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During the official TGS live stream presentation for Blue Protocol, Bandai Namco revealed the new Japanese release window for the game on consoles. Blue Protocol is scheduled to release for the PS5 and Xbox Series X on Winter 2023 in Japan. Additionally, the new Chapter 4 is coming to the PC version of the game in Japan on October 25, 2023.

The developers also announced that Blue Protocol will feature cross-play between all three versions of the game. Additionally, cross-save between the PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC versions will be possible by using the same game account.

You can check out the reveal trailer for Chapter 4 of Blue Protocol below. The trailer is only available in Japanese.

There’s another layer to the FFXIV KFC event on the way, as a Colonel Sanders Black Mage statue appeared at TGS 2023. The life-size figure is at the Square Enix booth at the event. Square Enix Senior Manager for Social Media David Lee shared a photo of it at the event. The placard in front of it reiterates that things will “start” on October 4, 2023. [Thanks, David Lee!]

First, here’s Lee’s photo of the KFC Black Mage Colonel Sanders display at the FFXIV booth. The mascot is wearing the job’s iconic hat. A mage staff is in its left hand. The statue’s right hand is holding a Moogle. Aside from the hat and equipment, the Colonel is still wearing the mascot’s familiar white suit.

Colonel Sanders is a Black Mage in FFXIV….

That’s amazing. pic.twitter.com/1OhXMrMbKW

— David Lee ੭•̀ω•́)੭ (@Pudgyboi) September 23, 2023

During the Tokyo Game Show 2023 Level-5 livestream, Producer Keiji Inafune revealed a new “Life” (job) players can choose in the upcoming game Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. The Artist Life will be entirely new to the Fantasy Life series. We still have no word on a release date for the game, aside from the developer assigning it a 2023 window.

A playable demo of Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time is currently available to try out at Level-5’s booth at Tokyo Game Show 2023. During the stream, we saw demo gameplay of some of the jobs available to choose in the game. Prior to that, the Level-5 Vision 2023 Tsuzumi event showed off 12 of the roles people can take. You can see a full list of possible jobs on the game’s official website. No gameplay of the new Artist Life was shown just yet.

The new Artist Life in Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time was revealed during the Tokyo Game Show 2023 Level-5 livestream on September 22. The game will be released sometime in 2023 for the Nintendo Switch.

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At Tokyo Game Show 2023, attendees can try their hand at dating a woman who is a giant with a demo of SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim. It is an upcoming indie title by SAFE HAVN STUDIO. On the game’s Steam page, the supported languages list English, Japanese, and Chinese. The game is scheduled to be released on PC sometime in 2024. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

As you might be able to tell from the title, Saeko is a giant. Or, that is to say, the player is very small. Their avatar is merely the size of Saeko’s thumb.

The gameplay is separated into two parts: daytime and nighttime. During the day, the game tells the story of the little people living in Saeko’s room. When night falls, that’s when the player has a chance to interact with and have a one-on-one conversations with Saeko. If you make her mad by selecting a less-than-favorable dialogue option, she’ll squash you.

Check out the first TGS 2023 trailer for the game below, which shows the main character and what happens if you upset her.

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SAEKO: Giantess Dating Sim has a playable demo at Tokyo Game Show 2023. The game will be released on PCs worldwide via Steam sometime in 2024.

Konami revealed Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 1's output resolution and framerate information on the game's official website. People can expect 30fps to 60fps, depending on the game. [Thanks, Wario64!]

Metal Gear Solid will run at 30 frames per second and display at a 1920×1080 resolution on all consoles. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater will run at 60 frames per second and display at a 1920x1080 resolution on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Steam versions. With the Nintendo Switch version of both games, they will run at 30 frames per second and display at a 1920x1080 resolution when the Nintendo Switch is in TV mode.

All three games will display at 1280×720 and run at 30 frames per second on the Nintendo Switch when used in Handheld mode.

Konami noted that the listed framerate information is just the maximum framerate achievable in the Master Collection, and during gameplay or cutscenes with large amounts of effects, the framerate may drop.

The full resolution and framerate information for the Master Collection can be viewed below:

Two new trailers for Gust, Koei Tecmo, and Akatsuki Games’s upcoming mobile and PC free-to-play RPG Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy & the Liberator of Polar Night appeared official YouTube channel for the game during the 2023 Tokyo Game Show. This comes after an official livestream for the title appeared at the event.

