Well was not expecting this when the trailer for ‘Ancient Gods Part 2’ was teased earlier this week but it is officialy, the finally part to the DOOM Eternal journey ends on March 18th!
The Ancient Gods – Part Two is the second campaign expansion to the critically acclaimed DOOM Eternal. You denied the gods and awoke an ancient evil. Now rally the scattered Sentinel armies, lay siege to the last bastion of Hell, break through the fortress walls, and face the Dark Lord himself. The soul of the universe hangs in the balance.
Your war against Hell ends here.
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SQUARE ENIX has announced the debut of a new video program called SQUARE ENIX PRESENTS, a series of shows in which the company will reveal new games, updates and news directly to the global gaming community throughout the year. The first show, debuting on March 18th at 5pm GMT, 10:00 a.m. PDT / 1:00 p.m. EDT on Square Enix’s official Twitch and YouTube channels, will run approximately 40-minutes and include the world premiere of the next game in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Life is Strange series, featuring an all-new protagonist wielding an exciting new power.
The show will also feature trailers, gameplay videos and announcements for the following:
Outriders, the high-intensity RPG-shooter set in an original dark and desperate sci-fi universe, coming out on April 1
Balan Wonderworld, which arrives on March 26
The ongoing celebration for the 25th anniversary of TOMB RAIDER
Marvel’s Avengers, the story-driven, third-person action-adventure game from Crystal Dynamics
Upcoming action shooter Just Cause® Mobile
New mobile game announcements from the award-winning Square Enix Montréal studio
A look at a few of the whimsical games from Square Enix sister company TAITO
To receive event updates and other Square Enix news, sign up to become a Square Enix Member; and be sure to subscribe to Square Enix’s official Twitch and YouTube channels ahead of the showcase on March 18th 2021.
Strike back with the Phantom Thieves! Persona® 5 Strikers is available now for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Steam.
As the Phantom Thieves investigate a series of strange cases occurring across Japan, they discover another realm where innocent people are being jailed and forced to forfeit their hearts’ desires by the whims of its ruler. In typical Phantom Thieves style, they’re going to use everything they’ve got to liberate the imprisoned, return their hearts, and strike back against the corruption in their most explosive fight yet!
Persona5 Strikerstakes players on an epic road trip with the Phantom Thieves, where they strike back against the corruption overwhelming cities across Japan. A summer vacation with close friends takes a sudden turn as a distorted reality emerges; reveal the truth and redeem the hearts of those imprisoned at the centre of the crisis!
New story and sights – Persona5 Strikers features a deep story campaign and thrilling combat that makes for a true Persona experience. Visit 6 different cities across Japan, cook tantalizing regional recipes, and lend a helping hand to those in need; then fight against the Shadows to uncover the source of the corruption within the Metaverse dungeons. Jump into the story whether you are a newcomer to the series or a longtime fan!
Fight with Style – Attack enemies in the hybrid battle system that fuses explosive action-combat with pause-and-plan sequences to decide your next strategic move. Gain an advantage over your enemies by ambushing them, striking their elemental weaknesses to knock them down, and deal the finishing blow with an All-Out Attack!
Harness the Phantom Thieves’ full strength – All Phantom Thieves are fully playable, so utilize each character’s specific skills and summon their Personas for smooth, elegant combat! Strengthen their skills and abilities and fight with your own style. Each character has their own unique suite of wide-ranging, flashy spells and magic to clear out big hordes. Have you ever wanted to fight as a giant cat bus? Well, look no further. Persona5 Strikers is purrfect for you.
More information about the game can be found on the official site: www.atlus.com/p5s
Play the free demo today to discover a wonderful world of wonder ! Experience the full game where you can play through 12 different tales and choose the way to save the day with over 80 different costumes. Don’t forget to bring a friend to play in 2-player co-op mode. Combine your costumed powers to find new ways to overcome obstacles and vanquish villains!
Balan Wonderworld is available on March 26th, 2021 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam.
Turn the tides of battle with the power of the Phantom Thieves! A newly released Persona 5 Strikers trailer shows off their unique combat abilities. Whether you play as Joker or Queen, harness their strength and strike back, Phantom Thief-style!
Persona 5 Strikerstakes players on an epic road trip with the Phantom Thieves, where they strike back against the corruption overwhelming cities across Japan. A summer vacation with close friends takes a sudden turn as a distorted reality emerges; reveal the truth and redeem the hearts of those imprisoned at the center of the crisis!
New story and sights – Persona 5 Strikers features a deep story campaign and thrilling combat that makes for a true Persona experience. Visit 6 different cities across Japan, cook tantalizing regional recipes, and lend a helping hand to those in need; then fight against the Shadows to uncover the source of the corruption within the Metaverse dungeons. Jump into the story whether you are a newcomer to the series or a longtime fan!
