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The Last Remnant (PC) is Being Removed from Stores

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Aug 242018
 

Remember when Alan Wake was removed from stores? It’s happening again, this time to The Last Remnant.

The Last Remnant is an RPG from Square Enix that has been sitting in my backlog for a couple of years now, although I haven’t played it yet.

It sounds like Xbox 360 players will still be able to get it, but the developers announced that they are discontinuing all physical and digital sales of the PC version of The Last Remnant.

You have until September 4 to get it. To be more precise, they gave the following times in their announcement:

Japan region: Wednesday 5th September, approximately 2:00 (JST)
NA region: Tuesday 4th September, approximately 10:00 (PDT)
EU region: Tuesday 4th September, approximately 17:00 (GMT)

It’s unclear why this is happening. With Alan Wake, it was music licensing issues, but if that were the case with The Last Remnant, why is it only the PC version?

Update: turns out they’re remastering it.

The PC version was given several differences and improvements in response to feedback to the Xbox 360 version, so it sounds like if you want to play The Last Remnant, it’s the best version to get.

They haven’t said anything about a sale ahead of its discontinuation, but on the other hand, it’s only $9.99. So if you want The Last Remnant for the PC, you have a bit under two weeks to get it.

New Artwork Revealed for Project Prelude Rune

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Aug 222018
 

Thanks to Gematsu, I learned that the website for Project Prelude Rune has been updated with new artwork.

You might be asking yourself what Project Prelude Rune is.

I predicted that we’d learn more about it at E3, but that didn’t happen. We still know next to nothing about this game.

When Hideo Baba stopped working on the Tales series and joined Square Enix, he became the head of a new studio called Studio Istolia. Their first game was announced as “Project Prelude Rune,” a new fantasy JRPG.

They revealed a handful of details about it through an interview, where Baba said he wanted it to be a game filled with “kindness” and “warmth” and that it would be a straightforward fantasy world.

From then on, they’ve been silent about the game, until they updated the official website with the new art and positions they’re hiring for.

I’m curious about Project Prelude Rune, even though there are a lot of Tales fans who think Hideo Baba was to blame for some of the later games being not as good. On the other hand, I’d like to know what the game is about and how it will play.

That art is beautiful, though.

When do you think we’ll learn more about Project Prelude Rune?

A Hat in Time is Coming to the Switch

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Aug 202018
 

Yes, I know I still haven’t played A Hat in Time despite backing it on Kickstarter and greatly anticipating it, but I plan to this year.

But in today’s news, this 3D platformer is coming to the Switch!

Fans had hoped for A Hat in Time on the Wii U back when the Kickstarter campaign was in progress, although the developers couldn’t make any promises. Later on, fans hoped for a Switch version. The developers said it wasn’t going to happen…

…but apparently that has changed!

During a special Gamescom announcement, they revealed new “Seal the Deal” DLC coming to the PC version, and then announced A Hat in Time for the Switch.

There is no release date yet.

As for Seal the Deal, it will be given to Kickstarter backers for free, be free for everyone for the first 24 hours, and then cost $4.99. It adds a new chapter, a new difficulty mode, 6 new Time Rifts, and new costumes/badges/etc.

(Oddly, there are reports that the DLC won’t be coming to consoles.)

They were pretty definitive about no Switch version, but I always kind of hoped they’d change their minds. Are you planning to play A Hat in Time on the Switch?

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