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‘God Eater 3’ Stomps Onto Nintendo Switch Today
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment hopes you’ve got a hankering for gourmet god on the go.
God Eater 3, the most recent entry in the publisher’s anime-inspired character action series, is out now on Switch. Taking cues from the Monster Hunter games and stylish action titles like Devil May Cry and God of War, Marvelous Entertainment’s first crack at the series tasks players with hunting down hulking monsters called Aragami and executing combos to slash them into scaly ribbons with giant weapons called God Arcs.
Like Monster Hunter World before it, God Eater 3’s release in February of this year on PS4 and PC marked the jump to consoles for a series that had previously been exclusive to handhelds. Now, with its release on Switch, the series has returned to its portable roots (just in time for the extra portable Switch Lite).
Also like Monster Hunter World, God Eater 3 is designed to be played with four players, though single players can tackle the Aragami with CPU pals. Additionally, God Eater 3 introduced 8-player Assault Missions, which function as the game’s version of raid bosses.
The game was generally well-received (recent Steam reviews are “Very Positive”) for its deep and fast-paced combat, but panned for its story. So, if you understand the appeal of Monster Hunter World, but could never get the hang of the fiddly combat, God Eater 3 might be a solid introduction to the genre. That said, Monster Hunter World’s Iceborne expansion drops September 16, so lapsed beast besters might want to wait it out.
However, ask yourself, does Monster Hunter World offer gourmet god… on the go?
Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for his role in 1993’s Jurassic Park, has passed away this week at 78 years old. In a statement shared on Neill’s Instagram page this morning, the actor’s family said that his passing was “sudden and unexpected.”
Neill had been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2022, but stated the following year that he was in remission. The family notes that he “remained cancer free” at the time of his passing.
The family statement reads, “It is with immense sadness that the whānau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia. Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free.
“They would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at St Vincent’s Private Hospital for their incredible care. More details will be shared later, but for now, on behalf of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy as they navigate this immeasurable loss.”
In addition to his iconic role as Dr. Alan Grant in the original Jurassic Park and the sequels Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World: Dominion, Sam Neill left an indelible mark on the horror genre with memorable roles in Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession, The Omen: The Final Conflict, John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness, and sci-fi horror favorite Event Horizon.
Sam Neill’s vast resume in film and television began in the early 1970s and also includes the films Sleeping Dogs, Enigma, The Good Wife, A Cry in the Dark, Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Hostage, The Jungle Book, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, The Horse Whisperer, Bicentennial Man, Daybreakers, Escape Plan, and Thor: Ragnarok.
Sam Neill is survived by his four children and eight grandchildren.
Steven Spielberg said in a statement to Variety, “I owe a debt of gratitude to Roger Donaldson, Gilliam Armstrong, Graham Baker and Phillip Noyce for casting Sam Neill in the roles in which he was so brilliant that brought him to my attention and led to his playing Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park. Sam was exceptionally collaborative. It was a stretch for him to play a character who acted as though children were messy and smelly because this was the opposite of the loving father he was to his children. I adored making all the Jurassic movies with him.”
Spielberg adds, “Along with Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, we will always have our Jurassic family and Sam will never be forgotten by us or his many millions of fans around the world.”
Sam Neill in ‘Event Horizon’
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