Key art for C-SMASH VRS, the upcoming PSVR2 successor to the 2001 SEGA Naomi cult arcade game Cosmic Smash, whose Dreamcast port I played obsessively in 2002. The game is being developed by RapidEyeMovers, under the direction of Jörg Titel, who is collaborating with a talented group of creators, including renowned musicians Ken Ishii and Danalogue, as well visual designers Cory Schmitz an Arkotype. The teaser trailer shows how the team has been at pains to maintain the visual signature of the original game, at the same time expanding its single-player concept by introducing co-op and versus modes.
While the last years have yielded many surprising revivals of some of SEGA's most beloved intellectual properties through collaborations with smaller independent studios, the very notion of a new Cosmic Smash is redefines the word unanticipated. We have witnessed how Sony's appetite for filling the original PSVR system software library shelves enabled riskier ventures to be financed or endorsed. Undoubtedly, the team at REM recognized this as a unique opportunity to fulfil their long-held ambition. If the game is to remain exclusive to VR, it is questionable how much excitement it will elicit among devotees of the original; not only as a result of the steep admission cost, but the known fact that VR is still something of an unappealing foreign territory in the eyes of most traditional players.
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Baldur's Gate 3 vence melhor jogo do ano no Golden Joystick Awards
Por Vinicius Torres Oliveira
Resident Evil 4 e Starfield venceram nas categorias de consoles
Nesta sexta-feira (10), Baldur's Gate 3 foi coroado como o melhor jogo do ano no Golden Joystick Awards, premiação que completa 41 anos em 2023. O título do Larian Studios superou outros grandes games lançados neste ano, como The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Alan Wake 2 e Starfield.
Conforme publicado pelo GamesRadar, 2023 foi o ano em que a premiação contou com mais votos desde a primeira edição, décadas atrás. Abaixo, você confere os vencedores de cada categoria, destacados em negrito, seguidos pelos demais indicados.
Melhor narrativa
Vencedor: Baldur's Gate 3
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood
Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon
Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals
Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Melhor jogo contínuo
Vencedor: No Man's Sky
Genshin Impact
The Sims 4
Fortnite
Naraka Bladepoint
GTA Online
Warframe
Valorant
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive / Counter-Strike 2
Apex Legends
Dota 2
Call of Duty
Melhor design visual
Vencedor: Baldur's Gate 3
Starfield
Hi-Fi Rush
Viewfinder
Lies of P
Street Fighter 6
Estúdio do ano
Vencedor: Larian Studios
Digital Eclipse
Nintendo EPD
Mimimi Games
Remedy Entertainment
CD Projekt Red
Melhor expansão
Vencedor: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
Power Wash Simulator DLC
The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom
The Case of the Golden Idol Mysteries: The Lemurian Vampire and Spider of Lanka
Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania
A Little to the Left: Cupboards & Drawers
Melhor jogo independente
Vencedor: Sea of Stars
Dave the Diver
Pizza Tower
Dredge
Cocoon
Viewfinder
Melhor jogo multiplayer
Vencedor: Mortal Kombat 1
Exoprimal
Diablo 4
Street Fighter 6
Remnant 2
We Were Here Expeditions: The FriendShip
Melhor áudio
Vencedor: Final Fantasy 16
Stray Gods
Hi-Fi Rush
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk
Starfield
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Melhor trailer
Vencedor: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Official Cinematic Trailer
Alan Wake 2 - The Dark Place Gameplay Trailer
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Official Trailer #3
Baby Steps Reveal Trailer
Mortal Kombat 1 - Official It's In Our Blood Trailer
Dave the Diver - Official Release Month And Accolades Trailer
Melhor comunidade
Vencedor: Baldur's Gate 3
Final Fantasy 14
Warframe
Deep Rock Galactic
Dreams
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Melhor jogo VR
Vencedor: Horizon Call of the Mountain
C-Smash VRS
Synapse
Vertigo 2 VR
F1 23 VR
The Light Brigade
Melhor hardware
Vencedor: PlayStation VR2
Turtle Beach Stealth Pro Headset
Alienware 34 AW3423DWF
Nitro Deck
ASUS ROG Strix Scope II 96
Samsung 990 PRO
Prêmio Breakthrough
Vencedor: Cocoon / Geometric Interactive
Escolha dos críticos
Vencedor: Alan Wake 2
Melhor jogo de streaming
Vencedor: Valorant
Melhor atuação principal
Vencedor: Ben Starr - Clive Rosfield in Final Fantasy 16
Yuri Lowenthal - Peter Parker in Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Cameron Monaghan - Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Ilkka Villi and Matthew Porretta - Alan Wake in Alan Wake 2
Nadji Jeter - Miles Morales in Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Ellise Chappell - Kathy Johanson in Deliver Us Mars
Melanie Liburd - Saga Anderson in Alan Wake 2
Melhor atuação coadjuvante
Vencedor: Neil Newbon - Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3
