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Swedish indie studio Hazelight is synonymous with co-op gaming, so of course its next project is built for two players but this time, it also features two genres. Split Fiction is a co-op adventure where players leap between sci-fi and fantasy worlds in a bid to escape the clutches of a greedy publishing corporation. It supports local and online play, and, fittingly, it uses split-screen. In Split Fiction, you play as Mio and Zoe, two writers who end up trapped in the same bubble of a creativity-stealing machine controlled by an evil publisher. Mio is a sci-fi author and Zoe writes fantasy, and their two worlds have come to life around them. Together, they have to escape by jumping between the sci-fi and fantasy realms, surviving the unique dangers in each fictional space. It sounds like a classic story about the power of friendship and platforming. The game's debut trailer, which premiered at The Game Awards, showcases two richly stylized worlds and a variety of mechanics in each. Mio's sci-fi realm has neon lights, robots, lasers, hoverboards and gravity bikes, while Zoe's fantasy space has dragons, magic, adorable villages, giants and castles. Each level has a unique mechanic. For instance, in one fantasy level you hatch dragons and their abilities evolve from carrying you between platforms, to rolling you up like an armadillo, and finally to full-on dragon riding. Hazelight and its founder, Josef Fares, are as much a part of The Game Awards as Hideo Kojima at this point, and the studio's previous title, It Takes Two, won Game of the Year in 2021. Amazon is adapting It Takes Two into a movie, with Sonic the Hedgehog film writers Pat Casey and Josh Miller tackling the script. Hazelight Like Hazelight's previous games, Split Fiction is being published by EA under its indie-focused EA Originals label. Split Fiction is due to hit PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on March 6, 2025, and it'll cost $50. On PC, it's coming to Steam, the Epic Games Store and the EA app. Crucially for the co-op aspect, it supports cross-platform play among PS5, Xbox and Steam.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/it-takes-two-studio-returns-with-dueling-sci-fi-and-fantasy-worlds-in-split-fiction-014152431.html?src=rss
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Well, let's be honest: I don't think any of us expected to see CD Projekt Red preview The Witcher 4 anytime soon, and yet the studio did just that, sharing a lengthy cinematic trailer for the upcoming sequel at the Game Awards. Even if there's no gameplay footage to be found, fans of the series will love what they see. That's because the clip reveals the protagonist of the game, and it's none other than Ciri, the adopted daughter of everyone's favorite witcher, Geralt of Rivia. Thematically, the clip is similar to The Witcher 3's excellent "Killing Monsters" trailer. Ciri arrives to save a young woman from a horrible monster, only for human ignorance and superstition to undo her good deed. CD Projekt did not share a release date for The Witcher 4, nor did the studio say what platforms the game would arrive on. However, it has previously said it was making the game in Unreal Engine 5, and if you look hard enough, a footnote at the bottom says the trailer was pre-rendered in UE5 on an unannounced "NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPU." This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/the-first-witcher-4-trailer-sees-ciri-kicking-butt-014137326.html?src=rss
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It was always a question of when, not if, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth would land on PC, and Square Enix took a moment at The Game Awards to spill the beans. The second entry in the Final Fantasy VII remake series is coming to PC on January 23. You'll get 30 percent off if you preorder via Steam or the Epic Games Store. The date was revealed in a very brief clip with not much in the way of details. This version will have upgraded lighting, and enhanced textures and modeling, as well as support for NVIDIA's DLSS upscaling tech. A Reddit AMA with producer and director Yoshinori Kitase and Naoki Hamaguchi is set for December 13 at 9PM ET, so we may find out more details about the PC version then. The Game Awards was a fitting stage to reveal the PC release date, as Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is one of the ceremony's game of the year nominees. It scored seven nominations overall, the joint most alongside Astro Bot. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is coming to PC!Just announced at #TheGameAwards, the second entry in the Final Fantasy VII remake project launches on Steam and Epic Games Store on January 23rd.Save up to 30% when pre-orders become available later today. #FF7R pic.twitter.com/S5YkQgy7Ei FINAL FANTASY VII (@finalfantasyvii) December 13, 2024 This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-is-coming-to-pc-on-january-23-013602136.html?src=rss
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