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Shovel Knight is getting challenge mode along the free Plague of Shadows update

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/04/challenge_mode_to_accompany_shovel_knights_plague_of_shadows_update

I think this could potentially be a really good idea.

>post format

>short redtext saying whats up

>provide links to source for information

Anything video games related, just need enough people contributing and it could be a very useful and informative thread.

http://nichegamer.com/2015/04/indie-crpg-serpent-in-the-staglands-reveals-its-release-date/

>Indie CRPG Serpent In The Staglands Reveals Its Release Date

>May 18th

http://nichegamer.com/2015/04/xbox-avatars-are-being-integrated-into-windows-10/

https://twitter.com/majornelson/status/590232610732806145

>We’re bringing the Avatars app to Xbox fans in the Windows 10 preview - more to share later this week.

Gentoo would never do that to you.

>>13626

OH FUCK is it going to be good though?

>>15044

I think a bigger question is whether Square-Enix will feel like localizing it, and if so, will it be for both the PS3 and PS4 version, or will it just be for the PS4 in the west like they're doing with Dragon Quest Warriors.

There's been issues with GTAV accounts being hacked (poor security) and Rockstar has shit for customer service and is just hanging up on people.

Total War: Warhammer gets a trailer

>>14321

wait, what about rebirth 2? is that the one we got some months back?

I like how this thread is going.

I don't know how to news so I'll just list some somewhat recent PC game releases

Trine 3 is now on early access:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/319910/?snr=1_4_4__100_12

404Sight - Free(as in free beer) Runner type game set in a stylized internet, created by college grads as a "pro net neutrality" game. Is a bit unoptimized and the resolution is very stretched out without any option to change it yet but it's a nice game and it gives me hope for UE4.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/361630/

Can't think of much else yet.

http://www.panachedigitalgames.com/#!project/c1atk

Ancestors : the Humankind Odyssey announced

It's by Patrice Desilets. If the name sounds familiar, he's the guy that was the creator of Assassin's Creed and director for 1 and 2. You may also remember him from the thorough ass fucking he suffered form Ubisoft when he left them after Brotherhood to make his own studio with THQ, who subsequently went down and sold his studio to Ubisoft, who then confiscated all his work and fired him as soon as the paperwork was done.

http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/aboutpaidcontent

Steam is introducing paid mods.

>>15228

The modders only get 25% of the sales. The rest goes to Valve.

http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/about/?appid=72850

They need to earn $100 for each payout, so their mod(s) need to sell/earn $400 before they see any money.

steamcommunity.com/workshop/workshoppaymentinfofaq/

>>15235

>The rest goes to Valve.

Scratch that. I'm sure the publishers get some of it as well. They deserve it, I'm sure, for all the hard work they did on the mod.

There's early access mods for sale now.

>>15237

Who the hell would pay for a mod? Who the hell makes money off a mod? The whole scene struck me as enthusiast, not commercial.

>>15239

>Who the hell would pay for a mod?

The sort of people who buy weapon and costume DLC, I suppose.

>Who the hell makes money off a mod?

Valve, Bethesda, scammers and occasionally the modders.

Overall it is an enthusiast hobby. There's been times were modders will get hired at companies or mods will later be released as stand alone games but this is basically fan-made DLC.

gematsu.com/2015/04/western-dungeon-travelers-2-four-censored-images

>Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal presented some challenges during the localization process — specifically, adapting some of the fan service content to western sensibilities. Localization by nature requires some changes to be made for content to be understood en masse, which is why Atlus worked closely with developer Aquaplus to preserve the game’s themes and content to its fullest.

>In order to comply with restrictions set forth by rating boards, Atlus made concessions on just four in-game images. On these images, some minor edits were made (and approved by the developer) to adjust the overt graphics to within acceptable ranges for the game’s M-rating.

>Atlus is committed to being one of the leading publishers of niche JRPGs, and are very aware of what impact censorship can have on import titles; we are confident that the changes we made to the images in Dungeon Travelers 2 were the least invasive possible to still be eligible for a release in the west.

>Thematically, the game remains as true as possible to the original Japanese version, including the preservation of the original Japanese audio.

>>15261

>I want to stress again that the changes to the images are just minor edits. A lot of people are quick to assume that it’s nudity-related, when even the Japanese version had no full-nudity images. As a company, we looked at all the game’s content and identified the images that we assumed would be the most difficult to get by ratings boards. Through consultations, we were made aware of what images would have pushed the game to an AO rating, a classification that would prevent the game from being releasable in the US, period.

