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PlayStation shoot ’em up Sonic Wings Special is making a return on modern consoles this week.The game is the latest entry in the Console Archives series, which was launched by retro specialist Hamster Corporation last month and will see a steady stream of classic, rare or unusual console games being re-released.Sonic Wings Special was released on PS1 and Saturn in 1996, before being ported to arcades. The game combines the features introduced in the three Sonic Wings games (known in the West as Aero Fighters), and gives players 26 fighter ships to choose from.While the game contains 17 stages, a…
The Overwatch collab with Nier dropped yesterday, March 10, bringing a range of skins based on the prolific action RPG to the hero shooter. Sadly, winning matches as 2B and 9S isn’t enough to assuage many players who’re feeling a bit shortchanged by the pack.There are five costumes in total: A2 for Vendetta; 2B for Kiriko; 9S for Wuyang; Commander White for Mercy; and Adam for Lifeweaver. These all come with distinct emotes and victory poses, as you’d expect. What they don’t offer are victory poses or their own voice lines, leading to some disappointment.”Blizzard knows the bundle will sell…
Never’s End is the new strategy RPG from a former Destiny developer in which you lead a party of possessed villagers against a ravening (yet cuddly) tide of undead. At a glance, it’s an elegantly muted Final Fantasy Tactics, with doll-sized characters on a spinnable grid-based map. In the hands, it’s surprisingly reminiscent of Larian’s Divinity: Original Sin games, with a nerdy application of thermodynamics that lets you transform each map into a vortex of mist, flame and increasingly naked skeletons.
What does the Golden Compass do? If you’ve just started Act 2 and you’re offered the Golden Compass as a helping hand to get you started, here’s what you can expect from the item and why you should choose it. Unlike the Lantern Key or Colossal Flower event, the Golden Compass offers little downside, apart from picking it over items that can benefit your deck. It’s definitely worth weighing up where you are on your Slay the Spire 2 run and just how the Golden Compass can guide you and your party – if you’re playing multiplayer – to the…
After One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda revealed that the answer to the anime (and manga)’s biggest mystery was now lying at the bottom of the ocean, fans have been mobilizing to try and find it.Streamer iShowSpeed is no different – and he’s “looking for 30-50 good men” to help him retrieve it, according to a post on Twitter.The American streamer’s international exploits have included a tour of southeast Asia, a visit to the annual cheese rolling competition in England, and becoming the honorary mayor of Lima, Peru. Could deep-sea diving be next? You may like Oda recently disclosed that he’d…
Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii has said that Japanese games typically lose some “flavour” when they’re translated to English, because of the language’s relative simplicity.In an interview with Famitsu, Horii was speaking with Paranormasight writer and director Takanari Ishiyama about the release of his latest game Paranormasight: The Mermaid’s Curse.Ishiyama – who previously worked on Dragon Quest X – noted that the game supports English and Chinese as well as its native Japanese, but explained that while he was meticulous about the language used when writing the game, he was worried that if he was too particular about it the…
Just shy of two months ago, Jagex made the bold move of getting rid of RuneScape’s microtransactions. It was a decision celebrated throughout the community. Now, the developer’s revealed that premier subscriptions for the long-running MMO are going up, and fans are considerably less enthused.As of April 9, the cost of a monthly membership for current subscribers is rising from $13.99 to $14.99, while a yearly bulk sub jumps from $99.48 to $131.88, breaking down to $10.99 per month, an increase of $2.70. Those are noticeable jumps, and they come lass than two years since the last round of increases.Those…
Nintendo knows we all want a new Nintendo Direct, but hopes have been somewhat dashed after it announced the release date for its next big game on social media and its news app.People ask for a Nintendo Direct pretty much every week, but given that Nintendo hasn’t held a traditional one yet this year, some assumed that we’d need to be getting one soon. This is mostly down to the fact that Pokemon Pokopia was the latest Switch 2 game with a date on the release calendar, with dates for Splatoon Raiders, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, and Fire Emblem…
If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to jump into Enshrouded, this might be it. The open-world survival RPG has quietly evolved into one of the most ambitious early access games around – and you can grab it now on Humble with a 20% discount. Now available as early access, if you don’t know what this long-awaited game is all about, here is a recap: Enshrouded is a survival action RPG in a fantasy world called Embervale. This world is partially covered by the Shroud, a magical fog-like corruption where enemies await. This game blends survival mechanics, action RPG…
Hideki Kamiya, legendary Capcom veteran with gems like Devil May Cry under his belt, has some thoughts to share on Resident Evil Requiem – a horror game that, uh, apparently has a tad too much horror in it.Experiencing the recent game alongside fellow developers from his own studio, Clovers Inc., Kamiya reveals he’s always wanted a less spooky mode in Resident Evil games – you know, the horror series he worked on himself, having literally directed Resident Evil 2. Amusingly, it’s just too scary for him. “I’ve been saying for forever they should make a ‘non-scary’ mode,” he admits in…