Dungeon-crawling collection launches June 2023.
Publisher Atlus has revealed a brand new trailer for its upcoming Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection on Nintendo Switch, which launches later this year on June 1st, 2023.
The trailer dives into a heap of dungeon-crawling gameplay from all three titles and also shows off a bunch of “party customization, mapmaking, battles, exploration and more”.
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VR Skater is a highly immersive street Skateboarding game coming to PlayStation VR2 this Summer! It’s a finely tuned mix of both arcade and simulation. Easy to learn but hard to master, the feeling you get after landing a difficult trick is like no other!
Today we’re talking new features, experiences, and everything PlayStation VR2!
One thing all Skaters need to experience in VR is the Mega Ramp! From a gameplay point of view, the mega ramp allows Players to catch air like never before, pulling off insane flip tricks and huge grabs over the iconic Mega Ramp, made famous by Skateboarding Legend Danny Way. Usually, the key gameplay dynamic of VR Skater is all about street skating. So, as well as being highly impressive and something the community wants, it offers a different gameplay mechanic in this separate immersive experience. Something completely new to the world of VR.
Announced first today on the PlayStation Blog, VR Skater will use the power of the PS VR2 to push immersion further! We plan to use the adaptive triggers to adjust tension when steering in-game. Giving the sensation of resistance you’d feel in a skateboard’s trucks and bushings in real life. VR fans and skaters will love this announcement as we’re trying to replicate even the most minor details of skating.
The controls replicate how tricks would be performed in real life. Swiping and scooping your hands as if they were feet to perform iconic skate tricks like kickflips, tre flips, hardflips, and many more! Feeling intuitive if you’ve ever stepped foot on a skateboard before. To perform grinds and slides, the player will hold buttons to apply rotation and pressure to individual sides of the board, giving players the freedom to skate how they want to. Whether it be tail or nose slides, 50-50 grinds, or many more. You can also work a series of grabs and the finger flip into your combos.
Skateboarding is a very creative outlet. From the tricks you perform, to the fashion and music embedded in the sport’s history. Customizing your board is an essential part of Skateboarding. Announced first here on the PlayStation blog, players will be able to customize their boards and grip tape using the Print Tablet! Reach a certain XP level and you’ll unlock the Print Tablet, allowing you to upload custom textures, and arrange them however you desire. This is a highly requested feature that we’re stoked to announce today!
But how does customization in VR Skater work? Head to the VR Skate shop where you can find all new decks, trucks, wheels, and grip tapes that you physically apply to create your perfect setup. You’ll be able to unlock new coloured decks, trucks, wheels & grip tapes by completing challenges and levelling up in-game. A feature that all skate fans are sure to love.
Deficit Games is a small indie VR game studio from the Bavarian countryside founded in 2017. Before VR Skater, they released smaller mobile VR titles. Since founder and VR enthusiast Andi has strong roots in the skate and punk rock scene, looking at possible designs for a VR skateboarding game was a very organic decision. Then everything took its course and in 2022 the Early Access version of VR Skater was nominated for the German Games Award in the category of Technology and Innovation.
Both Perp Games and Deficit Games can’t wait to release VR Skater into the wild this Summer on PlayStation VR2!
You can Wishlist the game now on PlayStation Store.
While many gaming companies largely got the hint last year that gamers aren’t keen on blockchain, NFTs, and all that web3 entails, Square Enix doesn’t seem to have absorbed the message yet. And it’s demonstrating this today via a partnership with web3 gaming platform Elixir, with the intent of “generating visibility and adoption of web3 games among traditional gamers.”
The official announcement is light on details as to what, exactly, these two companies will be doing together, calling this a “strategic partnership” intended to “drive mass adoption [of web3 gaming] during 2023.” Elixir itself is a PC games distribution platform that puts web3 games and regular games side-by-side, with little to distinguish between them.
Notably, Elixir partnered earlier this year with Epic Games to allow users to play any game in their Epic library “next to your fav web3 games“. Basically, the idea seems to be that if it stuffs enough non-web3 games next to web3 games, players won’t be able to tell the difference and will get really, really into web3 gaming.
Given its recent activities, it’s unsurprising that Square Enix is digging its heels in on this. At the start of the year, then-president Yosuke Matsuda said that the company’s vision for 2023 included “aggressive investment” into blockchain technology and NFTs. While Matsuda himself stepped down last month, his vision appears to have remained intact, as demonstrated by a recent set of Final Fantasy 7 NFT trading cards. It’s an ironic choice given the themes at play in Final Fantasy 7, but that didn’t bother Square Enix last year either when it made a Cloud Strife action figure that was also an NFT.
Web3, blockchain, and NFTs have remained deeply controversial in gaming, though enthusiastic support from major gaming companies has cooled significantly after multiple studios and publishers faced intense criticism for suggesting they were using the technology. Valve has banned the technology on Steam outright, noting its overwhelming use for scams, as has itch.io. And a handful of studios signed an anti-NFT pledge last year set up by Climate Replay in a commitment to avoid the serious, ongoing issues involved with blockchain systems, which demand massive amounts of energy to run and can cause serious environmental harm.
Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.
Limited Run Games have announced they’re bringing back the 1992 Game Boy game Trip World, a charming Kirby-esque platformer whose flowery monochrome world had, until recently, been more or less lost to time. Thankfully, Limited Run are collaborating with the original developers at Sunsoft, including the game’s director Yuichi Ueda, to bring the forgotten game back to PC and consoles (including the original Game Boy Color, of all things) in the form of Trip World DX.