>So what did we do? We tried to do right by our fans: we took the feedback about the images and worked with the developer to keep the images in question as close to the original as possible, but reduce their objectionable nature. We do not plan on releasing the unedited images, but the changes are so minor, we are confident that it’s as close to the Japanese release as possibly allowed.

http://nichegamer.com/2015/04/dungeon-travelers-2-to-have-slight-censoring-to-avoid-esrbs-ao-rating/

So they're censoring them before even getting to the ratings board? I'm guessing it's non-nude sexy images.

>>15261

>>15265

Not news (hence the sage) but hilarious: this game is added to Neofag's rule of 'you don't get to talk about this'.

www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=161361013&postcount=477

Also the creator of Neofag thinks the Vita should 'pretty much be illegal at this point' (the thread this was posted in was locked, obviously).

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=161421571&postcount=604

http://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2015/04/24/uk-pre-orders-take-a-nosedive-as-gamers-grow-wary

>Nine percent of those asked responded saying they've cut back on pre-orders in the last year, while 11 percent haven't pre-ordered anything at all. Only five percent of those asked said they pre-ordered more games, while 49 percent never pre-ordered anyway. About 10 percent hadn't changed their pre-ordering habits, while the rest didn't know.

>In fact, all of Europe is seeing a decline, with UK, France, Germany and Spain pre-orders dropping 12 percent, meaning 10.3 million gamers have stopped or reduced the number of titles they pre-order.

>>15471

Haha oh yes this industry can get fucked. This is great.

Friendly reminder that if you want people to click your link(s,) you should archive it using https://archive.is/

>>15518

Though pleasant, there is no obligation to. Consequently, you're being rather rude. Let people link what they want to link and trust others to click what they want to click.

>>15519

It depends on the person's beliefs

Archive was standard months ago, and some people dont want to give views to some websites, even when they have decent or relevant articles

>>15521

>>15518

Copy and paste it in archive.is if it's a site you want to avoid.

>>15521

I am aware.

>>15518

Why not archive.today?

>>15526

archive.is is archive.today.

>>15519

>>15522

Some people browse with js disabled and prefer not visiting plain http sites. it would be greatly appreciated if alongside the original link anon also posted the archive.is link. A mere suggestion.

>>15632

I could see that set being censored a bit, but who knows. Xenoblade shares item looks and sets across different characters, and Lynn is the only underage character in the party. Xenoblade Chronicles also had some risque outfits too. I guess it's just wait and see. With this and Fatal Frame, we'll know once and for all if NoA is out to censor their games, or if it's mostly their localization studios they hire things out too in the case of Fire Emblem.

>>15531

Absolutely this. Security is of the utmost importance to many of us.

>>15632

I'm expecting either an age-up or a widening of that strap

>dat slick, lickable belly

Hidetaka “Swery” Suehiro’s D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die confirmed for PC.

>The Access Games-developed game was previously an Xbox One exclusive, and it came in individual episodes. “The proponent for this port was a presentation I did at the Game Developers Conference, where I showed off a PC version that we made to show off the recreation of human emotions and sensations we could provide, even without Kinect. This was playable with only a mouse,” said Suehiro when speaking to Famitsu.

>“Before my presentation, we had a lot of fans who expressed their desire to play D4, but they unfortunately didn’t own an Xbox One. However, once people knew a PC version was made, they were very supportive of it getting a full release, on social media.”

>Swery continued in detailing the development progress of the PC version. “This past month, the staff has been working very hard to get all components of the game ported to PC, so hopefully in May we’ll just be focused on bug fixing.”

No release date yet.

>>15922

>“If we were to put the content of both sides into one, we’d have no choice but to set the price as [the value of] two games, and that wouldn’t be fair to players that are just going to play one route.”

It's really unfair that somebody who paid for an entire games and decided not to play all of the content had to pay the same price as everybody else? Is that what he meant to say because that's pretty dumb.

I like the idea of two separate games (assuming they're different enough ala the Zelda Oracle games) but DLC is a poor reason to do it and I'm surprised they said it openly.

Also I'm hearing that there's a third route that's completely DLC, fucking Jesus.

>>15930

He's saying that to release the game with both routes would make them have to charge twice as much, which would be unfair to people who only play one route.

The unfair part isn't so much what they're playing, it's how much they're being charged.

And yes, it's still bullshit.

