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Today Playism made two relevant reveals during the first day of the Indie Live Expo 2022, the release in early access of The Use of Life, while Tokoyo: The Tower of Perpetuity is getting its full launch. The Use of Life, developed by Daraneko Games, is a gamebook-style JRPG in which the players’ choices matter. It’s available in early access on Steam right now, and you can check out a trailer and an official description below....

The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf anime film got a teaser trailer today that dropped its release date. It tells the origin story of Vesemir, a man who became the mentor and father figure of the famous Geralt of Rivia in the books, games, and show. Nightmare of the Wolf will premiere on Netflix starting August 23 worldwide. So, get ready to drop some coins for your boy. The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf takes place many years before the story of the mainline series....

The Witcher 3 expansion Hearts of Stone will launch October 13, CD Projekt Red has announced. In Hearts of Stone, Geralt of Rivia has been hired to defeat a ruthless bandit captain, Olgierd von Everec. Geralt’s major problem being that the bandit is immortal. Players are promised over 10 hours of new adventures along with new characters, powerful monsters, unique romance, and a brand new storyline shaped by their choices. Also introduced is a brand new system of Runewords, with each impacting a different aspect of in-game mechanics....

Street Fighter V composer Daniel Lindholm has said that Fei Long will no longer feature in future Street Fighter games. During a YouTube Q&A livestream (via VG 24/7, Lindholm talked about the situation: “I do have other sources, not only [from] Capcom, but friends of mine in the U.S., who are very close friends with the Lee family. They have basically said that any kind of resemblance to Mr. Bruce Lee is now omitted for comedic effect....

The NPD Group has confirmed (via VentureBeat) that while PlayStation 4 outsold every other console in the US for February 2018, Nintendo Switch has achieved the ‘highest installed base for a console platform in history’ based on its first 12 months on sale. It seems that Sony’s flagship telly box isn’t dominating the hardware front quite as fiercely as previous years, however. NPD analyst Mat Piscatella revealed that both Xbox One and Switch have seen significant growth, leading to spending during February 2018 to increase by 55 percent year-on-year....

Team Nigma have won the WePlay! Bukovel Dota 2 Minor, securing their spot in DreamLeague Season 13: The Leipzig Major. The best-of-five Grand Final saw the European squad take down Royal Never Give Up with a 3-1 scoreline. Along with a ticket to Leipzig, this victory awards Nigma 140 Dota Pro Circuit points and the $72,000 first-place prize. Royal Never Give Up took an early lead in game one as Xue “September” Zhichuan claimed the opening kill on Ivan “MinD_ContRoL” Ivanov....

Every time Team Ninja announces a new game that isn’t Ninja Gaiden, it feels like the studio will never get around making another adventure for Ryu Hayabusa. Yet, not all hope is lost. At Tokyo Game Show, Twinfinite interviewed Team Ninja president and Wo Long director Fumihiko Yasuda, and we had to ask him if we can still hope to see a new Ninja Gaiden one day. Yasuda-san explained that this is a time in which Team Ninja is taking on many different challenges and trying new things, and players are perhaps looking at it and wondering when the new Ninja Gaiden will come out....

Although Telltale Games has shut its doors, fans will be able to experience one of the studio’s final, full games from the comforts of their own couch. Yesterday, Telltale Games’ Minecraft: Story Mode became available on Netflix as an interactive point-and-click adventure. In order to “play” Minecraft: Story Mode through the streaming service, Netflix subscribers will need to use newer devices, such as smart TVs, game consoles, iOS devices with an up-to-date Netflix app, or Android devices running Android 6....

The summer update for Temtem is scheduled to arrive next month, and it has been dubbed the Kisiwa patch. This update will bring a lot of fresh content to Crema’s creature-collector. Most notably, it holds a bunch of new Temtem for players to tame and use in their battles. The Temtem Twitter account has also just revealed new Gear items, Techniques, and Traits coming with the Kisiwa patch. KISIWAN MENU...

