The Danganronpa games, which are intense and well-liked visual novel titles that all debuted on PlayStation systems, will soon be removed from the PlayStation Store. Publisher NIS America has announced that the entire series will be removed from the PlayStation Vita store, and one game is leaving PS4, too.The games will be leaving gradually, and it's unclear if or when they will come back. Spike Chunsoft is now the series' publisher, and they could theoretically re-release the games after they are removed--but whether it is worth doing is unclear. We've reached out to Spike Chunsoft for clarification, and will update if we receive any.The games are about groups of super-talented school students who are trapped in an elaborate "killing game"--whereby the only way to escape is to kill another student and then not be accused during a class trial. They're extremely intricately plotted, wild games. Here are the games being removed, and the dates they'll no longer be available to purchase from.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

One of the key differentiators between Microsoft and Sony for their next-generation strategies is that Microsoft is not releasing exclusives for its Series X console out of the gate, while Sony plans to do that with PlayStation 5. Microsoft's strategy and messaging is that Xbox is not tied to one device, but rather a wider ecosystem.The games you buy should be yours to play no matter what console you play on within the Xbox family, or even beyond to mobile devices with the rise of xCloud. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has now reiterated Microsoft's stance on this front, confirming that Microsoft will not release any first-party games exclusively on the Series X for the "next couple of years.""You won't be forced into the next generation. We want every Xbox player to play all the new games from Xbox Game Studios," Spencer said in a blog post. "That's why Xbox Game Studios titles we release in the next couple of years--like Halo Infinite--will be available and play great on Xbox Series X and Xbox One. We won't force you to upgrade to Xbox Series X at launch to play Xbox exclusives."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

A new Game Developers Conference study has been released, and it shines a light on the impact of COVID-19 on the gaming industry. For the study, GDC surveyed almost 2,500 developers, and there are a series of notable takeaways to learn from the report.First, nearly half of those who responded to the survey said they are working longer hours and are less productive than before the pandemic when they might have been working in an office."Poor communication, isolation, and lack of access to critical tools are some of the common challenges devs are dealing with right now," GDC said. "Nearly half of game makers feel working from home has lowered their productivity and 1/3 of developers said they've experienced a decrease in creativity while working from home. While productivity and creativity may have decreased for many developers, the amount of hours worked has increased for nearly half of all the developer respondents."Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Planet Coaster is coming to consoles, and ahead of its late 2020 release, a gameplay trailer has been released to show off the kind of parks you'll be able to create. This trailer shows off a particularly well-designed park in the game, which is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4, and Xbox One.While the trailer doesn't show anything of the console UI, it indicates some of the things you'll be able to do will a controller, including building modifications, drawing paths for walkways, and dropping workers into the park.Check the trailer out below, and reminisce about when it was safe and fun to visit theme parks before the COVID-19 pandemic (some theme parks are open now, but whether they're safe to visit is another question entirely).Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The world of Ghost of Tsushima is one in which you'll often show reverence for nature. Making your way to Inari and Shinto shrines scattered across the island is a way to unlock new Charms that can make you more effective in the game, while also often treating you to environmental puzzles and beautiful vistas that can provide an appreciation of Ghost of Tsushima's lush world. In addition to the marked shrines throughout Tsushima, you can also find hidden altars that trigger visual flourishes. Find enough of them, and you can unlock a hidden trophy.To get the Honor the Unseen hidden Trophy, you need to find and bow to 10 hidden altars throughout the island. You'll find them in various, often unassuming places, usually marked by wooden signs that show the silhouette of someone bowing. Watch for the signs as you climb Shinto Shrines, complete quests, and liberate outposts. While there are more than 10 altars, here's a list of where you can find 10 to unlock the Trophy.We've got a whole lot more coverage to help you fight off the Mongols. Check out our Ghost of Tsushima guide roundup for our full walkthrough, collectibles guides, hot springs locations, side missions rundown, combat tips, and more.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The first thing you should know about Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2 is that it features a playable corgi named Hachi who pilots an enchanted mecha-tank. The second thing you should know is that the classic Castlevania homage is in every way a marked improvement over the first Curse of the Moon. In fact, silly and meme-able as it is, the corgi represents a more playful spirit in this sequel that makes the whole experience richer.The first Curse of the Moon was a short and sweet diversion, a little treat for Bloodstained backers and a neat idea to contextualize the new franchise venture from Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi. It essentially presented an alternative history, where Bloodstained was a known retro franchise and the then-upcoming Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was a bold reinvention a la Symphony of the Night.For all its charms, though, Curse of the Moon played it pretty straight with its influences. The tone was moody and gothic and the heroes were stoic slabs of granite. Then Ritual of the Night came out and mixed its macabre and demonic imagery with elements that were self-consciously goofy, like giant kitten heads peeking through the castle windows. In that context, Hachi the corgi feels like developer Inti Creates embracing the cheeky oddball quality of the Bloodstained universe, now that it has been more well-defined. If you happen to die as Hachi--and how dare you, you monster--the game is sure to show a blink-and-you'll-miss-it animation of the little dog bailing out just before his mech explodes.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

