Tag: Bandai Namco
News Tekken 8 Set to Make Baffling System Change in Season 2, Fans Lose Their Minds
Throw it out
Tekken 8 is on course to introduce a mechanical change that no one saw coming as part of its massive Season 2 refresh. During the latest Tekken Talk, in which the game's lead developers gather in order to showcase upcoming changes, it was revealed that throws will now deal chip damage if they're broken. The instant reaction from...
News Digimon Story Time Stranger Confirms Over 450 Monsters to Tame and Train
A series record
New information on Digimon Story Time Stranger has been revealed as part of the franchise's annual Digimon Con celebration. The RPG, which was announced back in February, will feature a record-breaking number of playable monsters, with the base game promising over 450 potential allies in total. That's a lot of digimon to discover...
News Tekken 8 and Atelier Yumia Is Not the Crossover We Expected to See Today
We're not Tekken the p*ss
A Tekken 8 and Atelier Yumia crossover? Yes, it's really happening, and we would love to know how this actually got approved. Publishers Bandai Namco and Koei Tecmo have, for some reason, got together and decided to run a promotion between the two PS5 titles. In Tekken 8, free "costumes, special skills, and accessories"...
News Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Gets an All-New Storyline and Open World In Daima DLC This Summer
Chibi or not chibi
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is getting another substantial DLC offering this summer, this time based on the recent Dragon Ball Daima anime. This is the first chapter in a two-part expansion, with the second half coming at a later date. But even so, the DLC's set to be a big one, boasting an entirely new story campaign (naturally), and...
News Tekken 8 Boss Katsuhiro Harada Schools Fan Over 'Disrespectful' Response to Anna PS5 DLC
"If you prefer the old design, past works already exist"
Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada loves a good session on social media, and he’s been busy responding to the feedback following the announcement of Anna Williams earlier this week. While we love her new design and hair colour – as noted in our article – Harada went to town on one particular...
News Anna Williams Has a Sick Hairstyle and a Grenade Launcher in New Tekken 8 DLC for PS5
Title tops three million sales
Could series stalwart Anna Williams possibly look any cooler? While she’s always had a sharp trim, the highlights add a lot to her Tekken 8 look. The grenade launcher is pretty bad ass too, we must admit. The lesser-known Williams sibling will join sister Nina in the game from 31st March for Year 2 Pass owners and...
News George R. R. Martin Teases Potential Elden Ring Movie, Probably Won't Be That Involved
Doubt you could even imagine it
Not for the first time, author George R. R. Martin has teased the possibility of Elden Ring coming to the big screen. Known for fantasy book series A Song of Ice and Fire, Martin famously made contributions to the lore of FromSoftware's beloved open world RPG. Speaking to IGN, he stated there's "some talk about...
News FromSoftware Plans to Flog Characters, Bosses as Elden Ring Nightreign DLC
Save your coins
Elden Ring Nightreign, the new online focused take on FromSoftware’s smash hit RPG, will take the franchise in a very different direction – and that also appears to the case with its DLC. Text uploaded to the release’s Steam page before being swiftly removed mentioned that “additional playable characters and bosses” will...
News Elden Ring Boss Pursues Tarnished Vendetta into Nightreign
"Someone must extinguish thy flame. Let it be Margit the Fell!"
Elden Ring Nightreign's recent network test sessions taught players many things about FromSoftware's experimental, excellent next offering. It also reminded them of a lesson that all Elden Ring players are taught early on: Margit, The Fell Omen's hatred for the Tarnished, whose very...
News Digimon Story Time Stranger 'Updates' Set for March, 2025 Release Date Still Promised
Digidestined
Announced at PlayStation's latest State of Play, it looks like we'll be getting much more information on Digimon Story Time Stranger next month. The creature-collecting RPG will feature at Digimon Con, which is happening on the 20th March. It's a digital event that'll be streamed worldwide, although it is a Japanese broadcast, and so...
News Digimon Story: Time Stranger Confirmed for 2025 on PS5
About time
A new Digimon Story title has been leaked via a pre-order listing on GameStop's official website. Spotted by Gematsu on X, the page doesn't tell us much right now. The game is apparently called Digimon Story: Time Stranger, and it's coming to PS5. The timing of this leak suggests that an announcement is imminent — and with a fresh...
News Elden Ring Nightreign Is Out Sooner Than You Think, Set for PS5, PS4 This May
Right around the Limveld corner
Bandai Namco and FromSoftware have announced their multiplayer spin-off Elden Ring Nightreign will release for PS5 and PS4 on 30th May 2025. Accompanied by hands-on preview articles — including our own take — the release date means Nightreign is right around the corner, only three months away from launch. The...