>>15935

So the game would be too big and cost too much to produce to be covered by the standard 3DS game cost? So the individual games are going to cost less than the average 3DS game?

If it's two big, separate games then I get it - if it's something like Pokemon, then it's a rip-off. I know Japan is getting a boxed edition with both so I'm guessing they'll do that for the West.

>The unfair part isn't so much what they're playing, it's how much they're being charged.

That people who are only interested in one route would have to pay for both of them if they were one game?

>>15945

All the information we have suggests it's like Sacred Stones's route split, except the split makes the story entirely different and there's roughly four times as many maps unique to each route split plus unique characters. The only way this could be Pokemon shit is if they're straight up lying about 90% of what they say.

Keep in mind that buying additional routes comes at a 60% discount in Japan–the base game is $40 but extra routes are only $15.

If they're telling the truth and each route is really full enough of content that they could be their own game this is a really good deal. I suspect it's not that good but I'm optimistic that we're not being completely jewed.

>>15960

Fair enough; I haven't been paying attention to it so I wasn't aware of the map amount. Pokemon was just an example of what I think would be a worst case scenario.

>Keep in mind that buying additional routes comes at a 60% discount in Japan–the base game is $40 but extra routes are only $15.

Does the additional routes include the one from the game you don't own or new DLC? So, if you buy one game you can buy the other game and the third route for the extra $15?

That does sound pretty good but, I agree, it's hard to stay optimistic about these sort of things. Hopefully that's the case though.

>>15967

It works out that you buy the game for $40, and you get whichever of the first two routes you want. Then you can buy the other route for $15 and the third DLC route for $15, so it's $70 for all three routes.

This is just JP prices though, we don't even know for sure if they're selling it as a split game in NA since the Direct made it sound like NA is just getting the "both routes" bundle.

>>15981

What the hell.

Video games should never cost more than 40 bucks.

>>15984

3DS games shouldn't, yeah. The idea that a certain amount of content justifies splitting the game into different versions and charging extra sounds jew as fuck. And it's a damn slippery slope that devs have been trying to push customers down for a while.

>>15985

You mean like Pokemon ?

>>16006

I never liked it in Pokemon either, but I can see why it was done to force users to go out and trade with each other, which is a lot of the point of the series. I stopped really playing them after Gold and Silver when you needed multiple people with different games to get them all, and not just one or two.

>>16013

At least Gen III had the different antagonist teams but it ended up being pointless because Emerald had both of them.

The manga The Heroic Legend of Arslan is getting a PS3/PS4 musou style game by Koei. (I don't think it's a confirmed musou game but it appears to be an action-based series so it wouldn't be surprising if it is one.)

D4's PC releasedate is the 5th of June.

>Steam, the Humble Store, GOG.com, Playism, etc.

Wildfire - a 2D stealth game that involves fire - got funded on Kickstarter.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dhindes/wildfire-0?ref=nav_search

Might be cool. Might be shit.

Super Bunny Hop (Despite him being in that list) made an investigative video concerning Kojima and Konami. It got a DMCA and got taken down so someone else re-uploaded it and if anything it seems to prove that the anonymous source may not have been lying because if he was Konami wouldn't have taken the video down.

>>16378

Downloading the alpha. Looks interesting, though I'm not a fan of the super-minimalist pixel art style.

>>16610

Neither do I, I think pixel sprites need some facial features even if it's just two eye dots, but at least they're going to get a proper animator to make better fire effects for them. That and better sound effects seems to be the whole point of the kickstarter, judging by the graph. Though that doesn't take into account the stretch goes achieved. The saving allies looks like a good addition.

They've put effort into the background and it wasn't done out of laziness, so it probably won't bug me too much.

>[Konami's] new CEO, Hideki Hayakawa, recently spoke to Nikkei Trendy (via NeoGAF), in which he said a few bold statements regarding mobile gaming.

>“We are going to pursue development of mobile games aggressively,” said Hayakawa. “Our main development platform will be mobile devices. Power Pro and Winning Eleven are examples of the pay-as-you-play model we’re focusing on. Our future games have to move from selling “items” to selling “features.”

>He continued to point out their new business model. “We noticed that people who buy physical [retail] games are still motivated to buy extra content. The sales of Power Pro has really motivated us to push more of our popular series into mobile development.”

>“While gaming has branched out onto a multitude of platforms, we always feel like mobile is the platform closest to us. Mobile is where the future of gaming really is.”

