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Developer Atlus is marking the 25th anniversary of the Persona franchise with some big news, as the studio teased not one but seven new announcements for the series. These reveals won’t be made all at once though, as Atlus tweeted that it’ll spread the silver anniversary announcements out over the course of a year, the first of which will be made in September and the final one coming in Autumn 2022.

“Stay tuned for a year of Persona news, events, and more,” Atlus tweeted with an image that looked vaguely like Grand Theft Persona.

What those announcements could be are up for speculation as they could range from new games through to merchandise drops, but what is interesting is that the tweet came from both Atlus and its western marketing division, Atlus West.

Atlus parent Sega recently confirmed that it would increase efforts to bring games from the developer to western audiences much more quickly than compared to previous efforts which resulted in year-long waits for some titles. Sega’s also looking to bring more of the Atlus library to PC, especially with games like Persona 4 Golden finding great success on the platform.

As for the rest of the franchise, it continues to be a prime intellectual property for Atlus. Last year’s Persona 5 Royal earned positive reviews and sales, while this year saw the series venture into the Muso genre with the spin-off Persona 5 Strikers.

Ghostwire: Tokyo has been delayed into early 2022 in order to ‘protect the health’ of those working on the game.

Announced on Twitter, developer Tango Gameworks thanked fans for their patience, and promised to show more of the supernatural action game in the coming months. “Our new release window will give us the time to bring the world of Ghostwire to life as we’ve always envisioned it,” read the statement:

An update on Ghostwire: Tokyo from @TangoGameworks: pic.twitter.com/hK3TF23A8o

— Ghostwire: Tokyo (@playGhostwire) July 13, 2021

While no specific reasoning was given for the delay, protecting the health of employees could come down to COVID-19 related production problems (particularly amid a recent spike in cases in Japan), or avoiding crunch culture at the studio. It may well refer to both.

Ghostwire: Tokyo was previously set to launch for PS5 and PC this year. It’s the newest game from legendary director Shinji Mikami and his Tango Gameworks studio (The Evil Within) and, while it includes horror motifs, it’s more of an action-adventure game.

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Despite Xbox buying Tango Gameworks’ parent company, ZeniMax Media, PS5 exclusivity deals will be honoured for both Ghostwire: Tokyo and Deathloop. However, Deathloop’s exclusivity will eventually time out, and you can expect Ghostwire: Tokyo to see a similar deal. Microsoft has not yet commented on when Xbox versions of the games could arrive.

It’s far from the only game delayed this year, and it’s a trend that’s set to continue. Ghostwire isn’t even the first game delayed today, with Just Cause Mobile also seeing an unexpected push into 2022.

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Ghostwire: Tokyo, the next game from The Evil Within studio Tango Gameworks, has been delayed. It’s now scheduled to release in early 2022.

“We’ve made the decision to delay the launch of Ghostwire: Tokyo to early 2022. We want to get the game in your hands as soon as possible so you can experience the unforgettable version of a haunted Tokyo that we’ve been hard at work building. At the same time, we’re also focused on protecting the health of everyone at Tango,” reads a line from the developer’s statement. “Our new release window will give us time to bring the world of Ghostwire to life as we’ve always envisioned it.”

“Thank you for being patient as we work to bring you an experience unlike anything else we’ve ever made. We can’t wait to show you more in the coming months.”

In Ghostwire: Tokyo, the city is overtaken by “deadly supernatural forces.” Players use an arsenal of “spectral abilities” to defeat the monsters and learn what truly happened.

Tango Gameworks is now owned by Microsoft as part of the company’s acquisition of ZeniMax/Bethesda. Despite that, Ghostwire: Tokyo will still release as a timed-exclusive on PS5 (and PC) before it comes to Xbox a year after its release.

Ikumi Nakamura was Ghostwire: Tokyo’s creative director until she left in 2019. Leaving Tango was difficult, Nakamura said, but her health came first. She described feelings of burnout.

“You can’t make games if you’re not healthy,” Nakamura said. “I started wondering whether there wasn’t a way for me to make games while feeling better. I took the decision to quit before it was too late. I was running away in a way.”

