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Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Wuchang Fallen Feathers release date and when you can slash across the new soulslike adventure
Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is a new soulslike game set in the land of Chu during the Ming Dynasty, and it's coming to consoles and PC later this month Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is poised to deliver a fresh wave of soulslike action across the land of Chu, and Xbox fans might have the opportunity to play it without any additional cost. The soulslike genre, the gameplay style that just seems to keep going, is going even further yet again. FromSoftware's creation has taken flight, reaching various corners of the gaming industry, with numerous developers keen to incorporate the genre into their own creations. The sharp and responsive combat of Where Winds Meet's July beta has players eagerly anticipating a new, truly challenging experience, and Wuchang Fallen Feathers appears ready to rise to the occasion. This new soulslike game, set in the land of Chu during the Ming Dynasty, seems primed to offer players a fresh dose of frenzied sword-fighting action as Wuchang, an amnesiac pirate warrior afflicted with Feathering disease. The game appears shrouded in mystery, but even so, the prospect of slicing enemies to bits with a sword is more than enough to entice many potential fans, even if they don't plan to engage deeply with the game's storyline. It's good news, too, that players across Xbox, PlayStation and beyond are getting the chance to get stuck in. Fortunately, the game's release is imminent – and fans on a certain console could be about to get it at no extra cost. Here's what you need to know about the Wuchang: Fallen Feathers release date. Introducing All Out Gaming Introducing All Out Gaming, a dedicated gaming brand providing the best gaming news, reviews, previews, interviews and more! Make sure you don't miss out on our latest high-quality videos on YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook, where we'll be posting our latest reviews, previews, interviews, and live streams! You can also subscribe to our free All Out Gaming newsletter service. Click here to be sent all the day's biggest stories. Wuchang: Fallen Feathers release date The release date for Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is slated for Thursday, July 24 at 3am local time globally, with the exception of the United States. This release timing has been disclosed by the game's page on the PlayStation Store. As is typical with global launches like this, the game will be available for players in the United States at 3am EDT on the East Coast, and whatever that time translates to in their specific regions, which is 12am PDT / 2am CDT. It's an unusual setup for game releases, but at least in this instance it is designed to allow all players to dive in when they wake up on the morning of Thursday, July 24. The game is set to debut on PS5, Xbox Series X |S and PC. Fortunately for Xbox players, the game will also be arriving on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on the release day at no additional cost, meaning that if you're a subscriber, you'll have access to the game the moment it goes live. Soulslike action is always a hit, and given the success that Black Myth Wukong managed to garner, there's a high probability that Wuchang Fallen Feathers could be the next big sensation. Brace yourself for a hefty dose of brutal bosses.
Metro
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Elden Ring creators FromSoftware will have two new games next year claims report
The developer behind Elden Ring and Dark Souls is working on another mystery game which could be released next year, according to an insider. Following the launch of Elden Ring Nightreign in May, we now know virtually nothing about what developer FromSoftware is currently working on. They have announced The Duskbloods, but apart from it being a multiplayer focused game for Nintendo Switch 2 next to nothing has been revealed about it. However, considering how prolific FromSoftware has been in the past, it's almost certain the team is working on multiple projects at once. The subject of FromSoftware's next game, beyond The Duskbloods and Elden Ring Nightreign DLC, has become a talking point thanks to a new report which claims the studio is in the 'advanced stages of production' on an as-of-yet unannounced game. According to insider Kurakasis (via Mp1st), who has previously leaked games ahead of time, the unannounced title is a multiplatform game with the codename FMC. This is believed to be an abbreviation of the actual codename, with Elden Ring having the abbreviated codename of GR for 'Great Rune'. While there's no details on the game itself, it's claimed the project is so far in development that, unless it is delayed, we 'should be able to play it no later than next year'. This might feel like a reach, with The Duskbloods already coming out next year, but FromSoftware has launched multiple titles within the same year in the past. Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. Admittedly new games do take longer to make than ever, but From has had a major new title out almost every year, or usually at least every two years, since its inception, emphasising the fact that they always have multiple projects on the go at once. When compared to the abbreviated codenames of past FromSoftware games, Kurakasis points out how every codename beginning with 'F' has connected to either Dark Souls or Armored Core – From's longest running franchises. Some people have connected the dots to a rumour which emerged last year around a Dark Souls 3 remaster, although 2018's Dark Souls Remastered was developed by QLOC and Virtuous, with From only working on it in an advisory capacity. It did, however, have the codename FHD. The chances of the new game being an Armored Core title seem slim considering the last instalment, Armored Core 6: Fires Of Rubicon, launched in 2023, but the series has a history of dropping spin-offs after mainline entries. More Trending Armored Core: Verdict Day launched a year after 2012's Armored Core 5, while 2008's Armored Core: For Answer came out two years after Armored Core 4. As such, a direct sequel would also fit the timeline for 2026. Of course, there's a chance this project is something else entirely. FromSoftware boss Hidetaka Miyazaki has said there's no plans for more Elden Ring in the foreseeable future, but he did leave the door open for a potential revisit somewhere further down the line. 'We don't have any current plans to make a second DLC or a sequel, but we definitely don't want to snuff out that possibility,' he told IGN in February last year. 'We think that there could well be something in the future.' If another project is set to come out next year, that might mean The Duskbloods could be planned for early 2026 – something which could be revealed at the next Nintendo Direct, rumoured for this month. Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. MORE: Call Of Duty 2027 will launch new franchise with martial arts theme says leaker MORE: Civilization 6 and all its DLC is free right now but you'll have to be quick MORE: Cyberpunk 2077 fans think new update secretly runs better on PS5 Pro
Metro
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Elden Ring Nightreign and Silent Hill 2 get huge discounts on Amazon
Metro journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. If you make a purchase via links on this page we will earn commission – learn more FromSoftware's Elden Ring spin-off has been discounted barely a month after launch, as the Amazon sales somehow get better after Prime Day. Amazon Prime Day came to an end last Friday, but that hasn't stopped a bunch of new deals on games popping up on the website almost straight away. In fact, many Amazon Prime Day deals are still up now, including discounts on Split Fiction, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Tekken 8, and others. While it's unclear exactly why, you might want to jump on them sooner rather than later, in case someone's fallen asleep at the deal wheel. Some new discounts have popped up too, with one of the standouts being Elden Ring Nightreign. The co-op multiplayer spin-off has been a big hit sales wise since it came out at the end of May, and it's not full price anyway, so these discounts are surprising. On Amazon, Elden Ring Nightreign is 28% off on PlayStation 5 at £28.93, down from £39.99. Similarly, it's 20% off on Xbox Series X/S at £31.95. However, the best discounts are on the special editions. The Seekers Edition, which includes a SteelBook, digital artbook, soundtrack, and access to upcoming DLC, is 35% off at £35.95 on PlayStation 5. Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. Meanwhile, the Collector's Edition, which throws in a statue of Wylder, eight Nightfarers cards, and a physical artbook, is £80 off at £99.99. More Trending There are other notable discounts too, with The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered 44% off at £25, while Silent Hill 2 is down to £34.99. You can check out all these deals below. According to SteamDB, Elden Ring Nightreign's popularity has remained fairly steady since it launched on May 30, 2025, although it is naturally declining. After it racked up a peak player count of 313,593 players at launch, its 24-hour peak at the time of writing is 77,172. It is currently 22nd in the list of Steam's most played games though, just behind Marvel Rivals and Dead By Daylight. While the game has been a success so far, it's biggest test will be whether it can maintain these numbers in the months to come. FromSoftware has already promised a two-player mode and upcoming DLC, although a release date for those is yet to be announced. Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. MORE: Need For Speed 'shelved' by EA as Forza Horizon 5 PS5 sales hit 2 million MORE: Xbox handheld prices accidentally leaked by Asus and they're super expensive MORE: Games Inbox: What is the hardest game on PS5?
Metro
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Games Inbox: What is the easiest Soulsborne game?
