Nintendo has shared a lengthy overview trailer for New Pokemon Snap. The six-minute video gives us a closer look at the upcoming photography game ahead of its release later this month, delving into the overall gameplay loop and detailing some of the new mechanics you'll encounter.New Pokemon Snap is set in the Lental region, which is made up of several different islands running the gamut from dense jungles to pristine beaches. As in the original N64 game, you'll travel through these environments aboard an on-rails vehicle, taking photographs of the various Pokemon you encounter along the way.The overarching goal of New Pokemon Snap is to aid Professor Mirror in unraveling the mystery of the Illumina phenomenon, which is causing Pokemon and vegetation around the Lental region to glow. After each expedition, Professor Mirror will judge the photos you took and assign them a score.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

After decades of being DC Comics' running joke, Aquaman is truly big money thanks to Jason Momoa. DC is gearing up for the inevitable Aquaman 2, and one of the first new faces is Pilou Asbaek, according to Deadline.Asbaek is best known for his portrayal of Euron Greyjoy in HBO's Game of Thrones series. News of his casting Aquaman 2 comes via anonymous sources, and there's no word right now what role Asbaek will play in the film.Aquaman 2 will once again star Jason Momoa in the titular role, and horror director James Wan will return to direct the sequel. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, who wrote both Aquaman and The Conjuring 2 for Wan, will also write Aquaman 2.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Hood: Outlaws & Legends is an upcoming Robin Hood-inspired PvPvE game where two teams of four players face off on the same heist. You don't often see too many player-versus-player-versus-environment games, where players face off against each other and computer-controlled characters. I caught up with Hood game director Andrew Willans to ask why the team is opting for a PvPvE experience as opposed to a more traditional PvP or PvE one.As it turns out, developer Sumo Digital initially brainstormed PvP and PvE concepts for Hood. In the end, both had their shortcomings and the studio found a good balance combining the gameplay loops of the two. "The initial concept was far more PvE-focused, and while it would have been fun to take that journey, it's also quite costly," Willans said. "When you look at doing PvE, even if you do co-op PvE, there's a certain element of linearity to the narrative and storytelling that's required."Willans said that the team behind Hood is quite small, and thus not able to deliver on the same level of linear PvE storytelling that, as examples he provided, Naughty Dog or Santa Monica Studio managed to achieve with games like The Last of Us and God of War. That gave Sumo Digital the nudge to go for a PvP game that tells its story through a morality system, environmental details, and collectibles.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Looks like we'll not only have enhanced graphics for Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, but we'll be able to capture our favorite moments from the remaster too, as the collection is launching with a photo mode feature.Mass Effect: Legendary Edition project director Mac Walters tweeted that the upcoming remaster will have a photo mode. "If you love taking photos (and you love Mass Effect), you can thank [technical design director Brenon Holmes]--photo mode was his passion project," Walters said in a follow-up tweet.We were just calibrating, but #MassEffect Legendary Edition will have a photo mode. https://t.co/QghTqwS4Ah pic.twitter.com/tfNKcgyplu — Mac Walters (@macwalterslives) April 15, 2021Though Walters did not go into detail about everything included in the photo mode, you can see a few of the settings in the tweet embedded above. Looks like you'll be able to adjust the camera mode, including a "Free" setting where you'll likely be able to freely move the camera around the current space.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Developer Larian Studios has released a new hotfix for Baldur's Gate 3. Hotfix 10 is aimed at balancing the loaded dice feature added in Patch 4. Previously, turning on the feature could accidentally doom you to terrible luck.The perk of loaded dice is to ensure that you're not completely reliant on chance. If you get a string of bad luck, the loaded dice will favor you to have a few good rolls. However, folks have been complaining that the loaded dice are too weighted to the adverse effect as well, forcing streaks of bad luck on players if they happen to get several good rolls in a row."We noticed in your feedback that the RNG wasn't feeling fun for you," Larian Studios wrote in a blog post. "We've seen the dice described as being harsh, cursed, rigged and someone said the RNG was downright evil. We want you to have the best experience possible when playing the game and so the changes in [April 15's] hotfix are here to help with your hit chance, if you're playing with loaded dice."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Dora Milaje, the Wakandan royal guard, are not to be trifled with, and we all knew when they appeared in last week's episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier that an explosive battle was on the way. Ahead of Falcon and the Winter Soldier's penultimate episode, Marvel Studios has released a featurette spotlighting Wakanda's fiercest warriors.The video looks to director Kari Skogland, as well as stars Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/Falcon), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier), Florence Kasumba (Ayo), and Wyatt Russel (John Walker/new Captain America), for their thoughts on the fighters."When we show up, you don't know how many are around," Kasuma says, speaking to the guards' identical uniforms and looks combined with their strategic prowess in intentionally concealing their numbers.