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Vidéo Replay : A Plague Tale Requiem, KOF XV, Just Dance, Evil West, … (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One)

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This week we can note the concert for A Plague Tale Requiem but also the launch trailer of Evil West, among others …

A Plague Tale Requiem (Aventure, action – PC, PS5, Xbox Series, Switch – Asobo Studio) offers us a concert with its soundtrack.

SNK CORPORATION announces that Shingo Yabuki will be the first DLC character for Season 2 of The King of Fighters XV (Combats – PS4 – SNK). It will be available in January 2023, along with improvements to the current roster.

Just Dance 2023 (Danse – Xbox Series, Switch, PS5 – Ubisoft) unveils its release trailer.

Evil West (Action, TPS – PC, PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series X – Flying Wild Hog – Focus Entertainment) too !

And also Gungrave G.O.R.E (Hack’n Slash, Shoot’em up – PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series – Studio IGGYMOB – Prime Matter).

Fall Guys (Action – PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Switch – Devolver Digital) announces its season 3 “Sunken Treasures” which begins on November 22.

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PERTE for Vanguard Health, “milestone” for rare diseases

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The Government has announced an increase in the public investment in the Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation (LOSS) for the Vanguard Healthincreasing the initially planned item of €982 million until the 1.5 billion. The decision highlights the Spanish Federation of rare diseases (FEDER), member of we are patientsconstitutes “a milestone for the group of people with rare diseases, since the specific investment in genomic medicine y advanced therapiestogether with the implementation of medicine personalizedaims to improve the time of access to a diagnosis and development of new therapies that respond to the main challenges of these pathologies”.

The announcement was made at the last meeting of the alliance of PERTE for Vanguard Healthan entity chaired by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and innovation and formed, among other public and private institutions, by FEDER, the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), the Platform of Patient Organizations (POP) and the Spanish Patient Forum (EFF). A strategic Alliance that, aims Juan Carrionpresident of FEDER, “results very hopeful given that it portends the development of treatments and therapies for the thousands of rare diseases that lack approach”.

In fact, PERTE itself acknowledges that only a 8% of the more than 4.600 minority pathologies collected in the Information Center for Rare Diseases and Genetics from the US National Institutes of Health has a authorized treatmentand in this context, points out the Federation, indications of new drugs based in gene therapy for hundreds of rare diseases, as well as the possibility that more than 3,000 of these pathologies can potentially be treated with these innovative techniques.

For Caroline DariasMinister of Health, “the purpose of this project is the health improvement of the population. And this hand in hand with the progress of science, of innovation state-of-the-art healthcare. And to achieve this future, FEDER points out, “it is important to generate among all the agents involved formulas that allow us transfer the impact that these initiatives will have on the lives of people who live with minority pathologies”.

– Today, 110 patient associations dedicated to rare diseases are already active members of Somos Pacientes. And yours?

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Blossom Tales II – The Minotaur Prince : Le double de Zelda ? (PC, Switch)

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Five years after the release and success of the first installment Blossom Tales, a new opus appeared on Steam and Switch during the middle of the summer. Entitled Blossom Tales II – The Minotaur Prince, the latest addition to Castle Pixel once again takes up the Zelda-like codes (Zelda in mind) and is simply excellent, even if it looks a little too much at the side of his inspiration.

Like the first installment before it, Blossom Tales II was crafted by the indie team at Castle Pixel. In addition to this first episode released in 2017, under the leadership of publisher FDG Entertainment, the studio also produced Rex Rocket, a 2D platform game, inspired by NES (8 bits) on Xbox and PC. For Blossom Tales II, the 16-bit era is in the spotlight, this time published by Playtonic Friends, the independent subsidiary of Playtonic Games (author of the Yooka-Laylee).

A double vision

The adventure of this second opus begins around a campfire. In the company of his grandchildren, Lily and Chrys’ grandfather decides to tell them a “chivalrous” story, moreover the children quickly add their little grain of salt.

Once upon a time, young Lily and her brother Chrys, two young children living with their grandmother. Both go to the Lunar Minotaur Festival to participate in the tournament / joust: the fall of the Minotaur King. Chrys, by performing a feint -equivalent to cheating-, arouses the wrath of her sister who, in revenge, calls on the Minotaur King. The latter then kidnaps Chrys. Feeling remorseful, Lily goes on an adventure to try to save her brother from the clutches of this evil being! How will this “tale” end? Will Lily and Chrys manage to stay awake until the end of the story told by their grandfather?

