August 2022

Sega and Creative Assembly released a new video teasing the fourth legendary lord for Total War: Warhammer 3’s upcoming DLC Champions of Chaos.

The trailer is very brief but it does focus on the forces of Khorne, and the description says “she leaves nothing but death in her wake…” indicating that the new legendary lord is female.

If Creative Assembly follows its usual pattern, we’ll get a reveal cinematic trailer at the beginning of next week, followed by a much longer gameplay showcase full od dad jokes. It’s just what their schtick is like nowadays.

Of course, you can expect to see the full reveal here on Twinfinite as soon as the developers open the floodgates.

You can check the teaser out below and start guessing.

Total War: Warhammer 3 is currently available exclusively for PC.

Today Cygames hosted its Granblue Fantasy summer livestream, and it included a treat for manga and anime fans.

The popular fantasy mobile game is getting a crossover event with the upcoming One Piece: Film Red movie.

The collaboration will debut on September 14, 2022, and will feature Luffy as a playable character. You’ll also be able to unlock the new character Uta as a summon and Nami & Nico Robin teamed together as a single character.

Below you can check out all the art revealed today, alongside a trailer for the event.

If you were waiting for news about Granblue Fantasy Versus, only an artbook was mentioned. We’re likely to hear the actual news related to the game at EVO, where the game is one of the main attractions.

On the other hand, we always knew that there would be no Granblue Fantasy Relink news, as the much-awaited JRPG for PS5, PS4, and PC has been delayed to 2023 and more information will be shared in December at Granblue Fantasy Fes.

Last week I left the factory loading bay with the news that American Truck Simulator latest DLC had a release date, but it seems only fair I complete the job and deliver the news that: hey, American Truck Simulator's Montana DLC is out now.

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Atlus has released another trailer revealing one of the demons that will be featured in the upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2.

This trailer features Nigi Mitama, one of the infamous demons of the Mitama family inspired by Japanese mythology. It debuted in the original Soul Hackers’ predecessor, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner, in 1995

Like in most daily trailers, Atlus also provided a daily horoscope, which has Taurus at the top of the fortune ranking and Libra at the bottom.

You can check the trailer out below.

Soul Hackers 2 launches for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC ( both on Steam and on the Windows Store) on August 26, just one day after the Japanese release on August 25.

Today third-party developers had news and releases to share about aircraft and airport add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

We take the first look at the exterior of the de Havilland Canada Dash 7 by SimWorks Studios and PILOT’s, alongside a development update.

“Our full attention is focused on the Dash 7 in cooperation with PILOT’S GesmbH. The exterior model is undergoing decal placement, so we are placing rivets, panel lines and de-ice boots. After that, the aircraft will be ready to receive its last coating of dirt and grime over the detail, which will complete the exterior textures. The liveries are awaiting their “use marks” but other than that they are done, and some screenshots can be seen here. The liveries included will be British Antarctic Survey, Air Greenland, Brymon, Berjaya Air, Tyrolean and Continental. The cockpit is undergoing decal placement. Right now, all the flight instruments are marked enough for us to do flight testing. We are working on placing the rest of the labels and correcting some model flaws before falling head-first into the textures.

The flight model of the aircraft is complete, and focus on that front is on engine tuning. Right now, the engine produces the right amount of torque and RPM, so we have work to do with the propellers to get her up to speed.

Zenless Zone Zero has begun its closed beta. If you don't know the name, it's Hoyoverse's upcoming free-to-play action-RPG which draws on their experience making Genshin Impact (and its many antecedents) but places those combat and RPG systems within a roguelike structure. Because it's now in closed beta, the internet is covered in videos showing it in action, and its action looks nice.

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Crunchyroll Expo 2022 has been dropping crazy announcements left and right today, such as the confirmation of a season 2 for the Tower of God anime and more. Alongside all of those announcements, we now finally have the official confirmation for season 2 of Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World, which came in the form of a brand new trailer.

While no new footage was shown in the trailer, it did, however, give us a release date for sometime in 2023, though speculation seems to point to early 2023. You can catch the trailer and an official synopsis of season 1 below.

Two enemies on opposing sides of a conflict find common ground, potentially making them traitors to their countries and war-torn lovers!