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Earlier today, a new Super Monkey Ball game titled Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania was listed on The Australian Classifications board, seemingly indicating a new entry in the long-running franchise is coming. If this leak follows the same timeline as the last entry in the Super Monkey Ball series--which was rated by the board on July 16, 2019 and released only three months later--it's possible game could be just around the corner. The news comes nearly a year after the game was teased by voice actor Matt Brian, who has shared multiple Instagram posts indicating that a new game is in development.If confirmed, Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania will be the first original Super Monkey Ball game released on consoles in nearly a decade, a welcome sight for weary Sega fans who might have been a bit let down by 2019's Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz HD. Despite Banana Blitz HD's reception, its release could mean something exciting for the next entry in the series: a release across all consoles and PC.For those unfamiliar with the first entry in the series, simply titled Super Monkey Ball, it was the first Sega title published on a Nintendo console due to the failure of the Dreamcast. The puzzle game received high praise from critics, with GameSpot's review stating "GameCube owners couldn't ask for a better party game to play with friends." In addition to providing a fun multiplayer experience with mini-games such as Monkey Target, the series also boasts a challenging single-player campaign.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

This review has been updated to include the experience of playing DIsco Elysium: The Final Cut. The additional review text that addresses the new version of the game is included at the bottom of the review as its own section.Memories can be painful. Recalling them can result in feelings of regret, anger, shame, embarrassment, and worse. Much, much worse. In Disco Elysium, a mesmerising, hilarious and at times harrowing narrative-heavy RPG, recollecting a memory can prove fatal. For an amnesiac, alcoholic cop struggling with a new murder case with elusive details, and the world's worst hangover, remembering the person he was offers a path to redemption for the person he might become. After all, memories that don't kill you make you stronger.Disco Elysium presents as an RPG in the mold of Baldur's Gate or Divinity: Original Sin. Indeed, it opens with a nod to Planescape Torment with a semi-naked figure lying on a cold, hard slab before slowly rising to his feet--only the slab isn't in a mortuary, it's in a cheap motel room, and the figure wasn't recently dead, he's just still drunk. Very, very drunk. It proceeds with the traditional top-down view of the world, your party members traversing beautiful, hand-painted 2D environments, pausing to inspect objects and talk to people. There are quests to initiate, experience to gain, levels to up, dialogue trees to climb, and skill checks to fail. Yet in all kinds of other ways--thematically and mechanically--Disco Elysium is very unlike other RPGs.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

During its latest Indie World livestream, Nintendo showcased a new trailer for Cris Tales, an incredibly stylish upcoming RPG from developers Dreams Uncorporated and SYCK. The end of the trailer revealed Cris Tales' new release date: July 20.Originally slated for November 2020, Cris Tales was delayed to early 2021 and then again to July. Now we have an official date and I could not be more excited--it's one of the indie games we're most looking forward to in 2021.In Cris Tales, you play as Crisbell, a young girl who discovers she's a time mage, a select group of individuals who possess unique time-bending powers. Crisbell's unique talent is the ability to see the past, present, and future all at once. This gifts her unique opportunities to influence the timeline, even while in combat.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Road 96 has received a new trailer during this week's Nintendo Indie Worlds Showcase, which further highlights the many decisions that players will have to make in developer DigixArt's procedural narrative road trip game. Less than a minute long, the trailer teases the hundreds of choices you'll need to make and the thousands of road trips you'll experience.Originally revealed at last year's The Game Awards, Road 96's story-driven adventure evolves and changes with every choice you make.Your decisions will change how the adventure unfolds, the people you meet, and possibly even the world itself. Road 96 will be out on Switch and PC later this year. The rest of the Nintendo Indie Worlds Showcase was filled with plenty of exciting reveals, such as a new entry in the OllieOllie skateboarding series, confirmation that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge will launch on Switch, and a sequel to Oxenfree.