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News Hwoarang Is Ready to Kick You to Bits In Tekken 8
Boot it up
Another Tekken 8 character reveal shocker: Hwoarang is back! And he still likes kicking everything in sight! The South Korean fighter — who's been a fixture of the series since Tekken 3 — boasts his familiar taekwondo style, although at a glance, it looks even more kick-heavy this time around. The Tekken development team has stated...
News PS5, PS4's Likeable One Piece RPG Adds Story DLC This Month
Reunion of memories
The previously announced Reunion of Memories story DLC for likeable RPG One Piece Odyssey will set sail to PS5 and PS4 from 25th May, publisher Bandai Namco has now officially confirmed. In addition to expanding the story of the anime adaptation, this offering will also have a greater emphasis on combat, promising more tactical...
News Dragon Ball Games Are Still Making the Big Bucks for Bandai Namco
We gotta power
The Dragon Ball franchise has enjoyed so much success over its near 40-year history, and the scary thing is that it's showing no real signs of slowing down. Case in point: two of its most recent video game adaptations have been huge hits for publisher Bandai Namco. The company has just revealed that both Dragon Ball FighterZ and...
News PS5 Will Transform Tekken 8's Player Experience, Proclaims Katsuhiro Harada
Fast as lightning
Tekken 8 is skipping a PS4 iteration, if you didn't know, and will instead be taking full advantage of PS5's fancy new tech. And while all aspects of the lovely machine are utilised, it's actually the SSD which will transform the player's experience, and not necessarily the extra graphical muscle (although that helps). Franchise...
News Elden Ring Dev's Next Big Thing Armored Core 6 Targets PS5, PS4 on 25th August
Meching it happen
As had been accurately rumoured earlier in the month, FromSoftware’s surprise sequel Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon will lock-on to PS5 and PS4 from 25th August, 2023. That’s a lot earlier than expected, but the title’s looking pretty damn polished in this brand new gameplay trailer, which leans heavily into the classic...
News Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Development Is Further Along Than You Might Think
In development for at least a year
We're all waiting on a release date for Shadow of the Erdtree, the big expansion for Elden Ring that was first announced back in February. But just how far away is this DLC? Well, as spotted by @Ziostrom1 on Twitter, Shadow of the Erdtree has seemingly been in development for at least a year. According to the...
News Lili Flips Her Way Back into Tekken 8
Don't get salty
Given that she's the eternal rival of Asuka — who's already been confirmed as a returning character — we should have known that Lili would be back for Tekken 8. The heiress who loves to flip and kick her way to victory is the game's latest reveal, and she looks great. Much like the other characters we've seen up until this point,...
News Park Beyond Looks Like the PS5 Spiritual Successor to Theme Park You've Been Longing For
Park life
Planet Coaster was really good, specifically on PS5, but it didn’t quite stir those fond memories of Theme Park like Park Beyond looks poised to. Due out 16th June on Sony’s new-gen system, here’s our first proper look at the gameplay systems – and how it’ll all work on a DualSense controller. And it looks good, even if we’re...
News Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections Confirms New Characters, 'Special' Story Mode
Not just a collection
Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections isn't just a combined collection of past games in the series. As confirmed by the official Naruto Video Games social media accounts, the upcoming PS5 and PS4 release will feature new playable characters as well as an "original Special Story Mode" starring Boruto. Both Naruto...
News Elden Ring Dev's Armored Core 6 Rated for PS5, PS4 Release in Korea
Coming in hot
It’s been surprisingly silent on the Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon front – which is a surprise, considering the title is focused on giant hulking robots. But a rating in Korea has raised hopes that some kind of release date information could be imminent – especially as it’s generally more common for titles to get classified...
News Shut Up and Sit the Hell Down! Tekken 8 Has Crossplay, Rollback on PS5
Katsuhiro Harada weighs in
Tekken’s outspoken game director Katsuhiro Harada has spent a little time on Twitter this Easter weekend, replying to fans’ questions regarding its upcoming fighter, Tekken 8. The main takeaways from his session on social media are that the latest instalment in the long-running fighting franchise will boast crossplay...
News PS5 MMO Blue Protocol Looks Like a Legit Anime in Opening Movie
Still on track for 2023
Bandai Namco’s Blue Protocol has been a long time coming, but it’s partnered with Amazon Game Studios to get the project over the line, and considering the success of Genshin Impact and Final Fantasy 14, we’d argue that’s probably a shrewd business move. While there’s no firm rele
News One Piece Odyssey DLC Reunion of Memories Announced for PS5, PS4
Back to Waford
Bandai Namco has announced PS5, PS4 JRPG One Piece Odyssey will receive an expansion in the coming months that brings another mystery to Waford, centred around the Black Cubes. Neither a price nor release date have been revealed yet, but the trailer above provides some more context. In a separate video, producer Katsuaki Tsuzuki says...
