Spike Chunsoft has announced that 2019's AI: The Somnium Files is getting a sequel called AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative. The game will release in Spring 2022 for Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.The story follows newly-appointed Special Agent Mizuki and her AI partner Aiba. Six years ago, the right half of a corpse was mysteriously discovered. But the left half was never found until six years later, when it appeared as a fresh corpse with no signs of decay. That implied that the victim had still been alive until recently. Mizuki and Aiba are now on the case to solve what are called the Half Body serial killings.A collector's edition was revealed as well, which includes the full game, a Good Smile POP UP Parade figure of Aiba standing at around 170mm, an artbook featuring art from series character designer Yusuke Kozaki, and an official soundtrack by returning composer Keisuke Ito, dubbed HARMOniOUS DISCORD. This edition will cost $119.95.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The NCAA has approved legislation allowing college athletes to earn profits from their name, image, and likeness, according to an NPR report.Previously, college athletes had limited compensation packages for things like scholarships or other forms of educational payments. Under new laws, however, college athletes can now make money performing activities professional athletes engage in. This includes things like endorsement deals, signing autographs, and social media content. This may also include college sports games, like EA's college football title possibly launching in 2023.We've reached out to EA for comment and will update should we hear back.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Thor: Ragnarok didn't just break the mold for its stoic hero, it shattered it like Hela did Mjolnir. Director Taika Waititi is set to do the same with his second go-round in Thor: Love & Thunder, and Karen Gillan's Nebula will be part of that "bonkers" atmosphere, the actress said in a new interview with Collider."Taika really brought out the bonkers side [of Nebula]," Gillan said. "I think everyone is just really, really funny and bonkers and wild."Nebula joined the MCU in 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy. As Gamora's sister and Thanos' daughter, she was a major antagonist for the Guardians and later the greater MCU as she struggled between loyalty to Thanos and then to Gamora, finally breaking out of that mold in Avengers: Endgame. While the Guardians movies are undeniably funny, Gillan has always had to play it straight as the dour cyborg. While the overall atmosphere of Thor: Love & Thunder is wild, Nebula probably won't be the one making the jokes.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Crunchyroll Games--Crunchyroll's game publishing arm that mostly focuses on mobile games--is launching the English version of Mitrasphere today, on June 29. Developed by Bank of Innovation, Mitrasphere is a mobile JRPG game with gacha mechanics. It is available on both Android and iOS devices.Mitrasphere was originally released in 2017, but only in Japan. It's very reminiscent of Granblue Fantasy, another JRPG gacha game, and SinoAlice, a JRPG game directed by Nier creator Yoko Taro. So if you like RPGs coupled with the whims of merciless RNG, Mitrasphere could be up your alley. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for The Many Saints of Newark, the upcoming prequel to HBO's acclaimed drama series The Sopranos.The movie focuses on a young Anthony Soprano, who is played by Michael Gandolfini, the son of Tony Soprano actor James Gandolfini from the HBO series. The show takes place in Newark, New Jersey. Young Tony idolizes his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti (Alessandro Nivola), and this relationship sends them both to some violent places.Here is the full description for The Many Saints of Newark:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

If you don't count the release of the canceled-at-the-last-minute Star Fox 2, which debuted on the Super NES Classic Edition in 2017, Nintendo's Star Fox series has been dormant since the release of Star Fox Zero on the Wii U in 2016. Now, the original Star Fox's co-programmer, Giles Goddard, is offering insight on what he would do were he to ever work on a new entry in the series."I think I would just dial it back a lot and not put in gimmicks like, you know, the stuff Star Fox Zero had, and maybe not even put in the free roaming aspects and stuff like that," Goddard says in a new interview with GameXplain. "I would just bring it back, pull it back into what made the original Star Fox fun, and just make one based on that. I don't know how popular it would be, but it would be cool to try."Star Fox Zero, co-developed by Platinum Games, released to mediocre reviews, with critics and players criticizing the game's Wii U GamePad functionality, which required them to aim weapons using the GamePad's gyroscopic controls. The game was bundled at launch with Star Fox Guard, a tower-defense-esque game also co-developed by Platinum Games in which players monitored security cameras in an effort to defend a base from robotic enemies.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Subscribers to Google Stadia's premiere Pro membership will get to download four free games starting July 1, including Re-Logic's Terraria.Alongside the action-adventure sandbox game, three other titles will hit Stadia Pro next month as a free download for subscribers: The Darkside Detective, Moonlighter, and Street Power Football. These games join a list of titles available with Stadia Pro, which includes Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.With games being added to the service, some are preparing to leave it before the start of July. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is one scheduled to leave Stadia Pro on June 30, along with Ary and the Secret of Seasons, Pikuniku, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, and SteamWorld Dig.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