>“We still hope that overseas releases such as MGSV and Winning Eleven do well, but we are still thinking about how to really push our franchises onto mobile, overseas.”

>Finally, Hayakawa talked up the role of mobile games in branching the divide between hardcore and casual. “As with multiplatform titles, there’s no point in dividing the market up anymore. Mobiles are going to be the bridge in between the general public, and the gaming world.”

Oh, no, my already dead Konami franchises.

>>16772

RIP MGS , Castlevania,ZoE ,Snatcher ,Police Nauts ,Silent Hill, Contra,

>>16609

You don't like satire?

>>16776

That's not satire. That's memelands-level writing; they had something similar at the beginning of Nuts and Bolts, which was a mean-spirited jab at people who liked the older Banjo-Kazooie games.

Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition announced

https://archive.is/O8GVU

>With controller support, local co-op with split screen, fully voiced characters, a totally reworked story (with a brand new ending), and much more, we’re very proud to finally be able to share what we’ve crafted here at Larian.

>PS4 and Xbox One as well as PC, Mac, SteamOS and Linux

>We’ve also included controller support on PC

>Two very important things to know about this is that not only will the game be completely free to any owners of Divinity: Original Sin, but the enhanced edition will *not* be a mere patch or DLC…but rather, an entirely separate game.

>This means that saved games can’t be transferred from Divinity: Original Sin to the Enhanced Edition. This is largely because of the technical changes we’ve made to how the game looks and feels, but the story has also been rewritten so heavily that most saved games would no longer be compatible with the plot.

Details of the Akiba's Trip PC release

>Launching on May 26th, the game will be sold for [$29.99, €26.99 or £19.99] on Steam exclusively, with a 10% discount for purchasing the game on launch week. Additionally, this version of the title will contain the visual editor that was present in the PS4 release – as well as “enhanced visuals with support for a wide variety of screen resolutions including 1080p HD, and numerous Steam features such as achievements and trading cards.”

>Much like the original Playstation release last year, the PC version of Akiba’s Trip will support both English and Japanese language options – including voice-overs, and even text, with both being able to be mixed and matched.

SWERY was asked what stuff he's working on. Not news but still interesting.

>“Aside from that, I’m also working on a story about a high school girl detective who uses the imagination (fantasizing) energy from masturbating to help her solve murders. But all the publishers keep telling me ‘There’s no way we could put out such a perverted game!’ LOL! I wish someone would let me make it.“

Publishers, please, fund it.

>>16812

If only there were a website where you should pitch your idea to the masses, who could then donate money to the project to get it made.

What a world that would be.

>>16813

It would never catch on.

>>16832

I got it when it first came out and still haven't even started it up, and now there's going to be another few dozen hours of stuff to do for it? Agh.

>>16813

That's a good idea. Maybe you should post it on Kickstarter to fund it??

CyberConnect2 is releasing an HD version of the classic .hack//G.U. series.

>The news was confirmed by president Matsuyama Hiroshi, who confirmed the news over on his official Twitter account.

https://twitter.com/PIROSHI_CC2

Western release is unconfirmed but teased/hinted. No word on what platforms.

>Hiroshi teased fans wanting a sequel to .hack, saying that demand has been so large that CyberConnect2 proper has made a note of this, and they’ve “accepted the wishes” of their fans. Finally, a reveal for the HD remake of .hack//G.U. is coming at this year’s E3.

https://archive.is/vfFbZ

>>16895

Would sure be nice if they brought it west and had it at a reasonable price and decent availability. Especially since where I live the PS2 versions of GU cost about $50 each, making the trilogy $150 total at the cheapest (though that's still cheaper than the original series though, which averages $175-200 here). I suppose it's up to Namco and not CyberConnect2 if the HD version comes over here, though.

Would also be nice if they did an HD version for the first series as well.

>>16881

The enhanced edition sounds like it's going to be half an entirely new game from what D:OS originally was. For people who already got it and played through once (or more), this is definitely dozens more free hours of the game to play.

Final Fantasy XV Demo 2.0/update is coming out in early June

>an enhanced camera, targeting system and battle system are among the confirmed changes in this update.

Also adding a dodge roll.

https://archive.is/CMCcn

Maybe they'll give Cidney her name back.

>>16900

Do they not emulate well? Though getting a PS2 to play pirated copies isn't too hard fortunately.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII is Revealed for PS3, PS4, and PC

https://archive.is/ll7OL

Please don't be shit.

