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On today’s Save State, Persia talks about some Cloud Chamber job listings that indicate a new world for Bioshock 4, Control’s new Ultimate Edition giving you a free next-gen upgrade, and Capcom being undecided about pricing changes for next-gen games.

Superstar streamer Michael “shroud” Grzesiek returned to a massive audience on Twitch today, even though he went live an hour late. Hundreds of thousands of viewers tuned in to watch him play Valorant, although most had to watch a “starting soon” banner for an hour. The viewership numbers kept climbing during the wait, too, even despite some technical difficulties.

“It wouldn’t be a Shroud stream without some difficulties,” he said once he went live. Viewership ballooned to over 500,000 people once he started his broadcast. “I’ve been gone for a long time.”

Shroud was originally scheduled to go live at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET, but didn’t show his face until almost an hour later. Once he did start the stream had several technical issues including audio dropping from his opening video.

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Last year, AtGames entered the arcade market with the ambitious Legends Ultimate arcade cabinet. Unfortunately, disruptions in manufacturing caused by the coronavirus pandemic slowed production to a crawl, making the cabinet extremely difficult to find. It’s been out of stock for months now, but AtGames has announced that a re-release is coming soon–really soon. Starting August 31, you’ll see the Legends Ultimate making its way back to major retailers for $600, including Walmart, GameStop, and Sam’s Club.

AtGames is mostly known for its officially licensed Atari Flashback consoles and other plug-and-play systems. The Legends Ultimate is decidedly more expensive than AtGames’ earlier retro products, but it’s also a full-size cabinet packed with hundreds of games and unique features you don’t typically find in home cabinets.

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Magic: Legends is a Diablo-like action RPG based on the popular card game, and so all of its classes are based on one of the traditional Mana colors. Developer Cryptic Studios has now revealed the fifth and final Mana color’s associated class: the Black Mana wielding Necromancer.

According to a blog post, the Necromancer is a devotee of death and decay, letting them manipulate minions from the dead and make sacrifices to charge their attacks. The class is largely based around the power set of Liliana Vess from the Magic card game, one of the more popular Planeswalker characters. The power set revolves around reanimating corpses, debuffing enemies with curses, and sacrificing your allied creatures.

Necromancer’s primary ability is called Grim Siphon, a mid-range attack that also poisons the enemy and heals the player. The secondary ability, Grave Upheaval, damages enemies and summons skeletons to their side, while the utility ability Soul Wither poisons and slows enemies immediately around the player in a black cloud and healing the player. As an example, you could summon creatures, then use your health to cast a powerful spell, and then sacrifice one of the creatures to get your health back.

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There are still a few August events lined up for Pokemon Go, but developer Niantic is already preparing for the game’s next two Community Days, and it’s giving players a say in the events.

The studio has announced that September and October’s Community Day Pokemon will be decided by voting. Player will be able to cast a ballot for four possible choices–Charmander, Caterpie, Grimer, and Porygon–and the winners will be featured during the game’s next two Community Days.

No further details–such as when the voting will take place or what event move each monster will possibly learn if it’s selected as the featured Pokemon–have been announced just yet, but Niantic promises that more information is coming “soon.”

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Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm originally debuted on Apple Arcade in 2019, but it’s now making the jump to Nintendo Switch. Which makes sense, given how heavily it continues to be inspired by one of Nintendo’s most popular franchises.

The first Oceanhorn wore its influences on its sleeve, adopting a format like The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. Its sequel gives you control of its camera perspective and plays more as a standard third-person adventure, with chests to open, enemies to slice with your sword, and dungeons to raid–lLike many Legend of Zelda games before it.

The Legend of Zelda isn’t the only game in history to adopt these tropes, but there’s no doubting where Oceanhorn 2 draws most of its inspiration from. Its protagonist even wears a light blue tunic with patterning like that found on Link in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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A new event has begun in Mario Kart Tour. This week marks the start of the Pirate Tour, and it introduces another classic course to the game, as well as a new kart and two new playable racers.

The aforementioned course is Airship Fortress from Mario Kart DS. This track has players racing around the exterior and interior of one of Bowser’s flying airships, with Rocky Wrenches, Bullet Bills, and other hazards littering the path.

The Pirate Tour also introduces two new racers to the game’s ever-expanding roster. First is Pirate Bowser Jr., who is outfitted with a pirate hat, eye patch, and cutlass. Pirate Bowser Jr. is currently spotlighted alongside the new Pirate Sushi Racer kart, but the Pirate Tour will also add King Bob-omb from Super Mario 64 as a playable racer.

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Microsoft has announced that Minecraft: Education Edition is now available on Chromebooks, allowing a variety of devices–including iPad, Mac, and Windows PCs–to work together through cross-play.

Along with this announcement, Minecraft: Education Edition will receive an update that provides support for remote and hybrid learning. This update will automatically be applied to those on Chromebooks, iPads, and Windows PCs. Mac users will have to install it manually. It’s unclear which Chromebooks are compatible, but The Verge reports that users will be using the Android app of Minecraft: Education Edition that now has Chrome OS support, meaning teachers will need to be sure they have the latest Chromebooks.

Minecraft: Education Edition is designed specifically for educators, allowing them to teach and interact with students all over the world. It includes chalkboards and laboratories, as well as a Classroom mode that lets teachers communicate with and view where students are on the map. Subjects, like history and math, are taught through the game’s world. These lessons can be downloaded from the Minecraft: Education Edition Subject Kit.

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Final Fantasy XIV‘s annual summer celebration, the Moonfire Faire, is now underway. The event runs until 7:59 AM PT on August 26 and features a new questline to complete, as well as new summer-themed clothing, furnishings, and other rewards to earn.

To begin this year’s Moonfire Faire quest, “A Fish Too Far,” you’ll need to speak to Mayaru Moyaru in the Upper Decks of Limsa Lominsa. You’ll also need to be at least level 30 to participate.

Complete the questline and you’ll earn the Summer’s Flame clothing set, which consists of a hat, top, wrist torque, pareo, and sandals. You’ll also get the new Flame Dance emote, as well as the Water Bomb Stand outdoor furnishing. You can see the new Moonfire Faire rewards below.

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During a 40-minute interview with the MinnMax Show, Mediatonic’s senior designer Joe Walsh said there may come a point where some Fall Guys levels could get repurposed or retired altogether.

“I would be very happy to be at the point where we have so many [levels] that it’s time to start retiring some,” Walsh said. “I think we’re a way off, probably. I mean, we’re going to keep an eye on it and if there are ones that don’t stand the test of time, we can either repurpose them or change them and stuff like that. I think that’s totally on the table, but for now, we kind of see the best version of Fall Guys as you press go and there are a hundred variations of that first level or something like that.”

While it remains unclear how many levels Mediatonic has in development for Fall Guys at the moment, the studio already confirmed that the game will receive a new one in an upcoming update.

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