‘Resident Evil 4’ and ‘Final Fantasy’ Open Game Ad Season

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The month of June is the period when the biggest companies in the video game industry are dedicated to making game announcements for the coming years. With E3 out of the picture, the mood for the season has cooled. Today, publishers are dedicated to their own independent events, which try to preserve some of that spirit.

Last Thursday (2), it was Sony’s turn with the State of Play. The Japanese company has announced some of the top PlayStation games of the coming months.

The State of Play is part of the Summer Game Fest, an event led by Geoff Keighley that will be held this Thursday (9), at 4 pm. The festival tries to take the place of E3 and will bring together dozens of third-party companies (those that do not produce consoles) this year.

Highlights of the event were the announcement of the long-awaited remake of “Resident Evil 4” and the release of the trailer for “Final Fantasy XVI”, the first game in the franchise’s main series since 2016. Both will arrive on PS5 in 2023.

One surprise was the announcement of the PC version of “Marvel’s Spider-Man”, following Sony’s recent trend of giving up console exclusivity for some games, as it did with “Horizon Zero Dawn” and “God of War”. The Spider-Man game comes to computers on August 12 this year.

The new generation of consoles, represented by the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X, is still not well defined. Because of the lack of electronic components, consoles have had a hard time reaching consumers. So the companies are still insisting on a hybrid release — making the new titles also available for the previous generation, PS4 and Xbox One.

Even so, Sony reveals some of its intentions for the coming years. One of the bets is the PlayStation VR 2, a new version of the virtual reality glasses. The company announced four games on the platform, including an expansion of “Horizon Forbidden West”, which was released in March of this year for PS4 and PS5.

But State of Play also paid attention to some smaller titles. This is the case of “Stray”, in which the player plays a cat to solve mysteries of a futuristic city, and the indies “Season: A Letter to the Future” and “Rollerdrome”. All three will be launched in the second half of this year.

“God of War: Ragnarok”, the long-awaited sequel to the 2018 game, did not receive new details. The title is Sony’s main bet for this year.

In addition to the Summer Game Fest, other companies also set aside a specific day to announce news. Microsoft’s Xbox & Bethesda Showcase event takes place next Sunday (12). Two of the most anticipated games by the company’s studios, “Starfield” and “Redfall”, were delayed to 2023 recently.

Electronic Arts switched the annual EA Play to focus on specific ads. Last week, the studio unveiled the new “Star Wars Jedi: Survivor”, the sequel to “Fallen Order”, released in 2019.

Nintendo has not yet announced a Direct for June – the last one took place in February this year. Ubisoft also did not confirm whether it will hold any such event this month.

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game tip, new or old, for you to test

Vampire Survivors

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If you’re looking for a cheap and not simple game, Vampire Survivors is an indie title that went viral on Steam because of its difficulty. In it, the player controls a character through various maps while weapons are automatically equipped and monsters start appearing little by little. The objective is just to survive.

update

news, launches, business and what else matters

• “Sonic Frontiers” won a six-minute video that shows new open world scenarios -the first “Sonic” of its kind- and how combat will work in the game. The game will hit major platforms later this year.
• Nintendo released last Wednesday (1st) a new trailer for “Pokémon Scarlet and Violet”. new creatures and characters, the game will be open world and will have the option of multiplayer with up to four players.
• Super Nintendo World, Universal Studios Hollywood’s theme park based on the Japanese giant’s franchises, opens its doors in early 2023 in the United States. One of the main attractions will be “Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge”, a virtual reality version of the company’s racing game.
• The PlayStation 5 has sold 20 million units worldwide, according to Gamesindustry.biz. The console was launched in November 2020 and was affected by the lack of electronic components caused by the pandemic.
• The Brazilian game “Blazing Chrome” is now available for Nintendo Switch (R$ 29.99). Launched in 2019, the title was developed by JoyMasher and can also be played on PC, PlayStation and Xbox. The game is inspired by classics run and gun, such as “Against”.
• Producer Shinji Hashimoto retired from Square Enix last Tuesday (31). In the company, he was ahead of the main games of the franchises Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts. On Twitter, the executive said that he will now support the developer’s works only as a fan.

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games that will be released in the next few days and promotions that are worth it

7.jun

• “SpellForce III Reforced”: BRL 199.50 (PS 4/5), BRL 184.95 (Xbox One/X/S)

8.jun

• “Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II”: R$41 (Nintendo Switch)

June 9

• “Demon Slayer – The Hinokami Chronicles”: R$ 299.95 (Nintendo Switch)

10.jun

• “Mario Strikers: Battle League”: R$299 (Nintendo Switch)
• “The Quarry”: R$ 349.90 (PS 4/5, PC), price not available (Xbox One/S/X)

Promotions of the week

• The PC version of “Wolfenstein: The New Order” is free until next Thursday (9) on the Epic Games Store. The game produced by MachineGames and distributed by Bethesda revitalizes the series that popularized the first-person shooter genre.

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