Has Kouji Kabuto found a new waifu? The Super Robot Wars series may focus on having giant robots from various anime titles, but there are a few occasions where it tries something different. One recent example is Super Robot Wars X-Ω, the franchise's mobile game, since we got to see Godzilla and Zyuranger's Daizyuzin/Power Ranger's Megazord join forces. While we're on the topic of random surprises, the main cast from Robot Girls Z, the anime about cute girls based on Toei's classic mecha shows, are spreading their cuteness in X-Ω. Players will go moé over Z-chan (Mazinger), Gre-chan (Great Mazinger), Grenda-san (Grendizer), Gecchan (Getter Dragon), and Gai-chan (Gaiking) taking down waves of enemy machines. The best part about their debut is that it could result in some priceless exchanges between the girls and the pilots of their giant robot counterparts. Come to think of it, I wonder if Mazinger's Sayaka will get mad at Kouji for having a conversation with Z-chan. … [Read more...]

October 12 for 5,800 yen [Update: Sony confirms that it's out on January 23 in the west with a PS4 theme pre-order bonus.] Square Enix has announced that they now have a set release date for Lost Sphear, their RPG about a boy who is on a quest to save his hometown -- October 12 in Japan. It'll run you 5,800 yen if you decide to pick it up, which you very easily can on the Switch eShop (or by way of a physical import). Tokyo RPG Factory is also ditching the weird chimera of PC, PS4, and Vita (as they did for Setsuna), as Lost Sphear is only being developed for PS4 and Switch at this time. When it comes to the US release, the PC platform will join that duo in "early 2018," and the west will also be getting physical editions. If you're pulling the trigger a full list of pre-order bonuses can be found below. PlayStation 4 Version Square Enix e-Store - Original Dynamic Theme "Lost Sphear: Memory of the Moon," and game music "Koueki no Machi Maroha no Theme" and "Teikoku Oukyuu no Theme" … [Read more...]

October 12 for 5,800 yen [Update: Sony confirms that it's out on January 23 in the west with a PS4 theme pre-order bonus.] Square Enix has announced that they now have a set release date for Lost Sphear, their RPG about a boy who is on a quest to save his hometown -- October 12 in Japan. It'll run you 5,800 yen if you decide to pick it up, which you very easily can on the Switch eShop (or by way of a physical import). Tokyo RPG Factory is also ditching the weird chimera of PC, PS4, and Vita (as they did for Setsuna), as Lost Sphear is only being developed for PS4 and Switch at this time. When it comes to the US release, the PC platform will join that duo in "early 2018," and the west will also be getting physical editions. If you're pulling the trigger a full list of pre-order bonuses can be found below. PlayStation 4 Version Square Enix e-Store - Original Dynamic Theme "Lost Sphear: Memory of the Moon," and game music "Koueki no Machi Maroha no Theme" and "Teikoku Oukyuu no Theme" … [Read more...]

Fable is dead. Long live Fable! Lionhead Studios, the creators of the Fable series, was shut down in 2016 but former devs have kept the series alive with a crowd funded collectible card game. The game is set within the world of Albion where the series largely took place, includes popular characters, allows you to choose to align with good or evil to change available abilities like in the original trilogy, and it's available on Steam and Xbox One today. Fable Fortune is part of the growing genre of collectible card games but mixes up the formula a bit with quests. At the beginning of matches you choose a quest, having to summon a certain type of unit for example, and, at their resolution, you must choose to align with good or evil. Doing so gives you access to different abilities you can use during a match and you can switch your alignment multiple times. Similar to other card games, you chose a specific character to play with and they come with predetermined play styles, powers, and a … [Read more...]

Step in the midst of a zombie apocalypse as if you were really there, freely move around and explore a post-apocalyptic world, and handle motion-controlled weapons with real-life movements - putting the undead back to rest is more thrilling and satisfying than ever before. Built from the ground up for VR, Arizona Sunshine is a full-feature game that puts you in the middle of a zombie apocalypse as if you were there. Embark on a journey in search of human contact across post-apocalyptic southwestern America in campaign mode, join forces with a friend in co-op multiplayer, or jump into the endless multiplayer Horde mode for up to 4 players. On PlayStation VR, use the DualShock 4 controller to freely explore Arizona Sunshine's VR world using teleportation or locomotion movement, and opt for optimal immersion with the new PS VR Aim controller or the Playstation Move motion controllers to handle your weapons, gear and consumables with real-life movements: anticipate attacks, manage ammo … [Read more...]

