Newscast: Video game TV and movie adaptations that need to happen next

Universal has released a video showing off the upcoming Super Nintendo World in Orlando.

Konami has released the opening movie for Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025, featuring the theme song “RELAY” sung by Mikei Fujiwara with music and arrangement by Naoyuki Sato.

On paper, May 2024 may look like a weak month for games. The biggest release of the month is Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, a big Xbox exclusive and follow-up to a 2018 horror action game about a woman suffering from psychosis. But if you enjoy experimental indies, this month may just bring your favorite game of 2024 when all is said and done. Developer Team Ninja is being backed up on the indie front, as INDIKA, Animal Well, Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, and Crow Country are all delivering spooky experiences five months ahead of Halloween.

Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda movie won’t be as heavy on the motion capture as director Wes Ball once envisioned.

Spike Chunsoft has released the first major free content update for Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island, which includes new Sacred Tree Dungeons, a Dojo Challenge, and more. A second update is due out this summer.

Q-Games has announced cooperative puzzle game All You Need is Help for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (Steam, Microsoft Store). It will launch this fall. It will also be available via Xbox Game Pass.

Publisher Bandai Namco and developers ZOC and Monkeycraft have announced action RPG That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (Steam). It will launch on August 8 worldwide.

2024 is set to be another fantastic year for video games. For example, Nintendo is releasing a brand-new Princess Peach game; Dragon's Dogma is finally getting a sequel; the next part of the acclaimed Final Fantasy 7 remake is coming out;Star Wars is getting another major release; and that just scratches the surface. We should expect many more 2024 video game release dates as more presentations happen, like the next State of Play, Nintendo Direct, and all the other online streams.

Stellar Blade for PlayStation 5; SAND LAND for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series, and PC; Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC; and SaGa Emerald Beyond for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, iOS, and Android are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases.

Modders have managed to get Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 5 running on the Nintendo Switch. Ever since its initial release in 2013, Grand Theft Auto 5 has been a massive success. Not only does GTA 5 continue to receive new content for its online component, the game has also been re-released on several different platforms across three console generations. One platform that the game was never ported to since its initial release, however, is the Nintendo Switch.

Single-player life simulation game Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game will launch digitally for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC via Steam this fall, publisher Private Division and developer Weta Workshop announced. It will support English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Turkish, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese language options.

Three comic books based on video games are among the titles to be given away during Free Comic Book Day next month.