Key creators behind the Suikoden JRPG series will launch a Kickstarter campaign to fund a spiritual successor, Eiyuden Chronicle. Rabbit & Bear Studios, a new Tokyo-based developer, will launch the crowdfunding campaign on Monday, July 27 and run for one month. Eiyuden Chronicle’s story will be handled by Suikoden I and II writer Yoshitaka Murayama (Suikoden I, Suikoden II), with character design by Junko Kawano (Suikoden I, IV), system design and direction by Osamu Komuta (Suikoden Tierkreis, Suikoden Tactics), and art direction and production by Junichi Murakami (Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, OZ)....

Ahead of the launch of Valve’s new handheld PC, the Steam Deck, the publisher has released CAD files that will allow players to 3D print their own Steam Deck shell. In apost to Steam,the publisher said: “Hello! Good news for all the tinkerers, modders, accessory manufacturers, or folks who just want to 3D print aSteamDeck to see how it feels. “Today we’re making the CAD files for the external shell (surface topology) of Steam Deck available for download under a Creative Commons license....

VGC recently visited the UK’s largest game shop, Forgotten Worlds. Forgotten Worlds is located in Stewarton, around 20 minutes from Glasgow. The store contains retro games from across every era of gaming, including a large collection of Japanese games. In our video, Jordan and Chris explore retro hardware, including one of Chris’s “holy grails,” and point out some of the oddities and rarities that the shop offers. you may watch a 20-minute version of our tour below, but if you’d like to see more of Forgotten Worlds, a one-hour-long version of our adventures can be found onPatreon....

Microsoft is set to live stream a “special episode” of Inside Xbox from Cologne in Germany on Monday. TheXboxGamecom 2019 live stream is due to begin at 5pm CEST (4pm UK / 11am EDT / 8am PDT) today and can be viewed in a variety of ways. You can watch it viaXbox.com,Mixer,Twitch,YouTube,FacebookorTwitter, while we’ve embedded the stream on this page too: Today’s broadcast will include the debut ofGears 5’s Horde mode, aGhost Recon Breakpointmultiplayer reveal, an update onDestiny2’srecently delayed Shadowkeep expansion, plus a gameplay debut for Empire of Sin,the mobster strategy title from Romero Games....

Wii U and 3DS owners might not be able to re-download their games “within a few years”, according to a former Nintendo of America employee. Speaking toNintendo Lifeon the condition of anonymity, the source suggested that within the next few years, players will be at risk of losing their libraries if something happens to their system. “They will give notice in 2023 that the server will be shut down after a time,” they claimed....

Microsoft has reportedly told the UK’s anti-trust regulator that it has significantly overcounted the potential impact of Call of Duty’s potential exclusivity to Xbox platforms. Rima Alaily, the corporate VP ofMicrosoft’s Competition Law Group, toldAxiosthat theXboxfirm commissioned a YouGov survey in January, finding that just 3% of allPlayStationplayers would switch to Xbox, should it make the series exclusive to its platform following completion of theActivision Blizzarddeal. Based on this, Alaily claimed Call of Duty was “too small to hurtSony’s ability to compete and too small to make a withholding strategy profitable for Xbox....

Xbox served North American Xbox users with a full-screen Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 pop-up ad on Thursday, to mark the start of the game’s campaign early access period. As pictured by a social media user (embedded below), the full-screen ad appears when users boot their consoles and features callouts to purchaseModern Warfare 3’s premium version. This isn’t the first timeXboxhas served this kind of advert on consoles: In recent weeks, it pushed out similar full-screen promotions forStarfieldandForza Motorsport....

Microsoft’s Sea of Thieves was the most downloaded PlayStation 5 game in both the US and Europe last month. That’s according toSony, which has published monthly top 20 charts forPS5andPS4in both regions on thePlayStation Blog. While it already had a strong foothold on rival platforms thanks to perennial best-sellers Call of Duty andMinecraft,Xboxrecently announced plans to bring additional titles toPlayStationandNintendo Switch, starting withPentiment, Hi-Fi Rush, Sea of Thieves and Grounded....

Microsoft has revealed 13 indie titles making their way to Xbox Game Pass. Seven of the games will be available for console andPCincluding Minit and The Talos Principle. Release dates weren’t confirmed, but you may check out the titles in action during the latest ID@XboxGame Pass showcase video above. Upcoming Xbox Game Pass games for console and PC: Upcoming Xbox Game Pass games for console: Upcoming Xbox Game Pass games for PC: Microsoftlaunched the beta version of Xbox Game Pass for PCin June....

Is Tetsuya Nomura really going to change the most iconic death in gaming history? Aerith’s death in Final Fantasy 7 is burned into the brains of millions of gamers. Easily one of the biggest spoilers of the earlyPlayStationera, it’s probably the closest thing the games industry will ever have to a “Vader is Luke’s father,” moment. Crucial to the development of the absolutely feverish Final Fantasy 7 fanbase, it’s the definition of an iconic moment....

2K and Firaxis have debuted the first look at Civilization VII. The game will be released on July 31, 2025, the pair announced atGamescomon Tuesday. The game will be available in Standard and Deluxe editions. The Deluxe Edition will include five days of early access, enabling buyers to start playing from February 6. Update3rd Feb 2025 / 2:05 pm If you’re looking for VGC’s verdict, click across to ourCivilization VII reviewnow....

A three-part demo of Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club is coming to Nintendo Switch. Starting on August 20, players can download the episodic demo to play through thePrologueand Chapter 1. Two further chapters will be automatically added to the demo – Chapter 2 on August 23 and Chapter 3 on August 28. Players can carry their progress forward to the full version of the game if purchased....

A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead will be released on June 03, 2025, publisher Saber Interactive has announced. Featuring an original story inspired by Paramount Pictures’ Quiet Place film franchise, The Road Ahead is now available to pre-order forPS5,Xbox Series X/SandSteam, priced at $29.99 / £24.99 / €29.99. The first-person, single-player, horror adventure game is in development at Stormind Games, the Italian independent studio behind survival horror franchise Remothered and story-driven action RPG Batora: LostHaven....