EA Sports recently posted a trailer that gives us a better look of how Madden NFL 18 will give players more control on the field. The biggest new feature is target passing, which gives players much more control over where they place the ball as quarterback. While you can still execute passing plays with the same mechanics as Madden 17, target passing will give more competitive players an edge by gifting them complete control over where the ball actually ends up when it leaves the quarterback's hands. It's an interesting mechanic that seems to make passing a more interactive experience. In addition to target passing, the other major change in Madden 18 will be the three game styles: arcade, simulation, and competitive, each of which can be played at any of Madden 18's difficulty levels. Arcade mode makes spectacular plays more commonplace by enhancing the likelihood of insane catches, blocked kicks, broken tackles, and stripped balls. It's a user friendly mode that will be best for … [Read more...]

Players looking forward to picking up the re-imagining of the second Metroid game, Metroid: Samus Returns, have probably gotten a good look at the amiibo following their reveal at E3. They didn't show off what the amiibo did at the time, but thanks to an update on the Japanese Metroid site we now know how they, and Samus' two Smash Bros amiibo, will function with the upcoming 3DS title. The new Samus Aran amiibo will give players an Elon Reserve Tank to recover their special ability in addition to immediately unlocking the Metroid II art gallery. The Metroid amiibo will give players a Metroid Marker, which tells them the nearest Metroid location and will also unlock FUSION difficulty after being used. The Super Smash Bros Samus Aran amiibo will give players a Missile Reserve to recover missiles and unlock the concept art gallery. Finally, the Zero-Suit Samus amiibo will reward an Energy Tank Reserve and give players access to the sound test immediately. The art galleries, sound test … [Read more...]

Fair warning: the PC port of Saints Row 2 is sloppy They're pitching it as the Humble Saints Row Bundle, but with extra games like Mighty No. 9 and Killer is Dead, this is really more of a Deep Silver dealio. Which, hey, it worked. They got my attention. Pay $1 or more: Risen 3: Titan Lords Complete Edition Deadlight: Director's Cut Homefront Saints Row 2 Pay more than the average: Saints Row: The Third Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell Mighty No. 9 Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition More games to come Pay $15 or more: Homefront: The Revolution Saints Row IV: Game of the Century Edition Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell - Devil's Workshop Pack Pay $75: Agents of Mayhem (pre-order) Plenty of people prefer Saints Row IV's superpower antics to The Third, but I think the latter has the edge -- it's an overall better-playing game than Saints Row 2, and while the story is unabashedly ridiculous, it doesn't go over the top to the extent that IV does. For … [Read more...]

Sony has announced that the Tokyo RPG Factory will be releasing their next game fairly soon. Their follow-up to the incredible I Am Setsuna is called Lost Sphear, and it places you in a world with a strange tale behind it. The world is threatened by the Lost, which aren't fully understood yet, while a young man named Kanata gives hope to the world at large. Two new characters were introduced today in the form of Sherra and Obaro. Sherra is a priestess who attacks from afar with a bow, while Obaro uses elemental magic. Those seeking a more powerful long-range fighter will enjoy using Locke and his powerful crossbow to slay your foes. New armor was also announced in the form of the Vulcosuit, which is mechaniczed and allows you to enhance your mid-battle attacks and also allows you to use certain tools in maps. This wasn't elaborated on further, but it would stand to reason that it will allow you to find otherwise-hidden areas within the world. You can pre-order the game now on PSN and … [Read more...]

Don't tell Ray Just the other day, I was telling Ray that I'm liable to spend real money on cosmetic items if they're for a game I'm super into and intend to play long-term. He concurred. That first purchase is dangerous, though -- it opens the floodgates, making each subsequent purchase that much easier. It's the main reason I've yet to pay for a Loot Box in Overwatch despite adoring that dang game. I'd be ruined! Anyway, we had this conversation while playing Battlegrounds. You know where this is going... L E T S G O K I T A N O pic.twitter.com/MiBFSwBukC- PLAYERUNKNOWN (@PLAYERUNKNOWN) July 25, 2017 "We're aware that many of you want new in-game skins to further customize your character," Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene wrote in a post on Steam. "While we won't be rolling out the full system until we move out of early access, we would like to provide more content as well as test the basic crate & key system we want to implement in the final version of the game." Beginning … [Read more...]

