3rd September video games roundup: No Man's Sky enjoys renaissance as Evo community mutinies
All the news and events in the world of video games today.
Update: That was the world of video games today for 3rd September. A full transcript of everything that occurred is available below to nibble on at your leisure.
Stop banging on about Silksong, Bertie. But it's weird, isn't it, when a game you've wondered about the existence for, for a long time, is finally within touching distance, finally nearly here. It's just a game, it's not a magical object, and yet it feels more than a game too. The hype bubble fascinates me.
But enough of that! It's 3rd September and we're back with another daily roundup and chat-a-long of all of today's gaming news. Let's get it, as American people say in YouTube workout videos.
Our live coverage of this event has finished.
Good morning, good morning. Apologies for the brief site outage. It's Silksong's fault. (It's not really Silksong's fault. Or is it?)
Why is there a Love is Blind article on the site?
Allow me to start your day by talking about Love is Blind. And I know: it's not what you expect when you come to Eurogamer. How edgy - edgy? - of us to write about it. But hear me out; there's a valid reason why I'm writing about Love is Blind on Eurogamer. A small thought turned into a bigger thought turned into a piece. A piece about representation. A piece about how gaming is represented in the media.
Perfect Dark was almost saved by Take-Two
The reboot of Perfect Dark was reportedly almost saved from cancellation by Take-Two.
Alas, it wasn't to be, though. Reportedly, talks collapsed following "disagreements over long-term ownership" of franchise
Nintendo Switch Online getting cult classic 3D N64 shooter tomorrow
Forsaken 64, which first released on Nintendo 64 all the way back in 1998, is coming to Nintendo Switch Online on 4th September.
The game will be added to the Mature section of the app. It joins the likes of Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and Perfect Dark for those members aged 17 and up.
MarcusJ says: Phew. The site’s back. I was starting to think I was going to have to send today’s bon mots in on a postcard or the back of a sealed down envelope.Hope all’s well over there.
We ought to have a PO Box address really! There's nothing like bags of mail. Not that we'd get bags of mail, unless we ran a competition whereby you could win a prize if you drew a picture and sent it to Eurogamer. Then again, I'm not sure we'd want to run a competition where you could draw any picture and send it to Eurogamer. Who knows what we'd be sent!
(I think everyone knows what we'd be sent.)
themightyant says: Also who or what is "love is blind"?
Look. Don't pre-judge it okay. It's better than it sounds.
Blue Prince is getting a physical PS5 release
If you, like me, became rather enamoured with Blue Prince on its release earlier this year, and also happen to be fond of physical media, I have good news - developer Dogubomb along with iam8bit have announced the Blue Prince physical collection.
This collection includes a PS5 physical edition of the game, as well as pins, a notebook, The Red Prince children's book and more. Interested? You can find more info and preorder via iam8bit.
Kingdom Hearts' missing mobile lore lot turns ten
Just a small gaming anniversary of sorts today - the main version of Kingdom Hearts χ is ten today, having first hit Japanese Android and iOS back in 2015. About six months later it arrived in the West. There was a Japan-only web browser release a little earlier, though.
This name stuff is confusing, as this game has more aliases than Prince - it went as Kingdom Hearts χ, Kingdom Hearts χ[chi], Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ, Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross], and Kingdom Hearts Union χ Dark Road. Hope you've got all that!
The game forms a fairly important part of Kingdom Hearts lore, but it only lasted for around six years, ending service in 2021. It was later converted into an offline game, and then last year got delisted completely. Some of its story survives in various forms across other KH releases - but it's another sort of 'lost media' in a sense. Did you play it?
PS: I want you all to know writing this was a nail-biter as I had no idea if using this Chi Symbol was going to break the liveblog or something. Looks like we survived. The pure of heart survive, or something like that.
No Man's Sky sees highest Steam player count since launch
Thanks to last week's Voyagers update, No Man's Sky has seen its highest Steam players count since its launch back in 2016 - an impressive achievement for a nearly ten-year-old game. Speaking to Eurogamer, Hello Games boss Sean Murray has said he's "so happy" at the reaction, not to mention the wild (and weird) things fans are making with the space sim's brilliant new ship customisation tools.
Lost Soul Aside lacks the spirit of its inspirations
I was very excited to start playing Lost Soul Aside after a wait of over a decade. But its first few hours have disappointed me. While it started life as a Devil May Cry and Final Fantasy 15 fan project, it lacks what makes those games special.
Some amusing glitches and game-restarting bugs haven't helped matters either. For now, I'd recommend at least waiting for performance fixes, which the studio has at least promised.
Below is the original trailer, for anyone wanting to see how far the game has come.
