Metaphor: ReFantazio Collector’s Edition Preorders Are Live

Atlus has been on fire lately with its Persona games and various other entries in the JRPG genre, and its next title, Metaphor: ReFantazio, has an official release date of October 11 locked in. With development being led by several Persona veterans–including director Katsura Hashino, who has led the Persona franchise through its most successful era so far–this could be the start of a major new franchise for Atlus and its publisher, Sega. If you’re looking to get in on the ground floor, preorders for Metaphor: ReFantazio are live for PS5 and Xbox Series X, and there’s a handsome collector’s edition up for grabs that may interest longtime Atlus fans.

Metaphor: ReFantazio preorder bonuses

Metaphor: Refantazio preorders come with multiple pieces of in-game content: the Archetype EXP Chest Set and the Adventurer’s Journey Pack.

In case you missed the trailers, Metaphor: ReFantazio is a fantasy game in which you attempt to seize the throne after the kingdom’s previous ruler is assassinated. In this land, anyone of any social class can become the next king so long as they get the people’s support. Players will be able to master Archetypes, powerful abilities that transform characters into one of several classes with unique skills to use in battle, and the game uses a mix of real-time action and turn-based combat.

Similar to Persona’s Social Link system, ReFantazio uses the Follower system to forge bonds with the people you meet on your journey and unlock new Archetypes to experiment with. Metaphor: ReFantazio will launch for PC, PS5, PS4, and Xbox Series X|S on October 11.

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Fallout TV Show Has Popular Game-Mod Website Facing High-Traffic Issues

Amazon Prime Video’s Fallout show seems hotter than a nuclear bomb. In fact, the TV series has now led to such a strong interest in the video game franchise that a popular modding website has had to issue a statement about “heavily degraded” performance.

Spotted by Eurogamer, Nexus Mods revealed that downloads have more than doubled since the Fallout series debuted earlier this month. “Fallout 4 and Fallout: New Vegas have seen big spikes on the site, contributing to peaks of 24 million total file downloads per day, compared to a norm of 10 million daily downloads,” community team lead Demorphic said.

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Now Playing: The Complete FALLOUT Timeline Explained!

On Sunday, April 21, those two games alone were responsible for over 12 million downloads. Nexus Mods believes there is another “big weekend ahead and will do whatever we can to keep the site running as smoothly as possible.” If you’re curious, GameSpot has rounded up 50 of the best Fallout 4 mods.

Fallout 76 is also more popular than ever on Steam, benefitting from the TV show similar to Fallout 4 and Fallout: New Vegas. Sunday saw a new peak concurrent player count of over 73,000 people for the online RPG. Overall, the Fallout franchise has experienced a massive player boost throughout April.

For more, check out GameSpot’s Fallout TV show review. Fallout Season 2 has been officially announced by Amazon, though no release window has been revealed yet.

Fortnite Festival Season 3 Adds Guitar Controllers, Billie Eilish, And One Of The Greatest Bands Ever

Another season of Fortnite Festival has brought us a new Festival Pass and a new Icon skin with Billie Eilish, but the biggest bit of news at the start of Season 3 may be that Fortnite Festival now supports guitar controllers.

With Eilish as this season’s headliner, the Festival pass has undergone some significant changes to structure it more like the event passes, like the current Avatar Elements pass. That means in this season (and presumably those in the future), buying the premium Festival Pass for 1800 V-Bucks will instantly unlock a skin for the related artist–in this case the Green Roots Billie skin–and you can earn an additional, exclusive style at the end of the pass.

That bonus style is another change to the way the Festival Pass works. Epic has placed a disclaimer on these passes, reserving the right to sell the cosmetics from the pass in the item shop in the future, but here we have an exception: the Ultraviolet style of the Green Roots Billie skin will only ever be obtainable from the Season 3 Festival Pass.

You can progress through the Season 3 Festival Pass by completing Festival quests as you play. You can grab a free track of rewards, which includes four jam tracks and culminates in the quite gnarly Lavatronik Bass. For those who upgrade to the premium track, you’ll unlock the new Billie Eilish-themed keytar and mic stand, four new jam tracks, and a variety of other cosmetics.

The Ultraviolet style for the Green Roots Billie skin is exclusive to the Season 3 Festival Pass.

