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Previously only available on Playstation, the fantastic Yakuza series is slowly making it's way over to Xbox and the more people that get to experience this great series the better. Yakuza Kiwami 2, the third game in Kiryu Kazama story will soon be heading to Xbox One and PC.The game will be available on Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Games Pass on July 30th. Set your calendars for August 18th, because that's when Xbox Game Studios and Asobo Studiohave announced that Microsoft Flight Simulatorwill release on PC. The game promises to be a visual masterpiece in 4K HDR that might even redefine certain aspects and expectations from what we currently hold for "sim" games. Even with the game launching over a full month from now, you can actually pre-order and begin installing it now via the Microsoft Storeand Xbox Game Pass for PC. There are three editions to choose from:TheMicrosoft Flight SimulatorStandardEdition($59.99USD):includes20 highly detailed planes with unique flight models and 30 hand-crafted airports.The Standard Edition will be availablewithXbox Game Pass for PC.The Deluxe Edition($89.99 USD):includeseverything fromMicrosoft Flight Simulator sstandard edition plus 5 additional highly accurate planes with unique flight models and 5 additional handcrafted international airports. The Premium Deluxe Edition($119.99 USD):includes everything fromMicrosoft Flight SimulatorStandard Edition plus 10 additional highly accurate planes with unique flight models and 10 additional handcrafted international airports.Whichever version you order, everything advertised above will be available at launch and the devs plan on continuing to support the game post-launch with additional content updates over time. EA UFC returns with EA UFC 4 and EA released the debut trailer for the game today with Israel Adesanya and Jorge Masvidal as the cover stars. Also in quite the surprising news, the game is actually releasing in about a month as the game will be released on August 14th.EA UFC 4 is also giving you more places to fight. The UFC Apex, a backyard octagon and an underground temple that plays homage to the old lore of MMA.Also based on this trailer and the EA UFC 4 website, it looks like you will be able to customize your fighters with more outfits and silly accessories compared to previous games. In the last two games you were stuck with the boring "fight kids". Now it looks like you can fight wearing t-shirts, gold chains, jeans, full body suits and silly headgear.Pre-ordering the game will get you boxers Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua as bonus fighters.EA UFC 4 releases on August 14th for PS4 and Xbox One. The Zoids franchise has been ongoing for over thirty-five years with Zoids Wild, the fifth anime in the series, started up in Spring of 2018. On February 28th 2019, Zoids Wild: King of Blast launched for the Nintendo Switch in Japan, and now nearly two years later the game will be hitting the rest of the world on October 16th 2020 as Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed. Players around the world will now be able to battle with their Zoids in head-to-head battles with friends, or engage in a new single player Zoids story that follows the war between Team Freedom led by Arashi, and Team Dark Metal. If you're a Zoids fan and can't wait for the game to finally hit the rest of the world, you can pre-order the game over on the game's official website. I'm trying to come up with a better pitch than "If you ownSuperhot then you getSuperhot: Mind Control Deletefor free," but I'm not able to come up with one. But that's the deal, straight up. If you've already bought the game not gotten it in a giveaway or in a subscription service like Xbox Live or PlayStation Plus then you can download Mind Control Delete on July 16, its launch date. You may notice that's still a few days away. Superhot Team would like to encourage you to buy Superhot as soon as possible so youcan get Mind Control Delete for free. Otherwise, you'll be paying full retail for it should you decide to buy it later.The video has a fast-scrolling set of stipulations (sort of) at the end of the trailer. Since you can't read that fast, here's the text:Superhot: Mind Control Delete is a standalone game set in the world of Superhot. Events depicted in the game might connect to those from Superhot but knowledge of the game is not required, thought it might be beneficial for the user. Mind Control Delete started out as a free, standalone expansion to Superhot (not to be confused with Superhot VR as it is an entirely different entity). Its aim was to give more of Superhot