GamersHeroes Thursday, January 9, 2025 6:52 PM Winter is coming (had to!) with the recently announced Closed Beta Test for Game of Thrones: Kingsroad, beginning January 16. The post Game of Thrones: Kingsroad Closed Beta Test Beginning January 16 appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Thursday, January 9, 2025 4:25 PM To mark its release, Dimps and Bandai Namco have released a launch trailer for Freedom Wars Remastered. The post Freedom Wars Remastered Launch Trailer Released appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Thursday, January 9, 2025 2:41 PM Previously released for the PlayStation 5 last year, see what awaits PC players with the features trailer for Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The post Final Fantasy VII Rebirth PC Features Trailer Released appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Thursday, January 9, 2025 1:40 PM A turn-based strategy game that empowers players to build the greatest empire ever, the latest trailer for 2K and Firaxis' Sid Meier's Civilization VII takes a first look at the Marquis de Lafayette, Gilbert du Motier. The post Sid Meier's Civilization VII Lafayette First Look Released appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Thursday, January 9, 2025 1:23 PM Set in the far off year of 2054, see the world that awaits players in Nintendo's open-world RPG Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition with the latest trailer for the title. The post Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition "The Year is 2054" Trailer Released appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
GamersHeroes Thursday, January 9, 2025 1:02 PM The team at iam8bit, together with the development team at Mega Cat Studios, will release a new physical release of Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit on multiple platforms worldwide. The post Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit Physical Edition Announced appeared first on GamersHeroes. |
Kotaku Thursday, January 9, 2025 5:55 PM  Happy New Year! Did you walk away from Christmas with more games to play and a backlog that seems impossible to chop through? Well, get ready to possibly add even more games to it, as Amazon has announced 16 free games are coming to Prime members in January. |
Kotaku Thursday, January 9, 2025 4:20 PM  Riot Games is temporarily closing its headquarters in Los Angeles County as dangerous fires continue to burn in the Palisades and elsewhere. The League of Legends maker, which is situated just a few miles from the current edge of the Santa Monica evacuation warning zone, will only allow staff associated with "critical… |
Kotaku Thursday, January 9, 2025 4:00 PM  In 2025, the idea of releasing a paid, online-only multiplayer shooter seems very risky, as we've seen plenty of them fail. But Remedy, the developers behind Control and Alan Wake, have a plan to make sure their first multiplayer game—FBC: Firebreak—succeeds and doesn't flop like Concord or XDefiant. |
Kotaku Thursday, January 9, 2025 3:05 PM  Here we go again. The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered, a single-player video game with no multiplayer modes or features, will for some reason require players to login into a PlayStation Network account on Steam when it arrives in April. |
Kotaku Thursday, January 9, 2025 2:30 PM  Nintendo just announced a new console and it's still not the Switch 2. The console maker is teaming up with Lego to release a Game Boy made of plastic bricks. It follows after a previous collaboration in which the two companies released a Lego NES together, complete with retro TV that displayed the first level of the… |
Kotaku Thursday, January 9, 2025 2:06 PM  Marvel Rivals' new season begins tomorrow, January 10, and there's plenty to be excited about. Four new heroes are joining the roster, three maps are entering the rotation, and there's a new battle pass of cosmetics. All that is well and good, but the most important addition to the game isn't a new map, mode, or… |
Kotaku Thursday, January 9, 2025 1:50 PM  The PlayStation Portal is one hell of a handheld device, capable of streaming games from your PlayStation 5 and directly from Sony's servers if you're a PlayStation Plus member). But you probably already know that if you've grabbed one for yourself. Instead, you're probably here to learn the step-by-step process of… |
PCGamesN Thursday, January 9, 2025 6:54 PM  Spectre Divide's developers will be the first to tell you that the fledgling FPS game hasn't had an easy start to life and is on the back foot. Mountaintop Studios' transparency about its player counts and how it's looking to bounce back is refreshing, and it knows as well as anyone that its Season 1 update is essentially a soft relaunch for the tactical shooter and a chance at redemption. The developer has now shared some new, expanded plans about what to expect from Spectre Divide Season 1, including when this delayed debut season will now arrive. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best FPS games, Best free PC games, Best multiplayer games |
