The indie hit Paradise Killer will be arriving on Xbox and PlayStation on March 16, 2022.

Paradise Killer was originally released in September 2020 for PC and Switch. The game received overwhelmingly positive critical acclaim. People raved about its vibrant open-world, lore, striking aesthetic, soundtrack and unique non-linear gameplay.

The Xbox Series X|S and PS5 versions will see the detective adventure expanded and improved with a suite of current-gen console feature support including 4K60, ray tracing, super-fast loading, Xbox Smart Delivery, haptics and a ‘day/night’ lightbar cycle for the PS5’s DualSense Wireless controller, and much more. It will also be available for Xbox One and PS4. Just less fancy.

All available versions of Paradise Killer, including the PC and Switch versions released in 2020, will also feature brand-new content which includes new music, mysterious new beings, quests, rewards, collectables, and Steam achievements for PC players, as well as general performance enhancements. Alongside this exciting new content, the game will release on the Epic Games Store for the first time.

Kaizen Game Works will also release a new compilation album alongside the game on March 16. Entitled “About That… Paradise Killer B-Sides” the album will feature new tracks composed by Barry “Epoch” Topping which will be featured in the new version of the game*, vocal arrangements, remixes and bonus tracks.

The full track listing is as follows:

1. Moonrise Rapture
2. About That…
3. Unlimited∞Luv
4. Misunderstand
5. To The Heart [Vocal Version]
6. House of Bliss [Vocal Version]
7. 08:00 ~ Another Last Day
8. Leaving [Piano Arr.]
9. Lady Blue [MEEBEE & Okumura. Remix]
10. Christmas With U
11. About That… [Instrumental]
12. Paradise (Stay Forever) [Instrumental]

*Not all tracks on the compilation album are included in the new update.

An open-world murder mystery, Paradise Killer takes place on the sun-drenched, dream-like world of Paradise Island, where, on the eve of the island’s rebirth as Perfect 25, “investigation freak” Lady Love Dies has been summoned from exile to solve the crime to end all crimes; the sinister murder of the island’s council.

On an island full of bizarre characters, immortal worshippers of dead alien gods and dark conspiracies, how will you navigate the rich world of Paradise Killer to uncover the elusive truth?

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Did you want a mini keyboard that is equipped with the mean as Razer switches? Well they may have your answer with the new Huntsman Mini Analog.

This beast is the first compact 60% keyboard available on the market with Razer’s proprietary Analog Optical Switches. This equips you with more precision, performance, and control in a small, portable form factor.

Fitted with Razer Analog Optical Switches, the Huntsman Mini Analog brings a finer degree of control to gaming. You can adjust analog sensitivity presets, and use double keymapping for digital/analog inputs. This allows you to enjoy fine throttle-control or steering in racing games. If that isn’t your jam you can assign two functions to a single key depending on how hard the key is pressed, to have both walk and sprint on a single button in an FPS.

For maximum durability, the Huntsman Mini Analog is topped with Doubleshot PBT keycaps, for a long lasting, textured finish, retaining their crisp looks even after extended use. An aluminum construction further adds to the overall durability of the keyboard, while the detachable Type-C cable guarantees easy portability. 

These Optical Switches and the form factor helps in 2 ways. It’s ideal for LAN players, fans of minimalist gaming set-ups, or those looking to save space, whilst giving users the fine control and precision demanded by today’s games.

For more information, please see here.

WHEN: March 2022.  Yea, this month!

WHERE: Coming soon to selected retailers and channel partners

PRICE: $289.95 NZD

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2K today unveiled a look look into two modes coming in WWE 2K22.

The first is 2K Showcase. This features highlight clips from a stunning retelling of WWE 2K22 cover Superstar Rey Mysterio’s 20-year career in WWE.

MyRISE is gonna tell unique storylines for the men’s and women’s divisions.

You can get a slice of what the mode offers in the trailers below, and you can red even more below it.

