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Sega to reveal major announcements and new games in celebration of Sonic’s 30th anniv

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In celebration of Sonic the Hedgehog’s 30th anniversary, Sega announced that they are releasing new games and revealing huge announcements for the whole year of 2021.

The news came from Sega’s advertisement from the Licensing Source Book Europe’s summer 2020 edition which was originally published last July. In addition, the developer said that they are planning a year of celebration for Sonic which includes digital content, new games, major announcements, and a custom made licensing program.

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The advertisement also highlighted different brand statistics such as more than $6 billion in lifetime franchise revenue as well as more than 90 million sales in Sonic games. Takashi Iizuka, Sonic’s team head, previously announced in the last SXSW Gaming in 2019 that the development of the next main Sonic the Hedgehog game is currently in progress.

In addition, Paramount Pictures also confirmed that they are planning to release the second Sonic the Hedgehog movie on April 8, 2022. The first movie broke the opening records for video game adaptation when it was released in February 2020.

The live-action adaptation featured Sonic and his human friend Tom teaming up to save the world from the mad evil genius Dr. Robotnik. The movie reached a gross $146 million in the US and $306 million worldwide which makes it the third highest-grossing film of 2020.

 

ESRB rating: ‘Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’ Contains Nudity, Violence and Drugs

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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s development seems to be running smoothly these past few months but the situation has now become more complicated. Recently, the game’s director has been dismissed from position even as the launch date closes.

Luckily, the game is almost complete and as a result, was submitted for certification by ESRB. Based on the certification, it is confirmed that the game will feature nudity, hallucinogenic mushrooms, and more violence through a greater focus on decapitations.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is one of the year’s most awaited games and based on the trailers that have been released, the game mixes up various traditions of the series to make a unique experience. Most have already noticed that the game handling gender differently by giving its players the ability to change from male to female and a lot more gender-related changes. The game is supposed to include brothel missions and will feature more violence since it received a “Mature” rating from the ESRB.

The game’s ESRB rating explains why it gave such a rating by enumerating a few situations in the game. Based on the ESRB reports, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla contains fights that are highlighted by scattered blood accompanied by screams of pain.

While this isn’t a surprise to fans of the franchise, the ESRB explained that most of the weapons in the game can decapitate enemies and displays their bones and internal organs, adding that these visuals can shock players who are new to the game. In addition, the game also contains nude content because one of the missions is set inside a brothel.

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The particular mission features topless women as well as a scene where a woman agrees to engage in sexual acts with a character. It is uncertain whether the situation refers to the main character or with an NPC but the ESRB states that the one in this game has a more graphic depiction of nudity than the previous Assassin’s Creed games have offered.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla also depicts the use of hallucinogens in the form of mushrooms. The ESRB rating details that the visuals will become distorted if the players decide to take the drug. How Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will counterbalance nudity, violence, and drugs will be interesting since this could lead to an exciting mix for fans of the franchise.

‘Streets of Rage 4’ drops huge patch for free in celebration of 1.5M download milestone

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Streets of Rage 4 has recently received a new patch that will reinvigorate the interests of fans of the game. As a matter of fact, the update is the game’s biggest one yet. The update is a compilation of 80 small patches that covers everything including hero balances, online play, bug fixes and, gameplay enhancements.

A few patch highlights include a buff for Axel such as improved move speed and shorter recovery time for his moves. Cherry was also buffed for her flying punch which makes her totally invulnerable to combos. In addition, each character’s starting and finishing moves can now interrupt all hitstun states.

The update also provides various improvements to the game’s online play in order to make matches fairer and lessen latency across the board. All of these changes are free in celebration with Street of Rage 4’s success. The game recently passed the 1.5 million download milestone since it was first released in April 2020 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

The game’s executive producer, Cyrille Imbert thanked everybody for Streets of Rage 4’s success:

“We couldn’t be happier with the reception of Streets of Rage 4. We thank the fans who have supported the game from day one – a lot of the updates in the patch enhance the replay value for folks who have been with us from the start.”

He also promised their fans that there will be more updates to come for Streets of Rage 4.

Developers eye November release as ‘Dirt 5’ gets delayed again

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Christian Allen Tandoc
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Developer Codemasters have announced that their upcoming Dirt 5 game gets delayed again and will now have a launch date of November 6.

The developers have already previously delayed the game until the middle of October but are now receiving another rescheduled release date so it launches in a similar timeframe with the next-gen consoles.

A Codemasters spokesperson revealed in a press release that:

“The revised launch date will allow Codemasters to release all versions of the game in a shorter timeframe, with the next generation of console launches expected for the holiday season.”

