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Shueisha, the publisher behind Weekly Shonen Jump, one of the most popular manga magazines in Japan, is now branching out into video games, Famitsu reported, per Kotaku. The publisher established Shueisha Games in February and is planning to develop games for consoles, smart devices and PC. Shueisha Games will also release its own “analog games,” such as board games. It’s reportedly already working on several big collaborations with other game companies, utilizing its own in-house manga team. For the endeavor, Shueisha has tapped Masami Yamamoto, who worked on Sony Interactive Entertainment‘s Japan studio, as its game production manager. Weekly Shonen Jump already has several mangas on its roster that have been adapted into both anime and video games, including One Piece, Naruto, Fist of t...

Epic Games has launched its next-generation video game engine, Unreal Engine 5. Arriving almost two years after it was first announced, the engine is now released for developers to download and promises a slew of new tools and hyper-realistic graphics. In its release, the company called Unreal Engine 5 “the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool.” Alongside easy-to-use UI, the engine contains Nanite, a “virtualized micropolygon geometry system,” allowing developers to build worlds with meticulous geometric detail. It also has a new Virtual Shadow Map system to help process details while sticking to a real-time frame rate. Lumen is another key feature of the engine. A fully dynamic light studio, Lumen enables developers to adapt lighting and geometry, for example, if a do...

Hasbro has just released the classic Monopoly board game in a special Sanrio Hello Kitty & Friends edition. This playful set features characters connected to the world of Sanrio and sees locations like Hello Kitty’s Hotel, My Melody’s Flower Shop, Kuromi’s Candy Shop, DokiDoki’s Burger Shack, and Sunshine Park. Metal game pieces arrive as the characters: My Melody, Keroppi, Badtz-Maru, Chococat, Cinnamoroll, and of course, Hello Kitty. Priced at $39.99 USD, the Hello Kitty & Friends Monopoly set is available now over at The OP. In other gaming news, the Original Angry Birds is back. Read Full Article

It might’ve taken Ubisoft a little longer than Activision with Call of Duty Mobile, but the studio is finally bringing its beloved Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six franchise to mobile platforms. Led by Ubisoft’s Montreal studio, the new title will re-create “true’ Rainbow Six Siege gameplay on your mobile device, offering 5 vs 5 PvP matches where you’ll get to pick your operator, skills, weapons and tech gadgets. Of course, the game will also feature some of the franchise’s most popular maps, including Bank and Border, while its game modes will reflect its PC and console counterparts as well with the likes of Secure Area and Bomb. Most importantly, Rainbow Six Mobile will be completely free-to-play. There’s no precise release date just yet for Rainbow Six Mobile, but those inte...

DOOM has provided modders with seemingly endless possibilities — from snapping photos of NFTs to running on a calculator powered by 100 pounds of potatoes — and now, one hacker has managed to blend the 1993 classic with the latest graphics technology, creating a version of the game with ray-tracing enabled. Created by modder sultim_t, the new mod gives the first three episodes of DOOM a gorgeous makeover, with its real-time path tracing adding a whole new dimension to a game that now looks relatively flat given our modern graphics standards. Unfortunately, those using AMD graphics cards won’t be able to run this version of the game for now since it currently only supports NVIDIA GPUs, but you can still have a taste of what DOOM would be like with ray-tracing in the short cli...

A leaker has shared that the protagonists of Grand Theft Auto VI could be a brother and sister duo. In translated tweets shared by @Matheusvictorbr on Twitter, the rumor states that the brother and sister duo were separated after their parents were killed during the prologue, which is set in 2003. The game will also supposedly feature destructive environments and a changing map based on the course of the story. Finally, the leaker states that Rockstar Games will begin marketing the game soon as it prepares GTA VI for a 2024 release date. In early February, Rockstar Games confirmed that the next title in the GTA franchise is finally in development. “With every new project we embark on, our goal is always to significantly move beyond what we have previously delivered—and we are pleased to co...

Dominant South Korean esports team T1 has defeated Gen.G Esports 3-1 in the 2022 League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) to round out its historic undefeated Spring season, winning 20 straight matches throughout the regular season and playoffs. After an undefeated regular season of 18 wins, T1 automatically secured the top position in the playoffs. T1 proceeded to sweep the Kwangdong Freecs 3-0 to advance to the finals in which they were able to put an end to the series in four games. The victory marks LoL superstar Midlaner “Faker”‘s record-breaking 10th LCK title on the 10th anniversary of the tournament, which is held twice a year. This season, Faker also recorded his 2,500 career kill, 1,000th game, and 70th champion played. All members of the T1 team were awarded a Tiffany & Co. c...