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League of Legends: Wild Rift to Have Another Closed Beta for Android in Select Regions

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By next week, League of Legends: Wild Rift will be having another closed beta test in the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore before moving on to include other regions at a later date.

Disclaimer: this closed beta test is only available for Android devices right now, while iOS users can register for a chance to take part in future tests. Included in this beta will be six new champions as well, namely Amumu, Dr. Mundo, Jarvan IV, Sona, Singed, and Varus.

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Not only that, but cosmetic items will make their way to Wild Rift, as well. The game will have an in-game currency called Wild Cores, and you will be able to purchase these items using that.

For this closed beta, over 300 items have been added, and these include skins, recalls, and emotes, along with champion poses, in-game emblems, and baubles.

League of Legends: Wild Rift will also have a ranked mode, including an all-new tier called Emerald. For the higher ranks, the Victory Points system that is available in League of Legends’ PC version will also be included in Wild Rift.

Among other things, the game’s camera controls have been improved as well. Now, players have the option to choose which camera controls work best for them. The options available include a semi-locked camera, picture-in-picture, minimap movement, and even custom button layouts.

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If you live in the aforementioned regions and you want to be a part of the closed beta, all you can do is wait and hope that you’re randomly chosen. However, please do keep in mind that you need to have pre-registered first.

League of Legends: Wild Rift will be available to the rest of the world at some point, but right now, the closed beta tests will only be available to Android. It’s a free-to-play game that will have in-app purchases.

Scythe: Digital Edition Now Available on iOS and Android

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In a recent announcement, Asmodee Digital has revealed that digital adaptation of the board game Scythe has been launched on iOS and Android. Previously, Scythe: Digital Edition was released in select regions for iOS, but now, it’s available globally for both popular operating systems.

If you’re a stranger to this game, Scythe is an asymmetric board game that’s set in the 1920s, and this digital edition features graphics made by the original artist, Jakub Rozalski.

Every player takes on the role of a once-great leader who wants to restore their reputation, all while trying to lead their faction to power in Europa. In order to do so, you – the player – have to conquer territories, gather resources, take in new recruits, and even activate powerful mechs.

There’s a very big focus on engine-building in Scythe, as you need to greatly improve your construction abilities in order to become more efficient.

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For instance, your position on the map will greatly improve depending on the structures you build while activating mechs will make the opponents think twice about attacking you.

In addition, each player can choose one specialty out of several choices, such as Agriculturalist, Industrialist, Engineer, Patriot, and Mechanic. Each one will provide you with a unique approach to Scythe.

The physical board game was released back in 2016, but a digital version for PC was released in 2018. This PC version will be able to cross-play with the iOS and Android versions. In other words, you will be able to find games quickly as you will have a wider range of players.

On the other hand, you can also play against Scythe’s AI if you don’t feel like playing with other people.

As a premium title, Scythe: Digital Edition is now available for $8.99 on the App Store and Google Play.

Demon’s Soul Remake gameplay trailer released

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Christian Allen Tandoc
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Bluepoint Games just released a gameplay trailer featuring the remake of Demon’s Souls during Sony’s live streaming event last Wednesday.

Demon’s Soul, a recently confirmed launch title for the PlayStation 5, was revealed in June. Sony stated that this remake has been “entirely rebuilt from the ground up and masterfully enhanced” exclusively for the next-gen console.

The classic Demon’s Souls was launched in 2009 for the PlayStation 3. Back then, the action RPG boasted its next-gen game designs and visuals which focused on providing a challenging gameplay experience set in a dark medieval European scenery.

Players take the role of a warrior traveling across the kingdom of Boletaria – a continent covered in fog and is occupied by demons. Players must defeat the demons roaming around the kingdom and consume their souls in order to become more powerful before battling an ancient demon called the Old One.

 

Demon’s Souls’ bizarre gameplay and its revolutionary multiplayer mode helped it attract a massive fan base despite it having a dull design. The favorable outcome of this game inspired the Dark Souls franchise and aided game director Hidetaka Miyazaki to rise to power as the president of FromwSoftware.

Resident Evil 8 Village releases second trailer during PS5 showcase

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Christian Allen Tandoc
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The PlayStation 5 Showcase has just been concluded and fans are still hungover by several mesmerizing trailers dropped during the event. One of the videos presented in the showcase is Capcom’s second trailer for the upcoming Resident Evil 8 Village which is coming to the next-gen consoles and the PC.