Both Sony and Microsoft haven’t revealed the exact release dates for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series. However, the timing of the release dates of several next-games implies that the next-gen consoles might be available around those times.

Players who buy Dirt 5 on either the Xbox One or PlayStation 4 can upgrade their game freely on the next-gen consoles thanks to the free upgrade feature on the PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Smart Delivery feature on the Xbox Series X.

Players who bought the Dirt 5 Amplified Edition will have early access to the game on November 3 which is three days ahead of its official launch.

Programmer makes classic ‘Doom’ game playable on a pregnancy test

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The original classic Doom game was launched in 1993 and was considered one of the titles which brought first-person shooting games to its popularity as we know today. As a matter of fact, Doom was so famous during its time that most gamers used the term “Doom-shooter” instead of “first-person shooter”.

While the classic Doom doesn’t have the stunning visuals of the now renowned Doom Eternal, many still enjoy the game. Some Doom fans even made it playable on bizarre objects. Recently, a Twitter user shared his masterpiece of putting Doom is possibly the most peculiar playable device.

The classic Doom game utilized odd sources for its sound effects and other features. With this in mind, it is fitting that fans of the game are utilizing unorthodox ways to play it. There have been versions of the game installed on an ATM but only a few would have imagined playing Doom on a pregnancy test. Nevertheless, Foone – a Twitter user – has successfully done this despite the game looking a little bit different.

The pregnancy test was utilized as a screen that shows the game in white pixels which managed to recreate Doom’s geography. While this version lacks the original graphics, it is simply jaw-dropping to know that Doom can be played this way.

The pregnancy test only acts as a screen and a keyboard is still needed to enter an action but this is still considered a huge success because of the technical limitations of a pregnancy test kit. It is uncertain how much time the developer took to achieve this but fans don’t mind since they are totally entertained.

It is worth noting that Foone regularly messes around with technology and provides them with new purposes and this is his brand as a content creator. With this in mind, the Doom pregnancy test might be one of his best achievements yet.

This incredible achievement came after fans insisted on making Doom playable inside Minecraft and even through other peculiar means. Given the amount of experimentation needed to continue this trend of playing games in strange ways, it will certainly be entertaining to see what comes next.

 

‘Animal Crossing New Horizons’ Releases New Time-Limited Item for September

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Christian Allen Tandoc
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A new month has come and for Animal Crossing New Horizon fans, this means there are new items to collect and a lot of new animals to catch. Aside from these, players from all over the world can now get a new seasonal item from the Nook Shopping. However, similar to previous seasonal items, players only have a limited time to purchase it.

The Grape-Harvest Basket is September’s new seasonal item – a wearable basket which is Animal Crossing’s way to celebrate the Grape Harvest Festival. Players can purchase it for 800 Bells and will be in the shop until September 30 only. Players can buy this time-limited item from the Seasonal tab inside the Nook Shopping catalog option.

Aside from this limited item, players in the Northern Hemisphere can now collect pinecones and acorns which are needed to craft the autumn DIY recipes. Players will also receive a tree’s bounty little tree recipe from Isabelle from her daily announcement or by shooting down balloons.

The coming of a new month also indicates new fish and bugs to catch as well as new sea creatures found by swimming in the ocean. Mantises, honeybees, and other bugs are now spawning in islands in the Southern Hemisphere while red dragonflies, crickets and more can now be caught in islands in the Northern Hemisphere.

Even though a new season has come, Nintendo hasn’t announced any new content for Animal Crossing New Horizons. The last patch released in August added new features in the game including Luna’s dream codes, a fireworks festival, and the ability to back up the save data.

Recently, Nintendo announced that Animal Crossing New Horizons will be receiving Mario-themed furniture and items in March 2021 in celebration of Super Mario’s 35th anniversary.

CD Projekt Red confirms ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ will have microtransactions

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Christian Allen Tandoc
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Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red’s upcoming game, is one of the most highly anticipated games of the year despite several delays in the game’s release. It undoubtedly took up a massive amount of money to produce and because of this, the developers must do something to make up for it. Thus, CD Projekt Red has confirmed that microtransactions will be implemented in the game’s multiplayer mode.

The announcement came from a recent Q&A between the developers and several investors who were asking about the game ranging from its release price to additional monetization. During the conference, an investor asked about microtransactions and how the developers will implement it in the game.

Luckily, the developers’ answer looks like it took the perspective of its fans into account regarding how microtransactions will be integrated into the game’s multiplayer mode. According to the developers, they are making sure that the microtransactions will be presented in a fruitful way that will make players satisfied in spending a few dollars on extra content.

