Smash Ultimate’s Version 3.0 With Joker From Persona 5 Ready To Take Your Heart Later Today

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is finally getting it’s long awaited 3.0 update along with the first of 5 fighters included in the Fighters Pass. Joker from Persona 5 makes his grand debut later tonight when the update hits, and he’s bringing the rest of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts with him. Included in the first pack, you will get Joker, his new stage Mementos, as well as a variety of assorted goodies like a new spirit board with Persona 5 characters, a new Classic Mode route, and 11 music tracks. Mementos, the palace of society’s combined hearts, will be the first new stage added to Ultimate. The default version is obviously inspired by Persona 5, however, it has a neat little secret. When music is played from either Persona 3 or Persona 4, the stage will change colors to match the theme of the respective game. After enough time, the Phantom Thieves will show up and cheer Joker on from the background after arriving in the Morgana car. Morgana also shows up to let Joker know he’s looking cool when he taunts. Joker also has unique victory screens inspired by the ones from Persona 5 after winning a battle. His final smash, ‘All out Attack’ is also taken from the game and has him teaming with the Phantom Thieves to take down his opponents in stylish fashion. Joker’s moveset looks to be incredibly detailed, even including a gauge to summon his Persona, Arsene. If you’d like to check out the full details of all of the technical aspects of his moves, be sure to watch the 15 minute video at the bottom of the post. On top of all of that, new Mii Fighter costumes will be available for purchase for 75 cents a piece. A total of 6 new ones will be available including the main protagonists of Persona 3 & 4, supporting characters Teddie and Morgana, as well as Tails and Knuckles from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The free content arriving with 3.0 is also pretty massive. Stage Builder is making it’s return to the series and it has a considerable amount of upgrades over it’s previous iterations. You can now edit front and back layers of stages, allowing for much more customization. You can add moving platforms and many new elements including a warp zone which teleports you around the stage. While in handheld mode, you can draw stages using the touchscreen. Stages will also be shareable in game now, so players from around the world can enjoy your creations, or you could check out the creativity of others. A new Video Editor will also be added allowing you to splice videos together, put background music and subtitles, and even add transitions. It’s all very powerful stuff for a free editor in a game. All of this new content will be able to be shared via a new ‘Share Content’ hub. Mii fighters, stages, and videos will all be able to be shared and downloaded to your heart’s content. You can even follow creators if you find their content to be to your liking. ‘Smash World’, a new service being added to the Nintendo Switch Online app, will also be available today. This will allow you to browse videos, stages, and in game notifications without actually starting up the game. If you find a file that you want to bring into the game, you can queue it up for download the next time you boot it up. You will also be able to browse spirits that you own and even create new spirit teams all from the app. All of this content will be available later tonight at 9pm EST/ 6pm PST. Joker from Persona 5 as well as his stage and spirits will be available for all Fighters Pass owners, or as a separate $5.99 purchase if you’d prefer. Stage Builder, Video Editor, Shared Content, and Smash World will be available for all players for free. With the amount of attention to detail put into pack 1, we can’t wait to see what the other 4 contain.

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Coming Later In 2019

Xbox Game Pass has been a hit since it launched in 2017 and Microsoft continues to grow the program even more. Yesterday during the latest Inside Xbox episode, the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate was officially revealed after being leaked not too long ago. The service has grown to have over 200 games available to play with a diverse lineup. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate will include all of the benefits of Xbox Live Gold with Xbox Game Pass. Combining the two services into one makes the price at a convenient $14.99 a month. There wasn’t a specific date when the offer will go live, but we can expect it sometime this year. Another big announcement from the latest Inside Xbox episode was the All-Digital Edition of the Xbox One S that will be launching this June at a price of $249.99 USD. Source  

Minecraft Android, Windows 10, Xbox One: 1.12.0.2 Beta Build is Out Now

There has been a lot of betas in Minecraft’s history. From using Google+ to the Xbox Insider Program, features and bugs have come and gone. But now a 1.12 beta has been released and it is focused on content creators Some of the new features are: New items can now be created, complete with scripting events! Command blocks now have auto-complete & have a delay option New APIs added: item, inventory, block, executeCommand, Event Data   Remember to submit bug reports here Source

Xbox One S All-Digital Edition Officially Announced By Microsoft

After being leaked as ‘Xbox Maverick’, Microsoft has finally announced the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition during the latest Inside Xbox episode. The new console offers a new option to fans who don’t care for physical versions of games. With how Xbox Game Pass has done since its launch it’s no question that the all-digital Xbox One S will do just fine and as the years go on the more the industry focuses on digital. The Xbox One S All-Digital Edition will come bundled with three of Microsoft’s most popular games in Minecraft, Forza Horizon 3, and Sea of Thieves. The price of the console will be $50 USD cheaper than the regular Xbox One S and that comes to a total of $249.99 USD. The console comes with 1 TB of space and of course, a wireless controller. You can pre-order the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition today as it will release on June 5th. Source

