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Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet DLC – Welcome to Kitakami – Nintendo Switch – Nintendo of America
- Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet DLC – Welcome to Kitakami – Nintendo Switch Nintendo of America
- Pokemon Scarlet & Violet players “horrified” by what the game’s ending implies Dexerto
- 10 New & Returning Pokémon From Indigo Disk You’ll Want To Catch ASAP Screen Rant
- Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet – The Adventure Continues! – Nintendo Switch Nintendo of America
- Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: How to Evolve Litwick and Lampent into Chandelure GameRant
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TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge – Dimension Shellshock DLC – Release Date Trailer – Nintendo Switch – Nintendo of America
- TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge – Dimension Shellshock DLC – Release Date Trailer – Nintendo Switch Nintendo of America
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge DLC ‘Dimension Shellshock’ launches August 31 Gematsu
- TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge – Dimension Shellshock DLC Release Date Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games PlayStation
- TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge DLC Lands On Switch This Month With Yet Another New Fighter Nintendo Life
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge Dimension Shellshock DLC out this month, Karai revealed, new trailer Nintendo Everything
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Aloy gets romance options in Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores DLC – Polygon
- Aloy gets romance options in Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores DLC Polygon
- Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores Review IGN
- Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores Review (PS5) – An Impressive, Though Unambitious Continuation Of Aloy’s Saga PlayStation Universe
- Horizon Forbidden West Lets Aloy Kiss Someone, And It’s A Lady Kotaku
- Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores Review – A must-play chapter in the Horizon story — Explosion Network | Independent Australian Reviews, News, Podcasts, Opinions Explosion Network
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Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin DLC ‘Different Future’ launch trailer, details, and screenshots
Get the details below.
■ Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Additional Mission: Different Future
This long-awaited third instalment of season pass content sees Jack and his allies’ Adventure [660 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/adventure”>adventures through time and space draw to a close.
Guided by an enigmatic moogle spirit, Jack and his allies travel to a city in another dimension.
Lufenians call this place Central. From here they observed a myriad of worlds and dimensions.
Yet it took only the mad delusions of one Lufenian to bring it all to ruin.
Jack strides deep into the heart of this ghostly city to break the fetters of this karmic juggernaut once and for all.
■ New Characters
The Emperor
The Emperor plans to take over the world, using all the magic and monsters at his disposal to do so, and his heart is set on the power of the crystals and chaos.
Moogle
A spirit who comes to Jack and his allies for help in saving Lufenia from interdimensional interference and fixing a broken future.
■ Story
The story of a group of warriors who fell before the darkness and gave themselves over to chaos.
A darkly deluded Lufenian who interferes with dimensions. Driven by a desire to restore the world to its former order and beauty, she summons otherworldly weapons from dimensional distortions with the aim of eradicating not just Jack, but the world itself.
Omega, an interdimensional weapon with the power to destroy gods. Omega will hunt Jack down using its arsenal of skills more powerful than anything Jack has come across before.
—Delta Attack: As well as dealing damage, this move can petrify you as well, so watch out!
—Wave Cannon: A deployed arcane circle fires a powerful beam.
■ Enemies
The Emperor appears before Jack and his allies, and he is hot on the trail of the moogle. His motives for coming to this dimension are different from the Lufenian, and he seems to have no intention of teaming up.
—Demon’s Hymn: The Emperor Summons a spectre who attacks you on his behalf. With this attack, he can summon gigas, coeurls and other monsters.
—Thirst for Chaos: An arcane circle appears in the player’s wake, from which a number of magical orbs arise and explode.
■ New Jobs
Musketeer
Hitting an enemy with the Job Action “Stun Bullet” can prevent the enemy from performing unblockable attacks.
Hunter
While the Job Action “Analyze” is in effect, a counter will increase each time you attack an enemy. The higher the counter, the more easily you will be able to pierce an enemy’s resistance and strike their weak points.
Gambler
Use the job Action [859 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/action”>action “Roulette” to spin the wheel and use any two abilities chosen at random.
