2064: Read Only Memories has released the first issue of its comic sequel, simply titled Read Only Memories. The comic, which is published by IDW, follows the events of the game, and features Lexi Rivers working as a private investigator in a beach town 50 miles away from Neo-San Francisco.
According to the press release description of the issue, “her usual work of tracking down promiscuous partners gets turned upside down when the seemingly simple case of finding a robot’s human lover drops her into the middle of the town’s feuding factions.”
The main story in this issue was written Sina Grace, with art by Stefano Simeone. It also features a short story titled Angels Don’t Cry, written by Mary Kenney and drawn by Christina Antoinette Neofotistou. The 36-page first issue has a standard cover and two variants, all shown below. The comic is available in both physical and digital forms.
Read Only Memories will run for four issues, with the second part releasing in January 2020. A preview of the first issue is available online.
2064: Read Only Memories is an adventure game developed by Midboss, and it received an 8/10 in our 2015 review. Reviewer Daniel Starkey praised the game for its tackling of important issues of identity. “In the face of a world and a society that is still struggling to accept lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and transgender people, ROM clearly says that if you can relate to a pretend gender-fluid robot, you can relate and connect with anyone. It’s a bold, declarative statement backed with aesthetic skill on nearly every front. ROM is a resounding success and one of the most affecting adventures I’ve ever had.”
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Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will cover the entire Dragon Ball Z story, from the Saiyan Saga all the way to Buu, when it releases on PS4, Xbox One, and PC on January 17, 2020. It will even cover the series’ filler content, including the episode where Goku and Piccolo learn to drive. But until now, one element of the classic Dragon Ball Z experience had been missing from previews–the iconic opening theme song.
We’re not talking about Rock the Dragon from the original English release here; Dragon Ball Z Kakarot opens with the original Japanese theme, Cha-La Head Cha-La, alongside scenes from the game that sometimes match with the original anime opening. The opening of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, featuring the tune that debuted alongside the series in 1989, is below.
While Goku is the main star of the game, you’ll also play as numerous other characters in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, including Gohan, Vegeta, and the fused Vegito.
Preorder bonuses are shown at the end of the trailer above, and include a unique subquest, an additional cooking item, and early access to training with Bonyu, a new character designed by series creator Akira Toriyama.
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2020 is almost here, so we’ve asked GameSpot’s staff to share which games they’re looking forward to most in the new year. New consoles are going to dominate the headlines, but at the end of the day it’s all about the games, and there are a ton of exciting ones to look forward to. When you’re done reading this entry, follow along with all of our other end-of-the-year coverage collected in our Best of 2019 hub and our Most Anticipated of 2020 hub.
The Last of Us is one of my favorite games of the decade, and back in 2013, I probably would have told you it had the perfect ending. I wouldn’t have thought it needed a sequel, or that I particularly wanted one. But the more I see of The Last of Us Part II, the more I remember how much I loved those characters–and I desperately want to see more of Ellie and her story.
Part II takes place a few years after the events of the first game, and from what we’ve seen of Ellie so far, she looks different. Hardened. Mad. The bits of gameplay Naughty Dog has shown portray a ruthless fighter; she moves fluidly from one action to the next, though she’s still pretty scrappy. If I didn’t know for certain the combat we saw at E3 2018 was all real-time and player-driven, I would have assumed some of it was scripted, given how natural it all looks.
Writer/director Neil Druckmann said that, along with an overhauled engine, new combat mechanics, and a new stealth system, the team “revamped [their] animation system to fully express Ellie’s desperation, resourcefulness, and unique agility.” I’m interested to see how the combat has evolved mechanically since 2013, but more than that, I’m excited to see exactly how Ellie has changed and how her personality and emotional state are expressed through her movements.
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Games have the unique potential to portray traditional narrative beats–story, characters, themes–through actions you take as the player, and this is one of my favorite things about the medium. The Last of Us did an excellent job of it already, and I can’t wait to see if Part II ends up taking it further. I’m also personally so excited to play as Ellie in general; I identify with her much more than I did Joel, and I want to see how that affects my experience in this world, if at all.
