Warhammer Odyssey First Impressions – Waiting For The Endtimes

As GamerBraves’ resident Warhammer man, it was almost a given that I’d have to do first impressions on Warhammer Odyssey. The premise seems cool- it’s a mobile MMO set in The Old World, complete with callbacks to fun obscure characters like Gotrek and Felix. It has a variety of classes like Witch Hunters, Dwarf Slayers (Slayers who are Dwarves, I mean) and others, all upgrading their looks as you get more advanced gear similar to Diablo.

While the game sounds good on paper though, actually playing it was a different matter. Look, any Warhammer fan knows that Warhammer games have always been a mixed bag, so I’m not expecting anything too impossible out of Odyssey. But the first impressions right now for Warhammer Odyssey are that it might not be the best to get into if you’re just looking for a good mobile MMO. Read on to find out more:

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Mechanics Made When Tomb Kings Were Still Relevant
So, Warhammer Odyssey looks like it would have been impressive if it was released, like, 10 years ago. While it’s certainly impressive that MMOs have become a genre for mobile, there’s a lot of Warhammer Odyssey that just feels like it’s not sticking the landing.
Look, I love Warhammer. Warhammer’s one of the most important pieces of media in the past decades, being part of the backstory of companies like Blizzard and games like Hero Quest. Yet, there’s something about Odyssey’s combat that just feels, well, not great.
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Mechanically, it’s good enough. I tried out the Witch Hunter, a class whose skills combo off of each other for devastating attacks. You can open up a fight by branding your target a Heretic, which adds new effects to some of your skills such as a critical boost on your slash. You can also fire your off-hand pistol for even bigger damage, with any enemy resistances negated thanks to the Heretic brand.
Now, branding a target a heretic before hitting them with a huge slash/shoot combo is very much Warhammer in flavor, so why does it look so, well, lame?
The animations feel weird and floaty, which is about where I expected an MMO from the 2000s to be. But considering we can get games with way more responsive feeling animations on mobile like Honkai Impact, it just feels kind of like the game’s not living up to its full potential.
Similar to more dated MMOs, there’s also the fact that the game doesn’t really incentivize a more mobile playstyle. As a Witch Hunter I’m not exactly fond of getting hit, since I’m not one of the armored classes. But it’s not like I really have any other choice since my only mobility option is brisk-walking, and any attack button will have me running back to the enemy like your highschool crush when you find out they’re single.
The game also has a problem with its lock on, sometimes insisting you’d rather fight the guy across the room instead of the one right in front of you. This has gotten in the way of quests more than once, where I’ve suddenly pulled multiple rioters when all I wanted to kill was the one weak one. Again, this could easily be solved with some kind of dodge maneuver, but this game can’t let me have that, can it.
Granted, I’m still very much early on in the Witch Hunter’s story, so I could be wrong. maybe at level 8 the Witch Hunter gains a perfect dodge and a working lock on button. Sigmar, I hope so.
Praise Be To Warhammer Odyssey
One thing I do like about Warhammer Odyssey is its statsheet, making it the only real point of praise in these first impressions. Levelling up gives you skillpoints, that you can throw into different stats, with different skills scaling with different stats. It’s a simple touch but it really gives off oldschool tabletop vibes, and I especially like that your health is called Wounds, since that’s how its measured in the tabletop.
Stat sheets are the way to my heart
There’s also an auto level system, which is great for those of us who just wanna get back to indiscriminate murder instead of thinking about pumping our stats. It’s seems to be pretty effective at a glance, knowing which of your stats your class needs most and distributing them accordingly.
On top of that you can also upgrade skills via Action Points which you get every level too. These give branching paths, and are the closest this game gets to sub specializations. I didn’t get far enough to make any big branches but they seem to be clear enough, flowing well with your other skills.
Another thing I can praise is the game’s monetization, which goes to the Warframe school of charging you for extras. The main things you buy are inventory and character slots, which is largely inoffensive since I don’t imagine a majority of people run multiple alts. There’s no stamina-type system like Genshin’s Resin, so it’s good to know that the game genuinely wants you to play it.
That’s really it when it comes to nice things to put into my first impressions of Warhammer Odyssey. Granted, I’ve only played one class, and I could very well be missing on some prime content. But at least these systems work well, I guess.
Quests
Look, I’mma level with you. The quests are dull. They very much feel early WoW clone in quality, being little more than “pick up all the objects off the ground” or “Kill 5 beastmen/rats/Xenos players asking why there’s too many Space Marines” than anything that makes you feel a part of the game’s story. It’s made even worse by the problem a lot of early MMOs have, where they really praise you too much for doing barely anything.
Apparently the big hero of a Campaign I was on fell to some renown Beastman, but thankfully he was explicitly weak to my level one Witch Hunter kit because I drove him off and am now the big hero. Welp, time to go pick up trash off the streets and beat rioters!

To make matters worse, the game doesn’t actually have any kind of in-game cutscene mechanism, so complex dialogue between multiple characters is relayed as “quests” where you have to talk to each party one after the other. It’s just… dull, pretty much. Talking to a man in the Warhammer universe shouldn’t be dull, and that’s the most egregious thing. I’m talking to a knight covered in purity seals about the encroaching Beastmen hordes, I shouldn’t have to feel like I was dragged along to watch two old men bicker about whether or not I should get to go on a quest.
I understand that there’s some difficulty in implementing good quests on mobile but I’m sure at the very least we could make the process of accepting them less of a chore. I’m not even mad that there’s no voice acting, I just wish they’d added some sort of stylistic choice outside of the old school MMO zoom.
It’s made even worse by the fact the game has more bugs than a Nurgle cultist, with your attack buttons constantly walled off at random, usually when you need them most.
I hit an actual impasse with the game because it required me to get through an area full of pirates, and talk to two NPCs so they’ll get out. Enemy’s aren’t *that* crowded, so it’s actually possible to just straight up walk to them. However, there’s a pirate right next to them who naturally aggros that you’ve come to take his prisoners, and so you’ll have to fight.
Except you can’t, because the game assumes you wanna talk to the NPCs and has greyed out all your attacks and replaced your auto attack with a big talk button. Worse yet, the talk button doesn’t do anything, presumably because you’re in combat.
OK, so I’ve got to fight my way there and start exterminating pirates like I was Warner Music Group. Got it. Well, no, because the game has more bugs than a Nurgle cult, enemy models will disappear, turning them into walking hitboxes while you fail to get any hits in on them.
Add that to the game’s penalty for dying- Resurrection Trauma, which causes you to start with less health every time you die, and you just get an all-around frustrating experience. Maybe enough player feedback will get the game fixed, who knows? But for now there’s little if anything drawing me into this game.
Closing Thoughts
Things you can’t see: 1) How many enemies are actually wandering the map right now 2) My attack button.
The Warhammer IP has always been a mixed bag. On one hand, you get amazing games like the Bloodbowl series, which combines Tactics gameplay with American Football and Warhammer Fantasy. On the other hand, you get games like Chaosbane which just feel like uninspired copies of the biggest titles in their genre.
But that’s the thing. At their worst, a bad Warhammer game is usually just boring. Warhammer Odyssey is the only game so far to make me actually go “no, I don’t want to play this anymore” instead of just slinking it off to the side into a pile of apps that I’ll forget about until I’m low on space.
On the plus side, the developers have been open about the idea of more updates down the line, so maybe it’ll fix things. I have hope that it will one day be fixed and good. It’s technically only in Soft Launch right now, anyways. But for now it’s really hard to recommend Warhammer Odyssey when it hasn’t left particularly good first impressions.
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Warhammer OdysseyDeveloper: Virtual RealmsRelease Date TBCAndroid, iOS
A brand new adventure for you to save the world from being consumed by the Chaos Moon. How would you forge your odyssey?

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League of Legends: Wild Rift releases in the Americas

Earlier today, the mobile League of Legends experience finally arrived in the Americas as the open beta for Wild Rift made its way there. The good news reached the ears of eager Wild Rift fans in both North and South America with the following announcement:

Wild Rift is available NOW for download in the Americas!⚡🥳⚡🎉⚡📱⚡🎊⚡🤩⚡

And props if you found the little secret we hid in the website! 🔎https://t.co/aDzkQHfyAK pic.twitter.com/hKIn1NWza5
— League of Legends: Wild Rift (@wildrift) March 29, 2021
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The arrival of League of Legends: Wild Rift to the Americas coincides with the release of patch 2.2 of the game. The new patch brings more content to the game, such as the Position Preference feature and All Random All Mid (ARAM) mode. Note that the former is not available in the Americas open beta.

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ARAM is a popular mode from the PC version of the game. For those who are unfamiliar, it forces all players into a single lane, leading to faster-paced gameplay with more team fights. However, ARAM is only going live in Wild Rift temporarily from 5th April to 8th April. Note that this is only a test and the mode will make its way into the game permanently in the future.
In addition, 5 new champions will join the roster of playable characters in League of Legends: Wild Rift. They are Renekton, Rengar, Galio, Rammus, and Kha’zix. Also, the game’s battle pass, Wild Pass, is finally in the game.
To learn more about patch 2.2, refer to the game’s patch notes.
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League of Legends: Wild RiftPublisher: Riot GamesDeveloper: Riot GamesRelease Date: 2020-10-27Android, iOS
Dive into Wild Rift: the skills-and-strategy 5v5 MOBA experience of League of Legends by Riot Games, now built from the ground up for mobile. With smooth controls and fast-paced games, you can team up with friends, lock in your champion, and go for the big plays.

