Announced this weekend at Anime Expo, SWORD ART ONLINE ALICIZATION LYCORIS will make its debut on Nintendo Switch.
Following the events of the SWORD ART ONLINE Alicization anime series, SWORD ART ONLINE ALICIZATION LYCORIS finds Kirito in a mysterious but familiar virtual world, “Underworld,” where advanced A.I.s could be mistaken for humans. As players take control of Kirito, they will relive heart-pounding scenes from the series through intense combat. Fan favorite characters will cross the player’s path including Eugeo, Alice, Administrator, and many more. A wide world awaits Kirito and his friends in this faithful adaptation to the SWORD ART ONLINE Alicization series.
SWORD ART ONLINE ALICIZATION LYCORIS on Nintendo Switch will include the four first “Ancient Apostles” free update contents.
Watch the trailer here:
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With 50 characters available in the game, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R, will offer a wealth of choice to create your dream fights with. The 35year-old franchise has seen plenty of stories and characters grace its pages and players can look forward to pit their favourite characters against each other in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R. This new trailer puts a focus on characters from Diamond Is Unbreakable (Part 4), Stone Ocean (Part 6), and JoJolion (Part 8) of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.
Along returning characters from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, like Josuke Higashikata, Rohan Kishibe, Jolyne Cujoh or Ermes, players will be able to play the following newcomers:
Yukako Yamagishi from Diamond Is Unbreakable
Jotaro Kujo (Part 4) from Diamond Is Unbreakable
F.F. from Stone Ocean
Watch the new trailer here:
In addition, Ikuro Hashizawa, the main protagonist from Baoh: The Visitor, another manga created by Hirohiko Araki before JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure will be available in the game.
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R is available for pre-orders and will release on September 2nd, 2022 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. The game will release on September 1st, 2022 on PC.
Join us as we deliver extreme pain to some old school punks, as we help Claire Sparks rescue her sister from the clutches of the Syndc-8 gang in this full playthrough of Final Vendetta!
Final Vendetta is a hard-hitting action packed beat ‘em up in the vein of classic arcade titles. Featuring stunning pixel art and a thumping soundtrack with exclusive tracks from Utah Saints! Brawl with bad dudes and tough girls as you fight through dangerous environments.
Final Vendetta Developer: Bitmap Bureau Publisher: Numskull Games Website: http://numskullgames.com/support/ Platform: Windows Release Date: 17 Jun, 2022 Price: $24.95 USD
Check out our latest gameplay for Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel as we start our adventure by escaping a jail cell and finding our way to the Santa Dinfna hotel. We endure a few jumpscares, fight a couple of oversized cockroaches and solve some puzzles while exploring the the creepy hotel.
Explore a decadent hotel across different timelines and uncover the dark history of a fanatical cult and your role in their plans.
Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel Developer: Pulsatrix Studios Publisher: Maximum Games Website: https://www.fobiaojogo.com/ Platform: Windows Release Date: 29 Jun, 2022 Price: $29.99 USD
Not Recommended – “Fobia – St. Dinfna Hotel offers a solid blend of challenging retro puzzles and some modern horror elements but lacks any enjoyable combat as well as a poor English dub.”
Sekai Project has revealed at Anime Expo 2022 that they will be bringing an updated version of A Light in the Dark to the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 sometime this fall with a PC update coming at the same time. This version of A Light in the Dark, from CreSpirit and Storia, will feature brand new Japanese voice work including some big names from the anime industry including Yurika Kubo and Kana Ichinose.
A Light in the Dark was originally released in 2018 on PC after a successful Kickstarter and tells the story of Hao-Chen Jiang, a young man who wakes up to find himself tied to a chair, in a dim and dreary room he does not recognize. Standing before him is a young woman with a knife who informs him that he has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom.With more questions than answers, Hao-Chen must find a way to escape but perhaps there is more to this than merely money.
While many may have initially taken it as an April Fool’s joke, it turns out that Neko Works’ dog based game, Inupara: Dog’s Paradise has been officially announced by Sekai Project at Anime Expo 2022 with character profiles revealed for all of the main girls that will be in the game. No release date nor platforms were given for Inupara at the time of the announcement but past Nekopara games have released on PC, usually with adult content, before releasing on PlayStation and Nintendo platforms without the aforementioned content.
In Inupara players will take on the role of a college student that works as a part-time pet groomer and awakes one day to find that his world has changed as all dogs are now dog girls, including those he has watched over for their whole lives.
Alongside this announcement Sekai Project also revealed that they will be bringing Nekopara After – La Vraie Famille to English audiences. The title takes place after the events of the fourth volume of Nekopara and focuses on Fraise and Shigure. Fraise has a fondness towards Kashou but becomes bewildered in the face of his six catpanions. She turns to Shigure for advice but she too harbors a hidden love towards him. Fraise feels that the relationship between siblings is most important while Shigure feels the happiness of her catgirls is what is most important.
