Monthly Archives: July 2019
Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled Grand Prix 2 Starts This Week
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled's second Grand Prix, Back N. Time, will begin this week on August 2 for PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch players, introducing the new track Prehistoric Playground, as well as a host of other new items for players to earn for free.
Following in the footsteps of the first Grand Prix, CTR's post-launch content seasons that add new drivers, courses, karts, and more, Back N. Time will launch across all consoles, and you can watch the video above for a first look at the Prehistoric Playground track.
In addition to the track, and as previously revealed in Activision's CTR Grand Prix announcement, this second season of content will see the introduction of Baby Crash and Baby Coco as playable drivers, as well as Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped's Baby T.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Dragon Quest’s Hero Is Now Available
UPDATE (7/30/19) - The Hero from Dragon Quest and the Version 4.0.0 Update are both now available in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch.
Announced by Nintendo Versus, The Hero from Dragon Quest is part of the Challenger Pack 2 DLC that also features the Yggdrasil's Altar stage and music from Dragon Quest's rich history.
Nintendo Switch Lite Now Available for Preorder in the UK
UK preorders for the Nintendo Switch Lite have gone live, with the brand new console releasing September 20 2019. Plenty of sites have rolled out listings for the latest console from Nintendo, including Amazon, GAME, and Argos.
The Nintendo Switch Lite is a cheaper, handheld-only model of the Nintendo Switch that's compatible with any Nintendo Switch game you can play in handheld mode. It comes in three colours (yellow, grey and turquoise) and is available for preorder at the standard list price of £199.99. The Lite isn’t to be confused with the newly announced Switch model with a longer battery life.
Concrete Genie Gets an October Release Date
Sony’s next PS4 exclusive, Concrete Genie, following its delay from the spring, now has a release date, setting it for an October release.
Developer PixelOpus, part of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, announced Concrete Genie will be released for the PS4 on Oct. 8 for $29.99, or $39.99 for the Digital Deluxe edition. Both versions include two PSVR modes alongside the main game, and the Digital Deluxe version includes a digital art book, a soundtrack, a Pond Design Pack that expands your in-game toolset, and a Dynamic Theme.
In addition to the price and date, PixelOpus also confirmed Concrete Genie, like most Sony first-party games, will have an included Photo Mode. But given that players’ artistic expression, painting scenery and genies on the buildings of the fictional town of Denska, Pixelopus’ Photo Mode has a twist.
Concrete Genie: Time to Put This PS4 Exclusive on Your Radar
Concrete Genie may not be on your radar like The Last of Us Part II and Death Stranding, but after an hour-and-a-half with Pixelopus’s upcoming first-party PS4 exclusive, its charming world, sincere messaging, and serene gameplay is shaping up to be an experience that absolutely should be.
I jumped into the very start of Concrete Genie’s adventure, taking on the role of the young, bullied kid Ash in the dilapidated seaside town of Denska, and was immediately taken by the charming though intentionally drab world. That’s in part thanks to Pixelopus’ animation, which employs Coraline-esque stop-motion facial expressions for its characters, the A Series of Unfortunate Events-like world, and the sincerity with which the developers have written this story.
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Fallout 76’s First ‘Very Challenging’ Raid Arrives Next Month
Fallout 76 is continuing to beef up its live-service gaming options with the introduction of its first four-player raid next month.
Called "Vault 94", the first raid can also be played solo, in pairs, or groups of three - but the difficulty will be much harder.
During a panel at QuakeCon 2019 panel, Fallout 76 development director Chris Mayer said, "It's a pretty expansive Vault. We do think it will be very challenging. I, myself, have been challenged in the playtest - many times - trying to get to the end of it".
Mayer also went into further detail on what actually happens once you enter Vault 94.
"When you go in, you get to choose one of three different difficulty levels", he said. "The first one is called Novice, and when you go in, it's still very difficult - don't get me wrong - but it's probably a good way to get used to the Vault and the puzzles and how to handle it.
Need For Speed Heat Leaked By Austrian Retailer
An Austrian retailer has prematurely fired the starting gun on the next installment in EA's racing series, revealing the new game name to be Need For Speed Heat.
Gameware's website briefly showed the full title, as well as placeholder box art based on a past promotion for an update to Need for Speed No Limits. The listing doesn't show any further information, nor a a release date, but does offer a 2019 release window, suggesting the game could release this year.
Super Mario Maker 2 Sold Over 2.4 Million Units in 3 Days
Nintendo Switch, as of June 30, 2019, has sold 36.87 million units worldwide, with Super Mario Maker 2 additionally selling 2.42 million units in just three days.
Revealed during Nintendo's financial briefing for April-June of this year (FY3/Q1 2020), the Nintendo Switch sold 2.13 million units this past quarter, which is a 13.2% increase on a year-on-year basis.
Software sales also saw a rise with 22.62 million units being sold in the same period, which is a 25.9% increase from the same time frame last year.
PlayStation 4 Has Sold 100 Million Units Worldwide
PlayStation 4 has officially sold and shipped 100 million units worldwide to retailers as of the three-month quarter that ended on June 30, 2019.
In Sony's Q1 FY2019 consolidated financial results, it announced that 3.2 million PlayStation 4 units had been sold, which would bring the grand total of 96.8 million units back in April to 100 million as of the end of last month.
The 3.2 million units sold is up from the 2.6 million units of last quarter (Q4 FY2018) and identical to the 3.2 million earned in the same quarter last year.