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Review Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon (PS5) - Great Mecha Action at Times Feels Stunted
Earth to Raven
Swapping swords and spells for mechs and missiles probably wasn't the first thing a FromSoftware accountant suggested following the absurd success of Elden Ring, but then the Japanese developer doesn't do things by the books. Having sold more than 20 million copies of the open world masterpiece, the studio has returned to a series it...
News All-Important Jukebox Mode Returns in Tekken 8 with Tracks from Every Previous Game
Tekken it higher
Tekken 8 just got a release date and confirmed a bunch of returning characters, but nobody in their right mind really cares about that stuff. The real news is that Tekken 8 will bring back the all-important Jukebox Mode (thanks,
See you at the arcade
Tekken 8 got a bit of an information blowout during Gamescom Opening Night Live. The title's latest trailer confirms a whole bunch of returning characters, and lifts the curtain on a brand new single player mode that takes inspiration from the arcade scene. In it, you'll create your own cartoony avatar and fight your way to the...
News Tekken 8 January 2024 Release Date Confirmed
Get ready for the next battle
Update: Tekken 8 will indeed release on the 26th January, as per the game's latest trailer. Original Story: Bandai Namco isn't doing too hot with all of these Tekken 8 leaks, and just hours before the game is set to show up during Gamescom Opening Night Live, its release date may have become public knowledge...
News Little Nightmares 3 from Until Dawn Dev Announced for PS5, PS4
Out in 2024
The Little Nightmares series will continue with a third entry on PS5, PS4 next year, developed by Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures studio Supermassive Games. The original team Tarsier Studios was acquired by the Embracer Group in 2021 but
Release date locked in
Bandai Namco has finally slapped a release date on Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections. The arena fighter, which is basically a mashup of previous Ultimate Ninja Storm games and some new Boruto stuff, will feature over 130 playable characters at launch, making this one of the largest rosters to ever grace an...
News JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R Stands Up a Second PS5, PS4 Season Pass
Extra seasoning
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R is a fascinating product, because it’s technically an expanded remaster of a popular PS3 game. Now available on PS5 and PS4, the anime-themed fighter has clearly attracted enough fans to warrant a second Season Pass, which will add three additional characters to the game, starting with...
News A Massive Armored Core 6 PS5, PS4 Update Will Drop Later Today
Mech sure you're ready
We’re now mere days away from the release of Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon on both the PS5 and PS4, but publisher Bandai Namco still has important information to share. Another showcase will air across YouTube and Twitch later today, 18th August, promising updates on lore, mission gameplay, and more. We’ve embedded the...
News Kakarot's 23rd World Tournament DLC Looks a Nostalgic Treat for Elder Dragon Ball Fans
Hail to the King
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot has been quietly kegging along since it launched back in 2020. We didn't mind it then, and it got better, at least in terms of performance, when it came to PS5. With DLC 5 right around the corner, a new trailer for the The 23rd World Tournament has us nostalgic for the glory days of Dragon Ball. The
News Tekken 8 Release Date Reveal Could Be Closer Than You Think
PS5 fighter gets rated
At this point, a release date is really all that Tekken 8 is missing. While it's widely believed that the PS5 fighting game will launch in 2024 — preferably before Evo 2024, which takes place at the end of July — Bandai Namco hasn't been dropping any hints. What's more, the current Tekken World Tour — based around the...
News PS Plus Premium Poised to Add Tekken 6, SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny
Fighting fever
PS Plus Premium’s growing selection of emulated classics looks set to expand yet again in the near-future, with the Taiwanese ratings board classifying two retro PSP titles for PS5 and PS4. Listings for both Tekken 6 and SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny appeared overnight, with the latter obviously being a handheld exclusive. The former...
News Armored Core 6 PS5 File Size Isn't So Bad
We'll take it
The good news: it's looking like you won't be forced to delete several games in order to fit Armored Core 6 on your PS5. The bad news: FromSoftware's latest still isn't what we'd call 'small' in terms of file size. In fact, it's pretty much bang in the middle of what most players would deem reasonable, weighing in at a not-so-terrible...
News Tekken 8 Boss Katsuhiro Harada Hits Back at 'Silly Threats' from Irate Eddy Gordo Fans
For every action, a reaction
Veteran developer of the series and director of Tekken 8, Katsuhiro Harada, has spoken up about the toll trolling and harassment takes, causing real damage to team morale and even incurring additional financial costs on the larger FGC (fighting game community) in extreme cases. Harada shared an image where one...