The cinematic trailer exhibits the variety of characters players can meet in the game. The game’s theme song, "Saihate e (To the Far Reaches of the World)" by Reche, plays the background. Reche was originally a member of the Japanese band Egoist and she worked on the music for the anime series Guilty Crown in 2011. She also has worked on music for Atelier Ryza 3.

You can watch the cinematic trailer for Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy & the Liberator of Polar Night below:

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CEGvLS-wnQ[/embed]

The second video is another character trailer. The YouTube channel has been periodically dropping them as of late. This time, we get a closer look at the game’s namesake and one of the protagonists, Resna.

Unity announced its updated Runtime Fee plan after receiving heavy criticism from the game development community after its initial announcement.

Unity revealed that the company has no plans to charge developers for using the Unity Personal plan and any games built on Unity Personal will not have a Runtime Fee. Games developed in Unity Personal will receive an increased revenue and funding cap to $200,000. Unity will also be removing the "Made with Unity" splash screen on games made in Unity Personal.

Unity also announced that games that make less than $1 million in trailing 12-month revenue will not be subject to the Runtime Fee.

Unity Pro and Unity Enterprise developers will be subject to the Runtime Fee if they are using the next Life Term Support (LTS) version of Unity releasing in 2024. Any games currently developed on the 2022 LTS version of Unity or earlier will not be subject to the Runtime Fee. Unity has promised that they will not change the terms for the Unity Engine developers are currently working with for as long as they use that version. Once developers update, they will be subject to the Runtime Fee.

The ASUS Republic of Gamers line will feature Evangelion items once again, as a plethora of Asuka and Unit 02 gaming computer hardware is on the way. The new collection is slated to be released before September 2023. According to the ASUS ROG social media account, the lineup includes a large amount of premium Evangelion-themed hardware.

The first two items are the ROG Thor 1000w Power Supply and the ROG Scabbard II mouse pad, respectively. Both feature classic Evangelion designs, with the NERV logo and font on them. Next up are the ROG Keycaps for RX switch keyboards. The keys are colored with Asuka's signature black and red theme, with the character featured on the space bar. There's also the Harpe Ace Mouse Grip, which is mainly red with Asuka on the right button and a silhouette of Unit 02 next to the sticker. You could put that mouse grip on the Gladius III wireless mouse.

McDonald's Japan started airing new anime style, lofi ads on social media drawn by Urachan. So far, two ads appeared. The first features a family eating chicken nuggets and fries together in their kitchen. In the second, a group of young adults who appear to be in high school are eating food from the restaurant together outside. Both are specifically designed to showcase a promotion involving a nuggets and fries meal.

Here's the first Urachan ad showing off the family together.

特別じゃない、しあわせな時間。 pic.twitter.com/P7Og6hbMsx

— マクドナルド (@McDonaldsJapan) September 20, 2023

Next, here's the McDonald's Japan anime style ad with the group of kids eating together.

こんな時間を大切にね。大人より pic.twitter.com/VYkV5w2qrD

In a recent interview with Japanese outlet Dengeki Online, Tetsuya Nomura confirmed that late voice actor Keiji Fujiwara will still be the Japanese voice for Reno in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. The prolific voice actor died due to cancer on April 12, 2020 at the age of 55, just two days after the release of FFVII Remake. [Thanks, Dengeki Online!]

Here is what Tetsuya Nomura had to say about the posthumous role of Keiji Fujiwara as Reno in the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Rebirth:

“Fujiwara-san will remain as the voice of Reno for this game. The news of his death came shortly before the recording sessions for FFVII Rebirth commenced, so we were not able to replace him immediately. Because of this, I asked the scenario team to let me use past recordings of Fujiwara-san’s voice for Reno in Rebirth, and they made the necessary adjustments.”

The latest video in Masahiro Sakurai’s video series is a show-and-tell episode showing rare items he’s acquired over the years. One of the more notable items was a Kid Icarus figure of Pit and Palutena based on their Uprising appearances. He noted “only about three of these exist.”

The Kid Icarus: Uprising Pit and Palutena figure comes up at the 1:12 mark of the Masahiro Sakurai video below. He noted it is based on the 3D printed model of the two characters used for a Goshogawara Tachineputa parade held in Aomori, Japan in 2011. That float was 10 meters tall. Sakurai and the float designer are two of the only people to own one.

