Square Enix has filed a new trademark for Gunslinger Stratos World in Europe! This trademark is most likely referring to the new Gunslinger Stratos game in development for PS4 and PC. This new game in the series was announced in December 2019, just a few months ago. At the time, series producer Nobuki Kadoi stated that he wants more players around the world to experience the arcade-only series.
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SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have announced that Yakuza: Like a Dragon will receive new DLC called the Additional Challenge Expansion Pack! This new DLC includes New Game Plus and a high difficulty mode. This DLC is perfect for those wanting to play through Yakuza: Like a Dragon again with more challenging encounters. Currently, the DLC is only confirmed for Japan and more information will arrive at a later date.
PS4『龍が如く７ 光と闇の行方』
有償追加DLC「やり込み拡張パック」配信が決定！・強くてニューゲーム（2周目）
・2周目限定の高難易度モード実装
などやり込み要素を拡張！
みなさまのクリアしたやり込みセーブデータを消さずに、少々お待ちいただけましたら幸いです！#龍７ #龍が如く pic.twitter.com/ezodvkOB6S— 龍が如くスタジオ 公式 (@ryugagotoku) February 25, 2020
Lastly, Yakuza 7 is out now in Japan for PS4 and releases as Yakuza: Like a Dragon this year in the west. Stay tuned at Final Weapon for the latest Japanese gaming news!
PQube has announced that Aokana: Four Rhythms Across the Blue releases for PS4 and Switch this summer for the west! Here’s a short overview of the upcoming visual novel along with the newest trailer:
Welcome to a world where people fly freely through the power of anti-gravity shoes. Become a coach for players who race in the sky and make the acquaintance of four charismatic girls. Follow their adventures as you all grow closer in this emotional story of hope, love and sportsmanship. Aokana – Four Rhythms Across the Blue is coming to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 this summer!
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The fan-made re-imagining of the original Half Life game is finally releasing as the official 1.0 version on March 5th! Black Mesa has been in the works for many years now with an official Steam release dating back to May 5th, 2015. With the 1.0 version, Black Mesa will release in its most polished state yet. More updates for the game will come after the 1.0 release. Lastly, more details about the game from the developers are available here.
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Platinum Games is set to unveil an announcement as part of their “Platinum 4” lineup on February 26th! The website has reconfirmed this by linking the February 26th date to one of the floating Platinum stars in the site. This announcement will join the previously announced and successfully funded The Wonderful 101 Remastered Kickstarter project. Lastly, the official website is available here.
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Windows 10 PC users will be looking at some new icons once Microsoft releases their new update this year. In an effort to “modernize” the Windows 10 platform from the now unsupported Windows 7, icons will be updated soon. Current Windows 10 Insiders have access to these new icons but all Windows 10 users will get the update sometime this year.
If the update includes any new features, we will be sure to let you all know once the time comes. In the meantime, stay tuned at Final Weapon for more PC and gaming news!
Aniplex has announced ANIPLEX.EXE, a new visual novel brand bringing two new visual novels to Steam in 2020! These two visual novels are ATRI -My Dear Moments- and Adabana Odd Tales.
Introducing ANIPLEX.EXE – a new visual novel brand from Aniplex!
Utilizing the powerful and unique entertainment experience only a visual novel can provide, ANIPLEX.EXE’s goal is to bring the world a novel way to play.
Coming to Steam in 2020 with two brand new titles! pic.twitter.com/hABk1VKwkc
— Aniplex USA (@aniplexUSA) February 24, 2020
Currently, console releases for these two games are unknown at this time. Stay tuned at Final Weapon for the latest Japanese gaming news!
New features are requested daily to try to enhance the players experience on the Xbox One. One feature that has been making its rounds to Xbox Insiders is the ability to eject your game discs via controller instead of on the console.
This info comes from a Reddit post confirming the feature being only available at this time to Xbox Insiders, and was one of the most requested features for awhile. Players with a broken eject button on their console will have to fear no more when cycling through their favorite titles.
Players that have had a problem ejecting their games would have to use a paper clip or if it worked, they’d ask Alexa.
While it’s not a big upgrade by any means, it’s still a decent feature especially if you’re one of the unlucky ones that has an issue with your eject button on your console. Be on the look out for this feature in a future console update!
Dotemu has announced that Streets of Rage 4 releases in the Spring for PS4, Switch, Xbox One and PC! In addition, a brand new playable character was revealed! Check out the new trailer below:
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Kojima Productions has announced that they will be skipping GDC 2020 due to coronavirus concerns. This is the 3rd company in a row to pull out of GDC 2020, following Sony and Facebook/Oculus. Here’s the official statement courtesy of Gematsu:
“Kojima Productions has made the difficult decision to cancel our participation at the 2020 Game Developers Conference due to increasing concerns related to novel coronavirus. Although much-anticipated, unfortunately this cancellation also includes Hideo Kojima’s session on the 19th and Eric Johnson’s session on the 16th.”
GDC 2020 runs from March 16th to the 20th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Stay tuned at Final Weapon for the latest Japanese gaming news!
