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Fall Guys Lets Players Craft Their Own Mayhem With New Creative Mode

Summary

Fall Guys Season 4 launches today, introducing Creative Mode for all players
Build custom levels with a robust suite of tools and share them with the community
Learn more about Creative Mode in an exclusive Q&A with Miguel Rafael, Lead Designer on Fall Guys Creative

Alongside the launch of Season 4, Fall Guys has introduced Creative Mode, giving players all the tools they need to create custom stages to play and share, and it’s available today!

Xbox Wire was lucky enough to take a peek at Creative Mode in action ahead of launch, and it looks like brilliant fun indeed. The tools are intuitive; you don’t have to be a master architect to build a challenging and chaotic level. Simply place a starting point and a finishing line, and then fill out the course with bouncy obstacles, steep ramps, and other wacky objects for your beans to overcome.

We also had the opportunity to speak to Miguel Rafael, Lead Designer on Fall Guys Creative, to learn more about how Creative Mode was built to be accessible without restrictions. If you do see Miguel in a lobby with you, make sure you definitely DON’T grab him, he’s let us know that he has a hard time getting Crowns as it is…

Now, onto the Creative stuff!

Xbox Wire: Why did bringing Fall Guys Creative to Fall Guys feel like a great idea?

Miguel Rafael: Players are hungry for Fall Guys content, and we felt that the best way to satisfy that voracious appetite was to release Creative into the wild. It is all about putting the power to shape the Fall Guys experience and universe directly into players’ hands.

How is Creative designed to grant players freedom, while respecting the limitations of a working level?

MR: We allow players to mix and match obstacles at will, place them where they want, rotate them as they wish, and change various attributes such as speed, strength, and size. As for respecting the limitations of a working level, our goal is to break free of them!

We want to expand the editor in ways that allow players to redefine what a Fall Guys level is all about! So stay tuned for updates. We are bringing some never-before-seen Fall Guys treats to Creative!

What kind of things have been made internally with the tool? Have any of the creations surprised you?

RM: All of the Rounds for the new season have been created by our level design team in Creative! This is the most levels we have ever shipped in a season. And yes, during every playtest, the team would say, “Wait, what? You can do that in Creative?!” There are some really unbelievable races this season.

Could a player’s mode become so popular that it gets added to the main game?

RM: Yes! Players’ levels selected by our team will make their way into the Show Selector! For more information on how your Round can get featured, check out the Fall Guys Creative FAQ!

Can you run us through the types of items that will be available in Creative, examples of what is included, and how to use them?

RM: In Fall Guys there’s only one item type that matters: OBSTACLES. Luckily, we’ve added plenty of them, including classic obstacles, fan favorites, and a brand new one for the season launch. Feel free to use them to your heart’s content – there’s no wrong way to be creative!

Can players add their own flair with custom palettes/changing the color and look of objects?

RM: You can change the colors of most obstacles and building blocks. In the future, we hope to expand the color selection to give creators even more freedom.

What can players look forward to in terms of ongoing updates?

RM: Are you trying to get me to spill top-secret information?

We will, of course, be bringing more classic obstacles to Creative as well as brand new ones. The same goes for Round types! That’s all I can say about that for now, but we can’t wait to show everyone the endless possibilities with Fall Guys Creative!

It’s time to get Creative!

You’ll be glad to hear that Fall Guys Creative is available to play now, and there’s even more goodies to enjoy as part of Season 4.

To keep up with all things Fall Guys, including updates on store items, collaborations and Limited Time events, check out the official Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. Never stumble alone and join the shenanigans on the official Fall Guys Discord. Make sure you use #FallGuysCreative when posting videos or screenshots of your level⁠—as this is a great way to get your Rounds seen and played by the community!

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You’re invited to dive and dodge your way to victory in the pantheon of clumsy. Rookie or pro? Solo or partied up? Fall Guys delivers ever-evolving, high-concentrated hilarity and fun. The only thing more important than winning is looking as ridiculous as possible while doing it. Grab the silliest costume you can and fall in line—the show’s about to start!

Competitive & Cooperative: Tumble between competitive free-for-alls and cooperative challenges—or take on the Blunderdome with up to 3 friends!

Play with Friends: Fall Guys supports cross-play, cross-platform parties and cross-progression via your Epic Games Account.

Ever-Evolving Content: Play stays fresh with Limited Time Events and new game modes. Each Season brings with it new costumes, collabs, obstacles and ways to play.

