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S-GAME's dedicated State of Play delivered around 20 minutes of Phantom Blade Zero gameplay: over 30 main weapons plus 25 Phantom Edges, an arsenal you expand by defeating the enemies who wield it, a Reforge system with no material penalty, three difficulty tiers including AI-driven Hellwalker, and Donnie Yen performing Mo Yuan via motion capture.
Two years before launch, Shuhei Yoshida played an early Expedition 33 demo as a Kepler Interactive advisor and loved it - then advised Sandfall to avoid the turn-based RPG label entirely, warning it alone might make players overlook the game. The workaround worked so well the stigma it dodged is now largely gone.
Warren Spector says he is retiring after 44 years, 17 games and roughly nine add-on packs, from Ultima Underworld and Thief to Deus Ex, Epic Mickey and this year's Thick As Thieves. He cites age, health and an industry that has stopped being enjoyable - and admits there are still three games he would like to have made.
Version 4.5 To Roll the Stars in Astropolis launches August 26 with a new three-map planet, Robin - Summeretto and Aventurine - Waveflair on split banners, six events including a grand prix, and a long-requested dialogue speed-up.
A billbil-kun report puts Diablo 4 on Switch 2 on either September 15 or 18 at $69.99, with a retail box containing a printed code instead of a cartridge or Game-Key Card. Whether Lord of Hatred is included is still unknown.
Hiroki Totoki told the Wall Street Journal that the PlayStation 6's launch timing - and therefore its price - has not been decided, with AI-driven component costs complicating the maths. Hours later, PlayStation launched a new It Happens on PS5 campaign.
Season 4's Top Gun: Carrier Strike adds a naval-air-ground mode built around sinking the enemy carrier, the F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18, and three film characters voiced by their original actors. A free trial runs August 18-25 and your unlocks carry over.
Out August 18 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with Premium advance access opening today. A flooded 1920s Arkham, scarce ammo, Deep Ones, and detective work demoted to an optional layer that unlocks upgrades instead of gating the story.
MINTROCKET pushed the port back a month to polish it. The payoff: the full game free to start, $9.99 to unlock forever, the DREDGE pack included, tilt controls for pouring tea, and zero live-service hooks.
Announced in 2024, delayed, then formally cancelled in January 2025, The Baltic Powers now has a release date. Forgotten Empires and World's Edge are shipping the full package: the Danes, the Poles, 25+ maps, Regicide and Independence modes, and Winged Hussars.
Gangstar Mirage City soft-launches on iOS and Android on August 20 across Southeast Asia, South Asia, MENA, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Developed by Gameloft and published by Tencent's Level Infinite, it turns the long-dormant crime series into a persistent online city built on co-op heists, territory control and PvP - with 6.6 million pre-registrations already banked.
Halo Studios has detailed Campaign Evolved's first major update, arriving next week on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It adds toggles for film grain and chromatic aberration, fixes the Sgt. Johnson bug that hard-blocked progress in the prequel missions, and repairs Jackal staggering and Magnified Skull weapon fire. Installing it invalidates mid-mission saves.