to check via Dragonhorse's announcement tweet on its X account:
The Fanthful-branded Danganronpa chibi character merchandise will be available in April 2025. AmiAmi can ship the items worldwide via DHL and national postal services.
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Siliconera Tuesday, January 7, 2025 9:00 AM
On January 24, 2025, C&R will hold a seminar for technical artists, as well as artists who focus on 3D models and animations, using Fitness Boxing feat Hatsune Miku as an example. You will have until January 23, 2025 to apply for the seminar, and only 100 people will be allowed to join. [Thanks, PR Times!]
Participation costs 2000 JPY ($12.70) for adults and 1000 JPY ($6.35) for students. Students need to bring their ID, while adults need to bring two business cards. As mentioned earlier, you have until 6:00 PM of January 23, 2025 to apply if you're interested in the seminar. That converts to 1:00 AM PST/4:00 AM EST. As for the seminar, it'll take place from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM of January 24, 2025. That would be 2:00 AM PST/5:00 AM EST. Koitaro Okamoto, a technical artist with Tokyo Studio, will be the presenter.
As mentioned earlier, the technical artists seminar will use Fitness Boxing feat Hatsune Miku as the example game. Topics will include look development for the Vocaloid characters, the modelling and animation, the rigging, the various costumes, the work that went into the facial expressions, and DLC that came out after the game's release. The latter half of the seminar will be more of a meet and greet, so you can meet other people in your field during that time.
Fitness Boxing feat Hatsune Miku is available on the Nintendo Switch.
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WGB Tuesday, January 7, 2025 7:56 AM Court documents reveal that the Call of Duty series has staggering development costs, with Black Ops Cold War at $700 million, highlighting the rising expenses in the gaming industry. |