In Rey Mysterio’s 2K Showcase, players take on legendary opponents from yeas gone and current. They include Eddie Guerrero, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, The Miz, and Dolph Ziggler. What a career. Fast-paced gameplay flawlessly transitions to live-action historical footage, using 2K’s new Slingshot Tech, for a truly immersive experience.

MyRISE gives players the opportunity to experience the journey of a WWE Superstar, from the humble beginnings of a Rookie at the WWE Performance Centre to the challenge of becoming a Superstar, to being immortalized as a WWE Legend. With unique men’s and women’s division storylines available, players will encounter an array of WWE Superstars and Legends as they embark on the journey.

WWE 2K22 will be available on March 11, 2022!
well that is unless you have the Deluxe Edition or  nWo 4-Life Digital Edition. Then you can play from March 8, 2022.

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Far there is some cool games in this months update. For example Far: Changing Tides, Kentucky Route Zero, Young Souls and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy.

Available Today

Far: Changing Tides (Cloud, Console, and PC)

Available on day one with Game Pass

Embark on a stunning new journey in this atmospheric vehicle adventure set in a beautifully realized, post-apocalyptic world. As protagonist, Toe, you must navigate the flooded landscape at the helm of a unique ship that upgrades and evolves as you progress on your journey. Solve puzzles, navigate the changing weather and dive to unknown depths in your search for a new home.

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (Console and PC)

Lightning, the star of the Final Fantasy XIII series, is poised to face her ultimate challenge. Experience a new game world, a new battle system, and extended customization features. The world will end in 13 days. Once again, its fate rests on the shoulders of one woman.

Coming Soon

Kentucky Route Zero (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – March 10

Kentucky Route Zero is a magical realist adventure game about a secret highway running through the caves beneath Kentucky, and the mysterious folks who travel it.

Lawn Mowing Simulator (Xbox One) ID@Xbox – March 10

Lawn Mowing Simulator is available right now on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and with Xbox Cloud Gaming, and is coming soon to Xbox One consoles! Take a break from the real world and enjoy the challenge and serenity of mowing the Great British countryside in Lawn Mowing Simulator.

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Cloud, Console, and PC) – March 10

Fire up Star-Lord’s jet boots for a wild ride across the cosmos in this third-person action-adventure game, a fresh take on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. With the unpredictable Guardians at your side, blast your way from one explosive situation to another, with original and iconic Marvel characters caught in a struggle for the fate of the universe. You got this. Probably.

Young Souls (Cloud, Console, and PC) ID@Xbox – March 10

Available on day one with Game Pass: Gear up and begin your journey solo or coop to rescue the Professor. Young Souls draws you in with not only its stunning art direction, clever beat ’em up gameplay and RPG mechanics, but also with its sharp writing and incredible universe setting between two worlds you will fall in love with. Plus, Ultimate members can play with Xbox Touch Controls from their mobile device on day one with cloud gaming!

Leaving March 15

The Xbox gods giveth. The Xbox gods taketh away.

You know the drill; the following games will be leaving the Game Pass library soon which means it’s time to jump back in before they go! Worst case scenario use your membership discount to save up to 20%. So if you started them you can finish them at your own pace.

Or hurry and smash them in 2 weeks!

·       Nier: Automata (Cloud, Console, and PC)

·       Phogs! (Cloud, Console, and PC)

·       Torchlight III (Cloud, Console, and PC)

·       The Surge 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC)

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 Grand Mountain Adventure: Wonderlands has a new trailer ahead of launch.

Developed by Swedish studio Toppluva, Grand Mountain Adventure: Wonderlands is a quirky new open-world skiing & snowboarding game. The perspective angle makes it unique as you get to explore snowy slopes filled with numerous challenges.

The same developer released the mobile game Grand Mountain Adventure. Hence this longer title.

I’m not sure about you but I am pretty eager to get my hands on this.