In other news, yes, you can pet the dog in Ghostwire: Tokyo.

Ten years after its original release, the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is finally getting camera controls as part of the upgraded HD version launching this week on Nintendo Switch.

Dropping this information somewhat out of the blue, Nintendo has announced, via the Japanese Legend of Zelda Twitter account, that the Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD will include camera controls as part of the game for the first time. This was one of the major points of contention for the original release – due to the limited button configuration of the Wii remote and Nunchuk controller and lack of a second stick, it was often tricky to get the game’s camera to sit where you wanted it to be.

【カメラのみまわし】#スカイウォードソードHD では、カメラを自由に回せるようになりました。いろいろな角度から世界を見渡してみてはいかがでしょうか？
（Joy-Con 2本持ちならRスティックを回す。ボタン操作ならLボタン＋Rスティックを回す。） pic.twitter.com/I4g94H2SNi

— ゼルダの伝説 (@ZeldaOfficialJP) July 13, 2021

It was particularly annoying in some of the more enclosed spaces in the game’s dungeons for example, which sometimes required Link to be in a very particular position in order to actually view an item or object that would help to solve a puzzle or progress.

This feature wasn’t included in the HD remaster’s Quality of Life Improvements trailer released a couple of weeks ago, which detailed additions such as autosave, skippable cutscenes, and running at 60fps. Nevertheless, it’s a welcome extra, even if it is controlled a little weirdly when playing without motion controls. Due to the right Joycon stick controlling Link’s sword, you’ll have to hold down the L button before moving the stick in order to control the camera.

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The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword launches this week on 16 July. Are you looking forward to the HD version of Skyward Sword? Will you be playing the game for the first time, or are you jumping back in after a decade? With Breath of the Wild 2 launching next year, and fans speculating that the game will have some links to Skyward Sword, now seems like the perfect time to jump in.

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Square Enix has announced a delay to Just Cause: Mobile, a mobile spin-off game set in the Just Cause universe. Just Cause: Mobile was originally scheduled to launch this year on iOS and Android devices.

Announced in a tweet from the Just Cause: Mobile Twitter account, the game has now been delayed into next year. Like a lot of developers this year, the statement cites the shift to home working due to the COVID-19 pandemic having an impact on the development pipeline.

On the plus side, the team also said that it will be continuing to provide updates on the game via social media, so hopefully we’ll see more of the game soon. Just Cause: Mobile isn’t the first game to have been delayed by the pandemic and changing ways of working, and it likely won’t be the last.

We have an important Just Cause: Mobile announcement to share. pic.twitter.com/zYW8csSSUs

— Just Cause: Mobile (@justcausemobile) July 12, 2021

Just Cause: Mobile was originally announced at the Game Awards last year, and unlike the main single-player Just Cause games, the game is a free-to-play action shooter with co-op and PVP game modes. For the first time in the series, players will not be playing as series mainstay Rico Rodriguez, and will be able to create their own characters from scratch.

The focus of the series has clearly been shifted from single player to multiplayer for this instalment, as the game features 30 player competitive multiplayer alongside a story campaign. But the game will still feature series staples like grappling hooks and wingsuits as well as the series trademark destruction and explosions.

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Just Cause: Mobile is being developed by a new team within Square Enix that doesn’t yet have a name. Avalanche Studios, developers of the mainline Just Cause series seem to have moved on from the franchise, partnering with Microsoft on a new co-op action game called Contraband. If you want to know more about what Avalanche are up to now, check out this story which reveals why they partnered with Xbox – and it’s in part down to Game Pass.

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The long-awaited update for Nier: Automata’s controversial Steam version will finally arrive on July 15 and will include borderless video settings, a Fidelity FX CAS feature, 4K UI textures, and much more.

Shared on Steam, the update notes also reveal that Nier: Automata on Steam will detect if your system has HDR and will boot the game in HDR mode if it does. It will also adjust anti-aliasing functionality, improve the bit rate on cutscenes so they will play in 60 FPS and display in the correct aspect ratio, add a Global Illumination feature, and add ambient occlusions/bloom settings.