Preview Elden Ring Nightreign Is the Most Interesting PS5, PS4 Multiplayer Game of 2025
Rise together, Tarnished
Elden Ring Nightreign is not your typical FromSoftware experience. It’s a multiplayer game and draws inspiration from battle royales and looter shooters. It’s certainly not what you expect from the team behind some of the best RPGs of the last two decades. Yet after spending more than six hours with the game on PS5,...
News One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 Sets Sail for PS5 with More DLC Planned
Nautical but nice
Bandai Namco’s unprecedented post-release support for its successful anime adaptations has claimed a new benefactor, as One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 – originally released in 2020 – is coming to the PS5 with new DLC planned. There’s currently no word on whether the new-gen version will offer a free upgrade from the PS4, but...
News Shifting Swamps to Plague Elden Ring Nightreign's Procedural Map
The student learns from the master
Elden Ring Nightreign is creeping ever closer, expected to release on PS5 and PS4 in 2025. The sped-up pace of play will mean significant changes from the traditional FromSoft formula, and you'd better believe that Hidetaka Miyazaki's
News Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Smashes Through 5 Million Sales, Breaks Fastest-Selling Record
Zero hour
Bandai Namco has revealed that Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero has surpassed 5 million sales worldwide, making it an undeniable hit. The throwback anime fighter launched in October of last year, and managed to sell over 3 million copies within its first 24 hours — so it's sold a further 2 million since then. What's more, it's now the...
News Unknown 9 Labelled a 'Failure' as Dev Cancels Project, Moves to 'Existing Bandai Namco IP'
More layoffs also confirmed
Released in October of last year, Unknown 9: Awakening really struggled to make an impact, to the point where developer Reflector Entertainment is now having to cancel another project and layoff yet more staff. This unfortunate news comes from a post by CEO Herve Hoerdt on LinkedIn, which reads: "Today I informed our...
A heroic effort
A beefy 5.4GB update for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero is available to download now on PS5. Patch 2.0.6 adds support for the game's first DLC pack — also out today — alongside an all-new, limited-time game mode. It's called the 'Legendary Warrior Face-Off', and has you fight against an "extremely powerful character". Again, this...
Random Tekken 8 Boss Katsuhiro Harada Is Hashtag Open to Work
He isn't leaving Bandai Namco, just wants to meet new people
Tekken director Katsuhiro Harada has temporarily turned some heads with early indications that he could be back on the job market, a prospect likely to make most interviewees sweat. Updating his LinkedIn profile image with the hashtag #opentowork, Harada really just wants to meet new...
News Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Finally Reveals Its First DLC Pack, Featuring 11 Characters
Super Heroes
Bandai Namco has finally dropped a trailer that confirms the first batch of DLC characters for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero. As expected, this initial wave is based on 2022's fantastic Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero movie. It includes 11 new fighters, one additional costume — Piccolo's Red Ribbon soldier disguise — and three new...
News Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Sales Reach New Heights as Game Celebrates Sixth Anniversary
Watch your altitude
Bandai Namco has announced a new sales milestone for the brilliant Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. Now six years old, the campy combat flight sim has sold over six million copies across all platforms. The publisher also notes that this means the series as a whole has now surpassed 20 million units. "Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is...
News Stylish PS5, PS4 Fighter Bleach: Rebirth of Souls Reveals Story Mode, Combat System, and More
Don't call it a comeback
Bandai Namco's released a meaty new trailer for Bleach: Rebirth of Souls, covering the brawler's combat system and various game modes — including its story adaptation. Combat-wise, we can't help but think that Rebirth of Souls looks pretty interesting. It's got the kind of simple fundamentals that you'd expect from a...
Mini Review Tales of Graces f Remastered (PS5) - Classic Tales Game Is Better Than Ever
Aging gracefully
In this modern era of games getting rereleased, it’s crazy to think it’s been over 12 years since Tales of Graces f was released on western shores. Thankfully you no longer need to dust off your ancient PS3 to play, as Bandai Namco has spruced up this classic RPG for modern consoles with Tales of Graces f Remastered. As you’d...
News Ex-Witcher Devs' Dark PS5 RPG Dawnwalker Revealed with a Tiny Gameplay Glimpse
Bad moon rising
Hyped since last year, The Blood of Dawnwalker finally got its big reveal today. Well, technically. What we actually got was a 45-minute livestream, most of which consisted of various development staff telling us how great the game is going to be, without actually showing it. In the end, we got a tiny glimpse of gameplay footage,...
News Elden Ring Nightreign Network Test Sign Ups Available Now
Play a "portion" of the multiplayer game
First a surprise announcement at The Game Awards last month and now soon to be playable, the sign-ups for the Elden Ring Nightreign network test will go live from tomorrow. To register and be in with a chance of taking part, you'll need to go to the official website page for the game when sign ups are...