Fight with Style – Attack enemies in the hybrid battle system that fuses explosive action-combat with pause-and-plan sequences to decide your next strategic move. Gain an advantage over your enemies by ambushing them, striking their elemental weaknesses to knock them down, and deal the finishing blow with an All-Out Attack!
Harness the Phantom Thieves’ full strength – All Phantom Thieves are fully playable, so utilize each character’s specific skills and summon their Personas for smooth, elegant combat! Strengthen their skills and abilities and fight with your own style. Each character has their own unique suite of wide-ranging, flashy spells and magic to clear out big hordes. Have you ever wanted to fight as a giant cat bus? Well, look no further. Persona 5 Strikers is purrfect for you.
SEGA and ATLUS has revealed the pre-order packages and bonus items for each:
Exclusive access to the game four days early, on 19th February
Bonus Content Digital Download
Digital Art Book
Digital Soundtrack – Over 40 songs included
Behind-the-Scenes Video – Making of the Music “You Are Stronger” and “Towards a Dream”
Persona Legacy BGM
Persona 1 and Persona 1 PSP remake
Persona 2 Innocent Sin and Persona 2 Eternal Punishment
Persona 3 and Persona 3 Portable
Persona 4 and Persona 4 Golden
All-out Attack Pack
Boost Skills Pack
Basic Affinity Skills Pack
Ally Buff Skills Pack
Armor Pack
Persona Points
Enemy Debuff Skills Pack
Standard Edition – €59.99 / £49.99
Pre-order Persona 5 Strikers from digital and physical retailers now! All pre-orders, digital or physical, come with access to the Bonus Content Digital Download.
Persona 5 Strikers is coming to PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Steam on 23rd February! Players who pre-order the Digital Deluxe Edition now will get access to the game four days early, on 19th February.
Team17 is launching its message in a bottle today and announcing the release of The Survivalists, part of the critically acclaimed The Escapists universe, which is available now on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Steam, and exclusively to mobile via Apple Arcade. The Survivalists takes players to their very own procedurally-generated islands, where they can explore, craft, and train troupes of monkeys in order to survive against the harsh environments, savage beasts, and orclings, as well as explore dangerous labyrinths and avoid deadly traps, in up to four-player, online cooperative multiplayer.
Shipwrecked life in The Survivalists is helped through its unique Monkey Mimic system, where players train up to 20 local primates to do a raft of tasks and help automate systems, from cooking and crafting to collecting resources. Tasks can be chained together like a production line, so monkeys help make island life run a little smoother.
Key Features:
Play together and survive: Up to four players can join forces to explore the world of The Survivalists, helping each other out to stay alive
Get crafty and be inventive: Various items great and small can be crafted, from weapons to tools and buildings to keep your crew sheltered
Automate with monkeys: Enlist the help of monkeys for a number of tasks, including protecting your group and gathering resources
Curiosity is rewarded: Players are encouraged to explore their surroundings, where they’ll encounter dangerous wildlife, mythical enemies, and tantalising secrets.
Emma Bates, Producer, Team17, said:
“Ever since the success of The Escapists, we’ve been excited to create a new, different game in the same universe, and so The Survivalists was born. We can’t wait for players to shipwreck themselves on their very own island, as they start their new life surrounded by their monkey pals, uncovering all of the secrets, and danger, their island has to offer!”
Max Everingham, Head of Publishing, Team17, said:
“The Survivalists is a very special title to everyone here at Team17, the fact it was developed in-house means we are extra proud of the next entry in The Escapists universe. We hope players enjoy their shipwrecked island life, and that with a little help from their monkey friends, they manage to not just survive, but thrive in the unchartered world of The Survivalists.”
The Survivalists is now available digitally on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam for $24.99 / £21.99 / €24.99, and on Apple Arcade via a subscription to the service. Physical editions are also £24.99 on PS4/Xbox and £29.99 on Switch, as provided by Sold Out.
To keep up to date with all the information on The Survivalists please like on Facebook, follow on Twitter, and join on Discord.
Team17 and Aggro Crab Games are excited to announce the launch of satirical roguelite, Going Under. Available on consoles and PC, Going Under sees players thrust into the office appropriate shoes of Gen Z intern Jackie Fiasco, who quickly discovers her new employer, the high-tech drinks brand Fizzle, is storing a veritable labyrinth of dungeons teeming with enemies in its basement.
Armed with everything from body pillows, potted plants, giant pencils to PCs, Jackie must embark on her first (and possibly last) task – to take down the monstrous mutations of former employees and CEOs of the failed start-ups that came before, lurking beneath the feet of Fizzle’s oblivious workforce. While the staff training is limited, Jackie has a few aces up her freshly ironed sleeves; skills can be purchased and combined in game-changing ways, allowing for more bandwidth to hit the ground running.
