Minority Mindset

When TaleWorlds announced they’d be showing off the first gameplay for War Sails yesterday, everyone immediately wanted to know one thing: when the game would actually come out. After so many delays, hints, and predictions, most players expected bad news – likely another pushback of the release date. Some were even making jokes about how TaleWorlds had previously defined ‘early fall’.

The quick video preview shows the new area will be a thick forest with tall, redwood-inspired trees, hanging vines, and spiders that can pull players around. There will also be wooden buildings built into the trees, and various mushrooms throughout the landscape.

Football Manager lets hundreds of thousands of fans fulfill their dream of running their favorite soccer club each year. I’m definitely one of those fans – I’ve already spent over 340 hours playing FM24, and many more hours on previous versions. My friends and I often talk about amazing Football Manager experiences we’ve had, especially with teams like Celtic, Aston Villa, Fulham, Everton, and Crewe.

Tiffany Haddish, known for her roles in ‘Girls Trip’ and ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die,’ will be the voice of Kiesha Phillips, and Arturo Castro, from ‘Tron: Ares’ and ‘Narcos,’ will voice Pablo Sanchez. However, the upcoming animated ‘Backyard Baseball’ short appears to center around the character Stephane “Bubbles” Morgan, and Ego Nwodim, a veteran of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ will voice him. Nwodim recently voiced Twiggy in ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie’.

Pac-Man became a massive hit as soon as it appeared in Japanese arcades in 1980. Created by Toru Iwatani, the game’s design was actually inspired by a pizza with a slice taken out! It was different from the popular space shooter games of the time, and its simple gameplay—eating dots, avoiding ghosts, and navigating mazes—was instantly addictive. Pac-Man even gave its ghosts unique personalities and names—Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde—which was a new level of character development for video games.

Nintendo recently tried to patent a gameplay feature where players throw an item to capture characters – similar to how Pokeballs work in Pokemon. However, as Video Games Chronicle reported, the patent was rejected. Another company provided evidence showing that this capture mechanic already exists in several other games, including Ark, Craftopia, and Monster Hunter 4, proving it wasn’t a unique invention by Nintendo.

Inspired by the PlayStation Backbone One, this controller’s design takes cues from the upcoming game Death Stranding 2, giving it a look straight from the game’s world. It comes in a special, limited-edition, numbered Pelican case. The controller’s colors are pulled from the game’s landscapes, and it features clear windows that let you see the internal components.