A chivalrous, epic, rescue, it inevitably reminds us of something within the video game industry: a heroic knight and a certain princess. If, of course, this is not original, the developers of Castle Pixel, by integrating a double narration, bring a certain added value to the adventure. It is indeed not uncommon for Chrys and Lily to intervene to transmit their comments and/or to modify part of the thread of the story. In doing so, between several choices to be made – in particular to make the difficulty more difficult or not – and its touches of humor, this double narrative vision is clearly one of the strong points of the title.

A quick and accessible handling, and with certain inspirations

In addition to its well-crafted story, Blossom Tales II delivers a carefully crafted gameplay experience. Besides, if you know The Legend of Zelda inside out, like Link’s Awakening, or even A Link to the Past, the whole thing will be extremely familiar to you, which is both a strength and a weakness. Because inevitably, the comparisons will be legion: at the limit of the sustained homage for some and a simple plagiarism lacking originality for the others, and this even if the title tries to bring some touches to deviate from it.

In this universe, we evolve in turn in plains, villages, forests, beach, dungeons, etc… each map – in the form of a table – being linked to each other. Like its main inspiration, we can cut tall grass to recover coins and hearts of life, find secrets, unearth chests, break jars, throw and carry elements, or even throw bombs to explode rocks blocking the way.

But that’s obviously not all because Lily must also face enemies, carry out quests, collect objects (plants, shells, etc.), some of which are used to create decoctions (healing, etc.) according to an associated recipe, and even solve multiple puzzles. The latter, whether encountered outdoors or in the very heart of dungeons, are really accessible in addition to being well put together. We find, for example, a system of levers, blocks to move to dedicated locations, or flames to spurt out, among others. Add to that a well-balanced and progressive difficulty, and we have a nice entertaining recipe.

It’s not just in its mechanics that Blossom Tales II exults, it does so in its clashes too! They are both very accessible and very quick to learn. Indeed the young girl can, like Link, attack with a sword, perform a circular charged attack, protect herself with a shield, but also roll. All this without forgetting access to other equipment such as a bow, bombs,… some being linked to a specific gauge (mana way) that simply regenerates over time.

The battles against the bestiary (frogs, pirates, badgers, etc.) are thus dynamic, rhythmic, and also require careful observation of the patterns to block, dodge, strike, whether against “ordinary” enemies or Bosses. The latter also have their subtleties, such as a ghost that only really reveals itself when exposed to “broad daylight”, who said that a lantern would be very useful in this case?

Finally Blossom Tales II does not fish for much, it manages to identify all the codes of Zelda-like and to transcribe them well in a faithful way. In fact, if we have to make a small criticism, but it’s really to nitpick, it’s that we would have appreciated that all the keys of the pad were requested so as not to have to go back several times in the menus. In itself it is not disturbing at all to do so, but an additional comfort option is always a plus – especially when you have to use several objects very often (fishing rod, etc.) -.

A nice touch of Pixel Art

Clearly inspired by The Legend of Zelda, and its peers, the team has, once again after the first part, carried out a production entirely in Pixel Art. Ranging from plains to forests, passing through dungeons, Blossom Tales II takes advantage of varied and very neat environments. The small details are numerous, with pretty light effects, or even a feeling of life with different types of plants, birds, and other animals/vegetation, … All as well animated as each other. The whole is thus very coherent and clean. For its general atmosphere, again the app uses “old-school” sound effects, and the themes go well with the whole thing. And finally, the texts are entirely written in French.

Tested on Switch

If the comparison with The Legend of Zelda is inevitable, it would be a shame to dwell on this specific point. Because Blossom Tales II clearly succeeds where it draws its inspiration: faithfully transcribing the codes of Zelda-like. We find everything that made the success of the Big N license: the clashes, the secrets, the puzzles, and even the animations. A nod to Nintendo’s license which, with its double narration, will even succeed in introducing novices to the subject. In short, if it does not offer any innovation for the formula of the genre, Blossom Tales II – The Minotaur Prince is an entertaining title and of good quality!

