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Byleth appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
The first Nintendo Direct stream of the year revealed the latest addition to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster: Byleth from Fire Emblem. The professor from Garreg Mach Monastery will be taking a break from academia to join the fray, and the almost 40 minutes long stream featuring game director Masahiro Sakurai gives an in-depth look at them.
Byleth is the main character from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, and since the player decides the name and gender, two versions of the character will be available using a unique ranged style and directional weaponry.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses launched for Switch last summer
You should receive Byleth right away if you own the Fighters Pass, otherwise you’ll need to buy Challenger Pack 5. There is apparently six more characters on the way, who will form Fighters Pass Vol. 2. Each new character is accompanied by a new stage and new tunes.
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Owlcat games goes on a crowd-funding crusade
Owlcat Games has announced a Kickstarter campaign for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, the sequel to Pathfinder: Kingmaker where you will lead a holy crusade to defeat the demonic forces laying waste to your land.
Not Tonight for Switch in time for Brexit
The rather tongue-in-cheek Not Tonight – a satire of life in post-Brexit United Kingdom – launches for Switch on January 31st, which is when the UK will officially leave the European Union. Not Tonight chronicles the exploits of a character of “European heritage” working as a bouncer in an increasingly dystopic Britain.
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Limbo of the Lost was weird, crazy, and pulled from sale over ‘stolen assets’
Point-and-click adventure Limbo of the Lost was developed by Majestic Studios and launched for PC in 2007. It tells the story of Briggs, who is stuck in limbo and must help Destiny fight against Fate – but that’s not what made the game famous.
It quickly came to light that the game was full of stolen artwork, including locations lifted from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. Turns out the developers had pinched assets from Diablo II, Morrowind, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Enclave, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Unreal Tournament, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, Painkiller and Silent Hill 4 too. Remember, kids: Crime does not pay!
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