Pixar has launched the first teaser trailer for its Toy Story spin-off, Lightyear. The film stars everyone’s favorite space ranger, but with a twist.

This isn’t the same Buzz Lightyear that Tim Allen brought to life over the four mainline Toy Story films. Rather, Lightyear tells the origin story of the “real” Buzz. As in the in-universe character that the action figure is based on. Since this is a different Buzz, he’s voiced by a new actor: Captain America himself, Chris Evans.

The beautiful trailer establishes a more serious tone but it still packs plenty of lighthearted moments. Pixar is basically making its own sci-fi epic using one of its most beloved characters. Lightyear will premiere in theaters next summer.

What do you think of Lightyear's premise and direction? Are you excited to see Chris Evans take on the role of Buzz? Let us know in the comments! 

Ex-Blizzard developers who started Notorious Studios seem to have exactly zero women on their development team. The staff page shows nine developers and two advisors, all of which are men, and one canine “Chief Morale Officer” named Ellie. Which means that the studio has more dogs than women. Yikes.

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52-card RPG It’s really neat to see something committed to a concept like Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars...

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Mascots of Pikachu and Makuhita will appear at kids' Sumo tournaments to cheer on the participants.

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Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars, the new Yoko Taro game, puts aesthetics first. But if you love a slower pace? You'll have a good time.

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Today Honey Parade Games and Marvelous Entertainment announced a new crossover between Shinobi Master: Senran Kagura New Link and the To Love Ru anime.

I guess this shouldn’t surprise anyone, the two franchises certainly have a lot in common.

The crossover will bring heroines Lala Satalin Deviluke and Yami to Senran Kagura New Link, alongside dedicated costumes and goodies. It’s also a good chance to see them designed by Senran Kagura’s acclaimed artist Nan Yaegashi.

The collaboration will start on October 29 and will last a month, until November 29.

You can check out the trailer below and see for yourself what the crossover has in store.

If you’re not familiar with Shinobi Master Senran Kagura: New Link, it’s a gacha game currently available only in Japan for iOS, Android, and PC.

Well, well, it looks like after all these years Woody was wrong. Buzz Lightyear is no longer just a toy. Last year, Lightyear was announced in a massive info dump from Disney with information about other Disney properties like Wandavision, Loki, Star Wars: Bad Batch, and more. And today, the world got its first look at the film’s visuals along with the first lines we’ve heard from Chris Evans as the voice as Buzz Lightyear.

The trailer starts with a wide shot of a launchpad, then quickly cuts to Buzz zipping up a space suit while wearing a t-shirt that has PROPERTY OF STAR COMMAND printed on it and a couple of dog tags that indicate his blood type is O positive. The suit seen through most of the trailer is a cloth suit that’s markedly different from Buzz’s more bulky signature space suit.

Even the spaceship that Buzz flies around in through most of the Lightyear trailer has a more realistic look than what the Star Command pilot has had throughout the years. All the while, David Bowie’s Starman is playing in the background throughout the trailer.

As the end of the teaser approaches, we see Buzz admiring the Star Command suit that is his iconic getup from the Toy Story movies. And after a quick flash of the title card, it cuts back to Buzz and another member of Star Command wearing the classic suits and talking to each other.

Buzz’s buddy reaches out to him while saying, “To infinity,” but the trailer cuts out right as buzz says, “and.” It looks like we’ll either have to wait until the next trailer or even the release of the film to hear the classic line.

Many of Clash Royale's players reached level cap years ago and maxed out all of the cards along the way. In the last two years, the game hasn't offered much of a path forward for people that play every day. The seasonal tiers offer new tower skins and emotes, but the main hooks of the experience haven't expanded.

That changes today. Clash Royale's latest update raises the level cap for both the player and all of the cards to level 14. Developer Supercell also added three new cards to the mix, and they all offer up a unique gameplay aspect. These cards are called Champions, the first characters in the game that are somewhat controllable. You can't tell the Champions where to go and don't use their weapons to attack, but you control when they use their abilities. All you have to do is tap a new button that appears on the screen. Once pressed, the Champion does as you command.

The three Champions are the sizable Skeleton King who summons a skeletal army as he marches forward, the Golden Knight who dashes forward and can smash enemies like a bowling ball, and the Archer Queen who can cloak herself when an enemy draws near.

Today Level-5 released a brand new trailer and a TV commercial of its upcoming mecha action JRPG Megaton Musashi.

This time around we get to see story gameplay alongside mecha battles, taking a look at the characters both in and outside of their customizable robots.

You can watch both below.

This week, people will be able to take part in a Fantasy Life Online English closed beta ahead of the mobile game's western release.

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The Switch Online Expansion Pack arrived earlier this week, bringing nine N64 games to Nintendo’s portable console. That’s...not a lot, and people have been eager to know what other classics will be headed to the subscription-based library. Recently datamined files offer a few hints.

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As factory-building sim Satisfactory continues to assemble itself through early access, the next major update runs a real risk of becoming a train wreck. Now in public testing, Update 5 introduces new features to manage train timetables and routes, and you'll want to pay attention to those because trains can now crash.

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At this point, it is no secret that beating the Dark Souls games in the most ridiculous ways possible is one of the most interesting challenges in gaming. And while we’ve seen players accomplish this feat by using Rock Band drum sets and toasters, few of these feats are more impressive than what one player was just able to pull off in Dark Souls 3.

Earlier this week, a player by the name of Rudeism posted a clip to Twitter that shows them beating all 19 Dark Souls 3 bosses using morse code – a method used in telecommunication to encode text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, or dits and dahs. The streamer says it resulted in a total of 258,250 to accomplish this monumental task, which you can see being executed in the tweet below.