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Apple To Allow Alternate Payment Options For Developers After Class-Action Lawsuit

Apple will now allow developers to use alternate payment systems instead of going through the app store, subjecting them to 30% cuts by the platform owner.

According to Game Industry.biz, developers can now email users about alternative methods to pay for in-game goods (such as, say, primogems in Genshin Impact), and they won’t be penalized for making the price cheaper since they won’t have to adjust for Apple’s 30% cut.

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However, users will have to opt in to receive information about the alternative payment options, and must have the option to opt out of communications.
Funnily enough, this has nothing to do with the ongoing Epic v Apple lawsuit, which saw Fortnite removed from the App Store for trying to circumvent Apple’s cut of sales.
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The article is quick to explain the difference between the two lawsuits- the Epic lawsuit pertains to the inability to open your own App Store on iOS, which is even as of this concession, still a violation of the Terms of Service. Meanwhile this lawsuit is more about the Apple payment platform in general.
Instead, this class-action lawsuit was filed by small US developers in 2019.

In addition to that, the agreement will require Apple to launch a USD 100 million fund to assist small developers. To be eligible for the fund, you must have the following:

Be a US-based Game Developer (due to the nature of the lawsuit)
Have made less than USD 1 million every year across all their games between June 4, 2015 and April 26, 2021.

If the second one sounds confusing, it’s not: All it means is that a very profitable company, like Epic Games, cannot use their one unprofitable game to receive free money . Similar wording was used when Apple first revised its terms to forego its 30% cut late last year.
In addition, Apple will be making the following concessions, subject to the judge’s approval:

Apple will maintain the App Store Small Business Program for at least the next three years. This is where businesses earning less than $1 million annually pay reduced commission.
 Apple will ensure its search results continue to be based on ‘objective characteristics’ such as downloads, star ratings, text relevance and user behaviour signals for at least the next three years.
 Apple will expand the number of price points for subscriptions, in-app purchases and paid apps from fewer than 100 to more than 500. This process will be completed by the end of 2022.
 Apple will continue to allow developers to appeal the rejection of an app based on what is believed to be ‘unfair treatment’. Apple will add content to the App Review website so that developers can better understand the appeals process.
Apple will publish a ‘meaningful statistics about the app review process’ as part of a transparency report. The report will include the number of apps rejected, the number of customer and developer accounts deactivated, objective data regarding search queries and results and the number of apps removed from the app store.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G Available Now In Malaysia

With tonight’s launch of the Xiaomi Mi 11, the newest 5G platform chipset, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G will also finally make landfall in Malaysia.

With that in mind, here’s some of what you can expect from the newest top-of-the-line chipset from Qualcomm:

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Triple ISP For Better Video
The chipset will allow phones to have better photo and video quality, thanks to the Qualcomm Spectra 580 Triple Image Signal Processor (ISP). Phones using this chipset can record a variety of footage from up to 120 fps burst shots, to 60fps 4K video to even 30fps 8K video for the absolute film buffs out there. Normally processing 8K video would be a hard task for most devices, but thanks to the three separate ISPs in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 that’s all a thing of the past.

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On top of that, the chipset allows for Computational HDR, meaning your videos can have even better color and contrast despite being recorded on your phone. It also opens up the door to various effects for your footage such as Magic Zoom, Slow Shutter, Time Freeze and others.
Low Light Photography
It’s not all about video, either. With the Qualcomm Spectra 580, the chipset enables users to take amazing low-light photos, letting you extract details from even the most dimly lit rooms. This also allows a new Night Video mode as well, letting you take timelapses even when it’s dark out.
Gaming Better And More Efficiently
Of course, readers of this site would also want to know what the new Snapdragon means for gaming. According to Qualcomm, it uses the full quite of Qualcomm Snapdragon Elite Gaming, allowing for higher-fidelity visuals, Variable-Rate Shading as well as more responsive touch controls, making sure you can play even the most fast and intense levels of games.

How Variable-Rate Shading works is that the chip identifies which parts in a scene are less detailed, therefore requiring less resources to render. For example, skies in 3D shots tend to be less detailed and static images, meaning you could get away with rendering it in less detail so you could commit more resources to rendering a more detailed character moving on-screen.

As for the faster touch controls, they use Qualcomm Game Quick Touch to afford more responsive controls, at vastly improved rates compared to previous generations. This works even at higher framerates, meaning even the most high-performing devices will see some benefit from the futuristic chipset.
Overall Performance
Aside from its specialist features, the new chipset will see a larger boost in overall performance for phones. The Qualcomm Adreno 660 GPU gives you 35% faster graphics rendering, while the Qualcomm Kryo 680 CPU makes sure that handling multiple tasks is but a breeze, all without burning out your battery.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 will be available in Malaysia with the Xiaomi Mi 11, bringing AI-enhanced performance and better features to mobile devices.

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Studio Ghibli’s touch upon a magical world – Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered Review

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch originally released in Japan 17 November 2011 for the PS3. Years later, we revisit Oliver’s journey to the other country, in upgraded resolution and frame rate (PS4 and PC only). The game is otherwise mostly untouched, so, how does this story go? Incidentally, the sequel, Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, launched on both PC and PS4 23 March 2018, which we’ve reviewed prior.

Oliver is your main protagonist in Wrath of the White Witch. This child is a resident of Motorville, a small, quaint town. He and his friend, Philip, have some secret project that Oliver sneaks out at night to see, and it turns out to be a motor vehicle of their own! All the while though, some cryptic figures watch over his actions, and it culminates in their attempt on his life. Oliver survives, but his mother exchanges her life to save him. In his despair, Oliver’s tears bring a toy – a gift from his mother – to life, and he gets Drippy, a fairy companion.

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The first instance of “true” magic.
The story may not hold major surprises for seasoned JRPG players, but that’s arguably not the point of the game. It’s the journey there, and in a world of iconic rolling Ghibli hills and colourful characters, it’s one that’s easy on the eye. The graphical fidelity is improved for the PC and PS4 remastered versions, which is pretty much the only thing the remastered version has over the original release.
Oliver will not be starting out strong, as you’d expect. Slowly, you’ll be amassing a repertoire of magic to help him fight better. You’ll also have access to familiars, which would likely be your best method of attacking for a while. They’re like pets, and they learn skills not dissimilar to Pokemon. You will be able to equip yourself and familiars with gear, too. Familiars have a stamina bar when you deploy them, so you’ll need to swap around effectively between yourself and your creatures.
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Oliver’s first familiar makes its introduction.
Battles are turn-based, with timers counting down the action cooldowns. “Glims” can drop off enemies, and they can either heal your HP, or  MP. Hit their weak point, or block a big attack, to get Glims, as the tutorial informs you. You’re free to move around in battle too, so work on positioning as well. It may look simple, but there’s plenty of wiggle room! No pun intended. You won’t always be alone either, with companions joining you later on in the quest, so play around!
Hit it, Oliver!
You’ll be roaming the world, picking up quests and helping people out. You’ll find citizens who are broken-hearted, and you’ll need to give them heart once more. With permission, you can take some ample heart from another to pass it on. Slowly, Oliver will become a stronger mage with your help, restoring hearts and gaining people’s trust!
The early game has an incredible tendency to hold your hand, nor is there much to do. Tutorials will come at you a lot. Much of the first couple of hours is dedicated to cutscenes and establishing shots, so you should settle in and take it easy. It’s clearly one for children to enjoy, what with the difficulty options available: Easy for those who simply want to move through the story, and Normal. In some ways, it might be good to think of Wrath of the White Witch as an interactive Ghibli movie.
Things get just a little bit spooky. The pages come with lore too, why don’t you read them when you’re free?
If you’re looking for a relatively standard, comfy JRPG, you can’t really go wrong with Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered, more so if you haven’t gotten the original release. This tale of wonder would surely give rise to some nostalgia, as you see the world through Oliver’s innocent eyes, for the good old days. At the end of it all, flip through your compendium and be amazed at just how far you’ve come.

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch RemasteredPublisher: Bandai Namco EntertainmentDeveloper: Level-5Release Date: 2019-09-20Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Steam
A touched-up edition of the original 2011 release. Join Oliver in his journey through a magical world, as he's thrown to task to defeat the darkness.

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The Review

                    Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered

4
Score

A comfortable tale full of Ghibli charm awaits.

PROS
 Graphical upgrade from the original release A playable Ghibli movie, with the story, art and music package

CONS
 No extras apart from graphics upgrade Can be too hand-holdy at times

Review Breakdown

Maybe the game is the journey and the lessons we learnt along the way.

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It’s those FMV days again | Command & Conquer Remastered Collection Review

It’s finally here: Command & Conquer Remastered Collection. This collection includes the original Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Command & Conquer: Red Alert, as well as all the DLC and exclusive campaigns from the console editions. Did you get the Limited Run physical edition for all the goodies?

