May Cherno Alpha bless Ellen McLain San Diego Comic-Con is heating up in the lead in to the big weekend with some trailer tapas to hold us over until the main course of the big panels. This teaser trailer forPacific Rim: Uprisingmay be a bit light on any story elements, but it does give us a nice look at some of the Jaegers that could be present in the movie and it’s always great for Ellen McLain to get more exposure....
Switchblade & Scorch get ready to rock Epic Games Store has announced the next free title heading to its digital storefront. As of November 11, all users can download the exclusiveSeason 4 Epic Packfor the bombastic multiplayer shooterRogue Companyfree of charge. The pack contains all you need to get started in First Watch Games free-to-play hero shooter, including the base game, 20,000 Battle Pass XP, and two rad Rogues. The run ‘n’ gunners in question are the flame-haired (and armed) mercenary Scorch (Duelist), and the hell-raising goth gal Switchblade (Breacher) — two badass babes who are guaranteed to get your Rogue Company career off to a particularly violent and incendiary start....
Enter The Forge Shadow of the Tomb Raiderdoesn’t necessarily have any grand ambitions for its post-release content. Alongside the game’s reveal back in April, Square Enix immediately announced thatShadow of the Tomb Raiderwould get seven small add-ons rather than a couple larger/more substantial DLC packs. The first one is coming soon enough. On November 13, Lara entersThe Forge— a lava-flooded cavern with a volcanic theme. The narrative beat concerns “uncover[ing] details about a friend’s ancient legacy, and overcom[ing] a danger long thought to be lost in flame....
Julia Chang is back!!! [Update: Negan video has been posted below.] Revealed today at theTekkenWorld Tour 2018, Marduk, Armor King and Julia Chang will be joining up with Negan for the remainder of Season Two’s content. Three returning stars, they’ve all been given a slight redesign that looks more modern and fetching than past costumes. I do have to wonder if Jaycee will be an alternate for Julia, though. You can see some trailers for Marduk and Armor King below....
Heating up the roster Some characters need to work for their dinner. No matter what you think about tiers in fighting games or what makes a “good” or “bad” character, there is no denying that some are just plain harder to use than others. They can take a higher degree of execution to perform, they can have weird moves that require a lot of time and practice to master, or they can have complicated playstyles that take a certain level of creativity to really work....
Summer Loving The Games Done Quick team has announced that it will once again be hosting its sunny speedrunning eventSummer Games Done Quickin July. The event will bring together some of the fastest and… furiousest players from across the globe to compete in a week-long extravaganza of speedrun challenges, tool-assisted chicanery, and fascinating longplays. As the world remains rocked by the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s SGDQ will once again be an online affair, with hosts and runners streaming directly from the comfort and safety of their own homes....
God bless the lack of region lock Whenever there is a Nintendo Direct, be it at E3 or any other time of the year, it’s always wise to check out the trailers from the Japanese version of the stream. Chances are, Nintendo Japan will have one or two games that didn’t show up in the other versions. For E3 2021, there are a couple of titles we missed in the Nintendo of America stream, including something calledWorth Lifeand another one of thosePower Pro Kunbaseball games....
Introducing Pneuma: Breath of Life Virtual reality is particularly useful in letting players get a truer first-person experience than ever before. But, the technology isn’t limited to simulating the existence of other mere mortals. No, it opens the door to offering a first-hand look at literally anything the developer wants to show. InPneuma, Breath of Life, it’s the life of a god that’s on display. Through the mechanics of a gorgeous puzzler, the developers claim that they want to “not only challenge your mind, but your own sense of self....
Podtoid 445 There have been a lot of fan petitions and outcries over the past several years. Everyone wants something we’ve learned that if we take our voices to Twitter, something might actually get done. Case in point: the #ReleasetheSnyderCut campaign. After months of sporadic trending on Twitter, Warner Bros. finally caved and agreed to release all four hours of it on HBO Max. That’s just one of the topics covered on this episode of Podtoid....
Out this summer in Japan Toukiden‘s follow-up was announced last year at the Tokyo Game Show and since we’ve seen nothing but screenshots.Nice screenshots, mind. But writing about new screenshots is so 2008 or, perhaps, 2000-and-late. The point is that it’s 2016 which means we best be writing about video. And it looks pretty good! I still prefer the game’s 2D art to anything else about it, but when you’re making a 3D monster hunter, that can only be an aesthetic flourish....
In the latest in a string of whirlwind layoffs in the games-and-games-adjacent industry, it appears there has been another round of layoffs at Twitch, according to Today Off Stream’s Zach Busseyvia Twitter. It appears there is another round of layoffs at Twitch today. “It appears there is another round of layoffs at Twitch today,” wrote Bussey. In a reply to this tweet, he clarifies this round is “significantly smaller than the first,” referring to an earlier round of layoffs this past March that affected 9,000 Amazon employees, over 400 of which were roles at Twitch, according toa reportby GamesIndustry....
Podtoid 451 I’m going to go ahead and say we’ve all put up with a lot this summer. The copious number of gaming streams we’ve had to tune into has just been exhausting. Not on that, but we’re on the precipice of a new console generation, yet very little we’ve seen over the past two months truly looks next-gen. And nowhere was that more true than the Ubisoft Forward presentation....
The 10-part interview series goes up next week The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has rounded up prolific creators for an interview series calledThe Game Makers: Inside Story, and does that sound cool to you? It sounds cool to me! The 10-part series from director Jennie Kong will debut on February 15, ahead of the 20th annualD.I.C.E. Awardsthis month, and you’ll be able to catch the 10- to 15-minute episodesright on YouTube....
