In this new behind-the-scenes video for Alone in the Dark, players will be able to pay a sneak peek at Derecto Manor with Jodie Comer (Killing Eve, Free Guy) and David Harbour (Stranger Things, Black Widow). These two celebrities discuss their experience working on a video game, sharing their experiences of bringing characters Emily Hartwood and Edward Carnby to life. To add to the experience, these two lent their voices, their appearance, and their acting skills.

Be sure to watch the behind-the-scenes video for Alone in the Dark below:

Alone in the Dark – Behind the Scenes with Jodie Comer and David Harbour | PS5 Games

A reimagining of the original 1992 Alone in the Dark, this release will feature an “over-the-shoulder” third-person perspective. Along the way, players will be tasked with exploring their environments, fighting monsters, solving puzzles and uncoveing the true secret of Derceto Manor in the gothic American south.

Alone in the Dark will be released for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on March 20. Pre-orders can be made through the official Alone in the Dark website.

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Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Yoko Shimomura is a respected Japanese composer and pianist that has worked on a number of iconic game soundtracks. She began her career at Capcom in 1988, working on titles like Street Fighter II, Final Fight and The King of Dragons.

In 1993, she joined Square (now Square Enix), composing the soundtracks for titles like Live A Live, the Kingdom Hearts series, Final Fantasy XV, Super Mario RPG and Legends of Mana. She later departed from Square Enix, founding her own music production company Midiplex, also serving as a member of the music label Brave Wave Productions.

The recipient of this year’s Ambassador Award, Fawzi Mesmar is an award-winning creative director, game designer, author, public speaker and mentor. His career in the games industry has spanned more than two decades, taking him to the Middle East, New Zealand, Japan and Europe. He has worked with companies like Ubisoft, EA, King (Activision Blizzard), Gameloft and Atlus, also helping in the development of titles like Battlefield, Candy Crush, Mario Rabbids, Star Wars and the Persona series.

Fawzi is also the author of the first-ever textbook about game design in Arabic: Al-Khallab On The Art of Game Design. He has also co-authored nine comic books under the Men of Honour series. Fawzi has also won the Game Dev Heroes award in 2020 within the Game Design category and in the same year, being named one of the industry’s top 100 game changers.

Stephenie Hawkins, Event Director at Informa Tech, said the following:

“We are so proud to honor Yoko Shimomura and Fawzi Mesmar for their multiple decades worth of contribution to the crafts of art and making games. Not only have they created enduring works in the medium, they’ve also carved a path that allowed others in their fields to thrive and succeed. Their success is measured not just in their singular accomplishments, but in the ways they’ve inspired the works of other aspiring composers and designers around the world.”Stephenie Hawkins

The recipients will be honored at the Game Developers Choice Awards (GDCA) at the Game Developers Conference at GDC on Wednesday, March 20. The event will be held at San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center, held in tandem with the Independent Games Festival Awards (IGF).

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During the festivities, those that log into Dying Light 2: Stay Human can experience different Dragon’s Blessings each day that yield different benefits. Encounters will also be spawning across the map, with both PKs and Survivors in need of saving – doing so will grant players Red Envelopes filled with rewards.

On that note, Collecting Red Envelopes also lets players complete goals and get the items of the Dragon Warrior Bundle for free. Note that this bundle will also be available for purchase at a later date for 500 DL Points.

Finally, there will be additional free gear that can be claimed on both Pilgrim Outpost and via Twitch drop.

The celebrations will run until February 19 at 12pm CT.

Learn more with the Dying Light 2 Stay Human Year of the Dragon Celebration trailer below:

Dying Light 2 Stay Human — Year of the Dragon Celebration

For those looking to discuss all things Dying Light 2: Stay Human, be sure to visit the official Discord, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube channels.

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Vimana Review

A vertical shmup that has roots in the arcade scene of the early 90s, Vimana manages to play the part quite well. If one were to wander through an arcade from this era, its blasts of green bullets, sci-fi spacecrafts, and constant action would becon for any gamer to plunk in a quarter in to see what’s in store.