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Vidéo Replay : The Callisto Protocol, Mario + The Lapins Crétins, Gotham Knights (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One)

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Another week of videos. With, in star, Mario with his rabbits and the knights of Gotham. Among others…

Striking Distance Studios has released a brand new trailer that previews the main environment of The Callisto Protocol (Survival-Horror – PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series, Xbox One – Striking Distance Studios).

The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero (RPG – PS4, Switch – NIS America) gives us its launch trailer.

Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Strategy – Switch – Ubisoft – Nintendo) offers us a story trailer.

Prime Matter and KING Art Games announce new free content available now for their real-time strategy game: Iron Harvest 1920+ (Stratégie – PC, PS4, Xbox One – KING Art Games).

The Cycle : Frontier (FPS – PC – YAGER) move on to season 2.

SNK CORPORATION announces that Team Samurai will land in The King of Fighters XV (Combats – PS4 – SNK) October 4.

Gotham Knights (Action RPG – PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, PC – Warner Bros. Games) gives us the performance of the PC game.

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Hebdo Games : Quakecon 2022, The Chant, Destiny 2, Modern Warfare II, … (Mobiles, PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One)

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A new week of video games. There is in particular the announcement of the beta dates of COD Modern Warfare II but also the Quakecon, among others…

It’s available

Madden NFL 23 (Football Américain – PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series, Xbox One – EA) is available.

Watch QuakeCon 2022

You can follow it here: https://www.twitch.tv/bethesda. It started yesterday at 7 p.m. and ends on the 20th.

Coming soon

Prime Matter and Brass Token unveil a new trailer for The Chant (Survival-Horror – PC, Xbox Series, PS5 – Prime Matter – Brass Token), in which the dark side of the cult and the gameplay of the game are highlighted. This third-person horror action-adventure will be released on November 3, 2022 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

Saber Interactive announces that Dakar Desert Rally (Rallye – PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, PC – Saber Interactive)the largest open-world rally game inspired by the famous Dakar Rally, will be released on October 4, 2022 on PlayStation5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation4, Xbox One and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.

Ravenscourt and Voxler announce Let’s Sing 2023 French and International Hits (Karaoke – Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox – Ravenscourt – Voxler), the next installment in the karaoke franchise. The game will be released later this year for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation4, PlayStation5, and Xbox.

Destiny 2 news

On Tuesday, August 23, Bungie will stream its Intro Destiny 2 (FPS, MMO – PC, PS4, Xbox One, PS5, Xbox Series – Bungie – Activision) and will unveil the next expansion of the saga of Light and Darkness: Eclipse, as well as season 18, in which you will find the update of the cryoelectric doctrine 3.0 and more. In anticipation of this Presentation, Bungie has released a trailer:

The Beta pour Modern Warfare II

So, for the beta, it will be:

  • September 16/17 for early access on Playstation
  • September 18/20 for all Playstation players
  • September 22/23 early access for Xbox and PC and for all Playstation players
  • September 24/26 for everyone on all platforms

A show for Disney and Marvel

The two giants will offer a special video game show on September 9 at 10 p.m.

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Europe is parting ways with the Georgian Dream – Newspaper Kommersant No. 147 (7348) of 15.08.2022

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After many years of rapprochement with Georgia, the EU leadership has made a dramatic reversal. On the eve of the meeting of the EU-Georgia Association Council scheduled for September 6, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, questioned the granting of Tbilisi the status of an EU candidate member, which Ukraine and Moldova received in June. Brussels believes that during the reign of the Georgian Dream party, the country almost turned off the path of democracy and reforms. The European Union prefers not to speak loudly about the main claim against Georgia. In fact, the country has turned from a leader in the process of European integration in the post-Soviet space into its outsider due to its cautious position on the Ukrainian crisis and its refusal to impose sanctions against Russia.

Released late last week, the EU’s annual report on Georgia’s implementation of the Association Agreement with the EU, signed in 2014 and finally entered into force two years later, revealed growing dissatisfaction in Brussels with Georgia’s “European project”. From the main hope that arose after the “Rose Revolution” of November 2003, in which the West saw a sign of coming changes and color revolutions in the post-Soviet space, the country is turning into a major disappointment for the West.

