Gaming
DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake launches, completing the Erdrick Trilogy
Completing the Erdrick Trilogy
Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia and Square Enix have released DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake. It’s available on Nintendo Switch™ 2, Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S. It’s also coming to PC via Steam and Microsoft Store for digital editions. Physical copies are available on Switch 2, Switch, and PS5.
The launch marks the final chapter of the Erdrick Trilogy, following last year’s acclaimed DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake.
A launch trailer is now available, and more information can be found on the Square Enix blog.
Two classic quests rebuilt
DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake brings the first two entries of the series back with modernized visuals and expanded content. Set after the events of DRAGON QUEST III, both titles feature new story moments and updated systems. There are also additions such as a fully explorable underwater world and a new playable character in DRAGON QUEST II.
Players follow the descendants of Erdrick as they bring the trilogy’s story to a dramatic close.
Erdrick Trilogy Collection out now
The DRAGON QUEST Erdrick Trilogy Collection, which bundles DRAGON QUEST I & II HD-2D Remake with DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake, is now available digitally.
The HD-2D series
The HD-2D art style blends pixel art with 3D rendering to refresh classic RPG gameplay. The remakes feature this approach alongside a modernised UI and new quality-of-life improvements.
About DRAGON QUEST
Created by Yuji Horii, DRAGON QUEST is one of Japan’s most iconic RPG franchises, debuting in 1986 and later reaching the US as DRAGON WARRIOR. The series has shipped over 95 million units worldwide across 11 mainline entries, multiple spin-offs, and adaptations in film, anime, novels, and manga.
DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age remains one of its most celebrated titles, earning multiple accolades and shipping nearly 8.5 million units globally.
Entertainment
Ubisoft confirms Far Cry live-action anthology series
Months ago, Ubisoft accidentally announced that it is working with FX on a live-action adaptation of the Far Cry series. Today, the publisher finally confirmed the news and attached some notable names to the project.
Confirmed directly by the publisher via an official announcement, Ubisoft announced that FX has ordered a series based on the first-person adventure series. The show will be an anthology series with different characters and stories for every season. With that description, it sounds a lot like The White Lotus but with more guns.
The games themselves follow this same format. Each game has a different setting and set of characters. The last, for instance, featured Giancarlo Esposito as Anton Castillo, the dictator of a fictional South American country named Yara.
Helming the live-action project are two big names for Hulu: Noah Hawley and Rob Mac. Hawley recently earned his flowers through the recently concluded first season of Alien: Earth. Meanwhile, Rob Mac has been earning success after success with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
With those two helming the series, the upcoming Far Cry adaptation has the potential to make a name for itself in the videogame adaptation scene. These days, adaptations are rocking the airwaves with notable adaptations including Fallout and The Last of Us.
Gaming
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 bags record-breaking 12 nominations at Game Awards
These include Game of the Year and three Best Performance nods.
Gamers today will rightly point out that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the game that will most likely bag the coveted Game of the Year award for 2025. Ahead of December 11, the popular turn-based RPG has not won yet. However, the nominations have just been announced, and it’s now safe to say that Expedition 33 has a real shot for the award.
The annual Game Awards has a lengthy list of awards it usually hands out. Of course, the highlight is Game of the Year. Besides Expedition 33, five other titles are vying for the crown: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Donkey Kong Bananza, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II.
Besides the coveted award, Expedition 33 also got 11 other nominations, totalling 12, which is the most a single game has gotten in the twelve-year history of The Game Awards. This includes Best Game Direction, Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Score and Music, Best Audio Design, Best Independent Game, Best Indie Game Debut, and Best RPG.
If you’ve been counting, that’s just nine nominations. The remaining three of the 12 need their own spotlight. For Best Performance, the game single-handedly got three nominees in: Ben Starr, Charlie Cox, and Jennifer English. That’s half of the list, rounded out by Ghost of Yotei’s Erika Ishii, Silent Hill f’s Konatsu Kato, and Indiana Jones’s Troy Baker. Notably, even 2023’s Baldur’s Gate 3 didn’t get multiple nominees in the category.
While Expedition 33 has a real chance with running away with a good chunk of the awards, viewers can control 10 percent of the vote via the fan voting process already up now. Plus, the awards will soon include a Players’ Voice award, which goes up on December 1.
SEE ALSO: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 review: Beautifully haunting
Entertainment
The Legend of Zelda film gets its first official photos
Bo Bragason and Benjamin Evan Ainsworth play Zelda and Link, respectively.
The Legend of Zelda might be one of the hardest video games to adapt. After all, how do you write a script for a protagonist who never talks? But, by God, Nintendo is doing it anyway. Now, the company has released the first official images from the upcoming live action film’s production.
The upcoming Zelda film has had a long production cycle. First announced in 2023, it was only earlier this year when Nintendo put a date to the film’s premiere: March 26, 2027. Even now, we don’t know much about the film.
Over the weekend, unofficial photos showed that product started its filming in New Zealand. Unofficial photos don’t really mean much except for those who hang around the rumor mill, but they can spiral towards those excited for the film’s release. To get ahead of the rumors, Nintendo released official photos, over the Nintendo Today app, which show both Link and Princess Zelda.
Notably, Zelda, the archetypal princess in distress, isn’t wearing her usual princess’s garb. Rather, she’s wearing the blue gear from the Breath of the Wild duology, where the princess had a more active role in saving Hyrule. Bo Bragason, who plays the princess, will likely take on a more front-and-center role.
Link, played by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, is wearing his more traditional green clothing from the past games. Though the film looks like it’s adapting the most recent duology, it might be an entirely different story, based on Link’s different clothes.
SEE ALSO: The Legend of Zelda live-action film now has a premiere date
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