Resident Evil 8 Village is a survival-horror game that was first announced during Sony’s PlayStation 5 reveal event last July. During that time, the game was only announced to come to the PlayStation 5 but now, Capcom confirmed that the Resident Evil 8 Village will also be available on Microsoft’s next-gen consoles and the PC. However, there is still no official news of the game coming to the current-gen consoles.

Sadly, the trailer did not reveal an exact release date for the game and only showed that it will come sometime in 2021. Luckily, if the rumors are true, the game might hit the store shelves by the first half of next year. For the trailer, it was mostly another update to the game’s theme and story.

Resident Evil 8 Village is the 10th main installment in the Resident Evil franchise and is a direct sequel to 2017’s Resident Evil 7 Biohazard. As fans may remember, Resident Evil 7 debuted the latest RE Engine which took the franchise from a third-person POV to a first-person POV. For Resident Evil 8 Village, it will operate on the same engine and will also feature a first-person POV.

 

New Harry Potter Game Hogwarts Legacy revealed

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Christian Allen Tandoc
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Sony’s recently concluded PlayStation 5 Showcase featured an unexpected appearance from Warner Bros. with the reveal of a new Harry Potter-inspired game called Hogwarts Legacy.

This Harry Potter game is currently being developed by Warner Bros. and Avalanche Software and was already been leaked a few times before the showcase and has long been rumored to be in the works. The game is expected to be launched sometime in 2021 and will be available on the PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

The new game was confirmed as an RPG as recent leaks suggested but Hogwarts Legacy will not feature the same characters fans have loved from the movies and books. Rather, the game is set in the 1800s with users playing as a student who once again has a significant role entrusted upon them.

In a synopsis of the trailer, the developers revealed that players will be able to visit “familiar and new locations” as they progress through the game. The usual set of wizarding activities such as crafting potions and casting spells will also be available in the game.

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Fantastic Beasts will also have a role in the game based on several monsters being featured in the trailer. The developers added that the Hogwarts Legacy will feature a talent system that integrates with RPG mechanics which will allow players to personalize and upgrade their wizard characters.

Given that the characters fans have known and loved from the Harry Potter series are timeless, players may likely encounter familiar characters via a DLC or a future update even though the game is set hundreds of years before the time of Harry Potter.

Five Games confirmed to launch alongside the PlayStation 5

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Christian Allen Tandoc
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Sony has confirmed which games will be launching alongside the PlayStation 5 during the next-gen console’s release date.

In a blog post published right after revealing the release date and price of Sony’s next-gen consoles, the company revealed five launch titles launching alongside the PlayStation 5 on November 12, 2020.

Here is the complete list of confirmed games including its prices:

  • Astro’s Playroom (Japan Studio) – pre-installed on PS5
  • Demon’s Souls (Bluepoint Games / Japan Studio) – $69.99
  • Destruction All-Stars (Lucid Games / XDEV) – $69.99
  • Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – $49.99
  • Marvel’s Spider-Man: Mile Morales Ultimate Edition – $69.99
  • Sackboy A Big Adventure (Sumo Digital / XDEV) – $59.99

As expected, Sony confirms for the first time that they are planning to increase the prices on some PlayStation 5 exclusive games by $10, thus explaining the $69.99 price.

It is also worth mentioning that the list doesn’t contain upcoming multi-platform titles such as Fortnite, Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla which are arriving before or right after the next-gen consoles are released this November.

Cyberpunk 2077 by CD Projekt Red is also confirmed to have multi-platform releases and will be available on November 19, just a week after the PlayStation 5’s release.

Sony also confirmed that some of the above-mentioned games will see PlayStation 4 versions including Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Sackboy A Big Adventure, and Horizon Forbidden West.

New God of War Game Teased for PlayStation 5

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Christian Allen Tandoc
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During last night’s PlayStation 5 Showcase, SIE Santa Monica Studio and Sony Interactive Entertainment revealed a new God of War game which is temporarily called God of War Ragnarok and will be released for the PlayStation 5.

The game will be a sequel to 2018’s God of War which was one of the highest-rated PlayStation 4 games as well as one of the highest-rated games of all time. Thanks to the reboot’s critical and commercial success, a sequel is automatic but it is still great to hear that the game is officially in development.

As anyone might have guessed, the sequel is exclusively being developed for the PlayStation 5, which means fans must upgrade their consoles if they want to follow the continuation of Kratos’ latest adventure.