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For the game proper, returning and new commanders will have over 100 campaign missions to challenge, for at least 30 hours of single player experience. You do need to keep in mind that this is a remastered collection, so there is no additional content, story or missions. Every campaign mission offer you the option to change difficulty level on the fly, so if you want to work on flexing on the AI – or not – then you have that.
You’ll have your classic RTS experience here: gather your resources, build your buildings while managing your power, then unit recruitment, upgrades, you know the drill. Resource management, placements and compositions would be extremely important as you go up the difficulties. The game UI has been streamlined, with buildings, units and such all in their separate tabs sorted neatly in their categories so no more hunting!
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Accessibility options in the menu is very limited: it’s only a toggle for some changes to display text and text-to-speech on, so don’t expect too much from it. You can change the game speed accordingly, so that could be useful for some players.
Smoothed polygons

The Remastered Collection offers 4K resolution, and utilizing an ASUS TUF Gaming A15 laptop, all settings can be put to the max with the game running smoothly as can be. Granted, the games don’t have exceptionally high requirements themselves, so even a potato can probably run it no problem.
The original resolution graphics and remastered ones are on an easy toggle: the spacebar. Those pixels can be transformed into actually recognizable models or back again depending on what you feel at any point in time. Everything’s gotten a nice new polish and of course, the upgrade in details, which you can really appreciate in this new era. No more wondering what that mysterious little speck on the map is any longer!
Depending on which era of RTS player you’re from, you’re provided the options for Legacy and Modern control styles. Other than that, the most additions would be the promised retouched in-game cutscenes, which don’t have any additions but they look a little better.

Footnotes
A map editor is available, and you don’t even have to jump into either of the games to open it up as it’s available on the start up menu. Right away, you can start meddling with maps, so if that’s your thing, then go right ahead. Online matches are also available, with over 250 maps you can choose from to battle it out with players across the globe.

If you’d rather not touch any semblance of competitive play, you can also just hang out with the AI, and bring in friends to bully the AI with you. Mods are supported, so if you fancy booting up some custom map with doodads slapped onto it, feel free! It’s much better for you to play through the campaign to get used to the units first especially if you’re a new player; going up against someone else online – or even the easy AI – could see you getting obliterated.
Verdict
Command & Conquer Remastered Collection is pretty much packaged nostalgia. Nothing new, but everything given a new coat of paint, and older players can appreciate the improved graphics, and newer players can understand what people loved about the series to begin with. As someone who’d played the originals as a kid, I barely remembered anything, but all the sounds came rushing back as my fingers fumbled to get my base up and running again.

Being an RTS, the skill ceiling is there, with the Casual difficulty option for you if you just want to go through seeing the stories again. With the DLC packed in, it’s a pretty good deal if you just want to have the games in one place with all the add-on content. Play whatever mode you want: the classic single player, play against others online or team up, the alternate universe Earth is open to you.

Pros
Cons

4K resolution support, requirements to run not high
Pure remaster, no additional content

DLC for 2 games packed in one

Graphical upgrade for models is great

FINAL SCORE
8 / 10

Command & Conquer™ Remastered CollectionPublisher: EADeveloper: PetroglyphRelease Date: 2020-06-06Microsoft Windows, Steam
Command & Conquer and Red Alert defined the RTS genre 25 years ago and are now both fully remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members at Petroglyph Games. Includes all 3 expansion packs, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus gallery of unreleased FMV footage, and over 7 hours of legendary remastered music by Frank Klepacki. Welcome back, Commander.

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Zoids Wild – New Animated Series And Game For Switch And Mobile!

Zoids has been a huge mecha franchise that was created by Takara Tomy (TOMY), a Japan toy company. With their previous release of a new Zoids MOBA game for the mobile, Zoids: Field of Rebellion, that was released in Japan for both iOS and Android, they are now coming up with a new animated series and game for the mobile and Nintendo Switch with the title, Zoids Wild (ゾイドワイルド).

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The franchise started out with a small mechanical animal scale model toy back in 1983 by TOMY which was popularized later with multiple spin-off products including anime, manga and games. To celebrate the franchise’s 35th anniversary in 2018, they have announced the new animated series along with two games for the Switch and mobile.

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The new TV animated series will be directed by Norihito Suto from the Pokemon series and written by Mitsutaka Hirota who wrote Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS. The show in expected to be aired this coming Summer in Japan.
Check out their teaser video below:

You can also check out their official site for more info!

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[Guide] Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans G – How to Reroll

Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans G is now available in JP and with its launch comes lots of free pulls that you can start to reroll with.

Unfortunately, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans G does not offer any easy way to reroll for the gundam you want.

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You cannot delete your account from the main menu to start a fresh account so you would have to uninstall and reinstall it to have a fresh new account.
You’ll also need a Bandai Namco ID to save your account so make sure to have one if you have an account you want to keep.
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However, we can provide to you the fastest steps to get all the launch rewards that you can get to immediately roll for your favourite gundam.

As soon as you start up the game for the first time, you’ll be asked to enter your nickname.
Skip through the opening cutscenes and you will be on the login reward screens.

Claim through all of them and you will arrive at the main menu screen.
Unlike other gacha games, the tutorial merely points you to what you should do and not locked you into the tutorial so you can immediately head over to the gift icon to claim your launch rewards.

The Gift menu has two sections, gifts with expiry duration and gifts without it. Claim them both to get a total of 9,500 premium currencies and 11 gacha tickets.

Head over to the Gacha menu from the main menu and you can begin your pulls. The game has four banner and two are for Gundams while the other two are for the Pilots and Scenes.

As stated before, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans G does not come with the option to reroll so you’ll have to manually uninstall the game and start back from step 1 to reroll.
Once you are satisfied with your account, be sure to bind it with Bandai Namco ID so that you would not lose it.

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Prepare For Warp With The Growtopia Star Trek: Prodigy Crossover Event

Ubisoft in association with Paramount Consumer Products announced a new limited-time crossover event in Growtopia with Star Trek: Prodigy.

The event is available now until July 3rd on iOS and Android devices in the App Store, Google Play, and Windows PC.

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During the free event, players will commandeer the U.S.S. Protostar and chart their own course in Growtopia. You can explore the depths of the outer world and prepare to face challenging missions and imminent alien threats.
Upon each mission completion, players will earn in-game rewards inspired by Star Trek: Prodigy, such as the Protostar Captain’s Seat and the Vehicle Replicator.
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Players can look out for rare in-game items that will help them fully transform into their favorite members of the Star Trek Young Crew, including Dal, Gwyn, Rok-Tahk, and Jankom Pog. You can take a look at them in sprite form below:

Developed by Ubisoft Abu Dhabi, Growtopia is a free-to-play, MMO sandbox platformer with crafting, giving players the framework and tools to create interactive worlds where the player can collect seeds, grow trees, harvest, and combine seeds to discover new items to build, make trades or decorate one-of-a-kind worlds.
The game also offers an extensive range of mini-games from parkour challenges, races, mazes, and PvP battles.
Growtopia and its’ Star Trek: Prodigy crossover are available on PC and mobile devices.

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Hololive IF Relax Prize Figures Show Your Favorite Vtubers Getting Comfy

Hololive has released a line of prize figures titled Hololive IF Relax, as part of the Ichibankuji Prize Figures by Banpresto.

Being prize figures, the Hololive IF Relax line are primarily released in Japanese arcades, where you can win them via claw machines.

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That being said, those living outside Japan can still buy the figures via participating Banpresto or Ichibankuji stores, where the rough price point seems to be around 24USD (RM96)  per figure.
The line features 3 Vtubers, Minato Aqua, Shirakami Fubuki and Houshou Marine, all decked out in comfy casual wear instead of their usual official outfits.
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They’re not all out on the market yet, however, as the Fubuki figure is listed as only open for pre order on various sites.
It’s interesting to note that the deviation from the official designs of the characters is a pretty big deal- most alternate outfits are relegated to the more expensive scale figures.
That being said, by virtue of being prize figures the paintjob can be seen as lacking in detail, though they’re still plenty impressive for their price point.
We don’t know how many more Vtubers are going to join the Hololive IF Relax line, though we’ll be sure to keep an eye out for future announcements regarding the figures.

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ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 will have four-player online mode!

ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 has unveiled its four-player online mode! For the first time in the One Piece Pirate Warriors series, you too can bring your own crew of 4 to challenge the various battles you’ll be facing! See the trailer below released for this occasion.

We already know the release date for the game, which is 27 March 2020. You can get it for the Xbox One, Playstation 4, Nintendo Switch and digitally for PC via Steam. The trailer promises online exclusive missions, so be sure to get some friends for those! The Southeast Asian region will have English subtitles with Japanese voice-over.

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Not just that, bonuses for the game have also been revealed! You can get an exclusive 30cm LED Diorama and the Collector’s Box for the KAIDO Edition which you can see in the image below:-

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Day 1 bonuses for the PS4 and Nintendo Switch will include:

Vinsmoke Niji
Vinsmoke Ichiji
Vinsmoke Yonji

The Deluxe Edition for the PS4 will also include an early release for Charlotte Katakuri and a ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 PS4 Custom Theme was a Season Pass bonus.