The Xbox’s library has grown, kind of, especially if your Steam library is large. 

That’s because Xbox consoles can now technically play Steam games, although you shouldn’t get too excited – this can be best described as a fun thing to check out in action rather than a legitimate and viable way to play Steam games. 

As reported by PCWorld, The Verge’s Tom Warren discovered that because Microsoft’s Edge browser runs on Xbox consoles, Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming service, which allows you to log into PC store databases like Steam to play games you already own, can technically be run on these consoles. Basically, what’s happening is that you can use the Edge browser to access the GeForce Now streaming service online. You can then stream your Steam games through GeForce Now through the Edge browser on your Xbox Series X/S or Xbox One. 

Along with the announcement, a new video and visual have been released.

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Today Sega had a few reveals to make about the recently-released game Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles.

First of all, we learn that the game has shipped over a million units worldwide, including both physical shipments and digital downloads.

Secondly, we get two trailers showing Rui and Akaza in action. The two demons will become playable in the versus mode with an update coming between the end of October and the beginning of November.

Two more pairs will be added with two further updates down the line.

You can check out the trailers below.

With next-generation console hardware limited to around 1TB as standard, HDD space for new game installs has never been more at a premium. News of a reduced install size for Call of Duty Vanguard over in comparison to its predecessor, then, will come as music to the ears of fans who have long had to put up with absurdly large file-sizes for Call of Duty games.

In a Tweet today from the game’s official channel, it has been confirmed that the install size for Vanguard should be around 30-50% less than that of the previous game.

Good news for hard drives everywhere: #Vanguard’s install size at launch will be significantly below previous #CallOfDuty releases.

New on-demand texture streaming tech expected to save up to 30%-50%+ on next-gen console and PC hard drive disk space 💥 pic.twitter.com/oYZoyIDTuO

— Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) October 26, 2021

Of course, given that Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War took up over 200GB with Warzone and its expansions included, the file size is still likely to be pretty hefty. But we’ll take any reduction we can get at this point, right?

Ubisoft is emailing Far Cry 6 owners with a roundup of their playtime so far - prompting a mixed response from some fans.

The email, written in the style of the game's villain El Presidente, is essentially a message meant to goad player character Dani Rojas back into action.

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Call of Duty: Vanguard will be much smaller than previous Call of Duty releases, and if you listen closely, you can hear the millions of hard drives around the world rejoicing over the news. 

You can take the companion to any landmarks on the map and immortalize the moments with Photo Mode.

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The Job Crystal magnet collection features the Gunbreaker, Dancer, and Blue Mage Job Crystals.

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Far Cry 6 places you on the front lines of a revolution. Yaran president Antón Castillo (played by Giancarlo Esposito of Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad fame) is manufacturing an impressively potent cure for cancer, Viviro. However, he’s utilizing labor camps and tyranny to assist with the production of the substance. Your job as Dani Rojas is to bring his totalitarian regime to its knees. Of course, the hustle and bustle of real life might halt this action-packed process. But if you take too long to topple Castillo, he’ll send personalized emails that taunt you for not beating the game, as reported by IGN. 

A lot of games are already ruthlessly designed to maximize engagement, but now they email and hassle you if you dare to stop playing them. pic.twitter.com/TRIsV4jnZP

Atlus has released another of its trailers showcasing the 200+ demons of its upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V one by one.

This time around we get to see the gameplay of Kohryu, which has been part of the Shin Megami Tensei franchise since its debut with Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei in 1987. It’s inspired by the Chinese celestial golden dragon.

You can watch it in action below.

Those looking to jump into the game can grab Final Fantasy XIV Complete Edition at a steep 60% discount.

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Additionally, Ateam and Square Enix are looking for ambassadors to represent the game.

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Square Enix will continue to crack down on players using real money trading services.

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Back in September 2019, threats insinuating murder were sent to Tokyo-based game developer Arika. The threats were made against the company as well as a corporate execute and sent through the Arika website’s contact form.

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Paradox has delayed Crusader Kings 3's Royal Court expansion to 2022. It was due out later this year.

The developer said it was not "entirely satisfied" with the progress made on the expansion.

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Google Stadia has begun rolling out a much-requested feature: time-limited demos of existing games.

Stadia, of course, requires you to purchase games individually or play the selection of titles included in its Stadia Pro subscription.

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This includes physical and digital copies around the world.

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Letter from the Editor is a new monthly column from our editor - a bit like the editorial on the first page of a magazine! - that's exclusive to all Eurogamer supporters.

In a way, this month's column is an extension of what I talked about in the first letter last month: what constitutes a busy release schedule and what doesn't. Back then, I was musing on the contrast between 2021's meagre lineup of big releases and the parade of positive reviews of mostly smaller games we have run recently. (Indeed, in the weeks since I wrote that, we've added two more Essentials and Stephen Totilo's Axios Gaming newsletter did us the honour of undertaking a statistical analysis of our reviewing - complete with graph! - pointing out that we've equalled 2020's tally of Essentials with fewer games reviewed overall and two months still to go in the year.)

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The fast-paced, fast-talking violence of Shadow Warrior 3 will not arrive this year after all, now pushed back into "early 2022." Devolver Digital and developers Flying Wild Hog explain it's the usual reason: they want more time to make the FPS good, yeah? A good reason. For now, you can watch the new trailer announcing the delay.

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NHL 22 on PS5

With a new generation of consoles come heightened expectations, and for NHL 22, it is not just the visuals that are getting scrutiny thanks to a shift to the Frostbite engine, but also gameplay features that will supposedly differentiate this year’s edition from the last. Upon spending significant time with NHL 22, one cannot help but feel conflicted for a game that could have done so much more but stumbles at the important moments.