PCGamesN Thursday, January 9, 2025 6:05 PM  There's been a lot of skepticism about Jensen Huang's claim that the new Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 is as fast as the RTX 4090, but Nvidia just gave me the chance to try the two cards side-by-side to see for myself, and the result is astonishing. In Marvel Rivals, the RTX 5070 doesn't just match the RTX 4090, it actually beats it. Is there a catch? Why, of course there is. The secret behind the Nvidia RTX 5070 squaring up to the current best graphics card isn't that the former has more GPU horsepower, but rather that its new Tensor cores support Nvidia DLSS 4. Specifically, the use of multi frame generation means the RTX 5070 can generate not just alternate frames with AI, but up to three extra frames between a pair of rendered frames. We can argue until the cows come home about whether this is cheating or not, but I genuinely struggled to tell the difference between the two test systems I tried at CES in terms of image quality and smoothness. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: GeForce RTX 4070 Super review, DLSS explained, Best graphics cards |
PCGamesN Thursday, January 9, 2025 5:45 PM  Treyarch has either partly or entirely rolled back some of the changes it made in the most recent Call of Duty Black Ops 6 patch, admitting that they unintentionally "nerfed fun" for Zombies players. Continue reading Black Ops 6 swiftly reverts recent Zombies changes that "nerfed fun" MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Black Ops 6 guns, Black Ops 6 missions, Black Ops 6 loadouts |
PCGamesN Thursday, January 9, 2025 4:27 PM  Management games have tasked us with running theme parks, taking sports teams to glory, and building public transport empires, but only one has you hunting for black gold. In the charming but challenging Turmoil, your goal is to become a wealthy oil baron, and now you can grab this highly-rated and strategic management sim for free over on the Epic Games Store. |
PCGamesN Thursday, January 9, 2025 2:38 PM  It may have taken several years, but AMD has finally joined Nvidia in the AI resolution upscaling club with FSR 4, and I had a chance to play with the new tech on a new AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card at CES. The company had two machines set up for a side-by-side comparison, one with FSR 3 and one with AMD FSR 4, and the difference is instantly noticeable. Of course, the bar was already low here. AMD might be able to say its FSR tech works on any GPU, but Nvidia DLSS has always had the upper hand when it comes to image quality. Now, however, it looks as though AMD has finally nailed the formula with FSR 4, at least from our time with it at CES. There are some caveats, though, one of which is that the tech currently only works on the company's new GPUs, such as the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Ryzen 7 7800X3D review, Best gaming CPU, Radeon RX 7800 XT review |
PCGamesN Thursday, January 9, 2025 3:44 PM  January 9, 2025 Official descriptions of Mel's abilities from Riot have been added to this article. Jinx's Super Mega Death Rocket is hurtling towards Piltover's Council Chambers, shattering a rare moment of peace. As its leering smile draws ever-closer, Mel Medarda's back shimmers with gold, alerting her to the fact that something is coming, and it's not good. From that moment on, I knew that we'd see her join the Rift's ever-growing roster at some point, and now is the perfect time. Yes, that's right, Arcane's Mel Medarda is the new League of Legends champion, and she joins the fray just in time for LoL's Noxian-themed first season. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: League of Legends ranks explained, League of Legends Mythic shop rotation, LoL tier list |
PCGamesN Thursday, January 9, 2025 2:02 PM  2024 was a pretty amazing year for new survival games. While Ark 2 unfortunately went AWOL, we still had Palworld, Once Human, and more arrive. For me, though, the most intriguing has been V Rising, which emerged out of early access and enraptured survival fans with its haunting open-world, clever crafting, and castle construction. Developer Stunlock Studios has just revealed that V Rising has now surpassed five million copies sold and says that its slate of updates throughout 2025 will "redefine" the game. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best survival games, Best vampire games, Best RPGs |
Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed Thursday, January 9, 2025 1:25 PM .png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=80&format=jpg&auto=webp) Ubisoft are delaying Assassin's Creed Shadows again, but this time, not just out of concern about the quality of Assassin's Creed Shadows. The French publisher are pushing back release of the new samurai-era open worlder from 14th February to 20th March 2025 while they look into "various transformational strategic and capitalistic options to extract the best value for stakeholders", with news of a possible major "transaction" to follow. |
Siliconera Thursday, January 9, 2025 6:00 PM
Megahouse announced a re-release of the Persona 5 Royal Lucrea figure of Joker. The figure costs 24,200 yen (or approximately $153.19) and will release in Japan on late June 2025. [Thanks, Hobby Watch!]
