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Cyberpunk 2077 Delayed To September 2020

2020 has only started and it is for sure delay season after we saw Square Enix push back the Final Fantasy 7 and Avengers release date. Today, CD Projekt Red announced that highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 will be delayed until September 17, 2020 after the original release time was April. The development team needs more time for polishing, fixing and playtesting to make sure the game is as perfect as possible. It isn’t a bad thing that they chose to delay Cyberpunk since the game will be better than it might be had it been released in April. The only negative for the fans here is that the wait will be just a little bit longer.

Weekly Spotlight #2 – Best Xbox Games Under $15 – Child of Light

This week, we continue our Weekly Spotlight series with another one of the best Xbox games under $15. Not too many major AAA publishers release games with a price point this low, but Ubisoft opted to do just that with this week’s game – Child of Light.- $14.99 First released back in 2014, Ubisoft’s Child of Light is an absolutely beautiful game. You’re missing out on an amazing game if you haven’t played it. It’s a gorgeous tale of growth into adulthood, and I can only hope my own daughters grow up to have Aurora’s strength. Child of Light won many awards, including five at the Canadian Game Awards in 2014 for Best Original Music, Best New Character, Best Downloadable Game, Best Visual Arts and Best Animation. It speaks a lot about the game’s story when a game can have a gripping, emotional impact on a player without much dialogue. That’s exactly what Child of Light does. A story encased in exquisite rhyme, Child of Light focuses on the Duke’s daughter, Aurora, who passed away in her sleep. We find out that in her “sleep”, she is transported to and awakes on an altar in the magical world of Lumeria. A magical firefly named Igniculus helps Aurora realize she must rescue the Queen, who was trapped by the Queen of the Night before stealing the sun, the moon and the stars. Aurora is granted special abilities in order to aid her in her quest. She is determined as it is the only way home to reunite with her beloved father. Child of Light also features some of the most soothing and mellow audio you’ll encounter in a game. It is incredibly captivating, yet relaxing, and it allows for a much better experience. Ubisoft has given us the same soft, gentle music with a slight harmonix feel during battle, which successfully carries on the overall aesthetic environment of the game. It’s a perfect blend that allows us to get the full experience and is brilliantly executed. Ubisoft utilized its new Ubi-Art engine with Child of Light. It’s a mixture of hand drawn background with beautiful water color type characters. There is a lovely aesthetic feel to Child of Light that looks as if it’s something straight out of the Thomas Kinkade vault. The game implements light in a manner similar to how an artist uses pencils for shading. Combined with the audio in both the music and poetic rhyming story, it feels as if you are a child again listening to your parents tell you a bedtime story while imagining the world in your head. Child of Light has some beautiful exploration options that allow you to simply enjoy the landscape without actually doing anything other than marvel at its looks. Aurora is able to fly around the landscape, and her flowing red hair is rhythmic with its movements. The upgrades make a difference and provide ample improvements over the standard +2 we tend to see in games. All of the magic spells and attacks land every time in battle. Speaking of combat, Child of Light has the most basic yet most advanced battle system I’ve seen. It’s so easily put together yet requires substantial planning in order to come out victorious. Each of the character icons move across that grey waiting area in battle. Once you hit red, you can attack, cast a spell or use an item. Some moves are faster than others, like attacks striking faster than a spell. You’ll need a delicate balance of strategy, as enemies can hit you while you’re waiting to attack. This will knock your icon back in the holding area and delay your turn. Often times, you’ll need to choose between killing an enemy and striking one with more health in order to prevent it from dazing someone in your crew. Your companion Igniculus is also a mandatory asset in battle. Collectables in the form of various stones can be found. These will augment your moves, for example, by adding certain elemental damage to your attacks. Things like ruby, sapphire, emerald, tourmaline etc all have their individual powers. They can also be combined to form other versions. For example, ruby adds fire damage and sapphire adds water damage. If you combine the two, you create amethyst which will increase your overall attack damage a certain amount based upon your level. Overall, Child of Light is an exquisite work of art. It was almost as if I was in a living, breathing painting. The progression of Aurora’s story herself was also refreshing. In a short time, she grows from a scared, little girl into the heroine of her own tale. It was done in such a way to be consistent with the theme of the game and had me hoping my own daughters will grow up with the same conviction. Child of Light is available now on the Xbox store for $14.99, and is definitely a game you should pick up. Take a listen to some of its soundtrack below. I can listen to it for hours. It is, in fact, pure beauty.

Joker Gameplay Trailer Released for Mortal Kombat 11

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios today released a new Mortal Kombat 11 gameplay trailer showcasing the addition of The Joker. Unpredictable, violent and incredibly dangerous, The Joker is chaos personified. The infamous clown has terrorized the streets of Gotham City and targeted Batman’s closest allies. Now, he’s the latest Kombatant set to join the Mortal Kombat 11 roster on Jan. 28 as part of the early access period for Kombat Pack owners.  Kombat Pack owners will also have access to new DC-themed character skins on Jan. 28,  including “Time Lord of Apokolips” Geras and the DC Elseworlds Skin Pack featuring the menacing “Darkest Knight” Noob Saibot, reptilian “Killer Kroc” Baraka and sleek “Katwoman of Outworld” Kitana.  Additionally, all Mortal Kombat 11 owners can earn new rewards via a Tower event within the Towers of Time mode celebrating the Chinese New Year, coming Jan. 23-27 as a free content update. The in-game event will feature a three-fight endurance match with celebratory modifiers including a Ceremonial Drum, Chinese Lanterns and Firecrackers, Red Envelopes, Rats (representing the “Year of the Rat”) and the symbolic Chinese Dragon and Pearl. Lastly, Kombat League, the seasonal ranked mode in Mortal Kombat 11, has begun its seventh season, the Season of Death, and is available now for all players to participate in until Feb. 11.