The special sets of the Pokemon Trading Card Game are often more about collectability than playability. Still, the newest expansion does a great job of offering at least a bit for everyone! Here are our picks for the best Scarlet & Violet 151 cards.

The coolest Scarlet & Violet 151 cards

Fans with nostalgia for the original 151 may also be fond of the quick-play TCG antics of Hitmonchan, so it’s nice to see a new one with some bite. It has a Counterattack ability that damages the opponent when it’s hit, and a two-energy Excited Punch attack that hits for 60 on turn one and 120 on consecutive turns.

In terms of visuals, we really like the Illustrator Rare sets that depict a whole evolution line in the same environment. What’s somewhat less common in the TCG is extending this treatment to the “normal” cards, but sometimes we see it and we’re glad when we do! Take this set’s Gastly line, for example. It’s an experimental art style, and a willingness to go off-model a bit that we miss from the card game’s early days.

Square Enix revealed FFVII Ever Crisis updated to add the Shinra Building, Logues Ruins, and Sunsin Cave as new dungeons. However, there are issues with two of them.  After revealing the new locations, it noted both the Crisis and Criterion dungeons, which Shinra Building and Logues Ruins both fall into, are encountering game-breaking problems.

The one issue brought up involves the Specimen H0512 opponent. This is an enemy that appeared first in FFVII Remake. If you happen upon a Cactaur during its quest in Co-op Battle here, the game crashes. The other is a solo issue during Logues Ruins. If you pause during that dungeon, then the game will stop working. Square Enix didn’t announce any official fixes for either of these FFVII Ever Crisis dungeons issues yet, beyond saying not to pause during the one, but is aware of the problems and “investigating.”

In a recent interview, FFVII Rebirth Director Naoki Hamaguchi and Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura talked about characters Yuffie Kisaragi and Vincent Valentine. In the original Final Fantasy VII, Yuffie and Vincent were optional party members. However, in the upcoming FFVII Rebirth and the third part of the trilogy project, they will be featured as main mandatory party members. [Thanks, Game Spark!]

When asked about the involvement of Vincent and Yuffie in the story of FFVII Rebirth, Hamaguchi said:

“In the original game, there were some characters who were not required to join in the story. But in this new game, we wanted to properly depict their relationships, so they will definitely appear and be involved in the script. There are also many situations depicting the bonds between everyone in the party, so I’m sure fans will be pleased.”

Meanwhile, Tetsuya Nomura responded with the following statement:

During Tokyo Game Show 2023, Good Smile Company announced the development of a Tekken 8 Ling Xiaoyu Nendoroid. While it did not announce when the Ling Xiaoyu Nendoroid will be releasing, they did confirm it will be "coming soon." The prototype of the Ling Xiaoyu Nendoroid will be viewable at the Tekken 8 booth at Tokyo Game Show 2023.

Ling Xiaoyu's Nendoroid design features her iconic pigtails and her brand new outfit from the upcoming game. It utilizes orange as an accent color rather than a primary color, as seen in her previous designs.

Over the course of this week, the next four Hatsune Miku x Pokemon Project Voltage designs were shown on the official social media account. This time we saw what Miku would look like if she was a Bug, Ghost, Poison, and Fairy-type Pokemon trainer from official Pokemon artists. The Normal, Ice, Rock, Ground, and Flying-type Hatsune Miku Pokemon Trainer designs were revealed the week before. We also saw the Psychic, Grass, Water, Fire, and Electric-type designs the week prior to that. The Project Voltage website continues to be updated as each design is revealed.

Here’s a list of the next four Pokemon types, partners, and artists that contributed designs to the project this week:

• Bug: Kricketune (art by Megumi Mizutani)
• Fairy: Jigglypuff (art by Megumi Mizutani)
• Ghost: Mismagius (art by Take)
• Poison: Toxtricity (art by Kantaro)

Have a look at all of the new Project Voltage designs in the gallery below:

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Square Enix released an official interview with Final Fantasy VII RebirthDirector Naoki Hamaguchi. It went over multiple new and returning elements. For example, in addition to bringing up vehicles like the Buggy, segway like Wheelie, and Tiny Bronco plane, it also introduced the new FFVII Rebirth card game minigame Queen’s Blood.

There are no screenshots showing what Queen’s Blood looks like in FFVII Rebirth yet, however Hamaguchi referred to the card game minigame as his favorite. He noted that it will feature its own storyline tied to it, which sound like it could be similar to the Triple Triad option in FFVIII or Fort Condor one in the FFVII Rebirth Intermission DLC. Hamaguchi noted more competitors and the story will come up as you play more of the game.

