Déraciné is a Beautiful, Cryptic Experience From FromSoftware
Halfway through my interview with Hidetaka Miyazaki, a panel in the Sony booth fell to the floor and crashed to the ground. It ripped some wiring from the wall, so the lights went out. We continued the interview in the dark. It was a fitting second phase for the creator of the Souls series.
But we weren’t there to talk about Souls. We were there to talk about Déraciné, FromSoftware’s new VR title, that suffered from unfair obscurity due to the fact it was was announced after Sony’s press conference. But I’ve played it, it’s real, and it’s beautiful.
“Déraciné is French for uprooting,” says Miyazaki. “Or someone who’s been displaced from their natural environment.”
A History of DC’s Crisis Comics
If you've spent much time reading DC's comic books, you've probably encountered the word "Crisis." Whenever there's a crisis in the DC Universe, worlds are destroyed and reborn and the entire fabric of the multiverse is changed.
With DC recently having revealed a very different sort of Crisis story in the form of Heroes in Crisis, we figured now was a good time to explore the history of these stories and the many ways they've affected the DCU.
Heroes in Crisis is a new miniseries from Batman writer Tom King and artist Clay Mann that introduces Sanctuary, a place where DC's most troubled heroes go to recover from the pressures of the job. Click here to learn more about this upcoming DC crossover.
Octopath Traveler Sees Many Improvements in New Prologue Demo
If you have a Switch and you're a fan of JRPGs, it’s probably safe to say that you’re looking forward to Octopath Traveler from Square Enix. Upon its announcement, the developers released a demo that once completed, promoted users to provide feedback about their experience with the game. Today, Square Enix released an all-new Prologue Demo that features many player requested changes and improvements.
IGN sat down with Ocotopath Director Keisuke Miyauchi and Producer Masashi Takahashi to learn a little bit more about all the improvements the title has seen since the last demo.
Fans really have a lot to look forward to with the Prologue Demo for Octopath Traveler, as the overwhelming amount of feedback has allowed the developers to bring in some much-needed improvements just months before release. "For those of you that played the demo in September of last year, we want to let you know that the graphics have been brushed up and improved upon. We’ve also put a lot of effort into story events, making them a little higher quality then what you saw in the demo. We’d like everybody from around to have a lot of fun playing and trying out each of these eight characters," Miyauchi told IGN.
Persona 5 Dancing Has Just the Right Amount of Fan Service
One of the most memorable parts of every Persona game is the soundtrack. While every fan has their favorite characters and bosses and dungeons, they probably also have at least one song stuck in their head.
Much like 2015’s Persona 4: Dancing All Night, Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight do a fantastic job of taking the main games’ soundtracks and breathing new life into them. Every memorable song is included, as are remixes, live performances, extended versions, and more.
At E3, a playable demo for each game showed off three songs – Life Will Change, Rivers in the Desert, and Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There from Persona 5, and Burn My Dread, Mass Destruction, and Memories of You from Persona 3. And while it’s great to listen to some of the most memorable songs from each game, the real charm of the Persona Dancing games comes from the characters.
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Game of Thrones, Westworld Won’t Be at San Diego Comic-Con
HBO has announced two of its biggest series, Game of Thrones and Westworld, won't be at San Diego Comic-Con 2018.
The shows will not be present at Comic-Con this year because of their production schedules and air dates. The second season of Westworld is nearly finished with two episodes remaining, while the final eighth season of Game of Thrones won't air until 2019.
HBO released the following statement regrading San Diego Comic-Con 2018:
Due to production schedules and air dates for Game of Thrones and Westworld, these series will not be presented at San Diego Comic-Con this summer. HBO has a longstanding relationship with SDCC, and we are very grateful for the fans’ enthusiastic response over the years. We look forward to returning in the future.
Super Mario Party Will Feature Online Play and Leaderboards
Super Mario Party will offer online play.
Revealed during Nintendo Treehouse Live at E3, the mode is called Online Mario-thon and features five different ever-changing mini-games. You can play against friends or people all over the world.
On top of that, Super Mario Party will have online leaderboards as well as some rewards, though Nintendo wouldn't go into specifics regarding the latter. More information should be on the way soon.
It's important to note that Super Mario Party will most likely be part of the paid service Nintendo Switch Online.
Cyberpunk Creator Says He Turned Down Half a Dozen Offers Before CD Projekt Red
I spoke with Cyberpunk 2020 creator Mike Pondsmith at E3, who told me that CD Projekt Red definitely wasn’t the first video game company to try and license Cyberpunk from him.
“Since the day I did Cyberpunk, we’ve had people option it for video games.” Pondsmith said with a laugh. “I think we were up to six or seven, including a lot of fairly big titled names.” Pondsmith wouldn’t elaborate on who those companies were, but did explain why they ultimately went with CDPR.
“A lot of
were like ‘okay, we’re going to take this and we’re going to reskin it to whatever we’re currently doing, and we’re going to call it Cyberpunk.’ We’d walk out of the deal and go ‘yeah, I dunno, that didn’t feel good.’”
KH Director on If Kingdom Hearts 3 Ends Sora’s Story
Brace yourselves, Kingdom Hearts fans. According to franchise director Tetsuya Nomura, Kingdom Hearts 3 is going to deliver on some dark and shocking moments.
Speaking to IGN at E3 2018, Nomura offered some teases about the culmination of the Kingdom Hearts saga up to this point, including an intriguing answer to the question of whether KH3 is the definitive end of Sora's story. His answer was, well, not definitive, but intentionally so to leave mystery for fans wanting to experience Kingdom Hearts 3's story unspoiled.
"I do consider Kingdom Hearts to be Sora's story. But if I go into any more details, I think I'll be spoiling the game for everyone, so I just want to leave it at that," Nomura said.
The Last of Us Has Sold Over 17 Million Copies
The Last of Us has sold over 17 million copies since it was first released back in 2013.
Naughty Dog announced the landmark sales figure — which is current as of April — on Twitter in celebration of the game's fifth anniversary. The Last of Us originally came out on June 14, 2013, for PlayStation 3 and was ported a year later to PlayStation 4 on July 29, 2014.
Naughty Dog made sure to thank fans for their support.
Today is the 5th Anniversary of The Last of Us' release. Over 17 million of you have taken this journey with us and your love, support, and fandom for these characters and their story has been incredible. We can't wait to continue it with Part II. pic.twitter.com/dES9bBDa4W