Today, SNK CORPORATION announced that SNK’s beloved IP—FATAL FURY—is releasing its first title in 26 years: FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves. Launching in early 2025, FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves features a unique art style that stimulates the senses, new and familiar characters in the fray, an innovative REV system that supercharges the excitement, and a host of other battle systems even more robust than before.
The FATAL FURY series first hit the market in 1991, spearheading the fighting game boom of the 1990s that swept the industry thereafter. GAROU: MARK OF THE WOLVES (released in 1999) has, for some time, served as the franchise’s most recent installment.
Fan Favorites and Fresh Faces Square Off in the Arena
Iconic characters from FATAL FURY and GAROU: MARK OF THE WOLVES are ready to rumble once again. A new character and star pupil of Joe Higashi also makes her debut:
All-new REV System Shifts the Fight into Top Gear
The REV System, a toolset making its FATAL FURY debut, offers unique offensive options from when the battle begins. Players can use REV Arts, REV Accel, REV Blows (while S.P.G. is active), and more until you hit your limit and the REV Meter overheats. Balance your heat level and keep the pressure on your opponent to fight at full throttle!
Classic Battle Systems Evolved
Many classic FATAL FURY battle systems are back in full force, including Combination Attacks, Just Defense, Braking, Dodge Attacks, and Feints. These systems return to the fold after more than 25 years and have evolved for the modern day. Buckle up for red-hot action and competitive fights to the finish!
Experience-Tailored Control Schemes
Players can choose from two control schemes: Arcade Style is based on precise, technical inputs, while Smart Style lets you perform flashy special moves and combos using directional inputs and single button presses. From fighting game newcomers to seasoned veterans, everyone will be tricked out with the right controls—tailored specifically to your level.
FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves includes a host of other fresh features and elements in addition to those mentioned above. Stay tuned for more updates.
First Public Demo at EVO Japan 2024
EVO Japan 2024, the country’s largest fighting game tournament, is set to take place at the Ariake GYM-EX exhibition hall in Tokyo from April 27-29, 2024. Attendees can visit the SNK booth to play the first public hands-on demo of FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves. A paid ticket is required to enter the venue. Check the EVO Japan 2024 official website for more details.
MythicOwl, award-winning developer and publisher behind the upcoming cozy tile-based citybuilder Planetiles, has just announced that their game is launching on Steam April 3rd with new features, game modes and more!
Planetiles is a cozy space strategy citybuilder about transforming barren planets into flourishing worlds, completing challenging missions and facing adversity such as devastating cataclysms and other random space events. Planetiles features a relaxing gameplay filled with challenging missions and a variety of planet types for players to populate with settlements.
Planetiles is also getting the much requested Sandbox Mode for the release, in which players can focus on building settlements and populating planets – with infinite tiles, no pressure on the highscore and missions – just pure chillout in the deep space.
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Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2447030/Planetiles/
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As players dive even deeper into this aquatic world, they may recognize a familiar look as the evening sushi bar welcomes customers cosplaying as fan favorite Guilty Gear -Strive- characters. This unique offering, exclusive to the Nintendo Switch, lets players engage in a Guilty Gear -Strive- themed boat skin and “The Disaster Of Passion” rhythm game. Additionally, players can enjoy a digital art book that showcases DAVE THE DIVER’s memorable, pixelated characters and locations. These exclusive features are only available in the physical package.
Since debuting last year, DAVE THE DIVER has been praised for its unique hybrid underwater gameplay, earning a Metacritic score of 90 and selling over 3 million copies globally. The 2023 Steam Award-winning game takes players deeper into the mysterious Blue Hole ocean, home to over 200 species of fish, perfect for hunting and, by night, serving up fresh sushi at a seaside sushi bar. Players can generate income by serving customers sushi to use to upgrade diving gear. DAVE THE DIVER submerges players into its charming story and addictive gameplay, expanding through exploring of the mysterious Blue Hole.
For more information, please visit the official website. DAVE THE DIVER Anniversary Edition for Nintendo Switch will be available as a physical package for $39.99 MSRP and is rated E 10+ by the ESRB.