■ New Blacksmith Features
Imitation Materials Increase the Possibilities for Synthesis
Imitation materials are versatile materials that can be used at a blacksmith’s. Imitation materials can be used as a substitute for other materials when upgrading equipment or synthesizing new items.
Fabrication
A new feature of the blacksmith. Some say that it’s a Lufenian technology. Allows you to make replicas of equipment using imitation materials and blacksmith materials. Also makes it possible to replicate chaos effects.
The King of Fighters XV Season 2 DLC character Shingo Yabuki launches January 17; Sylvie Paula Paula and Najd announced
The King of Fighters XV [59 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/games/the-king-of-fighters-xv”>The King of Fighters XV Season 2 will begin with the release of downloadable content character Shingo Yabuki (voiced by Takehito Koyasu) on January 17, developer SNK Corporation [360 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/companies/snk”>SNK announced.
Kim Kaphwan will follow this spring, and Sylvie Paula Paula and Najd this summer. Two unannounced characters are also due out this fall.
In addition to the downloadable content characters, a character balance and “DJ Station” update is planned for release alongside Shingo Yabuki on January 17, and a cross-play open beta test is planned for spring. The “DJ Station” update will add staff rolls from 15 numbered The King of Fighters titles. More songs are planned for release in the future.
The King of Fighters XV is available now for PS5 [4,027 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/playstation/ps5″>PlayStation 5, Xbox Series [3,107 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/xbox/xbox-series”>Xbox Series, PS4 [24,458 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/playstation/ps4″>PlayStation 4, and PC [16,617 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/pc”>PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and Microsoft Store.
Watch a new trailer below. View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.
Shingo Yabuki Trailer
Screenshots
Street Fighter 5 revealed to originally have 6 seasons of DLC content but was cut down
And then we ended up with 5 seasons
Saying that Street Fighter 5 got off to a rough start is putting it lightly, and Capcom themselves were apparently ready to jump ship early.
Game Informer recently released a new article going through Street Fighter’s 35-year history where it was revealed SF5 was originally planned to feature 6 seasons of new DLC content before getting cut back.
The information comes from Street Fighter 6 Director Takayuki Nakayama, who came on to also direct SF5 after it had launched.
“Street Fighter 5 was originally planned to have six seasons, but then plans ended up changing, and we were told we could only make up to season four,” said Nakayama via Game Informer.
Unfortunately, the director doesn’t go into further detail as to why the cuts were made or when that decision was put in place, but there are some easy inferences to make.
With SF5 underperforming in its launch sales and continuing to struggle through its second year in 2017, it would make sense that Capcom would scale back their plans for the game and move on from it sooner, and then there was also the entire Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite debacle later that year too.
But wait, you might be asking, “Street Fighter 5 ended up with 5 seasons right?”
That is correct though that final season getting to happen at all was apparently indeed thanks to the fans and the positive reception of Street Fighter 5: Champion Edition.
We almost missed out on all of this
Players came very close it seems to completely missing out on Dan, Rose, Oro, Akira and Luke, which is pretty jarring to think about now, especially since only 1 of them is on the launch roster of Street Fighter 6.
Season 5 itself wasn’t the only shakeup Capcom made to the game either, as longtime Producer Yoshinori Ono left the company after the announcement — although there’s no new information present to explain why that was.
The developers also drastically changed their communication methods with fans that went over so we’ll they’ll likely continue a similar approach going forward.
“Starting with Season 5, we changed the structure of the team, and we learned that we wanted to take on a more direct communication style with the audience and players of the game,” said Nakayama. “We received a lot of positive feedback about that. We realized that is very important for our audience.”
This revelation leaves players with a brand new question they didn’t have before being who would have been included in Season 6?”
Unless the devs eventually come out and say it, we’ll likely never know the answer, or there’s a real possibility that character choices weren’t even planned out that far by the time cuts were made.
There could have been some of the fighters who had files datamined out of SF5 like Sodom, but that may remain a mystery.
As things stand now, Street Fighter 5 wrapped up with 45 characters (46 if you count Eleven) and in a completely different state than where it was at almost 7 years ago.
