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Shenmue’s Ryo and more accidentally revealed for Project X Zone 2
After the bombshell of an announcement at the Tokyo Game Show last week, you’d think it would be a while until anymore characters would be confirmed for Project X Zone 2, the crossover strategy RPG sequel. Well, it seems like a couple more characters have been accidentally leaked.
Ryo is dead centre – between the succubus and the space reporter. Bet you didn’t think you’d be reading a sentence like that today.
Japanese website Games Talk uploaded some images from the Korean localisation of the game, which seem to show previously unknown characters. The most prominent being Ryo Hazuki, the main character of the Shenmue series. His inclusion will be no doubt most welcome given the series’ popularity, especially since Shenmue 3 was announced earlier this year at E3. It’s not known where he’ll be part of a Pair Unit or as a Solo Unit (my money’s on Solo) but, regardless, his inclusion is bound to make some people very happy.
More screens also show off two more Solo Units; the most notable being Estelle from Tales of Vesperia, who is slightly cut off in the image. In the last game, she was in a Pair Unit with Yuri but seems to have swapped places with Flynn this time around.
There she is on the far left.
The other Solo Unit seems to be Ingrid, a character who debuted in a previous crossover game, Capcom Fighting Evolution. She later appeared in Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX for the PSP, where it was revealed she was a time traveler who came back in time to retrieve her Psycho Power, which had been stolen by Street Fighter villain M. Bison (Street Fighter’s continuity is weird). There’s no official confirmation that it’s her but the sprite seen in the image bears a close resemblance.
Girl in blue at the bottom of the top panel.
Here’s what she looks like in Street Fighter.
Project X Zone 2 will be released for the 3DS in February in America and Europe (Japan will get it this November) and will star various characters from Capcom, Sega and Namco franchises, including Dante and Vergil from Devil May Cry, Phoenix Wright from Ace Attorney, Kazuma and Goro from Yakuza: Dead Souls, Axel Stone from Streets of Rage, Jin and Kazuya from Tekken, Natsu from Soul Calibur V and even Nintendo characters – Chrom and Lucina from Fire Emblem Awakening and Fiora from Xenoblade Chronicles.
New World Interactive, the developer of the Insurgency series of tactical first-person shooters, has laid off an unknown number of employees as part of Embracer Group’s comprehensive restructuring plan.
Saber Interactive, which acquired New World in 2020, told Eurogamer that the studio had not closed. However, it confirmed an unknown number of layoffs.
Embracer says it is “actively working to fill existing open roles” with impacted employees and will provide severance packages. “Saber also assures that development will continue on Insurgency: Sandstorm, as well as on unannounced future projects,” it said.
Over 900 employees were laid off in an “agonizing” but “necessary” process. As always, we hope all victims recover.
Sony wants non-console owners to access its content beyond its PlayStation-walled garden. This strategy has been slowly implemented: the company has commissioned TV and movie adaptations of its biggest franchises, ported select software to the PC, and launched a mobile gaming division.
In an interview with Nikkei, head Hideaki Nishino explained how this strategy can boost console sales: We want to use movies and dramas to get non-gamers to try PlayStation games. Sales of The Last of Us increased during the live-action drama.
When HBO’s adaptation aired, our The Last of Us content skyrocketed, so we can understand its impact. As a PlayStation fan site, we support this strategy because we want to reach as many people as possible, so if Sony can appeal to non-console owners, that’s a win-win.
More PlayStation users is better, in our opinion.
PowerWash Simulator is one of this month’s PS Plus Essentials, but before you start scrubbing, check out the PS Store. The game has been well supported on PS5 and PS4 with free DLC packs based on Square Enix titles since its release at the start of the year.
Free Final Fantasy VII and Tomb Raider expansions let you clean Croft Manor and Seventh Heaven. The free DLC packs add 10 levels, and the paid ones add more.
Two more Back to the Future and SpongeBob SquarePants expansions cost £6.49 or $7.99 each. You can then scrub the Bikini Bottom and the DeLorean.
The Midgar Special Pack for PowerWash Simulator was another reason to use the cleaning kit. “It doesn’t add much, but getting close to FF7’s props and environments is fun. It offers a fresh take on the beloved title that will please both sides of this collaboration.”
Have you tried the latest PS Plus Essential game?
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