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WB Games Montreal has been teasing its next game, with a talk scheduled for DC Fandome. But we may hear more about it as soon as tomorrow, judging by new teasers for the game rumored to be called Batman: Gotham Knights.

A teaser issued on Twitter includes an encoded message, along with a short video clip drawing diagrams in a grid. It quickly flashes a more organic-looking image, which some fans have speculated looks similar to an owl. This follows rumors that the new game will be based on the Court of Owls storyline.

Meanwhile, the official site has started a countdown timer which appears to end at 8 AM tomorrow, 8/18. That could finally be the reveal of the game ahead of the developer chat this weekend, but of course, it could also lead to more teasers.

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Halo is Microsoft’s crowning franchise, a series that changed console shooters forever, and the face of the Xbox brand. Except, it actually almost didn’t happen that way at all.

Developer Cold Symmetry’s budget action-RPG is a love letter to From Software’s work, but Mortal Shell’s take on similar ideas feels aimed at those who struggle to get through Soulsborne games.

Souls-likes aren’t long just because they’re difficult–there are plenty of hidden pathways and lore to discover in their expansive worlds. Developer Cold Symmetry’s Mortal Shell, while being Souls-like in nature, isn’t nearly as long as its contemporaries. The 40+ hours it takes to beat something like Nioh 2 can easily stretch to 100+ hours as you slam your head–and maybe your controller–against its punishing challenges while exploring the unpredictable world. Mortal Shell looks to adhere to the “brevity is the soul of wit” adage.

Launching on PC (via the Epic Games Store), PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, Mortal Shell drastically shaves the expected Souls-like length. It will only take about 12 to 15 hours to finish the game.

Mortal Shell’s length is a stark contrast from the genre’s expectations, with most Souls-likes easily reaching the 40-to-50-hour range on just the main campaign alone. Add in secrets, optional bosses, hidden weapons, and the like, and these lengths become much longer than initially thought. Mortal Shell doesn’t fit that mold, despite a New Game Plus being available that allows you to carry over your previous run’s equipment.

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It’s hard to separate talking about Mortal Shell from discussing the Souls games–Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice–because developer Cold Symmetry has obviously created a love letter to From Software’s work. But Mortal Shell isn’t a simple retread. It adds ideas and mechanics that shift your way of thinking about its duelist-style combat. Mortal Shell is a small-scale Souls-like game, demanding less of an investment of time and frustration. It feels tuned for more casual players–people who have been interested in this brand of experience, but who maybe struggled in the twitch reactions department–while still striking all the same essential nerves.

You play a faceless, voiceless being dubbed “The Foundling,” more akin to a spirit than a person, who leaves what seems to be a sort of astral plane in order to venture into a decaying, poisonous world known as Fallgrim. There, you meet various characters who give typically spooky, cryptic speeches about the gradual degradation of the world and the religious zealots who populate it. Practically, just about anyone you come across wants to murder you, and in your white spirit-ish form, you’re little match for them–one hit will destroy you.

To survive, you need a better body, which is where the name Mortal Shell comes from. You’re able to inhabit the corpses, or shells, of some tough warriors you find along the way, which make you a little less prone to instant death. The four shells in the game each play a little differently from one another, providing a set of different character builds you can swap between as you play. Each also has unique special perks you can unlock in a typically Souls-like way by spending currencies you earn from killing enemies–currencies you can permanently lose if you’re killed and don’t retrieve them from your own dead body. The four shells keep Mortal Shell approachable, as you only need to learn how to handle each one (or just your favorite), rather than worry about developing the stats of an RPG-style character build.

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Sony is developing a ‘next generation’ VR headset, but it may well not be related to PlayStation VR.

A job listing (spotted by UploadVR) explains that Sony is hiring a team to create a “next-generation VR head mounted display”. However, this device is being developed “with a view to five years from now”, and the listing has been posted by the core Sony corporation, rather than Sony Interactive Entertainment, which created the original PSVR headset.