We last left Alice and Iska after they rescued Alice’s sister from the Empire at the end of Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World season 1, placing them on somewhat mutual ground when it finished airing back in late 2020. How their relationship will continue to grow and see their chaotic world begin to unfold in season 2 is anyone’s guess right now.

The light novel series, I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss, made its debut as an anime during the Crunchyroll Expo 2022. The story will follow Aileen Lauren Dautriche when her fiance cancels their engagement, resulting in her moving on to the notorious Demon King.

You can watch the trailer from MAHO FILM on the official Crunchyroll Collection YouTube channel here:

According to the Crunchyroll description, Aileen is a villainess in an otome game, Regalia of Saints, Demons, and Maidens. In the show, she gets in the way of the main character’s love life and learns that her destiny is to be killed as an enemy of the story.

The only way she can live is to get the Demon King, Claude, to fall in love with her even if she has no feelings for him. However, Aileen must do what’s best for her and begins the journey when she asks him for his hand in marriage.

The soundtrack of the anime will feature most of the team that composed Season 2 of My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! In addition, the voice cast includes many notable actors and actresses, such as Rie Takahashi (Emilia in Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-), Yuichiro Umehara (Kimura in Heaven’s Design Team), Toshiki Masuda (Porco in Attack on Titan), and many more.

Life continues to be fraught with dilemmas in the latest trailer for Mob Psycho 100 Season 3, and protagonist Mob is at the center of it all.

Released by Crunchyroll during Crunchyroll Expo 2022, the trailer offers a new glimpse at what the series’ cast will face in the next portion of the story. All of the mainstays like Mob, Reigen and Dimple make appearances in the animation bits on display, while several others provide vocal clips hinting at a series of dilemmas that could push them into further danger.

It doesn’t start off slow and then ramp up either. Instead, the trailer jumps from moment to moment, offering glimpses of a cult worshipping Mob, Dimple expanded to a massive size due to some phenomenon and other characters attempting to make a fresh break into a better life following their defeat at Mob’s hands.

Tying everything together, though, is a central theme: Mob is currently attempting to figure out what to do once he finishes school. The stress of this mixed with everything else has him edging toward a blow-up the likes of which no one has seen before, and it’s anyone’s guess as to who or what will bring him back from the brink.

Needless to say, the animation is still as impressive as ever and provides plenty of smooth movement to marvel at even in the brief seconds of footage.

It’s a sight to behold, and the full trailer can be viewed down below.

A slate of anime films are being added to Crunchyroll in the coming months, and they run the gauntlet from old classics to new hits.

During Crunchyroll Expo 2022, it was revealed that the streaming platform would be adding a variety of anime movies to its catalogue over the next few months. These titles include established classics like Akira and Wolf Children as well as newer works like Jujutsu Kaisen 0 or Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish.

Likewise, movies tied to big series like Psycho-Pass, Fairy Tail and Code Geass are also set to join the platform at a later date. However, it hasn’t been confirmed if these films will run the full range of movies made for each series or will only include select titles. On the plus side, Crunchyroll did say that more news on each of these films’ releases would be made available in the coming weeks.

The films currently confirmed for release will see staggered launches over the course of the next few months, with each release batch ranging in size from one film to several. The release dates for the confirmed films can be found down below.

August 11:

• Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish
• The Stranger by the Shore
• Human Lost

August 18

• Akira
• your name.

August 25

• Wolf Children
• The Boy and the Beast
• Sing a Bit of Harmony

September 21

Big things are coming out of the Crunchyroll Expo 2022 today. Plenty of news to keep all anime fans extremely happy. Among those announcements is that Tower of God will be getting a new season. This news even came with a trailer that should adequately hype up fans of the series.

The second season is in production now, but there isn’t a known date when episodes will actually start hitting Crunchyroll.

You can see the trailer below that gives a hint of where things are going for Rachel and Bam.

For those many unsure what Tower of God is about, Crunchyroll summarizes it as:

Reach the top, and everything will be yours. At the top of the tower exists everything in this world, and all of it can be yours. You can become a god. This is the story of the beginning and the end of Rachel, the girl who climbed the tower so she could see the stars, and Bam, the boy who needed nothing but her. 