A report by the EU Foreign Service, published on the agency’s website, states that in 2021 “problems threatened to undermine the country’s democratic foundations, and there were setbacks regarding the rule of law.” “We are seeing setbacks in key areas of the rule of law, governance and human rights. As Georgia enters a new phase of relations with the EU with its European perspective, it must take a responsible and conscientious approach that is consistent with the stated goals and aspirations of its citizens,” explained Josep Borrell, head of European diplomacy, on Friday.

Ahead of the September 6 EU-Georgia Association Council meeting to consider further engagement, EU Neighborhood and Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Warhel indicated that Georgia’s “commitment to democratic consolidation, judicial reforms, strengthening the rule of law, as well as combating corruption and organized crime.”

Josep Borrell’s warning became a new wake-up call for the supporters of Georgia’s European choice. Since the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, these calls have become more frequent for Tbilisi. So, at their summit on June 23, the heads of state and government of the European Union approved the granting of the status of candidates for EU membership only to Ukraine and Moldova – Georgia was not among them. Without completely closing the door of the common European house for Tbilisi, the summit participants made it clear that the status of a candidate would still have to be earned – to fulfill a number of conditions that, according to the EU, Kyiv and Chisinau have already fulfilled.

It should be reminded that in June the European Commission put forward a list of 12 demands to Georgia for further advancement along the path of European integration. Such extensive homework makes it simply unrealistic for Tbilisi to complete it, and hence, to obtain the status of a candidate in the foreseeable future.

In addition, the fate of the Association Agreement with the EU signed in 2014, which entered into force two years later, is also becoming uncertain. On the basis of this agreement, Tbilisi received a visa-free regime with the Schengen countries for short-term trips to Europe.

According to Georgian experts, dissatisfaction with the ruling Georgian Dream party and the government of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili is due to several reasons, and the main ones are not failures in the implementation of democratic reforms. In an interview with Kommersant, political scientist Gela Vasadze listed these reasons. According to him, this is primarily a lack of solidarity with Ukraine, an unwillingness to impose so-called national sanctions against Russia in addition to European and American sanctions, to which Georgia has joined.

The administration of President Zelensky, including members of his inner circle, constantly reproach Georgian colleagues for secretly violating the embargo on the supply of dual-use goods and other goods through Georgian territory, the shortage of which is already felt in the Russian Federation due to sanctions.

In addition, despite the persistent demands of the opposition, the Georgian Dream government refuses to introduce a visa regime with Russia, prohibit Russians from buying apartments in Georgia and transferring business to Georgia.

Another painful topic is the release from prison of ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili and the founder of the opposition TV channel Mtavari Arkhi Nika Gvaramia. His verdict is seen as a sign that the “party of power” is still in control of the judiciary.

Finally, the informal leadership of the founder of the Georgian Dream, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, who was recently condemned by the European Parliament, demanding that the European Commission impose sanctions against the billionaire, remains a stumbling block.

Recently, Mr. Ivanishvili publicly accused the Swiss bank Credit Suisse of blocking his accounts. And the deputies, close to the billionaire, attacked the US and EU ambassadors with accusations, who allegedly “demanded Ivanishvili to go to war with Russia”, using a Swiss bank as an instrument of pressure on him.

As for the release of the two main opponents of the Georgian authorities – Mikheil Saakashvili and Nika Gvaramia, then, as David Avalishvili, an expert from the Nation.ge news agency, explained to Kommersant, such a step would be perceived by the supporters of the Georgian Dream as a manifestation of extreme weakness and compliance of the authorities. “At the same time, the release of these politicians will not at all weaken the pressure of the opposition forces, but, on the contrary, will inspire them to mass actions from September demanding the resignation of the government and holding new elections,” David Avalishvili told Kommersant.

For their part, despite tough statements coming from Brussels, the leaders of Georgia’s ruling party pretend that nothing threatens Tbilisi’s European choice. The Chairman of the GM Irakli Kobakhidze considers the statements of Josep Borrell and Oliver Varhela, as well as the report of the EU Diplomatic Service, “recognition of Georgia’s achievements on the path to the EU.”

At the same time, there are no signs that the government of Irakli Garibashvili will refuse the influx of Russian tourists, Russian businesses and Russian residents into the country, which provided double-digit growth for the Georgian economy after the start of the military operation in Ukraine.

Giorgi Dvali, Tbilisi

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