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Stellar Blade confirms what we were all waiting for: a DLC with Nier Automata

Stellar Blade garnered many comparisons to Nier: Automata. Many of them undeserved. That doesn’t mean the reason isn’t understood. Both have female protagonists, make their sex appeal a major selling point, and are science fiction action games. Something they also seem to have in common is mutual admiration. Or so it seems because they have decided to collaborate on a DLC that many people assumed would arrive sooner rather than later. Nier Automata arrives in the form of new content to Stellar Blade. Stellar Blade will receive a DLC at the end of this month […]

Stellar Blade garnered many comparisons to Nier: Automata. Many of them undeserved. That doesn’t mean the reason isn’t understood. Both have female protagonists, make their sex appeal a major selling point, and are science fiction action games. Something they also seem to have in common is mutual admiration. Or so it seems because they have decided to collaborate on a DLC that many people assumed would arrive sooner rather than later.

Nier Automata arrives as new content in Stellar Blade

Stellar Blade will receive a Nier Automata DLC at the end of this month. This will include new outfits for its protagonist, Eve, inspired by the characters of Nier Automata, as well as a new photo mode. All of this will be accompanied by the appearance of Emil with his shop in the world of Stellar Blade, offering eleven different special items that will unite both worlds.

In turn, even more importantly, this DLC will include lip-syncing for six more languages. Among them, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Latin American Spanish will be included. Making it more accessible than ever.

The reason for this, according to Shift Up’s chief technology officer, Dongki Lee in a PlayStation blog post, is that Nier: Automata has been a great inspiration for Stellar Blade. Proving that those who said there was an obvious inspiration from Nier: Automata were not crazy. They just had eyes on their face.

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A hair salon simulator is charging a fortune for a DLC to… let the hair grow long

I don’t know how to deliver this news without it sounding like an April Fool’s joke, but I promise you it’s completely true. If you’re gamers, I don’t think it will be hard for you to believe that there is a hairdressing simulator called Hairdresser Simulator, developed by the studio Frozen Way, which was released nine months ago. Today, you can find it at an average price everywhere, and it promises that you will gradually improve your hairdressing skills, discovering how a hairstyle can change someone. Well. Not all hairstyles, apparently. Are you […]

I don’t know how to deliver this news without it sounding like an April Fool’s joke, but I promise you it’s completely true. If you’re gamers, I don’t think it will be hard for you to believe that there is a hairdressing simulator called Hairdresser Simulator, developed by the studio Frozen Way and released nine months ago. As of today, you can find it at an average price everywhere, and it promises that you will gradually improve your hairdressing skills, discovering how a hairstyle can change someone. Well. Not all hairstyles, apparently.

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Believe it or not, if you want to let your clients have long hair, you’ll have no choice but to buy the new expansion for the DLC called, coincidentally, “Long Hair DLC”. And yes, I said “buy”: on December 5th, this paid addition will allow you not only to have longer hair to style, but also new mechanics related to it. One would think that a game about hairdressing should already have an option for all hair lengths from the start, but if they can make a few extra dollars, why not take advantage?

By the way, and to be fair: the DLC will have more than just a simple hairstyle, such as new tools, characters with a unique story (which promises to be exciting) and up to 15 new styles. Steam is certainly buzzing.

Astro Bot will have free DLC with much more content than we had imagined

Astro Bot is winning over all PlayStation 5 players—including us. This little robot has learned the best lessons possible from Nintendo games—not only from Mario—and that is demonstrated in a deep, fun and ever-changing experience. That’s why it’s not surprising that Team Asobi, a studio that has demonstrated its expertise, already has something up its sleeve to keep us hooked in the short term.

The creative director of Astro Bot, Nicolas Doucet, has confirmed that the game will have a free DLC. As we told you a few days ago, this DLC will contain new levels, both for speedrun and challenges, that will test your skills. But that’s not all. It will also add scoreboards to the game, so you can compete with your friends and other players, as well as new VIP Bots. In other words, new robots characterized as video game characters that have not appeared in the game so far.

In addition, they have made another announcement, perhaps the most important of all. This DLC, in addition to being free, will be released this year. That means we won’t have to wait more than three months to enjoy more Astro Bot if we manage to finish it before it comes out. So brace yourselves because there are some good challenges coming.

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Astro Bot has not been released yet, but it has already been a huge success and announces DLC

Astro Bot hasn’t even been released yet and it’s already a resounding success. With its release date set for next Friday, September 6th, the game is already a critical success, being the highest-rated game of the year on Metacritic. And according to everyone, it’s well deserved. Team Asobi’s game is a platformer full of heart, designed with excellence in mind and with an enviable touch. Something we will all soon be able to experience, but not before receiving the news that we will have Astro Bot for a while.

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According to Team Asobi, the development studio, they plan to add some kind of DLC in the future. As they told Video Games Chronicle, they have planned to add ten challenge levels and five speedrun levels via DLC. Whether this will be the final number or whether it will be paid or free DLC is something we do not know yet.