Random We Never Thought We'd See Armored Core Advertised on a Bus, But Here We Are
We've come a long, long way
The year is 2023, and niche mecha series Armored Core is being advertised on the side of buses in the UK. Indeed, as reposted by Bandai Namco Europe on Twitter, the upcoming action title is getting a marketing push that would make most AAA releases blush — and it's just crazy to see. If you're anything like us, you'll...
News Evo 2023's Funniest Moment Has People Talking About Tekken x Street Fighter Again
"Get out! Get out of here!"
Remember Tekken X Street Fighter? The Bandai Namco project was announced during the PS3 generation as something of a contrasting companion to Street Fighter X Tekken — another supposed crossover of the two popular fighting game franchises, but in the style of Tekken, rather than Street Fighter. However, unlike its...
News Original Raven Returns in Tekken 8 Alongside Coffee-Loving Newcomer Azucena
Go ninja
Tekken 8 went big at Evo 2023 with two incredibly cool character trailers. The first, embedded above, is for Raven — and we don't mean Master Raven from Tekken 7. That's right, the original Raven, who first appeared in Tekken 5, is back — and he's clearly been practicing his clone ninjutsu. Raven's trailer also gives us a look at a new...
Rumour Tekken 8 Leak Confirms More Returning Characters
Six reveals seemingly incoming
This weekend marks the second phase of the Tekken 8 Closed Network Test, and this time around, it's available on PC as well as PS5. And in utterly unsurprising fashion, the PC build has already been pulled apart, with players taking a cheeky look inside the application's files in an attempt to learn more about the...
News Elden Ring PS5, PS4 Patch 1.10 Offers PvP Balance Changes, Bug Fixes
Update split between PvP and PvE
Update 1.10 has been deployed today for PS5, PS4 versions of Elden Ring, making various balance changes exclusive to both the PvP and PvE sides of the game. When fighting another real-life player, you can look forward to better poise damage across all weapons and some spells as well as extended critical hit angles...
News Armored Core 6 Is Apparently Five Times the Length of Previous Games
60 hours of mech carnage
It doesn't come as a huge surprise, but Armored Core 6 is set to be a lot bigger than its predecessors. Not just in terms of environments — the upcoming mecha title boasts relatively open level design — but with regards to campaign length as well. According to a fresh video preview from Fextralife, Armored Core 6 is 50...
News PS5 MMO Blue Protocol Brings Big Anime Energy in New Trailer
Class time
You’ve read our huge Blue Protocol hands on preview – and now you want to see a little more of the game in action, right? Well, this new trailer’s got you covered. For those of you who don’t know, this title is being developed by Bandai Namco in collaboration with Amazon Game Studios – although there has been a little
Preview Armored Core 6 Could Give Newer FromSoftware Fans Whiplash
Our findings after three hours of play
After gaining absurd popularity in the hardcore space with its Dark Souls series and then capitalising on that with Elden Ring sales up the wazoo, FromSoftware had the Monty Python's Flying Circus thought process: "And now for something completely different." With five mainline instalments under its belt, the...
News Elden Ring Dev's Armored Core 6 Looks Sublime in PS5, PS4 Gameplay Showcase
Mech a mess
Armored Core has never been a particularly fashionable franchise, but FromSoftware has never been more popular either. The upcoming Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon has commanded significant attention as a result – and, honestly, it looks outstanding in this 12-minute gameplay trailer. We get a glimpse of some combat, traversal, rig...
News Tekken 8 Gameplay Will Be 'Heavily Tuned' Following 'Bare-Bones' Network Test
Harada turns down the Heat
The first weekend of the Tekken 8 Closed Network Test (not a beta, as noted by Bandai Namco numerous times) has come and gone. Roughly 40,000 players got to sample the upcoming fighter during this PS5 exclusive phase, with the dev team welcoming any and all feedback. But you know how these things go. The test period only...
News Keep Your Eyes Peeled for a Ton of Armored Core 6 PS5 Gameplay Footage
Brace for impact
FromSoftware's eagerly-anticipated mech action game Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is out this time next month, but prospective pilots won't need to wait that long to get their next gameplay briefing. The cagey developer is teasing some fresh gameplay, and it's expected in the hours to come. Keep an eye out for incoming...
Preview Tekken 8's Hyper Aggressive Gameplay Has Glorious Potential
Feeling the Heat
We only got to play it for a weekend, but the Tekken 8 Closed Network Test has us drooling over the potential of Bandai Namco's heavy hitting fighter. This sequel has been a long time coming — it's easy to forget that Tekken 7, although still quite popular, is over six years old on PS4 — and at first glance, the eighth...