The digital version of the game will be released on March 10^th on the Nintendo eShop and PC (Steam). The retail Switch version will be available from March 31^st in Australia and New Zealand.

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Oppo likes making their phones awesome. One thing that has consistently impressed us at 8-Bit Island is the battery life their phones get. Well now they don’t even want you waiting for the charge.

At Mobile World Congress 2022 they announced 2 new updates in high-speed flash charging. The first is 150W SUPERVOOC with Battery Health Engine (BHE) and the second is 240W SUPERVOOC flash charge technology.

OPPO has integrated its self-developed BHE within the ultra-fast 150W SUPERVOOC flash charge. This allows the battery to maintain 80% of its original capacity after as many as 1,600 charge cycles. That is frickin double the current industry standard.

240W SUPERVOOC flash charge technology marks the latest technological breakthrough in the mobile phone industry. Charging a 4,500mAh battery from 1% to 100% in about 9 minutes, 240W SUPERVOOC kicks off a new era of safe and efficient flash charging.

Find X5 Pro Supports 80W SUPERVOOC and 50W AIRVOOC

Last week, OPPO announced their new flagship Find X5 series will be available for order in New Zealand later in March. With the support of enhanced 80W SUPERVOOC flash-charging technology, the OPPO Find X5 Pro can be charged from close to empty to 50 per cent in just 12 minutes, and with 50W AIRVOOC, it powers up to 100 per cent wirelessly in just 47 minutes. In comparison, the Find X3 Pro supported 65W SUPERVOOC and 30W AIRVOOC flash-charging technology. OPPO now continues to expand its high-powered flash charging technology, setting new records for mobile phone charging.

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Babylon’s Fall  dropped a PlayStation demo last week.

If you aren;t convinced it is worth a try then maybe check out the new Combat 101 trailer below.

The trailer highlights the game’s unique gameplay mechanics, which allows players to wield weapons in both hands while utilizing the power of their Gideon Coffin to equip two additional spectral weapons. This four-weapon combat system provides countless ways to customize the combat experience and unleash devastating combinations against the enemies of the ziggurat.

I mean it is being made but Platinum games for Square Enix. Really… Do you need more of an excuse to try the game out?

Blurb:

In BABYLON’S FALL players become a group of warriors known as the sentinels, bonded with special equipment called Gideon Coffins, and throw themselves into an odyssey to overcome the titanic Tower of Babylon, within which sleeps a great legacy.In addition to weapons wielded in both hands, characters can use the power of their Gideon Coffin to equip two more, allowing for combinations of up to four weapons at once. The capabilities of different equipment will also bring endless variation to the strategy that can be employed.The game’s visuals are achieved using a newly developed “brushwork style” to create a unique fantasy setting with a medieval oil painting aesthetic.

Featuring fluid co-op-combat, powerful weapons and a unique, striking art style, the epic world of BABYLON’S FALL can be played solo or in parties up to four**. Following the launch, BABYLON’S FALL will continue to be supported with new game modes, ongoing story content, and additional weapon types at no additional cost.

Further, the BABYLON’S FALL free downloadable demo launched February 25, on PS5 and PS4. The demo gives players access to the opening section of the game where both single player and four player cross-play co-op can be experienced for free. All progress and achievements will be carried over to the full version of the game on PlayStation platforms following the official launch on March 3.

BABYLON’S FALL is launching worldwide on PS5, PS4 and PC on March 3, 2022.

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 Square Enix has released the physical box edition of Life is Strange: True Colors for the Switch.

The best price at the moment appears to be Mighty Ape for $89.

The Switch edition of Life is Strange: True Colors has been extensively optimized for the platform in both docked and handheld modes. This allows players to become completely immersed in the supernatural mystery. No matter where they choose to play.
 
This adventure has you take the role of Alex Chen. She is a young woman with the secret ability to absorb and manipulate the strong emotions of others. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, she must embrace her volatile power to find the truth — and reveal dark secrets buried by the town.

