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Tuesday7th Mar 2023
News PS Plus Essential Games for March 2023 Available to Download Now
Roll the DICE
New month, new PS Plus games. As March, er, marches on, PS Plus Essential's selection of monthly games has been refreshed, giving members a new trio of titles to enjoy. They're available to download right now on PS Store. As a reminder, this month you're getting multiplayer shooter Battlefield 2042 (PS5/PS4), blocky dungeon crawler...
Wednesday1st Mar 2023
News PS Plus Essential Games for March 2023 Confirmed
A varied trio
Given that Sony already teased this PS Plus Essential update during its State of Play broadcast last month, this selection of games doesn't come as a surprise — but it's nice to have confirmation all the same! So, just to recap, March 2023's PS Plus Essential lineup is as follows: Battlefield 2042 (PS5, PS4)
Monday27th Sep 2021
News Action RPG Code Vein Ships 2 Million Copies In Time for Second Anniversary
Good blood
Remember Bandai Namco's Souls-like anime-styled action RPG, Code Vein? Well, it's two years old today (it originally released on the 27th September, 2019), and it's managed to rack up 2 million copies shipped. Not bad, not bad at all. Code Vein was met with mostly lukewarm reviews at launch, but it did prove to be quite popular among...
Wednesday25th Mar 2020
News Code Vein Rounds Out Its DLC Plans with Lord of Thunder
Save the best for last?
Code Vein did surprisingly well for itself last year, selling over a million copies upon its launch, but we haven't really heard any community chatter about it since. That hasn't stopped Bandai Namco from capitalising on its DLC plans, however, with the third and final expansion arriving on PlayStation 4 today. Named Lord of...
Wednesday26th Feb 2020
News Code Vein Frozen Empress DLC Is Out Now on PS4
Even more anime action
Quickly following up on Code Vein's first piece of DLC is yet another slice anime action in the form of Frozen Empress. The second content drop is available right now on PlayStation 4, purchasable either through the game's season pass or separately at a price of £7.99/$9.99. Much like the Hellfire Knight DLC, this new piece...
Tuesday4th Feb 2020
News Code Vein Sales Top 1 Million Worldwide
Bound by blood
Action role-playing title Code Vein has sold over 1 million copies worldwide, publisher Bandai Namco has announced. The game, often referred to as 'anime Dark Souls', launched in September last year, and recently it received its first expansion, 'Hellfire Knight'. It's not a bad result for a game that released during such a busy...
Wednesday29th Jan 2020
News Code Vein’s Hellfire Knight DLC Is Out Now on PS4
Two more expansions incoming
Remember Code Vein? The anime take on Dark Souls supposedly sold surprisingly well, however, we haven’t heard a word about the title ever since its September 2019 launch. That’s all about to change as the game’s first DLC is available to download now on PlayStation 4 with two more expansions planned for the...
Monday23rd Sep 2019
News Code Vein Is Being Handed Out for Free at TwitchCon If You Donate Blood
Sign-ups available now
Are you by any chance heading to TwitchCon this weekend in San Diego? If the answer to that question is yes and you have at least a passing interest in the upcoming anime Souls-like Code Vein, you can bag yourself a free copy if you're able to donate blood to the American Red Cross. A fitting cause considering the style of...
Wednesday4th Sep 2019
News You Can Now Download and Play the Free Demo for Code Vein on PS4
Blood sample
In case you'd forgotten, Bandai Namco announced a playable demo for its upcoming action RPG, Code Vein, back at Gamescom. The demo will allow players to "create their own character, explore the start of the game, and dive into the first part of 'The Depths', a challenging dungeon that will test any Revenant’s mettle". It sounds like a...
Tuesday20th Aug 2019
News Code Vein Bleeds a Playable Demo in September
Character creation and a tough dungeon
Is it just us, or does it feel like Code Vein has been around forever, despite the fact that it doesn't release until the 27th September? The upcoming action role-playing game did run into a number of delays during development, but hey, at least it's almost here. Now we just have to hope it turns out well. And...
Tuesday11th Jun 2019
E3 2019 Code Vein Bleeds a Confirmed September Release Date
Blood will spill
Code Vein, apparently not important enough to be shown during the Xbox E3 2019 press conference, just got a new trailer and a confirmed release date. The game was delayed a while back, and it feels like we've been waiting on it for an eternity, but now it's almost ready to go. It'll launch on PlayStation 4 on the 27th September,...
Wednesday8th May 2019
News Code Vein Reappears with Upcoming Network Test
Sign ups available now
It has been quite some time since we last heard from Code Vein, the upcoming Dark Souls-like experience from publisher Bandai Namco. However, after going dark and back into development for a number of months, the title has reappeared with the announcement of an upcoming network test. You can sign up to be in with a chance of...
Wednesday22nd Aug 2018
News Code Vein Lashes Out with 10 Minutes of New PS4 Gameplay
Blood lust
Code Vein may have been delayed into 2019, but that hasn't stopped PlayStation Access from posting more uncut gameplay. Bandai Namco's Souls-esque action RPG still looks quite promising in this latest PlayStation 4 footage, as we run through a rather rough environment that's populated by some pretty beastly demons. How do you...