Laura Bailey - Mary Jane in Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Cissy Jones - Andreja in Starfield
Amelia Tyler - Narrator in Baldur's Gate 3
Ralph Ineson - Cidolfus Telamon in Final Fantasy 16
Patricia Summersett - Princess Zelda in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Idris Elba - Solomon Reed in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
Jogo do ano da Nintendo
Vencedor: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Pikmin 4
Fire Emblem Engage
Metroid Prime Remastered
Octopath Traveller 2
Fae Farm
Jogo do ano de PC
Vencedor: Baldur's Gate 3
Diablo 4
Dave the Diver
Tchia
System Shock
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
Jogo do ano de PlayStation
Vencedor: Resident Evil 4
Final Fantasy 16
Street Fighter 6
Humanity
Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Melhor jogo do ano de Xbox
Vencedor: Starfield
Chants of Sennaar
Hi-Fi Rush
Planet of Lana
Dead Space
Pentiment
Jogo mais desejado
Vencedor: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Death Stranding 2
Star Wars Outlaws
Tekken 8
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Hades 2
Fable
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Everywhere
Frostpunk 2
Ark 2
Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater
Persona 3 Reload
Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
Pacific Drive
Black Myth: Wukong
Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
Melhor jogo do ano definitivo
Vencedor: Baldur's Gate 3
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Alan Wake 2
Resident Evil 4
Cocoon
Starfield
Final Fantasy 16
Diablo 4
Forza Motorsport
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon
Assassin's Creed Mirage
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Street Fighter 6
Metroid Prime Remastered
Hi-Fi Rush
Lords of the Fallen
Dead Space
Sea of Stars
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An old Sega sports and puzzle game is coming to PlayStation VR2
Cosmic Smash, a sports and puzzle game from Sega arcade systems and the Dreamcast, is being “reimagine[d]” for the PlayStation VR2, according to a Sony blog post. The new version will be called C-Smash VRS (which apparently “stands for VR and Versus”), and while it doesn’t have a release date yet, Sony has announced that it’ll be releasing a demo for the game on March 23rd.
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[Review] Sayonara Wild Hearts (Apple TV)
What an absolutely stunningly cool game.
SWH is like a fever dream, but one that makes you feel exhilarated and uplifted. It’s a playable techno synth pop album of music videos stuffed with neon-flooded imagery and subtext. It’s also a fast, flashy twitch-action rhythm autorunner that’s very gay and very glorious. It’s the best thing I’ve played all year and I can’t stop thinking about it.
You are a heartbroken woman, called by cosmic forces to venture through abstract landscapes, pursuing the usurpers of a mystical power. Along the way there’s setpiece after setpiece loosely inspired by the cards of the tarot, as you ride your transforming motorcycle and pick up little hearts for points. Each stage is a rollicking thrill-ride that’s constantly shifting perspective and throwing new concepts at you.
But it’s still consistent, with a simple streamlined control scheme, and forgiving, with failure only setting you back seconds and an option to skip tricky bits. I didn’t want to miss a single second, although the experience is better if you make no mistakes. The quicktime events are hard to fail, and it’s your choice to replay for better rankings or just do your best and let the game carry you along in its riptide glow.
The encounters with the gallery of boss ladies are a highlight, whether it’s the retro-inspired 2D vector action played out on the exterior of a VR visor, the rolling shmup against a transforming mech, or the memorable parallel-universe-shifting chase. All the while that banging pop soundtrack syncs perfectly with the action, whether it’s Daniel Olsén’s instrumental tracks or his electro-arrangements of Johnathan Eng’s compositions accompanied by the sublime vocal work of Linnea Olsson. The music is the beating heart of SWH, hence its marketing as a “pop album video game”, and it builds to crescendos during these battles.
The culmination of all this is an epic climax revisiting concepts and motifs from the whole game (which can be easily played in a single sitting), which ultimately fulfills the heroine’s journey by subverting it in a positive way before easing you back to reality and leaving you with a hopeful message. But enough pontificating, please give this game a try, or at least watch a competent playthrough of arcade mode. If you’re put off by frantic, disorienting action, wildly flashy colour and light shows, or cycling techno-pop, that’s fair. But you might just find SWH smashes your heart into a million pieces and builds you a new one full of love and appreciation for the small Swedish team that created this joyous experience.
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