However, like all good shmups, there’s so much more to Vimana’s formula to discover as players progress each cycle. Players will still be taking down anything and everything that moves, but the rate of fire helps to change things up. Players of Vimana will have a twin shot by default, which can be upgraded in typical genre fashion – that much is par for the course, albeit welcome nonetheless.

However, there’s also a charge shot that spreads the love into a greater area. Knowing when to attack head on and knowing when to blanket the surrounding world could very well mean the difference between victory and failure in a signature one-credit-clear run. Of course, there’s also a bomb that varies things out by turning into a seeking target against foes. Again, not the deepest or mos revolutionary system around, but it nails the fundamentals.

Completing Vimana is a fairly short endeavor, but the game does cycle players through for a more challenging run upon doing so.

Of course, the joy of a shmup is its replayability, and Vimana has a suite of options that allow players to tweak their playstyle. Feel like things are too difficult? Players can rewind for minutes at a time, just to make sure they get past that tricky section that did them in.

There are other ways to improve one’s playstyle, including the activation of a visible hitbox, adding additional hitpoints or even quick saving and loading (though we would never save scum!). Want to get more out of the experience? The ability to see an enemy’s health bar and change the overlays is also available. Want to see where things went wrong? There’s even a replay functionality baked into this release.

It’s just a shame that there’s little to this package outside this functionality. The Steam release of Vimana is arcade-perfect – and then some – but the lack of bonus content is somewhat disappointing. Nevertheless, there’s still Steam achievements for those looking to show off their prowess, along with online leaderboards.

While this release of Vimana is arcade-perfect, it does prove to be a bit light on content. Those looking for their next one-credit-clear will enjoy this space showdown, but more casual fans might be left in the lurch.

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FixEight Review

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FixEight Review

For those who have yet to play FixEight, it serves as the spiritual successor to the cult arcade classic Out Zone.

For those who have yet to play Out Zone (don’t worry – Steam has got you covered with last year’s release), they’ll come to learn that this vertical run-and-gun series hits hard and fast. Taking control of one of eight different mercenaries with the most radical of designs, they’ll have two different weapons and their own special. Much like the shmup genre, players can then upgrade each of these weapons with dropped power-ups and chuck out the occasional bomb for good measure.

We especially like this system, as each FixEight character has their own unique weapon system. We were partial to the lizard Vistario and his wide range of attack via the Gel-Burner and Acid-Wide sprays. Did we mention that even the attacks have cool names? No matter who you choose, getting the right weapon in your hands and upgrading it to hit an enemy’s weakpoint for massive damage is a thrilling feeling. Put simply, FixEight and its action never gets old for the Rambo wannabes among us.

Throughout the surprisingly robust 50-minute runtime of each FixEight playthrough, players will navigate a number of different levels against the Gozzu alien menace – some of which are truly the stuff of nightmares. As players progress, they’ll come across a boss at the end of each stage before moving on to the next stage. While the power-ups to the score-based system to the flow all follow the typical arcade formula to a T, FixEight nails the run-and-gun formula with style.

Of course, it’s not all predictable; gameplay provides a hefty challenge if you’re not credit feeding, and there’s the occasional wrinkle like controllable hovercrafts that turn FixEight into a shmup.

While the core game is solid, the outside options of FixEight are fairly bare-bones. While we do appreciate the option to rewind to our heart’s content (up to minutes at a time!) and play with hitboxes and credits, there’s little here to really celebrate this deeper cut in Toaplan’s library.

FixEight does have the usual Steam accouterments like achievements and leaderboards, there just isn’t enough to really have this as a tribute. This is the first release of the game outside of arcades, that much is true, but at the same time the suite of options is not unlike what can be found in a tool like RetroArch.

For those that don’t mind a bare-bones package, FixEight and its run-and-gun action is a bona fide arcade hit that is well worth the attention of any classic gamer.

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With psycho power imbued within him, Ed packs moves like Psycho Spark, Psycho Shot, Psycho Knuckle, Psycho Upper, and Psycho Flicker in his arsenal.