It would have been cool to see the game reach an even 50. That’s still a lot better than 40 though.
Melty Blood: Type Lumina free DLC characters The Count of Monte Cristo and Ushiwakamaru launch December 15
Project L (Riot Games) [5 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/games/project-l-riot-games”>Project Lumina has announced Melty Blood: Type Lumina [48 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/games/melty-blood-type-lumina”>Melty Blood: Type Lumina free downloadable content characters The Count of Monte Cristo and Ushiwakamaru, who will launch via an update on December 15 alongside new languages and two new stages.
Get the details below.
■ About the Game
Melty Blood: Type Lumina is a 2D fighting game noted for its exciting, fast-paced battles and beautiful 2D animation. Players control one of 20 characters for animated battles against each other. Select characters to use their numerous techniques and experience an individual story for each one. Look forward to the update on December 15!
Total global* title sales have now surpassed 330,000 copies! Melty Blood: Type Lumina was selected for the main tournament category at the Evolution Championship Series 2022 (EVO 2022), one of the world’s largest fighting game competitions. In addition, it was also selected as a main title in one of Japan’s largest fighting game competition, EVO Japan 2023, slated to be held in Japan next year.
The game has received a strong positive reception, including a nomination in the “Best Fighting” category at The Game Awards 2021, as well finalist standing in the “Fighting Game of the Year” category at the 25th D.I.C.E. Awards.
*Total of standard and Deluxe packaged editions, and digital standard and Deluxe edition sales for PS4 [24,357 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/playstation/ps4″>PlayStation 4, Switch [12,689 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/nintendo/switch”>Nintendo Switch, Xbox One [11,688 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/xbox/xbox-one”>Xbox One, and Steam.
Game System
Melty Blood: Type Lumina incorporates systems that allow even new fighting game players to enjoy stylish battles right from the start. It does this using the “Rapid Beat” combo technique to produce moves from button mashing, as well as other systems like “Moon Skills” that deliver enhanced special moves with simple commands.
It also features high-powered specials in “Arc Drive” and “Last Arc” moves, which have distinctive, dynamic animations.
It also retains the “Shield” techniques to block enemy attacks, aerial battles, and other traditional features familiar to fans of the Melty Blood series. Plus new systems and characters create all-new dynamics and skills to perfect, for a fresh approach to enjoying Melty Blood!
The game features rollback netcode to ensure stable connections for online play worldwide, and supports online competitive play events and e-sports development.
Enjoy the fast-past battles and smooth character controls that distinguish Melty Blood: Type Lumina in online battles against players around the world!
■ New Playable Characters The Count of Monte Cristo and Ushiwakamaru Available in a Free Update on December 15
New playable characters The Count of Monte Cristo and Ushiwakamaru will be available in a free update on December 15 at 5:00(UTC), 2022*.
New character stories and battle stages will also be added alongside the playable characters.
The Count of Monte Cristo and Ushiwakamaru are characters who appeared in the smartphone game Fate [30 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/series/fate”>Fate/Grand Order. Now these characters are making their first appearance in Melty Blood: Type Lumina!
*Some update times may vary depending on your platform, nation, and region.
■ Available in Spanish, French, and Brazilian Portuguese
—Spanish
—French
—Brazilian Portuguese
Melty Blood: Type Lumina will be available in Spanish, French, and Brazilian Portuguese from December 15 at 5:00(UTC), 2022*.
Currently Melty Blood: Type Lumina is available in five languages, Japanese, English, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Korean. After the December 15 update, this will grow to a total of eight languages.
We hope this will allow even more players around the world to enjoy Melty Blood: Type Lumina!
*Some update times may vary depending on your platform, nation, and region.
*The language updates will be in text only, the audio will be in Japanese.
■ The Count of Monte Cristo: The Eternal Spirit of Vengeance, from the Edge of Love and Hate
Battle Characteristics
His battle style branches into a variety of attacks that put pressure on opponents with a powerful rush that leaves no room for escape.
The Count of Monte Cristo has many moves with both broad and long ranges. This character excels at battle tactics that rush in to attack when an opponent is trapped, putting him at the advantage.