>>16938

I'm just glad to know that series isn't dead. Koei comes dangerously close to being a company that only makes Warriors games some days.

>>16941

Apart from Nobunaga's Ambition, that's really all they have though the Musou series are growing so it's fair they want to put more concentration on that. Not that I want the non-Musou series to be ignored. NA is coming out in the West sometime this year as well.

I'm just hoping they've learnt from their mistakes from ROT3K XII, which didn't even get a Western release.

Here's the only new info I've got. I'm guessing it means sea/water battles again.

>Also new to Romance of the Kingdoms XIII is the addition of aquatic sieges and warfare, alongside strategies like fire attacks.

Speaking of, Samurai Warriors 4-II is getting a European release on the 2nd of October. No word on NA.

Samurai Warriors Chronicles is out on the 24th of June in Europe. No word on NA.

Koei has been busy.

Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon (3DS)

Winter 2015

https://archive.is/U0aOS

>>17018

Archive for Nichegamer?

>>17025

>>15518

Figured I'd do it.

>>17012

They haven't. IIRC it was mostly just boats chained together that functioned the exact same way as land did. I usually went for unhistorical scenarios anyway, like keeping Sun Ce alive and conquering China.

The 2012 MMO Blade & Soul is finally getting its Western release this year. F2P, no censorship (there's a loli/shota race so I guess people were worried about their costumes or some of the sexier costumers - ESO has recently censored a bunch) and there's no 'fatigue or vigor system' - no idea if that's good.

>>17112

The combat looks really good but then again its

>F2P

It may work, it may not. Who knows.

>>17158

It won't. There hasn't been a good F2P game for the past decade. Why should this one be any different?

>>17279

>Why should this one be any different?

Who knows. I just think its best to observe the game when it is released since you never know when you can be surprised although I do have doubt that the F2P model won't work well.

Speaking of F2P MMOs, WildStar is now switching to that model.

I'm sure we're all surprised by these turn of events.

>>17287

Won't be surprised if WoW ends up going completely free to play.

>>17287

I'm just surprised that it took this long.

>>17297

IIRC the developers of the game said they'd shut the game down rather then let it be free to play which is quite an ironic twist of events.

The demo of the PC version of D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die is available to download here: http://d4-game.com/pc/index.html

Direct link: http://tinyurl.com/nw8prpz

Release Date: 5th of June 2015

Also Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition is coming to PC. June 2015. Steam only.

https://wayforward.com/news/2015/05/coming-soon-to-steam/ (there's no other info; just posting the source)

>>17313

>Steam only.

Go fuck yourselves, Wayforward. Very disappointing.

>>17321

>DMC metal album

Neat

The Konami thing just sounds like a press release of not substance though.

>>17322

I should say that it's a heavy metal album. I don't know what difference that makes.

>The Konami thing just sounds like a press release of not substance though.

Definitely but I figured the topic was newsworthy even if it's just to go 'Konami said nothing of value'.

>>17316

Aren't all their PC releases Steam only? Figured they'd be better about that.

>>17321

>Capcom is releasing a twelve-song metal remix album for the DMC franchise called Devil May Cry HR/HM Arrange. No DmC; DMC 1-4 only. Will be out on the 19th of August.

Very nice though the DMC OST was already metal enough for the most part but I still look forward to those remixes.

>>17323

>>17316

Shit sucks, I know, but PC is going to continue being a DRM locked distributor exclusives field unless you try to do something by letting the devs know. Email wayforward and urge them to release half genie hero drm free like I did.

The new Need for Speed game is going to always online.

https://archive.is/muo1P

Gee, I wonder what's going to happen.

>>17324

>metal enough for the most part

Yeah, I'm wondering if they plan on making it more metal or they simply wanted to clarify that it was going to be of a similar sound/style to the original.

>>17327

Agreed, how else would they know? There's no point of them going with Desura though, as there's been a lot of talk about them not paying developers.

Nintendo had a Japan-only direct today. Mostly showing off already announced games and dated them. I'm going to assume the vast majority of people here don't give a shit about Japanese release dates.

New stuff:

Tobidasu! Nyanko Daisensou (3DS) port of a tower defence iOS game with cats (eShop only out now)

New Chibi-Robo for 3DS. There's a Chibi-Robo amiibo as well. (13m30s)

New Dr Mario (3DS) out now on eShop

Mario & Sanic at the special Olympics 2016 (Wii U and 3DS)

Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Palico Village DX (3DS)

Monster Hunter X/Cross (3DS) 2015 (27m45s)

24,30 showed off a little bit of gameplay for Project Treasure (which had nothing at announcement) Disarming traps, fighting mummies and shit.