As for the vehicles in FFVII Rebirth, the Buggy the party acquires after the Gold Saucer and Corel Prison segments, the Costa Del Sol Wheelie segway, and the Tiny Bronco plane all came up. Hamaguchi noted modern desert and military vehicles and the original game’s design influenced the Buggy. The Wheelie will be tied to an in-game activity that involves getting riding on them for distances. As for the Tiny Bronco, it will be around and able to be used for short distances.

Star Ocean The Second Story was one of the first games I ever played on the PSP. After working a job in high school a little over a decade ago, I saved up enough cash to get a the handheld with a few games, including the second entry in this series I hadn’t previously touched. My newfound JRPG spirit felt this game calling to me, and I enjoyed it. Now, it's a chance to return on new platforms, with a demo offering a first taste of the game.

The story of Claude C. Kenny and Rena Lanford was a decent one, even if it didn’t quite hook me in the ways I hoped. Having played the PSP version all through the way through to the end from Claude’s perspective, I was marginally optimistic about the upcoming remake since the game was enjoyable but didn’t feel too special to me at the time. After playing Star Ocean The Second Story R for a few hours on Nintendo Switch, I can confidently say that this is one of the biggest surprises of the year for me. The prologue demo lets players experience up to three hours of the starting game, including three towns, two dungeons, and a couple of bosses. The best part? Your save carries over when the full release happens.

If you subscribed to the Right Stuf Anime email newsletter, you might have noticed that the company sent out coupons for the Crunchyroll Store instead of its own website recently. It was announced on the company’s homepage that the North American anime and manga online store Right Stuf will be shut down on October 10, 2023 due to a Crunchyroll acquisition. All of its products will be moved to the Crunchyroll Store. [Thanks, Manga Alerts & Restocks!]

This comes after a Right Stuf reassurance that no branding changes or merging of any kind would take place after Crunchyroll acquired it in early August 2022. Now about a year later, that previous statement from has been entirely contradicted. From now on, the name Right Stuf will be no more and all of its inventory will belong to Crunchyroll.

Here's the Right Stuf newsletter statement shared by Manga Alerts & Restocks:

BREAKING NEWS

It was announced RightStufAnime will be shutting down on October 10th, 2023 & will migrate all listed products over to the Crunchyroll Store

• The RightStufAnime winter sale will still be ongoing, but it'll be renamed the Crunchyroll Holiday Sale along with… pic.twitter.com/DbKtcRL7Io

Good Smile Company announced that the Persona 5 Royal Kasumi “Violet” Yoshizawa Nendoroid will be releasing in 2024. The latest Nendoroid in the Persona 5 series will cost ¥6,900 (~$47) from the Good Smile Online Shop for people ordering directly from Japan and $44.99 USD from the United States shop. The Kasumi Nendoroid will release April 2024 in Japan and in Q3 2024 in the United States. Pre-orders will remain open until November 2, 2023.

The Kasumi Nendoroid comes dressed in her Phantom Thief outfit from the game with a detachable mask. Kasumi can be posed with her rapier and gun, which come with the figure. She also comes with a cut-in sheet of her summoning her Persona, Cendrillon. The Nendoroid must be placed behind the cut-in sheet in order to create the effect of Kasumi summoning Cendrillon. Other additional parts include body parts for posing Kasumi, a neutral face, a battle face, and a smiling face.

Images of the upcoming Nendoroid can be viewed below:

Back in January 2020, Square Enix announced acrylic stands of Final Fantasy VII Remake characters. Now even more are on the way. The company announced variations for Sephiroth, Rufus Shinra, Reno, Rude, Tseng, and Yuffie. They'll be 1,430円 each in Japan and release on November 25, 2023. The US storefront priced them at $14.99 each and says they'll show up in March 2024.

Here's the full list of all the Final Fantasy VII Remake characters showing up on the new acrylic stands.

• Reno
• Rude

Among HoYoVerse's 2023 Tokyo Game Show announcements was a brief one about Zenless Zone Zero platforms. The company confirmed it will appear on PCs and mobile devices, like past games such as Honkai Impact 3rd, Honkai: Star Rail, and Genshin Impact. It also noted that the game will come to consoles.

Here's the official announcement about the Zenless Zone Zero platforms.