God of War's game director already knows what direction he wants to take the series, with multiple games planned after next year's installment. In an interview with Daily Star, game director Cory Barlog was asked if the upcoming God of War is a "one-shot deal." While Barlog claimed his focus is currently on getting God of War out, he did reveal that his vision for the world and the character "goes well beyond" the upcoming installment. "For me, I am just trying to get this game done," Barlog said. "But I will say that when I chose this story, I had chosen it because I already outlined and mapped out stories for multiple games. I have an [arc] in my head that goes well beyond this game and everything that we are doing in God of War, to me, is very much building towards that." Previous comments by Barlog have proposed that next year's God of War is the beginning of a new saga, but only now have we learned it is a saga that the developer apparently already has mapped out in his head. God … [Read more...]

Something wicked this way comes The third and final piece of Mafia 3 DLC is out now, some nine months after the base game's release. It's called Sign of the Times, and boy does it give off some major True Detective vibes. Sign of the Times has Lincoln Clay, Father James, and the rest of the New Bordeaux crew dealing with the Ensanglante cult. They're a twisted lot, holding the city hostage with a string of ritualistic killings and trippy drugs. Lincoln will have to investigate the cult's ritual sites and work his way towards their backwater base of operations. I'm a sucker for cult iconography, and it looks like Sign of the Times has that in spades. There are a handful of shots in the trailer that feature macabre totems and spooky-ass masks. Both the imagery and the swamps that mark New Bordeaux's city limits make for an unsettling environment that capture the best of True Detective's first season (shoutouts to season two though, it was excellent, and that's a hill I'm willing to die … [Read more...]

The terrifying Zeds are back, bigger, badder and bloodier than ever, in this upcoming sequel where players must survive the fallout of failed corporate experiments and the wreckage left behind. In Killing Floor 2, players descend into continental Europe where the outbreak caused by Horzine Biotech's failed experiment has quickly spread and gained unstoppable momentum, essentially paralyzing the European Union- Just one month after the events in the original Killing Floor, the specimen clones are everywhere and civilization is in disarray; communications have failed, governments have collapsed, and military forces have been systematically eradicated. The people of Europe know survival and self-preservation too well and lucky survivors have gone into hiding. Not all have given up hope though... A group of civilians and mercenaries have banded together to combat the outbreak and established privately funded operation bases across Europe. Upon tracking specimen clone outbreaks, players … [Read more...]

Yikes times a thousand Fangamer has made good on their promise to deliver physical backer rewards for Mighty No. 9, several years after the campaign began. Based on reports Fangamer is not to blame, but rather core developer Comcept, as they allegedly did not deliver the assets required to the former to get rewards out in a timely manner. However, movement was made on that front after Comcept was acquired by Level-5. Fangamer swiftly sent out surveys earlier this month, and as of today, several folks (including myself) have obtained their rewards. All is well, finally. Well, not quite. There's still a bit of bad blood with the project, namely in the department of portable ports. Comcept also promised that the game would hit the 3DS and Vita platforms (something many backers held them to, as they only pitched in money for those versions), but multiple delays have stopped that from happening. Delays so severe actually, that progress only resumed recently on the pair of ports. … [Read more...]

Xbox One X support, as well If you've been dying to kill stuff with buddies in the blood filled Killing Floor 2, but only own an Xbox One, then today is a good day for you. Launching next month on August 29, Tripwire Interactive has announced that Killing Floor 2 will be shooting its way on over to Xbox One with some timed exclusive content. The game will retail for $39.99/£ 34.99 (UK)/€39.99 (EU) and will include all previously released DLC packs. If you don't own the XBone, but you're looking to pick up the Xbox One X, then you're also in for a treat! Whenever the refreshed console launches, Killing Floor 2 will have support ready to go. One of the new guns mentioned is a Freezethrower, which is exactly what it sounds like. You'll be able to spray liquid nitrogen at zeds (this game's version of zombies) and then shatter them with melee attacks. There will also be some new armor called the "Wasteland Armor" and a bunch of extra skins for it. As for what the Xbox One X patch … [Read more...]

