🎵Kirby, Kirby, Kirby. That’s the name you should know! Kirby, Kirby, Kirby he’s the star of the show!🎵

God, I love that song! Nintendo‘s adorable maximum-pink-having cute “poyo” dispensary of a mascot will be in the upcoming Kirby And The Forgotten Land, which recently dropped a release date trailer with a couple extra details!

Kirby and the Forgotten Land will be coming to Nintendo Switch on March 25th this year! Now, before I do a 🎵breakdown, breakdown 🎵of the gameplay and trailer info, click here for a YouTube link to the trailer itself if you’re so inclined.

A Kirbian Summary of Aesthetics: Kirby and the Forgotten Land will be the titular pink ping-pong-accessory’s first foray into the world of 3D platforming. Despite some design and gameplay seemingly inspired by Mario Odyssey, there’s juxtaposition in Nintendo’s commodification of pure unadulterated wholesomeness exploring a ruined post-apocalypse with more in common with The Last of Us or Breath of the Wild than prior games. That’s a nice bit of Brechtian subversion!

Modern Nintendo and Co-Op Games; An Intellectual Critique: Which is to say, THIS KIRBY GAME WILL HAVE ACTUAL PLAYER 2 CHARACTERS and I am here for it! I’m not talking about sentient disembodied hats or sentient disembodied star people (looking at you Cappy and… the entire Luma species), I’m talking thick meaty good ol’ fashioned sidekicks! Player 2 will be able to control a Waddledee with a spear, seemingly capable of most of Player 1’s in-game abilities (copy abilities notwithstanding). Anyone who knows me knows I love me some good couch co-op fun, so that alone’s made this game hop on my radar more than before.

Kirby’s Abilities; In Conversation with Tupi Philosophy: The main mechanical selling point of this and other Kirby games is the puffball’s ability to inhale small enemies and attacks, only to either spit them back out or absorb them to transform and gain some related ability. For example: Let’s say you’re Kirby, widdle-waddling along some overgrown building when all of a sudden, you’re jumped by a fire-spewing bear-pig-man! Now, if you’re me, the only bloke in a 20 mile radius who thinks Nando’s hottest flavor isn’t as deadly as folks make it out to be, you suck that flame and BOOM. Now you’re Fire Kirby! With the ability to shoot various forms of fire at enemies, including mix-tapes!

In addition to classic abilities, other copy-abilities for Forgotten Land will include a Drill form, a gun-toting ranger and more.

Additional Modes: Players will also have the option to visit Waddle Dee Town in-game, where you can play various minigames and compete in online leaderboards. Nintendo has confirmed Kirby and the Forgotten Land will have local co-op for all previously-mentioned features (thank God) and currently, Nintendo is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Kirby series, releasing this wallpaper to all as a tie-in.

Product Poems:

Dank Souls. Dank memes. Freddy? Liz? Dank Queens. Smash both. LEGO Ninja team.

“Annie, get your gun, gal“! Her mech appeared. “Shooty bang-bang, y’all”!

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During the MIX Next showcase for indie games that are coming soon, Wartales had the release of its early access version announced for December 1st.

To clarify, that’s Wartales as in War Tales, not Wart Ales. Like, not to turn this into a roast, but y’all really couldn’t have just capitalized the T? You know you messed up in your naming when it results in a leftist advocating for capitalism!

Shiro Games are the developing company behind Wartales, a medieval open-world RPG seeing you act as manager to a rag-tag group of mercenaries you’ve picked out. The combat system relies on turn-based tile-moving tactics, similar to the ‘Fire Emblem’ games or ‘South Park: The Fractured But Whole‘, which if my days watching letsplays by DashieGames and Jacksepticeye are anything to go by, is actually pretty fun. See the early-access trailer here.

Story: Set in the medieval fantasy world of Edoran, which is ironic because that name literally combines my favourite ancient Japanese historical era with my favourite Akira Kurosawa film! That’d be like calling a vegan fast food brand Steakham!

The Wartales universe is plagued by a totally non-topical and definitely coincidental plague, so in an attempt to make the best from a bad situation, you squad up with the lads to form your own ‘war brand’ and find a king or lord who’ll pay you to give opposing forces a case of the shanked jankers.

Gameplay Depth: Outside combat, other important actions at the end of each in-game ‘working week’ include distributing wages and managing morale. You’ll also be responsible for feeding your crew. This combination of mechanics sounds interesting in-part because it reminds me a lot of an interesting video on ludo-narrative dissonance in Darkest Dungeon, which has similar mechanics. Said video was made by one Harry Michael Brewis (AKA Hbomberguy, AKA H-bomb, AKA Fellow Mind-Brain Explordinaire), who has a knack for fitting videos about video games, film and political discourse all under one roof.