Get your band together and play online with them in ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4!

ONE PIECE Pirate Warriors 4Publisher: Bandai Namco EntertainmentDeveloper: Bandai Namco EntertainmentRelease Date: 2020-03-27Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Steam, Xbox One
Fight hordes and hordes of enemies as you join the fray as one of the characters in ONE PIECE!

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For the most immersive sound: Razer Opus

Razer, leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, has announced the launch of the Razer Opus wireless headphones. With stunning THX Certified audio and advanced hybrid Active Noise Cancellation, hear sound as the artist intended: pure, crisp, and clear, with no everyday background noise to interfere.

With most streaming services capable of providing high quality audio, a set of headphones to reproduce the detail and nuances of these streams is essential. In comes the Razer Opus, with an Advanced Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling (ANC) system, you can block out all the everyday background sounds. With four dedicated ANC microphones designed to accurately tune out a broad range of external frequencies, users can enjoy a cleaner, uninterrupted listening experience. Hundreds of scientifically formulated tests have also meant the Razer Opus is THX Certified for the best quality of audio reproduction.

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“Through close collaboration with the Opus design team, we were able to provide input throughout the development process.”
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“The result is a high-performance wireless headphone that delivers a rich, balanced soundstage, clear vocals, and deep impactful bass optimized for music, games, and movies.”
Peter Vasay, Head of THX Certification

THX certification requires fine details such as a frequency range and response must be capable of delivering clear, detailed vocals and deep impactful bass with zero distortion at high volumes. The result is a pair of headphones that delivers crystal clear audio with a broad, perfectly balanced soundscape.

“Even with our many years of experience in creating headsets for one of the most demanding audiences in the world, the design of the Razer Opus required us to rethink every detail.”
“With the Razer Opus headphones, we are able to deliver a listening experience that will satisfy even the most discerning audiophile, in any environment.”
Alvin Cheung, Senior Vice President of Razer’s Peripherals Business Unit

The headset’s low weight and plush leatherette foam ear cushions and headband provide a comfortable, pressure-point free fit for long periods of use. Each battery charge lasts up to 25 hours with ANC on, allowing users to enjoy a continued, uninterrupted high-quality sound experience while in a noisy environment. With additional useful features such as the Quick Attention Mode when needing to hear the outside world and the optional 3.5mm analogue input for maximum device compatibility, the Razer Opus is one of the most versatile and adaptable ANC headphones available.
ABOUT THE RAZER OPUS:

THX Certified – For clear vocals & dialog, no distortion, and great noise isolation

Advanced ANC – Hybrid active noise cancellation with 4 dedicated ANC mics

Crafted for Comfort – Plush leatherette foam ear cushions and headband

Opus Mobile App – THX-tuned EQ presets, automatic settings, and battery status

Quick Attention Mode – For situational awareness whenever you need it

Auto Pause / Auto Play – For seamless media playback

On-the-Go Design – Up to 25 hours with ANC on, 3.5mm jack, and carrying case

Drivers: 2 x 40mm dynamic drivers

Weight: 265g

Frequency response: 20 Hz – 20 kHz

Microphone: 4 for hybrid ANC, 2 for voice chat

Connectivity: Bluetooth 4.2 & 3.5mm

Codecs: AAC & APTX, 4.2, A2DP, AVRCP, HFP

The headset will be available at $199.99 USD / €209.99 MSRP, through Razer.com, RazerStores, Amazon.com, and authorized online retailers throughout North America, Europe, China, and Asia Pacific.

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Acer to collaborate with top Twitch streamer ‘Shroud’

Mike “Shroud” Grzesiek, one of the most popular streamers on Twitch is now officially a Predator global brand ambassador! The good news is announced by Acer today, where the top streamer will help amplify Acer’s Predator line of gaming PCs and monitors to his fans and the gaming community.

Calculate, collaborate, dominate! Popular Twitch streamer Mike “Shroud” Grzesiek now officially dons the Predator colors. Welcome to the family, @shroud pic.twitter.com/abNyu7kEZr

— Predator Gaming (@PredatorGaming) April 9, 2019

“I’m excited to be collaborating with Predator,” said Shroud. “I have previously built my own, custom systems and have the highest standards for the gear I use. Streaming every day requires top-of-the-line performance from my hardware and Acer’s Predator PCs and monitors are a great fit for my insane needs.”
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If you are new to Shroud, he is an extremely popular Twitch streamer with over 6 million followers. He started his career as a professional CS:GO player. After retiring from competitive play, he moved on to become full-time streamer and has since accrued a massive fan base across his social media profiles.
Congratulations Shroud and Acer!

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China’s NetEase is in talks to Poach Yakuza Director

According to Bloomberg, an anonymous source has stated that Chinese Corporation NetEase is in final talks to poach Yakuza and Super Monkey Ball director Toshihiro Nagoshi from Sega.

This likely is part of NetEase and rival Chinese publisher Tencent’s strategy to expand further into international video game markets in chasing mass global appeal and due to the higher restrictions being placed in their home country by the Chinese government.

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If the Yakuza director was to move to NetEase he would likely be given his own new studio to create new games. That being said, he has yet to sign an actual contract with NetEase. The contract is allegedly being discussed in private and if it goes through is going to be made public later this year.
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Nagoshi is a veteran developer, who founded the development studio Ryu Ga Gotoku within Sega CS Research and Development No. 1. He is currently helming one of Sega’s most successful franchises with the Yakuza series and is currently working on Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania.
Yakuza: Like A Dragon, the latest game in the series
In recent years, Chinese tech giants have made greater strives to find success in foreign markets. For companies like NetEase and Tencent, the latter being the largest video game publisher in the world, this includes expanding further in Japanese and Western video game markets. The ultimate goal is to create big blockbuster brands that can be used across several mediums like games, movies, and books.
This is especially urgent as the Chinese government has recently announced a new tech security law that will see a higher regulation on the handling of sensitive data. Companies found mishandling ‘core sensitive data’ can be shut down, have licenses revoked, and be fined millions. This does not bode well for large Chinese tech giants who want to grow their monopolies.
NetEase has recently created a new Japanese studio with a focus on console development. It is possible that Nagoshi could be asked to work within this studio or start a new one.
As of right now, neither NetEase nor Sega has commented on Nagoshi’s position in either company.
Nagoshi’s latest game, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania will be released on October 5th for PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC. The game will even feature guest characters in the form of Kazuma Kiryu from Nagoshi’s Yakuza series and Morgana from Persona 5.

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Ni No Kuni II: REVENANT KINGDOM new gameplay video released

Ni No Kuni II: REVENANT KINGDOM has announced its new launch date just about two weeks ago, and now the developers have updated us with a gameplay video showcasing the brand new Kingdom Mode.

In the new Kingdom Building mode, you will be able to build up your kingdom as you like and recruit various denizens to your cause. Ni No Kuni II: REVENANT KINGDOM will be available globally for PC and PS4 on 23 March 2018, stay tuned to their official website and Facebook page for updates!

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NieR Reincarnation Reveals SINoALICE Collaboration

NieR Reincarnation has just announced that the role-playing mobile game will be getting a SINoALICE crossover event on 10th November 2022 or 11th November for the Japanese version.

The SINoALICE crossover is coming soon!

Featuring crossover costumes and much more!#NieR #NieRReincarnation pic.twitter.com/8A97NMcspq
— NieR Re［in］carnation EN (@NieRReinEN) November 7, 2022
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The crossover event between NieR Reincarnation and SINoALICE will be featuring crossover costumes where the characters will be wearing costumes for “Alice”, “Red Riding Hood” and “Snow White” from SINoALICE.

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  The images of the costumes were teased during the reveal announcement trailer on both the Japanese and Global twitter account for NieR Reincarnation.
The game will also be having a crossover countdown campaign that includes character strengthening materials such as a Black Pearl and Advanced Handbooks in preparation for the upcoming event.
To those who are unfamiliar with NieR Reincarnation, it is a is a command-action RPG for mobile devices from Square Enix and Applibot. The story takes place in The Cage where a girl awakens on a cold stone floor and she finds herself in an infinitely vast place filled with buildings that touch the very sky.
Guided by a mysterious creature who calls herself Mama, she begins to explore her new surroundings. To reclaim what she has lost – and atone for her sins -she sets off on a journey through this place of unknown creation.

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China Game Industry Faces Layoffs And More After 5 Months Of Game License Freeze

The China Game Industry has faced layoffs and more ever since the Chinese government put a freeze on new game publishing approval 5 months ago, with many game companies in the country shutting down.

Briefly, the way it works is simple: The Chinese government doesn’t allow games to be published in the country without prior approval from the government. This involves rigid content checks, making sure games don’t go against the government’s values.