The Friday letters page predicts the next big Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, as one reader hopes Resident Evil Requiem is the right kind of scary. To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@ Relatively easy A friend asked me recently which was the easiest FromSoftware game to get into and I honestly wasn't sure what to say at first. I think Elden Ring is generally regarded as the easiest, but I'd say it's also very confusing in terms of how it's laid out, with no real instruction, and not really the game I'd recommend for a newcomer. I've seen Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice described as both the easiest and hardest game they've done. Personally, I think it comes somewhere in the middle, but I also think it depends on how good you are at the parrying. Dark Souls 2 is also relatively easy, I'd say, but then I'd also say it's easily the worst of their games, so again not a great one to start with. All of which leaves me with Bloodborne, which is both a great game and slightly easier, if you can say that of any From game, than some of the others. Curious to know what other readers think as I do think it depends on your experience and natural aptitude, especially with something like Sekiro. Benson New kid on the block This is very strange news about Nintendo giving a newcomer the director role on such an important game as Donkey Kong Bananza. And someone that has been at the company for barely five years? I know it's not entirely certain what he's worked on before but I feel if it was something major they would've said. So either he seriously impressed Miyamoto and co. or he's got dirt on them or something? I'm going to assume it's the first thing, so that's very encouraging about the game. Although you've got to ask again, why this information had to be dragged out of Nintendo rather than them just saying, 'Hey, we got a hot new director, but you can't wait to see his new game!' Lentil Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. Optimal scariness Personally, I hope that Resident Evil Requiem does not have co-op, or at least hat it's not designed around it, like Resident Evil 5. I think it's neat that every time the series starts to lose its way it edges back to the slower-paced, scarier style of the very first game. We saw it with Resident Evil 7 and that's what it looks like from the footage so far of the new game, and I'm all for that. I just hope it's not too scary. Resident Evil is always described as shlock and I think that's what Capcom needs to aim for: not too gory or serious or gross, but just scary enough to make you want to test yourself and see if you can handle it. James Email your comments to: gamecentral@ Console wishes I've come to find wish-listing a very useful tool. To be alerted to games on sale, now that back compatibility makes trawling through the sale list an epic undertaking. Also, to keep track of the smaller or indie games that catch my eye. I do wish the console stores were as good as Steam for wish-listing though. Often that soon-to-be-released obscure indie game that has caught my eye and has been announced for console is nowhere to be found except on Steam. I still buy a few games for my old PC but have taken to wish-listing all upcoming games on Steam then, when it's actually released, add it to the consoles wish list. Simundo Too good to be true I've been reading about a lot of horrible things that companies do to their employees lately, most of it from Microsoft, but the idea of delaying a game so people don't get their bonus is next level. Although how did they ever get an agreement for a $250 million bonus?! That's so much that there was no way any company wasn't going to do anything they could to get out of having to pay it. They don't care if it's split between 100 people, they just know they don't want it leaving their bank account. I assume this was all a deal that was made when they bought the developer of Subnautica but I think they were being a bit naïve if they thought they'd ever pay up. Zeiss Guessing game My prediction is that the next big Nintendo game to be announced will be Animal Crossing. Maybe not some hardcore fans' favourite but the last one was super successful and with Metroid Prime 4 out this Christmas (presumably) I can see Nintendo wanting to go from one extreme to the other. The fact that they dropped support of New Horizons so quickly, for no obvious reason, has been talked about a lot and while the obvious explanation is that it's so they can make the sequel we are talking about Nintendo, where nothing is what you expect. But I do really think that it makes far more sense to release Animal Crossing sooner rather than later, since it's an evergreen game that people will be wanting through the whole console's life. You could argue that Nintendo will stick to more hardcore franchises in the early years, when it's mostly old school fans buying the Switch 2, but I think Animal Crossing will convince more casual folks to get interested too. So that's my prediction. When it's going to be announced is just going to be a blind guess though, as I don't think there's much to go on there. But I can see it being late in the year, as an extra incentive to get a Switch 2. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. If I'm right, I demand 200 internet points. Blanco Indie world So, Microsoft is going to shut down Rare once Sea Of Thieves has run its course, right? Such a sad end for one of the most important developers in the UK. If they've canned the only other game they're working on I'm not sure what those people are going to do, because I assume Sea Of Thieves already has everyone it needs. Maybe they'll be allowed to do something smaller and cheaper, perhaps more experimental, but I think that's probably a pipe dream. All these companies getting bought by other companies that then get bought by even bigger companies… I really wish everyone had stayed independent and in charge of their own destiny. Tacle Bedroom action In the infinitely swinging pendulum that is my gaming habits, I've found myself playing my 'bedroom PS3' recently, rather than picking up a handheld. And yes, I'm so rich I have a bedroom PlayStation 3 and a gaming room PlayStation 3. It's a shame MTV Cribs ended, they'd have loved it. Anyway, the games hold up well and I've been dipping back into my backlog while picking up a few games I missed or ignored at the time, things like MotorStorm, inFamous, and Blur. If anyone has any niche favourites from that era let me know please, gotta strike while the iron is hot. I think that it's maybe the last generation that's really worth keeping as a retro console, given the lack of hardware backwards compatibility in PlayStation 4 and 5 means that it's still the only place to play certain games like Metal Gear Solid 4, Puppeteer, and Killzone 2 and 3 (I always liked them… wheesht) without sailing the high seas. I guess there's the option to stream now, but that never feels quite right to me. Right, better pick up my Sixaxis and see if I can finish Resistance: Fall Of Man ~20 years after I got it and decided it was rubbish after half a level. Magnumstache Inbox also-rans Has GC seen the new Lego Soundwave? It looks fantastic, with the sound brick and two cassettes included. Maybe they should do a Lego Transformers game at some point. Euclidian Boxes GC: That does look amazing, Soundwave was always our favourite. Sad to think we'll probably never get another WipEout from Sony. With no new F-Zero either it seems the future racer genre… didn't have much of a future! Dougal More Trending Email your comments to: gamecentral@ The small print New Inbox updates appear every weekday morning, with special Hot Topic Inboxes at the weekend. Readers' letters are used on merit and may be edited for length and content. You can also submit your own 500 to 600-word Reader's Feature at any time via email or our Submit Stuff page, which if used will be shown in the next available weekend slot. You can also leave your comments below and don't forget to follow us on Twitter. MORE: Select Games Inbox: What's the best superhero game?Games Inbox: What's the best superhero game? MORE: Games Inbox: Will Wii games come to Nintendo Switch 2? MORE: Games Inbox: What will be the setting for GTA 7?
Metro
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Elden Ring Nightreign was the best-selling video game in May in the US
FromSoftware's multiplayer Elden Ring spin-off has been a major hit, as Star Wars Battlefront 2 continues to see a resurgence in interest. One of the great difficulties of following the video games industry is working out whether individual games have been a hit or not. Especially in Europe, there's almost no timely public data and while Japan lays everything bare the US info is all based around monthly charts – which isn't nearly as useful as weekly would be. A lot of the time you have to rely on secondary information, like Steam charts and console store information, but now we know for a fact that multiplayer spin-off Elden Ring Nightreign has been a major hit, despite earning a far less favourable critical reception than its parent title. At the same time Doom: The Dark Ages, which previously had shown little sign of being a major success, was the second-best seller. Although it's a $70/£70 game, whereas Nightreign is $40/£35. Apart from being monthly, the other problem with the charts is that there's no indication of how much any of the games have sold. May is not traditionally a busy time for game sales, so the general answer is probably not very much. Although, at the beginning of last month Bandai Namco indicated Nightreign had 3.5 million players. That's not quite the same as the number of sales and Doom's claim of 3 million players in its first week is even less helpful, as that includes Game Pass subscribers. Nevertheless, Nightreign has been in the bottom end of the Steam top 20 ever since its release in late May, so it's been consistently popular ever since launch. It's also now the 11th best-selling game of the year in the US, behind Civilization 7. Sign up to the GameCentral newsletter for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. That level of success will no doubt encourage developer FromSoftware when it comes to Switch 2 exclusive The Duskbloods, which is also multiplayer-focused. The other new releases of the month were F1 25 at number 15 and Capcom Fighting Collection 2 at number 19, which without any further evidence we're going to take as proof that Power Stone is in fact a very popular franchise that Capcom would be fools not to make more of. However, perhaps the most interesting news of the month is that 2017 multiplayer title Star Wars: Battlefront 2 jumped from 135 in the top sellers list to number 12, and got as high as number five in terms of PC sales alone. More Trending There's no obvious reason for the game's sudden, but not unwarranted, popularity, which has already led many – including one of the actors from Andor – to call for a new sequel. In terms of hardware sales, they were overall down 13% on 2024, with Switch down 44%, Xbox Series X/S down 30%, and PlayStation 5 up 3%. Obviously, the PlayStation 5 was the biggest seller, but despite being only a month away from being replaced by the Switch 2, the Switch 1 still managed to outsell the ailing Xbox Series X/S. Interestingly, analyst Mat Piscatella notes that spending on video game subscriptions reached an all-time high in May of $600,000,000 (£442 million) and the third consecutive month of growth. Although there's no indication of how that breaks down between PS Plus, Game Pass, and others. Email gamecentral@ leave a comment below, follow us on Twitter. To submit Inbox letters and Reader's Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use our Submit Stuff page here. For more stories like this, check our Gaming page. MORE: Switch 2 owner banned for playing second-hand Switch 1 games MORE: Play The Last Of Us Part 2 in chronological order thanks to a new update MORE: The best and worst Superman games and why developers need to do better