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Quick background about Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons players experience addictive nonogram logic-puzzles that celebrate the beloved farm life game series by exercising their brain with classic logic-puzzles. Favourite villagers and bachelors, tools and crops, animals and upgrades in nonogram form will provide you with countless hours of puzzling!
For some context, I’m about 30 hours into the game, with about 174 puzzles completed including 2 collages. As all our reviews we like to do a quick TL:DR of our likes and dislikes.
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Get a glimpse of Emily’s and Edward’s descent into madness: “One of the most important parts of the game is the place. It’s at its very core a haunted mansion story. That’s why we needed to make sure we recreate Derceto again!”, says Creative Director Mikael Hedberg.
Jodie Comer and David Harbour talk about different story endings and the colorful, vibrant characters you will encounter. Depending on who you choose to play as, Emily or Edward, people will react differently, and you will experience different scenes – definitely worth it to play as both!
Alone in the Dark is developed by Pieces Interactive in Sweden and published by THQ Nordic and will be coming to PC, Xbox Series S/X, and PlayStation®5 on March 20, 2024. Alone in the Dark and the Alone in the Dark‘s Digital Deluxe Edition are available for pre-order now. The Digital Deluxe Edition includes the base game, Derceto 1992 Costume Pack, Vintage Horror Filter Pack, and the Director’s Commentary Mode.
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About Alone in the Dark
Explore Derceto Manor in this reimagination of Alone in the Dark, a love letter to the 90’s cult classic horror game! Set in the gothic American south in the 1920’s, Alone in the Dark features a noir-setting with classical Lovecraftian horror-elements, where the familiar meets the surreal.
At iam8bit, we like to think of ourselves as intrepid intergalactic explorers, so we were all-too-pleased at the prospect of teaming up with our friends at Mobius Digital and Annapurna Interactive to bring the Archeologist Edition to life with a cosmic-sized Collector’s Edition.
Outer Wilds: Collector’s Edition features the entire Outer Wilds experience with an adventure bag full of goodies to boot. You get a Traveler’s Adventure Bag, tailor-made to hold all of the artifacts found across your expeditions. And what’s a bag without a few merit badges to decorate it? That’s why we’ve included a set of 7 patches, each one adorned with a different celestial body from Outer Wilds’ unforgettable solar system. You’ll also get an explorer’s journal that doubles as a game slipcase, perfect for logging detailed notes on your various (mis)adventures. And to make sure you’re really ready for your next expedition, we’ve even included a replica of Chert’s bandana where you’ll find a constellation map, ensuring you’ll never get lost in the far reaches of space. The Eye of the universe metal bandana clasp is sure to complete your scout-tastic look. And of course this package includes the Outer Wilds: Archeologist Edition game-of-the-year style bundle physical edition with the decidedly-darker expansion Echoes of the Eye all on a single cartridge/disc.
And for those who want to explore the soundscapes of the Echoes of the Eye expansion through the magic of your turntable, we are excited to present Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye Vinyl Soundtrack. Within its Black Hole vinyl grooves, you’ll find a more alien and sometimes even more hostile take on the Outer Wilds audio universe, dipping into echoing choral arrangements and staccato soundscapes that remind one of the unforgiving emptiness of space. The true achievement of this score, then, is the way that it evokes all those primal fears of cosmic smallness while still maintaining an undeniably compelling beauty.
Finally, we have a real treat here to help you fully immerse yourself in the technical and artistic marvels of this beloved universe. The Art of Outer Wilds is a 300-page planet-sized deep dive into the creation and execution of Mobius Digital’s award winning title. Within its pages, you’ll find nugget after nugget of pure-gold behind-the-scenes goodness. Never-before-seen concept art, straight-from-the-source design docs, write-ups and reflections from the creative forces behind the game, and more — it’s all there, waiting inside this epic tome.
Outer Wilds: Collector’s Edition
Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons launches on Nintendo Switch and Steam today from Japanese publisher Rainy Frog. A special collaboration between the popular puzzle series Piczle, and the charming farming game Story of Seasons, the game offers 350 classic nonogram puzzles based on the delightful Story of Seasons games.
In Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons players experience addictive nonogram logic-puzzles that celebrate the beloved farm life game series by exercising their brain with classic logic-puzzles. Favourite villagers and bachelors, tools and crops, animals and upgrades in nonogram form will provide you with countless hours of puzzling!
No end of nonograms
With over 350 puzzles featuring a wealth of different Story of Seasons mainstays you’ll have a veritable pasture-full of puzzling pleasure! Puzzle variations include nonograms featuring the series’ farm animals, seasonal crops, villagers and, of course, your favourite bachelors and bachelorettes!
Grow your farm
As you clear puzzles the seasons progress, your farm expands, livestock appears and crops grow. From your empty field when you start your nonogram farming adventure to a vibrant farm full of animals and crops, with every puzzle you clear your farm grows!
Collage Puzzles
Five unlockable collage puzzles celebrate Story of Seasons’ festivals by combining dozens of puzzles into a bigger picture.
Explore the Almanac
Clearing specific puzzles will unlock entries in the in-game 100+ page almanac that celebrates all your favourite characters and critters from the Story of Seasons games.
Story of Seasons Music Player
Cycle through the music of 29 songs from the Story of Seasons games at your leisure.
Play it your way!
True to the Piczle series, Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons provides the most feature-rich and option-abundant experience available to cater the puzzling experience to players’ exact liking. From hiding away the timer to correcting mistakes, from choosing the puzzles’ themes to managing how completed clues are marked off, play exactly how you want. There is no wrong way to play!
There is so much more on offer to ensure an intuitive and intriguing time is had!
Piczle series creator and Score Studios CEO James Kay commented “Thanks to Marvelous’ cooperation, I was able to develop a game that faithfully reflects the story of the Story of Seasons series. It was a great honor to work with Marvelous on the game and hope that fans of both Story of Seasons and Piczle will enjoy the game.”
Hikaru Nakano, Manager at Marvelous Global Games Studio added “The characters and crops from Story of Seasons have been turned into cute puzzles, creating a really fun game. I hope fans of the Story of Seasons series will enjoy the game.”
Features
It has been two years since Techland’s zombie extravaganza welcomed the first players in the post-apocalyptic city of Villedor. The game is constantly getting improved and refined, in line with the studio’s promise of 5 years of post-release support. With a dozen updates released that significantly upgrade the gameplay experience, the latest one brings the long-awaited firearms feature. Techland invites players to dive into the refreshed gameplay to see what’s changed – and what’s terrifyingly familiar.
The new Reloaded Edition offers the ultimate zombie experience to those who dabbled with Dying Light in the past and newcomers alike. It includes all previous updates, including the most recent Firearms Update, plus Bloody Ties DLC. The current owners of the Standard Edition will get upgraded for free.
The Firearms Update is the biggest content update the game has seen so far. The possibility of being able to shoot enemies has been much-requested by the community, and adds a brand new dimension to the beloved zombie game. It is important to note that firearms are an enhancement rather than a complete change of genre – they open new possibilities without altering the game’s DNA.
There are also many other excellent additions included in the update, such as co-op survivor missions, board quests, and various notable visual enhancements. The narrative itself gets enriched with the return of some scene-stealing characters from the first Dying Light game.
PC players will have the great opportunity to experience Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition in all its glory during the Free Weekend on Steam, between today, Feb. 22, and Monday, Feb. 26. The game’s progression will carry over for those who choose to purchase the game at a later date. Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition will also be available for 50% off on PC and consoles.
On top of all that, the community will be able to celebrate the Dying Light 2 Stay Human Second Anniversary event. Lasting from today, Feb. 22, at 3 am PT / 6 am ET / 11 am GMT, until Thursday, March 7, at 3 am PT / 6 am ET / 11 am GMT, the festivities will be marked by a series of special Bounties available via the Pilgrim Outpost as well as other in-game surprises. Watch the trailer to see the full scope of what’s in store.
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Join a team of three Klowns trying to harvest humans with zany weapons and unworldly abilities. Or, fight back against the alien invasion as a team of seven humans scrounging for weapons and hiding spots to survive!
The over-the-top horror-comedy mix of the cult classic movie comes to life in this take on hide-and-seek gameplay, with Crescent Cove’s locales providing numerous unique tactical opportunities for klown and human alike with multiple possible match results.
