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Evidence of a new Remastered Collection has also been spotted.

The Atlus release Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance arrived on the Switch in June. and now in an update, the team has announced this enhanced JRPG release will be receiving some new content.

This free update, which will arrive at some point in the future will add six new demon navigators. They include Mara, Idun, Mossman, Fionn mac Cumhaill, Hell Biker and Cleopatra. Here’s the official announcement, along with some artwork:

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“It is now an unavoidable reality for us”.

It’s been another tough week in the video game industry with Microsoft announcing another round of layoffs at the Xbox division and staff resigning at Annapurna Interactive. Now, to unfortunately add to this, Penny’s Big Breakaway developer Evening Star has announced it’s had to let go of some of its team.

In a statement via social media, Evening Star CTO Hunter Bridges revealed the small-sized developer parted ways with six team members due to “volatile market conditions”. Here’s the full message:

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Shred it next month.

Despite being on our radar since its announcement last year, we have seen remarkably little of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed, the upcoming 3D platformer / brawler from developer A Heartful of Games and publisher Outright Games. That is until today! An all-new gameplay trailer has arrived to kick some shell and things are still looking pretty good.

Building on the first gameplay glimpse we got in July, today’s new footage starts to introduce us to the game’s story (as narrated by one April O’Neil). A bunch of baddie mutants are on the loose — in a Turtles game? What are the odds?? — and it’s up to the heroes in a half-shell to shut them down. We can see combat aplenty and some of the basic platforming challenges too, in what appears to be both single-player and co-op modes.

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More details to come on Hobbit Day.

Just a couple of days after Wētā Workshop, the studio behind Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game, announced it would be showing more of the game on 22nd September, the team has announced that it’s been delayed to early 2025.

In a statement posted on Twitter, the New Zealand-based studio revealed that to ensure it delivers its vision, it’s pushing the game’s launch back to next year. Tales of the Shire didn’t have a concrete release date, but it was due to launch this Holiday season.

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Entire workforce followed executive departure.

The entire workforce of publisher Annapurna Interactive has resigned following a dispute with owner Megan Ellison.

As reported by Bloomberg, the publisher had been in negotiations with its owner to spin the gaming arm into an independent entity. Ellison reportedly walked out of these talks, leading to Annapurna Interactive President Nathan Gary, other company executives and around two dozen staff members resigning.

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“It can’t maintain that unfortunately”.

The Plucky Squire launches on multiple platforms next week, and one thing you might want to know if you are considering the Switch release is how it performs.

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It seems other regions will still get a physical cartridge.

As you might have seen, the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection made its digital debut on the Switch this week. It will be followed by a physical release on 22nd November 2024.

Unfortunately, there won’t be a proper physical release on Nintendo’s platform in Europe. Capcom provided this update on the European version of the game via social media, noting how the Switch release will be delivered as a “code in box”:

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Domain game.

Over the course of 20 years and five games, Nintendo-employed game director Masahiro Sakurai wove together five decades of video game lore to build the ultimate fighting game franchise: Super Smash Bros., more or less inventing the 2D platform fighter genre in the process.

And look, it’s a madcap concept right off the rip to incorporate characters from so many franchises across half a century of games, but indie developer Colin McIsaac has iterated the idea further: What if there was a fighting game that incorporated fighters across all time?

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What’s in the (half)pipeline?

Believe it or not, the 25th anniversary of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater is right around the corner (29th September, if we’re being specific) and the titular Birdman himself is teasing that he and Activision might have something in the works (thanks, VGC).

That’s according to Hawk on the latest episode of Mythical Kitchen‘s ‘Last Meal’ series, where the iconic skater shared some details on plans for the big birthday (we’ve timestamped the above video to get right to the point). “I wish I could tell you more, but I can tell you that I’ve been talking to Activision again,” Hawk told show host Josh Scherer, a prospect that he described as “insanely exciting”.

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“We hope you can see the potential”.

Development studio Odyssey Interactive has announced that it is working on a prototype combining Smash Bros-style platform fighting with 40-player battle royale gameplay. What’s more, it is releasing this prototype to the public (thanks, Eurogamer).

Byte Breakers, as the dev is currently calling it, initially looks a lot like Smash when it first appears in the above reveal trailer. But, as the screen gets bigger, you’ll see that this is a fair amount larger than anything we’ve seen in Nintendo’s beloved fighting series to date. Forget a brawl, this is an all-out battle.

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