News Enjoy 12 Minutes of Soft, Smooth Sand Land PS5 Gameplay, Fresh from SDCC 2023
Yowza
While sand can, at times, be coarse, rough, and irritating (getting everywhere), this couldn't be further from the case with the upcoming RPG, Sand Land. Courtesy of IGN, we got a look at 12 minutes of silky-smooth, buttery-soft PS5 gameplay from San Diego Comic-Con that's just brimming with Akira Toriyama's trademark charm. We see our...
News Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon Reportedly Supports 6-Player PvP
Spectator sport
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is out this time next month, and in typically iron-clad FromSoftware fashion, we know shockingly little about it. This is a welcome reprieve in a year in which nothing is seemingly sacred, and everything leaks in advance. That said, in what is technically not a leak, pictures of the game box taken...
First DLC drop in September
As teased earlier in the week, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 is getting an unexpected second Character Pass – despite the game originally releasing over three years ago! The DLC drop will consist of three packs in total, adding an impressive nine new characters to the game. It’ll all get underway in September with The...
News New Armored Core 6 Trailer Puts Plot Ahead of Bullets and Missiles
Out for PS5, PS4 on 25th August
A series not exactly famed for its narratives, Bandai Namco has today put out a new Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon trailer all about the upcoming PS5, PS4 game's story. It's a very stylish and flashy look at what will almost certainly take a backseat in the final version — think audio logs and quick cutscenes —...
News Claudio Serafino Gets Sirius in Tekken 8 Character Trailer
Ciao
Bandai Namco's steady stream of character-focused trailers for Tekken 8 continues. This time, relative newcomer Claudio Serafino is under the spotlight. Making his debut in Tekken 7, this Italian fighter uses the light of Sirius to inflict damage. Aside from his impeccable dress sense, Claudio looks like a fairly down-the-middle fighter to us,...
News Yet Another Live Service Game Is Shutting Down After Just One Year
Gundamn
Free-to-play, Overwatch-esque multiplayer shooter Gundam Evolution will be shutting down just one year after its PS5 and PS4 launch, Bandai Namco has confirmed. The live service title, which sees two teams of iconic Gundam suits blast each other to bits, released on consoles back on the 30th November 2022 — and it'll no longer be playable...
News One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 Plunders New PS4 DLC Over Three Years After Release
You're going to Luffy it
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 launched over three years ago on the PS4, back in 2020 – but publisher Bandai Namco, alongside developer Omega Force, has teased that new DLC is on the way. This is obviously unusual because typically a game’s post-release support has concluded by now, unless it’s a live service like...
Dodon Ray!
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot's next piece of DLC, The 23rd World Tournament, introduces the iconic martial arts competition of the same name to the game, but earlier in the event's history, long before there was even a single blonde strand of hair on Goku's head (the Cell Saga centred around the 25th World Tournament, for context). The classic...
News Jujutsu Kaisen's Finally Getting a PS5, PS4 Game, But It's a 2v2 Arena Fighter
The monkey's paw strikes
Jujutsu Kaisen, the incredibly popular anime and manga property, is finally getting a video game adaptation on PlayStation. That's good! Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash is a two-on-two arena fighter. That's bad! Well, maybe not bad, depending on who you ask, but anime fans must be sick and tired of this happening to their...
News Sword Art Online: Last Recollection Sells Its Story Ahead of Super Busy October Schedule
By the blade
Sword Art Online: Last Recollection has a new story trailer, with the action RPG ready to fight for your attention ahead of what is an incredibly busy October release schedule. Kirito and the gang's latest adventure is set to launch on the 6th October, just before titles like Assassin's Creed Mirage, Lords of the Fallen, Disgaea 7
News Exciting Game Announcements and Reveals Planned for Bandai Namco's Summer Showcase
Bamco's turn to go
Bandai Namco has announced it'll be holding its own Summer Showcase at the upcoming Anime Expo 2023, promising a "barrage of news and reveals". It seems the season of game reveals is not quite done and dusted, then. Specific IPs were cited, with Naruto, Sand Land, Sword Art Online, Baten Kaitos, and more being teased. Running for...
Preview Sand Land Is Just as Fun as It Is Niche on PS5, PS4
We play the latest Bandai Namco RPG
Bandai Namco loves its anime RPGs, but Sand Land might be the most niche it's gotten yet. Comprised of 13 issues, it's a manga series from Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama that looks a lot like the famous anime, but is actually its own thing entirely. 23 years after its original run, the Elden Ring publisher is...
Review Park Beyond (PS5) - Shallow Park Builder Besieged by Technical Issues
Beyond a joke
At its heart, Park Beyond evokes memories of the Theme Park games from a couple of decades ago, and it's perhaps due to our nostalgia for those titles that we enjoyed our time with this as much as we did. There's something to be said for the simplified theme park builder, in which you don't need to worry about navigating a dozen...
