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Bandai Namco is right behind Nintendo and Sega when it comes to milking ’90s Nostalgia. Though a significant amount of active gamers were naught but infants at the time, various companies have all seen massive amounts of success trotting out their old eight and sixteen-bit titles for modern hardware. That’s not to say that they don’t have a hand in the development of excellent modern titles—they’ve published recent hits like The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan, Code Vein, and the Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch remaster....

Kojima Productions would like to produce smaller, episodic games as well as jumbo, open-world games like Death Stranding (via DualShockers). Hideo Kojima and Yoji Shinkawa were interviewed by Famitsu in its February 6, 2020 issue, and their conversation has been handily translated by DualShockers (thank you!). Much of the interview was reminiscing and musing on the duo’s works, but we did get some interesting insight into the future of Kojima Productions....

Hideo Kojima has revealed the mascot of his new Kojima Productions studio to be Ludens, on which the studio’s skull in a helmet logo is based. “LUDENS, the icon of Kojima Productions,” Tweeted Kojima alongside a pic of the character. You can see Ludens holding a flag featuring the studio logo. “We’ll deliver THE NEW PLAY in THE NEW FUTURE with the cutting-edge equipment, technology, & the frontier spirit. “The gear he’s wearing is the extra-vehicular activity(EVA) creative suit....

The latest League of Legends patch it set to go live on later this month, and with it, a load of changes will arrive to the game – namely to Energy Champions. The 12.15 patch, which unsurprisingly follows 12.14, is set to be released around the middle of August, if the release schedule is anything to go by. The previous patch included a number of fixes and improvements – namely adjustments to drakes, Elder Dragon, and Rift Herald....

299,312 LEGO Dimensions Starter Packs have been sold in the UK since launching last year, Warner Bros. has confirmed to MCV, along with an additional 1,062,630 Level, Fun and Team Packs. While global sales have not been revealed, the game’s opening week sales were said to be “comfortably” higher than rivals Skylanders Superchargers and Disney Infinity 3 in the UK, suggesting it could be the most popular current game in the toys-to-life genre....

Warner Bros. is reportedly planning on giving two popular franchises the LEGO treatment, according to the latest internet rumblings on Comic Book. The first effort, supposedly titled LEGO Incredibles 2, will launch this summer and will tie-in with Pixar’s upcoming movie sequel. Details are pretty thin on the ground right now, although considering this will be the first LEGO Incredibles game (not to mention the first LEGO title based on a Pixar series), then it’s conceivable the title will be recapping the events of the original superhero flick as well as covering its follow-up....

For all intents and purposes, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening on the Nintendo Switch is as faithful as Zelda remakes come. It’s quite the visual overhaul à la Ocarina of Time 3D, but it doesn’t go to the extremes that Majora’s Mask 3D went to in order to change up the game. It’s very similar to the Game Boy original. But it’s not 1:1, and Link’s Awakening’s remake is almost deceptive when it comes to its differences....

With a bevy of background information and promotional teaser videos, as well as pre-order perks, one can see that THQ is hoping that Homefront will become a blockbuster hit and potential long-term franchise. With the game releasing soon, the latest trailer seems to be a final or close to final call to gamers to join the resistance and fight on the Homefront. The new Homefront trailer, premiering at GDC, does show off some in-game footage, but little first-person gameplay, choosing instead to focus on the premise, even touting the writer of the game’s story, John Milius (leaving him unnamed however, writer’s aren’t THAT important)....

You can never run out of things to do in Lost Ark as it is fully jammed with different and intriguing mechanics. Taking an element from gacha games, Lost Ark has introduced cards and a card collection as you collect them. These cards are collectibles that can be obtained in several ways. You can get these cards from completing quests, buying packs, or looting from raids and dungeons. As you collect these cards, you can create a card deck and a card book to enhance your character’s power level significantly....

Let’s not beat around the bush here, Lost Ark has a ton of different currencies, which can complicate buying and selling gear for your character, or unused bits in your inventory you’re no longer using. Lost Ark Pheon is one such currency, and is one of the more confusing ones out of the bunch. But fear not, we’re here to try and clear up some of the confusion surrounding what Pheon is used for, how to get it in Lost Ark, and what the ‘Bound to Roster‘ tag on it means....