experience to people who already bought it. Mind Control Delete was in development for the past 3 years becoming its own thing a game bigger and bolder than its predecessor. The scope changed but the conviction to give it away for free to owners of Superhot stayed the same. Superhot: Mind Control Delete will be given away for free to everyone who acquired Superhot before July 16, 2020, in a legal way and not as part of a free giveaway fo any sorts. If you purchased Superhot for Xbox One, then you should expect a system message with a voucher to activate your free copy of Mind Control Delete within a few days of July 16. If your copy of Superhot was purchased on other stores and for other platforms then you'll need to email us your receipt (freemcdplease@superhotgame.com) and we'll provide you with a DRM-free copy of Mind Control Delete. In order to get you rfree copy you must have purchased Superhot before July 16, 2020, and, as said, it must be bought, not received through giveaway such as Xbox Games With Gold. If you're reading this before release, buy Superhot as soon as possible to get your free copy of Mind Control Delete. You won't regret it. After the release of Superhot: Mind Control Delete it will be purchasable as a separate game. We will have wonderful bundles for you if you want to qcquire all Superhot games. Remember that. More and updated information is always available on our world wide website: superhotgame.com/mcd-release-faq.Pretty generous. To reiterate one important point for you VR folks, though, this offer isn't for previous owners of justSuperhot VR. That's a different entity, as they state above.You'd be hard-pressed to find a higher-praised action game in the last four years, though. Just saying the name will get any number of people in your Slack chat chanting the phrase, "Super. Hot. Super. Hot," over and over again. Time to become one of the initiated, I suppose. Put on your spoiler pants because WhatCulture looks at10 video games whereyoudie at the end. IfNBA 2K21is any indication,AAA next-gen games may cost $70. And The Witcher showrunner promises thatmore nods to the gameswill show up in season two.So, what are you playing?Sean ColleliIt's been a busy week but I've managed to carve out some gaming time. For starters I got the hankering to get back to Rage 2, which I liked quite a lot but wanted to take more time exploring. Then I admitted to myself that I never beat the original Rage, and I really probably should, so I've been working through that for the past couple weeks. To be honest, it's a bit of a chore and I'm already feeling like I'll need to force myself to get through it. I've restarted Rage numerous times but never finished it, and now I can remember why. I'm not experiencing any technical issues this time--apparently Id and Valve finally optimized the Steam version--but the whole experience still feels like a very drawn out tech demo. The action is solid and frenetic but also painfully repetitive, and not in the good Doom or Quake kind of way. Rage is a slower, more methodical game that locks you into arenas and throws dozens of enemies at you, but without the mobility and creative mayhem that made Doom 2016 so addictive. The quest structure is also pretty tedious and everything about Rage's open world is depressingly static. Id's insistence on using Megatexture in 2011 means everything ishideouslysmeary and low-res up close. And yet...from a distance, Rage is one of the most starkly beautiful games I've ever seen. The vistas and setpieces impart a sense of aching desolation, a bleached, weary loneliness right out of a pre-Star Wars 70s sci-fi dystopia. I swear I'm going to run into Charlton Heston out in Rage's wasteland. It's just a shame that when you examine Rage up close, the illusion dissipates and it collapses into competent but generic tedium. I'll probably have more detailed thoughts in a longer post but for now Rage is a frustrating experience, the premature embryo of what Doom would accomplish six years later. It's just a shame Id had to sacrifice that intimidating, shattered beauty to give Doom the focus that it needed.On a whim I dropped $15 on the Switch port of Star Wars Episode 1: Racer, and wow it's just as much fun as I remember. I played this game to death back on the N64 in 1999, back when I was an undiscerning 13-year-old and, despite a vague, nagging sense of disappointment, I actually thought The Phantom Menace was a good film. I cringe at the thought now, and the Podracing scene feels like it lasts approximately 400 minutes when I force myself through the movie these days. But credit where it's due, LucasArts turned that sequence into a damn fine racing