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”Yep, it’s taking a while to finish the game. That’s oaky.” (That’s his typo, not mine.)
The game was announced in 2021.
[ConcernedApe’s Haunted Chocolatier]
Ahead of the launch of Dragon Quest VII Reimagined — which I’ll be writing about very soon! — I went on my good friend Chris Plante’s show Post Games to talk about the series’ long history. For further reading, here’s an old interview with series creator Yuji Horii, and reviews of DQXI and the excellent DQIII remake.
Nintendo’s legal team is probably already keeping a close eye on Google’s Project Genie, a world model that Jay Peters used to build some very precise knockoffs of its games. But some commenters want to make sure the lawyers get the message.
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I just watched a 20-minute presentation on Nintendo’s life-sim Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, and that’s the conclusion I’ve come to. The game looks weird-as-hell (complimentary), and even includes the welcome addition of a nonbinary option for character creation.
It launches on the Switch on April 16th.
Nvidia promised to deliver a native GeForce Now Linux app earlier this month, and it’s now releasing a beta today. The native Linux app is a highly requested feature for GeForce Now, especially as subscribers have had to rely on unofficial apps or browser tweaks to get access to the service.
The beta is available for Ubuntu 24.04 and newer starting today, and Nvidia will expand support to additional Linux distributions soon.
Yahoo Games is launching a new daily puzzle game based off of Candy Crush, called Crushable. A new level will be available every day.
Ahead of the finale for Fallout season 2 next week, Amazon has started dropping episodes of the first season on YouTube so you can get a taste of the post-apocalyptic series for free. That finale, meanwhile, will be available a little early, streaming at 9PM ET on February 3rd.
Amazon announced in October that it would be ditching MMOs and cranking out party games, and now Hartmann is departing, Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier reports. We spoke with Hartmann in 2021 about Amazon’s gaming strategy at the time; things have changed since then.
The upcoming beat ‘em up Scott Pilgrim EX, which brings back the creative team behind the last (very good) Scott Pilgrim beat ‘em up, now has a release date. It’s dropping March 3rd, and should hopefully make for a good companion piece to the fascinating animated series on Netflix.
Sony has started rolling out a new system update for the PlayStation 5 today that includes the ability to turn on read receipts to let gamers know you’ve read their messages. The update also improves navigation between the Friends Activity widget and the Welcome Hub, as well as the usual “performance and stability” improvements.
The new site from former Polygon staffers Maddy Myers and Zoë Hannah is now live, and Myers wrote about Mothership’s founding in a piece for The Guardian.
[The Guardian]
The latest entry in the Reigns series, which previously included a Game of Thrones spinoff, will star the witcher himself. It’s called Reigns: The Witcher, and like previous entries, it will have you making decisions by swiping through cards. The new game hits PC and mobile on February 25th.
Nvidia is launching Remix Logic today, a new RTX Remix update that allows modders to add dynamic graphics effects inside games.
You’d normally need source code or engine access to do this, but Remix Logic will let modders easily control weather systems and add new gameplay systems in classic games. It’s available today through Nvidia’s desktop app.
And to celebrate, through the end of January and early February, the studio is going to be airing a series of showcases covering its biggest games: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Diablo. You can check out the full schedule right here.
Fresh off releasing the latest Super Mario Galaxy movie trailer, Nintendo is holding another Direct soon, this one focused on the delightfully strange-looking Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. You can watch it live on January 29th at 9AM ET. Nintendo says it’ll last around 20 minutes.
There’s a bunch of references to the games, including Mario and Luigi using fire flowers and Birdo from Super Mario Bros. 2, but it’s Yoshi that’s the obvious star. Oh, and he’s pretty dang cute, too. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is coming to theaters April 1st.
Belkin’s $100 Charging Case Pro for the Switch 2 looks similar to the $70 version; it’s a thick zip-up case with a 10,000mAh battery, plus pockets for cartridges and an AirTag. But the battery here, cleverly redesigned as a folding stand that magnetically snaps into the case, makes it feel worth the higher cost.
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Soon, you’ll be able to play as The Office’s Dwight Schrute and Michael Scott in Fortnite when new skins of the characters debut in the game’s item shop. It’s one of Fortnite’s stranger collaborations, but it makes more sense when you consider how many people are still watching the show.
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.
And we’re done! Lawyers for Epic and Google have asked for a few weeks to talk amongst themselves and file one more brief by early March. Judge Donato says yes “just so long as we are clearly duel-tracked and the order is going forward.” He wanted to be sure Google is actually complying, and Google says it is. Epic says the court-ordered technical committee, where Google and Epic must hammer out the details of store-within-a-store and catalog access, is up and running too.
Sweeney, earlier today: “Every store will be able to do a much better job of serving US users if it can reach a worldwide audience.”
Epic’s lead attorney has continued to push on that with Dr. Rose, who says she was not assigned or resourced to explore “all of the fundamental economic issues,” but admits she doesn’t know if other app makers would think the whole world is as important to their business as Sweeney suggests Epic does. (Again, the Epic Google proposed settlement would change things globally, but the current injunction only applies in the US, while Epic and Google continue to fight elsewhere in the world.)
He tried a few other questions with Dr. Rose as well, but I didn’t catch anything particularly interesting. She has now stepped down, and we’re going into Epic and Google’s logistics for the next steps going forward, presumably before the judge gives us his final thoughts for the day.