News Tekken 8 Confirms Leroy, Asuka Have Made the Cut
What's good, sugar?
We honestly thought that the Tekken 8 character trailers were over — at least for a little while — but no, Bandai Namco has just dropped another two at Evo Japan. Said trailers confirm that Leroy Smith and Asuka Kazama will return. There was something of a question mark over both characters making the cut, but for very...
News Tekken's New Tekken Talk Series Is a Must Watch for Fans
Tekken it higher
Bandai Namco has launched a new video series called 'Tekken Talk', which, as you might have guessed, talks about the Tekken series. The first episode is hosted by esports manager Sumichu, and features Tekken producer Michael Murray alongside fighting game veteran and commentator Rip, and ever-popular content creator Maximilian Dood...
News Sword Art Online: Last Recollection Gets First Glimpse of Action RPG Gameplay
Looking sharp
Still targeting a 6th October release date, Sword Art Online: Last Recollection has a new trailer that features a quick look at its action-based combat system. Much like previous games, you'll fight enemies as a team, combining sword skills to unleash big combos. It also looks like Last Recollection will emphasise character switching...
News Tekken 8 Grabs Loads of Direct PS5 Gameplay Footage
Featuring every character so far
Ahead of its first public playtest this weekend at Evo Japan, a bunch of Tekken 8 press previews just dropped. Various gaming publications got to go hands on with the in-development fighter, and overall, things sound extremely promising. While these previews don't feature any completely new information, the actual...
News Tekken 8 Keeps the Character Reveals Coming as Ling Xiaoyu Reappears
The phoenix flies again
Wow, we honestly we're expecting another Tekken 8 character trailer so soon. All of the previous trailers were based on characters that were already shown in some capacity when the game was announced and then revealed, so you'll have to excuse our surprise! Ling Xiaoyu is the latest returning fighter to be confirmed. We...
News Jun Kazama Is Finally Back in Tekken 8, and She Looks Amazing
New forest stage also revealed
Jun Kazama has been missing in action since Tekken 2 — at least canonically. She did appear in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, but then that game had everyone. Anyway, the mother of Jin Kazama is back in Tekken 8, and she looks pretty damn cool. You can check out her serene fighting style in the game's latest trailer, which...
Random Lars' Tekken 8 Rage Art Is a Reminder of His Time in Naruto Storm 2
Into the storm
Here's a random bit of trivia for you: Lars' new Rage Art in Tekken 8 — his super move, if you don't know what a Rage Art is — seems to be based on his ultimate attack from Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2. And yes, before you ask, Lars was in PS3 anime brawler. The maligned son of Heihachi Mishima featured as a playable...
News Jack-8 Is a Giant Juggernaut in Latest Tekken 8 Character Trailer
Jack-8 potato
Jack has been a mainstay of Tekken since the very start, so it's great to see his latest iteration in Tekken 8. The terminator-esque cyborg is back, and he's looking particularly mean in this new gameplay trailer. As you'd expect, Jack-8 is a massive tank of a character, capable of dishing out huge haymakers and utilising some of his...
News PS Plus Members Are Gutted Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Doesn't Include PS5 Version
Despite offering a free upgrade
Update: Bandai Namco has declined to comment on whether Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot's PS Plus version was intended to include its free PS5 upgrade. In other words, you're only getting the PS4 version. Original Article: Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot released on PS5 earlier this year, and offered a free upgrade for PS4 owners. It...
News Park Beyond Lets You Build Impossible Theme Parks on PS5 in June
Pre-orders available now
Bandai Namco has released a new trailer for its upcoming amusement park management game, Park Beyond. The video provides a simple overview of what you'll be doing, and while it looks mostly similar to other games of the genre, the hook here is "impossifying" rides to take them to the next level. There will be two main modes...
News Elden Ring Update 1.09 Adds Ray Tracing on PS5, Here Are All the Patch Notes
Ray tracing-a Lucaria
Bandai Namco and FromSoftware have just released the latest major patch for Elden Ring, the massively popular open world RPG. It brings the game up to version 1.09, and the update is available now on all platforms, of course including PS5 and PS4. The main headline addition here is the implementation of ray tracing for the...
News Lars Alexandersson's Perfectly Coiffed Bob Looks Glossier Than Ever in Tekken 8 on PS5
Hair of the god
You may choose to focus on all the fizzes and crackles of Lars Alexandersson’s moveset in upcoming PS5 fighter Tekken 8, but we only have eyes for his immaculately sculpted barnet. Just look at him barely breaking a sweat in Time’s Square: his hair doesn’t move a millimetre. And by the end of the battle – which he wins on the...