Most recently, we learned that The Last of Us Part II has been delayed from February to May 2020. Some people take game delays as a bad sign, but I often see them as positives for both the final version of the game and the people working on it. If a game needs more time, it needs more time. And The Last of Us Part II is a game I’m willing to wait for–even if I also really want to play it right now.
First up, the new holiday trailer encourages you to “give the gift of mayhem” this Christmas. You could certainly do worse–Borderlands 3 earned an 8/10 in our review.
The new DLC, which launches December 19, has been shown off as part of The Borderlands Show, which can be watched below. This includes sections and gameplay that we have not seen yet, giving us a taste of how the heist will go. There’s about 15 minutes of footage from the campaign in here, followed by discussion about the game.
The sale, which includes the newly released Stadia version of the game, takes 35% off the price of the standard, deluxe, and super deluxe versions of the game. The discount runs on different dates for each separate version of the game, but here’s when you’ll be able to get the discount:
Stadia: December 17 – January 7
Xbox One: December 19 – January 2
Epic Games store: December 19 – January 7
PlayStation 4: December 20 – January 6
Borderlands 3 has continued to update with new content since launch; if you want to play with any friends who get the game for Christmas, make sure you’ve downloaded the latest updates.
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Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV series is currently seeking members of the New Zealand public to play orcs. Specifically, according to LadBible‘s reporting on what casting agents are seeking, they’re after people who have “wonderful noses” or “character faces,” and people who are either over six feet tall or under five feet.
Two casting agencies are reaching out in the hope of finding orcs for the series, and are reportedly looking for people of any background and ethnicity with a lot of freckles and hair. As the Lord of the Rings movie series was also filmed in New Zealand, it’s theoretically feasible that some of the extras who played orcs in the movies could return.
According to LadBible, they’re also seeking “long lithe dancers,” “stocky mean-looking bikers,” and “redheads of all ages, shapes and sizes,” to portray orcs in the series. The idea, they say, is to find people whose inherently interesting faces will require less make-up.
According to stuff.co.nz, the casting calls for Lord of the Rings–for orcs or otherwise–are now “urgent,” as Amazon looks to get moving on their enormous fantasy series.
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings has already been renewed for a second season before the first has been filmed. Morfydd Clark has been cast as a young Galadriel for the show, while Will Poulter has left the show over a scheduling conflict. The show will be set during the Second Age of J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantasy world.
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Right now, you can nab the entire Dead Space trilogy for less than $15 USD if you have an Xbox Live Gold membership. And since all three games are Xbox One backwards compatible, you don’t have to pull out your Xbox 360 to play them. Additionally, all three will be playable day one on Xbox Series X as well.
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I’ll defend the Dead Space trilogy (including the third entry, warts and all) to my dying breath. Developed by Visceral Games, the Dead Space trilogy pushed the envelope when it came to horror games–providing an over-the-shoulder, more action-focused variation to the survival horror genre that encouraged you to quickly take careful aim and shoot enemies in specific places. All three games are incredibly immersive, utilizing a minimalistic hud and environmental storytelling to bring the player into the life of Isaac Clarke, a simple engineer who’s repeatedly tasked with combating a horrifying, zombie-like threat called the necropmorphs.
Bake ‘n Switch, which was revealed during the recent Switch Indie World Showcase, is a co-op baking game that looks a lot like Overcooked but with baking buns rather than working kitchens, and with combat thrown in. The game, which is coming to PC as well as Switch, has now announced a release window.
Bake ‘n Switch be available in summer 2020–that’s the American summer, which could be winter, depending on your region. It’s available to wishlist on Steam now. This is the first console game from developer Streamline games; the studio previously developed Nightstream for mobile devices.
The game will feature battles and boss fights alongside all the baking, which should make for an interesting combination. You’ll need to beat the buns up before you can hurl them into the oven for cooking, for example. There will also be a PvP mode, where teams compete to bake the most dough.
The game will be playable at numerous consumer events throughout 2020 in the lead up to its eventual release.
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