Additionally, pre-orders for the figure will open on January 10, 2025 at 1pm JST. This version of the Joker figure will include a special acrylic stand inspired by the "Showtime" move that was introduced in P5R. Additionally, the new acrylic pedestal allows Joker to be posed alongside the Lucrea figure of Crow (Loki version.)
The static figure features Joker in a dynamic pose holding a knife backwards on his right hand. Extra parts are included with the figure, such as a hand part that allows Joker to hold a gun, and his Phantom Thief mask.
You can check out the P5R Joker Lucrea figure here:
The original figure was revealed on January 2022 with a release date set for August of the same year. Other P5R Lucrea figures have appeared, such as a figure of Makoto Niijima and Futaba Sakura in their Phantom Thieves outfits.
The Persona 5 Royal Lucrea figure of Joker costs 24,200 yen (~$153.19.) Pre-orders open on January 10, 2025 in Japan, and its expected release date is late June 2025. Persona 5 Royal is available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Switch, and PC.
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Siliconera Thursday, January 9, 2025 5:00 PM
The Sonic the Hedgehog X (formerly Twitter) official account shared pictures of the collaboration cafe with Hololive Vtuber Inugami Korone. The cafe is located in Shinjuku, Tokyo and will be open until January 13, 2025.
In the pictures, the cafe attendants can be seen interacting with Inugami Korone herself, who made a special virtual appearance as the store's "manager" for one day. Additionally, the pictures show the new Shadow themed decoration, featuring Korone in her previously revealed Shadow outfit alongside the Ultimate Lifeform himself.
You can check out the pictures of the Sonic x Korone cafe here:
The 2024 edition of the cafe returned on December 13, 2024 with new decoration featuring Shadow the Hedgehog to celebrate the recent release of Sonic X Shadow Generations. The café also features a variety of drinks, food, and dessert items inspired by Sonic, Shadow, and other characters from the game series, as well as Sonic's ambassador Korone.
Here are some of the food items available in the cafe:
The Soni x Koro 2024 Cafe will be available until January 13, 2025 in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Sonic x Shadow Generations is readily available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
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Siliconera Thursday, January 9, 2025 4:00 PM
The Pokemon Company International announced the release date for the Pokemon Trading Card Game expansion Scarlet & Violet Journey Together and confirmed it will be available in the Pokemon TCG Pocket mobile game as well. The physical copies launch on March 28, 2025, which is one day after its debut in the app on March 27, 2025. Booster packs and an Elite Trainer Box will be available.
Each expansion for the Pokemon TCG tends to have a certain theme or element that makes it noteworthy, and the draw for Scarlet & Violet Journey Together is Trainer's Pokemon. These are special types of cards in which a specific iconic character from the games will also be mentioned, signifying this is their particular Pokemon. Some of the cards confirmed for this set are Hop's Zacian ex, Iono's Bellibolt ex, Lillie's Clefairy ex, and N's Zoroark ex.
It's been quite some time since we've seen cards like this in the game. One of the best examples is the Gym Heroes expansion, which debuted in Japan in 1998. That set featured ones based on the original Pokemon game. So when you bought packs, you might get ones like Brock's Onix, Misty's Psyduck, or Sabrina's Mr. Mime.
The Pokemon Company International also already mentioned how many of certain types of cards we can expect. There will be the four aforementioned Trainer's Pokemon ex cards. There will also be 16 standard ex ones. 11 will be illustration rare ones, six will be special illustration rares, and three will be hyper rare gold etched.
Here is how the expansion pack booster packs will look:
Pokemon TCG Pocket is available on mobile devices worldwide and will get Scarlet & Violet Journey Together on March 27, 2025, while physical copies of the expansion will be sold for the trading card game on March 28, 2025.
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Siliconera Thursday, January 9, 2025 3:30 PM
To commemorate the 15th anniversary of Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep (BBS), which launched on January 9, 2010 in Japan, Share Enix once again shared the secret ending video from the second game and a message from Tetsuya Nomura about the series. At the end of the statement, the director suggested that we still have yet to hear about what the Lost Masters gained and lost when they met at a crossroads in Kingdom Hearts III.