2024 will mark the 36th anniversary of Killer Klowns becoming a true pop culture phenomenon, so naturally, it’s only right that it gets its own game! Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game can be purchased at STEAM Store, PlayStation Store, Xbox Marketplace. This game has full crossplay support. For more information, please follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook and visit Killer Klowns From Outer Space: The Game – https://killerklownsthegame.com/. *Internet connection required for online multiplayer.
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Tokyo-based video game publisher and developer Cygames, Inc. (HQ: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President: Koichi Watanabe; hereinafter referred to as “Cygames”) has announced the release of the Version 1.21 update to Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (GBVSR), developed by Arc System Works, Inc., Ltd. for PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, and Steam. Included in this update is the new playable character, 2B, from NieR:Automata and tie-in content from Princess Connect! Re: Dive.
Version 1.21 Update
In addition, a network indicator (RTT) has been added for online Ranked and Casual Matches along with Oceania as a selectable server. Other features and various bug fixes have also been implemented. For more details, please refer to the patch notes on the official GBVSR site.
2B Joins the Roster as a Playable Character!
2B is now obtainable as a DLC character. This addition to the roster includes an online lobby avatar of 2B that can be used in Grand Bruise Legends! (Grand Bruise!), and figures for the Figure Studio.
2B (Voice: Kira Buckland [EN]/Yui Ishikawa [JP])
2B (YoRHa No. 2, Type B)
An all-purpose battle android deployed as a member of the automated infantry squad, YoRHa. Members of YoRHa forgo names and are referred to only by their codes. Though regulations forbid them from expressing emotions, each model has its own distinguishing personality, and 2B is comparatively cool, calm, and collected.
Additional Character Set (2B) Details
MSRP: $7.99
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https://rising.granbluefantasy.jp/en/characters/detail?char=2b
Second Tie-in Premium Avatar Set Featuring Princess Connect! Re: Dive Now Available
The second tie-in GBVSR premium avatar set features Pecorine, Kokkoro, Karyl, and Sheffy from Princess Connect! Re: Dive and are available as paid DLC. These premium avatars can also be set as partners to advise and encourage you during gameplay. The set also comes included with badges and the Royal Equipment: Princess Sword, Retainer’s Windspear, and Chaos Grimoire Weapon Cutouts that can be used in Grand Bruise!
Princess Connect! Re: Dive Premium Avatar Set Details
MSRP: $12.99
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PAX co-show organizers ReedPop and Penny Arcade reveal the first list of exhibitors and panels coming to PAX East 2024, the East Coast’s most-attended gaming event returning to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center from Thursday, March 21, through Sunday, March 24, 2024.
The Pokémon Company, FINAL FANTASY XIV, Quantic Dream, IllFonic, and Larian Studios are among the many exhibitors ready to offer attendees hands-on opportunities with their most anticipated releases. Publishers Apogee Entertainment, Freedom Games, and Whitehorn Digital also take over the expo hall with dozens of indie games.
PAX East also features a variety of live events featuring fan-favorite content creators, game developers, and performers. Catch out the newest live chapter of Acquisitons Inc., important discussions about making the gaming industry more inclusive to marginalized communities, a fun fare-like session on the greatest food in games, and many more exciting AAA game panels to be revealed along with live concerts and shows in the evenings.
The expo hall will treat attendees with the return of PAX Arena, where content creators go head-to-head in intense esports tournaments. Stream Stars also returns with a revamped format and contestants competing for a $5,000 prize pool. Additionally, gaming communities can come together during meetups, as well as enjoy various live performances and free play areas.
“PAX East last year was a big one, and 2024 looks to top it,” said Jerry Holkins, co-founder of Penny Arcade and PAX. “I can’t wait to get the show’s twentieth year underway.”
PAX East badges are currently available for $250 for a 4-day badge, or $67 for single-day badges for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Media and content creators can apply for badges here before registration closes on Thursday, Feb. 15.
For travel info, event schedules, FAQs, and more, check out the PAX East website, and follow PAX on Twitter, Facebook, Twitch, YouTube, and Instagram.