Update: The second half of Temtem’s dev roadmap has been revealed. Temtem is going to get 50 new magic monsters if Crema Games sticks to their 2020 schedule. Temtem has come a long way in a very short time. The game only released last month on Steam Early Access and it’s already sold over 500,000 copies. Many of those fans have already exhausted the early access gameplay that Temtem offers, and are eagerly awaiting news of what Crema plans to do to expand the game....

Tencent Holdings has announced it’s acquired a majority stake in much lauded shooter Spec Ops: The Line developer Yager. In a statement, the companies said that they were “deepening their strategic cooperation through a new agreement involving additional investment” with the deal. Apparently, it will allow the German studio to maintain its independence, but will allow them to “gain great access to the tech giant’s development and other resources. A statement from the studio’s managing director Timo Ullmann said: “Tencent’s new investment shows a great deal of trust in us and confidence in the huge potential behind the creative pivot of ‘The Cycle’, our high-stakes PvPvE shooter....

One of the biggest benefits to gaming on a PC versus playing the same game on a console is the many mods that are usually available. These mods make changes to a game; sometimes a mod only makes minor changes (like to the game’s inventory system), but sometimes a mod changes the game in very weird ways. Often the alterations a mod makes to a game turns it into something entirely different from its original form....

For a short period of time, every studio yearned for a cut of that supposedly lucrative open-world pie. Developers like Rockstar Studios know how to craft grand and intricate sandboxes worth exploring, but too many titles prioritize scale over depth. You know what everyone finds fun? Stumbling from one waypoint to the next just to unlock another area and start the process all over again! Some releases might have more ambitious aspirations, but most people view gaming as a form of entertainment....

When it comes to video games the best source of information in regards to reviews can be found at Metacritic. Since it first started operating in 2001 the online review site has gathered hundreds of reviews for not only games but films, television shows, and music releases. Critics reviews are collected together and given a single Metascore, which is basically an average score out of 100 based upon all the reviews taken from a large range of online and print publications....

The Infinity Stones are extremely powerful stones-like objects created by beings known as the Cosmic Entities. The six stones represent the six singularities of the universe, that existed even before the Universe really began. Each stone wields a mighty power, from being able to control the minds of others to warping the very fabric of reality! The Mind Stone, Power Stone, Soul Stone, Reality Stone, and Space Stone are considered to be the most powerful artifacts of the MCU....

There’s nothing quite like a collector’s edition for a game. With every major release, there are always people who are either dedicated fans of the series or those who are just so excited that they want to get their hands on every piece of content those games have to offer. Seeing the potential profit behind those types of customers, many studios come out with special editions or collector’s editions. These editions most often include the game and usually any extra DLC or season pass on top of some interesting collectible in the form of a statue or an exclusive clothing item....

The Super Nintendo era was the ‘Golden Age’ for role-playing games. Indeed, in those years there was a huge mass of unforgettable titles released that drew in a whole generation of gamers. Western audiences were skeptical as to whether RPGs were too complicated and lengthy to be popular. But it turned out enough gamers actually wanted these intricate RPG elements, which persist to this day. It’s a shame, but a great many hidden gems for the SNES weren’t released in North America and don’t qualify for this list (like Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei)....

Earth Defense Force developer D3 Publisher’s games have always been a bit “out there,” but this time they’re bringing you to the great outdoors with THE Bass Fishing, with a capitalized “the.” The game will release in Japan and the United States (no mention has been made for Europe at the moment) on June 16th, exclusively for Nintendo Switch. The launch will be digital-only on the Nintendo eShop. Below you can check out the trailer....

The new season for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone has arrived. It was already announced that Season 6 would add a subway station and that two new operators, Farah and Nikolai would be released. In addition to that Season 6 content, new weapons were also introduced for both multiplayer and Call of Duty: Warzone. The new assault rifle, known as the AS VAL is unlocked for free at Tier 31 in the Warzone Season 6 battle pass....

The roll out of Call of Duty: Vanguard Season One saw the debut of Warzone Pacific, bringing along a new map and Vanguard weapons. As players have been experimenting with the new weapons, the power of the shotguns has become apparent. In particular, a Double Barrel shotgun class is standing out as one of the best in Warzone Pacific. The Double Barrel shotgun can take over the battlefield due to its high stopping power....