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Quite a few cool-looking games were showcased during Nintendo's latest Indie World event, and you won't have to wait long to play some of them. Of the games and demos shown off during the showcase, four are available to download on the Nintendo Switch eShop and play starting today.In terms of full games, you can now jump into The Longing, There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension, and Fez. All three games have already been released on other systems, but if you missed them the first time or want to replay them, you now have the chance to play them on the go via Switch.The Longing is a beautifully hand-drawn game in which you have to wait 400 real-world days for your king to awaken, allowing you to sit idly by and wait for its conclusion or go out on an adventure full of time-based puzzles. There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension is a point-and-click comedy adventure in which the game itself does its best to convince you that there is no game to play. And Fez is a cute platformer about a 2D character named Gomez who one day discovers his world actually has a third dimension.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Nintendo concluded its latest indie showcase with the surprise reveal that developer Night School Studio is working on a sequel to 2016's Oxenfree. Called Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, the supernatural narrative-driven adventure game will release sometime in 2021.Taking place five years after the events of the original game, Oxenfree II sees you take control of Riley, who returns to her hometown of Camena to investigate the cause of several supernatural disturbances. These curious disruptions seem to be tied to strange radio frequencies, just like the strange rifts in the first game.Gallery "Words cannot begin to express how happy I am to finally talk about Oxenfree II: Lost Signals," Night School Studio co-founder and studio director Sean Krankel said. "Oxenfree is such a special game to us, and it has been an incredible experience to revisit this world. We're eager to welcome our players back while inviting newcomers to embark on an adventure with an entirely new cast of characters that retains the weird, heartfelt, and personalized experience of the original."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Activision has announced that the Call of Duty: Mobile World Championship competitive gaming event is coming back this year with its biggest prize pool ever. Scheduled to take place beginning June 3, the tournament series features $2 million in its prize purse.Not only is the amount of money in the prize pool doubled from $1 million last year, the total number of teams that can qualify is increased as well.Anyone in the world can try out to compete in the event, which is sponsored by Sony. There will be regional tournaments that take place across multiple stages inside Call of Duty: Mobile itself. Players can take part in these tournaments, and others to be announced later, to fight for a spot in the finals. Today marks just the initial announcement of the tournament series; all the key details on the structure, format, and key dates will be shared later.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Assassin's Creed Valhalla's upcoming paid DLC, the Wrath of the Druids, has been pushed out of its April 29 release date. It's now expected to launch on May 13 as developer Ubisoft Montreal said it wants to "deliver a more refined experience."The official Assassin's Creed Twitter account shared the news. Along with announcing the delay, Ubisoft Montreal said it's putting together an article to "provide transparency and share insights on [the development] process."The Wrath of the Druids, the first piece of paid Assassin's Creed Valhalla DLC, takes Eivor to nearby Ireland where players will uncover the secrets of an ancient druidic cult called the Children of Danu. There are also regional kings to influence, Gaelic folklore to partake in, and occult forests to explore. The Wrath of the Druids can be purchased individually or comes with the $40 Season Pass. That also includes the second expansion, The Siege of Paris, which is slated to launch this summer.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

On April 14, award-winning composer Martin O’Donnell joined TikTok, uploading a piano rendition of the iconic Halo theme accompanied by vocals from O’Donnell’s dog, Baxter. In the short clip, the former Bungie composer is seen grinning as he plays a few of the theme's iconic notes while his dog howls along in the background. O’Donnell says he joined the popular video-sharing network after being encouraged by "folks on Clubhouse," and shared his foray into the world of Gen Z dance moves over on Twitter along with a tweet asking, "so, how do I get followers on TikTok?"Just posted my first TikTok vid. Let me know if you like it. pic.twitter.com/caC0IV9OKW — Marty O'Donnell (@MartyTheElder) April 14, 2021From 1997 to 2014, O'Donnell worked alongside Michael Salvatori at Bungie, creating award-winning soundtracks for games such as Oni, Myth, Destiny, and, of course, the Halo series. Together, O'Donnell and Salvatori created the soundtracks for the first three Halo games as well as Halo Reach, the last Halo title Bungie worked on before leaving the series to create Destiny. Since the studio's departure, 343 Industries has taken over development on the series, releasing several new games with a handful of different composers working on the various titles. For Halo Infinite, the next entry in the series coming later this year, Gareth Coker of Ori fame is in charge of composing the game's soundtrack.Following his work on Destiny, O'Donnell was fired from Bungie, marking the beginning of a year-long legal battle between him and the studio. Ultimately, the court sided with O'Donnell, stating Bungie violated his contract when they terminated him "without cause." Since his departure from the studio, O'Donnell has founded his own studio, Highwire Games, which released the PSVR title Golem back in 2019 and is currently working on the controversial Six Days in Fallujah.Info from Gamespot.com