The next release from Blumhouse’s game division has an interesting twist: your character’s blood actually powers their weapons. The game is called Crisol: Theater of Idols, and it’s launching pretty soon, hitting PC, Xbox, and PlayStation on February 10th. (While you wait, check out another excellent Blumhouse title: Fear the Spotlight.)
What better way to spend Sunday morning than with a fresh Super Mario Galaxy movie trailer. Nintendo is streaming its next Direct showcase for the sequel on January 25th at 9AM ET. Hopefully the talking flower will make an appearance. For a refresher, here’s the most recent look.
While it doesn’t have a specific release date, the ambitious action RPG Beast of Reincarnation — which is developed by Pokémon studio Game Freak — will be launching this summer. And yeah, you can pet the dog.
Beloved indie studio Simogo just released an old, internal trailer for its puzzle opus Lorelei and the Laser Eyes. The trailer looks quite a bit different than the final game, making it a fascinating, albeit brief, glimpse into the design process.
Season 5 of Apple TV’s alternate reality sci-fi series starts streaming on March 27th. It picks up with Mars now home to “a thriving colony with thousands of residents and a base for new missions that will take us even further into the solar system.” You can get a taste of that in the extremely brief new teaser.
After soft-launching last year, the New York Times is launching its new two-player word game Crossplay. It’s essentially a new version of Words With Friends or Scrabble, and unlike most offerings from the Times, it’ll be available as a standalone app.
[The New York Times Company]
