@theverge.spaceThe tomb has all its raiders.
Amazon MGM Studios has revealed the cast of its Tomb Raider live action adaptation. Sigourney Weaver, Bill Paterson, Jason Isaacs, and more will star alongside Sophie Turner’s Lara Croft. It’s great (sometimes) when a cast reveal gives away the plot of the show. Showrunner Phoebe Waller-Bridge knew exactly what she was doing casting Sigourney Weaver and I’m excited to see her in action.
What’s better than one Nintendo Direct? Two.
Nintendo has some more games to show us. After the company’s Partner Direct showcase last week, Nintendo has announced yet another showcase, this time an Indie World presentation, for Thursday, August 7th, at 9AM ET on YouTube. The presentation will be 15 minutes long which is plenty of time to share at least one new trailer for Silksong.
When’s Marvel? Pretty soon.
Sony has announced Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, a new Marvel Comics fighting game developed by Guilty Gear studio Arc System Works, will make its debut at EVO 2025. You’ll be able to demo six playable characters - Storm, Ms. Marvel, Doom, Captain America, Iron Man and Star Lord - arranged in teams of four.
Also at EVO 2025, will be a developer panel discussing gameplay and development, if I know anything about EVO, there will likely be an exhibition showcase for the game as well. You can catch all the new info on Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls when EVO 2025 starts on August 1st.
Update: Romero Games is closing.
The dominoes from Microsoft’s layoffs continue to fall. Several games have been cancelled or their development halted with other studios, like The Initiative being permanently shuttered. Now Romero Games has announced that due to the layoffs, Microsoft has cancelled funding for its game. Update July 3rd: According to several employees’ posts on LinkedIn, Romero Games is closing outright due to the layoffs.
In the announcement, Brenda Romero wrote that the unannounced game had been progressing well. “We are incredibly proud of the work being done and the of the talented team behind it,” Romero wrote. “The best we’ve worked with.”
Everybody hated that.
In the thick of the Summer Game Fest presentation, Ian Proulx CEO of 1047 Games came out to promote his team’s new multiplayer shooter Splitgate 2. Problem is, he did it wearing a Make FPS Great Again hat which...is certainly a choice. A bad one. Now everybody’s talking about the hat and how much it sucks and not Splitgate 2.
Voice actor seemingly confirms a Persona 4 remake.
Yuri Lowenthal seems to have woken up and chosen violence. In a post on social media, the much-beloved voice performer wrote that he would not be reprising his role as Yosuke in the Persona 4 remake...which is news to everybody else because Atlus has not officially confirmed the existence of a Persona 4 remake.
Lowenthal wrote that he begged to be included in the cast but that, “They don’t want me to come back,” which might explain why a veteran voice actor might have so casually revealed the existence of an as yet unconfirmed game.
Dawn of the final day.
Only 24 hours remain... until Nintendo finally gives us the in-depth look we’ve been waiting for on the Switch 2. The direct starts bright an early at 9 AM ET / 6 AM ET and, in a new announcement from Nintendo, will last a chonky 60 minutes. Is an hour long enough to answer all our burning questions? Probably not. But Nintendo will also host Treehouse events on April 3rd and 4th featuring hands-on gameplay of Switch 2 games.
Ken Griffey Jr. would be so proud.
Nintendo and the Seattle Mariners go way back. The publisher owned the team from 1992 to 2016 and was responsible for publishing the best baseball game ever played by a shiba inu.
The connection got a little bit closer with the announcement that for the first time ever the Mariners will sport Nintendo logos on their jerseys. Nintendo’s iconic “racetrack” logo will appear on home jerseys while the Switch 2 logo will appear on away kits.
P is for Pals who do stuff together.
Palworld’s crossplay update is coming soon. We don’t know exactly when, as the announcement states it’ll happen sometime late March. But expect to pal around with your friends on any platform within the next two weeks. Also, in celebration of the update, Palworld’s 25 percent off on the PlayStation store and Steam.
Q. What kind of game is this A. In this game, you can peacefully live alongside mysterious creatures known as Pals or risk your life to drive off a ruthless poaching syndicate. Pals can be used to fight and breed, or they can be made to work on farms or factories. You can even sell them or eat them. ▼Survival In a harsh environment where food is scarce and vicious poachers roam, danger waits around every corner. To survive, you must tread carefully and make difficult choices...even if that means eating your own Pals when the time comes. ▼Mounts Exploration Pals can be mounted to traverse the land, sea and sky—allowing you to traverse all kinds of environment as you explore the world. ▼Building Structures Want to build a pyramid Put an army of Pals on the job. There are no labor laws for Pals, so exploit them to your hearts content. ▼Production Find a variety of useful Pals to make fire, generate electricity, or mine ore so that you can live a life of comfort. ▼Farming Some Pals are good at planting seeds, while others are skilled at watering or harvesting crops. Work together with your Pals to create an idyllic farmstead. ▼Factories Automation Letting Pals do the work is the key to automation. Build a factory, place a Pal in it, and theyll keep working as long as theyre fed—until theyre dead, that is. ▼Dungeon Exploration With Pals on your side you can tackle even the most dangerous areas. When the time comes, you might have to sacrifice one to save your skin. Theyll protect your life—even if it costs their own. ▼Breeding Genetics Breed a Pal and it will inherit the characteristics of its parents. Combine rare pals to create the strongest Pal of them all ▼Poaching Crime Endangered Pals live in wildlife sanctuaries. Sneak in and capture rare Pals to get rich quick Its not a crime if you dont get caught, after all. ▼Multiplayer Multiplayer is supported, so invite a friend and go on an adventure together And of course you can battle your friends and trade Pals, too. Collect all kinds of exciting Pals to fight, farm, build, and work for you in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game This title is a game that will receive regular updates based on user feedback in the future.
It’s time to grab your warp whistle.
In celebration of MAR10 day, Nintendo’s official holiday celebrating its iconic red plumber guy, it dropped a new album on its Nintendo Music app - the soundtrack for Super Mario Bros. 3. You can see the full tracklist here, but it’s got a lot of Koji Kondo’s greatest hits like “Hurry Up! Underwater BGM” or “Hurry Up! King of the Koopas”.