Proceed directly to jail
Freedom Wars Remastered is the triumphant return of the fan-favourite, fascistic Monster Hunter-style action game, originally published by Sony for the PS Vita in 2014. As the PS Vita (sadly) never achieved the breakout success it deserved, we always felt this forward-thinking title didn't get a fair shake. With "volunteers"...
News Freedom Wars Remastered's PS5, PS4 Trophies Are Almost Identical to PS Vita
But a couple of tiny tweaks
If you’ve already got the Platinum Trophy in Freedom Wars on PS Vita, congratulations – would you like to do it all over again? The Trophy list for Freedom Wars Remastered on PS5 and PS4 has hit Sony’s servers ahead of its launch later this week, and it’s almost identical to the original game. The only thing...
News Freedom Wars Remastered System Trailer Preps Sinners for Punishment
For the Greater Good
Freedom Wars Remastered is almost upon us, with ludicrously long prison sentences being handed down from 10th January on PS5 and PS4. Propaganda icon Percy Propa has an informative new systems trailer for you, allowing your necessary re-education to begin. The cult-classic Vita game was originally released in 2014, and we'll be...
News Elden Ring Nightreign Axes 'Behold, Dog' and Other Iconic Phrases
Put those foolish ambitions to rest
Elden Ring's upcoming multiplayer spinoff, Nightreign, will lack one of FromSoftware's Soulslike series' most iconic features, its esoteric messaging system. Apparently, this is due to the much faster pace of play, with players given little time for such diversions. Speaking to IGN Japan (shoutout to
News Final Fantasy Devs React to Clive's Revealing Tekken Crossover Outfit
Final Fantasy XVI star strips down
In a fun meeting of the minds, Final Fantasy XVI developers have reacted to a surprisingly stripped-down Tekken 8 skin for protagonist Clive, with the RPG star having now joined the roster of the latest entry in the legendary fighting franchise. In a short clip posted to X by streamer Aitaikimochi, Final Fantasy...
News Freedom Wars Remastered Reintroduces You to a Stone Cold PS Vita Classic
A life sentence
Bandai Namco has released the remastered intro video for stone-cold PS Vita classic Freedom Wars, which is coming to PS5 and PS4 on 10th January. This is comfortably one of our favourites from the underrated Sony handheld, so we’re thrilled to see it get a new lease of life. The game was originally developed by Dimps in...
News No Duos Allowed in Elden Ring: Nightreign's Take on Battle Royale
Two shalt thou not count, excepting that thou then proceed to three
Elden Ring: Nightreign is the surpise co-op spinoff we never knew we wanted, and it is quickly becoming one of our most anticipated 2025 releases. In a moderately interesting update, IGN has learned that players c
Hands On Final Fantasy 16's Clive Is Ridiculously Well Realised in Tekken 8
The only fantasy here is yours
Clive Rosfield, of Final Fantasy 16 fame, is the first guest character in Tekken 8 — and the final part of the game's first season pass. Armed with his trusty blade and a slew of Eikon-based superpowers, Clive would feel far more at home in SoulCalibur than Tekken. But much like Noctis in Tekken 7 — also a DLC...
News Elden Ring Nightreign Will Boast Bosses Pulled from Dark Souls Series
"I may be but small, but I will die a colossus"
FromSoftware and Bandai Namco's attempt to make Elden Ring battle royale a thing, Nightreign, will feature fearsome enemies and bosses from across the Dark Souls series, arriving in the multiverse-like realm of Limveld. Eagle-eyed fans were quick to note the inclusion of some familiar foes in the...
News More Tales Remasters Are Coming, Bandai Namco Confirms
No tall Tales here
Bandai Namco has confirmed its plans to remaster more Tales games, following the release of Tales of Graces f Remastered in January. The plan is to launch these remasters "fairly consistently", says series producer Yusuke Tomizawa. With that goal in mind, the publisher has established a "dedicated development line" for its...
News Ex-Witcher Dev's Dark Fantasy RPG Dawnwalker Will Be Fully Revealed in January
The break of Dawnwalker
Announced at the start of this year, the project commonly known as 'Dawnwalker' will be revealed via livestream on the 13th January. This is the dark fantasy RPG from Rebel Wolves — the Polish studio that was set up by former The Witcher developers. It's being published by Bandai Namco, and it runs on Unreal Engine 5. The...
News Elden Ring: Nightreign Network Test to Take Place in February on PS5
Registrations opens in January
We can't help but be excited to try out Nightreign, Elden Ring's fast-paced cooperative offering, arriving in 2025. Developer FromSoftware (a development studio that rarely misses) has revealed that PS5 players can sign up to take part in a network test for the standalone adventure. Registrations open on 10th January,...
News Elden Ring Alone Eclipses Combined Dark Souls Series' Sales
Thus shall you be blessed with Nightreign
Prior to the release of Elden Ring, the Dark Souls series, comprised of Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, Dark Souls III, and all of its associated DLC and subsequent re-releases and remasters, amounted to an astonishing 27 million units, as well as perhaps being the most influential of the last decade. Elden Ring...