Project Warlock II is a shooter game. It’s the sequel to the first Project Warlock game that came out in 2018. Both games have the same goal: to recreate the atmosphere of older FPS titles such as Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, or Quake. Like its prequel, a Kickstarter campaign is funding Project Warlock II.
The game looks like an older game with its pixelated environments and enemies. The graphics look nice and mix 3D backgrounds with 2D sprites. The game can be gory, with some weapons so powerful that they blow enemies out.
As of now, there isn’t much of a storyline. This early access version only has one chapter, split into different levels called “missions.” The final game is supposed to feature three chapters, each set in distinct worlds with different protagonists.
Every level has a similar progression system. Most of the gameplay revolves around players killing waves of enemies. But they also have to collect keys to open doors and advance in the map. At the end of every level, there’s always a boss fight. Each boss has a particular pattern. The fights aren’t very complex, especially after understanding when to dodge their attacks. Still, they are harder to beat than regular enemies.
The levels are huge and feel distinct from one another, thanks to varied environments and diverse map layouts. In every level, secret items can be discovered adding another small challenge for players looking to fully complete Project Warlock II.
The gameplay is fast, nervous, and fluid. This fluidity mostly comes from how quick changing from one weapon to another is. The movement, such as jumping or running across the map, is very energetic. The game is a good way to let off steam, thanks to its aggressive nature. The gameplay is easy to understand but can be hard to master, especially at the highest difficulty level. As of now, two difficulty levels are available.
During each level, a combo score is calculated after multiple enemies are killed in a row. This is a way to encourage players to kill enemies quickly. At the end of every level, a recap with statistics is shown. These statistics include the number of enemies killed, how much damage the player took, how long it took the player to finish the level, and other similar numbers. This recap increases the replayability because it creates an incentive to play the level again and have better stats at the end.
Many weapons are available in the game. Some of them can be found in the levels themselves, and others can be exchanged in shops that are spread throughout the maps. Almost all of the weapons are firearms. In this early build, I found the few hand weapons to be quite useless compared to the guns. I didn’t use them a lot, especially since there was enough ammo for me to never run out of it.
On top of the weapons, the game has abilities that can be unlocked as players progress through the levels. There are three abilities: the first is the ability to have two weapons on hand instead of one, the second is being able to freeze enemies, and the last is the ability to throw fire. The abilities are time-limited and can only be used for a few seconds. After use, there’s always a cooldown of about one minute. Thankfully, this cooldown can be decreased by using a special cooldown reduction item, sometimes found after killing enemies. These abilities are mostly useful against big waves of enemies and bosses.
There are different types of enemies, from skeletons and spiders to demons and giant robots throwing rockets. The enemies have various designs, but they also feel different by the way they behave. They don’t all attack the same way some have short range attacks while others have long range attacks. They also don’t have the same speed with some being faster than others. With each level, new enemies are always introduced. During the fighting phases, which constitute most of the game, there are a lot of enemies on screen. Unfortunately, when there are many enemies, and they are close to the camera, it often looks like pixelated chaos, making it hard to distinguish things.
The music is what one would expect in this type of game. It’s up-beat and nervous heavy metal. It goes well with the gameplay. An effort was made to make a soundtrack that fits every single level’s atmosphere. The enemies make distinct sounds, and the main character has some voice lines. These are all in low quality on purpose once again to bring back the feeling of classic shooters.
Recommended: Project Warlock II is a polished and fun-to-play homage to classic FPS titles.
In the newly released trailer for DIGIMON SURVIVE players get their biggest peek yet at this upcoming hybrid visual novel and tactical RPG. In the game, players explore a mysterious but dangerous world, navigating between encounters with friends and foes, uncovering glitches and clues, and engaging in exciting battles.
The World Map will help players explore their surroundings, with lots of important interactions between Takuma, his friends and their Digimons. Choices will matter as they can have an impact not only on the story and the fate of some characters, but also on how some Digimon evolve.
Interactions will also prove useful in during Battle, as players will be able to encourage their Digimon to give them boosts and advantages, and try to talk to enemy Digimons with a chance to recruit them in their team. During these battles, positioning will be important to get an advantage, as well as the use of items and skill to survive in this mysterious world. Finally, Digivolutions will play an important role giving strong boosts to Digimons and turn the tide in battles.
DIGIMON SURVIVE will be released on July 29, 2022, on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC. The game will be compatible with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
SAN DIEGO – July 1, 2022 – Psyonix, the San Diego video game developer, is celebrating the seventh anniversary of Rocket League (which is July 7) with a new in-game event called Birthday Ball that begins on July 6! Birthday Ball will feature Event Challenges and Rewards (with some Challenge rewards being Credits, a Rocket League first), two Limited Time Modes, anniversary-themed items, and Golden Eggs.