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The “Who is Judas” trailer offers a deeper look at the game’s setting aboard the Mayflower, a spacefaring city whose citizens are trained to tear each other apart for even the most minor infractions, and where machines control every aspect of business, art, and government. You, as Judas, are the driver of every event in a mysterious story with a new cast of characters to get to know – and to change – in a world where every decision you make affects how the story unfolds.
Ghost Story Games was founded by Ken Levine (Creative Director of System Shock 2, BioShock, BioShock Infinite) and former Irrational Games developers. The studio’s mission is to create narrative-driven experiences rooted in immersive world building and gameplay. Their passion and pedigree have resulted in genre-defining experiences for more than 25 years.
Ghost Story Games continues its development of Judas, and will self-publish the game worldwide. Fans can add Judas to their wishlist on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam and the Epic Games Store. For continued updates, follow the developers on their official website, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook and Instagram.
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Warfarer
The Warfarer is a new Vocation exclusive to the Arisen that can use every weapon and learn different skills from each Vocation. By using diverse weapons, the Warfarer can respond to any situation and create combos that cross Vocational boundaries. The Warfarer’s lower base stats require them to utilize the situational strengths of different weapon types to be on par with other Vocations with specialized strengths.
Dragonsplague
Dragonsplague is a contagious disease-like condition that infects pawns as they travel between worlds.
Rather than being weakened, Pawns with the disease are said to display remarkable performance, and to become conspicuously bold in their speech and behavior. According to folklore, when the symptoms of dragonsplague reach a terminal stage, it will result in devastating calamity, but the veracity of those claims is unclear.
Vocational Mastery
On your travels, you will encounter vocation maisters who have mastered their chosen vocation to the fullest. By deepening your relationship with a vocation maister and gaining their approval, you can gain access to their Vocation, or they may grant you special tomes that teach skills of the highest order, the “maister’s teachings”. The Fighter maister, Lennart, has long served the fortress village of Melve. With his exceptional swordsmanship and leadership skills, he has held the fort together to protect the land from the Dragon. Meanwhile, the Mystic Spearhand maister Sigurd hunts dragons for his own personal reasons. He is a quiet man with an inquisitive mind, and he constantly trains to improve his fighting skills and unique style. Formerly the court Oracle of Vermund, the Trickster maister Luz is currently in hiding out of fear for her life over speaking out against the false Arisen taking the throne.
Why wait until Spring cleaning? Developer Max Inferno and publisher Secret Mode are bringing popular puzzle game A Little to the Left to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation®5 (PS5), and PlayStation®4 (PS4) on 15 February 2024. As a post-Valentine’s treat, A Little to the Left will also be available with Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass.
A puzzle game focused on tidying up and sorting household messes into pleasing arrangements, A Little to the Left has already sold over one million copies since it first landed on PC and Nintendo Switch in November 2022. Launching alongside its Cupboards & Drawers DLC (available separately), the Xbox and PlayStation versions have been given a glow-up with performance tweaks suited to each platform.
On top of that, A Little to the Left will be playable on mobile devices for the first time via Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, both with a controller and using touch controls.
About A Little to the Left
A Little to the Left is a cozy puzzle game that has you sort, stack, and organize household items into pleasing arrangements while you keep an eye out for a mischievous cat with an inclination for chaos.
The tabletop exhibitor list for PAX East 2024, the East Coast’s most-attended gaming celebration, is now available on the PAX website. PAX East will welcome the digital and tabletop game communities to the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) starting Thursday, March 21, through Sunday, March 24, 2024.
This year’s attendees can expect a collection of both brand new and returning fan-favorite tabletop games, as well as merchandise, from a variety of exhibitors including Gloomhaven developer Cephalofair Games, Marvel Dice Throne creators Dice Throne, SolForge Fusion developer Stone Blade Entertainment, Fantasy Flight’s many creations in collaboration with the world’s most loved IPs such as Star Wars, Game of Thrones, and X-Men, Twilight Creations with its host of horror titles, and many more.