Today, during Crunchyroll Expo, the animation localization and streaming giant revealed Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon.

If, like me, you thought you had seen the bottom of the isekai rabbit hole, this anime will likely prove that we were all very naive.

It’s an adaptation of the novel and light novel series “Jidouhanbaiki ni Umarekawatta Ore wa Meikyuu ni Samayou“ written by Hirukuma and illustrated by Ituwa Kato, published in Japan between 2016 and 2017.

It then sparked a manga illustrated by Kunieda which debuted last year on Dengeki Daioh and is still ongoing, and it’s finally getting an anime adaptation by VAP Video which will air on Chrunchiroll when it debuts at some time in the future.

This probably won’t surprise you, since Crunchyroll appears to have made a specific point of slapping in our faces pretty much every Isekai anime they can get their hands on.

If the term “isekai” is unfamiliar to you, it indicates a popular narrative trope that has the protagonist reincarnated or somehow translated into another world.

Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon tells the story of a Japanese vending machine otaku (yes, they exist) killed by a falling vending machine, because of course he would.

He reincarnates in the usual fantasy world as a… vending machine that can see and hear but cannot move. and can only use vending machine soundbites to communicate.

He meets a young girl named Lammis who is completely unable to control her own strength, and after he gives her food, they create a symbiotic relationship where she carries him on her back and his weight allows her to keep her power in check. Yes. It’s as crazy as it sounds.

You can see the trailer below, even if it doesn’t show that much.

Re-Volt is a remote control car racing game released in 1999 to mixed reviews, but 23 years later there's still a community devoted to it. After a nine year absence, the game has now returned to Steam and GOG. It's apparently in less than ideal condition, but the community already have fixes for that.

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Last week, Steam added support for Nintendo Online classic controllers. What it didn't have was support for the Nintendo Switch's default Joy-Con controllers. A beta update has now changed that.

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I, @zombiepie, am once again honored to be your host as we look back at the best community-created works from the previous week.

Unfortunately, we have to talk about some negative news with this edition of the Spotlight. As many of you are already aware, recent orders for the new t-shirts started hitting homes and many were shocked to discover they were not printed as advertised. The site and managers of the store are aware of the problem and doing everything that they can to refund any and all impacted orders. The affected shirts are mainly the Temple and Tarot shirts, but we have also seen some issues with Cat/Yarn design being printed off-center and the Bomby shirt also looking far more plastic-y than anticipated. If any of these problems describe your shirt order, please email support@giantbomb.com.

You can also use the Giant Bomb Discord to get updates on the issue and reply to the Tweet I linked above to direct contact Rorie. For those of you that would like to avoid using Twitter or Discord, here's a link to Rorie's on-site post about the issue where you can learn about the problem, ask questions, and report specific issues for you impacted orders.

Today, during the celebrations for EVO 2022, MultiVersus game director Tony Huynh was on stage to deliver news.

He presented a slide with the content of the upcoming Season 1. You can see it below.

On top of Rick & Morty, there will be more characters, new cosmetics including icons, banners, and variants, a classic arcade mode, and a new ranked mode.

The classic arcade mode includes co-op support, and that’s pretty much all Huynh shared. The presentation was very brief.

The adventurous life of Hiiragi Seiichi continues in The Fruit of Evolution: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made Season 2.

News about the second installment was released earlier in the year, and now fans are excited about the latest trailer, showcasing an intense battle between Destra, Saria, and Hiiragi. You can view the official trailer from HOTLINE here:

At the beginning of Season 1, Hiiragi is constantly bullied by his fellow students from school, until one day, they are all transported into a video game world. This mysterious dimension features all the qualities of a classic RPG with the powers of sorcery and a mission to take down the Demon King.

Unfortunately, Hiiragi is still deemed a loser in this world, with his classmates leaving him behind to fend for himself. But, everything changes when he takes a bite out of the Fruit of Evolution, and his life is never the same again.

The Fruit of Evolution 2: Before I Knew It, My Life Had It Made will further Hiiragi’s journey as a “winner” and feature exciting new battles in the series. Furthermore, the animation production will change to HOTLINE, with Studio feel. (feel. inc.) and Children’s Playground Entertainment being credited for Season 1.

