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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is in development for Steam. The game was originally released on PS3 and Xbox 360. According to Sawaki Takeyasu, the game’s director, the Steam version will have both English and Japanese subtitles and audio options. The release date is still TBA.

The Playable Pac-Man Is A Great Touch In Dontnod’s Latest Mystery, Twin Mirror

Twin Mirror, the latest game from Life is Strange developer Dontnod, is a dark psychological thriller set in a podunk mining town. Like many a small town, the best thing about the fictional Basswood, West Virginia is the grungy old Pac-Man machine in the back of the local dive bar. I wasn’t expecting the Pac-Man…

Final Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida discusses his career in a thirty-minute YouTube documentary. It’s an interesting look into what makes Yoshida tick as he speaks in-depth about his work and the future of games. 

This year The Lego Group is celebrating a quarter-century of Lego video games, beginning with a historical podcast series starring documentarian Ethan Vincent and former Kotaku boss and hair model Brian Crecente. It’s called Bits ‘N Bricks, and you can listen to its intro episode right now.

Hooray! Shoot ‘em-up developer Cave, famous for its bullet hell games, has returned to Japanese arcades, bringing more maniac shooting with DoDonPachi True Death Exa Label. Check out the game’s debut trailer.

Today in Japan, NHK revealed the debut trailer for Aya to Majo (Aya and the Witch), Studio Ghibli’s upcoming CG film. The trailer is streaming on NHK’s site and hasn’t been posted on official YouTube channels. Have a look! 

Immortalized in the opening of anime Durarara!!x2 Ten, the Silk Hat arcade in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro has announced it is closing on January 11, 2021. This is the latest in a number of arcades closing in Japan that are closing during the pandemic. 

Doom Eternal comes to Switch December 8. The Switch version of this year’s (?!) demon-blasting id Software game has been MIA for a while.

Cuphead expansion The Delicious Last Course has been pushed back again, this time to 2021. An official letter from Studio MDHR cites the ongoing covid-19 as prompting the second delay in as many years

NCSoft, coming off its baseball team’s championship win, is shutting down their South Korean headquarters after a positive covid-19 case emerged. The country’s Ministry of Health and Welfare is doing contact tracing and sanitizing the office, while employees will work remotely until November 26. [Thanks Sang for the tip!] Update November 25 – 9:15pm: An…

Iconic Nuketown Easter Egg Goes ‘80s Synthwave In Black Ops Cold War

As is Call of Duty tradition, the Nuketown mannequin Easter egg returns in Black Ops Cold War. The map originated in the original Black Ops as a nuclear test site mocked up as a 1950s American suburb with cars and mannequins styled to fit the era. Nuketown’s been reimagined for every Black Ops title since,…

It’s official: Mortal Kombat 11 today received skins based on the 1995 movie And not only does this DLC change the way Sonya, Johnny Cage, and Raiden look, they also give them new voices recorded by the film’s cast. See ya, Ronda Rousey!

Sega’s Toshihiro Nagoshi talks about the birth and history of the Yakuza series in a fascinating 20-minute-plus interview. It’s a look back at the series and how Yakuza arrived at the place it is today. Definitely worth a watch! 

Today on YouTube, Jupiter, developers of the Picross family of puzzle games, announced the arrival of Picross S5 for the Nintendo Switch on November 26th. Popular game modes like color, mega, and clip make their grand return and the game boasts over 450 puzzles for players to complete. The game will even shame you by…

WWE stable The New Day are the latest wrestlers to cross over to Gears 5 The trio may have been separated across brands during the most recent draft, but at least you and a couple of friends can keep the dream alive in online multiplayer.

After a year of consistent releases, Halo: The Master Chief Collection is finally complete on PC with today’s addition of Halo 4 The bundle has also been optimized to run at 120 fps on Xbox Series X|S, provided you have a compatible display.

Fans Port Driver 2, A PlayStation Exclusive, To The PC

While the first Driver—inspired by the original GTA titles, but released before the later 3D editions—was a multiplatform affair, its 2000 sequel was a PlayStation exclusive. Until now! (Yes, I know it came out on Game Boy, but like many Game Boy ports it was basically a different game). REDRIVER2, a project led by SoapyMan, has…

Track: Heavy Seas of Love | Artist: Damon Albarn | Album: Everyday Robots

Deathloop’s new release date is May 21, 2021. Arkane Studios’ next game, which was delayed earlier this year, is a timed console exclusive on PlayStation 5 that will simultaneously appear on PC.

Snowy battle royale The Darwin Project will be closing all but its EU and NA East servers on January 5, developer Scavenger Studio announced today. The game won’t get updates, tournaments, or bug reporting. It’s a charming free-to-play game, and though I haven’t played in a while, this news paradoxically makes me want to jump back…