However, it is still unclear what the developers mean when it comes to the details of the monetization. However, it seems like keeping things rewarding mean that the microtransactions will not give a pay-to-win advantage.

In the same conference, CD Projekt Red also gave details on the early Cyberpunk 2077 DLC coming for free to all players right after the game will be launched. This method of releasing content to keep its players hooked post-launch will help enhance player perception on both the game and the developers.

Considering the generosity that already came from the massively successful Witcher 3 and its DLC contents, it won’t be much of a problem for the developers to keep fans on their side with these kinds of monetization strategies.

Adding any kind of monetization in a game is a risk because of the badly implemented microtransactions in several games that is still haunting most players’ minds which is inclined to pay-to-win advantages, freemiums, and exceedingly aggressive season pass.

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However, for Cyberpunk 2077 single-player campaign, adding new cosmetics as well as items in its multiplayer won’t likely worry players who will want to play multiplayer mode as an added bonus instead of a selling point.

Without any specific idea what the game’s microtransactions will be, it makes it hard to rate how friendly these would be to its players. Luckily, the good reputation that CD Projekt Red has shown in its previous games makes players a little bit more confident that they won’t be worrying much about Cyberpunk 2077’s microtransactions.

‘Fall Guys’ to utilize ‘Fortnite’s’ anti-cheat device to eliminate hackers

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Fall Guys has become one of the most popular games today and like most famous titles, it has various cheating/hacking issues. Developer Mediatonic has now announced that they are aware of the situation and are doing everything they can to fight the people behind the cheats.

According to Mediatonic, they are adopting the same anti-cheat tools that Fortnite uses to combat third-party applications. Mediatonic said that they are really trying everything they can and are sorry for the inconvenience.

Mediatonix announced that they will be expanding its existing cheat detection system. Fans can expect in the coming weeks that an additional anti-cheat system will be implemented. This is after reports that cheaters have discovered ways to hang on walls, run faster, and even float around to gain an advantage over others.

The developers promised that they are figuring things out as soon as possible to address every issue that Fall Guys is facing right now. Cheating and hacking to improve in-game performance always take away the fun that the game is supposed to give. Players can only hope that the developers will soon eliminate these issues or else they will lose everything they have started.

Currently, Fall Guys doesn’t have an in-game reporting system and this is probably what players want in order to fight cheaters.

‘Everspace 2’ receives a new trailer, release date revealed

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An Everspace 2 trailer has just been released along with its Early Access release date of December 2020. The original Everspace game was a space frontier rogue-like game but the sequel will now feature an open world looting shooting game that is being developed by Rockfish Games.

The developers stated that this was the space game they have always wanted to create but due to lack of funds, they weren’t able to do it in the first game. The release of the sequel was set to release this September but was delayed earlier because of the implications of the coronavirus pandemic. Players who want to check out the game now can download its free demo available on Steam right now.

The new trailer features amazing in-game shots of alien environments including orbiting of exploding planets, asteroid fields, floating ship wreckages, planetary atmospheres, floating cities, massive storms, and mining colonies.

The game will feature first and third-person perspectives with alien ships moving in and out of obstructions while fighting against each other. Alongside the majestic scenes, the game also comes with catchy music that makes playing the game more exciting.

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Fans who want to learn more about Everspace 2 can visit their website or its Steam page for more details.

‘System Shock Remastered’ Has Satisfyingly Gory New Updates

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We haven’t heard from Nightdive Studios about System Shock Remastered in a while, but honestly, the wait has been more than worth it. The studio has released two new videos recently and we have to say that it looks amazing.

The first video shows a bloody dismemberment system, whereas the second one gives us a peek at how you will be able to cross cyberspace in 2020.

System Shock Remastered started as a Kickstarter project – a very successful one at that, with $1,350,700 pledged out of the $900,000 goal.

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The game was supposed to be released by 2017, but it kept getting pushed back and back. This year, however, the game resurfaced and in fact, now has a demo available. Asides from that, Nightdive Studios has been more than ready to share new content with us as well as progress updates.

The game currently has two new systems, the first one being a dismemberment that is somewhat similar to Dead Space. This seems pretty fitting, though, since System Shock is pretty much intertwined with Dead Space in one way or another.

The purpose of this dismemberment system is to make the combat mechanics of the game be as real as possible.

Now, this second system is cyberspace, a gameplay mode that we’re seeing in System Shock Remastered for the first time. That being said, the game has received amazing graphical updates as well as a pretty good soundtrack. You can check out the Cyberspace preview below:

At the moment, the alpha demo for System Shock Remastered is available on GOG and Steam. However, you can also preorder the game on Backerkit. If everything goes as planned, the game should be released this year on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

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