Here’s The First Glimpse Of Hamura’s New Model In Judgement

Previously reported, Sega following the arrest of actor Pierre Taki shelfed RGG Studio’s approaching title Judgement after Taki was apprehended for the possession of cocaine about a month ago. Resulting with the game’s launch date to be prolonged to an unspecified date, at least in Japan as the game was reworked without Taki playing the role of Hamura in the game. Shortly after the incident, Sega was able to find a replacement for the actor and went straight to work on redoing all renders of the crime-boss in the game. Now Sega has shared the first glimpse of reimagined character model for Kyohei Hamura. Throughout Yagami's investigation, he'll have to collaborate with, and occasionally face off against, some of the most powerful individuals in Kamurocho. Meet Kyohei Hamura, the intimidating captain of the Matsugane Family.https://t.co/wAlKs3Jrm8 pic.twitter.com/AVLyFbqwgt — RGG Studio | Like a Dragon & Yakuza Series (@RGGStudio) April 16, 2019 For the game’s release in the West, not much changes as Sega already confirmed that Taki’s arrest did not conflict with Judgement releasing this coming June for the region. But for Japan, it’s expected that Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio will push heavily on Taki’s replacement to having the game return to sale status in the coming future. What do you think about Hamura’s new look for the game? Judgement will be available for PlayStation 4 on June 21, 2019 in the West.

Cover Art And Release Date For Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Revealed

Back in December at the 2018 Game Awards, Marvel fans were baffled with the announcement of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order to be releasing the following year. What made the game’s official reveal even more mind boggling is that despite the series’ successor honing an open release for multiple consoles through three generations of platforms, that the third installment will be exclusive to the Nintendo Switch. Following the December reveal, a release date or even the cover art for the title was failed to be shown in the game’s announcement trailer. But now more recently Nintendo has finally shed some light on the forthcoming action RPG by showcasing both a launch date and the game’s box art. You can view the game’s official cover art below: For information that has already been revealed for the upcoming title: Ultimate Alliance 3 will offer up to four-player co-op online & local along with offline solo play. A new feature unique to the approaching title is the Heroic Camera which offers a new perspective to play the series like never before. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order will be out for Nintendo Switch on July 19, 2019. Source: Nintendo

The Capcom Home Arcade Lets You Play 16 Classic Titles With The Company’s Logo

To add on to the lineage of different retro consoles that have been releasing these past few years, Capcom enters the market by introducing their own take on the nostalgic-centered market with the announcement of the Capcom Home Arcade. Rather than creating a miniature replica of a previous console, Capcom takes a different route of reintroducing classic titles by instead making the hardware in the shape of the company’s logo as an arcade stick gamepad. Going into detail of the specs for the new system, the machine offers Sanwa JLF-TP-8YT sticks and OBSF buttons to give the more classic approach to playing these arcade classics. The Home Arcade emulates 16 different fan-favorite titles, though the reveal is for Europe currently, the list of games might differ per region. Here is the full roster of games: Alien vs. Predator Armored Warriors Capcom Sports Club Captain Commando Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors Eco Fighters Final Fight Ghouls ‘N Ghosts Giga Wing Mega Man: The Power Battle Progear Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting Strider Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo 1944: The Loop Master As the new console has yet to be listed for North America, those in Europe can pre-order the Home Arcade for 229.99 € ($288.99). The Capcom Home Arcade will be available on October 25, 2019 in Europe.

Death Stranding Is A Possible Cross-Gen Title For PlayStation 4 & 5

Hideo Kojima’s current project Death Stranding has been a more unique and vague project that many fans have been anticipating since the game’s reveal back in 2016. As more information continues to release on what the plot is revolving around the upcoming game, it also continues to fuel the joke of understanding the story less with each new detail. As it was previously reported that the development for Death Stranding might be behind schedule for the game’s unannounced timeframe, more recent news have emerged possibly revealing that the forthcoming title could be just on the horizon for the next generation console from Sony. Upon the news that broke today circulating around the official specs for Sony’s PlayStation 5 from Wired, the exclusive article also detailed that Kojima’s first self-published game could share the title’s release with both the current and upcoming PlayStations. Here’s the excerpt sharing that Death Stranding could be coming to both of Sony’s platforms: As in many other generational transitions, this will be a gentle one, with numerous new games being released for both PS4 and the next-gen console. (Where exactly Hideo Kojima’s forthcoming title Death Stranding fits in that process is still unconfirmed. When asked, a spokesperson in the room repeated that the game would be released for PS4, but Cerny’s smile and pregnant pause invites speculation that it will in fact be a two-platform release.) This isn’t a confirmation on the game’s official release, but this does set a foundation for when players could expect the highly anticipated title. Since the game continues to share only glimpses of what’s to be available in the full version, it’s difficult to determine when Kojima is fully prepared to officially drop the title. Death Stranding currently does not have a set launch date, but the title is currently listed for PlayStation 4. Source: Wired