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In the midst of their big overhaul, the government had frozen approval for new licenses- meaning no new games could be published in the country.
On the Game Development Side
While obviously bad for the gamers, it’s also terrible for developers. Game development isn’t cheap, and to have your months or even years of hard work suddenly choked out by the license freezing means no means of getting the income to pay your staff.
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According to Securities Daily, 300,000 game companies had reported less than 10 million yuan earnings, with more than 14,000 companies shuttered.
Worse still, game studios that remained open in China were subject to massive layoffs- Covetous Blue Moon publisher Covetous Games saw far less game approvals this year, with only 4 before the license freeze in July.
As a result, Securities Daily says the company has been laying off staff for the past two months, as well as cancelling the year-end bonuses.
This affects small companies the hardest: While big companies like Tencent have many live service games to provide revenue streams, the Chinese Government seems inclined to make things harder, especially with the reported blacklisting of Steam providing a challenge.
Game Companies Head Overseas
If you’re a mega corporation, you can always just buy a publisher outside of China and have your games published through there for the rest of the world
According to the report, many game companies in the country have started heading overseas due to the tightening restrictions.
“The suspension of game license number issuance does have an impact on small and medium-sized game enterprises, but it also forces them to find a way out.” Zhang Yi, CEO and chief analyst of Ai Media Consulting, told the Securities Daily, “In fact, when the issuance of game license numbers was suspended in 2018, some companies realized the importance of ‘going abroad’, and the domestic game ‘going abroad’ The rhythm of the company is accelerating, and some companies’ business focus is even overseas.”
It’s no surprise they would- mega-companies like Tencent have publishers outside of China, and even miHoYo had done the same with its Singapore-registered Cognosphere.
However, not every company can afford this- small indie teams obviously wouldn’t be able to afford a whole remote publisher overseas, and even big companies like Perfect World have had to give up their overseas branches.

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Konami Launches “Memorial” Castlevania NFTs

With larger gaming companies jumping onto the NFT bandwagon, it isn’t too much of a surprise that Konami, a company determined to do everything with their IPs except actually making games with them, would do the same, so here’s Castlevania.

Konami is making a series Castlevania 35th anniversary with an NFT “Konami Memorial Collection”. This will consist of game screenshots, background music, and artwork. You can of course find all of these over the internet for a far lower price.

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One of the NFTs Konami wants to sell. Go on. Take it. You can have it completely for free.
“Konami Memorial NFT is a new initiative to share content that has been loved by players all over the world, for many years. As the company’s first project in this area and with NFTs and blockchain technology in its infancy, Konami will continue to explore new developments and listen to player feedback following this initial collection.”
As you can imagine there has been quite the backlash among the Castlevania fanbase and gamers in general, criticizing Konami for celebrating a franchise as important as Castlevania with what is likely a quick cash grab. Many have pointed out how NFTs are terrible for the environment, steal art from their original artists, and more or less involve paying for nothing.
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Being a Castlevania fan is suffering#Castlevania #FucKonami pic.twitter.com/pbD7d6x6sC
— The Quarter Guy (@TheQuarterGuy) January 6, 2022

Konami doing NFTs now? Instead of doing anything actually worthwhile with Castlevania?
Why am I not surprised? pic.twitter.com/YhJSVR6wAE
— TheNCSmaster (@TheNCSmaster) January 6, 2022

https://t.co/Wu25PBkf0l pic.twitter.com/fGrTTkqKT6
— Matt McMuscles (@MattMcMuscles) January 6, 2022

The NFTs go live on Open Sea on the 13th of January. Overall, I suppose it’s not too surprising that Konami wants to get involved in NFTs. Other major gaming companies like Ubisoft and Square Enix have also shown interest in taking screenshots of their games and convincing people they’re worth millions and have received similar backlash.

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Reality Clash- A creative FPS augmented reality mobile game

It has come to our attention that there’s a mobile augmented reality game that allows player to have a shooting standoff in a virtual field and that’s Reality Clash.

Like Pokemon Go, the camera on the mobile device plays a vital role in this AR game. Besides that, players are able to challenge one another and if they do, a virtual battleground will surround the players. In doing so, players can utilize the virtual objects in the game rather then look around for physical objects or buildings to take cover.

Other than that, there’s a wide arsenal of weapons at players disposal in the mobile game ranging from pistols to rifles and a lot more. Although the game looks like a person-to-person interaction game, it’s not as players can actually duel with other players over the internet.
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Reality Clash is currently available to download on iOS and Android in the UK, Australia and New Zealand but it might get to more territories in the future.

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Mighty Doom Mobile Spin-Off Announces Launch Date In March

Bethesda has announced that the upcoming Doom mobile spin-off, Mighty Doom now has a launch date of March 21st. You can pre-register for the game on its official website.

Unlike the mainline Doom titles, this game will be a top-down shooter with a more chibi art style based on the toy-like collectibles found in the more recent Doom games.

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“Mighty DOOM is an adorably violent top-down, single-touch action shooter introducing the all-new Mini Slayer, set in the animated DOOM universe. Run and gun your way through hordes of adorably violent demons, iconic levels, and challenging bosses as you level up, unlock powerful skills, and upgrade gear and weapons”.
The game is being developed by Alpha Dog Games, which is another subsidiary of Bethesda’s parent company ZeniMax Media. They previously worked on the mobile titles Wraithborne and MonstroCity: Rampage.
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The game will also include pre-registration bonuses for early adopters which come in the form of the Mini-Slayer’s Pack. This pack will include the following items including costumes and weapons:

Baron of Hell Heavy Cannon Weapon Skin
Cacodemon Rocket Launcher Weapon Skin
3 Equipment Keys
1 Weapon Key
80 crystals

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Mighty Doom will launch on the 21st of March for iOS and Android devices.

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Hololive ID Members Kobo and Iofi Are Getting Banned From YouTube In False Flag Attacks

It looks like Hololive ID, the Indonesian branch of Hololive, is facing false flag reports, which has led to talents Kobo and Iofi getting banned and their channels suspended.

Kobo Kanaeru, the newly-debuted Hololive member has reportedly been banned from YouTube no less than twice, whereas first-generation member Airani Iofifteen has also had her channel banned.

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It looks like the terminations seem to be the work of spam bots, who take advantage of streaming guidelines that a streamer has to be responsible for what’s said in their chat.
Screenshots show that these bots would have sexually explicit usernames, posting en masse in the Vtubers chats and getting their channels flagged for hosting sexual content.
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Even though the moderation team removes their explicit messages, the names remain, leading to a channel takedown.

Yang ini? pic.twitter.com/ehxrb0xDwj
— Nandei Monai (@nandei_monai) May 16, 2022

Iofi has sourced screenshots from the community of her chat, showing exactly this situation happening before her stream was taken down and her channel suspended.
“Regarding my channel getting banned, please stay calm because we are working on getting it back while we take a break today. Praying it goes smoothly so tomorrow we can have a collab on Zeta’s channel”, Iofi says.
“Please reply this tweet with screenshot if you have the evidence just before my channel got banned“.
Thankfully, this seems to just be the work of YouTube’s automated process, and Cover Corporation’s use of a multi-channel network should ensure that the girls’ channels aren’t in any serious peril.

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Japan Content Showcase 2017 hold successfully in Tokyo

Japan Content Showcase (JCS), the combination of TIMM, TIFFCOM and TIAF hold successfully at Ikebukuro and Shibuya from 23 October to 26 October. The show has attracted countless audience formed by businessmen and lovers of Japanese culture, with many of them even travelled from their origins.

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Other than the booths and exhibitions, the 4-day show also offers a diversity of seminars. Some of the popular ones including the seminar that discussed the possibility of introducing Japanese content into China, and the one that talked about building businesses which could bridge the content between Japan and China.

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The climax of the show will be the music show, where a total of 19 artists ranging from VOCALOID mixed singer, boys’ idol group to foreign artists has been invited to perform on stage. The audiences are giving passionate response no matter who is on stage! Also, the show prepares film screening section which the participants can choose to watch any of the 22 movies available (most of them had been exhibited at the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival).

Japan Content Showcase looks so much fun as there are many things to experience and we could learn about. We hope there will be an event like this in Malaysia too!

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Ubisoft Collabs with WEBTOON to Release Assassin’s Creed : Forgotten Temple Webcomic

Ubisoft has annoucned that they will be collaborating with WEBTOON to release Assassin’s Creed : Forgotten Temple. The first six episodes will be available on 24th April 2023 at 5pm (PT).

Assassin’s Creed : Forgotten Temple is planned to have a total of three seasons and a total of 150 episodes, with new episodes being released weekly. The original webcomic will be published by REDICE Studio and will expand on the story of Edward Kenway in the aftermath of events of Assasin’s Creed IV: Black Flag.

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This new adventure will have Edward Kenway set on a dangerous quest to find Pieces of Eden on the coasts of the Indian Ocean, as he faces off with new and mysterious adversaries. Readers will also be introduced to Noa, a Korean American descendant of Edward Kenway, who will be investigating the Assassin’s past in the present day; all while searching for information about his family.
“We are thrilled to expand the Assassin’s Creed series to WEBTOON thanks to this amazing collaboration with WEBTOON and REDICE STUDIO. We’ve been working hard with the talented folks at REDICE to craft this original Assassin’s Creed Black Flag sequel and hope that existing fans and new readers around the world will enjoy it”, said Julien Fabre, Ubisoft’s Director of Global TV & Transmedia Business Development.
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“We are beyond excited to collaborate with our partners at Ubisoft and the powerhouse team at REDICE STUDIO to bring this expansion of the Assassin’s Creed universe to WEBTOON readers around the globe,” said WEBTOON’s VP of Content, David Lee. “As longtime fans of the franchise, we can’t wait for readers to see where Edward Kenway’s story goes next. This incredible series will captivate existing fans of the Assassin’s Creed video games while introducing this beloved IP to a new audience on WEBTOON.”