The content featured in Birthday Ball is:
New Event Challenges – For the first time in Rocket League, Players will be able to complete various Event Challenges to unlock up to 300 Credits as rewards. Additional Challenge rewards include the Golden Goat Title, Precious Metal Avatar Border, and Golden Eggs. Golden Eggs will unlock items from Champions Series 1-4.
Two Limited Time Modes – 2v2 Heatseeker will be available from July 6 – July 13 and Knockout will be available from July 13 – July 19.
Anniversary-Themed Items – The Fennec (Titanium White) Car, Fancy Formal Decal (Fennec), Spyder: Anniversary Edition Wheels, and Top Hat: Anniversary Edition Topper will be rotating in the Item Shop throughout the event.
Birthday Ball will be live in Rocket League from July 6 until July 19 and for more information, check out the latest blog post HERE.
ABOUT ROCKET LEAGUE Winner or nominee of more than 150 “Game of the Year” awards, Rocket League is one of the most critically acclaimed sports games of our generation. Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition. Available on Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on Epic Games Store, Rocket League includes nearly endless customization possibilities, online Ranks and Competitive Tournaments, a fully featured offline season mode, multiple game types, casual and competitive online matches, and special “Mutators” that let you change the rules entirely.
To learn more about Rocket League, please visit www.RocketLeague.com, “Like” it on Facebook, and follow it on Twitter @RocketLeague for all the latest developer updates and news.
ABOUT PSYONIX™ Based in San Diego, CA, Psyonix is a critically acclaimed video game developer and a leading expert in Unreal Engine technology. For more than 20 years, the studio has been a driving force behind some of the most successful games in the industry, including Gears of War, Mass Effect 3, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Bulletstorm, Unreal Tournament III, Unreal Tournament 2004, and the award-winning sports-action hit, Rocket League®. Psyonix joined the Epic Games family in 2019.
On July 1st, 2022, CD PROJEKT RED celebrates its 20th anniversary, marking two decades since the studio entered the video game development scene and began work on the first entry into The Witcher series of games.
After seeing success in the realms of video game distribution and localization, CD PROJEKT turned its attention to the development of its own game which led to the creation of CD PROJEKT RED, a video game development studio, and official announcement of that fact on July 1st, 2002.
In the twenty years since, CD PROJEKT RED has become a global industry name. The Witcher series of games — highlighted by 2015’s critically acclaimed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — has sold over 65 million copies, with development on an all new mainline The Witcher game having recently been announced, as well. Cyberpunk 2077, the studio’s latest release, has also become a globally recognized franchise, spawning its own anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, created in collaboration with Studio Trigger and premiering on Netflix in September 2022. Currently CDPR is also working on the expansion for the game, to be released in 2023.
Looking back on the past 20 years, Head of Studio Adam Badowski said:
When we started CD PROJEKT RED, we didn’t know what you can and can’t do in the video game industry. We were rebels from the get-go, and we had to learn everything ourselves. That gave us the freedom to develop our games our way, and that distinct and personal approach has formed the core of our DNA — which you can see has shaped our games. These last twenty years have been exciting and fruitful for us, unpredictably so, and we are extremely proud of our achievements and the fact that we can constantly count on the support of our community. That in particular is something we all cherish here, and it is with this positivity and optimism we head into our twenty-first year and beyond.
The studio is focusing much of its anniversary celebrations around its passionate community. CD PROJEKT RED has held a close relationship with players since day one, and it is thanks to their support over the years that the studio is where it is today. Gamers have always been at the core of CDPR’s work and mission statement, and the recently announced 20th anniversary celebrations are the studio’s way of sharing this special occasion with its equally special community.
To that end, the studio has launched its own 20th anniversary website which invites community members to share their own memories of CD PROJEKT RED and its games via photographs, screenshots, artwork — and more. Gamers can upload their memories to the Birthday Gallery, and share this momentous milestone with both the studio and community members from all around the world.
Over the next few months, regular streams of CD PROJEKT RED games will be hosted on the 20th anniversary website, with studio members taking the audience on trips down memory lane every Wednesday, starting from July 6th. Visitors to the website will also be able to learn studio trivia, take part in challenges — and win prizes — and more.
CD PROJEKT RED is a game development studio founded in 2002. It develops and publishes video games for personal computers and video game consoles. The studio’s flagship titles include The Witcher series of games, Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, GWENT: The Witcher Card Game and the futuristic AAA role-playing game — Cyberpunk 2077. Together with GOG.COM, a game store offering hand-picked titles for PC and Mac, CD PROJEKT RED is part of the CD PROJEKT Capital Group. CD PROJEKT S.A. is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (ISIN: PLOPTTC00011).