Gloriously Customizable: Choose from a multitude of Colors, Patterns, Costumes and Nameplates. Relish wins with voguish Celebrations and share your flair with Emotes!

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Life Makeover, Where Your Only Limit Is Your Imagination

Becoming a fashion icon can be hard work. It takes time, creativity, and an eye for perfectly crafted outfit composition. Not to mention a sense of design to create the perfect home in which to wear your new fancy clothes. It can take years to curate the ideal wardrobe and house.

Unless you have Life Makeover, the new social simulation game from Famous Heart Limited. The game already has over 15 million followers from around the world and over 4 million players from Southeast Asia, America, and Europe who have already pre-registered to unlock early rewards. Many people are looking to express their unique sense of style in the digital space. Life Makeover has already reached the top spot in the iOS store in China, Japan, and Singapore, with English, Russian, Thai, Bahasa Indonesia, and Vietnamese localization. It has quickly become a cultural hit because of its customization options, home designs, and social elements, putting the freedom of limitless creativity in the player’s hands.

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Life Makeover offers a level of customization that may be overwhelming at first glance. However, their user-friendly interface allows new players to jump in and quickly get the hang of things to get to the fun of creating their perfect looks. Players, or “dream makers” as the game calls them, can make their avatar and control factors like skin tone, body shape, facial structure, eye color & shape, to the point that you can customize your upper and lower eyelid separately and even customize the twinkle in your eyes. Adjust your makeup, the length of your legs, and the pout of your lips. Life Makeover can help you make it if you can dream it.

Designing your avatar is just the beginning. After customizing your virtual avatar, it’s time to switch gears and choose what to wear. Players are put into full designer mode, able to craft their wardrobe looks down to each piece’s styles, colors, patterns, and materials! Thousands of items are currently available in game, from casual looks to elaborate gowns worthy of a photo shoot at the Met Gala; the latest fashion looks and vintage couture pieces are at your fingertips. You could even use the customization options to create the outfit you’re wearing right now! Re-create your favorite celebrity looks from the Met Gala or an iconic look from your favorite tv show. The use of Unreal Engine 4 means that the materials and clothing look precisely as they do in real life.

From Fashion Week Icon to Home Makeover

The creativity doesn’t end with your wardrobe. After all, the game is called Life Makeover. Players are able to create their dream homes from the ground up, choosing the perfect floor plan and decorating it as they see fit. Furnish every corner of your home, and insert lighting fixtures and conversation pieces as you like. What will your dream home look like? How will you create the perfect getaway and hosting space?

Once your home is ready, it’s time to invite your friends or players you’ve met in the neighborhood over and throw a house party to show off your creation. Host a tea party, combine the home and fashion elements, and host a themed costume party. It’s up to you. The game’s social aspect is just as crucial as the various design elements. It’s not just about customizing but also about interacting with others in this vibrant world that the team at Famous Heart Limited has created. Life Makeover is a blank canvas for you to paint your perfect picture with all the tools the game gives you.

What Will Your Story Be?

As if a fashion simulator, a custom home design game, and a social online multiplayer game where you can have your friends over for photoshoots weren’t enough, Life Makeover also offers a story mode. Yes, a story mode where players can become detectives to uncover the mystery of the main story and even experience some of the stories behind specifically unique costumes.

More than four million people have signed up for Life Makeover to get their hands on rewards and begin their journey from day one. You can download the game now and invite your friends!

If you get five friends to join you, you’ll get a few bonus customization items as a reward. There is also an ongoing SNS event with free outfits in-game and a luck draw on their Facebook page to win an iPhone and CHANEL lipsticks! So get your vision boards and lookbooks ready and check out Life Makeover on the Play Store and App Store!

Vampires meet Frankenstein-ish experiments in V Rising’s first big update

Early access hit V Rising is getting its first major update next week with the Secrets Of Gloomrot, a Frankenstein-inspired package that offers a brand new region full of fresh-fanged beasties, and plenty more improvements. Secrets Of Gloomrot is set to join one of the best survival games – according to RPS readers and the RPS Hivemind – on May 17th as a free update. Lay your eyes on the first horrid gameplay trailer below:

The Lamplighters League Blends Stealth, XCOM Combat, and a Ritzy 1930’s Aesthetic

After Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope and Marvel’s Midnight Suns last year, I’m champing at the bit for more of the fantastic and challenging turn-based tactics that not enough games offer. So when I recently went hands-on with Shadowrun developer Hairbrained Schemes’ The Lamplighters League, it was like stepping into a warm bath. The alternate-history 1930’s setting evokes an Indiana Jones-like adventurer’s charm filled with fedoras and tommy guns, and that felt like the perfect backdrop for the mix of diabolical stealth and strategic combat I overwhelmingly enjoyed in this admittedly small taste.