News Elden Ring: Nightreign Will Not Have Crossplay
Walled garden
Elden Ring: Nightreign has a huge focus on co-op, although you can technically play it offline and in single player if you like. Despite this, FromSoftware is not offering crossplay in the game. “Similar to the original Elden Ring, there will be cross-generational play but not cross-platform play,” director Junya Ishizaki told
News Elden Ring: Nightreign Explained, Can Be Played in Single Player and Offline
Everything you need to know
The announcement of Elden Ring: Nightreign will have caught many FromSoftware fans, especially as the studio wasn't really expected to have any news to share having put out Shadow of the Erdtree earlier this year. It did, however: a co-op game for up to three players that uses the frameworks of Elden Ring for a different...
News Shadow Labyrinth Makes Pac-Man a 2D Action Platformer on PS5
You need to see this to believe it
Of all the shocks and surprises at The Game Awards, Shadow Labyrinth may just be the most unusual of them all. It’s a side-scrolling action platformer in a similar style to something like, say, Dead Cells – except it’s inexplicably also a Pac-Man game. Here’s the press release overview: “As Swordsman No...
News Sorry Tifa Fans, Final Fantasy 16's Clive Joins Tekken 8 on 17th December
We knew it
You wanted Tifa in Tekken 8? Well tough flippin' luck, you're getting Clive Rosfield from Final Fantasy 16! Hey, we're not really complaining. The gruff Dominant of Ifrit should be a blast to play as in Bandai Namco's fantastic fighter, and he's out on the 17th December for those who own the game's first Season Pass. Those who don't get...
News Elden Ring: Nightreign Announced, a Co-Op Game for PS5, PS4
Releasing in 2025
FromSoftware has announced a new, standalone Elden Ring with the subtitle Nightreign, releasing in 2025 for PS5 and PS4. Elden Ring: Nightreign is a co-op game that appears to pull in bosses from other FromSoftware experiences, with The Nameless King from Dark Souls 3 appearing in the footage. Rise Together – Join forces with...
News Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Update Out Now, Adds All Stages to Versus Mode, Overhauls Combat
Rock the dragon
This week, Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero will get its biggest update yet, and it features some highly requested improvements. It drops on the 12th December. Kicking things off on a very positive note, local versus mode is getting a welcome upgrade: all stages are going to be made available when playing offline with a friend...
News Pac-Man Has a Secret, to Be Revealed at The Game Awards
*Ominous wakka wakka sound*
We've been attempting to keep our hype levels within acceptable margins, but you know Keighley's cooking when he's got the official Pac-Man account gassing up The Game Awards. Apparently, "they" (the Pac family, presumably) have a secret, and it's coming to the TGAs at precisely 4:30 PM PT tomorrow, Thursday 12th...
News Elden Ring DLC Not Eligible for BAFTA's Best Game Award
"Full games" only
At this point, it's possible the whole Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree expansion probably taking home Game of the Year at Geoff Keighley's The Game Awards thing may have gotten under our skin. We're all FromSoftware fans here, but at the end of the day, DLC does not a full game make. Maintaining
News Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring DLC in The Game Awards' Fan Vote Final
Along with three gacha heavyweights
Geoff Keighley has announced the finalists of The Game Awards' community vote, and the final five nominees that have made it through two rounds of voting are completely unsurprising. Votes are being collected now until Wednesday, with the nominees being: Black Myth: Wukong Elden Ring: Shadow of the...
News Tekken 8 Season 2 Confirmed, Final Season 1 DLC to Be Announced at The Game Awards
And is that Anna?
Bandai Namco announced some fairly big plans for Tekken 8 overnight, during the Tekken World Tour Finals. For starters, a 'Winter Update' is incoming, which will feature some impressive photo mode improvements and additional customisation slots for each character. A new Fight Pass is also being introduced to celebrate Tekken's...
News Bleach: Rebirth of Souls Avoids February Madness with March Release Date on PS5, PS4
Awakening
Bandai Namco has scheduled a mysterious 'Announcement Trailer' for Bleach: Rebirth of Souls, which is airing on the 4th December. It seems likely that we're getting a release date; the anticipated anime fighter has been locked in for 'early 2025' since September, so the timing certainly adds up. The game's been getting a bunch of...
News Tekken 8 Fans Eye The Game Awards as Big Character Reveal Ruled Out at World Tour Finals
But who could it be?
The Tekken World Tour Finals take place this weekend in Tokyo, Japan, with the globe's best Tekken 8 players vying for victory. Historically, Bandai Namco has saved big DLC character reveals for the finals, as that's when it's practically guaranteed a hardcore audience of Tekken fans. However, the publisher has preemptively...