If you like the Luma variant of Umishi or Fomu (or their evolutions, Ukama and Wiplump), then you’re going to love the newest Temtem Weekly Reset. Those two Temtem both have excellent Luma encounter rates in the Saipark until May 10. FreeTem also has some good rewards on offer, particularly the tier four backpack. However, you’ll need to catch and release a mammoth 650 Temtem to get it. Weekly FreeTem rewards The first two tiers of the FreeTem rewards are still very achievable for all players....

Yesterday, Wizards of the Coast released an almost-complete card list for the enigmatic Magic: The Gathering product known as Mystery Boosters. This Mystery Booster card list revealed that the “set” is comprised of 1,694 reprints from across Magic’s history, and there are indeed some very valuable cards to be found in the product. For players that may be curious about the most expensive of these cards, providing a list is the exact purpose of this article....

In the pre-show leading up to the main event, Tripwire Interactive (developer behind Killing Floor) showed off a look at Maneater. A game where you play as a shark eating people, it bears a strong resemblance to Hungry Shark. People die, you get fed, and there’s lots of blood. It was kind of awesome. Apparently announced months back, Tripwire has been pretty quiet about this Jaws-like experience. According to information from the publisher, Maneater is an action RPG set in the waters of the Gulf Coast....

Insomniac’s upcoming Marvel’s Wolverine game just got some exciting news in the narrative department. As spotted by forum users on Resetera, Walt Williams has announced on Twitter that he’s now the game’s Narrative Director. Williams was already the game’s lead writer, and it looks like he’ll be taking on more narrative responsibilities going forward. The news is particularly exciting, as he was also responsible for the much-praised story in 2012’s Spec Ops: The Line....

A new player versus player (PvP) mode is coming to Marvel Snap that enables you to play against friends. The competitive mode - entitled Battle Mode - is, according to developer Second Dinner’s recently publicised roadmap, already in development. “We know you’ve been asking how you can play against friends and this is how!” exclaims the team on a blog update about the game’s development roadmap. “Battle Mode is a totally new way to play Marvel Snap....

June 2015’s Games with Gold line-up has been announced, with Double Fine’s Kickstarter funded Massive Chalice the stand out title for Xbox One. Massive Chalice is a tactical strategy game set in a fantasy world, in which players step into the shoes of the Immortal Ruler and must defeat a mysterious enemy known as the Cadence. Also on Xbox One is Pool Nation, for another month. Both games will be free from June 1 to June 30....

Today Kadokawa Games and Clouded Leopard Entertainment released a new trailer of the upcoming mecha strategy JRPG Relayer. The trailer focuses on the gameplay systems, which fans of the genre will find rather interesting. Those who enjoy games like Super Robot wars will likely feel nicely at home. You can find the trailer below. Relayer will release simultaneously worldwide (including Japan, Asia, North America, and Europe) on March 24, 2022, for PS5 and PS4....

Third-party developers had news to share about upcoming Microsoft Flight Simulator add-ons including an aircraft and scenery. We start with PMDG, which provided a rather sizable package of updates about its products. Here’s a summary. An update is coming to the entire Boeing 737 line including “fixes, tuning, and improvements” including tweaks to “improve stability of control-related functions such as pitch, yaw, roll, and thrust.” It should come in a few days followed by another “to bring greater stability to the thrust channel when operating under A/T....

Third-party developers had interesting Microsoft Flight Simulator reveals and releases to share today. We start with the 172sp Classic Enhancement by WB Sims, which will release “later this week” under Just Flight’s umbrella. This is an add-on to the default Cessna 172 Skyhawk (including standard, float plane, and ski plane versions) that enhances the default cockpit instrumentation to considerably boost realism. Here’s a list of features: Electrical system Dynamic battery voltage dropCorrect ammeter displayExternal charging availableAccurately working relaysBattery amperage subject to temperaturesFunctional circuit breakers, which may trip from faulty equipment Cockpit and equipment...

Third-party developers have released a relevant airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator and revealed new images of another. First of all, FSimStudios released Edmonton International Airport (CYEG) in Canada. It can be purchased on the developer’s own store, Orbx Direct, and Contrail for $16. Highly detailed representation of Edmonton International Airport CYEG.Completely re-textured terminal with High Resolution 4K PBR Textures.Custom High-Quality Ground Polygon.Terminal Interiors (can be deactivated through Scenery Configurator)Static Aircraft (can be deactivated through Scenery Configurator)Custom High Resolution Orthophoto covering the Airport and the City of Leduc....