Some of the coolest upcoming games we saw at the show PAX East 2022 was a strange one. It was my first time attending the show since the pandemic shuttered in-person conventions. And it was nice, getting to see old friends, new faces, and plenty of interesting indie games in Boston again. Throughout my four days, I wandered the show floor, checking out plenty of games along the way. And to be clear, I didn’t see everything....
Update 1.70 Sony has spoken about PS4system update 1.70in greater detail, noting that it will release soon. Once it hits, you’ll be able to disable HDCP in order to capture video via HDMI, enable a new auto-download feature that’ll automatically pre-load select games you’ve pre-ordered in time for release day, and edit footage in a surprisingly powerful video editor called SHAREfactory. Granted, videos still can’t bedirectlyuploaded to YouTube, but it is possible to export the files to an external USB device and then do with them as you wish....
Savor each sword slash while you can, because you’ll be throwing your last shuriken withNinja Gaiden II. Series makerTomonobu Itagaki says thatNinja Gaiden IIfor the Xbox 360 will be the last game in theNinja Gaidenseries.CVGsays that the Team Ninja boss is looking to move onto something “completely new.” “Personally I think we were able to create the definitive 3D game in this series so I’m not planning on making any other games in the series,” said Itagaki....
And his Buddy on Rails will arrive then too Developer Dakko Dakko has announced thatScram Kitty and his Buddy on Railswill launch on the Wii U eShop in both North America and Europe on the 15th. It’ll be priced at $10, and will offer GamePad play, while the TV screen features Scram Kitty dishing out gameplay tips. There’s also a challenge mode in tow, which tasks players with racing the clock to free as many cats as possible....
Sorta like Running Man + Death Race I’m pretty sure we all know that we’re just a few short years from seeing actual bloodlust integrated into our reality television. Croteam (Serious SamandThe Talos Principle) and Gamepires (Gas Guzzlers Extreme) want to explore that with their new prison riot survival sim,SCUM. TEC1 is an entertainment juggernaut that is pitting prisoners against each other for a chance at release, and the first season of television showSCUMwas set on Alcatraz....
Indie- and mod-centric service isn’t going away Linden Lab, the company behind the bizarre, fascinating virtual worldSecond Lifeand a bunch of other stuff you won’t recognize by name has picked up digital distribution platform Desura. The service “will continue uninterrupted” as this deal pans out, promises Linden Lab. An unexpected move, to be sure, but at the same time, it’s not like Desura was making any real moves on its own — and I say that as someone who liked its independently-minded focus....
When you reach Shatterscarp and make your way to the town of Thirdborn, you’ll encounter Chiko who is worried about their Uncle Keipo. He won’t talk to anyone but hopes that a visit from a hero such as yourself may turn things around. After a quick conversation, Keipo requests you track down a Leviathan Heart from a temple where he set a bunch of different traps, so he can see it one last time before old age gets the better of him....
Is it Final Fantasy XII HD??? Square Enix was quiet this year. It’s been all publishing andFinal Fantasymilking.A Realm Rebornsupposedly became something worth playing,Final Fantasy X, X-2 HDcame out, random crap like theFinal Fantasy VIImotorcycle minigame andFinal Fantasy Explorershappened, earlyFinal Fantasy XVtest footagelet us take a nature hike and bro’d trip. Really hard to textually combine “bro” and “road trip” without it looking like “broad.” Anyways. A Famitsu leak(viaCS Blogby way ofKotaku) hasSquare Enix president Yosuke Matsuda quoted as saying, “Actually,right now, we are readying a new role-playing game for home consoles that isn’t a remake, In December, we’ll start with making an announcement....
Square Enix has buddied up with Epic Games to use theirUnreal Engine 3for multiple upcoming games. A press release says that Epic Games Japan worked with Square Enix directly on this new license. “It is a pleasure to provide Square Enix with an exceptional game engine that will help them bring thrilling new experiences to legions of fans all over the world,” said Taka Kawasaki, territory manager of Epic Games Japan....
One of BioWare’s finest One of the most successful and revered MMORPGs of all-time is expanding its platforms nearly a decade after release. Today,Star Wars: The Old Republicis finallyavailable on Steam. This move comes as part of EA’s concerted effort to put more of its games on Steam.Approximately two dozen were added in June. This isThe Old Republic‘s Steam debut because it originally launched back when EA was creating Origin as a rival to the Steam storefront....
In a move which has stunned the entire population of those whohaveactually been living under a rock for the last ten years, – incidentally a proud people who are sick to death of being reduced to a semi-humorous cliche in the eyes of the rest of the world – Germany’snotoriously draconianmedia classification board hasrefusedClive Barker’s Jerichoa rating. This is one of those stories that could have been pre-emptively written months ago, given that the game is one long orgy of S&M-tinged demonic FPS slaughter, and as the bloody cherry on top of the intestine cake features the country’s favourite-ever subject matter, allusions to Naziism....
No quarters necessary Veteran coin-op developer Taito and publisher ININ Games announced a release date for a second compendium of arcade classics —Taito Milestones 2launches on Nintendo Switch August 31. Taito Milestones 2revisits the studio’s golden era, and contains 10 titles from the late-’80s and early-’90s. Among the games on offer are the excellent platformerThe NewZealand Story(1988), the super cuteLiquid Kids(1990), and the cult classicKiki Kaikai(1986). Joining these hits are shmupsMetal Black(1991), Darius II(1989), andGunFrontier(1990), and frankly baffling fighting gamesDinorex(1992) andSolitary Fighter(1991)....
Says former studio member Asher Vollmer bloggedabout how he had a hard time leaving thatgamecompany to make his own games. I imagine it couldn’t have been easy to step away from such a great game making team, especially after the wild successes of their last title,Journey. Vollmer wants to strike out on his own and create his own games, though. As hard of a choice as that may have been, you’ve got to hand it to him for wanting to pick his own dreams....