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The new jam tracks on the premium track of the Festival pass are:

  • Oxytocin by Billie Eilish
  • Friday I’m In Love by The Cure (This is the one referenced in the title, by the way)
  • Youngblood by 5 Seconds of Summer
  • Maps by Maroon 5

Unlike the previous Festival headliners, Eilish only has one skin right now, the one that’s available with the Festival pass, though Epic promises that Eilish will get a new Item Shop skin later in the season to coincide with her upcoming album release. For now, though, Eilish will have three new jam tracks available in the shop–“Happier Than Ever,” “Therefore I am” and “all the good girls go to hell”–as well as two emotes, dubbed “bad guy” and “you should see me in a crown.” And yes, the lack of capital letters is intentional–it’s a Gen Z thing, just go with it.

Developing story: Guitar controllers are cool again.

As mentioned above, the addition of support for guitar controllers is another huge story for the new season. As of the start of Season 3, Festival officially supports three guitar controllers: the Rock Band 4 Fender Stratocaster, the Rock Band 4 Fender Jaguar, and the brand-new PDP Riffmaster R controller.

Guitar controllers will have their own separate guitar and bass charts for each song, as well as their own leaderboards–if you’re stuck on a regular gamepad, you won’t be competing against guitar folks for high scores. Epic promises more news about instrument controllers in the relative near future–support for plastic drums may be on the horizon.

The Last Of Us Season 2: Isabela Merced Says She Had Chemistry With Bella Ramsey On Day One

After starring in the live-action Dora the Explorer movie and Madame Web, actress Isabela Merced is set to star as Dina in the upcoming second season of HBO’s The Last of Us. Speaking to Collider about the show, Merced said discussed her familiarity with the games, her chemistry with Ellie actress Bella Ramsey, and how she came to be attached to the show in the first place.

Merced said she hadn’t played The Last of Us: Part II, which is the basis for the sophomore season, until after she was cast. She said it was “such an experience.” She said the game is “so well made,” and even though the story is sad and violent, it’s an “amazing experience.”

“I consider anything that makes my heart rate go up to be a fun experience, so I enjoyed it. Great work from Neil Druckmann.”

Merced also discussed landing the role, saying she didn’t know what role she was up for until she met with Mazin and Druckmann. And when she got the part, it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing, either, as the Hollywood strikes were taking place.

“But it was just a mind-blowing instant connection with Craig and Neil. By the way, Craig and I have a lot of issues in common. Our brains work faster than our mouths, and I just love that about him. He’s definitely one of my go-tos for a life guru, in general, now,” she said.

As for working with Ramsey, Merced said the two have “so much chemistry,” and they had it “from the first day.”

“There’s no work to be done. I really respect Bella. I’m learning so much. I’m very honored to be here,” she said.

Merced is not the only new cast member joining The Last of Us for Season 2. Kaitlyn Dever (Booksmart) plays Abby and Young Mazino (Beef) has been cast as Jesse.

The Last of Us Season 2 is in production now and is slated to arrive in 2025. It’s not the only high-profile HBO series coming back, as the Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon returns this June for its second season.

Zenless Zone Zero Pre-Registration Now Open On PS5, PC, And Mobile

Yesterday, the iOS App Store seemingly slipped and revealed the release date for Zenless Zone Zero, the next online action-RPG from Genshin Impact developer Hoyoverse. Today, the company has officially opened pre-registrations for it on all platforms, though none of the official announcement details mention that “leaked” launch date.

Players on iOS and Android mobile devices can go to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store respectively to pre-register now, which will automatically download Zenless Zone Zero to their device on launch day. Those who plan to play on a PlayStation console or on PC via the Epic Games Store can add the game to their wishlist or pre-register on the official ZZZ website with an active Hoyoverse account.

Players can pre-register for ZZZ now.

The official ZZZ website also details the in-game rewards players can receive based on the number of pre-registrations before launch. The rewards will be sent to each player via in-game mail at launch, and the offerings are as follows:

  • 15 million registrations – 30,000 Dennies (in-game currency)
  • 20 million registrations – 3 Master Tapes (used to exchange for rare agent characters)
  • 25 million registrations – 5 Boopons (used to exchange for rare Bangboos)
  • 30 million registrations – 5 Master Tapes
  • 35 million registrations – Rare Agent “Corin”
  • 40 million registrations – 12 Master Tapes

Zenless Zone Zero is the latest action-RPG from Hoyoverse, which is set in New Eridu, a vast city that serves as the last bastion for humanity after an apocalyptic event called “The Hollows.” Players will create “proxies,” which they’ll use to fight monsters called Ethereals throughout the city in order to survive and solve the mystery behind the Hollows.

