Resident Evil Requiem amiibo-figurene kommer til Nintendo Store den 30. juli
Capcom har bekreftet at Amiibo-figurene Leon S. Kennedy og Grace Ashcroft, hovedpersonene i det nylig utgitte spillet « Resident Evil Requiem, vil bli lagt ut for salg 30. juli eksklusivt via Nintendo Store. Hver av disse figurene gir tilgang til et våpenskin i spillet via konsollens NFC-tilkobling.
Det er verdt å merke seg at den endelige prisen for figurene ennå ikke er avslørt, men de anslås å koste mellom 20 og 25 euro, i likhet med alle Amiibo-figurer som har blitt utgitt siden Nintendo Switch 2.
Capcom er fortsatt svært fornøyd med mottakelsen av « Resident Evil Requiem og forbereder seg allerede på neste års lansering av «Resident Evil Veronica», en fullstendig nyinnspilling av «Resident Evil: Code Veronica», en av de klassiske utgivelsene som er mest populære blant fansen. Det skal også være en historie-DLC for «Requiem» under utvikling; selv om dette ennå ikke er offisielt bekreftet av Capcom, vil denne historieutvidelsen knytte seg til den neste hovedtittelen i serien, «Resident Evil 10».
China en de Filipijnen wisselen beschuldigingen uit na een incident tussen schepen in wateren die door beide landen worden betwist
Territoriale conflicten in de Azië-Pacificregio blijven escaleren, waarbij China het middelpunt van alles is. De Aziatische reus neemt een confronterende houding aan terwijl hij subtiel maar geleidelijk de maritieme en territoriale soevereiniteit van de andere landen in zijn omgeving bedreigt. Naast de crisis met Taiwan is er nu een incident in de wateren van de Zuid-Chinese Zee waarbij de Filipijnen betrokken zijn.
Volgens een rapport van Reuters meldde de Filipijnse strijdkrachten (AFP) dat een Chinese kustwachtboot met een starre romp en acht bemanningsleden aan boord dichtbij hun oorlogsschip op Second Thomas Shoal naderde en foto's en video's maakte. Toen twee Philippine Navy-boten het Chinese schip probeerden te verdrijven, "reageerde de bemanning gewelddadig en agressief en sloeg leden van de Filipijnse marine met een houten knuppel."
Beide landen beschuldigen elkaar van het uiten van bedreigingen en het escaleren van de situatie, en China heeft beschuldigingen van agressief gedrag tijdens de confrontaties in de Zuid-Chinese Zee ontkend en de Filipijnen beschuldigd van het binnendringen van hun wateren. Deze kwestie zal naar verwachting worden besproken tijdens een ASEAN-bijeenkomst (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in Manilla deze week, waar ook de Chinese minister van Buitenlandse Zaken aanwezig zal zijn.
Think gaming handhelds are too expensive? Ayaneo says 'hold my beer,' lists $5,000+ monster
Ayaneo said it was suspending pre-orders for its Next 2 gaming handheld earlier this year, after rising storage costs and the ongoing memory crisis made it "no longer sustainable." Well, it's now listed on Ayaneo's website—with an asking price for the top model of $5,299.
I'll wait for you to pick up your jaw. Back with us? Good. The top-end Ayaneo Next 2 comes with an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU, which is a Strix Halo beastie that's damn expensive no matter the device you find it in.
Storage wise, you get a 2 TB SSD. Sheesh, I know NAND prices are silly right now, but surely a single NVMe drive can't be entirely to blame. As for the RAM? Well it's... oh. Oh I see. The top spec model comes with, brace yourselves, 128 GB of LPDDR5x-8533.
Yep, that would account for the super-silly price tag. I know the the Next 2 is positioning itself to be the handheld to end all handhelds, but 128 GB of RAM? For what, exactly?
It's a Windows-based machine, so I suppose you could get up to some AI-based tomfoolery with it. Other than that, though, I cannot see a world where a 128 GB gaming handheld makes any sense.