>>17354

I'd really like that Chibi-Robo amiibo but that entire thing has been mishandled terribly here in the US. Likely no point in it.

>>17355

Amiibos? What have they done?

>>17354

>Sir, we're making a new chibi-robo, how do you want it?

>Just fuck my shit up

Every time

At least this one looks like an actual game, I guess

>>17356

Completely fucked the pooch on supply. A lot of the ones that aren't Mario or Zelda are virtually impossible to buy for retail. A huge second hand market has sprung up of people taking advtange. Buying stock in bulk, selling at a markup. Selling these 13$ figures for 30-50 bucks a pop, sometimes 90 because people are so desperate to get them for whatever reason. Throw in that this has gone on for almost a year now and they keep adding more in-game content that's locked to amiibos, which most people can't get, and you get the shitstorm that's going down with all of that.

What I intitially meant with the Chibi-Robo comment was I'm going to assume he'll have the same problems. He'll have very small stock that sells out in minutes, if not seconds. The entirety of Amazon's stock of Robin and Lucina amiibos from Fire Emblem sold out in 6-10 seconds by the way. He'll probably fall into that trap of being too hard to get, and not worth the trouble.

>>17373

>they keep adding more in-game content that's locked to amiibos, which most people can't get, and you get the shitstorm that's going down with all of that.

That's the one reason why I think amiibos are worse than general DLC. I wasn't sure if they had changed it (it's retarded) but they're unnecessarily limiting how many people get that content. Makes more sense to have both so people who just want the content can get it.

>The entirety of Amazon's stock of Robin and Lucina amiibos from Fire Emblem sold out in 6-10 seconds by the way.

Jeez.

There was a Micro Nintendo Direct this morning.

So coming West:

New Dr Mario (June)

New Chibi-Robo (Autumn) The amiibo is exclusive with a bundle of the game.

Mario & Sanic (August)

Bravely Second (2016)

Project Treasure (whenever)

Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon (Winter)

Art Academy Wii U (June)

Little Battlers Experience (August) Some kid anime thing with robots.

http://time.com/3903779/lego-minecraft/

New game called LEGO Worlds, it's pretty much a giant lego sandbox, minecraft with legos. Sounds interesting, I'm hoping they will have gameplay besides just building, because once you finish your castle, these sorts of games can get boring.

>>17410

Also being developed by Travellers Tales, who have handled the games like Lego Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, so I have high hopes if they put the gameplay formula from those into an open world building game.

It appears to be 15 dollars which is a fair price, but is steam exclusive and early access. I'm going to email TT to ask for a DRM free release.

FF Type-0 HD is coming to PC. Steam only. Tumblr pronouns.

https://archive.is/dIPaj

https://archive.is/rsXR1

XCOM 2 was announced.

https://archive.is/HQOYL

Fallout 4 may be announced to-morrow.

https://archive.is/Cci3j

Squeenix is likely to announce a new Hitman at E3.

https://archive.is/Wa7xd

>>16895

>>16900

Was GU worth it? I didn't like the show that much.

Samurai Warriors 4: Empires is Revealed For PS3, PS4 and Vita

https://archive.is/liJ2j

>>17420

>Fallout 4 may be announced to-morrow.

And confirmed.

https://archive.is/MDIxg

>More interestingly however is the possibility that F4 will also be coming to last gen systems as PS3 and xbox 360 are referenced in the code.

>Along with that tidbit there’s also references to promotional images regarding pre-order bonuses (ohhh goodie….) on the Xbone, PS4 and Steam.

Surely at this point publishers would put a bit more effort into hiding this stuff. I know F4 was something that was going to happen but seriously.

Dark Souls III leaked prior to E3

https://archive.is/5HrXn

>PS4, Xbone and maybe PC

Following games coming West through XSEED:

PoPoLoCrois Farm Story (3DS)

Earth Defence Force 4.1 (PS4)

Senran Kagura: Estival Versus (PS4 and Vita)

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 1 & 2 (PS3 and/or Vita)

Desura's parent company has filed for bankruptcy.

https://archive.is/vKdLC

Any news on Dishonored 2? I heard non confirmed rumours about Bethesda's line up but it could still be announced right?

