Author: Zach Barbieri

After months of speculation and rumors, Microsoft and Asus have unveiled the ROG Xbox Ally, a handheld device with native Xbox support that will allow players to download or stream their Xbox games directly to the device from their Xbox, Xbox Game Pass, or Xbox Cloud and play them wherever they want to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIVmyOIV1MQ During the trailer, two versions of this device were announced, the ROG Xbox Ally, which features an AMD Ryzen Z2 A, 16GB of memory, and 512 GBs of storage, as well as the ROG Xbox Ally X, which features a AMD Ryzen AI Z2 Extreme, 24gb…

During the Xbox Games Showcase on Sunday, Square Enix took to the stage to finally announce that their 2021 title, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, as well as their 2023 title, Final Fantasy XVI, will be coming to Xbox this year. Both games launched exclusively for PlayStation 5, with them later being ported to PC. Despite Square Enix taking to the stage when announcing their popular MMO Final Fantasy XIV was coming to Xbox, and making clear the company intended to work closely with Microsoft and Xbox in the future for more of their big games coming to the platform,…

Lies of P, a souls-like action game developed by South Korean-based developer Round 8 Studios, has received another trailer for Overture, its first DLC expansion. In addition, it was announced that the anticipated DLC would be available today, so players can start their endless cycle of death and rebirth as soon as they want. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkCOWLrh26s Lies of P acted as a dark retelling of the story of Pinocchio, as an android-like puppet in a Bella Époque-style city. The twist to the traditional story, in which the boy’s nose grew when he lied, instead saw his creator, Geppetto, give him the…

Closing out the Summer Game Fest, in its one more game moment, Capcom eerily set up the next installment and 9th mainline game in the Resident Evil series, entitled Resident Evil Requiem. In addition, it becomes clear in the trailer that we can expect to return to, of all places, Raccoon City. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkDNZV_2wB8 The teaser trailer slowly builds up to what feels like a return to the focus on horror, as we follow an FBI agent as he walks through rows of cubicles to reveal the person who appears to be the main character, Grace Ashcroft. Fans of the series…

As part of the Geoff Keighley-hosted Summer Game Fest, RGG Studio showcased a new story trailer for their upcoming game Project Century, which they unveiled under the new name Stranger Than Heaven. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L3XVVzsmHE Previously, when initially announced, the game was set in 1915. This trailer is set in 1943, though how the game will juxtapose the time periods remains to be seen. Based on this trailer, it is suggested that we will follow two different protagonists, and in 1943, we follow a detective who can do several things, such as investigate objects and interrogate people, with him taking part in…

Nioh 3, in a lot of ways, builds off of Team Ninja’s work from their previous title, Rise of the Ronin. The experience blends the traditional experience that the studio has become known for, such as tight stages with brutally fast combat. Whereas Nioh 2 felt more like an extension of the first game, there are a lot of ideas at play in the third game that feel like a return to form. It seems that everything that came between in the 5-year gap served only as a refinement for what was to come in the series. This is juxtaposed,…

IO Interactive has showcased its first trailer for its upcoming game based on the James Bond character created by Ian Fleming, entitled First Light: 007. Announced in 2020, this is the first time we have gotten to see the Hitman developer bring the character to life on gaming consoles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4qY9DYE184 First Light: 007 gives us a much different take on the character than we have seen across the movies and books, taking place at the beginning of 007’s career before he has become a well-established super spy. It also features a James Bond not modeled off of a franchise actor,…

Acting as the final announcement during the State of Play on June 4th, Guilty Gear developer Arc System Works announced their next fighting game, entitled Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, which is slated to release next year. This was followed by a look behind the development and just how the Marvel universe came to collaborate with the fighting developer, which was facilitated through Sony. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fbfrV5qqnU Several characters from the Marvel superhero universe were showcased in the trailer, beating the snot out of each other, including Star lord, Spider-Man, Storm, Iron Man, and Captain America. The game features the same blistering fast…

DigixArt, the developer behind the narrative hitchhiking Roguelike Road 96, has showcased a gameplay trailer of their upcoming game Tides of Tomorrow as part of Sony’s State of Play showcase on June 4th. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy7TP81eBc8 Tides of Tomorrow is set in a world that is covered in water and is meant to take on themes including the climate crisis, similar to how previous games from the developer aim to tackle similar issues facing the world. Players will be able to explore this world on land or in a boat as they embody the role of a Tide walker. While not fully…

Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo announced Nioh 3 during the PlayStation State of Play event on June 4th. The last game in the series was released initially in 2020 for the PlayStation 4, before being remastered for the PlayStation 5 in 2021. Despite this, Team Ninja has developed several games in the interim that draw heavily from the groundwork set by the series, including Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty and last year’s open-world title Rise of the Ronin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXGm-JaxY54 Nioh 3 follows a similar setup to the previous games in the series. Set in a version of Feudal era Japan where…