The Occupation, a first-person, fixed-time, investigative thriller developed by White Paper Games and previously planned for release on October 9, has been delayed to February 5, 2019, the company announced. It will be released both physically and digitally for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
Find the full message on the delay from the studio below.
We’ve decided to make the extremely tough decision and move the release date of The Occupation to February 5, 2019.
We know that right now the game is so close to being complete and ready to play, but we also know that there are some tweaks and improvements that we need to make in order for it to be something that we’re proud to release and an experience that we’re happy to hand over to you all.
We’ve spent the past four years living in the world of The Occupation so we see the short delay as a small sacrifice to make sure we create something that values your time.
We have a lot of cool announcements coming and the best place to stay in touch with us is on our mailing list here.
Thank you for all the incredible support so far – we just have one more push to make before we’re able to share it with you all!
Publisher Funcom and developer The Bearded Ladies have released a new 20-minute gameplay video of tactical adventure game Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden.
Here is an overview of the game, via Funcom:
About
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is a tactical adventure game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former Hitman leads and the designer of Payday.
Key Features
• Tactical Combat: Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is the ultimate fix for your tactical strategy addiction. Dive into a deep, turn-based, tactical combat system inspired by the XCOM games.
• Explore a Post-Human Earth: Journey through a post-human world of abandoned cities, crumbling highways, and overgrown countryside. Check back at the Ark, a neon-bathed oasis of ill repute and questionable characters, to restock your supplies and plan out your next adventure.
• Control a Team of Mutants: A duck with an attitude problem and a boar with anger issues; these aren’t your typical heroes. Get to know Dux, Bormin, Selma, and many other characters each with their own unique personality and deranged perspective on the world and their situation.
• Master the Stealthy Approach: Sneak through shadows to avoid conflict or to catch enemies unaware. Real-time stealth allows you full control of approach: sneak into an enemy camp, position the team of Mutants to your advantage, and gain the element of surprise.
• Unlock Mutations: Unlock new mutations and abilities for your Mutants, such as Selma’s Stoneskin, Bormin’s Charge, and Dux‘ uncanny ability to sneak into a camp full of enemies unnoticed, despite being a 4-foot tall walking, talking duck with a crossbow.
• Dynamic Environments: Use the environment to your advantage. Stay out of floodlights, hide from line of sight, or just blast down fully destructible walls and buildings and wreak utter havoc.
• Loot, Loot Everywhere: From makeshift slingshots to high-powered rifles and top hats to police vests, make sure you equip your Mutants for the dangers ahead. Nothing says post-human quite like a mutated boar in spiked metal armor charging at you with a blunderbuss in his hands.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden is due out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on December 4.
Descent reboot coming to PS4, Xbox One, and Switch
Six-degrees-of-freedom space shooter Descent, a reboot of the 1994 game of the same name, will be released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch in addition to the previously announced PC, Mac, and Linux versions, developer Descendent Studios announced.
Pre-orders are available now and include access to a PC beta starting later this year, a custom version of the Generation III “Viola” ship with an exclusive paint job, special PC Beta challenges to unlock exclusive pre-season cosmetic rewards, multipass upgrade for multiplayer seasons one and two with additional gameplay challenges, and “Secret Missions” downloadable content with additional single-player missions due out later in 2019.
Users who purchased a copy of Descent, previously titled Descent: Underground, during its Kickstarter or Steam Early Access phase will have access to the PC beta and receive the full game. All PC pre-order bonuses advertised by publisher Little Orbit will also be awarded to early supporters.
Tokyo Chronos ‘Yuria’s Misc. Note: Secret Movie’ trailer
MyDearest has released a new trailer for Tokyo Chronos dubbed “Yuria’s Misc. Note: Secret Movie” featuring character Yuria Togoku thinking back on how she spent the last four hours of her time.
Tokyo Chronos is due out for Oculus and Steam VR in early 2019, and PlayStation VR in May 2019.
Game Informer has gone up with a 16-minute gameplay video of Dreams‘ story mode as part of its November cover story on the Media Molecule-developed PlayStation 4 title.
The video features commentary from creative director Mark Healey, who runs viewers through a couple of sci-fi-themed levels and showcases how everything was built entirely from the Dreams toolset.
Dreams is in development for PlayStation 4. A beta is planned for 2018. Anything made in the beta will carry over to the full game when it launches.
