Month: March 2020

Final Fantasy VII Remake is right around the corner, but there’s still plenty we haven’t seen from the new game, with most footage released so far focusing on the earliest parts of the game. Now, in the first episode of this new documentary series about the making of the game, we’ve seen new areas and scenes–and it looks glorious.

The video, Inside Final Fantasy VII Remake – Episode 1: Introduction, is embedded below. In contains insights from many of the designers who worked on the game, but make sure that you turn on closed captions if you don’t speak Japanese.

This video comes alongside several new screenshots, which are also worth looking at–but seeing the game in action is even more impressive.

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The name Liao has been present in Overwatch lore since 2016, leading to much speculation about who the sixth Overwatch founder is. A tweet from the official Overwatch account has broadcast a screenshot of the “Personal Log of Dr. Mina Liao”–finally giving the character a full name.

From the log, we can now gather that Mina Liao is an artificial intelligence researcher who worked on the Athena prototype.

Earlier this year, Overwatch lead writer Michael Chu tweeted a response to a fan’s questions about Liao, stating that they were “definitely still an important character.”

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The Uncharted movie took more than a decade to finally start production, but things are slowing down again. Sony has paused pre-production on the film by six weeks due to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to Variety.

Cameras were set to roll starting in April in Berlin, but executives at Sony made the call to put the production on pause. There is currently no word on when, exactly, production will begin again. Also unknown is if the Uncharted movie’s March 5, 2021 release date is still on the schedule.

Spider-Man actor Tom Holland stars in the Uncharted movie as a young Nathan Drake. Mark Wahlberg plays Sully, while Antonio Banderas, Tati Gabrielle, and Sophia Ali have also been cast. Venom and Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer is directing the movie for Sony.

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When the Xbox Series X was shown off for the first time in December 2019, people quickly noticed that the console looks like a refrigerator when placed in its vertical position. People created wonderful memes and mock-up images making fun of the console for looking like a fridge.

Microsoft is now taking part in the ribbing. The company released a new image of the Xbox Series X, showcasing its dimensions and comparing them against a refrigerator. At long last, we can be officially assured that the Xbox Series X is not as large as refrigerator.

While the Xbox Series X is not as big as the common household appliance, it is larger in some ways than previous Xbox consoles. The Xbox Series X comes in at 5.9 inches wide, 5.9 inches deep, and 11.8 inches tall. For comparison, the Xbox One X stands at 2.4 inches wide, 9.4 inches deep, and 11.8 inches tall. While both systems are at the same height, the Series X is thicker than the One X.

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Crunchyroll has released a new trailer for its highly anticipated original production Tower of God, based on the Webtoon of the same name from Korean creator Lee Jong-hui, who is also known as SUI.

The new trailer digs into some of the characters that protagonist Twenty-Fifth Baam will meet on his journey, and has revealed voice acting for some of the most popular characters with readers of the Webtoon.

The newly revealed cast include Nobuhiko Okamoto of My Hero Academia fame as Khun Aguero Agnes, fellow MHA actor Kenta Miyake as Rak Wraithraiser, and Steins;Gate’s Mariko Honda as Yuri Jahad. A number of other characters have been revealed in the news post here.

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Doom Eternal, which releases on March 20, will not have a traditional deathmatch mode, and is instead shipping with its own unique twist on multiplayer: Battle Mode. Deathmatch was the most maligned part of Doom 2016, but since the original 1993 Doom essentially created the mode, some might wonder why the latest game in the series would abandon it.

Now, in an interview with Shacknews, Bethesda VP of public relations Pete Hines has explained why Doom Eternal has done away with deathmatch. Hines gave a decisive answer when asked if he was “concerned” about the mode not being in the game: “No. That mode is eons old.”

Hines recalls how deathmatch in Doom 2016 was handled by another studio, and ultimately did not fit with the tone of the game: “(It) felt really disconnected from the base game that everybody loved.” Hines indicated that there was a disparity between single-player and multiplayer in that game. “”Whether you’re playing by yourself or with others, we want it to feel like you’re all playing the same game.” That’s as opposed to, “I’m a badass demon slayer in single-player, but when I go over to multiplayer, there are no demons, and it’s just deathmatch.””

“I don’t know what that has to do with [Doom] other than that, well, a couple of decades ago we had that, so we should just have that again,” he says.

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Fast & Furious: Crossroads, the new Fast & Furious game announced during the 2019 Game Awards, could be facing a delay. The game was due to release in May 2020 to coincide with the release of the next movie in the series, F9, but that film has now been delayed into 2021 due to concerns over cinema attendance in the wake of COVID-19 (coronavirus).

Codemasters is now assessing whether Crossroads will move its release date, too. In a statement, the company clarified that the launch of the game is now “uncertain,” although that does not necessarily mean that it will be delayed. “Provided the company releases the F&F Game in Q1 of FY21, the Board anticipates that the later release date of the F9 Film will not have a material impact on its financial expectations for FY21,” the statement says.

“A further announcement will be made in due course to confirm the release date of the F&F Game, following discussions with Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe and Universal Games and digital platforms,” it continues.

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