You'll need to search the farm for clues as part of the Fortnite Week 4 challenges, but as is the case with most Legendary Quests this season, the game is happy to not tell you much about how and exactly where to do that. That's why we're going to do it for you. Follow our guide to find all Fortnite clue locations for this Week 4 Legendary Quest and you may just unravel the disappearance of Farmer Steel.Fortnite: Search The Farm For CluesThere are three clues scattered across Farmer Steel's farm, which is a Place of Interest just northeast and across the river from Corny Complex. You'll likely recognize it for its plentiful corn stalks. Currently, Hayseed resides there as a stand-in for the MIA Farmer Steel, but you'll need to find two of the three clues nearby to start to piece together the original Fortnite farmer. You can find all clues:North of the farm and sitting near the other side of the riverBack on the farm side of the river, but still just north of the house by some treesNear the red tractor at the eastern edge of the corn stalksWhere to search for clues in Fortnite Week 4Remember, interacting with any two of these clues will unlock both the seasonal XP as well as the relevant story-related dialogue for those seeking more lore. Fornite in general has a greater focus on its story in Season 7, with each week's Legendary Quests telling a new plot in the overarching alien invasion story.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Minecraft alpha version 1.1.1, an extremely rare build of the game that was only available for a few hours back in 2010, has finally been recovered thanks to some digital sleuthing. Back in the early days of Minecraft--before it was the gaming behemoth that we know today--the game was often updated at a weekly or even daily clip, which could sometimes confuse players.As a result of this, alpha version 1.1.1 was only available for three hours and 25 minutes before it was replaced with 1.1.2. This is because 1.1.1 introduced a nasty bug that could lead to the game becoming unresponsive, and Mojang stomped out the bug very quickly. Since it was known as a bugged version, most Minecraft players who downloaded the build quickly deleted it once they downloaded 1.1.2.So let's talk about video game preservation, data hoarding, and Minecraft.(🧵 thread) — Luna 🏳️‍🌈 (@lunasorcery) June 26, 2021As a result, many in the community thought that it was lost forever, including those at the Omniarchive, which is a group dedicated to dredging up old versions of Minecraft. However, that changed when a digital archivist noticed that Twitter user @LunaSorcery had tweeted that she downloaded the new build on the day it came out. Luna dug around in an old external hard drive and managed to find the lost version of the game, which caused many hardcore Minecraft fans to jump for joy.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Niantic is capping off Pokemon Go's Bidoof Breakout event with a Bidoof Day on July 1. The event will feature increased Bidoof spawns and a number of other bonuses, including a free Special Research story, extra catch XP, and more.Throughout Bidoof Day, Niantic says that Bidoof will appear in the wild at "an incredibly high rate." Additionally, Bidoof will be the only Pokemon you can encounter in one-, three-, and five-star Raids, and you'll have a chance to catch Shiny Bidoof.On top of the increased spawns, any Bidoof that you capture during the event will know the Fighting-type move Superpower, and you'll be able to teach them Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, or Thunderbolt via Charged TMs. Team Go Rocket grunts will also have Shadow Bidoof in their parties, giving you a chance to catch the Shadow variant as well.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The remasters of Final Fantasy V and VI available on PC will be delisted from storefronts on July 27, according to the Steam store description of both items. Twitter user RobotBrush was one of the first to spot the notice, while also commenting that these remastered versions are generally considered to be a bad way to play the game.Final Fantasy V and VI are widely-regarded as two of the best entries in the storied series. However, the remasters available on Steam are ports of the mobile versions of the game, which redrew all of the game's sprites in order to give it a less pixelated look. Fans complained that these new sprites were blurry and uninspired, and several of the top Steam reviews for each game cite major bugs such as save corruption.squeenix will be nuking the old "remakes" of FFV and FFVI ... so if, for some reason, you wanted to grab those - you have just under a month to do so https://t.co/Dco5G3xUnshttps://t.co/l26zGaCagL pic.twitter.com/5BSCMQUZh3 — lashman (@RobotBrush) June 29, 2021Given that Square Enix recently announced that it will fully remaster the first six Final Fantasy games and release them in one package on PC and mobile, it makes sense that the company would want to distance themselves from these less-than-popular remasters. These new remasters are trying to recreate what pixels looked like on a CRT television rather than just simply recreating the original raw pixels. As Chris Kohler of Digital Eclipse notes, the raw pixels were never meant to be seen by the player.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