Without an official date or confirmation, it is best to take this information with a grain of salt. But given the enthusiasm of those who have been able to try it, it is difficult not to get excited about the possibility of more Astro Bot. Even if we still have to wait a few hours to start, when it comes out on September 6th exclusively for PlayStation 5.

Star Wars Outlaws will expand its story after its release

Según ha confirmado Ubisoft, Star Wars Outlaws tendrá un pase de batalla que incluirá dos DLCs de historia, que añadirán misiones y cosméticos.

In what remains of 2024, there is no title that has as much traction as Star Wars Outlaws. The new Star Wars game is not only the most anticipated title for a large part of the audience, but it is also one of Ubisoft’s two biggest bets for the current fiscal year. That is why news about it is already starting to come out, given its release date is approaching.

In a blog post, Ubisoft has announced that Star Wars Outlaws will have a battle pass. For those who purchase the game on release day, they will be able to play an extra mission, The Gambit of Jabba. In this mission, you will have to form a team to pull off a massive heist to pay off a debt incurred with the legendary Jabba the Hutt years ago.

Regarding the battle pass, it has been confirmed that the game will have, at least, two story DLCs. The first one is called Wild Card, in which Kay, the game’s protagonist, will enter a Sabbac tournament, a card game from the Star Wars world, where she will meet Lando Calrissian. For the second DLC, A Pirate’s Fortune, you will have to face a group of pirates, helping the famous pirate Hondo Ohnaka. The first DLC will be released in autumn 2024 and the second one in spring 2025.

Both DLCs will also include various cosmetics for the game. As far as we know, these DLCs will only be available through the purchase of the battle pass, and cannot be purchased separately.

Star Wars Outlaws will be released on August 30th for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PlayStation 5, and PC. If you purchase the Gold Edition of the game, you will also have access to the game’s battle pass and will be able to start playing three days earlier, on August 27th. Similarly, if you are a Ubisoft+ Premium subscriber, you will have all the benefits of the Gold Edition as long as you remain subscribed to the service.

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This dead person is very much alive: one of its most beloved characters returns to Tekken

Llega un nuevo personaje a Tekken 8 y, sorprendentemente para sorpresa de muchos, es un personaje que todos dábamos por muerto.

This weekend has been the EVO. If you don’t know it, it is the biggest competitive event in the world of fighting games. Here the best players from all over the globe come together to find out who is the best, every year, in all kinds of games. Generally, the most popular and well-known games are the ones that receive the most attention, but this is a true celebration of video games. That’s why there are also lots of smaller tournaments and exhibitions of lesser-known games.

That means there are a lot of people at EVO. And every fighting game fan looks in its direction. That’s why it’s also the great weekend for video game companies to make genre-related announcements. Something we haven’t exactly been lacking. Even if it’s not difficult to highlight one above the others.

Bandai Namco has taken the opportunity to introduce the new character that will be added to Tekken 8, the third since the game was released earlier this year. This new character will be Heihachi Mishima, one of the most important characters in the Tekken franchise. Confirming in its new trailer that it will also come with an extension of the base game’s story, which will expand with a new chapter that will tell Heihachi’s story, it seems that Tekken 8 still has a lot to say.

And the surprise has been remarkable because, in theory, Heihachi was dead. Although it is not the first or second time he was considered dead, this time it seemed that, after being thrown into a volcano instead of a cliff, they had managed to finish him off. Big mistake. Mishima is still alive and now, among the playable characters, he has another daughter, Reina, who seems to be among his possible allies. Although we still have to find out what his plans are for the future.

How long will we have to wait to know more? Until next autumn. It is then when the release of Heihachi is confirmed. So far, two new characters have already been released, Eddy Gordo and Lidia Sobieska, and with the addition of Heihachi Mishima, there is only one more character left to be revealed to complete the year 1 season pass. So we will have to be attentive to the surprises that Bandai Namco has in store for us.

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The group of people who spent 100 dollars on video game characters and a year later are still waiting for them

Despite everything, there were people who trusted in this disaster. To their sadness, they ended up in debt. Literally.

Do you remember ‘Redfall’? The answer is probably “What are you talking about?”. And that’s because Bethesda’s game was not exactly popular when it was released a year ago. Quite the opposite: it was so full of bugs and so unfunny that Phil Spencer himself had to apologize saying “I’m disappointed. I’m angry with myself”. And, despite everything, there were people who trusted in this disaster. To their sadness, they have come out in debt. Literally.

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‘Redfall’, on release, promised that everyone who bought the deluxe edition would have, among other things, two new heroes through post-launch DLC. Many people trusted and, instead of trying the game on Game Pass, they spent a fortune. One year later, they still haven’t received anything at all.

There are two possibilities: either they are dedicated to fixing issues (which is true, the game is better now than at its launch, although that’s not saying much), or they haven’t even started working on the DLC, which would be concerning twelve months after the promise. The last update we had was in November, where Arkane, their studio, assured that they were still working on the characters and would announce news in 2024.

And here we are. Half a year has passed and there is no news, which has not sat well with those who spent $100. Many were expecting a surprise on May 2nd to celebrate the anniversary, but instead there has been a deafening silence. ‘Redfall’ seems to have died, and those who bet on it have lost all their chips. You’ll see how they trust Bethesda next time. Oh, yes.