In 2020, it's been harder than ever to have a truly good night's sleep. With the world in disarray as a pandemic threatens our safety and wellbeing, I know that I am not alone in seeing a heavy uptick in nightmares, including dreams about death, disease, and general distress. Superliminal is about dreams and dream-logic, and represents a sort of nightmare itself, but it's a different kind from the ones I've experienced. For all its confusing geometry, strange logic, and growing unease, it's ultimately an optimistic and satisfying experience. Superliminal offers a short, enjoyable run through a subconscious in crisis, and it's a consistently clever and pleasantly challenging game with a lot on its virtual mind.You play as a patient of Dr. Glenn Pierce, one who is undergoing the Somnasculpta sleep therapy program. The whole game is set within your medically induced dream as the program probes your subconscious, asking you to complete a series of challenges to find peace of mind and overcome feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt. Things go wrong fast, though; you take a wrong turn and stumble deeper into a dream state than was intended, and the deeper you go, the further your surroundings shift from a recognizable reality. It's like Portal's puzzle chambers crossed with the dream spaces of Inception (and a hint of Alice in Wonderland too), but despite those clear influences Superliminal feels like its own thing.To get through the game, you're told to view things from a different perspective--although it might be more accurate to say that the game is about taking your existing perspectives and reconceptualizing them. The puzzles in Superliminal all revolve around your first-person viewpoint, and you have to figure out what elements of each environment you can manipulate. A lot of this involves resizing objects through an extremely satisfying mechanic--if you hold up a small square block in a hallway and position the reticule so that the block looks like it's far in the distance, you can drop it… and it'll now be much larger and located down at the other end of the hall. Similarly, if you grab something large in the distance and then look straight down, you can drop what is now a tiny object on the ground in front of you.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Paper Mario series thrives on a clever irreverence that can be hard to maintain. Its outlandish scenarios mash the absurdist, dreamlike world of the Mushroom Kingdom and the mundanity of the real world. It takes jabs at the very concepts that inspire it, nodding knowingly at the audience and whispering, "This whole thing's kind of weird, right?" It's a fun take on the usually-earnest Mario games, but that kind of slyness turns grating when the bits--or, in the case of a game, systems--that are supposed to prop it up don't work, which is where the last couple of Paper Mario games have struggled. But in surprising course-correction, Paper Mario: The Origami King's most clever trick is how its overhauled combat complements its sharp wit, turning the series' Achilles' heel into one of its biggest strengths.Paper Mario: The Origami King's conceptual gimmick is how its titular origami king, Olly, transforms the flat cutouts of the Paper Mario universe, folding them into subservient, 3D origami figures, and kidnaps Princess Peach along with her entire castle, wrapping both up in a wall of colorful streamers. So now Mario, along with Olly's repentant sister Olivia, need to flatten everything out again. The origami premise adds a nice visual flair to the already-gorgeous papercraft look of the series, and you get to see yet another take on Goombas, Shy Guys, and Koopas, even if this time they're imbued with a slightly creepy energy.Like other Paper Mario games, The Origami King is less about plot and more about throwing a joke at you at every turn, whether it's a smart turn of phrase, one-off bits that reward you for exploring its environments with a gag or item, or extended setpieces that deliver killer moments. Not every joke or bit lands, but they hit far more than they falter: a theater play that quickly takes a turn for the weird, a guessing game that has you desperately looking at a Snifit's face for any sign of emotion, an extended sequences that riffs, of all things, on The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. The Origami King is consistently sharp, using both Mario characters and its interactivity to tell some great jokes.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

The Xbox Store has tons of great deals this week, including a Double Discounts sale that offers some seriously great prices for Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Virtually every Final Fantasy game available for Xbox One is featured in the Double Discounts sale, so if you're looking to stock up on a JRPGs, now's your chance to snag a few for cheap.Final Fantasy XV's Royal edition, which contains every piece of DLC released for the 2016 role-playing game, is discounted to $17.49, down from $35. For a more breezy and cute take on the latest mainline adventure, Final Fantasy XV Pocket edition HD is down to $15.The PlayStation 2 was home to a few great Final Fantasy games that were fortunately remastered and released for the first time on a Microsoft console within the past few years. Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster and Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, which kickstarted the move away from turn-based combat, are on sale for $25 each. We rarely see either of those games for less than $25, so these are well worth picking up if you haven't already.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

