Category: Games

The next big Nintendo Switch role-playing game, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, releases this Friday, July 26. If you’re interested in the game and want to save a little scratch, Walmart has an offer you may want to consider. The retailer will reportedly sell the Switch-exclusive for $49.94 USD on release day this Friday. This is an in-store deal only, it appears.

It’s a pretty good deal, as Three Houses is a full-price game, normally going for $60 USD. You can visit the Three Houses page on Walmart’s website to learn more, though again, it appears this offer is only available in-store. Walmart is reportedly offering the same $49.94 USD deal on the recently released Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order for Nintendo Switch.

Three Houses represents the Fire Emblem franchise’s debut on Nintendo Switch, though a number of its most notable characters–including Marth, Roy, and Ike–are featured in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

The turn-based tactical role-playing game was originally scheduled to release in Spring 2019, but the game was later delayed the game to Summer.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses takes you to a continent called Fódlan, where the Church of Seiros exists at the center of it all. Similar to previous Fire Emblem entries, your customizable character is an advisor. However, you’re a professor at the Officer’s Academy this time around, with your warriors–who are divided into three houses based on their respective nation–as your students.

For more on Three Houses, check out all of GameSpot’s previous written and video content.

Death Stranding, the ambitious and odd PlayStation 4 game, is one of 2019’s most-anticipated titles. Now, game director Hideo Kojima has revealed its box art and the special-edition SteelBook version. Kojima revealed the new art during a San Diego Comic-Con panel where he spoke about Death Stranding alongside his friend, the movie director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives).

Twitter user kalai_chik was in attendance at the Comic-Con panel and posted images of the box art and SteelBook case on Twitter. They both depict Sam, the main character played by The Walking Dead star Norman Reedus. Not only that, but Kojima brought with him the life-sized BB Pod statue that comes with the $200 USD collector’s edition of Death Stranding. Kojima apparently said he was stopped by Customs coming into the USA because of the baby statue.

You can see all the images below.

Also during the panel, Kojima said it was originally recommended to him that he cast Keanu Reeves in a role in Death Stranding, but the famed game director went with his friend Mads Mikkelsen instead.

Death Stranding launches in November for PS4. A report said the game might also release on Sony’s forthcoming PlayStation 5, but nothing is confirmed at this stage.

For more on Death Stranding, check out GameSpot’s Death Stranding pre-order guide that covers the game’s release date, special edition, bonuses and more.

One of the main celebrity characters in Hideo Kojima’s upcoming PlayStation 4 game Death Stranding is played by Hannibal and Casino Royale actor Mads Mikkelsen. As it turns out, the actor wasn’t the first big name pitched for the role, it seems.

During a San Diego Comic-Con panel this weekend, Kojima and movie director Nicolas Winding-Refn (a friend of Kojima’s, who also has a part in Death Stranding) shared new insight on the much-anticipated and very mysterious game. Among other revelations, Kojima said The Matrix actor Keanu Reeves’ name came up in discussions for Death Stranding. “I originally was recommended Keanu Reeves, but I wanted Mads,” Kojima said, according to a report from Twitter user Kalai_chik who was in attendance.

It seems Reeves is an in-demand actor for video game roles. Polish CD Projekt Red enlisted him for a major role in Cyberpunk 2077. Reeves is having a big year all around, as he starred in John Wick 3, had a memorable cameo in Netflix’s Always Be My Maybe, and voiced a new character in Toy Story 4. He’s currently filming Bill & Ted Face the Music.

Also during the Death Stranding Comic-Con panel, Kojima spoke at a high level about what the game is all about, and well, it still doesn’t make all that much sense.

“You’re alone playing as Sam (Norman Reedus); you’re trying to connect city to city. I can’t speak much but everyone will be playing around the world and we’ll have an indirect connections,” he said. “I’m an Otaku and I felt like my teachers and family didn’t understand me. I came to SDCC 10 years ago and met a lot of people like me, so I think that’s what you’ll get from this game.”

Death Stranding also features characters played by James Bond actress Lea Seydoux as Fragile; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood actress Margaret Qualley plays Mama, while The Last of Us actor Troy Baker portrays Higgs. The Bionic Woman actress Lindsay Wagner plays Amelie, while Guillermo del Toro plays Deadman

A recent report said Death Stranding could come to PS5, but that has not yet been announced. For now, it will be coming to PS4 only on November 8. Pre-orders are now live, and the game’s various special editions–including a $200 collector’s edition–has been unveiled.