The Count of Monte Cristo also possesses well-balanced offensive and defensive skills. He uses command throws and overhead and low attacks that branch into a variety of attacks to put pressure on opponents, strategically and tactically backing them into a corner. In addition, many of his normal skills also work excellently as placement skills and are powerful when used aggressively.
Use preemptive strikes that create chances for yourself, and wear down your opponents before moving in for the attack!
■ Ushiwakamaru: Charismatic and a Flawless Beauty, Ushiwakamaru Runs Free in the City of the Future
Battle Characteristics
A speedy fighter who races freely across the field to take opponents by surprise.
Ushiwakamaru has a battle style that is speedy and allows her to run freely around the field to take opponents by surprise, moving in quickly from the ground or the air to toss them around.
She has many moves that allow her to instantly close gaps, and she is able to employ a variety of movements in the air. She is also very adept at breaking through opponents’ guarding with overhead, low attacks, and tricky movements. Her battle style is also great at taking advantage of gaps in her opponents’ defense to quickly and decisively strike them down.
Control the pace of the battle with her highly mobile hit-and-run style and use the whole field to launch an attack!
■ New Stages
New stages will also be added to go along with the release of The Count of Monte Cristo and Ushiwakamaru.
“Prison Tower – Hall” is a stage made for The Count of Monte Cristo. “Face the Surging Waves” is a stage made for Ushiwakamaru.
—Prison Tower – Hall
—Face of the Surging Waves
Melty Blood: Type Lumina is available now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC [16,522 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/pc”>PC via Steam.
Possible DLC character for Street Fighter 6 could be hidden in the background of latest trailer
During The Game Awards 2022 livestream, the latest Street Fighter 6 trailer was shown to reveal Dee Jay, JP, Manon, and Marisa all in one go. We also received confirmation that Street Fighter 6 will indeed be releasing on June 2, 2023.
Additionally, Capcom revealed that acquiring the Deluxe Edition ($84.99) or the Ultimate Edition ($104.99) will include the “Year 1 Character Pass” — which apparently consists of four DLC fighters. By squinting at the background of one of the stages shown in the latest trailer, we believe one of the DLC fighters may have already been spotted by keen observers. From here on out, we’ll be talking about a previous leak for Street Fighter 6 that may reveal the four characters of the Year 1 Pass.
It was an unexpected turn of events when Capcom revealed the entire launch roster for Street Fighter 6 back in September. Based on what was revealed here, we should still be expecting Cammy, Zangief, and newcomer Lilly to get official trailers before the game is launched.
Why did Capcom just reveal every character in Street Fighter 6 like this? It’s because a certain Street Fighter 6 leak had seemingly already revealed every fighter. This leak appears to be true as fighters’ artwork, poses, and new appearances are identical matches to what was later revealed.
However, there are four characters that were also seen in the leak that have not been officially revealed by Capcom in any way thus far. These four fighters are Akuma, Rashid, Ed, and a newcomer known as A.K.I.
Based on everything we know so far, it seems extremely likely that the Year 1 Pass will consist of these four aforementioned fighters. As mentioned before, it would appear that one of these characters is hidden in the background of one of the stages shown during the recent trailer.
By looking closely at the background during the scenes in which JP is fighting with Ken, a distinct figure can be spotted on the highest floor of the structure in the center. This character appears to have an unnaturally pale pigment about them.
Additionally, this fighter also appears to have some distinctive headwear or hairstyle. Meanwhile, their clothing looks to be blueish-purple, though this part is particularly difficult to discern due to how far away the character is.
As such, the character in the background is very likely A.K.I as seen in the leak. At this moment, not much is known about A.K.I, but it is widely believed that she is Phantom, a character taken in by F.A.N.G during a short story that happened after the events of Street Fighter 5’s story.
A.K.I’s unnatural-looking skin color is likely a direct consequence of the character’s decision to go under F.A.N.G’s tutelage. After all, F.A.N.G is a practitioner of the Nguuhao’s Poison Hand technique.
