Category: Gameinformer

With the release of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it’s time for players to undergo a time-honored tradition: unlocking a bunch of Nintendo characters over the course of a few hours.

In his otherwise glowing review of Ultimate, Jeff Cork does point out that the unlocking schtick is getting old. “It’s an unnecessarily tedious and antiquated process,” he said. Do you agree?

Personally, I’m kind of over it. I just want to play as Duck Hunt, Dedede and Snake already. The World of Light mode is okay, but I don’t want to feel like I have to play it to unlock everyone. I know there are other ways to do it, but nothing I’ve seen is fast or simple enough for me to want to really engage with it. At the same time, there’s a part of me that knows if all the characters were unlocked from the start, I’d be less motivated to play overall.

Let us know what you think in the comments.

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Although today’s Kinda Funny Games Showcase had some interesting PlayStation-related news, there seemed to be a notable lack of announcements from the company itself. This was especially noticeable in light of the lack of a PSX show this year, where Sony usually has plenty of major announcements up its sleeve. However, that may not mean we’ll be dying for Sony-related news for much longer.

Replying to a tweet from a fan and streamer about the lack of PlayStation-related info that came out of Thursday’s The Game Awards show (especially compared to some of bombs Nintendo dropped that night), Shawn dropped a short but very meaningful message: “see you in the new year.”

The tweet is especially significant in light of Sony’s dropping out of E3, the other show where it tends to show its hand. Hopefully, we’ll find out what the tweet means soon.

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Today, Youtube Channel Kinda Funny Games unveiled its Games Showcase, in which it debuted trailers for nearly 70 games in a little over an hour. It was an interesting small-scale montage of new info. There’s a lot of neat info to sift through! But don’t worry: We watched the entire thing and have cherry-picked the bits of news you should pay attention to.

News Game Trailers And Details

Judgment Gets A Release Window, English Cast
As with most “conferences” of this sort, the best news saved for last. Yakuza developer’s new game, Judgment, received a Western released date and trailer, including the first sampling of its English cast. You can learn more about it here.

The Walking Dead: The Final Season’s Second Episode Has A Release Date 
After a turbulent development cycle, the team now working The Walking Dead’s final season, now called “Still Not Bitten,” announced the release date for the next episode: January 17. You can learn more about that announcement here.

There’s A New Conan The Barbarian Tower-Defense Game
Former Command & Conquer devs are working with Funcom on Conan Unconquered, a new strategy game set in that game’s universe. Here’s the rundown.

The Messenger Gets Free DLC Next Year
Picnic Panic brings The Messenger to a more tropical setting next year with three (free!) new levels.

Super Meat Boy Forever Comes Out In April
Along with a new trailer, we got one of the most important details about Team Meat’s latest game: A release window.

YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG Comes Out January 17
Drawing from lots of interesting sources, the very weird YIIK is a little over a month away.

Cute Puzzle Game A Fold Apart Gets A New Trailer
A Fold Apart isn’t out yet but is already getting awards. If you haven’t seen this trippy, cute puzzle game in action before, here’s your chance.

Moving Out Is Physics-Based Puzzler About Moving Out Of Your Apartment
Sometimes you just gotta move a dead giraffe, you know what I mean?

The Minds Behind The Pinball FX Series Are Making A Dungeon-Crawler
Operencia: The Stolen Sun looks pretty neat.

Long Gone Days Leaves Early Access Next April
The promising military-tinged RPG is already available in early access, but the full release is just around the corner.

Away: Journey To The Unexpected Gets A Trio Of Release Dates
Away’s Art style is very intriguing, and nice match for its first-person RPG gameplay. It’s out February 5 on PS4, February 7 on Switch, February 8 on Xbox One, and “later” on PC.

Fight Knight Brings The Action To PS4, Switch, And PC Next Year
The violent first-person brawler looks like a nice way to take out your aggression in retro form.

Other Noteworthy Headlines

There were also some interesting tidbits about games that have already released.

• Slay The Spire, The PC card game doing well on steam, is coming to Switch next year.
• Bioware did an in-depth breakdown of the Anthem trailer they showed off at The Game Awards.
• All three Danganronpa games will be available as one collection on PS4, with a new collector’s edition that includes an artbook.
• Windjammers and Celeste are getting new physical version on December 21 and January 1, respectively, courtesy of Limited Run Games.
• Mike Bithell’s Quarantine Circular is coming to Switch.

There were, of course, more games than we could fit here. If you want to watch the entire showcase and see if anything else catches your fancy, you can watch the archive right here.

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Tales of Crestoria, the next game in the Tales series heading to mobile, has finally been confirmed to have a Western release, and we won’t have to wait too much longer for it.

An official Tales of Crestoria English account recently popped up on Twitter, and has been posting character-based teasers for the last few hours. It also posted the first English-language teaser trailer for the game.

We don’t know too much about Crestoria as of right now, but we have a rather basic outline. For one, sin looks to be a theme this time around, as the character teasers had a wanted posted look to them, with characters talking about something they did the world thought was a sin. We also know that, as a mobile title, there is likely to be microtransactions, as players who pre-register for the game will receive “summoning tickets” based on the number of total people who do the same.

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At the Kinda Funny Games Showcase today, hosts Greg Miller and Tim Gettys announced new details about The Walking Dead: The Final Season. The finale to the long-running episodic series based on Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead comic was caught in limbo when Telltale Games closed abruptly, leaving two of the four planned episodes unfinished. Earlier this year, Skybound games, which is owned in part by Kirkman, announced they would be resuming production with as many of the Telltale developers as they could gather.