News PS Plus Premium Members Can Test Drive Another Brand New PS5 Game
Tickets, please!
A 2-hour trial for PS5 theme park management sim Park Beyond has popped up on the PlayStation Store, which PS Plus Premium subscribers can download right now. It might just scratch that particular carnival tycoon itch we all get from time to time; the urge to fleece ordinary people out of their hard-earned dollars with overpriced...
Preview It's Virtually Impossible for Armored Core 6 to Fail
FromSoftware swaps swords for joysticks
Not a single Armored Core game has sold more than one million copies, but that was before FromSoftware became the poster boy for hardcore enthusiasts. Nowadays, the Japanese heavyweight can sell 20 million units of Elden Ring with its eyes closed, and its latest game Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is going...
News SoulCalibur 5 Will Be Axed from the PS Store's Stage of History Next Week
History fading in front of us
SoulCalibur V is the next game to go the way of the digital Dodo and is due to be delisted from the PlayStation Store quite imminently. Next week, in fact, on 19th June. Available for now via the PS3 storefront, following the appointed time, the title and more than 70 pieces of DLC (including a playable character) will...
News Tekken 8 Closed Beta Test Confirmed for PS5, and You Need to Register Quick
Claudio also returns
The recent rumours were correct: Tekken 8 is getting a closed beta test in July, and you can sign up for it right now through the official website. The test will take place across consoles and PC — PS5 obviously included — and will feature a whopping 16 playable characters (that's everyone revealed so far) and five stages...
News Dragon Ball Creator's Sand Land Is Getting a PS5, PS4 Game
Fun in the sun
Sand Land, the one-shot manga from Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, is getting a full-on video game adaptation on PS5 and PS4. Simply titled Sand Land at the time of writing this article, it's being built on Unreal Engine 5, and it appears to be a fairly open action adventure title. We don't have a release window yet, but publisher...
Review We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie (PS5) - A Great Version of the Series' Highlight
Is it too on the nose to say We Love Katamari?
After the immense success of Katamari Damacy, The King of All Cosmos deems fit to send his miniature son back to the planet earth to grant the requests of fans of the original game. This bizarre fourth-wall destroying plot serves to kick off a suitably bizarre game: We Love Katamari. Following on from...
Out Today We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie Revives a Classic with New Content on PS5, PS4
Gotta love it
Yes, everyone's very excited about Street Fighter 6 and Diablo 4 at the moment. While those games absolutely deserve their time in the spotlight, Bandai Namco has quietly released We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie today, and it deserves a look-in. Well, we assume so — we've not played this remaster yet, but the original on PS2...
News Sword Art Online: Last Recollection Gameplay Shows Avatar Customisation, Combat, More
PS5, PS4 RPG looks sharp
Bandai Namco has released a suitably in-depth gameplay overview trailer for Sword Art Online: Last Recollection. The video covers quite a lot of stuff, including combat mechanics, zone exploration, equipment systems, skill trees, and even avatar customisation. Yep, you'll once again be able to alter the look of main...
Rumour Tekken 8 Beta Could Be Incoming
Heating up
An online beta test for Tekken 8 could be coming relatively soon, if a listing on SteamDB is anything to go by (as spotted by Wario64). Up until now, the anticipated brawler has only been playable via select location tests. That is, in-person stations at fighting game events, for example. And although we've been graced with loads of...
News Killer Cyborg Bryan Fury Loves to Laugh in Tekken 8 Reveal
Laugh it up
A staple of the series since Tekken 3, cyborg madman Bryan Fury returns in Tekken 8 — and he somehow seems even more unhinged than before. His brutal fighting style is very much intact, and he just won't stop laughing. Bryan brings Tekken 8's current roster total to 15, but there's obviously more to come. Bandai Namco hasn't really...
News Promising PS5 Action MMORPG Blue Protocol Delayed into 2024
Feeling blue
Bandai Namco's colourful, anime-styled MMORPG Blue Protocol was previously targeting a 2023 release on consoles — including the PS5 — but it's now been pushed into a vague '2024' window. Don't lose too much faith in the project, though — it's actually still launching this year for PC in Japan, so the game is ready to roll, just...
News Awesome-Looking LEGO Pac-Man Arcade Cabinet Will Gobble Up All Your Money
Game over
Today, Bandai Namco and LEGO have revealed a special Pac-Man Arcade set, and it looks fantastic. In celebration of the iconic character's 43rd(!) anniversary, the companies have joined forces to render the classic coin-op game in LEGO bricks, with some really neat mechanical gimmicks. You can get an idea of what it's like in this video:...