World of Warcraft players have patiently waited more than seven months for the first major content drop for Shadowlands, and at long last it's finally here, with the game's full patch notes detailing all the new content and big changes players will be able to sink their teeth into with the Chains of Domination update.A new raid, new mega-dungeon, and new zone are the highlights of the content update. In the new raid, the Sanctum of Domination, players will finally be able to confront Sylvanas Windrunner, who has been serving the game's new big bad, the Jailer, for multiple expansions now. That will have big implications for the story moving forward, as will the fact that Anduin Wrynn, the leader of the Alliance, looks to have been brainwashed by the Jailer for his own nefarious purposes.In the new Korthia zone, players will team up with the various covenants of the Shadowlands to fight back against the Jailer's forces in new story-campaign quests, while in Tazavesh, a new mythic-only difficulty eight-boss dungeon, players will discover more about the mysterious group known as the Brokers. Players will be able to unlock the use of ground mounts in the Maw after completing the introductory quest in Korthia, while earning renown and completing covenant campaign quests will unlock the use of flying mounts in the other Shadowlands zones.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Pre-registration for Marvel Future Revolution is live across iOS and Android, developer Netmarble has announced. Having previously worked on Marvel Future Fight, Marvel Future Revolution follows in the footsteps of that game with open-world and action-RPG elements featuring Marvel's mightiest heroes.Set in a reality stitched together from multiple dimensions that have all collapsed into each other to form Primary Earth--Think the more recent Secret Wars comic book event--it'll be up to you to lead Omega Flight in the fight against numerous supervillains and earn some fashionable new clothing in the process.Costumes will be a major part of Marvel Future Revolution, with each hero having four-piece sets that can be mixed and matched to create a unique look or an actual fashion crime. As for modes, the game appears to have plenty on offer: PvE content will include a dedicated campaign that can be played either solo or with friends, as well as Blitz, Special Operations, and Raid modes to try out online.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In Fortnite Week 4, you'll need to visit Farmer Steel's favorite places. As usual with these Legendary Quests, you won't likely know exactly where to go - Farmer Steel is just an acquaintance after all. But we've mapped out what Epic means when it says his "favorite places." Here's where you'll need to look for the apparently very hungry Farmer Steel.Farmer Steel's Favorite PlacesIf there's only one thing to know about Farmer Steel, it's that the man loves to eat. In Fortnite Week 4, his favorite places are defined as three separate restaurants scattered across Apollo. if you're a devoted player, simply naming these locations may be all you require to make your way to them, but we'll map them below in case you're a bit unsure. Farmer Steel's favorite places can be found:Sticks restaurant within Craggy CliffsPizza Pit northeast of Corny ComplexDurrr Burger southeast of Holly Hedges/Holly HatcheryTo visit Farmer Steel's favorite places, make stops at some of Fortnite's most popular eateries.We note the new name for Holly Hedges as that change is expected to come very soon, with the Week 4 challenges already referring to the place by its new name. You'll need to visit all three locations to complete this challenge, and given their distance apart, it's likely you'll need at least two rounds to visit them all, but that's okay. Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Casey Hudson, the BioWare veteran known for his work on Mass Effect, has started a new game development studio that is currently working on a new IP.The new outfit is called Humanoid Studios and it's described as an "independent video game company built to unleash the creative freedom of developers, bringing innovation and artistry to players through an all-new IP."Today we are announcing a new independent videogame company built to unleash the creative freedom of developers - bringing innovation and artistry to players through an all-new IP. — Casey Hudson (@CaseyDHudson) June 29, 2021The studio currently has a number of open positions across a variety of disciplines. The jobs page says Humanoid has a "flat organizational structure" and that interested candidates can look forward to working on "small, agile teams ... where everyone is empowered to make decisions and help drive the project vision."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com