Gaming Ride Home

Microsoft shows lots of Xbox Series X gameplay and new games, as well as Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is setting Switch game sales records, and EA confirms there will be more Jedi Fallen Order games in the future.

Links:

• Inside Xbox Presents First Look Xbox Series X Gameplay (YouTube)
• @imranzomg’s tweet about Yakuza: Like a Dragon
• Nintendo's Consolidated Financial Statements Results for the Years Ended March 31, 2019 and 2020 (nintendo.co.jp)
• Fiscal Year Ended March 2020 Financial Results Explanatory Material (nintendo.co.jp)
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Start of New Franchise, EA Confirms (IGN)
• Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass for Console: Red Dead Redemption 2, Day Z, Final Fantasy IX, and More (news.xbox.com)

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The Last of Us Part II gets a, presumably, final trailer, Mortal Kombat 11 is getting more story and a RoboCop, Dragon Ball FighterZ welcomes its eighth Goku, Amazon unveils Crucible, Cyberpunk 2077’s ESRB descriptor reveals some surprise mechanics, and a cancelled Prince of Persia game surfaces on YouTube.

Links:

• The Last of Us Part II - Official Story Trailer | PS4 (YouTube)
• @MortalKombat’s tweet about the Aftermath expansion
• Dragon Ball FighterZ – Ultra Instinct Goku (YouTube)
• @SurielVazquez’s Dragon Ball FighterZ tweet
• Crucible’s official website
• Cyberpunk 2077 on esrb.org
• @Marcin360’s tweet about Cyberpunk 2077
• Prince of Persia Redemption footage (YouTube) 
• @ZhugeEX’s tweet about Prince of Persia Redemption 
• @GameAnim’s tweet verifying the footage
• Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass for Console: Red Dead Redemption 2, Day Z, Final Fantasy IX, and More (news.xbox.com)

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Microsoft isn’t delaying anything and it teases the Series X’s startup sound, there will be a new Last of Us Part II trailer and a Mortal Kombat 11 reveal tomorrow, something Cyberpunk 2077 is happening in June, Amazon reveals its hero shooter, Crucible, and THQ Nordic and Koch Media trade a bunch of properties for some confusing reason.

Links:

• Xbox 20/20: Join Us as We Look into the Future of Xbox (news.xbox.com)
• @Naughty_Dog’s trailer tease tweet
• @Naughty_Dog’s tweet about The Last of Us Part II going gold
• @MortalKombat’s the saga continues tweet
• @CyberpunkGame’s Night City Wire tweet
• Crucible’s official website

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A recent Nintendo digs into the company’s past, we know how The Last of Us Part II’s leak happened from a technical perspective, there are a few Star Wars video game surprises and sales, and I finally beat Final Fantasy VII Remake.

Links:

• Massive Nintendo Leak Reveals Wii Code, N64 Demos, and Early Pokémon Designs (Siliconera) 
• @imranzomg’s tweets about the Nintendo leak
• The Nintendo leak saga continues: biggest Nintendo leak in history, full source code / design files for Wii released online (ResetEra)
• @jasonschreier’s tweet about The Last of Us Part II leak
• @PixelButts’ tweet about The Last of Us Part II leak
• The original Star Wars: Battlefront now has Steam multiplayer support (PC Gamer)
• Vader Immortal Will Bring the Dark Side to PlayStation VR (starwars.com)
• “We Were Always Going to Go Big!”: Inside LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (starwars.com)

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Sony figured out who leaked the Last of Us Part II plot details, Square Enix offers some spoiler-free hints about where Final Fantasy VII Remake’s story is going, Microsoft will be sharing Xbox Series X gameplay next week, Geoff Keighley announced Summer Game Fest, and GDC is going digital for the summer.

