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PS4, PC fighter TheSaint Seiyaseries has been going strong for nearly 30 years in Japan. Those elsewhere might know it asKnights of the Zodiac. Brett Makedonski and myself don’t know it from Adam, though the maintained ’80s anime art style conjures up plenty of connections in my head. It’s basically space-godsRonin Warriors, right? Brett and I did a first hands-on withSoliders’ Soul, the one-on-one fighter, in Tokyo ahead of its September 25 Japanese release date....

What have you backed? It feels as if Kickstarter hasn’t been around that long, though it’s been more than a few years at this point. In many ways, crowdfunding is still this new, exciting and, at times, scary thing. To date, more than $100 millionhas been pledgedto game projects on the site. There’s likely plenty more where that came from. Looking back at the pledge numbers is staggering: 2011 ($3,855,692), 2012 ($83,144,565), and 2013 ($22,423,264)....

Lan Di-sama will be pleased Starting today you canpre-order a digital copy ofShenmue IIIfor PCfrom the Shenmue.link website. It also appears to not be too late to pledge for one of the many goals to obtain various benefits such as a physical copy, capsule toys, and in-game messages. If you’re thinking “I want to put $29 down for this final chapter, but first I really have to see three more images and a forklift,” then director Yu Suzuki has your back....

The night St. Nicholas flipped Certainly one of the strangest releases of 2013,Viscera Cleanup Detailnow has a holiday-themed version available for purchase on Steam,Santa’s Rampage. Set in the workshop at the North Pole, players must clean the carnage from a Kris Kringle killing spree. It’s on sale now for $1.99 (regularly $2.49) I think I’ve commented before on what a clever gameViscera Cleanup Detailis. It’s more clever than it is fun, frankly, but how much fun can you really expect to have in picking up bits of unidentifiable corpses and disposing of them?...

Did I say dumb? I meant awesome Square Enix has no problem embracing how stupid and great and terrible and awesome its game — and all video games, really — can be. That’s why there’s aJust Cause 3–branded claw machine that’s dishing out Doritos at gamescom. ‘Cause this is all kind of dumb. Aside from the obvious Rico’s grappling hook parallel, it’s kind of fitting that this is in Cologne, Germany which is home to one of the world’s mostspectacular churches....

Sony is rocking the indie scene, helping developers get games on PlayStation systems Today at GDC there was a panel dedicated to the Vita hosted not by Sony, but veteran Vita developers. Bobby King (The Pinball Arcade), Richard Hogg (Frobisher Says), Brian Provinciano (Retro City Rampage), and Drinkbox’s Chris Harvey (Guacamelee,Tales From Space: Mutant Blob Attacks) all talked about their experience working with Sony and the Vita on a panel moderated by Gaijin Games’ Alex Neuse, whoseRunner2is making its way to Vita....

I jumped right into Proud mode I still remember listening to “Simple and Clean” on a CD player on a school bus. Now I’m married and have a family. That’s how longKingdom Heartshas been with us, through thick and thin: through some of the thicker storylines and thinner narratives. Those thin moments have made sequels and spinoffs a very hard sell for a lot of folks who were basically “done” with the series, butMelody of Memory — a true standalone rhythm title — could reawaken the beast....

Cute Game Freak has made it known that Pokemon will follow you around, Yellow style, inPokemon: Let’s Go Eevee & Pikachu, but now we’re getting a closer look at how that’s actually happening through a series of new videos. As we’ve seen previously you can ride certain Pokemon like Onix, and others will take your lead behind the player character. The most standout creatures are easily Caterpie and Golem. While you’dexpectElectrode to roll it’s awesome to see that Golem sports the same ability and kind of morphs to accommodate, and Caterpie’s inability to keep pace is amazingly cute....

Down to $0.99 for a limited time Twisted Pixel has announced that an update is live forMs. Splosion Manon iOS, offering up cross-device save support, an improved in-game economy, an updated UI, and bug fixes. Additionally, the game will be on sale for $0.99 for a limited time. If you were wondering whether or not to pick this up, it’s actually not a horrible deal for $0.99 if you may cope with the fairly horrid mictrotransaction system that’s in place....

I’m not playing Unknown Worlds’ real-time strategy/first-person shooter hybridNatural Selection 2, but as evidenced by this trailer, I absolutely should be. In it, a new unit for the marines is revealed, and it’s a badass-looking mech. Need any more be said on this subject? Give the video a moment of your day. Currently, players can nab an in-progress, ever-updating beta version of the game inexchange for pre-purchasingNatural Selection 2. Pre-orders will become available on Steam on June 04, 2025, marking the end of instant beta access....

As part of today’s Netflix Geeked event, the streamer confirmed thatArcaneSeason 2will be out in November 2024. In the 15-second long teaser, we can see Jinx solemnly walking towards what appears to be the Bridge of Progress in Piltover, but it’s surrounded in an ominous shade of crimson. Arcane. Season 2. November 2024.#GeekedWeekpic.twitter.com/LmLWrp27v3 Inthe teaser, we can hear Jinx humming the melody line from “The Bridge,” which is featured in the score for the first season....

Heartbreaking “Mr. Iwata, I hope you’re smiling right now.” The standout moment from last night’s The Game Awards 2015 was a tribute to late Nintendo CEO and all-around remarkable human beingSatoru Iwata, who passed away in July. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé took the stage to give a touching speech in remembrance of his “fearless” boss, a man who “clearly was unique in the fullest meaning of the word....

Square Enix is “aware of the big call for a PC version” ofFinal Fantasy XV, but a port isn’t in the works. Speaking withEngadget, the title’s director Hajime Tabata asserted the development team “had to focus on the console version and our goal was to maximize, optimize everything for the HD consoles.” “Unfortunately we weren’t able to do simultaneous development on a PC and console version forXV.“ Once the console versions are complete, Tabata says his team will “definitely take a good, hard look at PC and what we need to do, and consider all our options....