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I'm worried about eFootball. It's not just the 30th September launch - what Konami has already admitted amounts to an extremely limited demo with just a handful of teams available to play. It's not just that key gameplay features, including new mechanics, animations and even kicks won't make it in time for that initial launch . It's not just that the only actual proper gameplay footage we've seen from the game - and we're a week before launch now - was not direct feed and appeared to bust an embargo . It's not just that Konami is currently selling a £33 eFootball premium player pack (essentially a bunch of loot boxes) you can't use until November. It's not just that eFootball is designed to be played cross-platform with mobile devices. It's not even the horrible new name for PES - and an accompanying symbol that looks so similar to the euro € symbol that the first thing I think when I see eFootball is that it wants my money. It's all this combined, and what it … [Read more...] about I’m worried about eFootball

Way back in the murky past of last July, Sony put a real-life replica of Ellie's guitar from The Last of US 2 on sale that would set purchasers back a not-inconsiderable $2299 USD. At the time, it was only for sale in North America, but now, to the presumed delight of more local, musically minded Last of Us fans, it's available to buy in Europe. In fact, Europe is getting two Last of Us 2 inspired instruments - the aforementioned replica of Ellie's guitar and a more affordably priced black and white custom Taylor GS Mini , featuring a design based on Ellie's familiar tattoo. Ellie's instrument - in actuality, a custom Taylor 314ce - is described as featuring a "distinctive rich tobacco sunburst top and a custom moth fretboard inlay in grained ivoroid" on Sony's PlayStation Gear store , while the GS Mini features "back and sides of layered sapele together with a solid mahogany top [producing] a bold, resonant acoustic sound with impressive volume and projection." As was … [Read more...] about That $2,000 replica of Ellie’s guitar from The Last of Us 2 is now available in Europe

The Forgotten City, an award-winning ancient civilisation murder mystery which started life as a Skyrim mod, will today launch for Nintendo Switch as a cloud game. Set in a cursed Roman city stuck in a timeloop, this puzzle-solving investigative adventure has gained a huge amount of popularity and a Writers' Guild award for its script. Originally a mod for Skyrim, it launched separately for PC, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X back in July with numerous upgrades. As a cloud game, you'll be streaming this Nintendo Switch version while connected to the internet. Streaming service Ubitus is again powering The Forgotten City - the same company whose cloud tech is behind the Switch version of Control, and the Japanese launches of Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Resident Evil 7. "Trapped in a secret underground city during the Roman Empire, twenty-three lost souls cling to life," the game's blurb states. "In this precarious utopia, if one person breaks the mysterious … [Read more...] about Popular Skyrim mod The Forgotten City launches standalone on Nintendo Switch today

Today brings a trailer for the Disney Classic Games Collection, which is set to release on Nintendo Switch, PC via Steam, PlayStation and Xbox this autumn. This is an updated version of the previous Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King release with a couple of extra titles thrown in - though seemingly without an upgrade path for those who paid up last time. The Jungle Book is now included, in both its "Console S" and "Console N" versions, as well as a newly-added SNES version of Aladdin. Altogether it makes for the following list of games adapting three of Disney's favourite movies (as confirmed by Vooks ), plus art galleries and soundtrack modes. Included are: Disney's Aladdin: SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Sega MegaDrive Disney's Aladdin - Final Cut: Sega Mega Drive Disney's Aladdin - Demo Version: Sega Mega Drive Disney's Aladdin - Japanese Version: Sega Mega Drive Disney The Lion King: SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Sega MegaDrive Disney The Lion … [Read more...] about Disney Classic Games Collection coming to Switch, PC, PlayStation, Xbox

The Forgotten City, the award-winning time-looping murder mystery that started life as a Skyrim mod, is launching on Nintendo Switch as a cloud game today. If you aren't familiar with The Forgotten City, there's a fair bit to unpack. It was first launched in 2015 as a Skyrim mod set in the Dwarven ruins of The Reach, and it told a trippy, existential story built around a unique time-looping mechanic. After much fanfare and winning a National Writers Guild Award in Australia in 2016, work began on turning The Forgotten City into a standalone game that would replace Skyrim's world and lore with an original story set in a secret underground city during the Roman Empire. At The Forgotten City's initial July launch, we sat down with Nick James Pearce , who's responsible for the mod and standalone game, and he walked us through the game's conception all the way through its final stage as a standalone open-world RPG. In short, Pearce explained that it felt like "building a house from … [Read more...] about Skyrim mod turned standalone murder mystery The Forgotten City launches on Switch