“The reception to Wartales’ reveal during this Summer’s PC Gaming Show was better than we could have imagined […] We are eager to open the gates to Edoran with the launch of Wartales on Steam Early Access Wednesday, December 1. Sharpen your blades, equip your best armor, and prepare for an open-world dark fantasy adventure!” – Nicolas Cannasse (Game Director on Wartales)

Nicolas also claimed the early access version of Wartales will be available for around a year or year and a half, during which time, the game will see various updates.

Wartales is currently available on Steam. Play the free demo here.

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Rainbow Six Abstraction set to release January 20th!

Ubisoft (or rather iBhard) has announced in July that upcoming title Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction would be delayed from September release to sometime in January. Now, Ubisoft has announced January 20th as the official release date.

Ubisoft has also reportedly reduced the price of the standard version to $40 (around £30) and the Deluxe Edition to $50 (£37.33), which is simultaneously pleasing and disturbing to me because those are the usual standard prices for most new games! Like… Honey boo boo… Sweetie. Dearest. Toots… We NEED to talk about pricing!

Every copy of the game will also come with 2 Buddy Pass tokens, letting you invite friends without the game to play with you for a 14-day free trial period. Buddy Pass users won’t have access to Assignments, the ranked Maelstrom Protocol mode or the in-game store.

Other handy-dandy features and tidbits on Rainbow Six Extraction will also include:

• Cross-play.
• Cross-progression and cross-save support (lets players team up with friends across Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, Amazon Luna, Google Stadia, PC and Ubisoft+).
• The game was originally going to be ‘Rainbow Six Quarantine’, but I’m assuming that wouldn’t have sold as well to certain Karen-adjacent circles getting triggered by the mention of the Q-word!
• PSST, we have pre-order packs for Rainbow Six Extraction over on our store for PS4 and Xbox One with more past games from the series here.

The Gameplay:

Rainbow Six Extraction will be a first-person shooter based on the Outbreak mode from Rainbow Six Siege, seeing players fight off alien hordes and optionally take on the role of Siege Operator. For more on Rainbow Six Extraction’s tools, weapon functions and more, have a butcher’s at this handy-dandy video by Ubisoft on the matter.

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Developer Krafton has announced that PUBG: New State, their newest mobile game, will be available for download on November 11, 2021.

The release date for the new title was disclosed as part of a media demonstration emphasising the new features coming to the PUBG Mobile sequel, which would provide iOS and Android mobile players with the “full, uncompromised battle royale gaming experience currently available in PUBG: Battlegrounds.”

Krafton and PUBG Studios claims that New State will be “one of the most realistic and technologically advanced mobile games to date,” as it places players in the future metropolis of Troi in the year 2051.

In the hour-long presentation, the game’s creators discussed how New State will set the bar for future battle royale games, starting with its graphical capabilities.

What’s New in PUBG: New State

New State will leverage cutting-edge rendering technologies, including global illumination, auto instancing, and auto-exposure, to bring its mobile gaming experience up to par with the PC version of PUBG. Thanks to these new graphics upgrades, the gunplay system has also been entirely overhauled and looks impressive.

New State’s stunning visuals will not be restricted to those with the most up-to-date mobile technology. During the presentation, Krafton said that the game has been optimised for most players, as seen by the game’s lenient system requirements: iOS 13 or later on at least an iPhone 6S, and Android OS 6 on any Android device with at least 2GB RAM.

In PUBG: New State, players will be able to enjoy new gameplay elements such as weapon customisation and a drone store, as well as a unique recruiting system that allows players to enlist adversaries to their squad, which I think is pretty cool actually.

See how your favorite weapon fares as we compare recoil and spray performances of some of the guns that are available when used in different shooting positions.

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— PUBG: NEW STATE (@PUBG_NEWSTATE) October 12, 2021

Gun someone down, pick them up – you will fight for me now! It creates the opportunity for some fun and tense moments between players. I’m wondering if friendly fire will be enabled, meaning you can take petty pot shots for revenge when their back is turned. But no body would even think of doing that, right? Similarly to other PUBG titles, New State will be updated regularly with new content, gameplay tweaks and “a season-based service focused on gameplay balance and fun.”

PUBG: New State will be available for download on November 11, 2021.

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