>>17500

Arkane is working on a "similar game" to Dishonored but have made no announcement on what it is yet and they've already said Dishonored is a new franchise due to how well it sold.

Links and shit:

>>2095

>>2090

Namco has announced Tales of Berseria for PS3 and PS4. Not much information yet.

>female pirate protagonist called Velvet

>Mutsumi Inomata handled the character design for Velvet.

>Ufotable is handling the animations for the game, as they have in previous titles in the series.

Pictures from the announcement: https://archive.is/5sxdr

The pictures aren't very big but you can get the idea of her design from them.

Always glad for a new pirate game though.

According to "a source" Squeenix is working on a new Front Mission game.

https://archive.is/C96Bu

>The game is being developed by Square Enix Japan along with former Armored Core producer Toshifumi Nabeshima. Nabeshima moved from FromSoftware where he created Chromehounds for Sega and Armored Core V to Square Enix.

>>17536

Well, Squeenix did also announce a F2P mecha shooter called Figureheads for PC today. I doubt they'd be making two similar games at the same time, so if they are making it it should (hopefully) be an SRPG.

I also couldn't find anything on Nabeshima past 2013 (when his last game, Armored Core: Verdict Day, was released), so it's possible he's left FS.

Platinum is apparently anouncing a new game at E3 https://archive.is/j5DLA

do they normally anounce their games or is it the company that hires them to do it?

>>17550

Usually that sort of thing is left to the publisher.

It's probably MGR2, since that was hinted at during the Taipai Game show.

sonic boom fire and ice is announced for 3ds

it doesn't look bad, looks like it could be fun.

developed by Sanzaru Games, it will come out this winter.

Mirror's Edge Catalyst is officially announced for PS4, Xbone and PC

https://archive.is/PblJi

It basically announced yesterday on twitter and with the website being made.

>I’m excited to tell you that it’s paid off — by this time next week, you will have finally seen more of the game at E3.

>The team has spent a lot of time re-evaluating every aspect of the game and making it a new experience. This is not a sequel, this is not Mirror’s Edge 2. We have landed on a vision that honors the first game — pushing the boundaries of first person movement and diving deeper into the story behind our heroine Faith — but also brings a lot of great new, interesting gameplay and features to the experience for our players.

Also there's going to be an Xbone with more storage (the current one is getting a permanent price drop) and a redesigned controller.

>The new controller has a direct 3.5mm headset jack, an increase of the maximum audio for headsets, improved controller audio quality, and it works with all existing controller accessories. The bumpers have been fine-tuned to be more consistently good with performance, and the controller can now be updated wireless via new firmware updates (compared to the old one, which needed to be tethered).

>The new controller will be sold separately in black or camo silver/black color variations. A new $24.99 Xbox Wireless Adapter is coming to Windows this fall, which lets you wirelessly use your Xbox One controller with a Windows 10 PC.

>>17601

I don't think it was every really "bloated". It's still less intrusive than Steam.

Hyrule Warriors is getting a 3DS port.

MGS5 possibly has micro-transactions according to the Italian Playstation Pre-Order Store. https://archive.is/TdMGG

>The line "Acquisti in-game opzionali," which roughly translates to "optional in-game purchases," confirms suspicions first raised by a few recent previews of The Phantom Pain.

>At one point in The Phantom Pain demo, according to Otero, attempting to speed up development on Mother Base resulted in the following prompt: "Reduced time features cannot be used in offline mode."

>The Phantom Pain uses the same in-game currency system as Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, called Gross Military Product, or GMP. Similar to Peace Walker, GMP is used in The Phantom Pain to build up your base.

>Speculation says that the PSN requirement, combined with the reveal of "optional in-game purchases" on the game's store page, could indicate the use of real money for certain features relating to Mother Base, like buying GMP, but nothing has officially been confirmed by Konami.

Toukiden: Kiwami is getting a DRM-only PC port.

I don't know what the difference is between that and Monster Hunter but it's basically Monster Hunter.

Tales of Zestiria is getting a PS4 and PC release in October.

Platinum Games is making a Transformers beat 'em up.

https://archive.is/d4uDD

Screenshots: https://archive.is/QQYM7

Scalebound isn't going to be at E3.

I'm still pretty certain the '2' was for MGR, but I don't know how many games PG work on at a time.

Dark in Two Souls: The Path of the Shadows

>You are Aragami, an undead assassin with the power to control the shadows. Yamiko, a noble girl from the sacred city of Kyûryu has been imprisoned by Kaihô, an army of warriors with the power to control Light. As you come back to life, your souls are bound together, sealing your destinies. Engage in a dark journey through land and memories to destroy her prison seals.

