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Marvel RPG On the Way from Aftershock Game Studio

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Aftershock Studios is currently working on an RPG based loosely off the Marvel comics universe. Jay Ong, the Senior Vice President of Games and Innovation at Marvel, had quite a bit to say about the game. “Aftershock is creating something special and we are thrilled to finally announce this news. The game will be the full package: an exciting storyline, epic moments with Marvel super heroes and super villains, and incredible visuals that truly bring our characters to life.”

Aftershock is a relatively unknown studio that was formed from the Los Angeles and San Francisco divisions of another gaming company called Kabam. Aftershock was acquired by FoxNext Games last month and is working on this Marvel RPG as their first project with the new studio.

FoxNext Games was created by 20th Century Fox as a reaction to popular games set in Fox movie universes. The success of Alien: Isolation especially prompted Fox to create FoxNext Games in order to capitalize off pre-existing movie universes for game development purposes.

This new Marvel game will have a connection to the comics universe. There was initially a bit of confusion about whether or not the game would be connected to one of the existing Marvel movie universes. This is especially the case since 20th Century Fox owns the X-Men movie universe and will be working on this game. FoxNext Games division head Salil Mehta was also formerly an executive of The Walt Disney Company, giving him a connection to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

All this being said, it has since been clarified by Aaron Loeb, the President of Studios at FoxNext, that the game won’t be connected to either movie universe. Instead, it will be closer to the comics than anything else. This allows for more Marvel heroes to appear in the game and for Aftershock to have more creative freedom in developing it.

As of right now, there isn’t a release date or even release window for the game. All we know so far is that the game is coming and is being developed by Aftershock. Regardless, we’re bound to hear more about this game as time goes on.

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The release of Atlas Fallen was delayed until August in order to provide the “best possible version”

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Atlas Fallen, an upcoming action role-playing game, has been delayed, according to publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Deck 13. This occurs shortly after a well-received public demonstration, during which new pictures and previews as well as the first gameplay were revealed. The team wants to give the game a bit more time in the oven, even though it appears to be quite promising. The game, originally scheduled to debut on May 16th, will instead do so on August 10th. Deck 13 announced the delay on social media, saying that it was necessary to “give the game some extra time so that we can provide the finest version of Atlas Fallen.”

The company said that it will reveal additional information about the game in the “early summer,” along with “new gameplay videos and your first look at drop-in co-op gameplay.” Atlas Fallen will also be released with a German audio option in addition to the English one. We have high hopes for this because delays are generally seen as positive things these days, and the game already looks great. Are you anticipating this one?

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Game on! During just two days, Resident Evil 4 sales reached 3 million

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Resident Evil 4 is performing quite well for itself, which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Everyone agrees that the remake is a great version of a classic, and it has been a critical and financial success from the start. The game’s publisher, Capcom, announced in a brief statement that it had sold more than 3 million copies in its first two days on the international market. So, to compare, Resident Evil Village reached the same milestone in just four days, whereas Resident Evil 2: Remake sold just as many copies in its first week. In contrast, within five days of its release, Resident Evil 3 sold 2 million copies. Hence, the most recent entry is trending somewhat earlier than the others. Capcom also released an update on the total number of units shipped over the whole series, which presently stands at 135 million units and is accurate until December 31, 2022. It’s difficult to disagree with the publisher when it refers to Resident Evil as its “flagship game series” at this point.

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The Last of Us PC Version’s Joke: Joel’s Screwed Up Face

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We are not exactly certain how Naughty Dog intended The Last of Us: Part I’s PC release to turn out. It’s having to put out fire after fire from people on social media instead of happy tweets and lovely Picture Mode dumps. Technically speaking, the PC options are allegedly a disaster, as seen by the more than 4,000 “mainly unfavorable” user evaluations that have been consistently posted on Steam. Yet, for the coder, this trending tweet feels like the undesired icing on top. Anyone may use it as a punchline to illustrate how broken the PC version is. As freelance writer Kyle Campbell has illustrated here, Joel has undoubtedly experienced better times on Steam.

It’s not exactly the viewpoint Joel will want for future selfies, although we don’t know if the character model appears this way for the entire game. The end of the world has affected him more than usual, as evidenced by his facial hair, which appears to last for days. A truly sad sight. Let’s hope that he has some better days ahead of him. Of course, if you’re playing the game on a powerful computer, Joel doesn’t look like this. Nonetheless, you’d want to assume the port would look at least a little bit better than this because The Last of Us: Part I was even touted with the Steam Deck in a promotional advertisement. Naughty Dog has asked PC customers to submit support queries on its website via Twitter in order to collect comments and identify the problems with this specific version. The developer will want to address these issues right away because they ran flawlessly on the PS5. Many complaints lament frequent crashes, shader problems, and generally subpar performance. Instead of just being a straightforward version that runs on the personal computer, the studio even went so far as to refer to this transfer as being “for PC.” As a result, anticipate thick, quick flows of patches.

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