Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree and Capcom NEXT Showcase 2024 - Newsletter #20
Welcome to the Twentieth Edition of the Everglow Games Newsletter, We here want to provide you a place where you can view all the most interesting news, articles and videos related to gaming of the week. We also provide a view of games showcases and upcoming game releases of the week. This is your one stop shop for all things gaming.
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Image Credits: FromSoft
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC was released on 21st June and with everyone loving Elden Ring I decided to pick it up and start playing (I know I know I am a bit late to the party - we all games in our backlog that we want to play but never get around to it - Let me know what games you have in your backlog in the comments). I will update you on my progress as the weeks go by of my progress however I am in the middle of play Final Fantasy VII Remake so not sure how quickly I will progress.
In the news recently we have seen that there are some people who has expressed that the DLC is too hard and I talked about this in previous edition of this newsletter but I wanted to highlight the review score from critics. Metacritic score is 95 which means it exceptional and is one point shy of the base game score of 96. I loved Game Informer’s line where they say “The boring but ultimately correct shorthand to summarize Shadow of the Erdtree is that it’s more Elden Ring.”, IGN’s Mitchell Saltzman gave it a 10 and says “It takes everything that made the base game such a landmark RPG, condenses it into a relatively compact 20-25 hour campaign, and provides fantastic new challenges for heavily invested fans to chew on.”
Before we move on the the TLDR news section I wanted to leave you with a few of cool ways I have seen people play the DLC and beat bosses -
Firstly we have BioticNova who plays one handed and beat a DLC boss while eating a donut
Secondly we have MissMikkaa who beat a DLC boss using a DDR mat as the controller
Lastly we have Perrikaryal who beat a DLC boss using her mind
Capcom NEXT Showcase 2024
Image Credits: Future Games Show
With so many showcases throughout the year it can be difficult to stand out and I think the Capcom NEXT showcase did that. They went with interviewing the directors and producers of the games while showing us gameplay while they were talking and also showing trailers in between. However I think the editing could have been better as they showed RE VII on Apple devices in-between Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, they could have edited it show the RE VII section after. They did announce they are working on a new resident evil game but not much more information was given. You can watch the full Capcom NEXT showcase 2024 here.
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess - 19th July 2024
This game was revealed a year ago and it did not capture me as there was a lot going on in the screen during the action, from the colours to sword slashes to things that pop up while fighting, it was a bit much for my eyes. Having watched this latest trailer and seeing people play parts of the demo (which is out now) I think with a little adjustment to the colour of my screen it will not be as bad as I first thought. I do love the setting, I love the rural Japanese mountain environments. I also like action-strategy games and this game has it’s own take on it with things like having a day night cycle where you prepare your strategy in the day and then fight during the night, plus it also like a tower defence game where you recruit ally's and then strategically place them across the area to help you fight off the waves of enemies at night. I am super happy there is a demo which everyone can get stuck into without time limits because it really give a sense of what the game has to offer. Check out the trailer here.
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster - 19th September 2024
Dead Rising was super fun when it first came out so it is cool to see this remaster, especially as we getting graphics improvements from running at higher resolutions, updated textures and updated lighting, it looks very much like a modern game. They also add quality of life improvements such as moving while aiming and auto-save. Check out the trailer here.
TLDR News
Tales of Kenzera: Zau was released three months ago which was reviewed by many outlets to be a good game however just over a dozen employees were layed off from the games developer Surgent Studios. (Eurogamer)
More layoffs at Ubisoft - 33 redundancies have been announced at Ubisoft Toronto due to reorganisation within the studio (gamesindustry.biz)
One of the games I loved playing on my XBOX was Crazy Taxi and they rebooting the franchise with a twist - it will be a MMO driving game (VGC)
Nintendo has said that it wants to avoid scalping of it’s next console by having enough consoles ready to meet the demand. They have also said that that new console will not be impacted by the semiconductor shortage. (gamesindustry.biz)
A man was jailed four month in Nuneaton in the UK for carrying a Legend of Zelda Master Sword Replica in public. Now you might think the sword was big like the size of machete or even bigger but in fact it was only 6 inches long and the man claimed he was just using it as a fidget toy, however in the UK you are not allowed to carry a blade that is bigger than 3 inches and they are very strict on that. (VGC)
If you are one of those people that wanted a Watch Dogs movie then please let me know why? I don’t understand why this movie is being made but it is happening. (Gamespot)
Cool Stuff
Upcoming Games releases this week
Once Human (PC, Android, iOS) - 9th July
Anger Foot (PC) - 11th July
Ark of Charon (PC) - 9th July
Once Human (PC) - 9th July
Wastelander (PC) - 9th July
Current and Upcoming Free/Subscription Games
PC - Epic Games Store
The Falconeer - 4th June to 11th July
PC - Amazon Prime Gaming
Deceive Inc (Epic Games Store) - Available now
Tearstone: Thieves of the Heart (Legacy Games) - Available now
The Invisible Hand (Amazon Games App) - Available now
Forager (GOG) - Available now
Card Shark (Epic Games Store) - Available now
Heaven Dust 2 (Amazon Games App) - Available now
Soulstice (Epic Games Store) - Available now
Wall World (Amazon Games App) - Available now
Hitman Absolution (GOG) - Available now
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (GOG) - Available now
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Epic Games Store) - 11th July
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 – The Sith Lords (Amazon Games App) - 11th July
Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX (Epic Games Store) - 11th July
Samurai Bringer (Amazon Games App) - 11th July
XBOX Game Pass games
Journey to the Savage Planet (Cloud, Console, and PC) - Available now
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC) - Available now
Cricket 24 (Cloud, Console, and PC) - 9th July
The Case of the Golden Idol (Cloud, Console, and PC) - 9th July
Neon White (Cloud, Console, and PC) - 11th July
Tchia (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series X/S) - 11th July
Magical Delicacy (Cloud, Console, and PC) - 16th July
Flock (Cloud, Console, and PC) - 16th July
PlayStation Plus
Borderlands 3 (PS4, PS5) - Available now
NHL 24 (PS4, PS5) - Available now
Among Us (PS4, PS5) - Available now
Genshin Impact PlayStation Plus Pack - 16th July
Nintendo Switch Online - NES Games
Urban Champion - Available now
Golf - Available now
Donkey Kong Jr Math - Available now
Mach Rider - Available now
The Mystery of Atlantis - Available now
Solar Jetman - Available now
Cobra Triangle - Available now
That’s it for this week on Everglow Games.
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