News Elden Ring Players Have Spent a Year Dying Over 9 Billion Times
Anniversary stats come in from Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco has hit Elden Ring fans with an array of dizzying stats and figures. With the game now just over a year old, the publisher has put out a large infographic that shines a light on everyone's collective efforts, and, yeah, we've died a lot. More than 9 billion times, to be precise. Of that...
News JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R Invites Worse Company on PS5, PS4 This Week
Big bro
Diamond Is Unbreakable is the focus of remaster JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R’s next DLC addition, as Okayasu’s big bro Keicho Nijimura brings his Worse Company Stand to the game. Those of you who’ve read the manga or watched the anime will know that this particular power sees the character commandeer dozens upon dozens...
News King Looks Like an Absolute Powerhouse in Tekken 8 Gameplay Trailer
Tekken 8 up a notch
Bandai Namco has been going a bit mad with all these Tekken 8 character trailers, but we're certainly not complaining. Each familiar face we've seen so far has been looking good, and that streak continues with Mexican wrestler and Tekken legend, King. He looks to be a very heavy hitter, as fans might expect, and the devs have...
News Law Looks Like a Beast in Latest Tekken 8 Gameplay Trailer
I am the Law
We've been left really impressed by how good the characters look in Tekken 8, and that trend continues with Marshall Law. The veteran fighter is back for another round, and he looks like fantastic fun in this dedicated trailer. Existing fans will note that a lot of his classic moves have been carried over — the double flip, the...
News Paul Looks Powerful in New Tekken 8 Gameplay, But We're Still Not Sold on the Hair
The death fist returns
Veteran fighter Paul Phoenix was one of the first confirmed characters for Tekken 8, and now you can gawk at his brutal blows in the game's latest character trailer. We must admit, we're loving the improved facial animations in this sequel so far, and Paul's classic techniques — including the dreaded death fist — somehow...
News Sword Art Online: Last Recollection Skewers October Release Date on PS5, PS4
The last battle begins
Bandai Namco has confirmed that the next Sword Art Online game, Sword Art Online: Last Recollection, will launch for PS5 and PS4 on the 6th October. Much like the property's previous games, Last Recollection won't follow the source material directly. Instead, it'll tell an alternate story with some new characters thrown in...
News New Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi Game Announced
Sparking!
At the end of this weekend's Dragon Ball FighterZ World Tour finals, Bandai Namco revealed a new Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi title. All we have to go on right now is a teaser trailer in which Goku goes Super Saiyan Blue. We don't have any dates and no platforms have been announced, but it's fair to assume that this project will be...
Review Code Vein (PS4) - A Friendlier, Fashion-Conscious Japanese RPG in the Vein of Dark Souls
Cure your thirst
Republished on Wednesday, 1st March, 2023: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of March 2023's PS Plus line up. The original text follows. For the first few hours of Code Vein, you don’t really play anything at all. No, instead you create your character. With one of the most robust...
News New Tekken 8 Gameplay Trailer Kills It with Jin Kazama
"I shall not waver again"
Bandai Namco has released another Tekken 8 gameplay trailer, this time for eternally moody lead Jin Kazama. Once again, we're treated to some gorgeous visual effects as Jin beats the snot out of his evil dad, Kazuya, and shows off a range of new moves. As has been the case with all of the character trailers so far, we're...
News Elden Ring DLC Confirmed as Shadow of the Erdtree Expansion Is Announced
Rise again
It's official: Elden Ring will get an expansion at some point in the future. The source of many a rumour, but never confirmed until now, FromSoftware's open world epic will indeed be branching out with DLC. No date has been given, and we don't even have a trailer, but we do know that it'll be titled 'Shadow of the Erdtree'. All we've got...
News Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections Combines Every Storm Game into One Release
Speeding to PS5, PS4 in 2023
The Ultimate Ninja Storm series returns this year with Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections — one game that includes all characters and select story moments from throughout the entire franchise. Sounds like one heck of a package, doesn't it? By our count, that's over 124 playable ninja, topped off with a...
News Elden Ring Has Sold a Whopping 20 Million Copies Since Launch
Not bad, Tarnished
Bandai Namco has reached a new sales milestone with the popular action RPG, Elden Ring. As the smash hit game approaches its first anniversary, the publisher has announced it has now tipped over 20 million units worldwide. This figure includes physical shipments and digital sales across all platforms. Elden Ring set off at a...
News Dragon Ball Z Kakarot Goes Back in Time as World Tournament DLC Is Confirmed
Bigger Green
The next expansion for Dragon Ball Z Kakarot has been officially announced, following on from a tease in the action RPG's previous trailer. And, as predicted, we are indeed going back in time to events from the original Dragon Ball adventure. The DLC is titled 'Chaos at the World Tournament', and will cover the events of Dragon Ball's...