Assassin’s Creed : Forgotten Temple will be available on WEBTOON on 24th April 2023, and will be localised for readers in the US, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, and France,

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Langrisser Mobile to be out for Japan early to middle 2019

Langrisser Mobile, the latest entry in the famed RPG series, will launch for smartphones in Japan sometime between 2019, according to the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu.

Following the cancellation of an MMORPG resurrection that should have happened years ago but didn’t, famed SRPG Langrisser has gotten another shot as mobile game in China. Touted as the sixth entry in the Langrisser series, the game is being published by ZlongGame, while the developer is still unknown at this points.

What we do know about the game so far is that it boasts over 1 million Chinese characters, which means that this will be very plot-intensive. Every hero in the game will have their own class specialisations. There will be several army units such as Imperial Soldier, Berserker and much more. All the heroes will be voiced by popular seiyuus from Japan. There are more than 300 stages to do battle in, while there are over 10 victory conditions.
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Vivo V15 Pro- A Worthy Smartphone For You Priced At Only RM1799

Remember our review for Vivo V15 Pro? An all powerful mid-range smart phone that tops the Vivo NEX. Beating it in terms of cameras and performance, not to mention about the FullView Display.

Offering users a smartphone with innovative design, a pop-up selfie camera hidden behind the display and amazing specifications to game for a mid-range smart phone.

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Check out the specifications:
Vivo V15 Pro Specifications

Size: 157.25 × 74.71 × 8.21mm
Weight: 185 g
Color: Topaz Blue, Ruby Red
Display:  6.39-Inch FHD+ Super AMOLED Ultra FullView Display
Resolution: 2340 × 1080 pixels
CPU: Qualcomm Snapdragon 675AIE Octa-core Processor
OS: Funtouch OS 9 (based on Android 9.0)
Memory:  6GB RAM + 128GB ROM
Camera:

32 MP Front Camera
48 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP Dual-lens Rear Camera

Battery: 3700mAh with Dual-Engine Fast Charging

Guess what? Today (26th) is the announcement date of this amazing smartphone. Vivo V15 Pro in Topaz Blue and Coral Red is now available for pre-order and it comes with a complimentary gift box in Malaysia from 26 February to 1 March 2019. (Via roadshows at select locations, Vivo Concept Stores, authorized dealers and collaboration partners.)

Besides that, Vivo will held a V15 Pro Superday Sale on 2 March 2019 at Sunway Pyramid (Blue Concourse). Early birds will receive a complimentary DJI Tello Drone (on a first come first serve basis) and a Vivo gift box.

The Vivo V15 Pro is priced at only RM1799 and you can pre-order it now. Don’t miss out on all the goodies that comes with the pre-order! For more information, you can head over to their official Vivo Malaysia Facebook.

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Project Tokyo Dolls Revue Starlight Collaboration Announced

Mobile RPG Project Tokyo Dolls is getting a Revue Starlight collaboration later this week, alongside a log-in campaign to give players free Memoria every day up to the event.

Releasing on the 26th of February, the collaboration will see the girls from Project Tokyo Dolls able to dress up in the vibrant outfits from Revue Starlight. While the main cast of the anime has 9 different outfits, the girls from Project Tokyo Dolls can only wear protagonist Karen Aijo’s Revue outfit, complete with her crown. This event will run until March 11th.

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Aside from Karen’s revue outfit, you’ll be able to get other outfits from the anime as well, such as the “Flora” costume from the fictional play Starlight. You can also get the Seisho Music Academy outfit for your characters. Characters can also use Karen Aijo’s sword, Possibility of Puberty
Of course, you’ll also be able to get a UR Karen Aijo herself, complete with her own skills to add to your party.
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To celebrate the event, Square Enix is giving out free Memoria for logging in to Project Tokyo Dolls every day leading up to the Revue Starlight event. From 21-25th February, logging in will get you 200 memoria for your account.
On top of that, the official Project Tokyo Dolls Twitter is having a Retweet campaign, where following and retweeting their post will put you in the running to win special merchandise of the collaboration, featuring art of Karen and Sakura together.

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Project Tokyo DollsPublisher: Square Enix Co.Developer: Square EnixRelease Date: 2017-06-22Android, iOS
Disguised as a rising idol group in Tokyo called DOLLS, Nanami, Reina, Hiyo, Misaki, Sakura, Shiori, Yuki, Aya, Yamada are in fact the country’s special force for eliminating Pygmalion, the extraterrestrial organisms hidden in the city. Those who are influenced by the aliens get deprived of their emotions and memories. The nine DOLLS are the only ones who are resistant to such influences.

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New Teaser Trailer for RGG Summit 2022 now on YouTube

The previously announced RGG Summit 2022 got a teaser trailer for their livestream happening on 14th September at 19:00 JST. Called Storm the Castle, the teaser trailer is now available on YouTube.

You can join the hype for the summit by watching the teaser on the YouTube platform down below.

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Furthermore, SEGA has stated that you can learn more from the latest updates and announcements from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio such as Yakuza: Like A Dragon Ishin! Kiwami which was just announced and many more on the RGG Summit 2022 Livestream.
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio will be holding the RGG Summit on September 14th at 19:00 JST on YouTube here. The Livestream will also go live on SEGA’s official Twitch channel so you can check it out here if you prefer to watch the livestream on Twitch.
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The livestream will also come together with English simultaneous interpretation for your enjoyment so be sure to set the date and time  on your calendar to watch it as soon as it goes live.
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio is a video game developer and is known for their Yakuza series. Lost Judgement is the latest game made by the studio which was released back in 2021. You can check out our review if you want to try the game out.

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Akashic Re:cords is Up in Stores NOW!

Akashic Re:cords is now up in stores! If you want to know more about the game, you may refer to our previous written article about it here. The game has just been released today in the Japan Google PlayStore and the AppStore. Here below is the trailer for it.

Akashic Re:cords is an RPG game. The game features pretty interesting story and battle systems. There were not much details released previously. However they are now revealed in their official webpage. Here are some screen shots of the battle scenes.

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One of the key features of the game is that it offers multi-players to join in your game. There are quests where it requires you to team up with friends to complete the quest. Here are the screenshots of it.

There is also a mode for players who are competitive gamers. A PVP mode for players to rumble with other players’ team. There is a “chain break” mechanism that enables players to break opponent’s combo chains to interrupt their attacks.

The game also offers to accommodate diversity of players with a skills system. For each unit has it’s own type, skill and weaponry, players are free to construct their teams strategically and based on the gameplay that they like. This makes all characters in the game unique on its own! Here are the screenshots for it.

Overall the game seems interesting with great graphics and features. However the game is only released in Japan and has yet to be released in English for the global version. If you’d like to download the game and try it for yourselves however, the link is provided below:
Google PlayStore or Apple AppStore: http://hyperurl.co/5ph20a
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Story of Seasons: Reunion in Mineral Town is a remake that’s headed for Nintendo Switch

Marvelous Inc. has announced a remake of Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town from the Game Boy Advance. Story of Seasons: Reunion in Mineral Town will be heading for the Nintendo Switch this 17 October 2019.

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Story of Seasons: Reunion in Mineral Town is meant to be a full remake. It not only covers Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town but also Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town, which is the version where the main character is a girl instead. This means you can expect to play as either gender and enjoy the game in the way you prefer.

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Currently, the announcement only mentions that the game will be launching on 17 October 2019 in Japan. However, we’re confident that it will be getting an English version sooner rather than later. Stay tuned for updates on that!
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Star Wars : Force Arena is now available on iOS and Android

If you are a Star Wars fan, here comes a good news for you! Star Wars : Force Arena developed by Netmarble Games and Lucasfilm is now launched on iOS and Android platform. The game is available on a total of 154 countries worldwide. You can also read more about the in-game features in our previous covered article!

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Star Wars : Force Arena is a real-time PvP mobile game. Player can choose to join the Empire or the Rebellion. Thus leading a squad of unit formed by the Star Wars characters to battle or cooperate with players around the world.

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More than 80 kinds of Star Wars character cards such as Han Solo and Darth Vader is up for player to collect. Characters from the latest Star Wars movie “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is included too!

There is also a global ranking system which divides the players into 7 different classes. Players will be ranked based on the points they get from the battle. The ranking refreshes every two weeks, while the players with high scoring will receive powerful cards as a reward. The higher the player ranks, the more the legendary card he/she is able to get!
Other than that, a guild system is unlocked when player reaches level 3. This allowed up to 50 players to form a powerful team, enable them to chat among themselves in real time. Players can also play a friendly or normal match with the guild members and receiving rewards from the win.