Today, it was revealed that the team is working in the old Telltale offices on the third and fourth episodes while calling themselves the “Still Not Bitten” team, a reference to the second season where Clementine kills a zombie and proves that she hasn’t been bitten by a walker. The third episode will see release on January 15.

This is a surprisingly quick release date for the game, which was only announced to have been resuming development in mid-November. It is likely, though, that a significant portion of work had already been done on the third episode when Telltale closed down. Using much of the same team also likely helped with picking up where they left off.

There is no word on the fourth and final episode, but judging by how quickly the third episode is coming, it likely shouldn’t be too long. The Walking Dead: The Final Season is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

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Although we knew it was coming to the West, we didn’t have too many details about the English version of Project Judge, the latest game from Yakuza series developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. In the latest trailer, we got quite a few details about the game’s Western release date, name, and voice cast.

As part of the Kinda Funny Games Showcase, Sega showed off a new trailer for Judgment, the new Western name for the game. The trailer also features English voice acting for the first time – a change from Sega’s recent choice to not give the recent Yakuza games an English cast. You can watch the trailer for yourself and see if you’d rather play it in English or Japanese.

The trailer also revealed Judgement will be coming to the West Summer 2019. To learn more about how Judgment is a bit of a shift for Ryu Ga Gotoku, check out our previous coverage.

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 Although we knew it was coming to the West, we didn’t have too many details about the English version of Project Judge, the latest game from Yakuza series developer Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. In the latest trailer, we got quite a few details about the game’s Western release date, name, and voice cast.

As part of the Kinda Funny Games Showcase, Sega showed off a new trailer for Judgement, the new Western name for the game. The trailer also features English voice acting for the first time – a change from Sega’s recent choice to not give the recent Yakuza games an English cast. You can watch the trailer for yourself and see if you’d rather play it in English or Japanese.

The trailer also revealed Judgement will be coming to the West Summer 2019. To learn more about how Judgement is a bit of a shift for Ryu Ga Gotoku, check out our previous coverage.

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If you enjoyed the fun retro-twice-over platformer The Messenger and were looking to get a bit more of it, you won’t have to wait much longer.

Developer Sabotage has announced Picnic Panic, a new free batch of levels for the game. As the title implies, it’s features a tropical island setting across three new levels, each with its own boss. Of course, the base game’s time-travel mechanic is intact, as you’ll find portals that swap between the two retro styles. You’ll be able to get your hands on the new levels sometime next year on Switch and PC.

To see what we thought of the base game, check out our review.

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After the release of his “single-session” game Subsurface Circular last year, Mike Bithell has announced a Switch version. It’s available today.

Similar to Subsurface Circular, Quarantine Circular takes place primarily through a phone-like texting interface as you make dialogue choices as texts come in. The setting is once again a futuristic sci-fi setting, though the conversations focus on a more personal tale.

The game was announced during today’s Kinda Funny Games Showcase, and you download it on the eShop after the show is over in about half an hour.

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This week saw the launch of Destiny 2’s first minor expansion following the release of its Forsaken expansion. It features some new content, but players have had a tough time actually playing it, though Bungie is hoping to address the issues. The developer also detailed a few changes coming to the crucible, and how this year’s Dawning event will work.

The most pressing issue right now is that the new Lost Forges, the main content new to the expansion, are simply too high-level for even 600-power players to enjoy, and for those who haven’t yet had the time to reach the cap, catching up can feel like a gargantuan task. Bungie hopes to alleviate both of these issues with the next update, 2.1.2, which drops on December 11. While Bungie has already lowered the power requirements by five to address the former issue, after 2.1.2 prime engrams, one of the most potent sources of leveling, will “drop more frequently and with larger power bumps for players under 600 power.” Depending on how this change plays out, Bungie may also further bump up the leveling speed in the future.

Second, the Dawning, Destiny’s annual Winter event, will have new twist. Baking is a major part of the theme, as players will be able to find ingredients to bake “Gjallardoodles or Chocolate Ship Cookies.” Combining different ingredients in various ways will yield different results, with the potential for “mismatched ingredients” leading to poor results. From these ingredients players will be able to gain enhancement cores, mods, gear, and the new Avalanche heavy machine gun by giving the baked goods to various vendors. Players can also get more ingredients with the Bright Dust currency, but must have acquire Essence of Dawnings by playing the game to do so. Of course, there’s also a new round of Dawning gear, including a sleigh-looking sparrow, a new ship, and emotes, along with the regular bonus leveling drops of cosmetic items.

There are also several changes coming to the Crucible soon. The most major change is the reduction of power ammo, which many players cited as being too plentiful and having far too much control over the flow of multiplayer matches. Although the initial spawn time for power ammo remains the same, Bungie is extending the timer for additional spawns after that by anywhere between 15 and 75 seconds, depending on the mode.

The balance team is also looking into potentially buffing sniper, scout, and fusion rifles across the board, nerfing the Nova Warp super currently dominating matches, making melee-based supers more reliable, buffing most pre-Forsaken subclasses, and nerfing Telesto, the fusion rifle most players have opted for after the relative falloff of Sleeper Simulant. Finally, Bungie hopes to release “smaller batches of patches more frequently.”

To read more about Destiny 2: Forsaken, check out our review.

[Source: Bungie]

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