Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix Coming to PS4
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX and 2.5 ReMIX are headed to PlayStation 4 in the form of a remastered compilation that bundles together all six adventures on a single disc.
Square Enix and Disney shared the news at Paris Games Week, announcing that the collection will release for PS4 on March 28, 2017, two months after the launch of Kingdom Hearts HD II.8 -- Final Chapter Prologue, which was recently delayed to January.
The compilation, which is now available for
, features all six adventures found in Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX and 2.5 ReMIX, including:
Kingdom Hearts’ Sora To Join World of Final Fantasy
Star of Kingdom Hearts, Sora, is coming to World of Final Fantasy.
The DLC character, which has gotten a World of Final Fantasy makeover, will be released for free this winter.
Sora - who works as a "champion summon" in-game - will be made available for a limited time, so don’t dawdle.
World of Final Fantasy follows the exploits of twins Reynn and Lann as they travel through the world of Grymoire in the hopes of finding their lost memories. The game also features 200 unique characters known as Mirages, as well as a boatload of well-known Final Fantasy characters.
It’s out now in the US and due for release tomorrow, October 28 in EU territories. If you’re looking to try before you buy, there’s a demo available on PS4 and PS Vita right now.
Last Guardian Soundtrack 2 LP Vinyl Revealed
The soundtrack for the long-awaited Last Guardian is now available to order on a 2 LP vinyl set from iam8bit.
Composer Takeshi Furukawa's score is wrapped in a tri-fold sleeve that extends to nearly 3 feet when unfolded. Art for the vinyl set was done by Nimit Malavia, who's perhaps best known for his covers for the Fables comic series.
The Last Guardian 2 LP Vinyl
Pokemon Sun and Moon Final Starter Evolutions Revealed
The Pokemon Company has released a new trailer for Pokemon Sun and Moon, revealing several new details about its upcoming pair of 3DS games, including the final evolutions for the three starting Pokemon.
Decidueye, Incineroar and Primarina are the final evolutions of grass-type Rowlet, fire-type Litten and water-type Popplio, respectively. While the evotluions were leaked via the Pokemon Sun and Moon demo earlier this month, we now have official names and typings for each, with Decidueye being grass and ghost, Incineroar fire and dark, and Primarina water and fairy. For more on each of the starters, you can check out their second stage evolutions here.
Sony Announces New PS4 Bundles, Includes No Man’s Sky
Sony has revealed three new 1TB PlayStation 4 bundles for the European region, containing three console exclusives apiece.
One of the bundles includes No Man's Sky, the controversial exploration game that Sony's own Shuhei Yoshida said didn't have a "a great PR strategy." Also included in the No Man's Sky bundle are Uncharted 4, Bloodborne Game of the Year Edition, and an in-ear headset.
The second bundle includes Uncharted 4, Driveclub, and Ratchet & Clank, while the third bundle has the former two games, but swaps Ratchet & Clank for The Last of Us: Remastered.
Comic Book Reviews for October 26, 2016
Plenty of new comics made their debut this week, with DC launching Vigilante: Southland and Teen Titans, Valiant relaunching Bloodshot, Dark Horse kicking off new Call of Duty and Serenity mini-series and Marvel giving Prowler his own solo series. Marvel also delivered a new chapter of Civil War II and capped off one of their best ongoing series with Vision #12.
Scroll down to check out our reviews for these and various other new releases, and be sure to let us know your favorite books of the week in the comments below.
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Final Fantasy 15 to Get 4-Player Multiplayer Mode as DLC
Final Fantasy XV has now gone gold, and Square Enix has revealed that its final piece of DLC - previously touted as "a completely new way to play" the game - will be an online, 4-player, co-op multiplayer expansion, titled "Comrades".
Following an item pack, a "Holiday Pack" and three "Episode" expansions featuring each non-playable member of the game's core party, the Comrades pack will be released.
Speaking to IGN, DLC director Haruyoshi Sawatari said that his post-release focused team was only early in the planning stages for the multiplayer pack, but explained the base concept:
DICE 2017: Confirmed Speakers Include Halo, Oculus Heads
Bonnie Ross of Microsoft, Jason Rubin of Oculus, and VFX artist Guillaume Rocheron are the first confirmed speakers for the 2017 DICE summit in Las Vegas, NV.
Registration for DICE, which is being held at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino February 21 through February 23, is open now.
Ross' session, "Stewards of a Sci-fi Universe" will cover "when to guide, when to guard and hold firm, when to evolve" a universe and the importance its community holds in "keeping a world relevant."
Rocheron will discuss the evolution of visual effects as a storytelling tool, and Rubin will moderate a "fireside chat" on the impact of virtual reality in the next generation of video games.
Titanfall 2’s Trophies Only Have 3 Earned in Multiplayer
Respawn Entertainment added a full-blown campaign in Titanfall 2, and along with it tied the vast majority of its trophies to the story-based single-player mode.
According to the game's trophy list (via VideoGamer), only three of Titanfall 2's 51 trophies can be earned by playing the game's multiplayer.
Titanfall 2's three multiplayer trophies include:
- So It Begins... - Win a multiplayer match - Bronze
Nintendo Switch Will Feature More Accessories Than We’ve Seen So Far
For a week, Nintendo's been making clear that we won't hear any new information about the new Switch console until next year - January 12, to be precise - but that hasn't stopped its president dropping hints.
Speaking to Bloomberg, Tatsumi Kimishima revealed that while "what you see in the video