>Playing much along the lines of traditional stealth games like Tenchu, players take the role of a mystic warrior as he sneaks into fortress to resecue and enchanted princess. Being discovered in the light, as well as direct combat, is incredible deadly. However, you are even deadlier in the shadows, using you sword, and shadow demons to terrify and eliminate your opponents.

>PC/Mac/Linux (not sure if Steam only), Xbox One and PS4 sometime in Spring 2016.

Some of the powers: https://archive.is/oEuSv

>>17627

>I don't know what the difference is between that and Monster Hunter

It actually feels more like a "Warriors" game than like MH

>>17689

So more like a combination of the two? That's cool. I only looked up a little bit of gameplay footage. I do like Musou games though so I might give it a go.

Nintendo's next home console Metroid Prime game will now likely not release until the company has launched its next-generation console, codenamed NX.

https://archive.is/UlEGN

>"If we started for Wii U now, it would likely take three years or so. So it would likely now be on Nintendo's NX console," [Kensuke Tanabe] said.

>"It's a long time but it would need to include a lot of content, which would take a lot of work on the development side."

>"I'm the producer of the Metroid Prime series, and [Metroid series co-creator] Yoshio Sakamoto is the one in charge of Metroid itself. I'm not sure when he's planning on making such an announcement so I can't speak for him.

>"I'm not thinking about anything like that [partnering with another studio] right now. We have nothing to announce on working with any specific team."

>This all points to Wii U not seeing a new Metroid Prime (or just Metroid), which is a shame, as the GamePad screen could make for an ingenious way of scanning enemies or items on screen.

>"It is a great idea, I agree. Truth be told, making HD games takes a lot of time and resources," Tanabe concluded when asked why Nintendo had not made a Metroid Prime for Wii U. "I haven't been able to collect a team or the resources to do it."

Hitman won't have paid DLC or microtransactions

https://archive.is/Ic9TH

>“What we put out there is going to be a big game. But over the course of 2016 we'll add more locations, more missions and we'll have things like targets that only appear for, say, two days. That's something you can only do in the live world.

>“It's $60, no dollar more, no DLC or microtransactions or stuff like that. You will buy it and you will have entertainment for a few months on top."

It also doesn't have gameplay footage.

>>17757

I wonder how long they'll keep saying that before releasing some DLC for the game.

>>17759

It would be stupid for them to lie about it. If anything it'll mean there's going to be very little DLC.

Polish developers People Can Fly (Painkiller devs) are now back to being called PCF, after being bought by Epic Games and rebranded 'Epic Games Poland'.

They're going independent, are working on a new title (using Unreal Engine 4) and "continues to collaborate with Epic Games".

https://archive.is/fDrAk

https://archive.is/NUM9A

A fan translation for Digimon World Re:Digitize has been released.

https://archive.is/oz2ru

https://mega.nz/#!uY4FiCRB!9qPhhCpj6FSlRpk_HoiaG4zNDPQLqGVxnei8wmgPAC8

Taro Yoko has opened his own studio called Bukkoro.

https://archive.is/UGHOi

Apparently Take-Two has taken the domain of several 'Mafia 3' variants so there might be a Mafia III announcement soon (Gamescon maybe).

>>17885

She did the cute/chibi art for Drakengard 3. It was the loading screen and 'this is inappropriate for everybody' screen iirc. It was all over the promotional stuff though. I'd like to see it again.

Also

>a main illustrator for a rhythm game series

Damn this couple and their rhythm games.

Nordic and Piranha Bytes have announced a 2016/2017 RPG, Elex.

https://archive.is/ArWkK

>“We will be premiering a vertical slice build at Gamescom 2015, more info will be released in due time.”

Nintendo in March announced its plan of releasing Nintendo NX in 2016 and has started visiting its supply chain partners recently. The orders are expected to be finalized in February or March 2016 and mass production will start in May or June 2016, while the console's official launch may take place around July, the sources said.

https://archive.is/UzeCh

Also the magazine Jump is teasing a Dragon Quest reveal for next week.

Aksys is revealing a new game 1PM PST 3rd of July during Anime Expo.

Will be streamed here: http://www.twitch.tv/aksys_nation (It'll be an hour long.)

Their schedule: https://archive.is/bj4y6

Website countdown: https://4infinity.co/