See him in action with the teaser trailer below, featuring a particularly nasty beatdown of Ken Masters:

Street Fighter 6 – Ed Gameplay Trailer

Ed will enter Fighting Ground, World Tour, and the Battle Hub on February 27, and will be available for those that own the Deluxe Edition, Ultimate Edition, Year 1 Character Pass, or Ultimate Pass of Street Fighter 6.

New to Street Fighter 6? The title is available for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

Be sure to check out our review of the base game from last year, which we gave a score of 95/100:

“Street Fighter 6 is the complete package, with decades of refinement proudly on display. Whether you’re flying solo or hitting the streets with others, this is the definitive Street Fighter experience.”Street Fighter 6 Review, Casey Scheld

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How To Change Difficulty In Helldivers 2

A quick warning: Whenever you finish a mission in Helldivers 2, at least the early missions, you unlock a new difficulty. So far, we’ve gone from Trivial, to Easy, to Medium, to Challenging, and so on. Helldivers 2 seems to set you on that difficulty automatically, so if you change it, it’ll keep scaling.

Once you get onto the Galactic War Screen of Helldivers 2, you can find the difficulty on the bottom of the screens. You can press L1 and R1 on the PlayStation 5 controller to change the difficulty from there.

Note that you cannot change the difficulty once the mission is started.

So, in summary:

• Whenever you finish a mission in Helldivers 2, at least the early missions, you unlock a new difficulty. Helldivers 2 seems to set you on that difficulty automatically, so if you change it, it’ll keep scaling.
• Once you get onto the Galactic War Screen of Helldivers 2, you can find the difficulty on the bottom of the screens.
• You cannot change the difficulty once the mission is started.
  

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How To Equip Stratagems For Ready In Helldivers 2

In order to equip Stratagems for Ready In Helldivers 2, you’ll have to highlight the big black squares. The Mission Stratagems are on by default, so you’ll always have the SOS, the reinforcement one, and the other one.

What you’ll need to do is find the marked squares – see below for a point of reference:

Put your two ones in there, and then you’ll be able to ready up wherever the ready button is.

So, in summary:

• In order to equip Stratagems for Ready In Helldivers 2, you’ll have to highlight the big black squares.
• The Mission Stratagems are on by default.
• What you’ll need to do is find the marked squares – put your two ones in there, and then you’ll be able to ready up.

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Where To Find Beautiful Flowers In Palworld

Beautiful flowers aren’t used too often in Palworld, though there are a few late-game recipes you’ll need to use these for. One of the things you can use Beautiful Flowers for is the Flower Bed, which can increase the gathering speed of the Pals in one’s base.

You’ll need to go to one of these islands and start looking for bright red flowers. See below for a point of reference – they stand out for a mile:

Note that Beautiful Flowers are fairly common once you get to one of these islands. Just remember that if you fly a certain distance out, the stuff tends to respawn.

The ones in the video below are the Sanctuary Islands; see below on where to find the Sanctuary Islands on the map below:

So, in summary:

• One of the things you can use Beautiful Flowers for is the Flower Bed.
• You’ll need to go to one of these islands and start looking for bright red flowers – they stand out.
• Beautiful Flowers in Palworld are fairly common once you get to one of these islands.

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Although Inkulinati at first glance seems like a light-hearted and whimsical title, it packs strategically complex battles that require just the right strategy.

Gameplay in Inkulinate utilizes a turn-based game that has been inspired by real-life doodles on medieval manuscripts. Giving these works life, the development team at Yaza Games used a magical substance called “the Living Ink.” Along the way, players will have to use their units wisely through challenges as they set out to become a Master of the Living Ink.

Learn more with the trailer below:

Inkulinati | 1.0 Release Date Trailer | PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4|5

Inkulinati has won the Best Indie Game and Most Original Game awards at Gamescom 2022, with it starting in Early Access and Xbox Game Preview program in 2023. Through the feedback of their community, the development team has added a wealth of content.

Looking to get in on the Inkulinati action? The full release will be available for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam.

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