With Star Wars: Squadrons slated to arrive on October 2 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, EA and Motive Studios have outlined some new details about the first-person aerial dogfighter.Publisher EA shared a lengthy post that goes into extensive detail about what you can expect in Squadrons, from the classes available at your disposal to how power management works and more.Classes And Available StarfightersThere are eight starfighters available to choose from in Squadrons, all of which fit into four classes--Fighter, Bomber, Interceptor, and Support--with two ships in each. Though each one has its own idiosyncrasies, from functionality (equipment available to use) to handling, there are some basic features they all share. This means if you become an expert pilot with one ship, you'll have knowledge of how the other ships will control. The eight available starfighters are outlined below:Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Like many AAA titles, Borderlands 3 has fallen steadily in price since its release last September, but it's currently on sale for the cheapest price we've seen at Best Buy. In the retailer's latest Deal of the Day, Borderlands 3 is discounted to $13 on both PS4 and Xbox One, a full $27 off its current list price of $40. You have until the end of today to claim this deal, but it's possible it may sell out even sooner. See Borderlands 3 at Best Buy Like previous games in the series, Borderlands 3 is an open-world, first-person loot shooter on the planet of Pandora. It takes place seven years after the events of Borderlands 2 and introduces four new Vault Hunters to play as: Amara (the Siren), FL4K (the Beastmaster), Moze (the Gunner), and Zane (the Operative). The game earned an 8/10 in GameSpot's Borderlands 3 review for its satisfying story conclusion, distinct settings, variety of playstyles, and more.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Welcome to day one of Peacock, NBCUniversal's streaming service that offers an incredibly long list of movies and TV shows for you to stream to your heart's content. Don't get too used to what's being offered, though, because a long list of titles are already heading toward the door.We dug through the long list of films available and were surprised to find expiration dates on so many of them--especially many of the higher-profile films available at launch. Among the movies departing the service within its first month are the Jurassic Park and Matric franchises, as well as the only Shrek and Fast and Furious movies that seem to be available--even though both as NBCUniversal productions. You can take a look at everything we found that's going away soon below.July 15Evan AlmightyJuly 16Fast & FuriousJuly 26Dead SilenceJuly 29The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything WrongThe Story of UsJuly 31The Blair Witch ProjectBlair Witch 2: Book of ShadowsChildren of MenDrive AngryFrailtyJoeJonah HexJurassic ParkJurassic Park 2: The Lost WorldJurassic Park 3The MatrixThe Matrix ReloadedThe Matrix RevolutionsThe MummyThe Mummy ReturnsParenthoodShrekSpawnAugust 10Monster's BallAugust 14The ExpressIt's especially strange to see that Evan Almighty, the sequel to Bruce Almighty, is set to expire on Peacock on launch day. While the service soft-launched in April, it's very strange to see a Universal Pictures film expire on the day the Universal streaming service is available for public consumption.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Square Enix recently announced that the beta for Marvel's Avengers will begin in early August. Just before that happens, though, we'll get a fresh look at the game with another Avengers War Table stream. The digital presentation will take place on July 29 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET.The focus of this stream will be detailing the upcoming beta. Crystal Dynamics promises several deep dives on beta content along with more insight and background on the creation of Marvel's Avengers. The announcement also teases that there will be Easter eggs hinting at future content announcements for you Hawkeyed fans.The beta will begin on August 7 for PlayStation 4 players who have pre-ordered, and then open up to all PS4 players a week later on August 14. That day will also mark pre-order access for PC and Xbox One players, and then the beta will go widely available to all PC and Xbox One players on August 21.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

Mario Kart Tour has added Captain Toad and Toadette in its latest update, the Exploration Tour. The update includes new challenges to complete and a new track, Choco Mountain from Mario Kart 64.Alongside Captain Toad and Toadette in her explorer's outfit comes a new minecart kart and a treasure map glider. Captain Toad is currently not a playable character in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Switch. His own game, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, originally released on Wii U and was later ported to Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Switch.In other Mario Kart Tour news, Funky and Dixie Kong were both added to the game recently, plus the 2.1.0 update added new multiplayer options.Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com

We're only days away from the release of Ghost of Tsushima, and if you're excited for the upcoming open-world samurai game, then you might like to know there's a free PS4 dynamic theme you can snag while you wait. This is the same dynamic theme that was being offered earlier this year, but now it's made a comeback. It's unclear how long it'll be available for, so you're going to want to claim it as soon as you can.Some of these are also the same unlimited-use codes that were offered via developer Sucker Punch's Twitter account earlier this year. They originally expired on January 31, but it seems they're once again active (thanks, Wario64).Free Ghost of Tsushima theme for PSN (unlimited use codes, seems to be the same theme from late last year) Americas: 5NEC-F9N4-75M8Europe/AU/NZ/Russia/Middle East/Africa/India: 8T2T-CRNJ-FM72Japan: N4TK-59NH-2LH3Korea: EM56-NTNC-EHX8Asia: DHLN-HANF-F6LH pic.twitter.com/AQTOr2z0Vd — Wario64 (@Wario64) July 15, 2020 Continue Reading at GameSpotInfo from Gamespot.com