game. Every racer feels distinct enough that you can define your own play style, and the management system, although shallow, adds another element to upgrading your slick racing machine and budgeting your winnings. Most important was the sense of sheer speed that Racer hits you with--that rush still persists all these years later and makes for a pretty white knuckle experience. While the graphics were blocky even in '99 to facilitate smooth frame rates, they have a crisp, charming cleanness when rezzed up to 1080p, as do most games of that era when properly optimized. In any case simplicity matters when the scenery is flashing past at 600mph. Episode 1 Racer feels like all the best virtues of late 90s arcade games--flashy, challenging, timely,fast--distilled down into one Star Wars flavored, 151 proof shot. So yeah, the Star Wars prequels kind of sucked. The Disney-Wars sequelsreallysuck. But the lion's share of those old Star Wars games still have a lot of fun and heart to offer.Eric HauterI'm traveling this week (don't worry, I'm being super Covid-responsible). I brought my Switch with me, thinking that it would be my gaming travel companion, but surprisingly I haven't even turned it on once. Instead I've been playingStadiathe entire time.The family I'm staying with has wifi, and it's good enough for me to pull a steady 1080p stream from Stadia and play quite comfortably on my 13" laptop. I do believe that they all think I'm a little crazy for perching at the kitchen table for hours every morning with a plug-in Xbox One controller, but whatever. It is working like a charm, and I've been able to make a ton of progress on a game I'm reviewing for next week. What is that game, you ask? Well, I could tell you, but then Stadia wouldn't trust me with any more games. You'll just have to pop back to GN on Tuesday/Wednesday after the Stadia Connect to find out.I can say, though, that I've also been popping intoThe Elder Scrolls Online: Greymooron the regular. I've decided to play it in a casual way, more like an actual Elder Scrolls title than an MMO. With the MMO pressure off, the game is much more relaxing and enjoyable. I'm just ignoring all of the battlegrounds, instances, and PVP like they aren't there. I'm not making a point of dashing to the stable to train my mount every day, nor am I being particularly attentive to crafting. Just wandering the countryside, questing by myself, hopping into fights to help strangers where I can. I am a ronin necromancer, and my name is Allie Tangerine. Bad guys beware when I wander into your town (or underground city).Randy KalistaEvery once in a while I find myself in an unenviable position as a games writer. That position is "I'd rather play this game than write about it." It's ironic, but it's certainly not sarcastic. That's where I am withHardspace: Shipbreaker. If it was released and not just in early access it would've been my pick forOur Favorite Games of the Year (So Far). That stipulation, however, puts Hardspace in direct contention withKentucky Route Zerocome GOTY time at the end of the year. And that's fine. That's a perfectly enviable position, by comparison. Hardspace and Kentucky are worlds apart, gameplaywise, but I'm suddenly realizing the prevalence of folk instrumentals in both.I'm alsoup to my eyeballs in virtual reality. John Yan is dragging me, kicking and screaming, into the much lauded (and equally derisive) world of VR. I've already gotSkyrim VRandCreed: Rise to Glorylocked and loaded in my Steam library. Not to mentionHalf-Life: Alyx, the first game that's come along in seven years of publicly available VR to actually convince meit's a system seller. In unrelated news, I've got a box of Dramamine tablets on standby. Wish me luck. [Update: Creed is now my physically fit path to a better me. I need a sweatband.]John YanI'll be doing some light gaming as I continue to try and get my basement back in order after a power outage and water damage from the sump pump not working. Luckily, it was confined to an area that didn't have too much stuff on the floor. I'll be doing casualUnoas I picked that up during the Steam sale. If I have the ability, I'll probably pop into some7 Days to Dieso as I continue to see what new things they did with the latest update before we start a real session once the stable branch is out. With overwhelmingly positive early reviews, landing the game in Metacritic's Top 5 for 2020 so far, F1 2020 is now available. This is theofficial video game of the Formula OneWorld Championship and is seeing the relies across platforms:PS4, Xbox One, PC (via Steam), and even Google Stadia. The game introduces two new circuits as well as the My Team feature