The God of War franchise started in 2005 thanks to David Jaffe of Sony Santa Monic and of course, the PlayStation 2. Since then, the God of War franchise has been one of PlayStation’s best and most popular games, though its fame was crumbling down before the 2018 reboot.

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Thanks to God of War 2018, the game significantly changed its path and put the franchise back on top of the competition.

Spider-Man: Miles Morales Gameplay Revealed During PS5 Showcase

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Christian Allen Tandoc
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During last night’s PlayStation 5 Showcase live streaming event, Insomniac Games and Sony revealed a gameplay trailer for the upcoming game Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

The gameplay trailer included the first-ever look at the PlayStation 5’s actual gameplay such as its 4K visuals and 60fps capability. Unfortunately, the trailer didn’t include the game’s exact release date and only showed that it will be released sometime this “holiday 2020.”

Spider-Man: Miles Morales is set a year after the events of 2018’s Spider-Man inside a snow-filled Harlem – the community where the hero Miles Morales lives. The trailer shows the city on the brink of being torn into pieces thanks to a chaotic war between an unknown criminal organization and an energy corporation.

While the game is set one year after 2018’s Spider-Man, this game is not a sequel. According to the developers, a sequel featuring Peter Parker will come in the future but for now, Insomniac Games will focus first on how they will tell the coming-of-age story of Miles Morales.

Spider-Man: Miles Morales will be a PlayStation 5 exclusive and there are no updates if the game will be available to other consoles in the future. Below is a detailed description of the game based on Sony’s official website:

“The latest adventure in the Spider-Man universe will build on and expand Marvel’s Spider-Man through an all-new story,” reads an official pitch of the game. “Players will experience the rise of Miles Morales as he masters new powers to become his own Spider-Man. With PlayStation 5’s ultra-fast SSD, players can near-instantaneously fast-travel across Marvel’s New York City, or feel the tension of each one of Miles’s web-swings, punches, web shots, and venom blasts with the DualSense wireless controller’s haptic feedback. Highly-detailed character models and enhanced visuals across the game intensify the story of Miles Morales as he faces great, new challenges while learning to be his own Spider-Man.”

Final Fantasy XVI Officially Revealed

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Christian Allen Tandoc
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Most fans didn’t know what to expect from the PlayStation 5 Showcase, though there are a few titles they are hoping to see. One of the most popular games fans were expecting to see was Square Enix’s new addition to the esteemed Final Fantasy series, especially the next major installment following the events of Final Fantasy XV.

It has been a long time since fans heard anything about a new addition to the main series. However, that’s not the case anymore as Sony and Square Enix has finally revealed Final Fantasy XVI during last night’s PlayStation 5 Showcase.

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One other big factor from the reveal was that Final Fantasy XVI will be exclusive to the PlayStation 5. However, they did mention that the footage revealed was captured on a PC. While the franchise has been a famous topic because of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Final Fantasy XV was the most recent entry in Final Fantasy’s main story.

Even though Final Fantasy XV was significantly delayed, the game was released with high praise for its amazing gameplay. Despite Final Fantasy XV’s success, it is still uncertain if the next title would have the same mechanics as the previous releases in the franchise or alter the characters and world for a brand new story.

While there are still no official announcements on the new game’s plot, characters, and gameplay, at least fans know where the game sits in the timeline. Based on the trailer, it seems that fans will have another new world to explore.

PlayStation 5 Price and Release Date Officially Announced

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Christian Allen Tandoc
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Sony has officially announced the PlayStation 5’s price and release date during last night’s PlayStation 5 showcase. After several months of painfully waiting, fans now know when they will begin playing the PlayStation 4’s successor.

Hoping there are no more delays, both versions of the PlayStation 5 will be released on November 12 in select regions and November 19 in the “rest of the world.” The standard edition will cost $499 while the Digital Edition is priced at $399. This announcement ended rumors about how expensive Sony’s next-gen console will be and whether it would match the prices of Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S.

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Sony has already announced several big PlayStation 5 exclusive games such as Spider-Man: Miles Morales as a launch title and other games releasing in 2021 including Ratchet & Clank and the most awaited sequel of Horizon Zero Dawn – Horizon Forbidden West.

The company also got a number of deals from third-party developers to make their future games a PlayStation 5 exclusive upon release such as Bethesda’s Ghostwire: Tokyo and Deathloop.

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Fans who follow the gaming industry closely have been preparing for a higher than usual price ever since the PlayStation 5’s specs were revealed to the public.

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