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Snapchat unveils plans to get your Bitmoji into games
Snap will soon let game developers import your Bitmoji to use as 3D characters. TechCrunch reports that a new Bitmoji for Games SDK will support games built in Unity, the Unreal Engine, and Snap’s in-house PlayCanvas engine, and it will be free for the select developers that Snap has chosen for the platform.
This is not the first time a company has had ambitions to let you use the same character across multiple games. The Nintendo Wii introduced the concept of Miis, which were stylized characters that would go on to appear in games across the Wii, Wii U, DS, 3DS, and Switch. Microsoft also took a stab at the concept in the Xbox 360 era with its Xbox Avatars that appeared in games ranging from Kinect Sports to Guitar Hero 5 (seriously).
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Persona 5 is coming to the Switch as an action RPG
Atlus had two big reveals this week for its much loved role-playing game Persona 5. The first, Persona 5 The Royal, is an enhanced version of the original game, complete with a new party member and an extra palace. The second, teased as Persona 5 S — which many fans theorized would be a port to the Nintendo Switch — is indeed a Switch game, though not in the way many expected.
Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers is an action RPG from Dynasty Warriors developer Omega Force. It’s a strange combination at first blush, but the mashup of Dynasty Warriors plus a beloved franchise has worked shockingly well before with games like Hyrule Warriors. In the brief trailer released today, Joker slices his way through a horde of enemies with the…
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