An impressive first impression Preyhas me shook. I’ve seen plenty of aliens and they’re all intimidating, but at least they’re an obvious threat. It’s the ones I can’t see that have me paranoid, inching closer to a desk that could very well be just a regular desk. “But why would there betwocoffee mugs ononedesk,” I ask myself, steeling my nerves for something to suddenly shapeshift and attack me. It was just a regular desk....
300,000 copies sold at $3 Vlambeer founders Jan Nijman and Rami Ismail revealed at their GDC Europe presentation thatRidiculous Fishinghas sold 300,000 copies, according toJoystiq. At $3 a copy, that’s $900,000 in total sales. So close to $1 million! This is really great news considering the hell Vlambeer had to go through after their game was cloned by an asshole. Funny enough,Ridiculous Fishingwas almost a freemium game. The duo considered offering the game for free, and then selling stuff like a $1,000 in-game boat....
Fans ofSakuna: Of Rice and Ruinare eating good today. Three separate new projects wererevealedfor the series, including a mobile game, a new console game, and an anime sequel. The rice-growing action-RPGthat started it all first launched in 2020, with XSEED Games and Marvelous publishing the Edelweiss-developed title. It went on to inspire a TV anime adaptation, which ran for 13 episodes starting in July 2024. The anime is currently streaming on Crunchyroll and Netflix, and more is in the works....
Why does this genie hate pirates again? Rising Star Games will be bringing 2014’sShantae and the Pirate’s Curseto retail for the 3DS on the same day its non-3DS-supporting sequelShantae: Half-Genie Herorelease, September 27 and in Europe just three days later. This retail release will feature a new “arcade-style game” calledSuper Shantae Nab!!, though no details of what exactly that is have been released at this time. Rarely if ever have I seen a game be boxed up so long after release, but 2016 is a crazy year where an orange man might be elected president, so anything could happen....
Or don’t The newNeed for Speedreboot is one of thosealways-online abominations, so you may bet your sweet ass there is going to be a beta. Gotta stress test those severs/promote that product. The registration process will run until September 25, after which time new prospective testers will no longer be able to enter the lottery. There’s currently no word on when testing will commence. Side note: I love when every promo image includes a watermarked logo, with publishers fearing that without one folks might mistake their game for another non-distinctive member of the same genre....
For $63.5 million SNK Playmore has reportedly been bought by Chinese company Ledo Millenium, paying out $63.5 million for 81.25% of their shares, granting them majority stake in the company. The core reason given by Oriential Securities (part of a joint venture with LeyouTechnologies) CEO Zheng Jianhui for purchasing SNK is its IP and characters. They’ve announced that they want to play out their business strategy like “Marvel,” which branching forms of media outside of just games....
Yasunori Mitsuda heads musical score The greatest game music composer to ever live, Yasunori Mitsuda, is working on the score for upcoming Vita titleSoul Sacrifice. You wouldn’t have to hear a single note to know that the man behind the scores ofXenogears, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Crosswould do a fantastic job for this next project, but the music teased in this new trailer exceeds expectations. Epic on top of epic. They’ve gone all out, lining up the best orchestra and choir, and they’re recording it live at Skywalker Sound....
Content updates not through yet Nintendo’s fun shooterSplatoon 2may be winding down its events and updates in 2019, but it still has lots of goodies to dish out in its twilight months. Case in point, a selection of classic weapons from the Wii U original, that are yet to join the arsenal of its Switch successor. The “Sheldon’s Pick” pack originally showed up inSplatoontoward the end of that game’s life-cycle, so it seems fitting for the same tools to get added to the sequel this year....
Chaos makes the muse During yesterday’sabsolutely stacked Nintendo Direct, the developer offered up only a little news on one of this year’s biggest Switch sequels,Splatoon 3. While squid kids might have been expecting a closer look at the multiplayer shooter, all we received was a rough release window and a brief preview of the revamped co-op mode, Salmon Run. Titled “Salmon Run: Next Wave“,the clipemphasizes Inkopolis’ weirdly dystopian new look — the result ofSplatoon 2‘sfinal Splatfest eventfalling in favor of “Chaos” over “Order”....
Better late than never Apple has finally approved Valve’s Steam Link app for iOS, allowing users the ability to stream the PC gaming platform to devices such as the iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. It’s been a long process for Valve to get their app up and running on the Apple platform, with this release coming almost a full year after the same feature was launched on Android.Apple had originally refusedthe implementation on non-specific grounds that it conflicted with their app guidelines, but have apparently since relented, as the app is good to go right now....
‘Brick, Where did you get a hand grenade?’ Team Versus mode is coming toStreet Fighter V: Arcade Edition. The new feature was announced via theCapcom Unityblog yesterday. The mode will pit teams of up to five players against one another in a battle of endurance to be the last squad standing. Players will have to stick out their initial character choices, but will be able to change V-Triggers between matches, allowing for adaptation for their next opponents....
In today’s Nintendo Direct, it was announced thatSuper Mario Makerwill be getting an update on March 9. When making levels, you can now add keys to unlock doors to gate progression. These keys can be hidden or placed on enemies so that you can force your players into mandatory boss battles. You can also add pink coins that have to be found before a level is complete, so you can be more devious when creating puzzles....
Get your Fred on A week agoJordan reportedthatFNaF Worldwould be out on February 19th but it wouldn’t be aFive Nights at Freddy’sgame without a sudden, “surprising” release date now would it?FnaF Worldin all its weird, cute, JRPG-ness can bepurchasedfrom the Steam storefront as of this afternoon. No word yet on the mobile versions that are supposedly in the works, but I imagine we will see them soon. I’ll be diving into it shortly to write a review....