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Cities Skylines 2 confirms that its DLC causes the game to stop working

The disaster of Cities Skylines 2 seems to have no end, this time with the DLC breaking the base game and with weeks ahead until it’s fixed.

Making video games is very difficult. We are aware of that. Sometimes things go wrong, or even terribly wrong. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t occasions when one should stop and reflect on what they are doing. Because when a video game is more known for its problems than anything else, there is something fundamentally wrong. Like in the case of Cities Skylines II.

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Cities Skylines II recently released its first paid DLC. The problem is that, following the footsteps of the main game, it has been an absolute disaster. And in trying to fix it, they have only made it worse. A change in the game has caused almost fatal visual glitches, making it unplayable. According to the studio behind the game, Colossal Order, the fix will take at least three weeks. In the meantime, players are left with their buildings as large cement pillars, similar to tombstones, which basically makes the game unplayable.

All of this is preceded by the fact that their DLC, named Beach Properties, was an absolute disaster. Being an update with very little content and causing performance issues in the game, at least one positive thing could be said about it: it worked. Something that is no longer the case due to the solution sought by the studio.

Due to the disappointment of the fans, Colossal Order decided to refund the money to all those who purchased the DLC, make it free and apologize to their audience. By removing it from the game, they have caused a chain reaction that has made the game, de facto, unplayable. Much to the dismay of their fans.

Unfortunately, this is not new for Cities Skylines 2. It was released last October with many performance issues and giving the feeling that it was a game that wasn’t even finished. This led to very negative reviews and numerous complaints from players, which led Colossal Order to promise that they would fix it all. Something that not only has not happened, but seems to be getting worse and worse. This should make them stop for a moment and find out what is causing all these problems with their otherwise extremely promising game.

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Cities Skylines 2 has released such a bad DLC that they will refund everyone who has suffered because of it.

Putting the free DLC within the game and starting a campaign to refund all the money collected for it is no small feat: €9.99 for each purchase.

On March 25th, Cities Skylines 2, which is a game that had not been particularly well received by the public, released a DLC called Beach Properties that included several buildings, right on the beach. In theory, everything seemed fine, but in reality, this additional content was poor and rushed. And after apologizing a thousand times, Colossal Order has done the right thing.

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That is, putting the free DLC inside the game and starting a campaign to refund all the money raised by it. It’s not little: 9.99 euros for each purchase. In addition, the studio, which has emphasized how disappointed it is with itself (“You trusted and in return, we have failed you,” they say), has postponed all the additional content it had prepared for this year until 2025.

Or rather, we should put an asterisk: at least until 2025. For now, the delay of ‘Bridges and ports’, the upcoming DLC, is indefinite, and it is possible that the game (and with it, probably, the saga) will be considered dead if it doesn’t progress. And meanwhile, the console versions of the game are still planned for the coming months, but there is no further news about it. What a mess!

For now, Colossal Order seems to be more focused on addressing this identity crisis and bad press by adding more free content for the Definitive Edition, which, however, will not receive a partial refund because it apparently seems complicated. The community, on the other hand, will play a key role in the future, as they want to question every step of the way to ensure they don’t make the same mistakes again. Will ‘Cities Skylines 2’ be a story of redemption or, as the ranchera song says, are they already dead… no one has warned them?

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According to a dataminer, Elden Ring has mechanics that we have never seen before.

It seems that Elden Ring has a lot of discarded content, as demonstrated by the dataminer Sekiro Dubi, who has even uncovered unused mechanics.

Elden Ring is far from being fully explored. It still has a lot of unknown content, even among those who dedicate themselves to dissecting every last detail. It’s part of its magic. It also helps that we have a DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, on the horizon. But that doesn’t mean that people who want to know everything are patiently waiting for its release.

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A dataminer named Sekiro Dubi has discovered a lot of deleted content from Elden Ring within the game’s source code. Showcasing alternative maps of known areas, previously unknown areas, and mechanics that were not implemented, they have created a nearly 17-minute video full of information. One particular detail stands out for what it would have meant for the game if it had been implemented.

Perhaps the most striking is the Cataclysm mechanic. A system that would allow players to interact with objects on the map, causing different natural disasters to occur in the game. The two examples found are meteorites falling from the sky and snow avalanches causing dramatic changes in the topography of the map. These events would cause certain areas to become inaccessible now, and other previously hidden areas to become passable. Something that would have made Elden Ring even more massive and interesting than it already is.

If they decided not to do it, it was probably because of the cost involved. The most likely reasons for not going ahead with it were that it could generate confusion, make level design much more difficult, and could create situations where players would get stuck without the possibility of reversing the situation.

Is it possible that we will see cataclysms in Shadow of the Erdtree, the Elden Ring DLC? It doesn’t seem likely. This is deleted content from the game, abandoned in the source code, and there is nothing to indicate that they can recover it in the future. At least not for Elden Ring. That doesn’t mean we wouldn’t be excited to see what a studio like From Software can do with a mechanism like the cataclysm. That and, when Shadow of the Erdtree is released, they will surprise us in ways we can’t even imagine at this moment.

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