First, here's the full Kingdom Hearts II secret ending, which marked the first appearance of Kingdom Hearts BBS heroes Aqua, Terra, and Ventus. In it, all three were wearing full suits of armor, meeting at X-shaped crossroads while grabbing their keyblades.
And here is the full Tetsuya Nomura statement in which he discussed the importance of crossroads in the Kingdom Hearts series and hinted that we still haven't heard the story about the Lost Masters yet.
There are two Kingdom Hearts games in development that we know about at the moment. One is Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link for mobile devices. That was supposed to launch in 2024, but ended up delayed. The other is Kingdom Hearts 4, which was teased at the end of the third entry. Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep first appeared on the PlayStation Portable worldwide, and it is now available on the PS3, PS4, Switch, Xbox One, and PC via Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix. The post Tetsuya Nomura Kingdom Hearts BBS Anniversary Message Includes a Teaser appeared first on Siliconera. |
Siliconera Thursday, January 9, 2025 3:00 PM
It's a big moment for followers of the Dr Stone anime adaptation, the Science Future season 4 debut happened on Crunchyroll. It's the start of an end of an era, albeit one that will be a bit drawn out due to this last leg of the journey being released in three parts.
Editor's Note: There are some minor spoilers for the first episode of season 4 of the Dr Stone anime.
Things kick off in Dr Stone Science Future with a brief refresher from Minami Hokutozai, in the event it's been a while prior to the viewer jumping into season 4. We're reminded that everyone on Earth ended up petrified thousands of years ago. Senku Ishigami was freed, and decides to begin reviving people to create a new scientific society. It mentions how previous seasons followed Senku reviving more people and making more discoveries, leading up to them all building a ship to cross the Pacific Ocean. The goal is to head toward San Francisco to find out about the petrification and build a space ship to head to the moon. This also serves as a means to reintroduce Senku, Minami, Tsukasa, Gen, Suika, Kaseki, Chrome, Kirisame, Kinro, Matsukaze, Ryusui, and Ginro. It's an effective way to review allies and get their thoughts on the what happens next.
I appreciate that after that review, Dr Stone Science Future gets right back to, well, science. Once we revisit everyone's thoughts on things and are reminded of what's going on, we find Senku and Ryusui fighting about the course of the ship. Ryusui is proposing the Rhumb Line approach, which would go straight across from Tokyo to San Francisco and take 70 days. Senku then explains one that would follow along the coasts would be wiser, and people go to a globe with a rope to see how his answer is right. It would be 40 days on the Great Circle Route.
It really gets into part of what I love about Dr Stone as a series. There are times when it will include these sorts of educational elements and actual science in a fun way. Senku's personality is perfect to excuse sorts of explanations. Plus, in the case of this dispute here, we get to see the possible benefits of both the Rhumb and Great Circle options due to Ryusui and Senku being so intelligent.
At the same time, this first episode's direction and adaptation means it can be quite entertaining. The choice about how to head to America is a serious one. The points about the routes are valid. But settling things with Poker and the ensuing outcome of the game is handled so well. Plus, it ends up tying into an on-ship activity.
I suppose there isn't much progress in this episode. The first installment of the anime is really more about setting the stage for what's next with season 4 of Dr Stone. But the execution makes it feel like a lot still did happen. I feel getting back into things with a more lighthearted episode that refreshes the viewer, sets the stage for things to come, and gives us a chance to see characters enjoying their momentary victories is especially welcoming seeing as how we're nearing the end.
The first part of season 4 of Dr Stone, Science Future, is streaming now on Crunchyroll, and past seasons of the anime are also available there. Viz Media handles the manga outside of Japan.
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Siliconera Thursday, January 9, 2025 2:30 PM
D3 Publisher has revealed that it will release a new Run For Money video game for Nintendo Switch in Japan in 2025. The new game's full title will be Run For Money: Hunter VS Runner! On Which Side Can You Win!?
The company added that this new entry will be the first-ever game adaptation in the series to feature a Hunter Mode. Prior releases in the series, including the remaster of the 2015 3DS entry that appeared on the Switch in late 2018, only let people play as the participant runners just like the original TV show.
