Aksys Showcase highlights niche games for Western audiences

Aksys Games showcase highlights

Aksys Games broadcast its All Aksys digital showcase over the weekend, showing off its upcoming games and making some new announcements. Since Aksys specializes in bringing niche Japanese titles to Western audiences, some of the trailers are in Japanese.

• #AllAksys Announcement Show

Announcement round-up

• Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi (PC, PS4, XBO, NS) – Official Trailer
  October 28th
• Paradigm Paradox (NS) – Official Japanese Trailer
  TBA
• Olympia Soirée (NS) – Official Launch Trailer
  September 9th
• Blazing Strike (PC, PS4, PS5, NS) – First Look Trailer
  TBA 2022
• Pups & Purrs Animal Hospital (NS) – Official Launch Trailer
  November
• Variable Barricade (NS) – Official Trailer
  TBA 2022
• DAIROKU: Agents of Sakuratani (NS) – Official Launch Trailer
  December
• RICO London (PS4, XBO, NS) – Official Launch Trailer
  Autumn
• Piofiore: Episodio 1926 (NS) – Official Japanese Trailer
  Summer 2022
• Kimi wa Yukima ni Koinegau (NS) – Official Japanese Trailer
  TBA
• Lover Pretend (NS) – Official Japanese Game Trailer
  TBA

What was the name of the new faction in Mount & Blade Warband?

a) The Kingdom of Vaegirs
b) The Sarranid Sultanate
c) The Khergit Khanate
d) The Kingdom of Rhodoks

The answer will be revealed at the bottom of today's issue. Join up with our community on Twitter and Facebook to discuss what the answer could be.

Hades makes it to Xbox and PlayStation

The Dawn of Dukes expansion for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition is out this week, Hades finally escapes to PlayStation and Xbox, and Godfall takes the plunge onto PlayStation 4.

Monday – August 9th

• I Am Dead for PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX

Tuesday – August 10th

• Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – Dawn of the Dukes for PC
• Black Book for PC, NS, PS4, XBO
• Ever Forward for NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX
• Godfall for PS4
• Shadowverse: Champion's Battle for NS

Thursday – August 12th

• Foreclosed for PC, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX, Stadia

Friday – August 13th

• Hades for PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX

Niantic letter to Pokémon Go community

Many Pokémon Go players are less than thrilled by Niantic dialing back the adjustments that made Pokémon Go playable during the pandemic lockdowns, and the studio has finally issued a response.

Niantic is putting together a team that will review the changes and tries to find solutions that achieve the company's goals while keeping players happy.

“As part of this process, we will also be reaching out to community leaders in the coming days to join us in this dialogue,” Niantic stated, emphasizing that they want to “remain true to our mission” of creating connections in the real world.

Pokémon GO

• Ultra Unlock: Space event (August 6th-17th)
  • Pokémon from different regions can spawn anywhere
  • Also focusing on space-based Pokémon spawns
  • Shiny Palkia & Heracross introduced, new Timed Research

Pokémon 25: The Album

• Two additional songs were revealed for the P25 Music campaign
  • “Got 'Em “ by Vince Staples
  • “Wonderful” by Cyn
• Pokémon 25: The Red EP now available
• Pokémon 25: The Blue EP coming later

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• Amazon has delayed New World until September 28th to make time for acting on feedback from the beta
• Overcooked is celebrating its 5th anniversary by offering a free trial on Steam, running from 6pm BST today until Wednesday
• Evil Dead: The Game is rising from the grave next February, giving the developers a bit of “extra time for polish”
• The Last of Us Part II almost had exploding butts judging by a cut enemy from pre-alpha footage
• YouTuber creates a portable PlayStation 2 and a very good video showing how he created the PS2 Eclipse
• Register for the Riders Republic beta test between August 23rd and 25th ahead of the October 28th launch

What was the name of the new faction in Mount & Blade Warband?

ANSWER: The Sarranid Sultanat!

Mount & Blade Warband is a pretty major improvement on the original version, in large part because of a new faction: The Sarranid Sultanate. The Sarranids start out in the desert, where it’s constantly hounded by bandits, and offer a pretty harsh challenge.

Seasoned leaders will forgive the Sarranid for its weak infantry and turn their attention to the powerful cavalry instead. This means the Sarranids require rather different tactics than the other factions, but why play Mount & Blade if you’re not looking for an unpredictable challenge?

Today's issue of DailyBits was written by Gavin Herman, Erlend Grefsrud, Simon Priest, and Jamie Davey. If you have any feedback or news tips for the team, please email us!