Wednesday11th Jul 2018
News Code Vein Is the First Late 2018 Title to Be Delayed into 2019
It begins
Uh oh, here we go. Those of you who have looked at a release schedule lately may have noticed that the latter half of 2018 is absolutely packed. Seriously, it's fit to burst with games -- September and October are especially stuffed. And with busy schedules come delays. The first casualty of this war for your hard earned dosh is...
Tuesday5th Jun 2018
News Code Vein Release Date Set for Already Stuffed September
Bloody hell
Code Vein has a release date on PlayStation 4. Bandai Namco's action role-playing title takes heavy inspiration from the likes of Dark Souls and mixes it with a bit of God Eater. The game's looked decent enough based on what we've seen of it so far, but the jury's out on whether it can stand alongside its inspirations. Unfortunately,...
Wednesday9th May 2018
Rumour Code Vein Release Date Could Be Set for July
Bloody heck
Well, well, well, what do we have here? The release date for Bandai Namco's "anime Souls" title Code Vein may have leaked, if Finnish PR company 3H Distribution Oy is to be believed. A recent press email had Code Vein listed for a July 2018 launch, meaning that the game may not be far off at all. The middle of the summer seems like a...
Friday13th Apr 2018
News Here's a Glimpse at Fresh Code Vein Gameplay
Tasty
Code Vein still doesn't have a confirmed release date, and now that the later months of the year are starting to look pretty darn busy, we're beginning to wonder if the action role-playing title will actually make it out in 2018 to begin with. Speculation aside, at least the game's still looking promising. Bandai Namco's put out a short...
Thursday15th Feb 2018
News Code Vein's Multiplayer Lets You Fight Alongside a Friend
Soulsmates
Bandai Namco's shed a little bit of light on how multiplayer works in upcoming action role-playing title Code Vein. Basically, you'll be able to invite a friend to your game and tackle its many challenges together. It should be nice to have the option of seeking help when the going gets really tough. The twist here is that you already...
Monday18th Dec 2017
News Code Vein's New Trailer Attempts to Make Revenants Relevant
Souls mate
We’re not sure what to think about Code Vein just yet. None of the gameplay footage that’s been shown so far has looked great, and that continues to be true with the title’s third trailer. Many will be drawn in by the anime aesthetic, of course, but it all just seems a bit edgy to us – and it’s not helped by the Saliva-inspired...
Monday18th Sep 2017
News Code Vein Looks a Little Bit Naff in New Boss Gameplay
Something something Dark Souls
We like the idea behind Code Vein, but we're yet to see any footage that really makes us excited to play it. Unfortunately, this latest boss fight gameplay does nothing for us either. When the project was first revealed, it was described as anime Dark Souls, and as much as we hate to compare anything to From Software's...
Tuesday5th Sep 2017
News Action RPG Code Vein Is Worth Keeping a Bloodied Eye On in New PS4 Gameplay
Red or dead
IGN's gone live with around 17 minutes of Code Vein gameplay, and the game's showing promise. Described early on as "anime Dark Souls" you can certainly see where that trail of thought comes into the equation, but there's still a unique sense of style on display here. That said, we're not huge fans of the dull environment that's...
Monday12th Jun 2017
E3 2017 Anime Souls Code Vein Confirmed for 2018 Launch on PS4
Revenant kingdom
Remember Code Vein? It’s the interesting anime-styled Souls-inspired title from the God Eater team that was announced a few weeks back without platforms attached. Well, now it’s been confirmed that it’s coming to the PlayStation 4 at some point in 2018. Surprise! Here’s the official blurb: “Code Vein is a third-person...
Tuesday2nd May 2017
News Code Vein Does Indeed Look Like Anime Dark Souls in First Gameplay
Targeting a 2018 release
Bandai Namco has a new action role-playing game in the works, currently dubbed Code Vein. The project was teased a little while ago courtesy of the tagline "prepare to dine", leading many to ponder whether it's got anything to do with the Dark Souls series. Turns out it doesn't, but gameplay-wise, it certainly looks...
Thursday20th Apr 2017
News Bandai Namco's Gruelling Action RPG Code Vein Scores Screens
Blood lust
Sadly it's not leveraging the same art style as its teaser trailer, but the new action role-playing game from Bandai Namco named Code Vein is still looking pretty cool. We described it as Anime Souls in our previous article, and that's honestly shaping up to be the case. You play as a vampirical Revenant who must feast on the blood of...
Tuesday18th Apr 2017
News Bandai Namco Reveals New Action RPG from God Eater Team
Prepare to dine
You may have seen Bandai Namco released a teaser trailer for a new title last week, and now it's been officially announced as an action role-playing game named Code Vein, which is set to release on as of yet unspecified platforms. It's probably safe to assume that the PlayStation 4 will be one of the consoles that the title comes to...