The new Hunter Mode will let players become a Hunter who is tasked to chase down and apprehend all runners within the abridged time limit of 15 minutes. Hunters can collect scores based on how fast they capture a runner in each of the five stages available.
The new Run For Money game will also support split-screen multiplayer with up to 4 players and online sessions with up to 12 players. A full online session can have up to 4 Hunters and 8 Runners.
Run For Money: Hunter VS Runner! On Which Side Can You Win!? will be available for Nintendo Switch in Japan in 2025. This game will take inspiration from the Run For Money show that has been airing on Japanese television since 2004. People worldwide can also watch one of the shows on Netflix, which has been available since November 2022 as Run for the Money.
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Siliconera Thursday, January 9, 2025 2:00 PM
Ahead of Wrestle Dynasty 2025, Kenny Omega announced his new "Take Flight" entrance theme involved Final Fantasy composers Masayoshi Soken and Nobuo Uematsu, as well as FFXIV singer Jason Charles Miller, and now All Elite Wrestling (AEW) uploaded the full song and video on YouTube. While someone might not see it in its entirety ahead of a match, this version is over four and a half minutes long.
Masayoshi Soken is the composer for the track and, while he's best known for FFXIV, he's worked on a number of Final Fantasy games and other Square Enix titles. For example, one of his most recent works was FFXVI. While Nobuo Uematsu is renowned for his work as a Final Fantasy composer, here he contributed a "special voice" to the song. JC Miller, who sang the FFXIV theme songs "Close the Distance," "Shadowbringers," and "To the Edge," contributed vocals here starting at about the one minute mark. Many of the themes and instrumentals call to mind past entries in the series. Likewise, the fires behind Kenny Omega's name and logo also resemble ones associated with characters like Sephiroth.
Here is the full Kenny Omega AEW "Take Flight" entrance theme. While it debuted at Wrestle Dynasty 2025, it's been used since then as well.
As a reminder, in the past Kenny Omega has dressed as Final Fantasy characters for matches. He dressed as Sephiroth for NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 in 2023. He also took part in the Like a Dragon Gaiden AEW match.
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Siliconera Thursday, January 9, 2025 1:30 PM
Taito has announced that it is working on a brand-new Groove Coaster rhythm game for the Nintendo Switch. The company will reveal the new title on January 30, 2025.
The new game will add another entry to the Groove Coaster series, which launched first on mobile devices in 2011. The series has also been available on PC and Nintendo Switch, and Taito has announced over 7 million downloads combined from all aforementioned platforms worldwide as of January 9, 2025. Groove Coaster is also available in arcades, but Taito has ceased supporting the platform due to storage space limitation issues.
The presentation event will go live on January 30, 2025, at 7:30 PM JST (5:30 AM ET). After revealing the new game, the event will continue with a live DJ performance by Ryutaro "Ryu☆" Nakahara, who is also known for his contributions to Konami's Bemani game series.
The revelation of a new Switch game will, however, raise a question about the ultimate fate of Groove Coaster: Wai Wai Party, which has been available on the same platform since late 2019. Taito has been regularly adding new content to the game for over five years. Many of those are crossovers from other franchises, such as Square Enix's The World Ends With You. The latest update for Wai Wai Party on December 19, 2024, added the Hololive Vtuber Shiranui Flare along with her song "Zenryoku Jumping!" and Hololive Fantasy's "Reality Fantasy" among others.
Taito will reveal the new Groove Coaster game for Nintendo Switch on Thursday, January 30, 2025.
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WGB Thursday, January 9, 2025 6:43 PM Ubisoft has delayed the release of Assassin's Creed: Shadows to March 20, 2025, to implement community feedback, ensuring a polished and engaging day-one experience for players. |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Thursday, January 9, 2025 5:41 PM Details the game's PC features. The post Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Gets New PC Features Trailer appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Thursday, January 9, 2025 5:10 PM The trailer showcases several details. The post Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Gets New Overview Trailer appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Thursday, January 9, 2025 4:43 PM The streamed event will feature an in-depth look at several upcoming Xbox first-party titles. The post Xbox Developer_Direct '25 Announced For This Month appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
Gaming Instincts – Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism Thursday, January 9, 2025 4:17 PM Announced on the official Twitter account The post Assassin's Creed Shadows Has Been Delayed Again appeared first on Gaming Instincts - Next-Generation of Video Game Journalism. |
