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Episode 6 arrives on December 9 The time has come for the western edition ofPhantasy Star Online 2to meet the original Japanese release. As announced on Sega’s official blog,PSO 2is getting its major Episode 6 update on December 9. The main sticking points: more main story quests, an enhanced level cap of 95, more classes (Etoile/Phantom), more quests in general, and another difficulty setting for hardcore users (Ultra-Hard, or “UH”). It’s…a lot!...

PSN will be undergoing some scheduled maintenance today, meaning you won’t be able to access it for a somewhat lengthy period of time. The service is expected to go down around 8 am (Pacific Daylight Savings Time) and won’t be back until 5 pm (again, Pacific). Now, granted, the average person has work or some other responsibilities to take up their time during this period, unlike nocturnal bloggers whose work shift should be wrapping up around then....

We’ve been keeping our eye on thelawsuit filed byToo Humandeveloper Silicon Knightsagainst Epic, which claims breach of contract in SK’s licensing of Epic’s Unreal Engine 3, among many other claims.Next-Gen.bizhas the latest update to this battle, this time from Epic, and it looks like things are beginning to get messy. It seems that they are pushing back against SK’s criticisms of Epic’s recently filed counterclaim and motion for dismissal. From the filing that Next-Gen acquired: “SK simply wants to defer any consideration of the sufficiency of its pleading so it can oppress Epic with burdensome and expensive discovery....

You look like you’re made of meat! One particular facet of video games that has always fascinated me is games where you attempt to make someone happy. I don’t just mean rescuing the princess at the end of a campaign of violence, I’m talking specifically about games where the crux is to solve people’s problems to complete the game. Since the dawn of video games, combat has been central. If it wasn’t conflict, it was the competition of sports....

Stop having so much fun We are bearing down on the release of the super-kooky lookingSNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy,which sees a band of the legendary developers classic characters, plus some newbie-nobodies from recent years, band together to engage in fun-filled fighting. SNK gathered together four ofTag Team Frenzy’svoice actors for a livestream, where they took a look at the game’s goofy customisation mode and then took some of their favourite girls into battle....

Or he’s moving to PlayStation The lines have been drawn — Snoop Dogg might be moving to PlayStation. According to Snoop, Microsoft’s servers have been out of sorts lately, leading to an Instagram takedown message, addressing the Xbox One’s online performance. In the words of the D Oh Double G himself: “A message to Xbox One or Microsoft or whoever the fuck…y’all fucking servers fuckin’ whack man. Y’all going to make me switch to PlayStation if y’all don’t ever get this shit fixed....

A spellbound RPG where your songs can shape the world Eastshade Studios have announced their next project, this time headed into the world of both magic and music.Songs of Glimmerwickis a witchcraft academy RPG aiming for a PC and console launch in 2023. As you might guess, Eastshade Studios is the team behind thewell-liked painting adventureEastshade. Rather than the canvas, though,Songs of Glimmerwicklooks to notes, scales, and chords. Using the power of song, magic users in the world ofGlimmerwickcan commune with trees, turn tools into their animated helpers, and shift the earth....

At last, you have made it to the end of theFreestar Collective questline. And now, you know who has been behind everything related to the attacked farmers and The First. Your last action as a Freestar deputy in The Hammer Falls quest is a tough one — you must choose to spare or kill Ron Hope, removing him from the universe ofStarfield. With the previous mission finished, you learned the shocking truth from The First’s leader, Paxton Hull....

Telltale Games has announced that the fourth in their five-partStrong Badseries,Dangeresque 3, will land on Wiiware and PC next Monday, November 17. The episode has Strong Bad and company working on an action-crime drama,Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Perspective, and likely will be — as we’ve come to expect — funny. There will also be clicking of things involved. Also revealed is that dragon man Trogdor will burninate the final episode of the series....

Shaking booty, making sweet love all the night The Good Lifewas an ambitious looking game helmed by Swery65 (ofDeadly Premonitionfame) that took to crowdfunding site Fig to get backing. It failed pretty damn hard and it seemed like the end was nigh. Swerythen saidhe’d try again on Kickstarter the following March. If you were miffed the game failed and wanted to pledge support, today is your lucky day! The game isnow availableon Kickstarter and has a much lower funding goal than before....

I wouldn’t mind more Nobunaga?s Ambition games either After the initial release and success ofPokemon Conquest, we haven’t really heard anything about a potential sequel — that is, until the Executive Vice President of Tecmo Koei, Hisashi Koinuma recentlydropped a juicy hint. Siliconera is reporting that by way of Twitter, Koinuma responded to a fan question regarding a sequel with “Well, there was a lot of unfinished material for Pokémon Conquest…” Now, that obviously isn’t solid confirmation, but it’s clear that high ranking folks over at Tecmo Koei at least care about the franchise....

Too Spoopy 4 Me Supermassive Gameshas announcedthat its upcoming VR ghost trainThe Dark Pictures: Switchback VRwill no longer meet its previously announced February 22 release date — The spooky-ooky title will now be jump scaring onto the PSVR2 platform on March 16. “It has always been our aim to release in the launch window of the new PlayStation VR2 headset but it is also massively important to us that you, the players, receive the most polished, terrifying experience possible when you strap in for your first ride inThe Dark Pictures: Switchback VR,”writes Supermassive Games in a press statement....

Promoted from our Community Blogs! [Dtoid Community Blogger Logan Janes shares a touching story about how video games gave he and his father a platform on which to discuss the big questions in life and grow together. Want to see your own words and thoughts and ideas appear on the front page?Share with us!–Occams Electric Toothbrush] There was a cold room in the back of my parents house. It was a shoddy add on by the land lord to add value to a crummy brick house....