Seeing as the Crunchyroll Expo 2022 train has no intention of stopping, a new video has hit the internet. This time, it’s a special promo video Jujutsu Kaisen showing off both the first season of the anime and scenes from the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 film.

This cut of both the anime and the film is presented as a pretty cool extended music video. If you’ve never seen the show and are worried about spoilers, this is 90% action scenes that offer just about zero context.

If you wanna kick back to some great tunes and watch some terrific anime action, the Jujutsu Kaisen video can be found below.

Jujutsu Kaisen first premiered in October 2020 with the dub starting on Crunchyroll a month later. Jujutsu Kaisen 0, a prequel film based on the same numbered volume of the manga, premiered in December of last year in Japan, with the English theatrical release back in February.

Also in February came the announcement that Jujutsu Kaisen will be getting a second season.

Crunchyroll has unveiled The Reincarnation of The Strongest Exorcist In Another World with a teaser trailer, and the show offers at least a few elements to break the Isekai mold with.

Revealed during the streaming platform’s Crunchyroll Expo 2022 event, the trailer offers the usual array of teasers and story info. Following an unknown tragedy, a man is reincarnated into a world full of magic, monsters and female characters for him to befriend and pursue romantically. He’s also blessed with special powers thanks to his reincarnated body, allowing him to stand out in his new life in ways that he otherwise couldn’t in his past life.

However, there are key elements that set the series apart from other Isekai. The main character appears to trigger his own reincarnation via a technique he learned as a renowned exorcist. Likewise, those around him don’t seem to flock to him without good reason, actively doubting whether or not he’s fit to be in their world without certain skills necessary to fend off the many threats that beset them daily.

Top this off with the concept of incorporating exorcism techniques into the plot, and there’s plenty to find intriguing about the story this series could tell.

As for the animation, it’s better than most might have expected. The character designs are clean and polished, helping them to stand out during the small animated snippets that hint at larger action set pieces and battles.

It’s worth a look for both Isekai fans and anime fans in general, and the full trailer can be viewed down below.

The Switch is well into its sixth year, somehow, and despite some stiff competition from the Steam Deck recently it hasn't lost its lustre nor its position by my side wherever I go: maybe it's something to do with the immense library I've got on mine at this point, filled to the brim with shmups of all sizes in what's long been a speciality of the system.

Once it was the novelty of having these things on the go, plus the ease of playing vertical scrolling shooting games as intended in 'tate' mode with the screen flipped (and without worrying about permanent damage like I used to when pushing a chunky old CRT on its side to play Ikaruga as Treasure intended). Now it's just the abundance of classics that can be dipped in and out of at leisure - and the thing I love about the humble shmup is how immediate they are, making them perfect for short blasts.

So here's a list of some personal favourites, and a rundown of the shmups that are in almost constant rotation on my Switch. There should be an emphasis on the personal, here - there's no science here, and an awful lot of bias towards my own taste for simple, spectacular shmups rather than those with fussy scoring systems. So there's no Ikaruga here, I'm afraid - apologies, I do love it but I'm not going to pretend to be a master of its rigid polarity-based system (when - or if - Radiant Silvergun ever makes it to the Switch you can be assured it'll be top of this list, though).

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Sundays are for indulging in a Walkers grab bag. Before you reach in, let's read this week's best writing about games (and game related things).

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During Smile Fest 2022, Good Smile Company showed off some upcoming Fate/Grand Order and Tsukihime figures. There will be a total of 20 Type-Moon figures, with varying release windows for each. Some FGO figures, such as the scale figure of Caster Altria, do not even have a prototype yet. Others, such as the Tsukihime Arcueid Nendoroid figure, are in the final stages of development. The Tsukihime figures are based on the characters' appearances in Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-, the remake that released in 2021.

