Automata

A Nier: Automata player has uploaded a video of a secret room never seen before, and players are debating whether it’s real or an elaborate prank. A Reddit user shared footage of the apparent secret room yesterday (July 25), which contains a hidden door and a room with an incredibly long ladder and a twisting hallway. Apparently this leads to a church, with the same user, sadfutago, posting pictures of the area and asking about the church in multiple posts from a month or so back (via PC Gamer). Now, the only evidence of…

NieR: Automata Switch is 720p in portable mode We have confirmation of NieR: Automata Switch specs and things are looking good! Announced very plainly on Twitter thanks to the NieR Japan account, Square Enix states that the resolution for docked/TV mode is 1920x1080p, with concessions for 1280x720p in tabletop/portable mode. They also clearly state the framerate: 30FPS. Well, that’s pretty cut and dried! This is important to note, as the account is tweeting out new details in regards to the Switch port of the game,…

“Thank you for your support” New figures from Square Enix claim that NieR: Automata sold 6.5 million units since launch, which was a staggering five-ish years ago. The announcement comes from the game’s official US Twitter account, as well as the Japanese Twitter arm. Both tweets thank fans for their support, while the Japanese one reminds us that the game came out five years ago somehow, and this past February was actually the fifth anniversary (周年) of its release. Well, it looks like it’s going to sell a little…

Rise of the Robots A stone-cold classic of dystopian gaming is headed to Switch this year — as revealed during this morning’s Nintendo Direct, Square Enix’s apocalyptic and dramatic action adventure NieR: Automata will bring its wistful storytelling and dark, indelible worlds to the Switch platform this fall. NieR: Automata: The End of YorHa Edition will see the award-winning 2017 release faithfully recreated for the Switch platform, bundled alongside all previously released content including DLC expansions,…

Nier Automata: The End of Yorha Edition will launch for Nintendo Switch on October 6, as announced during the Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase. This version of Nier Automata features all previously released content, including additional modes and costumes. It’s available to pre-order now. The End of Yorha Edition (not to be confused with the Game of the Yorha version) features additional battle colosseums and boss fights, and the Nintendo Switch version will even include exclusive costumes available on launch…

Today's featured a bunch of third-party games that are coming to Switch, including a bunch of big hitters. For one thing, three Persona games are coming to the hybrid console. Persona 5 Royal is the only one with a confirmed release date (October 21st) for now, but more details about Persona 4 Golden and Persona 3 Portable are coming soon. It recently emerged that Atlus' games are also , as well as Steam, PlayStation 4 and (in P5 Royal's case) PS5. Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden were ports of PlayStation 2…

During the Nintendo Direct Mini today (June 28), it was announced that Nier: Automata will be coming to Nintendo Switch on October 6. The Nintendo Switch version of the Japanese RPG will be entitled NieR: Automata The End Of YoRHa Edition and will include the original game, as well as all its downloadable content (DLC). The DLC will feature 3C3C1D119440927, which includes three challenging colosseums, more boss battles, and additional costumes inspired by Nier Replicant. When it releases, players will be able to…

The Nintendo Switch is getting some big-name roleplaying games. At a Nintendo Direct Mini today, Nintendo revealed that Persona 5 Royal (along with its predecessors Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden) will be coming to the Switch. Persona 5 is launching on October 21st and will be preceded by Nier: Automata on October 6th. Both are seminal RPGs that originally launched in 2017; you can check out our original reviews of P5 and Automata. (Nintendo says to expect more details on Persona 3 and 4 “soon.”) The…

How we can find local rules that produce specific global behaviorThe best way to introduce cellular automata is by example. Figure 1 shows a canonical example of a simple cellular automaton. It is called Rule 110 because its set of rules can be specified by the binary sequence 01101110 (1’s for any black updated cell). Rule 110 begins with the first row of cells, which contains a single black cell. Each subsequent row is a time step, obtained by applying the rules to each cell, updating its state based on its current…