where you pick your driver, team, and even sponsor to take to the track. The game also boasts improved on-track options, the reintroduction of split-screen racing, and other quality of life improvement over the previous iteration such assimplified menus and assists which should let players spend more time actuallydriving.You can do so inthree-race, half-season or full-season options, and the F2 2020 season update will be coming later as free DLC. There is also a specialaddition, theF1 2020 Deluxe Schumacher Edition, for fans of Michael Schumacher that also adds four iconic cars from his illustrious career. The deluxe edition is only $10 more, retailing for $69.99 with the regular edition coming in at $59.99 Even with the Stadia Connect looming next week - obviously primed to drop news-bombs all over the Stadia player community, the platform is still dropping some announcements about upcoming titles. In an announcement on the Stadia Community Blog today, Stadia announced the upcoming arrival of Celeste and El Hijo - A Wild West Tale.Celeste, which has been wildly popular on every platform it has released for, is a challenging platformer from the creators of perennial multiplayer favorite Towerfall.A narrative-driven, single-player adventure like mom used to make, with a charming cast of characters and a touching story of self-discoveryA massive mountain teeming with 700+ screens of hardcore platforming challenges and devious secretsBrutal B-side chapters to unlock, built for only the bravest mountaineersIGF Excellence in Audio finalist, with over 2 hours of original music led by dazzling live piano and catchy synth beatsEl Hijo - A Wild West Tale may be a little less known, but it looks every bit as interesting as Celeste. Billed as a non-violent stealth game, El Hijo challenges players to guide a six-year-old boy through the perils of the old west, back to his mother.Survive the Wild West with the cleverness of a young heroExplore dark monasteries, deserts, and boomtowns in a spaghetti-western worldMerge with the shadows to hide from the lawlessSolve playfully tricky environmental puzzlesUse a playful arsenal of tactical toys to bypass and distract diverse desperadoesInspire other children towards the path to freedomEnjoy the gripping storyline of a brave son searching for his motherNo word yet on a release date for these, but we may find out more during the Stadia Connect on July 14. Keep it locked on Gaming Nexus for more details as they develop. We haven't actually talked about Superliminalsince before the PC version even had a firm release date. Well,while the game finally landed on the Epic Games Store in November as a timed exclusive, it is now making the jump to consoles still ahead of that PC exclusivity evenbeing up. PS4, Xbox One, and Switch have all gotten the game and it is also at a 20% off discount on the latter two storefronts. Still full price on PSN, womp womp, but at only $20 it's not the end of the world. The console versions have been updated with achievements/trophies, hidden rooms, and other secrets.Superliminal is a first-person puzzler and can be a bit difficult to describe, but the trailer below does an excellent job showinghow perspective ends up being the key to unlocking the game's many puzzles. It's a little bitPortal as you move from exit to exit, level to level, and a little bit Stanley Parableas the whole thing is set in a wild lucid dream. I've been priveleged to experience Super X-Fi at Creative Labs booth at CES for two years in a row and both times, it's blown me away. Having used a few of their Super X-Fi products at home and being a gamer, I'm excited about this one.Today Creative announced the SXFI GAMER headset that is built for us gaming folks. The headset will utilize a BATTLE Mode profile that's setup especially for those that enjoy first person shooters. I'm expecting the same awesome fully immersive sound coming from the SXFI GAMER that I experienced using the portable DAC. Here's hoping the gamer-centric profile will help enhance all the environmental sounds in games as well as provide a richer audio experience.The SXFI GAMER will also be home to a brand new microphone design dubbed the CommanderMic. It boasts ambient noise suppression and improved voice pickup using SXFI inPerson technology.To help with cable strength, it'll be reinforced with Kevlar and attaches to your computer via USB. And it wouldn't be a gamer product without a little color thrown into the mix as the cups have RGB lighting with up to 16.7 million options for color.$129.99 is what the price of the SXFI GAMER and you can order it now from their website.

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