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Oppo has done the old Oppo trick. Announced a bunch of super awesome phones! This time it is their latest Find X5 series which now has 3 members in the family.

The Find X5 Pro which is loaded with some absurd features and cameras of course. Then the X5 Lite is at the lower end, also looking loaded with features given the price. The new member of the family is the middle child, The Oppo Find X5! This one sits somewhere in the middle, so if you want to go premium but 2K is just out of reach, well reach for this one.

They are also releasing the Enco X2 earbuds, and as someone who has been using the original Enco earbuds since launch I can confirm that is awesome.

The prices comin at $1,999 for the pro, $1,599 for the standard, and $899 for the Lite. Those sweet ear buds will be a nice $349 but if they have the lifespan of their predecessors then that is also good value. They integrate so perfectly with the Oppo OS as well so as a pairing it is as chefs-kiss as they come.

You can order all this new kit in Aotearoa New Zealand from the end of March. No exact date yet.

More info about the cameras!

So many of our life moments are caught on our phones now, so Oppo’s dedication to cameras is handy. This time they have gone all out to include helping in those patchy night time snaps.

Night video presents a major challenge for smartphones, so OPPO has designed a dedicated imaging NPU, MariSilicon X, to bring the night to life, without sacrificing colour.

Based on a 6-nanometer process crafted for top-tier imaging performance, the MariSilicon X packs the most powerful AI computing power available today. The result is a four times improvement in perceived night video resolution, less grain and superior colour reproduction, making 4K Ultra Night Video possible for the first time on an Android smartphone, with each frame as clean as a still photo.

OPPO’s MariSilicon X is just one key element of Find X5 Pro’s advanced imaging system. The wide and ultra-wide-angle cameras both feature Sony’s advanced 50MP IMX766 flagship sensors.

The wide-angle camera also features a first-of-its-kind Five-axis OIS system, which improves with every use to counter handshake, reduce noise and sharpen scenes.

With superior 4K Ultra Night Video capturing across wide and ultra-wide cameras, the Find X5 Series boasts the best wide and ultra-wide imaging quality across both stills and videos in the industry.

What’s more, Find X5 Pro comes with an upgraded front camera, which is an intelligent 32MP shooter that captures details in brilliant clarity also thanks to the MariSilicon X Imaging NPU. This allows boosted dynamic range and true-to-life textures that will make selfies pop.

Also the Find X5 series is the first OPPO smartphone series to incorporate the best of Hasselblad software – Hasselblad Camera for Mobile – to enhance and finetune the beautiful and natural colours of your photography.

Oppo is still supporting the Nix

And of course it isn’t an Oppo article without mentioning the mighty Wellington Phoenix.

After taking a 1 nil lead against Sydney FC the mighty Nix wound up clinching a tight 1 all draw. Highlights of course were Ball getting a well deserved goal, and us creeping up that ladder further.

That and that beautiful Oppo branded kit they wore.

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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; fans don’t know what they want.

I don’t say this as an outsider looking in; I’ve been playing Pokemon since 1999. My journey has been Blue, Gold, Ruby, Platinum, Black, Y, Sun, and Sword, with multiple sequels and side-games thrown in for good measure. Umbreon and Espeon have been tattooed on my forearm for the better part of the last decade, and I’ve got three separate extra devices just for Pokemon GO.

I say all this not to brag (obviously, because it’s frankly kind of sad), but to establish that when it comes to Pokemon, I’ve been there since the beginning. So when I say that Pokemon Legends Arceus is one of the best things the franchise has ever graced the world with, I am able to back that up.

Because, well, it is. 

We’re entering Unown territory

Pokemon Legends Arceus begins with inexplicable time travel. No flux capacitors or TARDISes in sight, but instead a fairly literal Deus Ex Machina (or Arceus Ex Machina, I guess).