Links:

• The Last of Us Part 2 leaked online (gamesindustry.biz)
• @Neil_Druckmann’s tweet about the leak confirmation
• Final Fantasy 7 Remake Ultimania Book Interview with Nomura, Kitase, and Nojima (aitaikimochi.tumblr.com)
• @Xbox’s Inside Xbox tweet
• New Xbox on schedule but game production may be slowed by coronavirus, Microsoft exec says (cnbc.com)
• @geoffkeighley’s tweet about Summer Game Fest 
• @geoffkeighley’s phase 1 tweet
• @geoffkeighley’s Xbox tweet 
• GDC Summer is going fully digital (gdconf.com)
• Assassin's Creed Valhalla reshapes the series' RPG storytelling by giving you a Viking settlement (Eurogamer)

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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla gets a full reveal with a cinematic trailer, Apex Legends gets a new season and a new Legend, movies based on SimCity and The Sims are apparently in the works, and don't write off Nier Automata just because it requires multiple playthroughs.

Links:

• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Cinematic World Premiere Trailer (YouTube)
• Apex Legends Season 5 – Fortune's Favor (ea.com)
• SimCity and The Sims Live-Action Movies In Development At Legendary Pictures (thegww.com)
• @NintendoAmerica’s tweet about Luigi’s Mansion 3 DLC

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Ubisoft is teasing the next Assassin’s Creed, Google made a bunch of Stadia announcements, there are some new Nier Replicant details, Indivisible released for Nintendo Switch so suddenly that the developer didn't even know it was happening, and Reggie Fils-Aime is starting a podcast.

Links:

• @assassinscreed’s tweet about the series’ next setting
• Stadia Connect 4.28.2020 (YouTube)
• @StormYorha’s tweets about Nier Replicant
• New Nier Replicant details from ryokutya2089.com
• Talking Games With Reggie & Harold (gofundme)
• @yosp’s Pistol Whip is coming to PSVR tweet

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Final Fantasy VII Remake’s director wants the next parts to release ASAP, The Last of Us Part II story details have leaked, so be careful as you explore the internet, Deadly Premonition 2 is releasing sooner than expected, and Nintendo should really let us upload our Animal Crossing save files to the cloud.

Links:

• @aitaikimochi’s translated tweets about Final Fantasy VII Remake
• @Naughty_Dog’s tweet about The Last of Us Part II leaks
• @Swery65’s tweet about Deadly Premonition 2

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The Last of Us Part II has a release date again, Ghost of Tsushima has been pushed back a bit, the Travis Scott Fortnite event was insane, there won’t be a proper WWE 2K game this year, but there will be something, Bethesda is donating a substantial sum to COVID-19 research, and NPD shares some interesting Resident Evil and Final Fantasy data.

Links:

• Release Date Updates For The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima (blog.us.playstation)
• @FortniteGame’s Travis Scott tweet
• Fightful.com’s @SeanRossSapp’s tweet about WWE 2K21
• WWE 2K Battlegrounds trailer (YouTube)
• Bethesda Donates $1,000,000 to COVID-19 Relief Efforts (Bethesda.net)
• @npdgames’ Final Fantasy ranking list
• @npdgames’ Resident Evil ranking list
• Gears Tactics gets the turn-based fundamentals right, but isn’t consistently fun (Polygon) 
• Gears Tactics Review – Impressive Battles In A Quagmire War (Game Informer) 
• Gears Tactics Review - One Step At A Time (GameSpot)
• Gears Tactics Review (IGN) 
• Gears Tactics review (PC Gamer)

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Guerrilla Games might have multiple Horizon: Zero Dawn games in the works, Nintendo confirms that accounts were compromised, Bandai Namco is giving away Pac-Man Championship Edition 2, and a new Tintin game is in development.

Links:

• Guerrilla is planning a Horizon Zero Dawn trilogy (videogameschronicle.com)
• @Nintendo’s tweet about the hack
• Report on unauthorized login to "Nintendo Network ID" and request for safe use of "Nintendo Account" (Nintendo.co.jp)
• @Nibellion’s tweet about the Nintendo hack thread
• Microids and Moulinsart partnership announcement: A Tintin video game in the works! (micros.com)
• Trials of Mana Review (IGN)
• Trials of Mana Review – Fun But Faithful To A Fault (Game Informer)
• PlayDead's tease for its next game
• Windbound trailer
• Way to the Woods trailer
• Baldo trailer
• Savior trailer

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