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There will also be various bug fixes, including switching between display modes for screenshots, the mouse cursor no longer being displayed when using a controller, stabilizing the frame rate at 60 FPS under defaults settings, and more stability related fixes.

These fixes address many of the complaints levied at this port, although some may still be hoping for an official way to play the game at higher than 60 FPS.

When the Steam version of Nier: Automata was released, it received notably poor reception due to many of the features that will be added in this patch not being present. Square Enix offered no immediate solution, and many fans took it upon themselves to fix many of these issues.

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The problem was made even more bizarre when Nier: Automata was added to Xbox Game Pass on PC, and it was quickly discovered that it was the updated Become As Gods edition rather than the ‘vanilla’ Steam release.

This update will be free to all owners of Nier: Automata on Steam, and you can see the full patch notes below;

Nier: Automata Steam Version Patch Notes

Changes Made

• Borderless Video Settings
  • Borderless video settings have been implemented.
• Fidelity FX
  • A Fidelity FX CAS feature has been added.
• HDR
  • The system will now detect whether HDR has been activated in the Windows display settings, and automatically boot the game in HDR mode if it has.
• Anti-aliasing
  • Adjustments to the anti-aliasing functionality
• UI textures (4K)
  • Approximately 270 UI textures for icons, backdrops and UI elements etc. now support 4K resolutions.
• Cut scenes
  • The bit rate has been improved and all pre-rendered cut scenes adjusted, so they will now play in 60FPS and display in the correct aspect ratio without stretching the picture.
• Global illumination
  • A new “Global illumination” feature has been implemented. This can be set to three different levels; High, Medium or Low.
• Ambient occlusion/ bloom
  • The rendering targets for ambient occlusion and bloom effects have been changed to dynamic resolution based on the game’s resolution.

Bug Fixes

• It is now possible to switch between recently selected display modes for screenshots, such as between full screen and windowed mode or between borderless and windowed mode, by pushing the Alt + Enter keys together.
• The mouse cursor is no longer displayed when using a game pad controller.
• The frame rate has been stabilized at 60FPS under default settings.
• Other stability related fixes have also been implemented.

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The next DLC for the killer shark game Maneater will be released on August 31, Tripwire Interactive has announced. The Truth Quest DLC will launch that day across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, as well as PS4 and Xbox One.

Tripwire announcing the date this week is likely no accident, as this is Shark Week. You can check out a brand-new trailer for Truth Quest below.

As announced previously, Truth Quest features additional narrative elements that continue the storyline of journalist/narrator Trip Westhaven, who is performed by Chris Parnell of SNL, 30 Rock, Archer, and Rick & Morty fame. Westhaven believes he has uncovered new secrets and conspiracies about a killer shark created by the government.

In Truth Quest, you’ll swim through a new location–an island off the coast of Port Clovis, and you can make your shark even deadlier with more evolutions to grow into. The level cap is increased to 40, while there are new enemy creatures to take on. What’s more, the game’s bounty hunter system–which calls in the government to take you down–sees some updates with the Truth Quest DLC. Helicopters will now come after you, while the military forces hunting you down now have more weapons and vehicles.

There are new objectives, too, including “Failure to Communicate” (tail-whip objects to destroy a target) and “Time Trial” (swim through rings in the allotted time).

Truth Quest costs $15/€115/£13. It is not a standalone expansion, so it requires the base game.

Maneater launched for Nintendo Switch in May, but the Truth Quest DLC has not been announced for Nintendo’s hybrid platform.

GameSpot’s Maneater review scored the game a 7/10.

“With the sharply written, hilariously delivered narration and story beats to freshen up the experience as you go along, Maneater becomes a goofy, fish-flopping romp, with a good balance of limbs to sever, boats to wreck, and challenging creatures to render into bite-sized chunks,” reviewer Phil Hornshaw said. “Maneater isn’t a perfect shark simulator, but it is a fun and funny one whose positive adaptations outpace its drawbacks.”