I’m not going to wax lyrical on the implications of this game to the temporal causality of the Pokemon universe. I’m just going to say that the way it’s handled is deeply refreshing. Instead of long-winded explanations and technical know-how, the rationale is basically that a wizard did it. The wizard is Arceus. Also you’ve got amnesia, like a daytime soap opera.

Look, the plot ain’t Shakespearow. 

Willing and Clefable

The Galaxy Team – definitely not Team Galactic – accept your time mishaps with the naivety and good humour of a toddler, barely questioning your story before asking you to work for them. Honestly, hiring standards in Hisui aren’t the best. As long as you can demonstrate that you’re not pants-wettingly terrified of a Starly, you’re basically their messiah.

The quests start off sort of basic; go here, catch this, come back, etc. At least there’s no escort missions, so thanks for small Blisseys.

And it gets Wyrdeer

Every new Pokemon game brings new forms, evolutions, and general design-related shenanigans. Pokemon Legends Arceus brings us the Hisuian variants, which range from the excellent (Arcanine) to the less excellent (Electrode) to the viscerally upsetting (Palkia). The new types come with some slight stat shifts which, despite the lack of a multiplayer function, lay the foundation for real paradigm shifts to competitive play in future. Dual type Samurott with added Speed? Oh, yes please.

The Pokedex is mostly the same as the standard Sinnoh dex from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, but the Hisuian forms and new playstyle means you’ll be far from bored.

Speaking of the Pokedex, the new system of actually researching what they eat and do should be the standard. I genuinely felt like I was doing, you know, research. Science is 90% repitition, as they say, and BOY will you be doing some science.

Unforgiving and even Tentacruel

Most surprising of all, Pokemon Legends Arceus is actually kind of hard. I know, right; a challenging Pokemon game! Well it’s not that surprising; I lost many hours to the harder versions of Pokemon Conquest, and while I struggled with the Mystery Dungeon series I think that’s mostly because I had absolutely no idea what was going on. But Pokemon Legends Arceus is closer to the formula we know and love, except now it’s dangerous. 

I used to love challenge runs of classic games, but I don’t think you’ll be able to Nuzlocke this one. Your Pokemon will faint. Like, a lot. Alpha Pokemon hit like a truck on ketamine whose mother you just insulted, and the levels just keep on climbing as you traverse Hisui. You can’t be Snorlax about travelling around, and especially at night.

Gastly. Gastly everywhere.

Breath of the Weavile

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention how similar in appearance Pokemon Legends Arceus is to the Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild. Because does, in fact, look very similar.

That similarity, however, is only pixel deep. The movement, gameplay, and flow of the game is entirely its own Ultra Beast. I’ve not played a game quite like Pokemon Legends Arceus before. In terms of a Pokemon game, this level of departure from formula is, well, astonishing.

The game isn’t fully open world (good), but more of a heavily expanded Wild Area of Crown Tundra type deal. There’s a fair few invisible walls, and which I say purely because of habit as the walls are visible to the point of obscuring everything in a horrible pink haze when you try to fly out of bounds on a glorious psychic eagle. 

Just like real life, right?

Framerates get a bit iffy in some circumstances. Mass outbreaks of detailed Pokemon and some draw distance issues can be irksome, but bearable. Other graphical glitches like collision issues are mostly funny, like when someone’s foot kept vibrating during a cutscene like an off-brand Sonic the Hedgehog. 

But these are minor Beautiflies in the ointment, and I’m struggling to find any real complaints.

Arcanine and a half out of Ten

Some technical limitations are all that pulls Pokemon Legends Arceus down, and I’m pretty confident they could be fixed in a patch or two. 

With a wholly fresh take on the franchise formula, a super listenable soundtrack, and content for days, Pokemon Legends Arceus is always going to be a good one. But moreover, it simply works. This is the free roaming, fast paced, risky Pokemon game we’ve been saying we want for decades, and it’s right here in front of us.

I Luvdisc it.

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