The Tabletop Freeplay Library will feature hundreds of titles for attendees to sit and play with family and friends on-site. Those wishing to show off their competitive style can join one of the many daily tournaments. Tabletop fanatics can expect a variety of additional brain-inducing activities, including panels, video game exhibitors, concerts, and more, to be announced closer to the event.
“From the very beginnings of PAX twenty years ago, we’ve always tried to carve out a space for tabletop. But it really took root at East,” says Jerry Holkins, co-founder of PAX. “PAX East was the ‘tabletop’ show years before the birth PAX Unplugged.”
PAX East badges are currently available for $250 for a 4-day badge, or $67 for single-day badges for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. Media and content creators can register for badges here.
For travel info, event schedules, FAQs, and more, check out the PAX East website, and follow PAX on Twitter, Facebook, Twitch, YouTube, and Instagram.
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UNDER NIGHT IN BIRTH II: SYS:CELES is a continuation of the story of the “Hollow Night” that started over a decade ago, presented with a complete visual overhaul. Newcomers Kaguya, Tsurugi and Kuon join 21 characters from the previous games in the UNI series. This new title comes complete with updates to the classic UNDER NIGHT IN BIRTH battle system, additional movesets, and the series-first implementation of rollback netcode.
Each character features an impressive 600 frames of animation – surpassing all previous 2D fighting games. This brings an unprecedented amount of graphical fidelity and smoothness to the gameplay, allowing the new combat system to shine through. Beginners will be able to perform combos simply by pressing buttons in sequence, as well as use the EXS Button to perform flashy moves. New moves have also been added to the returning cast, giving even veterans a reason to return for a fresh experience.
Players who purchase the physical Limited Edition or the Digital Deluxe edition will obtain the Season One DLC charactersUzuki, Ogre, and Izumifor free, alongside 25 bonus character announcers. The limited physical edition retails for $79.99, with the digital deluxe edition available on the PlayStation Store, Nintendo Switch eShop and Steam for $59.99. The standard edition is available at retail and digitally for $49.99.
The Limited Edition includes:
More information on UNDER NIGHT IN BIRTH II SYS:CELES is available on the official website.
The post UNDER NIGHT IN BIRTH II SYS:CELES LAUNCHES TODAY, SEASON ONE DLC FIGHTERS UZUKI, OGRE AND IZUMI REVEALED first appeared on bifuteki.]]>Ahead of the Feb. 29 launch of FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH, SQUARE ENIX® and Fathom Events, in collaboration with Sony Pictures, today announced that FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN COMPLETE, the director’s cut of the influential CG film continuing the story of the original FINAL FANTASY VII, will come to U.S. theaters for the first time on Feb. 21 and Feb. 22.
Tickets are available now through Fathom Events or at participating theater box offices at more than 650 theaters nationwide. For a complete list of theater locations, visit the Fathom Events website (theaters are subject to change).
This release marks the first time the beloved director’s cut will be given a theatrical run. Fans are encouraged to arrive early to their showings for exclusive introductory content, including a history of FINAL FANTASY VII and its connection to FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN, in particular. Witness gameplay from FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH and enjoy new interviews with FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN director and FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE creative director Tetsuya Nomura, FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH director Naoki Hamaguchi and producer Yoshinori Kitase, who will give unique insight into the production of FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH and the remake project as a whole.
Twenty-six minutes longer than the original theatrical version and featuring roughly a thousand revised scenes with expanded themes and improved visuals, FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN COMPLETE continues the storyline based on the hit game FINAL FANTASY VII. Two years have passed since Midgar fell to ruin, standing as a testament to the sacrifices made in order to bring peace. However, the world will soon face a new menace: a mysterious illness is spreading fast. Old enemies are astir and Cloud Strife, who walked away from the life of a hero to live in solitude, must step forward yet again.
This theatrical run comes a week before the launch of FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH, voted “Most Anticipated Game” of 2024 at The Game Awards and debuting exclusively for the PlayStation®5 (PS5®) console on Feb. 29. The highly anticipated new story in the critically acclaimed FINAL FANTASY VII remake project sees Cloud, Tifa, Barret, Aerith and Red XIII escape from the dystopian city of Midgar into the wide world beyond. To hunt down Sephiroth, a haunting figure from Cloud’s past bent on ruling the planet, these unlikely heroes join forces with new companions like the spirited ninja operative Yuffie and the wisecracking, feline-shaped robot Cait Sith. Lead these characters into battle to overcome their fates. Explore classic locales reimagined in dazzling detail. Encounter dozens of hours of rewarding side quests, fiend hunts, minigames and rich stories of the planet’s people and cultures.
