Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice will launch March 2019

Sekiro: Shadows Die is FromSoftware‘s new IP (Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Armor Core) and will be published by Activision. It will release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on March 22nd, 2019.

The game is based in Sengoku Era Japan. You play as the “One-Armed Wolf” whose goal is to save his master and destroy his life-long enemy. You can equip several prosthetic arms which give you unique weapons or equipment to battle enemies such as an ax, a grappling hook, and an umbrella shield(?)

Collector’s Edition

While many people know FromSoftware for their work on the Dark Souls series, Sekiro will be much different. There isn’t character customization or armor but the map is an open-world! You will play as a shinobi and will have active swordplay combat. Rather than a stamina system, you will a “posture” system. A more detailed review of the gameplay changes is below by VaatiVidya.

Will you be buying Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice?

PlayStation VR and Games Sales Number

Amongst the Gaming VR headsets, PlayStation VR is the most popular due to its accessibility. The PlayStation 4 has sold more than 80 million units and the VR unit is an add-on to the system. It also cost less space to set up compared to stronger VR headsets such as the HTC Vive or the Oculus Rift. Today, Sony announced that the PlayStation VR has sold more than 3 million units. In terms of games, they have nearly sold 22 million VR games. Below is the growth of the PlayStation VR.

To celebrate, they announced the release date for two new PSVR games: Creed: Rise to Glory (Sept. 25) and Evasion (Oct. 9).

While the PSVR isn’t the most impressive headset out on the market, the high sales numbers can be attributed to the popularity of the console. PSVR is still relatively new compared to the Vive or the Oculus. Hopefully the future generation PSVR will be able to match its competitors while remaining accessible.

Sources:

Variety

Sales numbers for VIVE and Oculus

Sales numbers for Ps4

Nintendo Switch Online service announced

The dream of free online services for consoles games has reached the end. The Nintendo Switch’s online service will launch in the second half of September. Below are the pricing plans.

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The plans are considerably cheaper than the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Their yearly plans are $60 but they have more games with online features than Nintendo. Their online service will include online play for their titles, save cloud data backup, special deals, and their mobile app for in-game communications. They will also have some free online games. It will launch with 20 NES games with online play features which allow you to play with others.

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As long as you have the paid service, you can play the games whenever. It is interesting to see Nintendo have a huge price difference. If Nintendo Switch Online does extremely well and more players move to Nintendo to play online, it may lead to PlayStation and Xbox to reduce their rates. I don’t play any of my Nintendo games online but it will be interesting to see how the market reacts.

Sources:

Nintendo of America