DO A BARREL ROLL! I guess I didn’t understand the extent of theStar Foxcontentin Ubisoft’s upcomingStarlink: Battle for Atlasbecause I’m just floored here. Not only does Peppy get a close-up, but Slippy and Falco have speaking lines and Fox is tracking down Wolf. Are we sure this isn’t a properStar Foxsequel? That being said, this 14-minute trailer is mostly just footage of the game being played as Fox. It doesn’t showcase much more than the non-Fox version that Ubisoft uploaded to YouTube....

The first new location for the Early Access Larian Studios has announced another Panel From Hell forBaldur’s Gate 3, its currently in-Early Access RPG. And during the stream, they’ve confirmed they will be deep-diving into the upcoming Patch 6, including its new area. The upcoming Patch 6 will be adding the first new location toBaldur’s Gate 3since it launched in Early Access last year. From the title alone, we can assume that the Panel From Hell: Grymforge will center on a location called Grymforge....

Reach into your bag of tricks and pull another shell We officially have a trend, folks. Following up on the heels of Marshmello and Korn both performing in-game concerts, The Offspring is jumping on the trend to perform in the popular free-to-play strategy gameWorld of Tanks. The skate punk band led by a man with a Ph.D. in molecular biology just got done headlining a festival dedicated toWorld of Tanksin Minsk, so in an odd way, the crossover makes sense....

Haruka, no!!!! During the inaugural PlayStation experience in 2014, viewers were graced the amazing gift of theannouncement thatYakuza 5would be localized for the west. The following year,Sony confirmedthatYakuza 0would grace western consoles and in 2016, we weregiven confirmationthatKiwamiand6would be coming. Whether intentional or not, the PlayStation Experience has become synonymous withYakuza. So imagine my pain when I found out that 2017’s PSX won’t feature anythingYakuzarelated. Announced during anofficial livestreamofYakuza 0, Sam Mullen and Scott Strichart (Sega of America localization producers) confirmed the terrible news for allYakuzafans....

First images of Dropchord Following therelease schedulefor the Leap Motion Controller and tease that Double Fine would have a game of its own for the device, more details have come out. This new title, “a music driven score challenge game” designed by folks who worked onKinect Party, is calledDropchord. Set for release this year initially on Leap Motion’s app store Airspace (Windows and Mac),Dropchordwill also be available for iOS devices. In the meantime, there will be playable builds of the game at South by Southwest this Saturday and at Double Fine’s PAX East booth....

If I were lazy I’d say ‘Auron meets Rocket Raccoon’ Details are starting to emerge from Stockholm, Sweden about THQ Nordic’s new open-world, anthropomorphic RPGBiomutant, talked about in hushed whispers last week. The adventure, set in a post-apocalyptic universe, has been described as a “Kung-fu fable” and promises a gamut of fascinating and bizarre creatures, populating weird and colourful worlds that can be traversed on land, sea and air. Seriously, you can ride jet-skis....

A flash in the pan [Update:It looks like Sony caught wind of what was going on and has temporarily removed the game to prevent folks from loading up on freeUncharted. It was fun while it lasted.] Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception‘s single-player campaign is presently available free of charge for those with a United States PSN account. That’s right, you don’t even need a PS Plus subscription to get in on the action....

This live-action performance from the annualCarnegie Mellon UniversityEntertainment Technology Center’s Building Virtual Worlds show has a group of students creating a virtual Nintendo world.Students had two weeks to brainstorm, develop, and create a virtual world and then use it to entertain a large audience. In this case, the students created a story where a young man is hired to test a virtual reality version of the Nintendo Entertainment System before the system hits the market for Christmas 1985....

It’s for charidee! Here’s something I never thought I’d see: a Master Chief helmet covered with 25,000 Swarovski crystals. “A one-of-a-kind Master Chief helmet is up for auction for fans who want to own the unique memorabilia,” states theeBaylisting. “The helmet is adorned with 25,000 Swarovski crystals and weighs about 5kg. All auction proceeds will go to non-profit organisation, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and is available for shipment to all countries.”...

Europe in ‘Early 2016’ Nitroplus Blasterzdebuts in North America on February 2, XSEED Games has announced. I had an opportunity to try the fighting game at XSEED’s fall press event in October and really enjoyed myself, despite having almost zero familiarity with any of the characters. Most of the fighters are drawn from Nitrpoplus visual novels, though there are a few exceptions. In addition to company mascot Super Sonico,Nitroplus Blasterzfeatures a pair of DLC characters: Homura ofSenran Kagurafame and Aino from developer Examu’sArcana Heartgames....

Could Yakuza Ishin finally be on the books? Following up the release of head-cracking remakeYakuza Kiwami 2, publisher Sega havereleased a questionnaire to the community, asking about their thoughts on theYakuzagames and their remakes. It’s all fairly standard stuff, but of note in particular is the question “How interested are you in purchasing the various spin-off titles that have never received western release?” This, of course, is referring toYakuza Ishin, a side-game that launched in 2014 for PS3 and PS4 in Japan, but never made it to the West....

And by pirates, I mean of the literal variety Last year, French composer Yoann Turpin released his very first album,Rhythm’n’Bits. It straddled a few lines by incorporating both chip sounds and live instruments for a funk-fusion style inspired by 16-bit RPGs. For his follow-up,Chip Ship, he hangs up the sword and shield, hoists the ol’ Jolly Roger, and sets sail on a seafaring journey. Yoann once again weaves chiptune, FM synth, and piano together, sending the listener to various islands each represented by a different song....

Knights of the Round Table It is crazy, to me, howRiver City Ransomwas an overlooked title its in day, but has now spawned this huge collection of sequels that keep releasing year after year. While I was initially delighted to see a sequel withUndergroundand even happily welcomedTokyo Rumble, are we going into oversaturation on the Kunio-Kun series? Even if we are, yet anotherRiver Citygame will be coming to the 3DS this year....