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I’m due for another playthrough Listings for “Metal Gear Solid: V Definitive Ex”surfacedon Amazon UK and Amazon Japan earlier today. The store pages have since been taken down, and they only ever had bare-bones or otherwise placeholder information to begin with, but that hasn’t stopped folks from taking this as an opportunity to daydream abouta more fleshed-out, fulfilling conclusiontoThe Phantom Pain. Realistically, a definitive release of the game would likely just includeGround Zeroes,The Phantom Pain,assorted DLCfor both titles and Metal Gear Online, and maybe some Mother Base Coins for good measure....

Interesting Riot Games is currently working on two new champions (one wasEkko, another is a tank, and another is a support) forLeague of Legends, and everyone is clamoring for a tank sooner than later. As of today, they’re teasing The River King, which just might grant their wish. The teaser video talks vaguely of a beast and gambler (which many believe to be Twisted Fate), showing a creepy ass fish creature at the end....

New nostalgic screens This newest batch ofHyrule Warriorsscreenshots is pretty insane, and shows off the newly announced Sheik, Darunia, and Princess Ruto characters in all their glory. Darunia seems to have a giant hammer, most likely pinning him as a slow but powerful playtype. Princess Ruto looks like a magic wielder, dealing heavy amounts of water damage that has a wide area-of-effect. You’ll also seeplentyofOcarina of Timefanservice, including zones and characters....

But only on PC It’s been a long, long time since an entry in Sega’s Shining series has been released outside of Japan, but that’s about to change. Studio Saizensen (Umihara Kawase,Code of Princess) has revealed plans to bring its tag-team fighting gameBlade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arenato Windows PC via Steam on July 28. Blade Arcusfeatures a roster of 16 playable characters drawn fromShining HeartsandShining Blade, a pair of PlayStation Portable role-playing games released in 2010 and 2012, respectively....

Twenty twenty-one probably isn’t going to make the history books as one of humanity’s finest years. From a pandemic that continued to come in waves to Betty White dying on December 31st, it was a rather garbage year. Except for the games. If there was any shining beacon to be found in 2021, it was the games we all enjoyed. And enjoy we did. I mean, in a year with a newResident Evil,Psychonauts, andMetroid, we gave our game of the year crown to adog that paints....

Oh? Did you not hear the news? Earlier this week, theCoca-Cola Company elected Bobby Kotickas a Director of the Company. Coke CEO Muhtar Kent believes that Kotick’s experience in the digital avenue will help grow the business. Well… that kinda came out of the blue, no? This doesn’t mean he’s leaving Activision, however — he remains the company’s CEO. But given Kotick’s shrewd business tactics, you have to wonder how this new role will affect the development of key Activision IPs....

Well, damn Sony has closed Guerrilla Cambridge, the long-running studio behind games likeRigs: Mechanized Combat Leaguefor PlayStation VR,Killzone: Mercenaryon PS Vita, and evenMediEvil, among others. In a statement toGamesIndustry.biz, Sony said the decision stemmed from an internal review of projects under SCE Worldwide Studios, which led the company to believe that it would be “necessary to make some changes to the European studios structure” to meet its “strategic objectives.” KillzoneandHorizon Zero Dawndeveloper Guerrilla Games, which is based out of Amsterdam, isn’t going anywhere....

Call up your friends Until Dawndeveloper Supermassive Games has a new story-based adventure title out today. DoesHidden Agendaring any bells? It first made the rounds back at E3 as part ofPlayLink, Sony’s social gaming initiative that incorporates smartphones and tablets as controllers. The idea is to encourage participation from folks who don’t normally get into traditional multiplayer games on PS4. A few more PlayLink titles released today includingKnowledge is Power, a trivia game, andSingstar Celebration, which lets you sing into your smartphone....

In terms of it being a fun-looking game, that is It’s hard to look at what Rocksteadyhas done with Batmanand not want the same treatment for Spider-Man. For better or worse, long-time developer Beenox has once again taken charge, this time forThe Amazing Spider-Man 2, a game I hope more than anything just provides us with a world that’s fun to traverse. Not too much to ask for, I don’t think....

Mammoth roster, no features Retro publishers Hamster don’t seem to be taking a break this festive season, already announcing the first of this week’s classic titles making their return to modern platforms. Tomorrow, it’s SNK’s great scrapperThe King of Fighters 2002,which will be made available on PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Originally released on the Neo Geo platform as a sort of “full-stop” to the franchise’ yawnsome NESTS saga,KoF 2002is another “Dream Match” title; a non-canonical brawl-for-all featuring past and current fighters....

That specific team is sticking together Ubisoft will continue to make smaller, more personal projects likeChild of Lightgoing forward. Speaking toCVG, Ubisoft Montreal vice president of creative Lionel Raynaud remarked that the company is “super happy” with the role-playing title and its reception. “The team learned a lot about RPG mechanics during development and this has resulted in us creating a core team,” he said. “The people who made this game now want to work together again, whether it’s on a small game or not....

What if there was another delay It’s hard to believe thatFinal Fantasy XVis real and that it’s out next month, on November 29. After a number of delays, reworks, rewrites, and re announcements, it’s one of Square Enix’s born and bred white whales that fans basically give up on. Now it’s just up to Square to make its money back — which seems like an insurmountable task, even if it’s helped by a season pass, multiple launch editions, a feature film, and an array of minigames....

Commercials don’t always have to suck From minimal yet effective print ads to truly bizarre commercials to murals on the sides of skyscrapers — game ads can be anything from puzzling to clever to downrightinspiring. Mobile ads may have gone off the deep end, but there was a time when companies put a lot of thought and effort into their marketing. byingaming Another great ad that comes to mind isFortnite‘s “Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite” commercial that Epic released in 2020, at the height of their feud with Apple....