News Kazuya Gets a Crunching Tekken 8 Gameplay Trailer
Dorya!
Is this the coolest Kazuya Mishima has ever looked? Quite possibly. The Tekken veteran is, of course, back as one of the main characters in Tekken 8, and this new gameplay trailer shows off his iconic fighting style. Many of his fundamental moves seem to be here, but he's definitely rocking a few new strings. What's more, it looks like...
News The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me Gets Friend's Pass, Curator's Cut in Free Update
Frights with friends
The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me kind of came and went, it feels like. We weren't enormous fans of the entry ourselves, but it's still worth checking out if you truly believe in Supermassive Games' formula. That process just got both easier and more appealing, with a Friend's Pass and Curator's Cut added in the most...
Mini Review Tales of Symphonia Remastered (PS4) - Barebones Remaster Distracts from a Classic RPG
Lloyd Irving, wake up!
Still one of the most highly regarded instalments in Namco's long-running series, Tales of Symphonia could be considered a classic. Indeed, it's easy forget that the game's almost 20 years old — and Tales of Symphonia Remastered shows that the adventure actually holds up surprisingly well. The storytelling's a little...
Review Scarlet Nexus (PS5) - 'Brain Punk' RPG Gets a Lot Right, But Ends Up Feeling Stunted
Seeing red
Republished on Wednesday, 15th February, 2023: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of February 2023's PS Plus Extra and Premium lineup. The original text follows. Scarlet Nexus is quite a unique action RPG set in a world where the human brain has evolved. Most people are hooked up to a kind of...
News We Love Katamari REROLL + Royal Reverie Rolls Right onto PS5, PS4 on 2nd June
Keep rollin', rollin', rollin'
We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie is a reroll, ahem, a remake of the PS2 classic We Love Katamari, and it's coming to PS5 and PS4 on 2nd June. In the Katamari games, you play as a prince rolling a highly adhesive magical ball called a Katamari about, enveloping various items in on itself in a never-ending quest...
News Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon Producer Talks FromSoftware's Next Epic
Armor up
Details are scarce concerning developer FromSoftware's next announced project, Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon. We know it won't feature gameplay akin to the studio's more recent titles, like Elden Ring or Bloodborne, and will instead stay faithful to the series' roots, which go back some 2
News Save the Date, Tarnished, Elden Ring Anniversary Livestream Set for 25th February
You know what we want
Rise, Tarnished, we bring you fresh word from The Lands Between. To mark the first anniversary of Elden Ring's launch, Bandai Namco is holding a special celebration in Stockholm, Sweden, on 25th February, and is broadcasting the event via Twitch to the rest of the world. Featuring a live show, giveaways, contests, prizes,...
News Tekken 8's New Heat Mechanic Explained with Gameplay Footage as Nina Returns
Feel the Heat
In what was a surprising twist, Tekken 8 got a full-on system and mechanics breakdown video during the Tekken World Tour finals this weekend. The 36-minute explanation features series director Katsuhiro Harada and game director Kohei Ikeda as they cover all of the sequel's gameplay additions. And yes, there's plenty of gameplay...
News New Tekken 8 Info Is Probably Dropping This Weekend
At the Tekken World Tour finals
Tekken World Tour 2022 comes to a close this weekend with its Global Finals in Amsterdam — and you know what that (probably) means! Not only are we going to be treated to a top-notch professional Tekken 7 tournament, we're (again, probably) going to get some new info on Tekken 8. The Tekken team has a long history...
News Sword Art Online: Last Recollection Gets First Story Trailer, 'Simpler' Combat System
Harder, better, faster, simpler
Officially announced near the end of last year, Sword Art Online: Last Recollection now has its first story trailer, which drops alongside some initial gameplay details. The PS5 and PS4 action RPG currently has a vague '2023' release window, but with the marketing push moving so quickly, we can't see a confirmed date...
News One Piece Odyssey Among Japan's Best Sellers During Launch Week
Second only to Pokemon
One Piece Odyssey was one of the best-selling games in Japan during its first week on the market, with only the joint sales of Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet beating it to top spot. The PS4 version sold best at 35,123 units, while the PS5 edition sold 26,879 copies. It beat out competition from other Nintendo
Mini Review Ridge Racer 2 (PSP) - A Greatest Hits Album for Arcade Racing Royalty
Now that's what I call drifting
The original release of PSP's Ridge Racer 2 could be criticised for being almost exactly the same game as its predecessor, only with a few more tracks and modes. However, that doesn't really matter today, especially now it's one of the rare Ridge Racer titles playable on modern consoles. With its one blemish now moot,...
