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The Helldivers 2 galactic war has taken another turn, this time seemingly locking the release of mechs behind the liberation of a planet called Tien Kwan....

Arrowhead Game Studios has revealed in a PlayStation Blog post that Season 2 of Helldivers 2 launches next week with a new "Cutting Edge" Warbond. This new Warbond is packed with "high-voltage vibes," giving players access to new loadout potential with ultra-futuristic armor, guns that spit lightning, stylish capes, emotes, and more.  Warbond – Cutting Edge goes live next week on March 14 and brings with it a new "Acquisitions" battle pass of things to unlock. However, don't fret if you're still working through the first free and premium Warbonds in Helldivers 2 – Warbonds don't expire.  Check out the Helldivers 2 Warbond – Cutting Edge trailer for yourself below:  Within this new Warbond, players will find multiple EX Series armor prototypes. The EX-03 Prototype 3 includes a rubber underlayer for insulation with "wires that operate at a shocking...

Amazon Studios has released the first official trailer for its upcoming Fallout TV series and unsurprisingly, it features power armor, a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, Vault Dwellers, and plenty more. And it looks great. Today's trailer is just a three-minute tease of what awaits in the full series, which premiers next month on April 11 (originally set to premiere April 12, its premiere has been moved up one day), exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.  The trailer begins with a character explaining the importance of vaults before the world falls to nuclear destruction. Fast forward 200 years and Vault Dwellers emerge, ready to discover what awaits in the vast Californian wasteland. We get new looks at Ella Purnell's Jean, the primary Vault Dweller protagonist, Walton Goggins' Ghoul, Kyle MacLachlan's mysterious character, Aaron Clifton Moten's Maximus, who is a member of the Brotherhood...

The RPG Maker series is arguably the most efficiently named “game” in the medium. It is a tool that lets players make their own RPGs. The series has been around in Japan since the late '80s but has regularly made its way to North America across myriad platforms. It has always existed somewhere between a development tool and a fun, digital creativity toy. The next entry, RPG Maker With – considering it will be for consoles – seems to fall more in the direction of the latter.   With doesn’t appear to have any major surprises. It boasts user-friendly and intuitive controls, all kinds of new assets to build your game with, the ability to make your own assets, and it will let you share your creations, finished or in-progress, with others online. RPG Maker With and is coming...

Amid industry-wide layoffs that have already affected more than 6,700 people in 2024 alone (on top of 10,000 laid off in the games industry last year), Capcom has announced it is increasing its starting salary in Japan by more than 25 percent. Plus, those already working at the company behind games like Street Fighter 6, Dragon's Dogma 2, and the Resident Evil franchise will be getting an increase in their salaries as well.  This news comes by way of VideoGamesChronicle, which reports that the existing pay for "new graduate hires" is around $1,560 per month but, starting in Capcom's 2025 fiscal year, that will change to around $2000 a month, representing a more than 25 percent jump in pay. Existing salaries will be bumped up by more than 5 percent, on average, in Capcom's 2024 fiscal year, according to VGC, and...

Princess Peach: Showtime hits Switch exclusively later this month on March 22 and ahead of its launch, Nintendo has released a demo for the game. In it, you can play as two of Peach's transformations: Swordfighter Peach and Patissiere Peach. The demo is available to download on Switch right now.  "Swing, strike, dodge, and counterattack as Swordfighter Peach and cut across an action-packed stage," a press release reads. "Then, turn into Patissiere Peach and get ready to whip up an array of delectable desserts to prevent the Sweet Festival from experiencing a serious sugar crash."  Watch Peach transform and take on showstopping abilities to save the Sparkle Theater! The #PrincessPeachShowtime game demo is available on the Nintendo eShop and at select retailers! pic.twitter.com/cgh4kcYZHL — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) March 7, 2024 As you can see in the gameplay overview trailer above,...

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Today’s Xbox Partner Preview showcased 14 games across 30 minutes, some brand new, some long lost, and others newly christened with release dates. Here’s a quick rundown of everything announced. Unknown 9: Awakening - Summer 2024 First announced at Gamescom 2020, this supernatural third-person action game showed its first signs of life in over three years with its first gameplay trailer. It stars Haroona, a woman gifted with supernatural powers used to battle enemies across an Indian city. You can learn more here.  Sleight of Hand - 2025 This third-person, stealth-focused noir deckbuilder is directly inspired by Metal Gear Solid. You can learn more here.  The Alters - 2024 We learned that 11bit Studios’ body-duplicating sci-fi adventure, in which a miner must survive a hostile planet by creating multiple versions of himself, is coming to Game Pass...

Today’s Xbox Partner Preview gave us a new look at Frostpunk 2, including a release date.  First announced in 2021, 11 Bit Studios’ tense city-management sim arrives on July 25, and it’s also coming to PC Game Pass. A new trailer shows off some of the game’s bleak, choice-driven gameplay. You’re charged with leading a city set within an inhospitable frozen wasteland, making decisions about how it’s governed to keep mouths fed and, hopefully, happy. That includes managing labor, politics, and even the food supply, which can ingratiate you to citizens or, worst case, cause them to revolt.   Frostpunk 2 will first launch on PC but will come to consoles at a later date (including Xbox Game Pass). You can read our review of the first Frostpunk here. ...

Atlus has confirmed that an epilogue to the Japanese version of the original Persona 3 (that first appeared in the West in Persona 3 FES) will come to Persona 3 Reload later this year. More specifically, Episode Aigis – The Answer will hit the recently released Persona 3 remake as part of its expansion pass this September.  This news was revealed during today's Xbox Partner Preview alongside the contents of Wave 1 and Wave 2 of Persona 3 Reload's expansion pass. Here's what to expect:  Wave 1 – March 12 Persona 5 Royal EX background music set Persona 4 Golden EX background music set Wave 2 – May Velvet Costume and background music set Wave 3 – September Episode Aigis – The Answer The expansion pass will be available for free to all Xbox Game Pass...