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Idea Factory, the developer of the Hyperdimension Neptunia series, has announced a new title for PS4. During a panel at Anime Expo, the publisher unveiled the genre-changing RPG Death End Re;Quest, which will launch physically and digitally for Sony’s console in North America and Europe in 2019.

Death End Re;Quest tells the story of video game programmer Arata Mizunashi and his colleague, Shina Ninomiya. Following Shina’s mysterious disappearance, Arata discovers that she’s actually trapped in an MMORPG they developed together called World’s Odyssey, and the only way for her to escape is to complete the game and unlock its perfect ending–a feat that only has a 1% success rate.

Players will need to jump between the real and virtual worlds in Death End in order to unravel the mystery of World’s Odyssey and help Shina escape. The game features a turn-based battle system, but it’s most distinctive feature is the ability to change the game into a completely different genre during battle, such as a first-person shooter or a fighting game. Players will need to switch between different genres to gain an advantage over enemies and bosses.

Additionally, players will be able to utilize “Bug Skills” while exploring dungeons to discover otherwise inaccessible areas and bypass certain environmental obstacles, such as gliding over a pit of lava. Players will also be able to summon some of the bosses they’ve previously defeated into battle to help take on even more challenging foes.

Idea Factory hasn’t pinned down an exact release date for Death End Re;Quest yet, but the game is slated to arrive early next year. In the meantime, you can watch its announcement trailer and check out a handful of screenshots from the title above.

Multiplayer action game Warframe will be released for Nintendo Switch, developer Digital Extremes has announced. The announcement was made during TennoLive 20189, a yearly event where new details about the game’s future are revealed.

A short trailer of the game was also released and it reveals that Panic Button is working on the Switch version. Panic Button has worked on bringing a number of games to Nintendo’s latest platform, including Wolfenstein 2 and Doom for Bethesda, and Rocket League for Psyonix.

As of yet, a release date for the Nintendo Switch version of Warframe has not been confirmed. The subject of how the game will approach offline play on Switch has also not been discussed yet.

Warframe is a free-to-play game that’s also available on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The game launched to a mixed reception, with GameSpot awarding it a 6/10. “Some problematic menus pale in comparison to Warframe’s real problem: a pervasive tendency toward repetition,” said Chris Watters in his Warframe review. “Whether you’re forging ahead with a high-level suit or leveling up a new one, Warframe repeats enemies, environments, and scenarios too frequently.

“Without new challenges for your combat abilities, the excitement soon dries up, leaving you without a compelling reason to keep playing. This free-to-play shooter is still technically in beta, so changes may come that make a substantive difference. But as of now, Warframe’s interesting combat mechanics are too quickly overcome by the grind of repetition.”

Since then, developer Digital Extremes has continued to make tweaks and introduce new content to the game. As a result, Warframe has developed a passionate, dedicated fanbase. On PC, it is frequently one of the most-played games on Steam, alongside DoTA 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and PUBG.

You know the drill by now: A brand new Marvel movie has hit theaters which means we’ve got a brand new clutch of Eggs and references to sort through. Ant-Man and the Wasp may not have been the most serious entry into the MCU’s timeline, especially in the wake of Thanos and the snap heard round the universe. But from obscure D-list comic book villains to decade-old MCU deep cuts, it still managed to pack in some winks and nods for the dedicated fan.

We’ve broken down a list of them here–how many were you able to catch?

When you’re done, check out our full Ant-Man and the Wasp review, the post-credits scenes explained, whether we’ll get another Ant-Man sequel, and all the Infinity War Easter eggs and references you could ever want.

While Ant-Man and the Wasp follows the events of Captain America: Civil War, many fans expected it to at least address the end of Avengers: Infinity War. That film seemingly changed the Marvel Cinematic Universe forever, so ignoring it completely would have been awkward. Warning: The following contains spoilers for Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Still, nobody was quite sure how it would work in half of existence turning to dust when Thanos snapped his fingers. In the end, the moment happens during the post-credits scene, though it’s unclear how long after the movie’s climax this takes place. Originally, however, the handling of Infinity War was going to happen quite differently.

Speaking to GameSpot, Ant-Man and the Wasp director Peyton Reed says while he always knew he and the writers were going to have to integrate Infinity War into their story, it wasn’t always in the post-credits scene. “We talked about it, you know, how we were going to introduce the ramifications of Infinity War in our movie, and along the way, we had a bunch of different ideas,” he says. “Some were more bleak, and some were things happening in the background of this movie.”

It’s hard to imagine a scene more bleak than finding clouds of ash where Hank (Michael Douglas), Hope (Evangeline Lilly), and Janet (Michelle Pfeiffer) once stood. Having to watch them actually realize what’s happening, like fans did with Spider-Man in Infinity War, would have been too much.

However, it’s interesting to think about how it could have fit elsewhere in the film. While a second post-credits scene shows a peek at the world in the aftermath of the actions of Thanos–with the Emergency Alert System taking over TV, while a giant ant plays drums–seeing that unfold in the middle of the movie instead of at the end might have been too much.

Ultimately, given the kind of movie Ant-Man and the Wasp is, chances are they made the right choice with how it played out on-screen. “We finally landed on this idea, you know, the version that you saw, and structurally, we all got really excited about it, to have the tone of Ant-Man or Ant-Man and the Wasp, and still be able to sort of acknowledge Infinity War in a way,” Reed explains.

Now Avengers 4 just has to fix it all so fans can see more of Hank, Janet, and Hope in another movie. In the meantime, Ant-Man and the Wasp is in theaters now.