The Lamplighters League’s killer feature is how it blends realtime stealth hijinks with turn-based combat in the same vein as XCOM. Before fists and lead start flying, characters can move freely to gather recon, collect items, and take out enemies undetected, but once I was inevitably spotted, the action switched to the cover-based tactical combat you’d find in the likes of Gears Tactics. The advantage of this hybrid model is that I was allowed to sneak around, feeling like a roguish ne’er-do-well as I scouted ahead and set myself up for success in the upcoming bout. Then, by the time the turn-based shenanigans began, I was armed with the knowledge and tools I needed to win the day.

Another advantage of Lamplighters League’s realtime/turn-based hybrid model is that, because I was returned to infiltration mode after each fight, it gave me a chance to catch my breath before the next section, which meant levels were longer than your typical tactics game. It’s always bothered me that the levels in tactics games are far too short, and just when I’m getting into it I suddenly find myself back at base, customizing my squad to prepare for the next mission. By stringing together what amounts to a bunch of mini XCOM levels together with stealth sequences in between, I was able to enjoy missions for longer and spend less time looking at menus.

The Lamplighters League’s killer feature is how it blends realtime stealth hijinks with turn-based combat in the same vein as XCOM.

The tactics combat itself is about what you’d expect from genre peers, where moving from cover to cover, using special abilities, and sweating at the odds you have of landing a hit when attacking is the name of the game. A number of distinct heroes are available to rotate in and out of your party. Ingrid is a close-quarters bruiser who can kick enemies to the ground, causing them to skip their next turn, while Eddie carries two pistols and excels at controlling the battlefield from mid-range with a hail of gunfire. Meanwhile, Lateef, who is quite squishy and much more useful during the infiltration stage, can place a decoy on the battlefield to distract his attackers.

During infiltration mode, all characters switch over to a different set of skills than the ones used in combat. Lateef, who struggles in combat, suddenly becomes the MVP with the best sneaking skills and an ability that lets him knock enemies out silently before battle begins, sometimes avoiding it altogether. Meanwhile, Ingrid can punch through walls and help take out enemies not-so-silently before combat begins, and Eddie can lockpick doors and use shock mines to lure unsuspecting enemies into traps. While infiltration mode mostly serves as a break between combat sections where you’re healing up and doing recon, there’s some genuinely interesting stuff you can do during these intermissions as well, and it’s definitely satisfying to skip a combat section by setting off a particularly clever series of traps or stealth tactics to give you an edge in later parts of the level.

The charming art style and 1930’s setting is also a welcome change, as it’s something I haven’t seen in the tactics genre before. There’s just something about playing as a dolled-up femme fatale, sneaking through alleys as I prepared to get the jump on some gun-toting goons that feels very right. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get a very good impression of the characters beyond their basic introductions, since I only had access to the first two levels, but if it manages to nail the story, The Lamplighters League could be something very special.

Total War: Warhammer 3’s roadmap outlines the next year of expansions and updates

The Forge Of The Chaos Dwarfs expansion is hot out of the oven, but Creative Assembly have already detailed what’s next for Total War: Warhammer 3. A fresh roadmap shares what’s coming in the next twelve months, which includes three paid expansions: Shadows Of Change (Summer 2023), Thrones Of Decay (Winter 2023), and To Be Revealed (which I’m hoping is the official title, coming Spring 2024). Each expansion will be accompanied by a free update that brings Legendary Heroes for everyone, as well as interim patches in between content drops.

Guardians of the Galaxy is Now 70% Off and Steam Deck Verified

If you’ve come away from Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 and you’re looking for even more time with the beloved heroes, then look no further than the 2021 game. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (2021) is a certified underrated gem, and well worth your time and money. It’s not connected to the MCU, but it’s still got some of the best video game writing and voice work of the current (and even the last) generation.

GotG is the perfect companion piece to the new movie if you’re looking for even more action, laughs, and emotional vulnerability from your favorite space-based heroes. Not only that, but that game is now 100% Verified on Steam Deck, so you can rest assured it’ll run perfectly on the magnificent PC gaming handheld.

