At San Diego Comic Con today, Marvel announced the first expansion for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 would be Marvel Knights. The characters announced to be coming are Moon Knight, Blade, Punisher, and Morbius. The first expansion comes this Fall.
Also announced were Colossus and Cyclops coming soon as free playable DLC characters. The Trickster God Loki was also confirmed as playable in the base game!
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 releases tomorrow, July 19th, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch. The expansion pass is also available for $19.99 and includes the Marvel Knights expansion, and expansions for X-Men and Fantastic Four.
What are your thoughts on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
Get ready to gamble your sorrows away in the city of Los Santos. The GTA Online Diamond Casino and Resort update now has the release date of July 23rd in its sights. This update arrives roughly seven months since the last content update of the Arena War DLC.
In the Diamond Casino and Resort, you’ll finally be able to run your own Casino within Los Santos. You’ll have the ability to fully customize the Casino to your liking, including things like hot tubs and new lighting. This also includes upgrading the new gambling machines, likely allowing you to play different games. The trailer shows the ability to play different card games, slot machines, and even horse races.
As is the GTA style though, getting the casino won’t just involve paying money. Multiple scenes show you destroying casino luxury and other locations which should make getting the casino a process. Thankfully a new host of vehicles along with a combat helicopter should help to speed up the takeover. If you’d like to see the trailer for yourself, you can find it here.
GTA Online is the online portion of GTA V, an action-adventure game by Rockstar Games. If you’re interested in running your own casino and much more, the game is available on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Happy gambling!
Chucklefish has announced that Wargroove will finally be heading to PS4 on July 23rd. It will support many language options such as English, French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese among others. Wargroove first released on February 1st for Xbox One, Switch and PC. The PS4 version will not support cross-play however. Players on PS4 can still download community map designs and content between all listed platforms though.
Here’s a basic overview of content packed into this indie hit strategy game:
A 20hr+ story campaign told through dynamic cut-scenes
An Arcade mode where you’ll take on a series of opponents in quick succession
Puzzle mode challenges you’ll need to solve in just one turn
A robust map, cut-scene and campaign editor, where you can even change the rules of the game without any mods or external tools
Both local and online play with competitive and co-op play, as well as complete rule customisation
Secrets and unlockables, including a fact-filled Codex, Jukebox and Gallery
For more information, visit the official dev blog post here!
I’d like to take a pause from our usual news posting to honor those affected by the horrific fire at Kyoto Animation. They were responsible for some of the most beloved anime. Including the 1986 anime film Super Mario Bros: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach.
I’m writing this not because I need to put article out of spite but rather I wanted to share my deepest condolences. Please consider donating to the GoFundMe to help Kyoto get back on its feet.
Capcom has announced yet another milestone reached by Monster Hunter World, 13 million shipped worldwide! To celebrate, Capcom will be rewarding players with a special item pack. These items will be available to claim as a daily login bonus from July 25th to August 29th. Players should look forward to this while waiting for Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.
For more information on Monster Hunter World and the Iceborne expansion, visit the official website. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is scheduled to release on Xbox One and PS4 on September 6th while the PC release is due this winter.
In their newest Astral Chain development blog titled ASTRAL CHAIN Devblog: Between Anime and Reality, PlatinumGames has revealed that Astral Chain will have unlockable costumes and accessories.
ASTRAL CHAIN presented another new challenge to the character modeling team, too. Because unlike most PlatinumGames titles, ASTRAL CHAIN offers character customization!
You’ll chose a hairstyle…
…and change accessories and colors to make your ASTRAL CHAIN character truly your own. I hope you enjoy building your own character with the pieces we’ve put together for you!
What are your thoughts on this feature in Astral Chain? Do you plan on picking the game up? Let us know your thoughts in the comments and join the conversation on Twitter!
If you’ve been looking to try out Gears of War 5 before it releases, your wait will soon be over. The Technical Test that begins in two days is now available to be pre-downloaded. This test is for game pass subscribers and those who pre-ordered to help test the game’s multiplayer.
If you’d like to download, you won’t be looking at a very large download. The PC test is roughly 14.5GB while the Xbox test is only 12.42GB. This plus the ability to pre-download should give you plenty of time to take part.
The test itself will feature three different modes. Those modes are Escalation, Arcade, and King of the Hill with KOTH and Escalations being returning game modes. With all three in mind, you should have plenty to play with and try out over the testing periods.
Speaking of testing periods, there are gonna be two you can take part in over the next two weeks. The first will begin on the 19th and end on the 21st. The second on the other hand, begins on the 26th and ends on the 29th. It’s not a huge amount of time, but you should be able to lend a helping hand and enjoy the game in that time frame.
You can pre-order the game here if you’d like to take part as well as play the game when it releases. Gears of War 5 will release on PC and Xbox One on September 10th, 2019.
I hate to say it, but we live in a different world than we did 10, 20 years ago. Inflation has caused the once almighty dollar to plummet in value, and in turn, has triggered a chain reaction across multiple industries. One massive industry that is being constantly affected is the videogame industry. According to a report from theesa.com, U.S video game sales reached a record-breaking $43.4 Billion in revenue. To say the videogame industry is booming would be an understatement; yet even with so many games riddled with microtransactions, DLC, and other extra ways of monetization, games still sell like mad. I don’t like these methods as much as the next guy, but realistically, we don’t have much of a choice.