The full list of Fate/Grand Order and Tsukihime figures from Smile Fest 2022 is:

Figma

• Arcueid Brunestud
• Ciel
• Mysterious Heroine X Alter (Berserker)

Nendoroid

• Arcueid Brunestud
• Ciel

Pop Up Parade

• Akiha Tohno
• Arcueid Brunestud
• Astolfo (Rider)
• Ciel
• Hisui
• Jeanne d’Arc (Ruler)
• Jeanne d’Arc Alter (Avenger)
• Kohaku
• Mordred (Saber)

Scale Figure

• Arcueid Brunestud (Dresscode: Clad in Glaciers)
• Arcueid Brunestud
• Altria/Artoria (Caster)
• Ciel (Seventh Scripture: 3rd Cause of Death - Blood Loss (Blade))
• Mysterious Alter Ego Lambda (Lancer)
• Scathach Skadi (Caster)

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Good Smile Company teased several upcoming figures of VTubers from various units at its Smile Fest 2022 event. Hololive figures made up the majority of new announcements. However, Vsinger and Nijisanji also had new figure announcements. The figures are all in varying stages of development. It is unknown when to expect the majority of these to go on sale, though the Oozora Subaru Pop Up Parade figure and the Nakiri Ayame Nendoroid look like they are almost finished.

The full list of VTubers figures is:

Figma

• Mori Calliope (hololive)
• La+ Darkness (hololive)

Nendoroid

• Hoshimachi Suisei (hololive)
• Lize Helesta (Nijisanji)
• Luo Tianyi: Grain in Ear Version (Vsinger)
• Murasaki Shion (hololive)
• Nakiri Ayame (hololive)
• Shiranui Flare (hololive)
• Shirogane Noel (hololive)
• Shishiro Botan (hololive)
• Yukihana Lamy (hololive)
• Aki Rosenthal (hololive)
• Amane Kanata (hololive)
• Tsunomaki Watame (hololive)

Pop Up Parade

• Nakiri Ayame (hololive)
• Ninomae Ina’nis (hololive)
• Oozora Subaru (hololive)
• Takanashi Kiara (hololive)
• Watson Amelia (hololive)
• Murasaki Shion (hololive)
• Amane Kanata (hololive)

Scale Figures

The Smile Fest 2022 event is ongoing, and, Good Smile Company teased upcoming video game figures from games such as Genshin Impact, Xenoblade 3, Elden Ring, and more. The figures range from Nendoroids to scale figures to figma. They are all in various stages of development. Some figures only have announcement art, while others have a painted prototype ready.

The full list of the figures Good Smile Company showed at Smile Fest 2022 is on the online gallery. There are also figures on the way for series such as Fate/Grand Order and Tsukihime. Here is what we can expect to see in the future:

Ace Attorney

During Smile Fest 2022, Good Smile Company teased upcoming anime figures, including ones from series such as Rebuild of Evangelion, Spy x Family, and Attack on Titan.

All of the figures are in various stages of development. Some of them only have announcement art, while others already have a painted prototype. Good Smile Company will reveal the prices and release windows for these figures in the future. This article doesn't contain the complete list, which is available from the Smile Fest online gallery. We did, however, round up some of the highlights and the biggest titles.

One other highlight from Smile Fest 2022 is the announcement of more Act Mode figures. Act Mode is a new line from GSC that combines action figures with plastic models. An Act Mode figure thus includes a pre-pained articulated action figure, and an assembleable plastic model, usually the character's gear or accessories. Several Symphogear figures, with "mecha musume"-style parts, joined the Ace Mode line.

The list of anime figures from Smile Fest 2022 is:

Figma

• Toge Inumaki (Jujutsu Kaisen)
• Yuta Okkotsu (Jujutsu Kaisen 0)

Nendoroid

8K display support may still be AWOL but Sony surprised us all last week by revealing a new firmware beta test, opening the door to 1440p functionality for PlayStation 5 amongst a range of other smaller scale new features and quality of life upgrades. With its plans to break into the PC monitor market, adding support for 2560x1440 functionality makes sense and while the firmware beta works well, a little more work is required to ensure this update delivers everything it should.

Before going into the specifics, the introduction of this feature shows that Sony is responding more readily to consumer feedback. Not only has support for 1440p monitors been implemented, the firm has also responded to criticisms of its initial implementation of Auto Low Latency Mode support, an option that basically automatically invokes Game Mode on HDMI 2.1 TVs. First of all, ALLM wasn't available at all, then it was added but couldn't be turned off (causing issues with other TV features, such as black frame insertion). However, ALLM was finally added as a toggle, satisfying all parties. This may seem like a minor detail, but it's actually a good thing to see a platform holder addressing what some may consider to be minutiae.