Steel Rats will launch digitally for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on November 7 for $19.99, developer Tate Multimedia announced. On PlayStation 4, a Deluxe Edition including the game, a PlayStation 4 theme, five avatars, and the game’s soundtrack will also be available for $22.99.
In Japan, publisher 3goo will release a physical edition for PlayStation 4 on November 29.
Here is an overview of the game, via Tate Multimedia:
A visceral and groundbreaking evolution of the 2.5D action-arcade genre, Steel Rats fuses destructive, octane-fueled motorbike combat and death-defying stunt gameplay, all set in a visually stylized, retro-future world. Switch between four unique and upgradeable characters as you wreak havoc and defend your city from an invading armada of junk robots.
Steel Rats is already lighting up the 2018 awards scene with eight nominations and one win for ‘Best Gameplay’ at the Game Connection Awards, a nomination for ‘Best Indie Game’ at the Digital Dragons Indie Showcase, and a win for ‘Best Gameplay’ at Pixel Heaven in Poland earlier this month. The game has been touring the convention circuit over the past year, having been at EGX Rezzed, PAX East, Pixel Heaven, gamescom, PAX West and most recently Tokyo Game Show, sometimes even playable on a giant nine-foot-tall robot demo station.
Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle DLC character Youmu Konpaku announced
Touhou Kobuto V: Burst Battle will add Youmu Konpaku and an additional playable character via downloadable content this winter in Japan, as well as a new system (presumably via a free update), publisher Mediascape and developer Cubetype announced.
The 3D battle action game is available now worldwide for PlayStation 4, PS Vita, and Switch.
Touhou Sky Arena: Matsuri Climax for Switch launches in November or December in Japan, DLC characters Yukari Yakumo and Yuyuko Saigyouji announced
The Switch version of Touhou Sky Arena: Matsuri Climax will now launch in November or December in Japan, publisher Mediascape and developer Area Zero announced. It was previously planned for summer.
In addition to the previously announced downloadable content character Toyosatomimi no Miko, Area Zero announced that Yukari Yakumo and Yuyuko Saigyouji will also be released as downloadable content characters. The characters will be released one by one for all three versions of the game—PlayStation 4, PS Vita, and Switch—between November 2018 and March 2019. A Season Pass including all three characters will also be available.
Alongside the downloadable content, new battle songs will also be added, including songs from returning artists Butaotome and A-One, as well as new artists C-Clay, Sync.Art’S, and Shinra Banshou.
While the PS Vita version of Touhou Genso Wanderer was never released in the west, the PlayStation 4 version is available now in North America and Europe.
Touhou Genso Wanderer: Lotus Labyrinth will launch both physically and digitally for PlayStation 4 and Switch in Japan on April 25, 2019, publisher Unties and developer Aqua Style announced.
A limited edition including the following bonuses will also be available:
• Box with special-illustrated artwork
• Lotus Labyrinth original soundtrack (DVD-ROM)
• Previous Games’ Background Music Arrange soundtrack (DVD-ROM)
• Voice drama (DVD-ROM)
• Full-color product art book
• Acrylic character figure
• Downloadable content code: Additional partner “Mikorabbit-chan”
Pre-orders for either edition of the game will include a download code to change the player’s costume to a cute outfit. Pre-orders will open at Japanese retailers on October 13.
Touhou Soujinengi V and Touhou Genso Maroku W Double Pack for PS4 launches October 15 in Japan
Mediascape will release a Double Pack including Strawberry Bose-developed Touhou Project fan games Touhou Soujinengi V: The Genius of Sappheiros and Touhou Genso Maroku W: The Devil of Decline on October 15 in Japan for 5,400 yen. Both games are currently available via the PlayStation Store.
Those attending Hakurei Jinja Reitaisai 2018 at Tokyo Big Sight on October 14 will be able to purchase the Double Pack a day early.
Here is an overview of Touhou Soujinengi V: The Genius of Sappheiros, via our previous coverage:
The game sees players form a party in order to find a resolve a new catastrophe that happened in Gensokyo. Players will challenge a number of formidable foes while traveling to various places in Gensokyo. And not only will you level up to defeat them, you’ll also need to understand the weaknesses and behavior of your enemies, using your allies and their special skills to gain victory.
The PC version of Touhou Soujinengi launched in 2010. The PS Vita version adds wide-screen support, adjusted game balance, new allies, and even more post-game side elements.
