Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon launches tomorrow with the distinction of being a FromSoftware game that isn’t missing a bunch of PC tech basics, with ultrawide and 120fps support welded on as standard. As I’ve been finding out, it’s also a fine fit for the Steam Deck: performance issues are few, controls translate comfortably, and it won’t hog too much space on a microSD card. Handheld life is good for Fires of Rubicon, even if it likes to keep yours brutish and short.
Deluxe limited to 300 units.
Red Art Games has unveiled pre-orders for an upcoming physical Switch release for the chess-strategy roguelike game Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
Launching in Q1 2024, the release will come in two flavours: a standard edition and a deluxe edition. While both come in at the same price of €34.99, the latter is exclusive to the Red Art Games website and is limited to 300 copies.
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Sonic Superstars is set to release on October 17, 2023, on PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®5.
Sonic Superstars is a brand-new high-speed action game that combines the classic feel of the 2D side-scrolling Sonic series with crisp 3D graphics.
A new adventure begins for Sonic and his pals, Tails, Amy, and Knuckles, in the mysterious Northstar Islands, inhabited by gigantic creatures. With your newfound Emerald Powers, stop Dr. Eggman and Fang, who plan to use these creatures for their devious schemes!
This is the first title in the series to feature local multiplayer. Enjoy adventuring with up to four players in the story mode. The battle mode can be played online or offline. When online, you can participate in a variety of battles with up to eight players from around the world!
Whether you’re flying solo or playing with friends and family, enjoy Sonic Superstars to the max!
The latest trailer for Sonic Superstars provides a detailed look at various parts of the game, including footage of local four-player co-op and the online battle mode. Make sure to check it out!
Please look forward to the launch of Sonic Superstars!
I saw Creative Assembly’s live service heist ’em up Hyenas at last year’s Gamescom and came away unimpressed. I thought it was obnoxious and underwhelming, in all the ways you’d expect from a colourful hero shooter whose hook is stealing Sonic merch.
But this year I got to spend a good 30-minutes in a match against other players and have come away… pleasantly surprised. I like the way it eschews the sometimes slow, methodical pace of other extraction shooters in favour of a faster-paced team deathmatch. While it’s way too early to make big judgement calls like, “the entire game will be good”, it might have more of a chance at launch survival than I thought.
Here’s what’s included.
After a number of successful crowdfunding campaigns, publisher Edia has now announced a new one – Cosmic Fantasy Collection 2.
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“An extremely difficult day for everyone at BioWare”.
The Electronic Arts developer BioWare – known for famous RPG series such as Baldur’s Gate, STAR WARS: Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect – has announced it is “eliminating approximately 50 roles” at the studio.
In order to match the changing needs, it will shift towards a “more agile and more focused studio” – allowing developers to iterate quickly, unlock more creativity and form a clear vision of the games being built before development is ramped up. This “extremely difficult” decision will also apparently “preserve the health of the studio” and allow it to focus more on what it does best: “create exceptional story-driven single-player experiences filled with vast worlds and rich characters.”
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If you’re still playing Dragon Ball FighterZ, you’ll be interested to know this excellent game has just received another balance patch. This update is in the process of rolling out on multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch.
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The news that Homelander and Omni-Man would both be in Mortal Kombat 1 sparked a lot of excitement from fans. There’s just one problem… they’re both kind of similar, right?
Both characters take after Superman in that they have superhuman strength, flight, and absurd durability. Homelander has heat vision; Omni-Man doesn’t. But they definitely fit into a particular archetype, down to the fact that both wear caps.
Their similarities raise questions as to just how similar their combat styles will be in Mortal Kombat 1. Speaking with IGN, though, Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon brushed aside concerns from the fans.
“Obviously we could do anything with the characters, but I don’t think we’re going to have both Homelander and Omni-Man have heat vision or something like that,” Boon told IGN on the occasion of gamescom.
“We’re not going to have them both do all the kind of category of Superman-type things. We’re going to divvy up those abilities, so it’s not like it’s just a clone of the same character. They’re definitely going to play differently. The main attacks are going to really differentiate them, but we’re definitely aware of the assumption that some people were making on, ‘Oh, they’re just going to be the same characters.'”
Homelander and Omni-Man are two of the most prominent characters in Mortal Kombat 1’s first DLC Kombat Pack. Other characters include Quan Chi, Takeda, Ermac, and Peacemaker. It’s part of a tradition that has seen the likes of the Predator join Sub-Zero, Liu Kang, and the rest of the Mortal Kombat (k)rew.
To this point, we haven’t really seen much gameplay featuring Homelander, Omni-Man, or any of the rest of the DLC characters. Instead, Netherrealm Studios has chosen to focus on elements like the story, which Netherrealm Studios’ narrative director helped break down in a separate interview. The recent beta featured the likes of Johnny Cage, who has proven popular with fans.
We’ll undoubtedly see Omni-Man and Homelander in action soon enough. While you wait, check out our final preview for Mortal Kombat 1, which is due to release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
Kat Bailey is IGN’s News Director as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.
After plenty of speculation, we may have just learned when STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl is finally coming thanks to the developer’s own fact sheet: Q1 of 2024.
Per the official document from developer GSC Game World, that’s now the release window for the first-person survival horror game on PC and Xbox Series X/S. As the fact sheet notes, it’s available for pre-order on its official website – which, it should be pointed out, still has 2023 listed as the release year.
Most recently, there were some rumors that STALKER 2 will debut in December of this year, with distributor Plaion giving it a Dec. 1, 2023 release date on its official German store (though that could’ve always been a placeholder). Last summer, Xbox’s official Twitter account listed STALKER 2 as a 2023 release, although it was a discouraging sign when it was announced to be a no-show at the Xbox Showcase this past June, though GSC World promised updates in the coming months.
The delays for STALKER 2, however, are incredibly understandable, with GSC pausing development after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, reportedly resuming last May. The highly anticipated sequel was first announced and then canceled in 2011 before development restarted with GSC Game World in 2018.
There have been signs, however, that STALKER 2 will be ready to release soon enough, with the game hitting gamescom with a hands-on demo. Game director and GSC Game World CEO Evgeniy Grygorovych also stopped by IGN’s gamescom studio to give an update on how the team is doing.
Alex Stedman is a Senior News Editor with IGN, overseeing entertainment reporting. When she’s not writing or editing, you can find her reading fantasy novels or playing Dungeons & Dragons.
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Returning to Gamescom 2023 is GamesRadar’s Future Games Show. Following on from its showing during Summer Game Fest, Future Games Show @ Gamescom 2023 was full of an eclectic variety of titles — many of which are coming to both PC and Switch.
The showcase was hosted by voice actors Troy Baker (The Last of Us) and Erika Ishii (Apex Legends), and with plenty to run through, we’re just going to jump straight into things — here’s every game coming to Nintnedo Switch that was featured in the Future Games Show @Gamescom 2023 showcase.
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