Xbox's Summer Spotlight program is back, and it may provide some incentive to throw down some cash for games you might be on the fence about, like Fortnite. Starting July 25th and running until September 4th, Xbox Live Rewards members can earn up to 4,000 rewards points when they spend up $40 on any of the 30 games featured in the Summer Spotlight. So far, only a handful of games have been officially announced as part of the program, but the list will continue to grow over the course of the summer. Titles like Sonic Mania and Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 are featured in the program's trailer but not on the list of confirmed games, which looks like this: July 14Serial Cleaner July 19What Remains of Edith FinchMoonhuntersGigantic Ultimate Bundle July 21Conga Master July 25Fable FortuneInfinite MinigolfAven ColonyFortnite July 26Vostok Inc (coming soon)Unbox: Newbie's Adventure (pre-order)Gridd: Retroenhanced (pre-order)Pressure Overdrive (coming soon) July 28Super CloudBuilt … [Read more...]

Welcome to the ultimate battle for life and death… In development for PC using Unreal Engine 4, the standalone game will expand the core Battle Royale experience enjoyed by millions of players into a highly competitive player vs. player (PvP) game in a dynamic open world. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds will put up to 64 players on a remote island for a winner-takes-all showdown where strategic gameplay is as important as shooting skills. Players will enter a last-man-standing battle where they try to locate weapons, vehicles and supplies in a graphically and tactically rich battleground that eventually forces players into a shrinking safe area as they engage in a tense and spectacular fight to the death. As part of the collaborative development process, PlayerUnknown has relocated to Bluehole's Korean HQ from his native Ireland to serve as the creative director on the project at Bluehole while maintaining close contact with the grassroots community that has supported his … [Read more...]

Rare coupons at Jet When Jet was bought out by Walmart last year we anticipated an end to its popular first-time-customer coupon and the site would slowly become a clone of what Walmart is offering on its site. Turns out we were wrong, and Jet has continued to offer decent incentives on rarely discounted gaming consoles and PC hardware deals to lure in new customers. Just today Jet fired up two coupons that stack with instant savings and are worth $25 or $40 off depending on the purchase price, resulting in hot deals on a few rarely discounted items. The coupons only work on select electronics, but after wading through the many mediocre-at-best offers, there are a few gems we came across like a rare $41 discount on the PlayStation 4 Pro. While not the cheapest we've ever spotted a PS4 Pro, it is the cheapest PS4 Pro of the summer at $359. Sony's spruced-up PS4 rarely goes on sale and when you can find it for cheap, the deal generally expires sooner rather than later. Our educated guess … [Read more...]

Fans were pretty disappointed by Niantic's Pokémon Go Fest this past weekend, but the company hopes to make up the severe connectivity problems by extending the event's bonuses out another three days. At the moment, the game has some pretty sweet bonuses going on. Pokémon are spawning more frequently and rare ones have a higher chance to appear. Players also get double Candy for catching, transferring, and evolving Pokémon, as well as twice as much experience and double Stardust. Additionally, both buddy walking distances and egg hatching distances have been reduced to one third of their usual distances. Trainers, the global rewards unlocked during #PokemonGOFest have been extended 72 hours. They will now end at 5:00 P.M. PDT on July 27. - Pokémon GO (@PokemonGoApp) July 25, 2017 All in all, it's a great set of bonuses that's boosting players through levels quickly, and it adds a lot for players who aren't able to participate in Pokémon Go's first … [Read more...]

If you're sad that the Destiny 2 open beta is ending soon, now you can be even sadder that you never got to play what looks like one of Destiny 2's most promising new modes. Survival is a new Crucible mode in which each team has a certain amount of collective lives, and once those lives run out, you have one more death until you're eliminated. The goal is to eliminate the enemy team before they eliminate you. Think Gears of War's version of team deathmatch, and you have a good idea of how Survival operates. The match takes place on a new Mercury map, Altar of Flame, which is a medium-sized map linked to the mysterious Osiris, according to Crucible lead designer Lars Bakken. The map also features a power ammo spawn in the middle of the map, funneling players into contentious close-quarter combat. If you want to see the game mode and map in action, IGN recently posted a quick gameplay video, which you can watch below: While the beta might have been a bit light on content compared to the … [Read more...]