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Persona 5 Strikers, the action-packed spin-off from Atlus, has a new trailer out now for fans of the Phantom Thieves to feast their eyes on. The new trailer is titled ‘The Phantom Thieves Strike Back’ and it showcases each of the character’s unique abilities.
Persona 5 Strikers is an action-packed sequel-of-sorts to Persona 5 developed alongside Koei Tecmo’s Omega Force studio. Strikers sees the Phantom Thieves traveling across six different Japanese cities in the summer while investigating a new corruption in the Metaverse. Persona 5 Strikers will come to PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch in North America and Europe on February 23, 2021.
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Its difficult to believe that Fallout 76 has been around for over two years. During that time, the game has undergone one of those patented gaming redemption arcs. After getting absolutely hammered by critics and fans upon release for its many bugs and desolate atmosphere, Fallout 76 has long ago turned the page to become a much-loved and respected entry in the Fallout franchise. (Real talk - I always loved it).
Over the years, Fallout 76 has made steady progress, adding NPCs to the world and offering a ton of new content - and the improvements keep on coming. A new "Inventory Update", now available, will address several long-standing issues that have plagued players since the game's early days. The largest of these changes is the Stash increase, which allows players to horde 1200 lbs of stuff (up from 800, so a significant increase). Additionally, new tabs have been added to the Pipboy, allowing players to more easily track certain subcategories of loot:
New – This tab will keep track of all the items players gather during a play session, sorted by newest to oldest.
Armor – Armor receives its own menu tab so that players can keep their gear separate from their other Apparel.
Food/Drinks – Food and drinks are now split out from “Aid” into their own Pip-Boy Inventory tab. Chems and Serums will remain in “Aid.”
All of this, and some other useful upgrades, are spelled out in this handy trailer:
Fallout 76 is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The game goes on sale frequently, and has no subscription costs. At this point, it is well worth a look, even if you have been a longtime doubter.
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Ova Magica, a blending of casual farming in the spirit of Stardew Valley and Harvest Moon blended with monster taming and battling like something out of Pokemon is now live on Kickstarter. It managed to get fully funded within the first 2-3 hours, which I'm really not surprised about. The early tech demo was promising and it has such a great idea.
Thankfully it's another that will support Linux too and the developer has been very clear about this. The Kickstarter campaign also lists it nice and clear as "The game will be released on PC DRM-Free, on Steam (Windows, Mac OS and Linux), Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S.".
Check out the trailer:
You can expect quite a few features from Ova Magica including farming, cooking, crafting, creature collection with you hatching blobs from eggs, romancing other characters, a an "active time" creature battle system, creature breeding, exploration and going on special expeditions and much more. It sounds like it's going to be quite a big game.
Their initial goal was €20,000 which has already been met easily. They do have some stretch-goals listed too, so when the funding hits different levels the will commit to more features including a marriage system, character customization and more to be revealed. Given the rate of funding, it will probably hit €40-50K quite easily I would think.
Check it out on Kickstarter and follow on Steam.
Cyber Shadow from Aarne "MekaSkull" Hunziker and Yacht Club Games is an epic throwback to the likes of Ninja Gaiden and Shadow Of The Ninja and it's out now with Linux support. Nice the see Yacht Club give a hand to another developer, after their success with the Shovel Knight series.
Here's the story and what's up:
"The world has been taken over by the evil Dr. Progen and his merciless synthetic army. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin. Your robotic companion, L-Gion, is your only guide through the ruins of Mekacity. How far will Shadow go to protect his clan and the one he loves? Is there more to their bond than meets the eye? Only you can unlock the secrets to your clan's ancient powers. Hurry before you run out of time! The road to redemption awaits in Cyber Shadow, the quintessential Ninja Action game."
A game that very much demands you use a gamepad, so much so that the publisher Yacht Club detailed a list of what they suggest you try to use. For the PC/Linux version they mentioned the best to use are: Xbox 360 Controller, Xbox One Controller, PlayStation 4 Controller, PlayStation 3 (Dual Shock 3) Controller, 8Bitdo SN30 Pro Controller, Logitech F310 Gamepad - so presumably they've tested all those working nicely with it.
Feature Highlight:
You can buy it on Humble Store, GOG and Steam.
After spending a little too much time on fake ads for in-game enemies, Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood finally put out a gameplay trailer. This one focuses on the three forms you'll be switching between: Lupus (wolf), Homid (human), and Crinos (werewolf).
As a lupus, you'll lope around quietly, accessing nicely lit air conditioning ducts, and leaping around environments with the ease of a quadruped. As a homid, you'll snatch people from behind, yank wires, and headshot fools with your crossbow. As a werewolf, well, that's for when you absolutely, positively got to kill everybody in the room.
I can vouch that this short video largely shows you the entire gameplay loop. There's downtime to be sure. But when you're in a mission, your mostly going to be lurking through factories and laboratories with lots of guards pacing about, with you discerning their fields of view. Then you either keep the mission on the down low, or you go hot when you turn into a man-dog.
Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood launches on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on February 4. We'll have our full review up on launch day.
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