Going Under key features:
Fight the failures: Battle through the satirical dungeons of procedurally generated remains of failed and cursed tech start-ups underneath the bowels of Fizzle
Everything’s a weapon: Potted plants, giant pencils, laptops, and even body pillows are weapons for Jackie as she faces monsters created from the former employees of the failed start-ups
Skill up and synergise: Combine skills bought from the company’s (subsidised) café for a selection of blue-sky thinking, monster-beating synergies!
Learn from your mentors: Complete tasks for fellow employees, unlock them as mentors, and gain access to their powerful abilities
Break the glass ceiling: Overcome the power-crazed CEOs of dungeons based on dating sites, gig economy recruiters, and cryptocurrency to help boost your employer’s bottom line.
Caelan Pollock, Co-Founder, Aggro Crab Games, said: “We are so stoked that Going Under is launching today. With the help of Team17 we have created something that the team at Aggro Crab are beyond proud of. We hope players enjoy their first day at Fizzle, and that they don’t find the workload to be too killer”
Max Everingham, Head of Publishing, Team17, said: “Going Under is a very exciting title for us, from the satirical gameplay, to the vibrant and eye-catching visuals, we hope players will enjoy their time in Jackie’s shoes – and while no two jobs are ever the same, we can promise that nobody has ever had a first day quite like this – Fizzle doesn’t seem to have a very good HR department…”
Going Under is now available digitally on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam for £15.99/ $19.99/ €19.99.
To keep up to date with all the information on Going Under please go like on Facebook, follow on Twitter and join on Discord.
TRANSFORMERS: BATTLEGROUNDS launches on October 23rd and today Outright Games have unveiled the first ever gameplay trailer for the upcoming video game, showing off fan favourite Autobots as they battle it out with the dastardly Decepticons.
The Digital Deluxe Edition has also been announced which includes the full game, four Autobot skin packs and an exclusive arcade game mode, the greatest sport in the galaxy, CUBE! It’s Autobots vs Decepticons as each team battles it out, using their unique special abilities to keep control of the CUBE across four unique arenas.
TRANSFORMERS: BATTLEGROUNDS will be available to pre-order on console, digitally from October 2nd, with 10% off the digital deluxe console edition and includes two additional exclusive skins, Nemesis Prime and Goldfire Bumblebee!
TRANSFORMERS: BATTLEGROUNDS releases October 23rd, 2020 on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC digital, featuring exciting tactical combat and co-op arcade action as well as the original voice cast from the Cyberverse TV series.
For the last year or so I have been mainly using wireless gaming headsets or my console gaming, finding the lack of having to mess around with a cabled headset just easier to use but like all headsets that require charging to keep them ready to go, they also have one flaw as a result….forget to actually charge them and just when you need them, the battery will run out. This is exactly what happened to me just last month (August) when during a really fun stream and right in the middle of a fantastic discussion with my chat, my wireless headset died on me mid-sentence, resulting in a ten minute frantic search for a spare headset I was surprised I did not have ready so ended up having to pause my stream whilst I gave the headset a quick charge just so I could apologise for not having charged it before I streamed. Schoolboy error you could say but an embarrassing one. What came next was that a lovely member of my community then sent me something I had been eyeing up as an upgrade to my gaming setup…the RAZER Kraken 2019 Edition Headset.
RAZER is a brand that is known to every gamer no matter which platform you play on, from PC Gaming accessories to controllers, RAZER is a high-end brand in gaming which is especially true when it comes to their headset range. So many Twitch streamers and YouTube content creators can be seen wearing one that they really are impossible to miss not to mention the active push RAZER are making into the world of eSports. The KRAKEN 2019 Edition headset is perhaps their best-known midrange model of gaming headset, a tweaked version of the KRAKEN Pro V2’s, this headset has mostly been given some quality of life refinements rather than a full redesigning of the wheel. Let’s take a look at some of the features:
Specs:
Custom-Tuned 50 mm Drivers
Cooling Gel-Infused Cushions
Retractable Unidirectional Microphone
3.5 mm Audio Cable with in-Line Controls
Equipped with 7.1 surround sound software: (Windows 10 PC Only feature)
Cross platform support: Works with Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC.
I love how this headset looks and whilst the large ear cups might be off putting as first, I really came to love how the KRAKEN looks. Starting with the presentation of the box they come in which has the instantly recognisable RAZER branding and though it is just a small thing considering once the headset is out the box they may never go back, it is very satisfying to see a well packaged product reflecting the price point of it compared to the more cheaper throwaway packaging of the low end accessories. A minor thing in the grand scheme of things but one I appreciate.
