Kotaku Monday, November 25, 2024 5:25 PM  A whole bunch of Oculus VR headsets were allegedly stolen by a group of men who would wait for truck drivers to leave their vehicles to get some food or go to the bathroom and then would hop in and drive them away. |
PCGamesN Monday, November 25, 2024 7:42 PM  While maybe not the most polished experience around, MechWarrior 5 Clans is a bit of a diamond if you love mecha games. With satisfying combat and some decent storytelling in its campaign, it's got plenty going for it. It's about to get even better, too, with two essential game modes, a new difficulty setting, and mech omnipods all arriving today - however, while some of it exists in a free update, the majority of the good stuff is locked behind a premium DLC called Trials of War. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best robot games, Best co-op games, Best space games |
PCGamesN Monday, November 25, 2024 6:09 PM  Have you ever found yourself swinging longswords or performing incantations in an engrossing fantasy RPG and thought to yourself, 'Hmmm, I wonder what this would feel like as a roguelike deck builder?' Well, whether you've thought about it or not, I've gone and found you the answer. Meet Claymores of the Lost Kingdom, which aims to create the ambience and feel of a medieval fantasy RPG but with a big ol' deck of cards. MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best roguelike games, Best card games, Best medieval games |
Siliconera Monday, November 25, 2024 11:30 PM
The Jump Characters Store official website for the upcoming Jump Festa 2025 event is now open. The Shonen Jump merchandise available at the event will be available for purchase from December 18, 2024.
The full list of merchandise that will be available as part of the new Jump Characters Store for Jump Festa 2025 has also been revealed. The website will allow those unable to attend the event to acquire some of the goods being offered at the physical venue. The goods featured include plenty of popular manga and anime series that have been published on the Shonen Jump family of magazines, including series like One Piece, Naruto, Boruto, Jujutsu Kaisen, Golden Kamuy, Chainsaw Man, Dandadan, and Oshi no Ko, to name a few.
The Jump Characters Store offers over 500 pieces merchandise based on Shonen Jump series, including pin badges, keychains, clear file folders, plushies, and a wide selection of acrylic character stands. Some of the items available at the Jump Characters Store will also appear at the Jump Festa official online shop, which are different storefronts.
In late October 2024, Shueisha shared some of the Jump Festa 2025 merchandise goods that will be featured at the event, which included goods from the Sakamoto Days, Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Academia, and One Piece manga and anime series, as well as a Yu-Gi-Oh TCG premium pack.
Jump Festa 2025 will be held throughout December 21-22, 2024 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.
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Siliconera Monday, November 25, 2024 8:00 PM
Square Enix announced that the new #SQkawaii Sounds Final Fantasy album will release on March 5, 2025 in Japan and sometime in the same month overseas. The album costs $29.99 / €24.99 / 3,520 yen, and it includes a selection of 20 songs from every mainline Final Fantasy title. These are arranged in the "kawaii future bass" music subgenre.
First, here is the complete track list for the upcoming #SQkawaii Sounds Final Fantasy album:
Additionally, a new line of merchandise items inspired by the cute kawaii aesthetic of the album will also be released in Japan and North America. The lineup includes acrylic panels, keychains, various shirts, and tote bags. Additionally, the mint green and navy blue t-shirts, as well as light blue tote bag colors, are exclusive to the Japanese Square Enix store, with the celadon and black t-shirts, and the white tote bags being unique to the North American store.
You can check out the full price list for the merchandise goods here:
As a reminder, in October 2024 Square Enix also announced the release of the Final Fantasy Crystalline Resonance piano collection and the Piano Cover Collection, which includes piano versions of songs from various popular Square Enix games.
The #SQkawaii Sounds album costs $29.99 / €24.99 / 3,520 yen and is set to release on release on March 5, 2025 in Japan and the same month overseas.
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Siliconera Monday, November 25, 2024 7:30 PM
Bushiroad announced that it has begun development on a new fantasy RPG titled Progress Orders. Yoshifumi Hashimoto is the developer and producer. [Thanks, PR Times!]
You can watch the trailer for Progress Orders here:
Progress Orders is a fantasy RPG in which you join the guild, Legion, in search of your grandfather. In exchange for Legion finding information on your grandfather, you decide to work there and gain the Clairvoyance ability. This power allows you to support and befriend your guildmates and other adventurers. Depending on Legion's reputation, you'll be able to add more powerful and experienced adventurers to your roster.
So far we only know two cast members: Shinsuke Sugawara (who voices the male protagonist) and Yukari Anzai (who voices the female one). Sugawara previously appeared in Reign of the Seven Spellblades as Guy Greenwood. Meanwhile, Anzai's most prominent role was Sanae in Ippon Again!.
Yoshifumi Hashimoto is a video game producer, director, and writer who's worked on many different games and series over the years. He's produced multiple games in the Story of Seasons series and the Rune Factory series. His most recent game is Rear Sekai, or Elrentaros Wanderings, which came out in August 2024.
Progress Orders will come out on April 10, 2025 for the Nintendo Switch and Windows PC via Steam.
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Siliconera Monday, November 25, 2024 7:00 PM
The first episode of the Fate/strange Fake anime (with Japanese dub) will air on December 31, 2024 during the special New Year's television special for the Fate series. There is also a trailer for the first episode. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]
Here is the newest trailer for Fate/strange Fake:
All of the content will appear in the first episode. It shows off the various Servants and Masters participating in the Snowfield Holy Grail War. Characters like Flat and Caster appear, as well as familiar faces such as Gilgamesh and Enkidu. There is also a brief shot of Ayaka and Saber's first meeting, which parallels the signature scene of Saber greeting Shirou for the first time.