Cuphead Mii Fighter Costume is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate among others

Today during the Super Smash Bros. Direct by Nintendo there were a couple reveals including the Mii Fighter Costumes. There were about 6 costumes shown total across Cuphead, Rabbids, Altair, and various Mega Man games. The one that stands out the most is Cuphead as that was one character that has been talked about among fans, but they have added him in as a mii fighter costume. The Cuphead Mii Fighter costume will also receive a new music track, Floral Fury, which was originally featured in the game’s classic Cagney Carnation boss battle. These new costumes will be available to purchase on January 28th. What are your thoughts on these additions to the mii fighters?

Byleth Joins the Smash Ultimate Roster!

Today on this early morning of January 16th, 2020, Masahiro Sakurai announced the final character of this fighter pack as Byleth from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Byleth comes with a female alternate costume and Four separate weapons that can be used during battle. Byleths alternative color designs are based on House leaders, and colors from the original game. Garreg Mach Monastery appears as a new traveling stage guest appearances from Three Houses.  The Mii fighters also receive a wardrobe upgrade with fancy new digs coming from Assassins Creed, Mario Rabbids, MegaMan X, Megaman NT, and Cuphead. These costumes will be available on January 28th, 2020. Even though Sakurai said this was going to be the last character that will be added to the game, he wants to add another fighter pack to Super smash bros Ultimate with not 5, but 6 new characters! Byleth, the new Fighter Pass Vol. 2 pre-purchase, and the new Mii Fighter costumes will be available on January 28th, 2020.

Henry Cavill Confirms Pre-Production Is About To Commence For The Witcher Season 2

Last month truly opened the eyes of many to the slew of novels penned by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski through the Netlfix series adaptation of The Witcher starring Henry Cavill. While fans of the video game series developed by CD Projekt Red knew what to anticipate already, there happened to be an influx of new fans that spawned who are not familiar with its digital counterpart. This became evident when the game reached a new record breaking player count shortly after the debut of the first season last month. After the first season receiving good reception from the public, it is expected that we will see a follow-up season to arrive later on in the coming future. And already hitting nearly a month since the show commenced on Netflix, we already have solid confirmation on the second season. Geralt of Rivia himself shares this over on Instagram. Lead actor Henry Cavill posted a video on the social media platform to disclose that pre-production will kick off very soon: you can watch the video from Instagram below: “Pre-production will be starting very shortly on Witcher season 2. I see that you’ve all enjoyed Witcher season one, thank you very much for that, and I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’ll be giving you updates on here as time goes on,” Cavill announces to his followers last week. While we do not have a specified time for when the commencement of season 2 will actually begin, this tangible declaration does hold up for those who needed to know. Projecting when exactly we will see the next season can only be determined through speculation: predicting that production/filming will begin a few month later on in 2020, we might not see the second installment of the series until possibly 2021 at the earliest. This is not the first time Cavill has went to Instagram to reveal information on the Netflix series. Back in May last year, Cavill shared that production has finally finished for season one as the project would then move onto post-production. So expect more to be disclosed in the future through his Instagram account. Did you enjoy the first season of the Witcher?

Previously Rated Metro Redux Switch Port Release Leaked For February

It has already been reported more than once here at Rectify Gaming that the remastered duology of 4A Games’ Metro 2033 & Metro: Last Light have been listed for Nintendo Switch. The most recent report comes from the Pan European Game Information (PEGI) where the organization has a PEGI 18 rating for the title, virtually confirming the game is in development. However, there is yet to be any official release that also verifies when exactly the game will arrive. But according to a new discovery over on World Trade & Technologies (WTT), we might have a hunch on when that is exactly. According to the French storefront, the domain lists Metro Redux to arrive on the later half of February next month. Slated for February 28th next month, what reels in this to be more credible is that the day also takes place on a Friday which is traditionally used to launch upcoming titles alongside Tuesday. This will now be the second time the launch date for the supposed Switch port has been compromised: originally, Portuguese Retailer GamingReplay listed the title to arrive on December 1 last year, but now we know that is not what went down. But what makes the more recent listing give the impression of its legitimacy is that the title is now settled to arrive on a realistic date for one, and that this follows the game being rated on an official ratings board, being in Europe for this case. Also giving the series its merit for the success it has achieved since the first installment, it would be expected that Nintendo decides to drop this in an announcement through an upcoming Direct livestream later on. Not caught up with Metro? No worries, you can start by reading our review for the latest entry in the series, Metro Exodus. Rectify gaming’s David Rodriguez tells the game to “grow in scope to deliver a satisfying conclusion to Artyom’s journey.” Metro Redux is currently available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Source: WTT