As a celebration of its global launch, Netmarble Games will be giving out daily login rewards from 12th to 25th January. Hurry up before it is too late!
Or you can check out for more information at their official website here.
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Identity V and Detective Conan reveals Mouri Kogorou!

In a short teaser clip originally uploaded back in May, details regarding the Identity V and Detective Conan collaboration has at last revealed one character: Mouri Kogorou, the Sleeping Detective himself! See the original teaser below:

The Detective Conan collaboration is currently only confirmed for the China server of Identity V, so players in other servers will have to wait and see how the licensing issues work out. Detective Conan is localized as Case Closed for the west, and names for characters have likewise been changed.

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We can probably reasonably assume that the titular Conan himself will be playable in some form, being the protagonist. Other characters we could peg to be playable would of course include Mouri Ran, Kogorou’s daughter, and maybe one or even both Shuichi Akai and Tooru Amuro considering their immense popularity, in at least Japan (even if the collab won’t be heading their way yet). It wouldn’t be a stretch to assume that any of the Black Organization or Kaitou Kid might appear as skins for either Survivors or Hunters themselves.

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With one character revealed, players can probably expect information regarding the collab to be rolling out over the next days or weeks until the start of the collab proper.
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Identity VDeveloper: NeteaseRelease Date: 2018-04-02Android, iOS
Join the Thrilling Party! Welcome to Identity V, the first asymmetrical horror mobile game developed by NetEase. With a gothic art style, mysterious storylines and exciting 1vs4 gameplay, Identity V will bring you a breathtaking experience.

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Horizon Forbidden West to release sometime 2021

Horizon Forbidden West will be launching on the Playstation 5 sometime in 2021, according to an announcement by game director Mathijs de Jonge.

“With the additional power of the PlayStation 5, we can make the world even more detailed, more vibrant, and more immersive.”
“With the PS5’s SSD, there will be virtually no loading screens. Restarting from a checkpoint will be super fast, and when you boot up the game, you’re right there, in the action.”

Mathijs de Jonge

Horizon Forbidden West will be Guerrila Games’ follow up to the acclaimed Horizon Zero Dawn, where Aloy will be heading out to the titular west, from Utah to the Pacific coast. From media shown so far, new machine creatures will definitely be on Aloy’s agenda, including some that look based off crocodiles and giant tortoises as she explores the new region’s lakes and rivers.

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It’ll surely be a while yet before we get any new information regarding the characters in the new region as well, so sit tight and we’ll see if and when more will be shown off at events later during the year. So here’s an oft repeated question: what would you want to see most when Horizon Forbidden West releases in 2021?
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Digimon V Pet Color Adds Fire Breathing Dinosaurs To The Joy Of Parenting

Like many people pushing their third consecutive decade, mine is a soul full of nostalgia. Thankfully, big marketing knows this, and the past couple years have been full of great pandering to my childhood, as they come for my wallet a second time all these decades later.

Throwback boxes for throwback products is a decision I will always approve of
Leading this charge is the Digimon V Pet Color. A re-imagining of the original Digimon V Pets that first taught us responsibility and, subsequently, loss in the Clinton years, this project really sets the bar for how good your nostalgia bait needs to be.

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For us, we specifically got the V Pet Color Version 1 and Version 2– the ones best known for sporting Agumon and Gabumon. While mostly similar, there’s a lot of neat flourishes between them- stuff like slightly different effect art. It should be noted that even with the original V Pets, different versions were more about the Digimon inside them- so those should be the primary force between any kind of buying decision.
What A Pretty Screen
By and far the star of the Digimon V Pet Color is its LCD screen. Unlike the dot matrix of the original pet, this updated screen instead paints a picture of how you probably remembered the experience. It’s really stunning seeing these Digimon brought to life this way- Digimon like Gabumon look so much more alive when you manage to include details like the stripes and its weird fur coat.
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You even see it in the battle effects too- MetalGreymon’s giga destroyers look great on the screen, instead of just being generic Bullet Bills to fire at your enemies.
A periodic reminder that Virus-type MetalGreymon is actually the best of all the Greymon
While that’s all great, what really impresses me is the amount of restraint they had in adding features with the screen. Despite having technology decades ahead of the original V pet, the V Pet Color acts like it’s running the same kind of tech. Sprite animations are incredibly limited, and it even keep the same menu style at the top and bottom of the screen.
The best mimicry, however, comes in the form of the backgrounds- these are made to look like the same static backgrounds of its predecessor, but can actually change depending on the time of day. Your Digimon will now frantically pace against a beautiful sunset or night sky, and depending on your actions you can even bag additional backgrounds for your Digimon.
Like I can’t stress how much the restraint helps with the nostalgia factor. As much as I loved the Vital Bracelet, having to do things like check an app takes you out of that original fantasy- that you’re playing with a V Pet again. With the V Pet Color these ideas are preserved nicely, since you’re still just navigating menus to clean up poop and tucking your little buddy in.
The Joys Of Parenting

Of course, there’s plenty to say about the actual act of raising your mega-bite-buddies. This is where the genius of the V Pet Color really shines. All the core tenets are there- you need to feed your Digimon, train them and the like. But considering we are no longer 7 years old with all the time in the world, a lot of changes have since been made to actually make it feasible in the modern age. Evolution times have been drastically shortened- you can get to the new Mega stage in about a week.
This sounds great at first glance, but it does make a bit of a mess when it comes to the evolution process. For those unaware, the Digimon V Pets are all about building the pre requisite stats to access the next stage. One tree of Evolution is always aimed at poorly raised Digimon, using the Care Mistakes stat. This includes letting your Digimon soak in its own filth, or waking it up in the middle of the night. Since these are all tied to the Digimon’s internal clock, you need to be actively targeting these Digimon or you run the risk of just not having enough time to meet the requirements to guarantee them.

I should point out it’s refreshing how unlike anything else raising a V Pet is. Even in the office we’ll suddenly get caught off-guard by a Digimon suddenly screaming for attention, either because it’s hungry or just crapped itself. Thankfully, if you’ve got enough screaming, needy things in your life, the V Pet does sport volume controls, but at times they can feel like they don’t do enough to actually keep the damn thing down.
That being said, there’s a lot of great new features too. I’m especially a fan of the Quest Battles- this adds a kind of multi-Digimon gauntlet, which helps you build up their win rate for evolutions, a key component for anything past the Champion stage. If you’re not in the habit of raising two Digimon at the same time then pitting them against each other, you’re going to want to use this mode to get your Digimon to their full potential. That’s no excuse for neglecting the regular training minigame though, since you’ll need it to boost your strength for those arena fights.
Genuine Quality Of Life
From the time-changing backgrounds to the new Mega-level Digimon, all of the features here add value while also feeling like they would have belonged on the original VPet
Of course, the joy of re-imagining a product like this is the amount of quality of life features you can sneak in. There’s a lot of modern Digimon features that made it in, like Jogress/DNA Digivolution or the Mega stage altogether. There’s also the absolute godsend of a USB-C charging cable. Your Digimon can finally die from your neglect, not the limits of its batteries.
That battery lasts a while, too. At no point in my own play time did I ever actually find myself worrying about the battery. Due to the more limited featureset, its got a surprising amount of life to it. I’d still recommend charging it regularly just so you don’t actually find out what happens when it’s low on battery, but it’s good to know that a day of doting on your Vedemon isn’t going to put you into panic mode by dinner time.
The other really good feature is the storage mode. If you yearn for a pre-partum life you can just ethically chuck your Digimon into the freezer- meaning no more screaming, poop or child neglect lawsuits while you enjoy a night out without 8-bit screaming. There’s also an alternate folder storage, which is more for if you think you’ve already attained Digital Perfection via Whamon but want another Digimon to fuss over in the mean time.
It’s not even about helping adults play with the V Pet- the fantasy of people spending all day doting on a single toy just isn’t feasible for anyone regardless of age, so having these kind of tools make it possible to have certain days where you just wanna hang out with your Whamon all day and other days where it’s just quite literally chilling out next to the fish and chicken.
Closing Thoughts
Use the built in Key-chain to always ask yourself, “What would Numemon think?”
For as great as the Digimon V Pet Color is, there’s naturally some gripes to go with it. Like I said earlier, trying to do a completionist run is going to be hard without some military precision on neglecting your Digimon just enough. There’s also the rosters itself- just like the original V Pet, stages past Champion are a little to the blase side, since you go from an impressive spread to really three routes, all largely defined by your Digimon’s win rate.
Seriously, I get that you wanted to stay true to the original V Pet’s roster but having Mamemon and his kin show up in both the V1 and V2 is extremely frustrating since I don’t think anyone willingly wants to gun for that for any reason outside of the hardcore completionists and the five Mamemon fans.
Still, that kind of nitty-gritty works for the Vpet Color as well. There’s lots of other new features as well, such as Traited Eggs to encourage you to try again after your beloved Betamon bites it. Basically this means that every next life cycle of your Digimon might give it a slight power boost, but you won’t know unless you try again. Poetic, right?
All in all though, the Digimon V Pet color is a truly unique experience that’s worth the RM319 price tag just on novelty alone. It’s an all-in-one toy that doesn’t require you to change screens or the like- and thanks to the Quest Battle mode, the ability to battle other V Pets feels more like an add-on rather than an essential part of play. Malaysian fans can get it via Impulse Gaming, and there’s even more versions coming in future- so you’ll definitely want to scratch your parenting itch with these Digital Monsters.

