Devil May Cry 5 Feels Amazing, Even When Your Arm Falls Off

Nero’s arm falls off constantly, and I think it might be Devil May Cry 5’s best new feature.

When I first saw that Dante’s nephew had had his demonic arm mysteriously amputated and replaced with a robotic prosthetic, I assumed that it would become upgradeable, embracing the ‘RPG systems in action games’ zeitgeist. I was wrong.

Capcom’s doubled down on the series action roots, turning that robot arm into an excuse to introduce as many new abilities as possible – and doing it in the funniest possible way. Nero’s arms are replaceable and, better, disposable.

Each type of arm (I’ve tried two, but Capcom’s already shown off more) comes with a different special attack that helps bridge combos and keep the game’s style meter ticking up. Those attacks can be charged up for the equivalent of super attacks – a Kamehameha-like energy beam, for example – but the pay-off is that you lose the arm once it’s over.

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Ori’s Goal? To Make You Feel Like A Ninja

Ori and the Will of the Wisps got a new demo reveal a new at Gamecom 2018: Spirit Trial. It’s a fast-paced speedrun-like competition with multiplayer features. Talking to the game’s designers Thomas Mahler at the show, though, it was clear the team cares deeply about each facet Ori and the Will of the Wisps will bring. The designer spoke passionately about weapon variety, frame data, and the skills required for high-level play, and while they remember not everyone will be challenging themselves in that way, it’s important to them that the depth is there. These and other changes were all the result of their obsession with fan feedback and finding new ways to improve Ori for those hardcore fans.

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New Control Demo Digs Into Weapon Forms, Boss Battle

When we first saw Control, Remedy’s next supernatural action adventure game coming out in 2019, you may have been confused. You, like me, may have marveled at its floatiness and wondered about its creepy setting and transforming pistol and architecture. You may have thought the mysteries would drag out from there, for months on end, like any good E3 trailer would normally set up for.

But the team at Remedy’s been very forthcoming since then, talking (mostly) freely about what form the narrative and gameplay structures in the game will take. During our liveshow at E3, our own Max Scoville and Ryan McCaffrey learned that the main protagonist, Jesse Faden, seeks out the Federal Bureau of Control — a government organization in charge of all things alien and supernatural — to discover what happened to give her the powers she increasingly gains throughout the game. In doing so, she becomes trapped in the FBC headquarters after an invasion of something called the Hiss that seems to possess humans, and assumes the role of its director through some mystical ritual that has yet to be explained.

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Gabe Newell Voice Pack For Dota 2 Announced, Watch The Silly Trailer Here

During the huge Dota 2 The International tournament today, Valve announced something unexpected: A Gabe Newell voice pack for the hugely popular free-to-play MOBA. That’s right, the Valve founder’s voice is coming to Dota 2. And in a very smart move on Valve’s part, the company is offering the voice pack in Dota 2’s Battle Pass for $10. A quarter of Battle Pass sales are contributed to the overall The International prize pool, which is already the biggest in the history of eSports.

We can only imagine the prize pool will increase significantly now that players can pay for the ability to hear Newell announce Dota 2 matches. Valve made the announcement today in a silly skit where Newell struggles to express any emotion or enthusiasm during the voice over process. The actual in-game voice lines are pretty great; they include things like, “Fundamentally, piracy is a service problem” and “As you can see, games are indeed art.” Check out the video at the bottom of this post from DotaBoyz to hear the new Gabe Newell lines that are in the game now.

The International’s Main Event began on Monday, August 20, and runs through the finals on Saturday, August 25. Keep checking back with GameSpot for more on the event.

The current prize pool for The International 2018 is almost $25 million. The winning team will take home more than $10 million, while the team that places last–18th place–earns more than $60,000. You can learn more about the prize pool and the tournament here on its website.

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