Screening next month in Tokyo Famed Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto has produced an animated short based on thePikminseries that will debut at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival next month. The film,Pikmin Short Movies, is made up of three episodes: “‘The Night Juicer,’ in which Captain Olimar makes his favorite juice; ‘Treasures in a Bottle,’ in which Pikmin meet a strange treasure; ‘Occupational Hazards,’ a big adventure at a construction site....

I hope you didn’t just start subscribing Having previously put outa lite version ofRIFT, Trion Worlds is now committed to introducing a full-fledged free-to-play model for the MMORPG. They’re doing it, and doing it well, it sounds like — “experience the entire game world; every dungeon, every zone, and every level and get full access to all current and future game updates,” reads the announcement. There are also plans to release content update 2....

The summer is stretching on, and though it’s got some games in the pipeline, it looks like Sony won’t be showing up to Gamescom this year. Sony will be not showcasing at the upcoming Gamescom 2024, as confirmed byEurogamer, reported first byGames Wirtschaft. This makes it five years since Sony showed up at a Gamescom, back in 2019. Even though it’s not the most surprising decision, it still comes as a disappointment for those hoping to see Sony’s games at the show, especially with how the PlayStation State of Play presentation in May was received by fans....

Confirmed cases now stand at over 950,000 Industry giant Sony has announced plans to set up a relief fund of $100 million USD to aid people and businesses impacted by the ongoing COVID-19/coronavirus pandemic. In an address on the company website, Sony stated that the money is to be used in a variety of efforts to support three key areas: healthcare, education, and entertainment. $10 million of Sony’s relief money has already been designated for the World Health Organization’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund – and will be used to help frontline healthcare workers and first responders in organizations such as Doctors Without Borders (MSF), UNICEF, and the U....

Also introduces the concept of ‘outside’ Last November we saw astrange teaserfor the upcoming Wii U gameSpin the Bottle. The video above isn’t quite as awkward as the first, but it still appears from the trailers that the game is about colorful, bouncing, anthropomorphic dildos playing suggestively named mini-games. Grab the rooster indeed. Spin the Bottle‘swebsiteoffers a bit more insight into the way it plays than the trailers do. Players spin the bottle on the Wii U GamePad to determine challenge partners rather than make out partners, but the site’s description also adds the vaguely sexual note that the challenges “might involve tight coordination, daring trust, body contact or extreme flexibility....

It’s hard to imagine many people out there playing throughStarfieldwithout engaging a little bit of illegality. You won’t find any judgment here, just hints and tips on how to hide and sell contraband, illegal goods that can fetch high prices in the right places. You will end up moving just about anything from harvested organs to the black market’s finest space powders, however. So, it’s not a career for folks with any strict moral compass....

Remember when Mercy was a huge dude? Overwatch’spopularity is in no small part related to its bright, colourful and fun cast of heroes (and anti-heroes). The roster and surrounding universe of Blizzard’s arena-shooter has helped to make the game a smash hit worldwide, as well as inspiring cosplayers, fan-artists and Rule 34 aficionados everywhere. Now you’re able to see all of the artistic decisions and creative choices that went into forming theOverwatchuniverse, thanks to the release ofThe Art of Overwatch, a huge tome from Dark Horse publishing....

Kobolds be damned I’m an older gamer. You know how I know this? Because when I see things likeThe Bard’s Tale IVis coming out, my nostalgia glands kick into high gear and I resemble a wired Johnny Depp fromFear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Announced viaTwitterduring PAX South, Brian Fargo, of InXile Entertainment, said the upcoming single-player PC title will try to modernize the genre from whenceBard’s Talecame. “This is a special game for me,” Fargo toldGame Informer....

Bird’s-eye pew-pew Tomas Sala’s beautiful aerial exploration/shmup titleThe Falconeerwill be winging its way onto Nintendo Switch and PlayStation platforms this summer, following on from its 2020 release on PC, Xbox, and the Game Pass service. The Falconeerwill launch on the new platforms August 5 in the form of a new “Warrior Edition,” which will feature the original game, (complete with all previous add-ons), and the brand new DLC expansion, Edge of the World....

Loot boxes are ‘endemic’ to the video game industry After last year’s debacle withBattlefront IIand loot boxes, multiple governments from different countries have taken to investigating whether or not microtransactions constitute gambling in games.Just last week, the United Kingdom had declared loot boxes as gambling and now the FTC is pledging to look into the growing loot box trend. Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Joseph Simons, proclaimed to Congress today that the FTC would be taking a closer look at loot boxes in video games....

The PS5 launch title to rule them all Ever watch a trailer and have your brain short-circuit for a bit as you attempt to process everything? That’s me right now with thisDemon’s Soulsgameplay trailer from the PS5 Showcase event. The screenshots did not, in fact, do enough justice. There’s such a cinematic vibe to Bluepoint’s take on this From Software classic. The backstab and riposte alone caught me off guard. It’s a whole new world....

Sometimes you gotta get creative Rocket League‘s ELeague tournament kicked off today, and it features the top eight teams from Season 6 RLCS —which just wrapped up a few weekends ago. ELeague is in Atlanta, which means all those European squads (and one Oceania squad) had to get on another long international flight. This isn’t the only weird thing about Kuxir today. The man who can always be found in the Batmobile is playing in the Cyclone for some reason....

Just like in some anime series, your chances of coming upon a Fallen Angel are none, but you can’t ever be 100% sure. The same rule applies to Fallen Angels inVerse Piece. So, to help you out with getting the Fallen Angel race, we prepared the followingguide on how to complete the Fallen Angel quest inVerse Piece. Table of Contents How to Accept the Fallen Angel Race Quest in Verse Piece To accept the Fallen Angel quest inVerse Piece,head to the Dungeon Cave island and interact with the Fallen Angel NPC on top of the central hill....