Samantha Lienhard

Granblue Fantasy: Relink News Coming in December

Aug 102020

We haven’t talked much about Granblue Fantasy: Relink since its localization was announced all the way back in 2018, partly because news about it only surfaces occasionally.

Back then, I was mainly interested in it because it was an action game being developed by PlatinumGames. Platinum is no longer working on it, but it’s never been quite clear if they simply finished their part on the game and departed or if something happened.

(It disappeared from their site, which was odd.)

Even though it’s no longer a Platinum game, it still has my interest as an action RPG and so I’ve been watching for news about it. Some new gameplay footage was shown off last year, but things have been pretty quiet.

A Granblue live stream was set for this past weekend, so I was hopeful we might finally see more from Granblue Fantasy: Relink at last! And… well, we didn’t, but at least Cygames mentioned it long enough to say when we will learn more. New information about Relink will be shared at Granblue Fantasy Fes 2020, which takes place on December 11-13.

An announcement of an announcement is better than nothing, right?

It feels like this game has been in development for a long time, but I’m happy to know we’ll learn more about it before the end of the year. Speaking of mysterious JRPGs we haven’t heard anything about for a while, I wonder when Atlus will share new details about Project Re Fantasy. And what about Monolith Soft’s mysterious fantasy IP?

I hope we hear about all of these games soon. In the meantime, are you interested in Granblue Fantasy: Relink?

Control’s AWE DLC Trailer Confirms Alan Wake Connection

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Aug 072020

One of the main things that got me interested in trying Remedy’s new game Control last year was finding out that it not only referenced Alan Wake, but appeared to have a more direct connection planned for its second DLC.

The logo for Control’s AWE DLC episode basically uses Alan Wake’s logo, the first hint of anything new coming for Alan Wake in a long time.

As I mentioned in my post about the top games I played last year, I started Control and was enjoying it quite a bit until a game-breaking bug stopped my playthrough. Since I didn’t want to repeat everything I’d already done so soon, I put the game on hold.

Anyway, an AWE trailer came out yesterday during the State of Play presentation, and now there’s absolutely no doubt left that it’s related to Alan Wake. Alan himself even appears at the end of the trailer.

I love Alan Wake, and I’ve been disappointed that we never got a sequel (American Nightmare had some interesting parts, but wasn’t quite the same), so I’m really excited for this… and I can’t help but hope it means there’s a full Alan Wake sequel planned.

But that’s not all!

In the official PlayStation Blog post about AWE, Remedy’s Communications Director Thomas Puha adds:

Over the years, we have included Easter eggs in our games that related some of Remedy’s games to each other, as you have seen if you played Control… but what if they were not all just Easter eggs? What if there’s actually been a plan in place for over a decade on how some of our games are connected – a Remedy Connected Universe, if you will – and payoff for certain things is… down the line?”

This is brought up again on the official website, where AWE is described as “the first Remedy Connected Universe crossover event.” A future game from this connected universe is in development as well.

While no other games are specifically mentioned, the fact that both the blog post and the site reference make general references to Remedy games being connected suggests the Control – Alan Wake connection might not be the only thing we need to pay attention to.

Theories about a Remedy shared universe have been around for quite a while, with fans debating whether or not certain games might actually be linked. Does this mean I should eventually play Quantum Break?

Anyway, I’m excited to see what comes of the AWE story and the return of Alan Wake. Since I’m in the middle of Nier: Automata, I probably won’t be able to play Control in time for AWE’s August 27 launch, but I’ll be looking forward to when I finally get there.

What do you think about Control’s second DLC and the Remedy Connected Universe?

A Wild New Impostor Factory Trailer is Out

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Aug 052020

A new trailer is out now for Impostor Factory, the upcoming third game in the To the Moon series.

Since I loved both To the Moon and Finding Paradise, as well as the smaller games set in between, I’m looking forward to it quite a bit… especially to see the next step in the overarching story.

Impostor Factory was announced last year as “a time-resetting thriller-mystery that involves a series of bloody murders.”

If that description seems a little unusual for the next game in this series, like I mentioned at the time, then just wait until you see the new trailer.

What in the world just happened?

According to its official Steam page, the central character this time is a man named Quincy who goes to a mansion and finds a time machine, and then “things get a little Lovecraftian” (as we can see in the trailer). The description goes on to say “that’s around 1/3 of what the game is really about.”

The Steam page is coy about where exactly this falls in the timeline, saying it could be a sequel or maybe a prequel or maybe both, but that it can be played without knowledge of the others.

My current theory is that since Quincy is probably Neil and Eva’s new patient, his request will be to use a time machine. On the other hand, it could tie into the overarching story in some way.

What do you think is going on in this Impostor Factory trailer? We’ll find out before the end of the year, since it’s due out in late 2020!

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