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Nomura interviewed in Ultimania TheKingdom Hearts III Ultimaniabook just came out in Japan, and in true “ultimate companion” fashion there’s a pretty big interview with the boss of the series, Tetsuya Nomura. While bits and pieces have been circulating for a bitKH13 has the full translationand it’s definitely worth reading if you’re into the series. Through the talk we learn a few bits about Nomura’s process, like the fact that he immediately began work onKingdom Hearts IIIafter completing the second one (sometime around 2005) on a conceptual basis, with full development beginning “much later....

Promises to continue Metal Gear support Konami has confirmedyesterday’s reportsthat it closed Konami LA, the studio responsible for theMetal Gear Onlineportion ofMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. The Los Angeles studio, formerly Kojima Productions LA before Konami scrubbed theMetal Gear Solidcreator’s name from as many places as it could,opened in 2012as part of the company’s “commitment to expanding our development footprint,” president Tomoyuki Tsuboi said at the time. Now Konami’s singing a different tune in a statement issued toPolygon:...

$20, coming this summer Hey Boo Boo, let’s go get us a pic-a-nic basket. Followingleaks, we have official confirmation on Konami’s upcomingYu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist! The PS4 and Xbox One card game will be a $20 download that allows players to, “replay actual events in theYu-Gi-Oh!timeline, from the originalYu-Gi-Oh!series up toYu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL.” There are over 6,600 cards, including the latest Pendulum Summon Monsters, and 90 characters, with DLC planned....

TheLeague of Legendsuniverse has grown well beyond the bounds of its MOBA origins. Its characters have shifted over to other genres and game types, ranging from auto-chess and fighting games to turn-based RPGs and Netflix shows. So in that respect, Riot putting its champions into the bullet heaven genre withLeague‘s Swarm mode shouldn’t be a surprise. Officially announced today, Swarm is the new PvE game mode arriving as part of this summer’s event....

Alongside theButler, the Robot is a new entity inLethal Companyintroduced in theVersion 50 update. The new enemy is a hulking mechanical robot with a giant spotlight for a face. It will slowly walk around hunting players, but once it finds them will immediately enter combat mode. Here’s how to deal with fighting the Robot inLethal Companyand where you can find them. How to Kill the Robot inLethal Company Unfortunately, the Robot seems to be a little overturned right now....

Where’s it dropping, boys? Nintendo is collaborating with Epic Games to release a limited edition of its Nintendo Switch hardware, slickly stylised after the latter’s phenomenally selling battle royal title,Fortnite. TheFortnite-branded Switch – currently confirmed for release in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand – features a themed docking unit, emblazoned with the faces of popularFortnitecharacters and Joy-Con daubed in exclusive shades of yellow and blue… as “exclusive” as colour shades can be, I suppose....

Glory to Arstotzka! [Mash Tacticsairs Monday through Friday at 4p.m. Pacific onDtoid.TV. Watch Rick ‘King Foom’ Olson play a variety of games, each day with its own theme. With a heavy focus on community and viewer interaction, you can be as much a part of the show as anything else.] After a short hiatus filled with family, food, and festivities,Mash Tacticsis back in action this evening with it’s usual daily dose of gaming shenaniganery....

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It’ll return with gameplay footage A few weeks ago,a group of former BioWare developers took to Kickstarterwith the idea forMooncrest: a single-player RPG with real-timeDark Soulsinspired combat, a “cinematic” conversation system, and environmental puzzles. It caused a bit of a fervour, having just the right names and the right little slip ofDark Soulsto get people interested. Unfortunately, it looks like it wasn’t enough asthe developers have now cancelled the campaign due to lack of support....

Full disclosure: I am the Toasty Boy Dang, John “Jax” Parrish is a very strong man. Sure, he’s always been jacked, but compared to his original appearance inMortal Kombat IIin 1993, I’m guessing the dude has put on at least another 20 pounds of muscle. That’s just about 12 ounces of meat for every year he’s been hitting the gym since he made his gaming debut. Not bad for a fella in his fifties....

Podtoid hits the Destructoid frontpage every Thursday! On this week’s Popetoid, the gang tries its hand at hilarious topical humor … and naturally fails. Jonathan Holmes also becomes not one, but TWO professional wrestlers, and learns the ancient art of cum tributes. As if that wasn’t enough, Trent Reznor lies in wait with a peanut taunt, andsomeonestole fizzy lifting drink. As far as game talk goes, there’s chat aboutDon’t Starve,Ridiculous Fishing, and some minor teases aboutLEGO City Undercover....

Good luck, kid Western fans of theRiver City/Kunio-kunseries should perhaps get themselves in shape for another downtown rumble, as it appears that the Japanese releaseKunio-kun: The World Classics Collectionmight be preparing for a western localisation in the near future. As spotted by Gematsu, a recent entry on PlayStation database hunting websiteGameStat, (the same site that outed theFinal Fantasy VII Remakedemo), listed an upcoming release titledDouble Dragon & Kunio-kun Retro Brawler Bundle....

[As originally posted onJapanator]While at CAPTIVATE 08, Nick Chester got to see a little preview ofStreet Fighter IV‘s anime sequences. Each character in the game will be receiving anime-style prologues and endings to accompany the in-game cutscenes. Heposted some screenshots, but now we have the full video of Ryu’s prologue.The video starts off with a seemingly beaten Ryu being confronted by Akuma. Akuma looks to be trying to drive out the essence of Evil Ryu, which just makes Ryu remember his master, who fell at the hands of Akuma....