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Yay? Square Enix is taking one of its venerable franchises in a new direction withStar Ocean: Material Trader. A social role-playing game, the forthcoming title will eschew the series’ traditional roots in favor of a card-based experience for mobile platforms. Series producer Yoshinori Yamagishi is on board and is working alongsideCircle of Manateam Hippos Lab to bring the game to iOS and Android devices later this year. スターオーシャン シリーズ最新作となるGREEスターオーシャン マテリアルトレーダー の事前登録がスタート[Gamer viaJoystiq]...

Upon booting up Steam this morning, Internet denizen TiffanyParkdiscovered a notification on the program indicating a number of new items were located in her Steam inventory. “I got really excited,” Park told Destructoid. “I thought I had new trading cards to sell or maybe a friend finally gifted me one of the games on my wish list.” Upon opening her inventory, though, Park discovered a bevy of coupons for several banal-looking games she’d never heard of before, much less ever considered purchasing....

Chisato Shinjo wants you to panic Chisato Shinjohas finally been unveiled as the next heroine inSummer Lesson. She lives in an old mansion which you’ll venture to to teach her about the outside world including modern society and even manga, computers, and video games. Chisato is apparently very sheltered and thus is quite selfish, which according the to creators will lead to “more surprising experiences and mysterious feelings than ever before....

Time for fighter adjustments In trueSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatefashion: shortly after the new fighter reveal, they’re available in-game. Although Min Min was just confirmed last week, she’s now fully available inUltimate, alongside of the new patch 8.0.0 update that alters a bunch of fighters and adds new Miis and spirits into the mix. In addition to the new Min Min character, stage and music, countless fighters have been altered in subtle or not so subtle ways....

I’m interested We’re getting to the point where we’re going to have more console exclusive Switch games, especially when it comes to JRPGs andZelda-esque action adventures, so the unveiling ofTale of the Ice Staffby Zodiac Interactive isn’t a major surprise. Due in 2019 on Switch,Ice Stafffocuses on a protagonist duo named Yersa and Nick as they battle “Dark Forces” and “explore new lands.” It seems to be very puzzle oriented and based on the trailer, might contain a few heavy story beats (“the darkness is here we must pay for our atrocity”)....

Like Malcom in the Middle, but with swears and Wartortles [Teenage Pokemon is a cartoon show about Pokemon in their second stage of evolution. Expect some parody/tribute to videogame culture, industry, players, and events.] I just realized that the first episode ofThe Simpsons was a Christmas Special. That show went on to do pretty well for itself I guess. Same withSouth Park. Weird. I swear to God, it’s purely a coincidence that the first episode ofTeenage Pokemonis also a Christmas Special....

If you happen to get an error page on the site of app developerPixiApps, you are treated tothis rather clever 404 message. Cute! This is the kind of stuff that Chad Concelmo digs up when he should be working his day job! Today, Namco Bandai and Destructoid will bring the gift of chicken and waffles to PAX East, a whole bunch of games will be on display on the PAX show floor, Tyrone Rodriquez of Nicalis says naughty things about Hideo Kojima, Denis Dyack thinks used software and not his own sh*tty games is what’s killing the industry, we reviewThe Fancy Pants AdventuresandWarriors Orochi 3, and nobody knows whenSuper Mario Bros....

Game of the Year before it even comes out Last week,Cyberpunk 2077developers CD Projekt Red aired their firstNight City Wire segment, acting as a replacement for the lack of an E3 appearance this year. To coincide with the segment airing, outlets were given hands-on demos of the game for impressions. IGN was one such outlet and, while you could read throughMiranda Sanchez’s impressions in full, I can give you the juiciest piece of information that she uncovered:...

We’ve entered marketing Inception These are strange times for the film industry and even stranger times for marketing firms. While many theaters stand on the precipice of destruction, there is one messiah that may deliver them to the promised land: Christopher Nolan. Many, many tentpole films and indies alike have shifted their premiere dates to the fall or winter (and some into 2021), but WB and Nolan have remained steadfast in their commitment to the theatrical experience by keeping a July date forTenet, global pandemic be damned....

What a team! With a 4-1 win over Finland, the United States of America is the 2017 World Cup champion inRocket League. The American squad (made up of Fireburner, GarrettG, and Kronovi) won all six games it played — going undefeated in the group stage before picking up the necessary three consecutive victories in the knockout stage to take home the title. The sports adage is that defense wins championships, and it holds true in this case....

Wii U moved 160,000 across the globe last three months Nintendo’slatest earningshave come in an overall things aren’t that bad looking for the company. They had a positive net return with ¥8.62 billion ($88 million) this last quarter. Nintendo is forecasting its net profit to increase to ¥55 billion ($563 million) by the end of the fiscal year. So here’s the bad news. The Wii U moved 160,000 consoles around the world between April 1 and June 30....

Astaroth, Pyrrha, and Nightmare oh my! I likeSoulcalibur II HD Online, but boy oh boy is the online a nightmare. Because of this, I’m holding my breath with the free-to-play offering Namco is whipping up for the next installment of their fabled fighter:Soulcalibur: Lost Swords. That said, I have to say the game is looking quite stunning. Namco’s first foray into the free-to-play fighter market,Tekken Revolution, has fared decently in my eyes, but overall lacks the refinement a proper sequel tends to offer....

No, it most certainly is not Hamza happened uponTitanfall Arcade, an official browser-based mashup ofTitanfalland classic Atari games. Wondering why anyone would create such a thing, I couldn’t help myself. I clicked. Asteroidsis playable now, withMissile CommandandCentipedeto follow. At least in the case of this first game, it sort of just ends after a point, encouraging you to share a link on Facebook or Twitter. I did not do that. I’m writing about it here, though, so I guess they won....