To top it all off, it’s even 70% off at the moment on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox, making this one of the absolute finest deals you could pick up in 2023. Guardians was even on Game Pass for a decent chunk of time, but for now, it is resting nicely in the libraries of anyone with a PS Plus Extra membership. We’ll leave some handy links below if you want to pick it up, or you could even check out our full Guardians of the Galaxy merch and gift guide, or our full 8/10 review of the game as well.

Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.

Zelda Devs Confirm The Return Of Fan-Favourite Feature In TOTK

Thank goodness!

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is right around the corner, and we’re absolutely itching to get our hands on it and roam the land of Hyrule once again.

In preparation, key developers behind the game – including long-time producer Eiji Aonuma – have taken part in an ‘Ask the Developer’ interview to delve into the nitty-gritty of how the sequel came to be. We’ve already covered how Tears of the Kingdom is apparently all about hands, which is definitely a thing, but part three of the interview confirms something most of us have been simply dying to know.

Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Fall Guys Getting Creative Mode and Other New Features Today

Epic Games has announced a creative mode for Fall Guys that lets players build and create their own competitive stages.

Available today, May 10, the mode promises to bring “a comprehensive and full-featured level editor” that puts the developers’ tools into the hands of the players. Fans can sample other players’ creations in a dedicated mode but the most-loved levels will often be included in the main Fall Guys show selector too.

Other changes are coming to the game in the Creative Construction update too, including the Season Pass changing to the Fame Pass. Epic Games this change will bring “more regular and better value content drops” thanks to the new system, as each season now contains multiple consecutive Fame Passes lasting four to seven weeks each. The first Fame Pass will be available from May 10 to June 12.

Fame Passes consist of 40 rewards and still include both a free and paid progression path, with each one seemingly revolving around a certain entertainment franchise collaboration. Hello Kitty is the first Fame Pass star, and a special costume will unlock immediately for all players who purchase the pass.

In our 8/10 review of the game, IGN said: “A collection of exciting minigames and a burst of every colour under the rainbow makes Fall Guys a consistent delight.”

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and acting UK news editor. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.

Pokémon developers Game Freak announce their new action-adventure IP with vague concept art

Take-Two’s “indie” publishing label Private Division have announced a partnership with Game Freak, the long-standing studio behind every mainline Pokémon game, plus a few extras. Details are scarce, but the pair are working on a brand new action-adventure IP codenamed Project Bloom. We’ve been teased with a single piece of concept art that shows off a brooding character dressed in traditional Japanese clothing, contemplating something in a very dreamy forest.

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Seemingly Isn’t Launching This Year

EA’s latest earnings report contains no mention of BioWare’s upcoming RPG Dragon Age: Dreadwolf in its list of upcoming games, suggesting the next entry in the beloved franchise won’t release until April 2024 at the earliest.

As reported by Eurogamer, EA’s latest earnings report included a schedule of previously announced games that are slated to release in the 2023/24 financial year, which runs until the end of March 2024. The list featured a range of upcoming titles including The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle Earth, Immortals of Aveum, and Madden 24, but contained no mention of Dragon Age: Dreadwolf.

EA’s omission suggests that BioWare’s highly anticipated RPG won’t be released until April 2024 at the earliest. Officially revealed back in December 2018, Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is set to be the fourth entry in the fantasy series.

The game has yet to be given an official release window. However, BioWare revealed in October 2022 that an alpha version of the game was now playable from start to finish, giving fans hope that a release might not be too far away.

Further evidence that BioWare was ramping up for the release of Dreadwolf came with the January 2023 release of Dark Horse Comic’s prequel miniseries, Dragon Age: The Missing. Written by George Mann and illustrated by Kieran McKeown, Dragon Age: The Missing helps set the scene for the upcoming game while following protagonists Varric Tethras and Lace Harding’s descent into the blight-infected Deep Roads beneath Marnas Pell.

January also saw Dragon Age: Dreadwolf’s production director Mac Walters step away from the project, and BioWare as a whole after spending almost two decades with the developer. Walters had previously worked on the second and third entries in the Mass Effect series, along with the most recent title Mass Effect: Andromeda, and EA’s ill-fated sci-fi RPG Anthem.

Anthony is a freelance contributor covering science and video gaming news for IGN. He has over eight years experience of covering breaking developments in multiple scientific fields and absolutely no time for your shenanigans. Follow him on Twitter @BeardConGamer