Crunchyroll's presence in the overseas anime industry continues to grow. The Sony-owned streaming service purchased Right Stuf, which runs the largest online anime retailer in North America. The deal was announced on August 4, 2022, just ahead of the Crunchyroll Expo event. Pricing and other terms were not disclosed publicly. [Thanks, ANN!].

The Right Stuf acquisition bolsters Crunchyroll's burgeoning e-commerce business, widening its selection in both anime and manga. The merger of Crunchyroll with Funimation also put Funimation's physical home video releases under the "Crunchyroll for Home Video brand."

Right Stuf was quick to announce on its blog that the retail side of the business, fronted by the RightStufAnime.com, will not change in large part. No branding changes or mergers of catalog are planned, and all orders, current and future, will continue to be processed normally. The Crunchyroll and Right Stuf online stores will also operate separately "for the moment".

During the Grand Finals of Granblue Fantasy Versus at EVO 2022, Cygames provided a new glimpse at the gameplay of the action-JRPG Granblue Fantasy Relink.

Director Tetsuya Fukuhara appeared in a brief video in which he introduced Granblue Fantasy Versus, but he actually moved on to talk about Relink as well.

He mentioned that the game is “at the peak of development” and confirmed that the release window is slated for 2023 (we know it’s coming for PS5, PS4, and PC).

Interestingly, he showcased a glimpse of off-screen gameplay in which we can see Gran, Catalina, Lancelot, and Percival in the party, with Lyria who appears to be following along as an NPC.

While this isn’t much, it’s an extra look at the game that never hurts since Cygames had mentioned that the next reveal would come in December at Granblue Fantasy Fes.

You can watch it below.

Incidentally, there was pretty much no news for Granblue Fantasy Versus itself besides the announcement of the online Granblue Fantasy Versus Community League (which you can also see below right after the Relink segment).

Incidentally, the tournament at EVO 2022 was won by Gamera, who defeated Tororo in the grand finals coming from the losers’ bracket.

During the dedicated tournament at EVO 2022, Type-Moon announced extensive updates coming to its fighting game Melty Blood: Type Lumina.

As you can see in the slides below, the developer aims to improve controls, make the characters feel more unique, add new modes (while keeping existing combos usable), overhaul shields, tweak neutralizations and moon dive/moon skills, make dashes and aerial skills less vulnerable, and make combos easier to execute in certain conditions.

Network gameplay will also get some updates alongside replays, ranked matches, and player matches.

We already knew the improvements to the single-player mode, but now we learn that the New scenarios will be for Arcueid and Ciel. A Boss Rush 2 mode will also be added will appear, and the scenario will focus on Noel.

Of course, we also already have heard about the upcoming free DLC characters Mash Kyrielight and Neco-Arc.

Today during the grand finals of the King of Fighters XV tournament at EVO 2022, SNK announced the fourth team coming within Team Pass 2 and much more.

The new team was announced by chief producer Yasuyuki Oda and it’s Team Samurai, bringing forth three characters from Samurai Shodown.

The team includes Haohmaru, Nakoruru, and Darli Dagger.

We already know that a Team Pass 3 is coming alongside cross-platform gameplay and we get to learn that it’ll include Shingo Yabuki and Kim Kaphwan and it’ll come in 2023.

Yet, the biggest news from SNK comes about a new game. A new Fatal Fury/Garou game has been announced without details for the moment. For now, we only have one piece of artwork, which you can see below alongside the trailer of the new team for KOF XV

If you’re unfamiliar with Fatal Fury, also known as Garou Densetsu, it’s one of SNK’s most beloved fighting game series from the Neo Geo era. It debuted all the way back in 1991. While its characters have kept active in The King of Fighters, the Fatal Fury series itself has been dormant since 1999.

Incidentally, the King of Fighters XV tournament has been won by ZJZ, who defeated E.T. in an all-Taiwan grand final. Both players were using Team Khronen

During the celebrations for EVO 2022 Bandai Namco revealed news about its popular fighting game Dragon Ball FighterZ.

The game is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with a release date not yet announced. Upgrade will also be offered for free to those who have the PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game via the upgrade program or smart delivery.

