Month: June 2019

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E3 2019 introduced a whole new set of excellent games that will be available for the PC platform. Some of the biggest titles include CyberPunk 2077, Doom Eternal, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Watch Dogs Legion, Baldur’s Gate III, and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines II. If you’re planning on upgrading your gaming rig, now is a great time. There are some outstanding deals, some of which I believe are the best we’ll see for the entire year.

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Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang have teamed up with plenty of celebrities over the years – from the Harlem Globetrotters to Sonny and Cher to the stars of Supernatural – but the latest incarnation of the beloved animated series will be the first to feature a revolving door of star cameos in a half-hour format, following in the funky footsteps of the hourlong New Scooby-Doo Movies of the ’70s.

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who has gathered an all-star cast (and some surprisingly nostalgic additions) to assist Scooby and the gang in solving a new batch of mysteries, from comedians like Ricky Gervais, Weird Al Yankovic, and Kenan Thompson, to singer-songwriter Sia, NBA star Chris Paul, Family Matters’ Steve Urkel (voiced by Jaleel White), and even Batman himself (Kevin Conroy).

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If you’ve picked up Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, you may be surprised at the absence of an advertised feature. Multiplayer isn’t included in the game yet, but it is still on the way according to the publisher.

Both the Xbox Store and PlayStation Store list the game as having multiplayer for up to two people, matching a stretch goal achieved in the initial Kickstarter pitch. Steam and Nintendo both list it as single-player only.

For the time being, it is only single-player. Multiplayer is coming as one of several free updates, per a launch press release from 505 Games. Online and local co-op and Versus modes are listed alongside other post-launch updates that will add Roguelike mode, Boss Rush, Chaos Mode, and Nightmare Difficulty.

Bloodstained is billed as an “Iga Vania” after its creator, Koji Igarashi. It was conceived as a modernized homage to classic Castlevania games like Symphony of the Night from Igarashi. But rather than a family of vampire hunters setting out to stop Dracula, this one focuses on an alchemy-enhanced girl named Miriam fighting against demons. In a castle, naturally.

The release of Bloodstained was relatively quiet, coming just after E3 without much fanfare. The launch trailer made a splash with a promise of a Shovel Knight cameo. If you’re looking for a good deal on Bloodstained you can pick it up on PC at a discount.

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Blockbuster director JJ Abrams is teaming up with Marvel, but not for the next phase of the cinematic universe. This time he’s writing a comic book with his son, Henry, with art from Sara Pichelli and Dave Stewart. The five-part mini-series will begin in September.

The two Abrams introduced the project with a short message on Twitter, after a countdown that has had fans guessing over the last few days. Though plot details are scant, they say this series will introduce a new villain called Cadaverous, and they told The New York Times this story will show “Peter Parker in a way you haven’t seen him before.”

Pichelli is a long-time Marvel artist with a lot of experience with Spider-Man, having illustrated Miles Morales in the Ultimate universe, the Spider-Men story arc, and more. JJ Abrams compared seeing her work to the experience of getting concept art during movie production.

“You have an idea for what Maz Kanata’s castle will look like [in Star Wars: The Force Awakens]. It’s theory for months and months, and then you go through phases and design. Then one day you walk onto the set and you’re standing there. You might not be shooting, but you’re just standing on the set,” he told the NYT. “And to get Sara’s artwork, the black and white early renderings, to get those, it’s weird because you’re suddenly looking at a brilliant artist’s interpretation of work that you’ve been talking about for a long time.”

Whatever this story arc will include, it’s being pitched as a limited run, so presumably it will be a self-contained story instead of an ongoing series. Though the new villain, Cadaverous, could very well be adopted into the larger Marvel universe.

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you may be able to see a little more Spider-Man in the extra post-credits footage being added to Avengers: Endgame starting on June 28.

The crazy 2D-shooter action of My Friend Pedro is about one thing and one thing only: the word “cool.” It almost feels like it was developed with the single-minded purpose of distilling the pure essence of the word, then somehow translating that into a video game. And in that singular pursuit, My Friend Pedro is a resounding success.

My Friend Pedro is an arcadey score-attack game that’s all about maintaining a multiplier by killing enemies quickly, avoiding getting shot, and finding creative ways to take down each bad guy to maximize your score. It’s an age-old concept (especially not getting shot), but where My Friend Pedro sets itself apart is in its sheer commitment to making you feel badass as hell while doing it.

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LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga isn’t a remake. It’s a completely new game built from the ground up. TT Games’ Head of Design Arthur Parsons states, “It’s time to shake things up, shake the formula up and try something completely different”. From what I’ve seen this is entirely apparent. From its focus on freedom to its brand new approach to combat, it’s a reinvention of the LEGO game format, and signals that the series is growing up. After all, people like me who enjoyed the original LEGO Star Wars games as children will now be in their 20s and welcome a bigger, bolder gameplay experience.

Combat has evolved greatly and is perhaps the biggest departure from the traditional LEGO formula – it’s now more layered and complex than ever before. Numbers fly off enemies, Borderlands-style, as health is removed from overhead bars. A new melee combo system appears to provide more satisfaction than the traditional Lego approach of spamming one button until your aggressor falls to pieces. Combinations of different buttons will trigger more powerful attacks, allowing you to deal with the inevitable swarms that will surround you as you attempt to collect every precious stud. Elsewhere, ranged weapons no longer lock on, and free aim makes blasting Stormtroopers with guns like Chewie’s bowcaster more of a test of skill. Hopefully these new combat mechanics will provide a new challenge for players growing tired of the overly familiar structure of recent LEGO outings.

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