One studio's taken a stand on Gaza from inside its own storefront, Final Fantasy Resonance explains its new Visions system, two more games land on GOG, and ten trailers rolled in overnight, led by three Resident Evil remakes hitting Switch 2.
Deals and sales
Penguin Colony pulls itself from sale in Israel
Origame Digital, the studio behind 2021's Umurangi Generation, has banned sale of its newly released Penguin Colony in Israel and used the game itself to call out the games industry over the Palestinian genocide. Umurangi Generation built its name on a similar streak of anti-colonial, anti-neoliberal commentary folded into a first-person photography game. Penguin Colony is Origame's second release.
Source: Rock Paper Shotgun
News
Final Fantasy Resonance's Visions change how the party grows
Final Fantasy Resonance lands on PS5 on 22 October, and PlayStation Blog's gone deep on its Visions system. Visions are equippable companion assists, 26 of them pulled from across the Final Fantasy series (Cloud, Sephiroth, Lightning and Noctis among them) plus a few originals from Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. Fighting with one earns mastery points that unlock further bonuses, and each Vision carries its own role, Breaker or Saboteur, so you shape a character's combat style rather than following one fixed growth path. The showiest bit is the Resonance finisher, a cinematic move that triggers once every enemy on screen is staggered at once.
Source: PlayStation Blog
Neyyah is out now on GOG
Neyyah has landed on GOG: a first-person point-and-click adventure built around observation and logic, set in a strange, secretive world with its own peculiar landscapes and bizarre cultures. GOG's own announcement doesn't mention a price.
Source: GOG
Road Redemption revs up on GOG
Road Redemption is also on GOG now, an action racer that wears its Road Rash and Motorstorm influence openly. You lead a motorcycle gang across the country, earning your keep through races, assassinations, robberies and whatever else crosses your path.
Source: GOG
Trailers
We Were Here Tomorrow is out now
The latest in the We Were Here co-op puzzle series is out now. Grab a partner and head into the mysterious Norček Industries facility, talking each other through asymmetric puzzles over walkie-talkie while you work out what happened to the facility's missing research team.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube), also reported by Xbox (YouTube)
Faraway gets its release date
Faraway, a randomly generated, minimalist arcade-puzzle game about a shooting star designing constellations to stay alive, has a release date out of PlayStation's own channel. It's built for quick sessions or long ones, PlayStation says.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Mortal Shell II gets its Rotten Autumn update
Mortal Shell II's Rotten Autumn update is out, adding a photo mode, new dungeons, new Tarstones, a new soundtrack and new skins.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort launches this week
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort launches 22 October, exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2. It's set at Spocco Resort, with 12 motion-controlled sports on offer: classics like archery, basketball, boxing and tennis, plus new additions including skateboarding.
Source: Nintendo (YouTube)
Fantasy Boy announced for PS5
Fantasy Boy is coming to PlayStation 5, a hand-drawn, hand-animated 2D platformer inspired by old-school classics. You play as Boy, exploring a colourful fantasy world and battling enemies along the way.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
NTE adds new character Akane Rin
NTE: Neverness to Everness's second half of update V1.4, "For Whom the Verses Mourn," kicks off 21 October with new S-class character Akane Rin joining the roster, alongside a cover of "God Knows..." landing the same day.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
Crystal of Atlan crosses over with Ghost in the Shell
Crystal of Atlan's Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. collaboration is live, adding a Simulated Warzone mode where you pilot a Tachikoma through tactical training grounds.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
House Flipper 2 renovates its way onto Switch 2
House Flipper 2 is out now on Nintendo Switch 2. Buy, fix up and sell houses, or build from scratch, solo or with up to three mates in online co-op.
Source: Nintendo (YouTube)
Three Resident Evil remakes land on Switch 2
Resident Evil 2 Deluxe Edition, Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition are all out now on Nintendo Switch 2.
Source: Nintendo (YouTube)
BeamNG.drive crashes onto PS5
BeamNG.drive, the soft-body physics driving sim, is out now on PS5.
Source: PlayStation (YouTube)
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