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Review- The Game To Die For

Today is the day that Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice came out and yes we did get one to play. Before playing, we summon what’s left of our courage from the demo to jump into this gorgeous world of Sengoku Era. Before going into the review, to those unfamiliar with Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, it is a Dark Souls-esque game developed by FromSoftware, creators of Dark Souls and Bloodborne series.

Story

Right of the bat, we get to witness the amazing cinematic stories of the game. From it, we know that the protagonist is called Wolf and he’s an orphan that lost everything in the great war. Without the will to live on, he was taken in by Owl and brought up into a Shinobi. Then, he was later on given a task to protect Divine Heir of Ashina Clan. Speaking of the Divine Heir, he possessed the Dragon’s Blood which is a kind of blood imbued with sacred powers. (will go into more detail later) With special blood carried in Divine Heir’s body, he was then kidnapped by the enemies for their evil scheme. Bound to protect the young lord, nothing will stop Wolf in his perilous quest to save the Divine Heir.
Gameplay

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In the beginning of the game, we get to play as Wolf who has lost everything by that time. Then we were given our first quest to rescue the Divine Heir, with that we set off to where he is. At first, there’s no weapon so we have to sneak past the guards by being one with the shadow. Along the way, we get to eavesdrop on enemies to gain intel which is a pretty new mechanic to us. After receiving Kusabimaru, a blade once thought lost, we went to pick up what we left in the demo. The combat still feels really cool and the posture bar keeps us on toe knowing that it will break anytime. Besides that, dealing Shinobi Deathblow to enemies when their posture breaks is still very satisfying as ever. All fun comes to an end when the Ashina Clan Commander have our ass handed to us and kidnap the Divine Heir. Worst of all, he even sliced off Wolf’s arm.
Shinobi Prosthetic

Gone with the old ones come with the new, Wolf received the Shinobi Prosthetic from the Sculptor who kind of saved him back there. This artificial arm here is like a Swiss Army Knife, it has a lot of form and can be used in various situation. To unlock its many form, players will have to look around for prosthetic tools and bring it to the Sculptor for upgrades. Moreover, players will be able to use the Grapple Hook right away after they receive the arm. A tool that turns Wolf into a Spider-Man, allowing him to travel around easily and pull himself towards enemy. Other than that, there are many different forms for players to unlock but we have only unlock some so far. For instance; the Loaded Shuriken, the Flame Vent, the Loaded Axe and the Mist Raven. In the demo, we got to try out the other three except for the Mist Raven. It’s a tool that allows player to turn into mist and teleport to enemy’s blind spot. Putting all that aside, we also notice that the Sculptor is missing an arm and that made us believe that he once wore the Shinobi Prosthetic. To back this up, the Sculptor is the one that provides Wolf with Combat Arts.
Skills

Besides tools,  Wolf has skills at his disposal to help him take down enemies flashily and effectively. The skills in Sekiro is really broad and it includes Combat Arts, Prosthetic Arts, and Latent Skills (Passive). Players can assign the Combat Art of their choice in the equipment load out and can be used by pressing L1+ R1. However, there’s a catch to Combo Arts because only one Art can be used at a time. Aside from that, there’s the Prosthetic Arts which improves the attack coming out from the Shinobi Prosthetic. Lastly, there’s the Latent Skill which is a passive ability in Sekiro. For Latent Skills, it will always remain active after you buy one. For example, the Suppress Presence that reduces an enemy’s ability in perceiving those who are in stealth.
Items

For the items in Sekiro, there’s an abundant of it and you’ll receive two in the beginning. That’s the Healing Gourd which was handed down by Lord Kuro and the Homeward Idol, an item Wolf had since young. These two are the only items that won’t disappear after using it. Moreover, the Healing Gourd can be upgraded by bringing Gourd Seeds to Emma. So far in the game we were able to obtain items like; Pellets for health regeneration overtime, Oil to make enemies vulnerable to “Burn”, and many more.
Bosses

Like what we mention before, there’s mini bosses planted in the map aside from REAL bosses. Personally, we think that these mini bosses are like the real ones because they are SUPER DUPER hard to beat.  As for the REAL bosses? It took us more than 30 times to take down the first boss in the game. Still, we love it because of how amazing FromSoftware depict this Old Japan. For your information, you can skip the mini boss by evading them but not for the real ones.
Dragon’s Blood & Dragonrot

Everything comes with a price and the same goes to Wolf’s resurrection in the game. With each resurrection Wolf goes through, the NPC around him will fall sick and that’s the Dragonrot. With NPC falling sick, players will not be able to advance the NPC’s quest until they are cured. To cure them, players will have to seek for Emma who will be the one to come out with an antidote. So how did Wolf receive the ability to resurrect? It was said that it’s a Divine Blessing or a curse by the Divine Heir and we aren’t even sure of it because we haven’t finish the game.
Verdict

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a wonderful game where players get to experience what Sengoku Era is and FromSoftware did really well in producing it. The combats in the game are so clean and smooth that you’ll have no problem with it except for the enemies and bosses you face. Besides that, the game designs and the sounds from the game are pretty top notch. From the amazing world to a simple sound of swords clashing, everything is exquisite. Lastly, I would like to take back from saying it’s easier to play than Dark Souls because it’s not.
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The Review

                    Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

9
Score

A pretty cool game but is difficulty is out of this world. Everything in the game is so smooth from how the world looks to the tiniest detail in battle. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is a must play game in your list!

PROS
 Amazing depiction of Sengoku Era Old Japan The combat system in the game is smooth and fresh Players get to play as a Shinobi with a badass arm-weapon The skills in the game is really cool and pretty broad The story is very immersive

CONS
 The difficulty in the game is really hard  There's no multiplayer support in the game

Review Breakdown

9/10
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Pre-registration for Cultist Simulator opens

France-based development studio Playdigious has just announced a mobile port of its strategy game Cultist Simulator, something which was previously a PC exclusive.

With support for English and Simplified Chinese languages, the game combines the roguelike and combat card game genre.

This hybrid isn’t exactly new, and when done well, can provide for a very satisfying experience. Cultist Simulator is due for the Android and iOS platforms sometime in Spring 2019. As of time of publication, only pre-registrations for the Android version is open, so be sure to sign up if you are looking forward to this game.
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Digimon Survive Further Delayed to 2022

The ever missing Digimon Survive has been confirmed to yet again be delayed, it has now been confirmed to come out in 2022.

This was confirmed by Digimon Survive Producer Kazumasa Habu who stated on the official Digimon Games Twitter account that they have made the decision to push the game back to next year.

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#Digimon fans, please read this message from Digimon Game Producer, Habu Kazumasa: pic.twitter.com/EH9FONY1MP
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Habu acknowledges and thanks fans for their patience and says that this was not an easy decision but it was ultimately necessary so that the team have more development time to further enhance the quality of the game.
Digimon Survive was first announced in July 2018 as the newest installment in Digimon video games. The game is going to be a strategy game with survival and visual novel elements. The game revolves around a group of students in an activities camp over spring break which is transported to the digital world.
Now the group must survive not only the harsh environment, and lack of food, water, and shelter but also the monstrous Digimon that may attack. Of course, they have their own partner Digimon to help out as well.
Survive has been delayed several times since then, in part due to needing further development and partially due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The game has been spotted on several international rating boards over the past couple of months, suggesting that it may be nearer to completion. We can only hope that this will be the last delay and Digimon Survive really will see a 2022 release.
Digimon Survive is will be released on Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

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Genshin Impact 3.7 Livestream Highlights

The Genshin Impact 3.7 version update is soon approaching, and with it a plethora of new content coming to the game. And without further ado, here’s what the update has in store with us.

Main Event
The main event for the Genshin Impact 3.7 version will center on the Genius Invocation TCG where travelers will be venturing to different locations throughout Teyvat. In addition, new cards will be added to the Genius Invocation TCG mini game.

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New Character
4 Star Dendro Sword – Kirara
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New Event Wishes
Phase 1 event wishes rate up banner features some familiar faces with Yoimiya and Yae Miko, as well as the brand new character in Kirara.
Meanwhile, phase 2 will see a rerun banner rate up in Kaedehara Kazuha and Alhaitham.

New Story Quest
The 3.7 update will see a brand new Story Quest featuring the easy going Yoimiya titled: Carassius Auratus Chapter: Act II

New Hangout Event
The new hangout event will feature Kaveh, the architect behind the Palace of Alcazarzaray.
New and Returning Events
  The stream then ended off with a short teaser showing a potential new mechanic that will be coming to Genshin Impact as travelers prepare to set foot in the upcoming region, Fontaine.

Primogem Codes
And not forgetting the most important piece of information from the livestream, the primogem codes. The codes are as follows:

XT82F8JZS4TR
2SRKFQ2YSMVV
5A92W9JZBLCH

That’s all from the Genshin Impact version livestream highlights, we’ll see you in 3.7, travellers!

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