The RAZER KRAKEN comes in a variety of colours: RAZER Green, Classic Black, Quartz Pink and Mercury White and depending on which retailer you look at, will also differ in pricing for some reason such as the Mercury White will cost more than the RAZER Green quite often which is a little strange but with the KRAKEN now pretty much discounted everywhere could only come down to a difference in a few £ pounds. I have the Classic Black or “Tactical Black” as I prefer to call it and I really like it. From the aluminium metal frames around the ear cups with a honeycomb mesh to the headband with ruler markings to show how each ear cup arm is extended from the headband to easily mark that perfect positioning for the wearer once happy with the adjustment for their head. They just look great but more importantly they feel great to wear as well with effort taken to provide the most comfortable experience a user can have.
This is in no part thanks to the additional elements to the build quality of the KRAKEN such as the additional padding for the headband stopping it being a hard feel when wearing, especially for long gaming sessions. This focus on comfort extends to the ear cushions with the new cooling gel layer to reduce heat build-up around the ear cups added to the memory foam cushion to allow them to shape to the wearer’s ear shape and the heat transfer fabric material that manages that ear sweatiness that can come from a good gaming session. All of which works superbly well and as I often stream for anything up to 5-8 hours sometimes as well gaming sessions with friends or when reviewing titles, this headset feels as comfortable in hour six as it does in hour one of the sessions. The headset is also lighter than you would expect thanks to the materials used in the build, it does not feel heavy to wear and is just another example of how comfort and performance are the focus of the KRAKEN.
Performance wise this headset really is superb and as I said, this is not a complete redesign of the Pro V2s but more a refinement of that headset. The sound is incredible with the headset tech boosting the bass and low-level audio range across the soundscape that really enhances any game you are playing. The sound of engines in Forza Horizon 4 to the explosions and gun play of Borderlands 3, CoD MW and Destiny 2 just resonate so much with the KRAKEN that even though my last headset was not terrible at the same price point of the KRAKEN currently, the difference in sound quality is noticeable right away. For gaming this headset really is incredible value for money but it should be pointed out, that the focus of the KRAKEN is gaming audio, those who like to use headsets for listening to music may not have the same level of satisfaction which does not mean this headset handles music terribly because to me it did not, but the natural feature boosting the soundscape of a game is different for listening to music or watching TV. But this is definitely a minor niggle and not a full complaint for me personally but it is worth noting.
The big surprise for me came in the microphone, with friends and audience on stream noticing the difference in quality from my old headset mic to the one with the KRAKEN, some even asked if I had switched to using a full desktop microphone. The mic is retractable, which means when not in use it can be pushed inside the left ear cup making it a much cleaner cosmetic look than either removing it or just moving it to the side. The strength of the microphone quality comes in the way it performs as a unidirectional microphone, which simply means it rejects noise from beside and behind the mic so that only your voice from in front of the mic is transmitted allowing for a far richer and more crystal clear when communicating with it. For a retractable mic, it is also surprising flexible so it can be positioned where you need it to be without fear that it is going to snap or break. The very fact that in the last few weeks where the heat levels required me to use a tower fan especially when gaming and for the sound of the fan to not be picked up by the mic even when close by was very impressive.
As I had gotten so used to a wireless headset and all the controls being built into one of the earcups, it did take a few minutes to get used to having a wired headset again. Thankfully the KRAKEN has a braided 1.3 metre cable which is long enough for the wearer not to be tangled up in it. The inline control is positioned halfway on the cable and has a microphone mute switch which is easy to toggle as well as a volume control dial to manage volume levels, though I did find it was easy to accidently knock this and either turn the sound all the way up or down. As a wired headset using a 3.5mm jack, the KRAKEN is an instant plug and play headset for any console which is brilliant when you see other headset brands releasing different versions of the same headset for an individual console platform which can be a pain for those who game across many. For those who also game on PC, there is an extension splitter cable which provides full audio and mic access for platforms requiring separate audio output and mic input ports.
Overall, the KRAKEN 2019 Edition is a staggering good quality gaming headset which at the moment of posting this review, can be found at various retailers for under £60 now which is incredible value for money. For those who stream or create content for YouTube and Twitch, the microphone is of such good quality that you can easily rely on it to record your voice. The KRAKEN headset benefits from being versatile with the same quality of performance easily transferrable across all platforms especially on console. For those making the jump to the next generation of console gaming, RAZER is amongst the 3rd party accessory makers who have confirmed their current range of console kit will work on the Xbox Series X and S consoles and no reason to not expect the same for PlayStation 5.
This headset is an instant upgrade for your gaming setup and there is no better time to invest in one, this really feels like a high-end headset experience at a very mid-range price point and fully restored my faith in wired headsets.
The RAZER Kraken gaming headset is available now at your retailer of choice.
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