Once again, information about Tactics Ogre: Reborn has surfaced, this time via the Australian ratings board. Square Enix has still not officially released any information about the tactical RPG’s re-release.

Tactics Ogre: Reborn has been rated M, meaning moderate in this case, for mature themes and violence. The listing says that the game was classified on April 22, 2022 and the the game is multiplatform, though it does not specify which platforms.

This is the latest in a long line of small leaks, starting with Square Enix trademarking Tactics Ogre: Reborn in March 2022. Then PlayStation Store briefly listed the game, before taking the link down. Then leaked backend files revealed that the game is a port of the 2011 PSP version of Tactics Ogre. According to that leak, this version would revamp the class system, add auto-save, make battles faster, as well as allow control and UI remapping.

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together is the second game in the Battle Ogre series. It’s comparable to Final Fantasy Tactics, as the player controls small armies of individual warriors on a grid-based battlefield. Originally released on the Super Famicom, Tactics Ogre first saw a North American release when it was ported to PlayStation in 1997. It was then ported to the PSP in 2011. That was the last time any Tactics Ogre, or Ogre Battle game for that matter, was released.

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Riot Games has announced that Project L–the upcoming 2v2 fighting game starring champions from the League of Legends universe–will be free to play when it launches next year, joining LoL, Legends of Runeterra, and Teamfight Tactics in Riot’s free-to-play portfolio.

The announcement came via a two-minute video hosted by Tom Cannon, senior director and executive producer on the game. In the video, Cannon says the decision to go free-to-play was part of a focus to “remove as many barriers of entry as possible,” including “where you live, what your skill level is, or how much money you have to spend on a game.”

The video also announces the next character for the roster: Illaoi, the Truth Bearer for the god Nagakabouros. A developer blog was released alongside the video showcasing the thought process behind Illaoi’s adaptation into the fighting game, including how she moves, what attacks she will use, and what kind of fighter she will be.

Cannon mentions that Project L will receive one more video update before the end of the year, however with Evo 2022 beginning this weekend–and Tom Cannon along with his brother Tony having a rich history at the event in previous years–there is some speculation that the next update could come as soon as this weekend.

Project L is a free-to-play 2v2 fighting game where players will choose from a selection of champions from League of Legends. The game is scheduled to launch in 2023, though no platforms have been confirmed by Riot as of this writing.

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When Netflix announced its intentions to move into the mobile gaming space, I, like many others, was skeptical. Like the dreaded TikTok-ification of Instagram, it felt like yet another example of a tech company that couldn’t stay in its lane, couldn’t simply continue doing what it was good at. Perhaps in response to its own view that Fortnite is more of a competitor than HBO, this new attempt at diversification felt more like one to appease investors than something that would legitimately matter to people who care about games. Its initial gaming launch last year with five games was uninspiring and forgettable, but this summer has dramatically recolored my perception of Netflix as a games publisher.

Given that launch lineup, I didn’t think much of Netflix’s announcement that it would have almost 50 games available by the end of the year. And yet, the quality of recent announcements and the releases in July are sufficient reason to reconsider things. Into the Breach, if you haven’t read my review update (which involved updating the score to a very rare 10), is an all-time great game, and the only way to play it on mobile is by having a Netflix subscription. Before Your Eyes, which was quietly one of last year’s best games, is also now on mobile via Netflix. Ports may not sound like the most thrilling way to make a mark, but when it involves bringing such terrific games–particularly in the case of Into the Breach, which is a perfect fit on mobile, or Before Your Eyes, which ensures you have a camera–I’m more than okay with it.

We’re also not far removed from the release of Poinpy, which is a delightful original game from the creator of Downwell that came out of nowhere. If Netflix can continue facilitating mobile ports for stellar games and periodically dropping quality original releases, it suddenly begins to have a much more serious presence as a mobile player. We don’t yet know if it can replicate what the last month or two looked like going forward, but Spiritfarer, Kentucky Route Zero, Reigns: Three Kingdoms, Terra Nil, and presumably Oxenfree II: Lost Signals (the developer of which is now owned by Netflix) make for a promising outlook.

Part of the appeal of Netflix’s gaming lineup is it mimics the best part of Apple Arcade: These are microtransaction- and ad-free games, which is a refreshing change of pace if you play many mobile games. But more critically, it’s the exclusive home for these games.

You don’t pay anything more (at least at this point) to access Netflix’s games, so it just becomes another perk of having Netflix. As the streaming giant tries to crack down on password-sharing, you’ll now have more to lose by dropping Netflix. As someone who definitely doesn’t share a Netflix subscription with my family and never would, I clearly have nothing to worry about. But if the day comes that I have to pay extra to enable password-sharing or simply get my own subscription (which I definitely have), I now would need to consider losing not just access to endless rewatches of I Think You Should Leave and Aunty Donna’s Big Ol’ House of Fun–which is frankly unthinkable to me–but also Into the Breach and other games, which is fast becoming a nonstarter.

Just how successful any of this is for Netflix remains to be seen–it’s a giant company, and gaming is surely just a small fraction of its business at this point, and one that’s possibly hard to evaluate given its scale and the way it’s integrated into standard subscriptions. Will Netflix still be bothering with games in a year or two? It’s impossible to say, and I would certainly prefer to be able to just buy a game like Into the Breach outright and have access to it forever (and I could do without the “NETFLIX” in front of game names on the App Store). But if Netflix gaming is here to stay for now, at least we can continue to benefit from a stronger gaming lineup than most of us ever expected to see with Netflix’s name on it.

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The Pokemon Company has announced that a new look at Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will be streamed on August 3 at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET on its YouTube channel. The developer says that its latest Pokemon Presents showcase will also feature updates on other Pokemon apps and video games on Wednesday.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet will be the main event for this week’s presentation, and it’s likely that the video will have a few more pocket monsters to reveal when it goes. June’s trailer showed off a mix of returning faces and region-exclusive Pokemon, such as the adorable Lechonk that took the internet by storm with its wholesome design.

The Pokemon Company has been slowly revealing new details on the next mainline entry of the Pokemon franchise, which features music composed by Undertale and Deltarune’s Tobey Fox and hints at a conflict between nature and technology. For more details ahead of the game’s release on November 18, you can check out everything that we know about Pokemon Scarlet and Violet so far.

As for the other games, there’s a whole lot of Pokemon projects currently active, ranging from mobile games Pokemon Unite to Pokemon Masters, as well as apps for the franchise such as Pokemon Home.

In other pocket monster news, you can check out everything coming to Pokemon Go in August and a quick look at the extremely huggable Pokemon Squishmallows that will be released in the future.

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