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH is the follow-up to the first game in the remake trilogy, FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE, released in 2020 to universal acclaim from players and critics around the globe. After earning more than 20 perfect scores from media and being selected as a PlayStation “Editor’s Choice” pick, FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE became SQUARE ENIX’s highest-selling digital release on the PlayStation platform, exceeding more than 7 million shipments and digital sales worldwide since its release.
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH will be available for the PS5 console on Feb. 29, 2024. This title has been rated T (Teen) by the ESRB. For more information, visit https://ffvii.square-enix-games.com/games/rebirth/.
The TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (TMNT) know it takes a team to accomplish their goals. Creating a comic is no different, and the upcoming TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES relaunch comic series from New York Times bestselling writer Jason Aaron will present amazing artwork from four incredible illustrators: Rafael Albuquerque, Joëlle Jones, Cliff Chiang, and Chris Burnham.
TMNT has a rich forty-year history of talented artists leaving their mark on the franchise. It all started with Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, and now IDW Publishing is bringing back the tone and attitude of the classic comics. With each artist stepping in for an issue that stars their favorite turtle in the first story arc, Albuquerque, Jones, Chiang, and Burnham are all bringing Aaron’s action-packed and raw story to life in a way that will stun readers.
“I’m thrilled to be working with Jason on such a special project, with so many talented artists,” stated Albuquerque. “Being a child from the ‘80s, the TMNT cartoon has a special place in my heart, so having the chance to draw them for the first time kind of completes a full circle, full of nostalgia and excitement. I can’t wait to reveal what we’re working on!”
Burham has a strong personal connection to the TMNT’s comic history and is amazed to be added to the franchise’s history of excellent artists. “I am SO excited to be working on the Turtles! I’ve been a TMNT fan since the black and white days – Fugitoid is one of the first comics I ever owned, and the original Donatello One-Issue Micro Series is one of my favorite comics of all time. I discovered so many amazing artists as a kid reading the Turtles – beyond Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird there’s Mark Bodé, Rick Veitch, Mark Martin, Richard Corben, Michael Zulli, Eric Talbot, Jim Lawson, Sophie Campbell… the list goes on and on and it’s a great honor to add my name to it!”
Chiang also has fond memories of the Heroes in a Half Shell and is thrilled to be working with Aaron. “I still remember the thrill of reading those early black-and-white issues and how they ushered in a new wave of independent comics, and I’m incredibly excited to be a part of this next chapter for the Turtles. Even better, Jason and I have been friends for a long time but haven’t yet worked together, so I get to kill two Mousers with one sword.”
“For me, working on TMNT was first a nostalgia hit – being an ’80s kid, I consumed it all!” said Jones. “But at its heart, and why I think it still resonates with people today, is that it’s a story about a family of outcasts brimming with personality and the conflicts that come out of it. Or maybe I just like the giant rat father figure, which might be something for me to unpack with a therapist at a later date!”
“I almost couldn’t believe it when these folks started saying yes. It’s such a dream team of modern artists, folks responsible for some of my favorite comics of this century,” added Editor-in-Chief Jamie S. Rich. “All four of them were so enthusiastic to draw characters they love for the first time. It was cool to hear why they loved each of the individual Turtles. Like Chris talked about the Donnie issue with the Jack Kirby homage, and Joëlle mentioned how she has always liked hotheads and fighters. It’s comic book kismet!”
Co-publisher Mark Doyle cannot wait for fans to get these comics in their hands and gaze at the artwork. “These are some of the best artists and storytellers in modern comics bringing their style and action to characters they love. As a fan, I’m over the moon!”
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: ALPHA #1 is on sale this June with a 10-page prelude story, and TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1 will go on sale this July. For updates on everything regarding TMNT comics, be sure to follow IDW and the official TMNT accounts on social media.
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