Aniplex announced in 2023 that it was producing a TV series based on Fate/strange Fake. This news came after the "Whispers of Dawn" OVA. The TV series will cover a bit of what the OVA did, but with more detail, as well as show what happens afterwards.
As for Fate/strange Fake, it is a spin-off light novel series penned by Ryogo Narita. Narita is a light novelist and manga writer whose original works include Durarara!! and Baccano!. The story of Fate/strange Fake follows a faulty Holy Grail War in Nevada. As an unsuccessful copy of the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki, the one in Nevada has some bizarre aspects to it, such as a missing Saber class and a blurred definition of what a hero is.
The anime adaptation of Fate/strange Fake will premiere at the end of 2024. Technically speaking, for a limited time, you can watch the English dub of the first episode on Crunchyroll's YouTube channel.
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Siliconera Monday, November 25, 2024 6:30 PM
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty, Sanrio will have an "amigo" collaboration with Ken Matsudaira. Designs featuring Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel wearing traditional Japanese garb and doing their best with Matsuken Samba with their stubby little limbs.
The entire image that Sanrio shared has an almost Y2K kind of feel. The hearts and "Ken Matsudaira x Hello Kitty" text look bedazzled, likely to match the bedazzled kimono that Matsudaira is wearing. As mentioned earlier, Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel are also wearing kimonos. Hello Kitty's bow has a more Japanese aesthetic to it, and Dear Daniel is sporting a traditional chonmage hairstyle.
Ken Matsudaira, or Matsuken, is a Japanese actor and musician, with "Matsuken Samba II" as his most popular song. Like how almost a decade later, Psy gained popularity for "Gangnam Style" due to both the song and the music video, "Matsuken Samba II" gained attention due to him dressed like someone from the Edo period (but with a glittery kimono) and his dance. The song itself remained on the Oricon Top 100 chart for over a year and he's still associated with it today. A game even came out in 2021 that was a collaboration between Matsuken and the Arima Kinen in which you had to watch the race together without inadvertently making him break out into a samba.
More information on the Ken Matsudaira and Sanrio collaboration, including merchandise, will appear at a later date.
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Siliconera Monday, November 25, 2024 6:00 PM
Square Enix announced that season 3 of its its NFT project Symbiogenesis will start on December 10, 2024. NFTs of characters from this season will be available for purchase from this date as well.
Season 3 of Symbiogenesis will take place in the Martial Kingdom, as well as introduce a new species and a mysterious presence. In the Martial Kingdom, representatives of the six races will come together in a meeting, only for the third dragon to attack. As mentioned earlier, season 3 characters that hadn't been auctioned off will be available for purchase. More information on the characters, as well as prices and sales method, will appear at a later date.
Square Enix launched Symbiogenesis in late December 2023 as its first NFT project. However, news of it began circulating on the Internet from late October 2022. This was because many people assumed that the trademark may have something to do with Parasite Eve. Symbiogenesis features multiple stories, with a main story that everyone can access and unlockable stories that players can discover via finding items or working with other players on Discord. Each character specializes in finding a different item, which is an important factor in deciding if you want to buy them.
Symbiogenesis season 3 will run from December 10, 2024 to February 6, 2025. It is available on Google Chrome.
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Siliconera Monday, November 25, 2024 5:30 PM
Monolith Soft—best known for developing series like Xenosaga and Xenoblade—will slowly introduce the different jobs there are in the video game development industry, starting from scenario planners. This is a job that's far more extensive than a normal writer.
A scenario planner doesn't only work on the text of the story. They're the one who plans out and oversees just what makes the game interesting. Not only are they someone who's an expert on stories, but they're also in charge of deciding what kind of experience the game will give the player. This includes deciding on basic settings and play feel. Though it's a very extensive job that requires you to wear many hats, you are able to work on the overall framework of the game.
If we look at Monolith Soft itself, Tetsuya Takahashi, one of the co-founders of the company, worked on the scenario for multiple games, including the Xenoblade series and Xenogears. For Xenoblade, he also worked as the executive director and voice director, though a normal scenario planner likely will not need to fill in those extra roles as well.
More information on other jobs that exist at Monolith Soft will appear via its official X (formerly Twitter) page. It didn't state what the upload schedule would be like, so there's no telling when the next post will appear.
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TGN – Tabletop Gaming News Monday, November 25, 2024 5:30 PM The creators of Lone Wolf Fists are preparing to release Acid & Steel, the game's first expansion. This supplement introduces new character options and settings, focusing on the mechanical world of Bebal-Ki-Menar and the infernal realm of Naraka. Each setting adds distinct elements to the game, offering opportunities for players to explore new stories and... |
TGN – Tabletop Gaming News Monday, November 25, 2024 5:17 PM The miniature wargame Necromolds, known for its clay-molded golem armies and accessible gameplay, continues to expand its organized play narrative with the release of Decay of the Tooth Lands, the second episode in the Golem Wars series. This latest installment takes players into the icy tombs beneath Cromlech, where the character Netch seeks lost artifacts... |
MonsterVine Monday, November 25, 2024 9:00 PM The 90's are making a comeback with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind, a beat-em-up adventure that channels the nostalgia of the iconic franchise. Developed by Digital Eclipse, this retro-inspired title brings the Rangers to live with stunning pixel art, combat, and a healthy dose of fan service. A Time-Bending Storyline The story takes places […] |