And here is an overview of Touhou Genso Maroku W: The Devil of Decline, via our previous coverage:
Developed by Strawberry Bose, Touhou Genso Maroku W: The Devil of Decline introduces a “Shikigami System” where your party fights while equipped with shikigami.
By equipping these over 100 shikigami to characters, you’ll be able to use various skills and abilities. Some of the enemies you defeat will become shikigami, and you can recruit them to take along with you. Part of the fun is figuring out how to battle in your own way with Shikigami.
There are dungeons made up of various areas to explore, as well as alchemy, shikigami, items, and spell cards to collect, an illustrated encyclopedia, and other additional elements to enjoy.
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The PlayStation 4 version features 1080p resolution, high resolution effects (as well as some changes to effects), cross-save with the PS Vita version, and enhanced presentation in areas limited by PS Vita hardware.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition now available for Switch; Guacamelee! 2 coming to Switch in December
DrinkBox Studios has released Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition for Switch via the Nintendo eShop for $14.99 USD, and will release Guacamelee! 2 for Switch in December, the studio announced.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition first launched for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, Xbox 360, and PC in July 2014. Guacamelee! 2 first launched for PlayStation 4 and PC in August.
Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition
About
Carlos Calaca has kidnapped El Presidente’s Daughter, and he plans to sacrifice her in order to merge the World of the Living with the World of the Dead.
Juan Aguacate, an agave farmer who stumbles upon a Legendary Luchador mask, must find the strength and courage to become the Hero he’s always dreamed of being and put a stop to this.
Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical world inspired by traditional Mexican culture and folklore. The game features melee combat, parallel dimensions and same-screen co-op. The original Guacamelee! received wide critical acclaim and was a finalist for both IndieCade and the Independent Games Festival’s Excellence in Visual Art award.
Key Features
• Non-Stop Fighting Action. An extensive move list, advanced combo engine, and anti-gravity grabs.
• Multi-dimensional Platforming. Instantly swap between the Worlds of Living and Dead to traverse impossible terrain.
• Combat moves double as movement, uniting platforming and fighting in a way never seen before.
• Diverse, detailed world containing lively towns, dark forests, flowery canals and fiery volcanoes.
• Drop-in / drop-out four-player local co-operative play, featuring independent dimension swapping.
• Multiple boss characters (each with unique back stories), wide range of foes, and elite-class enemies.
• Spectacular player abilities: The Rooster Uppercut, Frog Slam, and “Intenso” turbo-combat mode.
• Chickens. Lots and lots of chickens.
Guacamelee! 2
About
Brawling has never been more beautiful! The long-awaited sequel to the smash hit action-platformer is here: Guacamelee! 2 brings luchador Juan Aguacate out of retirement for a stunning new Metroidvania-style adventure, where he must face his greatest challenge yet – one that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of the Mexiverse!
Explore a huge, hand-crafted world inspired by Mexican culture and folklore, filled with sassy new villains and weirdos (and a few old friends!). Learn a deep repertoire of bone-crunching wrestling moves to fend off the skeletal hordes and overcome skillful platforming challenges… and who said anything about a Chicken Illuminati? Certainly not us!
Key Features
• An epic adventure spanning time and space, featuring drop-in 4-player local co-op for you and your best amigos!
• A brand new upgrade system: discover “trainers” around the world, defeat their challenges, and develop your skill sets for movement, combat, and more!
• A vibrant, colorful adventure that takes you from the Mangrove Swamp to Hell itself, featuring twice as many enemy types as the first game and a roster of eccentric new bosses!
• An absolutely fuego electro-Mexican soundtrack, and more gorgeous visuals than ever thanks to a fancy new rendering engine!
• Definitely no secret society of chickens that teaches you ancient chicken abilities previously lost to the ages!
Watch the launch trailer for Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition below.
Stories Untold developer No Code and publisher Devolver Digital have announced Observation, a contemporary sci-fi thriller in which you play a space station A.I. coming to PlayStation 4 and PC in spring 2019.
Observation puts players in control of SAM, the onboard AI of the an Earth-orbiting facility, who assists crew member Dr. Emma Fisher after a mysterious event damages the station and seemingly causes the rest of the crew to vanish. Players also receive a rogue signal with the message “BRING HER.”
SAM is described as a disembodied intelligence who can look through any o the station’s cameras, operate its systems, and take control of certain tools to explore the station and solve puzzles in assisting Dr. Fisher.