Update, April 19, 2023: Argos currently has a new allocation of The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom collector’s edition preorders available. These are listed at £109.99 (as opposed to when they were previously listed for £139.99). Preorders are still available at the time of writing, and you can secure one through our handy link here, or by clicking through the shopping info left below as well. Keep an eye out for updates by following @IGNUKDeals on Twitter.
There are plenty of other hot items available to preorder if you’re looking forward to Tears of the Kingdom, including the unique and limited edition Switch OLED model, OLED Carry Case, and even the Pro Controller and Link Amiibo. For links on preorders to all of these, check out the full article just below.
Preorders for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be delivered on May 12, 2023. This is the same for the standard preorders, alongside the special Collector’s Edition.
The Collector’s Edition includes the following: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom game (physical copy), Tears of the Kingdom Artbook, Switch SteelBook, ICONART steel poster, and a Zelda set of four unique pins.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Collector’s Edition will cost £109.99 in the UK. This is the standard and recommended retail price, or RRP. Some retailers may try and charge you more than this (such as Argos who previously listed the special edition for £139.99, but have now corrected this and are charging the regular RRP for preorders.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is getting its very own limited edition Switch OLED. It was initially revealed during a Tears of the Kingdom gameplay showcase on March 28, and will release on April 28, 2023. Preorders are now live at select retailers, including Amazon UK. See the relevant links below.
The Switch OLED Carry Case to go alongside the shiny limited edition console has been just as popular as the Pro Controller and aforementioned Switch console. Out of stock at most retailers, but for now, Amazon has got a limited allocation available. Once again, if you’re after one, I’d preorder as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
At the time of writing, the Zelda-themed Switch Pro Controller is currently out of stock at all retailers. But, don’t give up yet, as we’re likely to see more preorders become available over the next month. Keep an eye out for updates on IGN UK Daily Deals, or follow @IGNUKDeals for more news on Twitter.
Preorders have sold out for the Link Tears of the Kingdom amiibo in the UK, with GAME, Amazon, ShopTo, and The Game Collection all now out of stock for the time being.
Obviously, these SD cards can be used with any compatible device, but we’re focusing on a select few that are perfect for your Steam Deck (A2 SD Cards like the Samsung Evo Select), or your Nintendo Switch. My favourite deal is definitely on the Samsung Evo Select 512GB SD for just £32.99. This SD card was down to £38 during Black Friday, so this is an even better deal.
Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.
The Lamplighters League is the next turn-based strategy game from the team behind Battletech and Shadowrun, but it’s also the name of the ragtag group of scoundrels you’ll be fighting with across this pulp adventure. Katharine got to see three of those characters in action during her preview – where she walked away very excited about the game’s emergent chaos – and now developer Harebrained Schemes have revealed all ten playable agents. Oh boy, do they look stylish.
A Mega Man-like from the folk behind Pokémon.
If the news of an Indie World Direct, the reveal of more Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC and two new amiibo, wasn’t enough for you, Nintendo has also added four new games to the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive library on the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack — all within the last 24 hours.
While the likes of Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition and Kid Chameleon are more than enough to get excited about, it is the addition of Pulseman that has really got our Nintendo senses tingling. This is because the title comes from none other than Game Freak, working in its pre-Pokémon Red and Blue days.
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Nvidia’s new GeForce RTX 4070 graphics card has launched to warm reviews thanks to its performance, power efficiency and DLSS 3 – including here at RPS – but its £599 price point has been decried as a bit over the top.
Enter Novatech, who are offering a Palit RTX 4070 for just £550, a £50 reduction from RRP and the best deal we’ve seen on the 4070 thus far. Add on £6 for next-day shipping and you’ve got a high-end card for a cool £44 off!
Xbox has officially confirmed its second wave of new Xbox Game Pass games for April 2023, and there’s plenty more to jump into this month, and early May as well. Bethesda and Arkane Studios’ Redfall is a clear standout from the latest blog post, although don’t get too excited as it’s still hitting Game Pass in May. But, it’s still not far too off the April release window for Game Pass users, releasing on May 2 for PC, Xbox Series X|S and Cloud.
Other games announced for late April include The Last Case of Benedict Fox on April 27, BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle also on April 27, Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly on April 20, Homestead Arcana on April 21, Medieval Dynasty on April 20, and Cassette Beasts on April 26 for PC,
Games that have already hit Game Pass this month include Ghostwire Tokyo, which made its debut on Xbox Series X|S on April 12th. There were also the likes of Loop Hero on April 4, NHL 23 on April 13 and Minecraft Legends on April 18. You can see the full list of games that are on Xbox Game Pass in April, just below.
This is everything so far confirmed to be hitting Xbox Game Pass this month. Stay tuned for more updates on the second wave of games in the last couple of weeks in April.
If you’re a PC user and don’t have Game Pass, or even want to stack your membership up a few months, you can currently save $6 on 3-months of PC Game Pass with this link at Amazon.
A major free update for Ghostwire Tokyo came alongside the new release. It’s called the Spider’s Thread update, and Tango Gameworks has also promised it will come with a variety of quality-of-life improvements to make players’ journeys through the haunted version of Tokyo a little smoother. This update released on the same day for all users (on PS5, Xbox, and PC) and adds a new game mode, extended story cutscenes, new areas, and more.
The following games will be leaving Xbox Game Pass by April 30, so get ready to say goodbye, or consider making them a permanent addition to your library.
Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.
“Join a cast of new and familiar characters”.
Alongside the amiibo announcement, Nintendo has confirmed “the final DLC” in the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Expansion Pass will arrive next week on 25th April.
The trailer above provides fans with a glimpse of what’s to come in ‘Future Redeemed’ and also shows off a cast of “new and familiar characters” – including Shulk. According to the PR, this DLC will include an “original story scenario” connecting all three installments of the Xenoblade Chronicles series together.
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