Videogames’ prices have surprisingly stayed stagnant throughout the years, running us around $60 for a new game. Back then, on consoles like Atari and NES, this was a great price tag that could circumvent the cost of developing those games. It was more than enough to make profits for companies, as these games weren’t as freakishly expensive to make as they are nowadays. Today, videogames can cost upwards of $100 Million just to develop. We are actually quite lucky that we still only pay not only $60 for new videogames but only $300-500 for a new console. Inflation has not been kind to us, and the fact we aren’t paying the statistically higher price of almost 200-300% more in value for new consoles is a blessing. So, what is the sacrifice we make to have this luxury? Well for huge blockbuster AAA titles they almost always have some form of DLC, Season Pass or Loot Boxes.
It seems like today finding a massive successful full AAA title with no additional monetization attached is rare. We do get diamonds in the rough like titles such as God of War, Uncharted 4, and The Last of Us. These games all have a plethora of accolades and are hailed as some of the greatest of this generation. But for every God of War, we have an Assassin’s Creed Unity or Mass Effect Andromeda. Games riddled with bugs, animation issues, FPS issues, and so much more. The thing is though, these amazing successful games are so rare because of how difficult it is to develop games today. There are so many problems that can occur using these massive complicated engines, or budget mismanagement losing their time, and more importantly, their money.
The fact of the matter is videogames are more complicated than ever before, and we the consumer must understand the economics of the industry. This isn’t to say we should tolerate unfinished games or soulless cash grabs with an ungodly amount of loot crates, microtransactions and Season Passes. EA is still very much at fault for their greed and business models. That entire company is for another day, another article to really dive into what exactly went wrong with them. This is just to remind the consumer that next time we go out and buy a new game for $60, cherish what we have and accept the fact it may have DLC or Season passes to compensate for the massive budget; but if they’re optional and don’t detract from the game experience, don’t fault the developers, fault the ever-increasing costs of development.
When many refer to anime classics, many are quick to bring up anime such as Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion Neon Genesis, Rurouni Kenshin, and the Original Dragon Ball. Over the past 10 years, anime has steadily been growing, evolving and emerging into an accepted cultural phenomenon across the globe. But what is one Anime that has pushed its self to mainstream gold, and proved it can forever stand the test of time with all the other glorious golden age of anime?! I believe it is Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin)
What is Attack on Titan?!
Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series both written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. The Narrative takes place in a fantasy world where humanity lives within territories surrounded by three expansive walls that protect them from gigantic man-eating humanoids which are called titans. Attack on Titan currently has three seasons of anime, which equals a total of 59 episodes and has kept consistent high-quality animation, storytelling, and bone-chilling moments from episode 1 of the series. Attack on Titan has one of the most unique reimaginings of post-apocalyptic settings with beings like zombies (Titans) attacking where humans live. This series has everything from plot, narrative, to Exhilarating character designs with beautiful cinematic, and choreographed animation done by WIT Studios, & Production I.G.
The Impact of Attack on Titan
Attack on Titan has Accomplished many things early on such as had a Marvel Studio’s Collaboration Titled ‘Attack on Avengers’, a theme park attraction ride at Universal Studios Japan, and is noted to be a part of the best-selling manga series, approximating over 90 million in sales. Attack on Titan also hasn’t even finished yet and already has live adaptation films of the franchise.
CONCLUSION
This series has impacted my life in various ways to where I can watch each episode multiple times and potentially gain another experience from it. Attack on Titan has a lot of exposition, mixed with high intense action and character relationships that just feel too realistic, even coming from an anime. Eren Jaeger, The Main character has a strong relationship with his close friends Mikasa & Armin in the series, but when these cast of characters face hardships and conflict with each other it seems like something I’ve experienced in another shape or form in my day to day life.
There are new anime series emerging today, however, none of them are reaching the level of impact attack on titan has done to mainstream media. Attack On Titan is an evolving series and as it continues to impact many communities, fandoms, and geek culture across the world it; will continue to strive for many years to come. Attack on Titan is honestly just as amazing as many classic series and is currently having the same mainstream impact, love and positive reception with many manga/anime have had in the past.
Attack on Titan is one of the few anime that I question everything on the screen but never confused about what’s going on. It makes me want to dig deeper the more I consume this franchise on a daily. Each episode/chapter is not only entertaining, but also life lesson enriched with key plot points with twists and turns. Attack on Titan Season 4 is the final series of Attack on Titan coming in autumn 2020. I couldn’t ever be more excited for the series going forward.
The famed island of Erangel is getting an overhaul, PUBG Corp has announced. Season 4 of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is underway next week on PC and later this summer on consoles.
In a cinematic trailer posted to their respective social media sites, PUBG Corp gave us a look at what’s coming for season 4 in the popular battle royale. Notable among the changes is a complete graphical overhaul to Erangel, the map that started it all. Popular landmarks such as the Prison, Military Base, Mylta Power, and the Mansion will be showcasing what is believed to be the “aftermath” of a great war, as seen in the trailer.
Also coming to the battle royale shooter is a new turntable item. The turntable will spawn randomly throughout the map, allowing players to play music for all nearby combatants to hear. Turntables can be destroyed or turned off and will stop playing after one track. This should add a nice surprise mechanic to the game itself.
Full patch notes can be found on PUBG Corp’s website. Season 4 is on the test server now and hits PC fully next week on July 24 and consoles later this summer. Stay tuned for updates.
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