Subset Games, creators of Faster Than Light, has announced its next new title: Into the Breach. The turn-based strategy game features a similar art style to Faster Than Light, and will have players defending the remnants of human civilization from gigantic creatures breeding beneath the earth. To do so, players will control powerful mechs from the future to hold off the alien threat, with each attempt to save the world offering a new randomly-generated challenge.

Along with the above trailer, Subset Games gave a few details about Into the Breach:

• Defend the Cities: Civilian buildings power your mechs. Defend them from the Vek and watch your fire!
• Perfect Your Strategy: All enemy attacks are telegraphed in minimalistic, turn-based combat. Analyze your opponent’s attack and come up with the perfect counter every turn.
• Build the Ultimate Mech: Find powerful new weapons and unique pilots as you battle the Vek infestation across Corporate-Nation islands.
• Another Chance: Failure is not an option. When you are defeated, send help back through time to save another timeline!

The game is currently under development and will be heading to Windows, Mac and Linux when the company feels it’s ready.

There’s also a video showcasing the combat music you can check out below, as well as a gallery of screenshots. Read more

Today, Nintendo hosted a Nintendo Direct event focused on the Fire Emblem series, announcing that multiple titles are in the works. These include a new game for mobile devices, two games for the upcoming Nintendo Switch and multiple games for the Nintendo 2DS and 3DS handheld consoles.

The first to arrive will be Fire Emblem Heroes for mobile devices, an original strategy RPG about two warring kingdoms in a bitter clash. Players take on the role of a summoner, building their army by calling upon popular heroes from worlds that span the storied franchise. In addition to the main story mode, the game will offer the opportunity for players to engage in other modes to strengthen their army or to compete against others. The game will be available as a free download with optional in-app purchases available when it launches February 2, 2017.

Next up and for the first time outside of Japan will be Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia. Inspired by the original 1992 game titled Fire Emblem Gaiden, which has never been offered outside Japan, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia has been reimagined on a grander scale with every aspect of the original game’s presentation having been updated, along with the game being fully voiced. It will head to the 3DS family of systems on May 19, 2017. Accompanying the game will be two amiibo figures, Alm and Celica, both characters from the game.

Then there’s Fire Emblem Warriors, heading to both the Nintendo Switch and New Nintendo 3DS systems. It’s being developed by the same team behind Hyrule Warriors and is scheduled to launch this fall.

Lastly, Nintendo confirmed a new Fire Emblem game is in development for the Switch and is scheduled to launch in 2018.

“In recent years, the popularity of the Fire Emblem franchise has grown exponentially,” said Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “The devoted fan base and series newcomers alike will soon have an abundance of new games to play on a variety of devices. There’s never been a better time to be a Fire Emblem fan or jump in for the first time.”

You can watch the entire Nintendo Direct above.

Atlus has shared the latest Persona 5 trailer, which shows off some new mechanics that have never been seen before in the storied franchise. Heading to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 consoles on April 4, 2017, Persona 5 features the Phantom Thieves, and like previous entries in the series, they will be normal Japanese high-schoolers during the day while taking on evil Shadows at night. This time around, players will travel to the Metaverse through a smartphone, unleashing their true Personas while raising some hell at night. Atlus says the Metaverse is essentially the “collective unconscious” of all mankind, where the most distorted desires of people manifest themselves as Palaces.

Which brings us to one of the first new mechanics. In order to enter a Palace, players will pick a target and figure out certain key pieces of information to plug into their Metaverse Navigator app in order to gain access. Once inside the Palace, the Phantom Thieves must fight hordes of Shadows, solve puzzles, defeat the Palace ruler and steal the target’s deepest darkest desire – which is of course in the form of treasure.

Each target will have a different Palace look and theme and it appears there will be a stealth element to the game. Atlus says if the Thieves get caught too many times, they’ll be kicked out of the Metaverse and can only return the next day.

Even more interesting, once players engage a Shadow in a fight, they will have various options including diplomatic ones, like “Hold Up Shadows” that allows you to negotiate to yield more money, items and even a chance to avoid a battle entirely. The protagonist can even convince them to join the Phantom Thieves to be used as a Persona, or of course, you can just smash them to bits and pieces.

After years of rumors and speculation, the new Nintendo Switch will be arriving in just a matter of months. The company will share more details about its upcoming console at a press event in Tokyo, which you can watch live streaming above. The hybrid console aims to blend the best of both worlds of handheld and home, allowing you to game on the go with the exact same titles you’d expect at home. It’s also quite versatile from what Nintendo has shown off so far, with detachable controllers called “Joy-Con.”

What we do know so far is that the Nintendo Switch can connect to a home television when resting in its dock and when it is lifted out, it will “instantly transition to portable mode,” Nintendo said last year when it first revealed the Switch. Exact specifications on the device have not been revealed, and so far all Nintendo has said is that it offers a “high-definition” display.

Since it is also designed to be a portable device, the Switch will use cartridges that will be called GameCards. It has also been confirmed by Nvidia that it will run on Nvidia hardware, more specifically, a custom system-on-a-chip that is based on its Tegra line of mobile processors.

Hopefully Nintendo will address some major questions that everyone has been wondering, including price, battery life and whether it will be backward compatible with other Nintendo systems. Expect to see plenty of launch titles being announced and shown during the presentation that starts at 8:00 PM Pacific / 11:00 PM Eastern.

At Tokyo Game Show 2016, Square Enix revealed a new Final Fantasy XV trailer that delves deeper into the upcoming game’s story and characters. Originally set to be released on September 30, Final Fantasy XV has been delayed to November 29 and will be heading to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

The latest trailer is probably the game’s most revealing yet, and ties in the events from Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV. That means if you haven’t watched the movie yet, there will be spoilers in the above trailer. Along with setting the stage for Noctis and his friends setting out on their journey through the land of Eos, the trailer also introduces characters that players will encounter in the opening chapters of the game. Some may be familiar faces if you have watched Kingsglaive.

The highly anticipated RPG follows the story of Crown Prince Noctis and his comrades on an epic journey of brotherhood, love and despair as they unravel Noctis’s destiny while taking up arms against the warmongering empire, Niflheim.

Hopefully Final Fantasy XV doesn’t experience anymore delays and gamers can finally get their hands on it before year’s end. For now, the above trailer should get you excited if you’ve been looking forward to the game.