Zenless Zone Zero is officially slated to launch in “2024,” with the iOS App Store setting a release date of July 3.

Patrick Warburton’s Parents Hate Family Guy, Mom Tried To Get Show Canceled

Patrick Warburton has voiced Joe on Family Guy for decades, and now he’s revealed that his family does not like the show, and his mom even tried to get it canceled.

At PaleyFest recently for the show’s 25th anniversary celebration, Warburton said, “They hate the show even more today than they did 25 years ago,” as reported by People.

Warburton said his father was in a monastery for three months and nearly became a monk and his mother walked around town passing out pamphlets on “the sins of masturbation.” Basically, they aren’t the kind of people that might be in Family Guy’s target demographic.

“So they hate the show,” Warburton said, likely alluding to the animated show’s penchant for dirty jokes and off-color humor.

Warburton’s mother was in the American Television Council, which, for a period of time, tried to have Family Guy canceled, he said. His mother even tried to get Warburton to sign a petition against Family Guy. This all took place despite Warburton using his Family Guy money to support his parents financially.

Warburton acknowledged that Family Guy’s humor and tone is not for everyone, but he believes the fact that the show is satire is missed by some people. “A lot of people actually who really don’t get satire and just find themselves offended with everything,” he said.

Family Guy series creator Seth MacFarlane was in attendance at PaleyFest as well, and he gave an update on the long-awaited Family Guy movie. For more, check out what MacFarlane had to say about the animated show’s enduring legacy.

In addition to his role as Joe on Family Guy, Warburton is known for playing David Puddy on Seinfeld and voicing Kronk in The Emperor’s New Groove.

WoW Dragonflight’s Final Update, Dark Heart, Arrives In May

World of Warcraft’s Dragonflight expansion is coming to a close on May 7 with the arrival of the game’s Dark Heart update, Blizzard has announced: a patch that will set the stage for the game’s next expansion, The War Within.

Patch 10.2.7 will tee up characters like The War Within’s main villain Xal’atath, as well as reintroduce players to characters like Alleria Windrunner, who Blizzard has already said will have a large role to play in the story to come. Aside from new narrative quests, Dark Heart will additionally add new customization options for Kul Tiran characters, new Heritage Armor quests for Trolls and Draenei characters, and will unlock previously Renown-gated story content for all players, regardless of their Renown progress.

According to Blizzard’s WoW 2024 content roadmap, Dark Heart will be Dragonflight’s final content update prior to The War Within pre-patch, patch 11.0.1. That update will formally add one of The War Within’s key features, Warbands, as well as new world events prior to the arrival of the expansion proper.

While it’s still unclear how long of a wait it will be between Dark Heart and The War Within’s pre-patch, players will still have other content to enjoy in the meantime. The recently revealed WoW Remix: Mists of Pandaria event will now officially kick off on May 16, just over a week after Dark Heart’s release, Blizzard has announced. The event will see players create new characters and level up through 2012’s Mists of Pandaria expansion, albeit at a faster pace and with a slew of powerful new items and abilities. There will also be plenty of collectibles to earn, including some difficult to unlock mounts and transmog items from when Mists of Pandaria originally launched, along with some new color variants of old favorites. Characters created for the event, as well as cosmetics earned, will roll into the main game, ready to jump into The War Within once the event concludes.

Based on our hands-on preview of The War Within recently launched public alpha, WoW’s next expansion should feel familiar to those who played Dragonflight, even as it introduces new features like account-wide progression and new solo content in the form of Delves. While fans don’t yet know how Dark Heart’s story quests will lead into The War Within, spoilers from the alpha already point towards a major character death and the destruction of a beloved city. The War Within will officially introduce a new playable Allied Race, the Earthen, but alpha dataminers think they’ve uncovered what might be a secret, unannounced playable race as well.

The War Within does not yet have an official release date but is scheduled to launch this summer. Its arrival will usher in the first chapter of a three-expansion storyline Blizzard has dubbed The Worldsoul Saga–a trilogy of expansions Blizzard is hoping to release at a quicker cadence than the MMO’s usual two-year release schedule.