Don’t head out without thisLegacy Piece tier list. Though the Roblox game may be one of the newer One Piece-inspired adventures on the platform, it’s one of the most visually pleasing of the bunch. That doesn’t mean much when it comes to the best Devil Fruits, of course, but it suggests a bright future. Keep up with the tier list as new fruits are introduced and others are buffed or nerfed and you’ll know how to change with the meta....
A new report by Anne Longfield, the children’s commissioner for England, has called on the government to classify loot boxes as gambling. Established in 2004, theroleof the children’s commissioner is to promote and protect the rights of English children, with a particular focus on the vulnerable. For Longfield’s report,‘Gaming the system’, the commissioner’s office enlisted a research company to speak to groups of children who play online games including FIFA,Fortnite,Minecraft, Call of Duty andRoblox, to find out what they like about them and what concerns them....
Mario Kart World was originally in development for the original Nintendo Switch, Nintendo has revealed. As part ofNintendo‘s latestAsk the Developerinterview, Kenta Sato,Mario Kart World‘s programming director, revealed that the next Mario Kart game was originally planned for release onNintendo Switchbefore development transitioned toNintendo Switch 2in 2020. “When we were developing for the Nintendo Switch system, it was difficult for us to incorporate everything we wanted, so we were always conscious of what we were giving up in return,” he explained....
4A Games has announced plans to release an enhanced PC edition of Metro Exodus this spring, alongside new details about the previously confirmed Xbox Series X/S and PS5 versions of the game. In an update on its site, the studiolisteda number of ray tracing features coming to the new versions of the game, including two that will be exclusive to the enhanced PC edition: advanced ray traced solutions and support for DLSS 2....
4A Games has made the first-person shooter Metro 2033 free for 48 hours, to celebrate the series’ 15th anniversary. The 2010 FPS instalment will be free to download onSteam,GOG, andXbox, for the next 48 hours, until April 16 at 5 PM CET / 9 AM PT. “Thank you for the years of passion and love you have shown us so far,” the studio said, alongside a celebratory video acknowledging its community of fans....
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said it’s planning to have a catalog of video games utilize its new generative AI mode, ‘Muse’. Announced earlier this week,Microsoft’s Museis a generative AI model that it says can generate “game visuals, controller actions, or both.” In its announcement,Microsoftshowed how Muse could generate game visuals using training data fromNinja Theory’s 2020 gameBleeding Edge. Commenting on Muse in an interview published this week, Nadella compared Muse to the ‘wow’ moment he said he felt when he first saw other generative AI models such as ChatGPT....
Elden Ring director Hidetaka Miyazaki has said that the recently announced Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods doesn’t mean that FromSoftware is moving away from traditional single-player games. The Duskbloods, a brand-new multiplayer-focused game fromFromSoftware, was announced during Wednesday’sNintendo Switch 2Direct. Now, speaking as part of theNintendoCreator’s Voice series,Hidetaka Miyazakiexplained howThe Duskbloodscame to be, and his interest in the PvPvE genre. Miyazaki revealed that The Duskbloods started as an originalNintendo Switchgame before Nintendo approached the team about making the game for Nintendo Switch 2....
French publisher Nacon will be hosting a new presentation next month to show off some of its upcoming titles. TheNaconDirect presentation will take place on March 9 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT, and will “share lots of information about forthcoming games”, according to Nacon. Nacon has confirmed that The Lord of the Rings: Gollum will be shown during the stream, as willRoboCop: Rogue City. They will be joined by Gangs of Sherwood, Ravenswatch and TT3: Ride on the Edge....
The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann has revealed he’s involved in a second unannounced project at Naughty Dog, alongside his sci-fi game Intergalactic. Naughty Doghas historically struggled to work on multiple large games simultaneously, and following the cancellation of its The Last of Us online game 17 months ago, it was unclear whether it would be destined to continue focusing on a single main project, even though itinsisted at the timeit was planning multiple games....
Young Horses has announced a Bugsnax release date of November 12 for PS5, PS4 and PC via the Epic Games Store, meaning it will be a launch title for Sony’s next-gen console. Revealed during aPS5 showcase in June,Bugsnaxis the next game from the Chicago-based developer of 2014’s Octodad: Dadliest Catch. Described as a “narrative-driven adventure game” partly inspired bySony’s Ape Escape, Bugsnax sees players hunting and capturing 100 different kinds of half-bug, half-snack creatures....
Universal Pictures has published a new Super Mario Bros. Movie clip ahead of the film’s release on Wednesday. The latest footage, which is viewable below, is titled ‘Princess Peach Training Course Clip’. It shows Peach jumping across platforms, sliding under obstacles, and outmaneuvering Bullet Bills and Piranha Plants to reach the end of level flagpole. The Mario moviewill be released on April 5in over 60 markets, including the US and the UK....
Superstar streamer Ninja has returned exclusively to Twitch, one year after signinga $50 million exclusivity dealwith the now-closed Mixer. Ninja – whose real name is Tyler Blevins – has signed a new, multi-year deal with theAmazon-owned platform. Ninja had some 14 million followers on Twitch before joining Mixer in August 2019. Twitch is the largest game streaming platform in the market with 17.5 million average daily active viewers. “I am excited to get back to streaming full-time and connecting with my loyal fanbase,” Blevins said in a statement provided toThe Hollywood Reporter....
Nintendo is promoting The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for the first time at an event in Japan this weekend. At the company’sNintendoLive 2022 event in Tokyo, a promotional statue of Link from theBreath of the Wildsequel is currently being exhibited, for visitors to take photos with. The statue features Link with his arm outstretched, mutated into a monstrous green form. This is likely a core mechanic of the new Zelda, which wasrecently confirmed for a May 2023 releasefollowing years of production delays....