Of course, there are cheaper models available. The 64 GB version will run you *gulp* $3,699, whereas the entry level model (and I use the term very loosely) with 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage is a mere $2,999, with shipping said to begin at the end of this month.
No mattery which way you look at it, each of these prices is simply too much to pay for most mere mortals. And those with the cash to splash will still likely wince a little at this pricing.
Remember when I said the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X was kinda good value now at $1,000? Yep, that's the world we're living in in 2026, folks. And unfortunately, it's probably only going to get worse from here.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV – Necron CGI-Trailer
Ein neuer Trailer zu „Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV“ ist eingetroffen. Diesmal rücken die unsterblichen Necrons in den Mittelpunkt. Sie tauschten ihre sterblichen Körper gegen mechanische Überlegenheit ein und bezahlten dafür mit ihren Seelen. Nach einem 60 Millionen Jahre währenden Schlaf sind sie erwacht, um ihr damaliges Herrschaftsgebiet wieder zu vereinen.
Der Trailer beginnt mit Thothmek, einem mächtigen Necron Chronomanten, der aus dem Orbit den brutalen Konflikt auf Kronus beobachtet, während Space Marines und Orks um die Vorherrschaft kämpfen. Mit kalter Verachtung blickt Thothmek auf den Planeten herab und beklagt, wie die Gräber der Necrons während des langen Schlummers seines Volkes geschändet und zerstört wurden, während minderwertige Völker die einst heilige Welt der alten Dynastien befielen.
Während eindringliche mechanische Gesänge durch die Leere hallen, beginnt Thothmek die gesamte militärische Macht der Dynastie zu erwecken. Endlose Reihen von Necronkriegern erheben sich im Gleichklang neben hoch aufragenden Jagdläufern des Triarchats, ausschwärmenden Kanoptech Skarabäen sowie der imposanten Necron Leibgarde und formieren sich zu einer gewaltigen Armee aus lebendigem Metall.
Am Ende des CGI-Trailers hat sich eine kolossale Necron-Flotte unter Thothmeks Kommando über Kronus versammelt. Sie ist bereit, auf den Planeten herabzustürzen und alle zu vernichten, die der Rückeroberung im Weg stehen.
Das RTS„Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War IV“ erscheint am 17. September 2026, wobei Spieler der Commander Edition dank eines dreitägigen Early-Access-Zugangs bereits ab dem 14. September 2026 loslegen können. Hier findet ihr „Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4“ auf Steam: KLICK! Ein paar weitere Informationen gibt es auch bei uns (siehe hier).
Quelle: Pressemitteilung
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse was made to enlighten players who "love Metroidvanias" but have "never played a Castlevania game," Konami lead says
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse producer Tsutomu Taniguchi explains that he proposed the development of a new game in the series after reading comments from Metroidvania fans who'd never played a Castlevania game.
Castlevania may be the one half of the genre name, but according to Taniguchi, many self-professed Metroidvania fans admit they've never played any games from the franchise. In an interview with Famitsu, he speaks about how development of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse began from this revelation.
As translated by GamesRadar+, Taniguchi says, "I was a fan of Castlevania long before I started on this project. Since joining Konami, I kept seeing people on social media and in fandoms saying that they love Metroidvanias but they've never played a Castlevania game. They might have seen the anime, but they'd never played the games."
Taniguchi realized that while Castlevania has good brand recognition, it doesn't mean that everyone has had the chance to play the games. "I started to think about what I could do about this as both a Konami employee and a fan," Taniguchi says. "So we began by porting old games to collections to create a way for people to play previous works."
Castlevania has received three larger game collections: 2019's Castlevania Anniversary Collection, 2021's Castlevania Advance Collection, and most recently 2024's Castlevania Dominus Collection. Despite the wide range of series games distributed across these collections, the series' most popular entry, Symphony of the Night, hasn't been part of a collection since the PSP's Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles.
"We also wanted to build more ways for new players to experience Castlevania, like the [Dead Cells] DLC I mentioned previously," Taniguchi continues. "Of course, I also wanted to see something new, so I proposed Castlevania: Belmont's Curse."