On top of that, rollback netcode will also be implemented on these versions. Players on PC will also get to enjoy it, but it’ll be an option. Those who prefer the delay-based system will still be able to use it.

This is especially relevant considering that rollback netcode will have higher system requirements, albeit details have not been shared just yet.

Implementation will take some time, but Bandai Namco hopes to have it ready as soon as possible, with more information promised at a later date.

Incidentally, the tournament was won by French player Wawa, who defeated Nitro from the US.

Today Atlus revealed another returning demon that will appear in its upcoming JRPG Soul Hackers 2 with the usual daily trailer.

We get to see Halphas, who returns to the Shin Megami Tensei series after having been skipped in Shin Megami Tensei V. This is certainly appropriate considering that he originally debuted in the first Soul Hackers.

As usual with daily trailers, we also get the horoscope for August 8. Pisces returns to the top of the luck ranking, while Cancer is at the bottom.

You can check it out below.

Soul Hackers 2 launches for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC ( both on Steam and on the Windows Store) on August 26, just one day after the Japanese release on August 25.

Sea of Stars developer Sabotage Studio released another of its traditional clips of its upcoming and charming pixel art RPG.

The video is very short as usual but provides a look at one of the areas that our heroes will have to tackle in the game, the Elder Mist Trials, which definitely has a nostalgic video for fans of old-school JRPG.

You can watch the clip below.

The charming and highly-anticipated RPG inspired by JRPGs is coming to PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

The game was supposed to be released this year during the Holiday season, but will instead launch in 2023 following a recent delay. At the moment, a firm release date has not been announced.

On Sept. 15, a “franchise showcase” livestream will be held called Call of Duty: Next. This promises to be a big event with plenty of new info shared regarding upcoming Call of Duty properties.

You can expect the following from Call of Duty: Next, as given in a tweet:

• Full Modern Warfare 2 MP reveal
• The future of Warzone
• The Warzone mobile experience
• Live gameplay from your favorite streamers

If you’ve been enjoying the new season of Call of Duty: Warzone, there’s sure to be some big announcements as well.

Along with the Call of Duty: Next, dates of the Modern Warfare 2 beta have also been announced.

Anyone who pre-orders Call of Duty will get access to a code to join the Early Access beta. This code is tied into your Activision account. This means that as long as you have a code, you can enjoy the beta on whatever platform you want, it doesn’t even have to be the platform you pre-ordered on.

Modern Warfare 2 Beta Dates

The beta dates are as follows:

Today, following the grand finals of the Tekken 7 tournament at EVO 2022, Bandai Namco dropped a tease that many are interpreting as the first glimpse of Tekken 8.

The tease included Kazuya Mishima’s Ending from Tekken 1 followed by a single image of a sneering Kazuya with the lettering “Get Ready” as you can see below.

Today is Sunday, but the third-party add-on industry for Microsoft Flight Simulator isn’t slowing down, delivering a new release and new reveals.

We start with the launch of the de Havilland Vampire DH-100 by Swissmilsim.

You can purchase it on SimMarket for $24.04 plus applicable BAT and see a trailer below.

Next, iniSimulations announced Ibiza Airport (LEIB) in the Balearic Islands, Spain.

This relevant holiday destination will be released this month and you can check out a trailer below.

After being announced earlier this year, upcoming anime series Kaina of the Great Snow Sea has gotten a new trailer at the Crunchyroll Expo 2022. This anime is an “original story” from manga artist Tsutomu Nihei (Knights of Sidonia, Aposimz).

The trailer describes the story as taking place in “a world in which the land is disappearing beneath the great snow sea. Atop the celestial membrane, which spreads out from the great trees live small pockets of humanity.”

But one day, a human from below is found driving up to the celestial membrane in what appears to be a hot air balloon, setting forth a grand adventure.

You can see the trailer for yourself below.

The full Kaina of the Great Snow series will premiere sometime in January 2023. With the dub most certainly arriving some time after that. The animation comes from Polygon Pictures, who helped produce the 3DCG in Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence. It seems safe to say that visually, this anime is in the right hands.

During the EVO 2022 festivities over the weekend, publisher SNK released a short video announcing an all-new Fatal Fury game. Given the amount of time since the last one, it felt both like a huge surprise but also something of an inevitability.

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