Due to this, A.K.I is likely also the type of fighter that slowly bleeds opponents’ health bars away through techniques that poison them. A.K.I’s pale appearance implies that her body is having an adverse effect to the learning and utilization of the Poison Hand.
If this really is A.K.I, then it wouldn’t be the first time a Season 1 DLC fighter appeared in the background of a stage before they were released since we saw the same thing with Alex in Street Fighter 5. Like other characters, this implies that this background element will simply disappear during matches in which A.K.I is selected for usage.
Of course, nothing is confirmed at this moment even if there are a lot of signs that appear to be lining up a little too perfectly. We’ll just have to wait for these type of details to be officially confirmed by Capcom themselves when they’re ready to make announcements.
Sent in by: Pardin.
Dead Cells DLC ‘Return to Castlevania’ announced
Developers Motion Twin [15 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/companies/motion-twin”>Motion Twin and Evil Empire [8 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/companies/evil-empire”>Evil Empire have announced Dead Cells [16 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/games/dead-cells”>Dead Cells downloadable content “Return to Castlevania.” It will launch in Q1 2023.
Here is an overview of the downloadable content, via its Steam page:
The inspiration behind it all returns to its 2D Action [794 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/action”>action roots! Castlevania‘s unforgettable characters and gothic setting meet the fast-paced combat of the award-winning Roguelite [64 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/genres/roguelite”>roguelite Dead Cells in this unprecedented collaboration.
A gateway to a striking castle has suddenly appeared, and an imposing warrior called Richter asks you to help him vanquish the great evil within.
Enticed by the promise of new loot rather than a sense of moral duty, you strike out through the grounds and corridors of the gothic castle to find and kill this mysterious Dracula…Slay hordes of his supernatural minions as you progress through our biggest DLC yet, including two levels, three bosses and a new storyline!
Wield Classic Castlevania Weapons
Unlock 14 iconic weapons such as the Vampire Killer, Throwing Axe & Holy Water to decimate Dracula’s bestiary of monsters and finally the dark lord himself. Each item has been translated into the fast-paced combat of Dead Cells while keeping their original essence.
Explore Every Corner of Dracula’s Castle
Secret rooms. Flame-lit corridors. Gloomy tombs. Beautiful paintings. Food hidden in the walls. Full of original monsters from the series, such as harpies, werewolves & haunted armors, the character of the iconic castle will transport you into the realms of gothic fantasy.
Enjoy Classic and Reimagined Music
We’re giving you access to an alternative soundtrack made of 51 of the original Castlevania tunes, that can be heard across the entire game. Yes, 51!
On top of this, we’ve taken the 12 most iconic tracks, such as Vampire Killer, Bloody Tears and Simon Belmont’s Theme, and reimagined them in the style of Dead Cells as a soundtrack for this DLC, while preserving the Castlevania ambiance of course.
Discover a New Storyline
Richter Belmont and Alucard will be by your side throughout your quest to vanquish Dracula, helping you to navigate the maze of Dracula’s Castle and providing you with strong weapons (sometimes willingly, sometimes not). However, where there is good there is evil, so watch out for powerful foes who will try everything in their power to stop you from reaching the throne room.
Master Three Epic Bossfights
Fight against the very essence of evil in two intense duels versus Death and Dracula, both set against a majestic backdrop. If you can survive these gauntlets, prepare yourself for our most ambitious boss showdown yet…
Unlock Castlevania Character Outfits
Unlock 20 outfits as you progress through the castle, letting you roleplay as all your favourite characters like Alucard, Richter Belmont, Simon Belmont, Maria Renard, Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades or even Dracula himself
Dead Cells is available now for PS4 [24,338 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/playstation/ps4″>PlayStation 4, Xbox One [11,672 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/xbox/xbox-one”>Xbox One, Switch [12,675 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/nintendo/switch”>Switch, PC [16,469 articles]” href=”https://www.gematsu.com/platforms/pc”>PC via Steam, iOS via the App Store, and Android via Google Play.
Watch the announcement trailer below.
Announce Trailer