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While a PSVR 2 has yet to be confirmed, we’ve seen Sony working on touch-sensitive controllers, and we know that PS5 will continue to support the original PSVR model, so it seems likely that PlayStation will continue its association with VR.

However, it’s entirely possible that the core Sony corporation is working on VR to different ends alongside SIE’s work on PSVR, and the 5-year timeline for this particular headset seems to point to a next-generation for VR itself, rather than console gaming.

Hopefully, the future of VR doesn’t have to include Sony’s recent patents for advertisements being displayed inside your headset.

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Heads up, Switch owners: a bunch of Nintendo-published games are on sale for 17% off. Considering Switch games rarely get the discount treatment, it’s a good time to pick up any titles you’ve been holding off on.

The games in question include what’s by far the biggest Switch game of the year, Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It’s on sale for $49.94. But even if you’re one of the 22 million to have already picked it up, you can also grab Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the same price for some terrific multiplayer action.

Better yet, with Halloween coming up before too long, now is a great time to play the spookiest Nintendo game of all, Luigi’s Mansion 3. It’s terrific, and it’s also on sale for $49.94.

Oh, and pretty much every other first-party Switch game is on sale as well. Note that some of the ones lower on the list are backordered. But even so, you can place your order at the sale price and they’ll ship when they come back in stock.

Nintendo Switch Game Deals at Amazon

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As always with Amazon, you never know when the discounts will go away, so pick up any games you want sooner rather than later. Many Switch owners also own other consoles. If you’d like to see what’s on sale on the other platforms, be sure to check out our best PlayStation deals and best Xbox deals as well. There’s plenty of savings to go around.

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Ghost of Tsushima: Legends, a free online co-op mode, will be available in Fall 2020.

Legends is a new experience, and doesn’t feature Jin Sakai or his companions, but “instead focuses on four warriors who have been built up as legends in stories told by the people of Tsushima.

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While Ghost of Tsushima’s single-player campaign focuses on “an open world and exploring the natural beauty of the island,” this new co-op mode is “haunting and fantastical, with locations and enemies inspired by Japanese folk tales and mythology and an emphasis on cooperative combat and action.”

Legends will be exclusively co-op, and it can be played with friends or via online matchmaking in groups of 2-4 players. There will also be four different classes – the Samurai, Hunter, Ronin, or Assassin – and each one will have unique advantages and abilities that will be revealed in the future.

With two players, you will be able to play a series of co-op Story missions that will increase in difficulty, and will build on the foundation of Ghost of Tsushima’s gameplay with new magical twists that often need you to be in sync with your partner.

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With four players, you will be able to take on wave-based Survival missions, and you and your team will need to work together to take on the toughest enemies Tsushima has to offer, in addition to new Oni enemies with supernatural abilities.

Ghost of Tsushima: Legends will also feature a four-player Raid that will arrive shortly after the launch of this new mode, and it will send “you and your partners to an entirely new realm to challenge a brutal, terrifying enemy.”

For more on Ghost of Tsushima, which was July 2020’s best-selling game, check out our review, how the game’s weather will change based on your playstyle, and how Tsushima’s island itself changed during development.

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Ghost of Tsushima launched as a single-player game, but Sucker Punch has announced an ambitious new feature for the action game: co-op multiplayer. The “Legends” co-op mode will be coming for free sometime later this year.

According to a post on the PlayStation Blog, Legends is an entirely new game mode that doesn’t follow the travails of Jin at all. Instead, it revolves around four warriors, legends in Tsushima, and the locations and enemies will be more fantastical and based on Japanese folk tales and mythology.

Legends will be exclusively reserved for co-op, with groups of 2-4. You can choose one of four character classes to play–Samurai, Hunter, Ronin, or Assassin–each with their own unique abilities. With two players you can take on co-op Story missions. With a full group of four, you can take on wave-based Survival missions. There will also be a super-difficult four-player Raid coming sometime after Legends launches.

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