Zenless Zone Zero x TGS2023 Special Announcement

Zenless Zone Zero will be released on consoles, PC, and mobile in the future. Thank you, everyone, for your support.#zzzero #TGS2023 #TokyoGameShow pic.twitter.com/cSe28jhTjz

— Zenless Zone Zero (@ZZZ_EN) September 22, 2023

HoYoVerse's 2023 Tokyo Game Show trailer for Honkai: Star Rail revealed the new character Topaz. She's expected to join the game's roster following the 1.4 update. That will appear after the Fu Xuan banner ends on October 10, 2023. The Japanese social media account also shared official art of the Interastral Peace Corporation member, which confirmed she is a five-star unit accompanied by a Warp Trotter named Numby.

First, here’s the official splash art for Topaz and Numby. It confirms that she is a five-star unit who uses fire-based attacks. It also revealed she follows the Hunt past, which means she should be a focused DPS who focuses on single targets. The tweet also noted her Japanese voice actress is Yoshino Nanjo, who previously played Krile in FFXIV, Kiria in Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, and Eli in the Love Live series.

Have you ever looked at Toro and thought he would look cuter if he was grinning at you while covered in blood like a Shibito from Siren? Well, look no further. Cospa will release official collaboration items between Siren and Doko Demo Issyo. Pre-orders are open until October 8, 2023 and they’ll ship out around November 2023. Those attending TGS 2023 will get the chance to purchase them ahead of this release.

In total, there are four items that utilize the Shibito Toro design. They are:

• Acrylic stand: 1650 JPY
• Large tote bag: 1980 JPY
• Shibito T-shirt Version 2.0: 3300 JPY
• Shoulder tote bag: 2200 JPY

Ayakashi Triangle will end on September 25, 2023, in Jump Plus. The final volume, Volume 16, will come out on December 4, 2023. The manga will end on the same date as the last episode of the anime. [Thanks, ryokutya2089!]

Ayakashi Triangle is a fantasy romcom manga and anime series by Kentaro Yabuki. Yabuki previously wrote and drew Black Cat, and he was also the illustrator for To Love Ru (which Saki Hasemi wrote). Ayakashi Triangle follows the story of Matsuri Kazamaki and Suzu Kanade, who are able to see ayakashi (spirits). Matsuri can exorcist ayakashi while Suzu is a medium who naturally draws the spirits to her side. Since Suzu is in danger of ayakashi devouring her to gain more power, he stays by her side to protect her.

The manga started its run in June 2020. The first volume sold over 33,000 copies when it first came out in October 2020. The anime for the show started airing in January 2023. It stars Shoya Chiba and Miyu Tomita as Matsuri and Kana Ichinose as Suzu.

As a reminder, here is the release schedule for the Ayakashi Triangle Blu-Rays and DVDs:

Shu Uemura will release a JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean makeup collection starting on November 1, 2023. Because Shu Uemura is marketing these as Christmas makeup, they’re fairly bright and colorful. In total, there will be 15 items that you’ll be able to purchase. [Thanks, Fashion Press!]

The JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean makeup items from Shu Uemura all feature packaging that draws on motifs and symbols from the show and manga. For example, the limited eyeshadow palette comes in a heart-shaped case with the butterfly tattoo that Jolyne has.

The list of items in the collection and their prices are listed below:

• Butterfly Dagger eyeshadow palette (6 colors): 7920 JPY
• Gold eyelash curler: 2820 JPY
• Heart-shaped eyeshadow palette (9 colors): 9900 JPY
• Makeup box: 35200 JPY
• Makeup brush set (4 brushes): 8800 JPY

Nitroplus and NetEase Games have announced the title of their new collaborative work, Rusty Rabbit. In it, you take control of a rabbit that goes on a rampage in a post-apocalyptic world. Gen Urobuchi (known for Fate/Zero, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Psycho-Pass) is the writer. But since it’s for ages seven and up, it’s likely that the story will be softer fare in comparison to his previous works.

You can watch the trailer for Rusty Rabbit here:

In terms of its genre, Rusty Rabbit is a 2.5 belt scroll action game. The main character, Stamp, is a rabbit living in a mysterious post-apocalyptic world. He mostly spends his days collecting trash from ruins and fiddling with machines. One day, while collecting junk, he falls into the lower levels and finds clues to his missing daughter. Thus, Stamp sets out on a journey to find his daughter and discover the secrets of the world. 

Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes will come out on January 25, 2024. A new trailer, which you can see on Arc System Works’s official YouTube account, shows off some of the new moves and characters that you can play as. In total, there will be 24 characters at launch.

You can watch the new Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes trailer below:

Some changes and improvements that Arc System Works made to the original Under Night In-Birth include new animations and graphics. The arcade mode will also feature a new story, which seems to finish up the existing plot. For the first time, it will also have a rollback netcode, which will improve the experience of playing online. Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes will also implement casual matches into the game for the first time.

During the Xbox Digital Broadcast of Tokyo Game Show 2023, Capcom revealed a release date for the Exoprimal and Street Fighter 6 crossover. The much-anticipated event will come out during Season 2, which will start on October 18, 2023. Mecha versions of three characters—Ryu, Guile, and Chun-Li—will become playable.

The trailer announcing the crossover release date starts off with the usual dinosaur-killing action that you can expect from Exoprimal. It then shows off some of the paint jobs and dances you can use to customize your character. Some looks include a miko-like skin complete with a kitsune mask and a giant teddy bear. At the end of the trailer, the Street Fighter characters make an appearance.

You can watch the Exoprimal season 2 trailer from the timestamp below:

A Nendoroid of Dan Heng from Honkai: Star Rail will appear in the official miHoYo store from September 25, 2023. As of the time of writing, there is no store page for the item on sites that usually deliver internationally, such as Good Smile or AmiAmi. Price-wise, the Dan Heng Nendoroid costs 345 CNY, which is approximately $45. It’ll ship out sometime in June 2023.

The Dan Heng Nendoroid will come with three face plates: a neutral expression, a concentrating expression, and a side-eyeing expression. You can combine the concentrating face plate with the Cloud-Piercer part to make it look like he’s about to use his Ultimate. Other optional parts included are a maple leaf and his cell phone. If you order from the miHoYo store, you can also get a free poster. The artwork uses one of the promotional images for Honkai: Star Rail, which shows Dan Heng holding a cup of tea or wine while a full moon in the background looks like it’s dripping into it.

Cyberpunk 2077 did something no game has ever done for me before: it made me come back to it after not really enjoying it the first time and changed my entire opinion around it. Though examples of other titles having a redemption from its initial launch exist, such as No Man’s Sky, I never had the motivation to give these games a second chance. But this changed with the Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty DLC, as CD Projekt RED finally made good on the promises the RPG made when it was originally released in 2020.

Even for those who don’t purchase the Phantom Liberty DLC, you’re in for a treat, as the base game feels much more exciting than ever before with the Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 update. For example, a big improvement is the police wanted system, which honestly should have been in the game from the start. Law enforcement in Night City now reacts smartly to your actions, scaling their hunt for you depending on your wanted level.

The visuals of the game also look sharper and smoother on PS5 as well, giving me more consistency in performance throughout Night City, especially in the new areas. NPCs and enemies react much better now in combat, providing more of a smart challenge than before. CD Projekt RED has even overhauled Cyberpunk 2077's progression system, completely changing how the perk trees work.

Good Smile Company announced two new Darkstalkers Morrigan and Lilith figures. Both are a part of its Pop Up Parade line, which involves more affordable figures for people to purchase. As such, each one costs ¥4,800/$31.99. The release window for the two of them is also the same. In Japan, they’ll show up in February 2024. However, they have a Q3 2024 release window in the US storefront.

Both the Morrigan and Lilith Darkstalkers figures are static ones. Each is wearing their default costume from the fighting game. While normally Lilith looks a bit shorter than Morrigan in-game, both figures are about 170mm (6.7in) tall.

Here’s a closer look at the two of them:

Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja originally released on the Nintendo DS back in June 2006. Now 17 years later, Success announced that a revival title of the series is being developed for the Nintendo Switch and PC. It revealed the roguelike will return at TGS 2023.

The tentative title at this point is IZUNA. The announcement trailer was brief and did not provide a release date nor a release window. However, we were able to see some new artwork of Izuna’s new design, as well as the new logo for the game.

You can watch the TGS 2023 announcement trailer below:

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Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja is a series of Nintendo DS titles centering around a female ninja named Izuna. The original games were Japanese dungeon crawler RPGs akin to Mystery Dungeon. Now, she makes her return to the modern era with this new upcoming title. We are still uncertain about what form Izuna will take for her big return and what the game will be like.

Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja is back with IZUNA (tentative title) on the Nintendo Switch and PC. We will have to wait for an announcement of a release date and more details in the future.

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HoYoVerse shared an array of information about Neuvillette, the new five-star, Hydro catalyst user joining Genshin Impact in 4.1. One trailer is designed to offer insight into him as a character. The other two videos show off his Elemental Skill and Burst. Finally, they confirmed his English and Japanese voice actors.

First, here's the new Neuvillette character trailer for Genshin Impact. It begins with a flashback, where he's questioning his existence and past. It suggests there's more to him that he doesn't recall. The video also shows how he can be kinder and warmer to Melusine characters than he is to others.

Next, here's his Elemental Skill:

Neuvillette

Talents
O Tears, I Shall Repay

Mortal Kombat 1 revels in combos and complex beatdowns. Its character movesets have been lovingly curated to give you fantastic strings of attacks that will keep opponents reeling. Adding the Kameo System only makes those combo possibilities even more absurd, giving you many different tools to keep opponents flying through the air or to let you sneak in to get your strikes started. Combining all this with the best-looking fighter on the market, a wealth of content to unlock, and some playful modes easily makes this my favorite Mortal Kombat in years.

The story of Mortal Kombat 1 follows Liu Kang after he uses the Hourglass he won at the end of Mortal Kombat 11 to make everything a bit more peaceful. Things naturally don’t stay that way, leading you back into battle with our familiar gang of Ninjas and monstrosities. Not that you’ll mind, as it’s a fine excuse to throw down with the game’s combo-centric movesets. The game feels like its speed has been amped up since the previous title, with a greater focus being put on how fast you can execute an attack against your foes while sustaining punishment against them.

As part of its TGS 2023 announcements, Bandai Namco announced Panda will be a returning fighter in Tekken 8. While there's no trailer showing her off yet, a number of screenshots did appear. There is also a giant statue of her at the event, and the booth features official cosplayers dressed as characters like Ling Xiaoyu, Jin Kazama, and Jun Kazama. Panda has been part of the Tekken series since Tekken 8 and is often found with Xiaoyu. 

These are the initial Panda Tekken 8 screenshots Bandai Namco shared:

Spike Chunsoft and Sanrio are collaborating once again to produce a new line of Danganronpa 2 merchandise. This time, you can order them on the Sanrio anime store online via online lottery. One lottery ticket will cost 880 yen ($5.95). Tickets will be available until October 3, 2023. The goods are scheduled to ship out for delivery around mid-November 2023.

The characters from Danganronpa 2 are paired with the same Sanrio mascots they were for the last Danganronpa x Sanrio collaboration. However, this time, the theme is “Kawaii Parade.” All of them are pictured marching together in a pastel colors while holding colorful balloons.

As is standard for Japanese lotteries, there will be five tiers of items you can win: S, A, B, C, and D. The S prize is a “royal blanket” that has all of the characters printed on it. The A prize is a mug cup. There are two varieties. Prize B is an acrylic figure plate featuring one of 16 possible designs. The plate allows you to mix and match different acrylic parts to create an acrylic stand. If you win prize C, you’ll get any one of 16 possible acrylic keychains. Prize D will be any one of 16 holographic can badges. If you order 100 lottery tickets, you’ll receive an S prize, guaranteed. In addition, customers will receive a collaboration postcard as a purchase bonus.

You can view the new Danganronpa 2 x Sanrio Kawaii Parade merchandise in the gallery below:

NetEase and Naked Rain revealed a new gameplay trailer for the upcoming open world RPG, Project Mugen. The game was previously announced in August 2023. While it does not yet have a release date, pre-registration is open now.

The trailer shows off several of the game's environments, including dockyards at sunset, clubscenes at night, and a brief glimpse of an ominous hallway full of grasping hands and smashed mirrors. The game's technical director also described how the team used procedural generation combined with handmade areas to build the large city environment quickly in the video.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the trailer is the traversal system in Project Mugen, which includes Spiderman-like web-swinging and wall-running alongside riding in vehicles, swimming, and climbing. Called the 3C system, Naked Rain promised in the footage that it will allow players to switch between different movement types, as shown when a character switches mid-swing into riding a summoned vehicle that boosts off after hitting the ground.

You can watch the full Project Mugen gameplay trailer from TGS 2023 below:

U-Treasure announced that for the 35th anniversary of Capcom it will collaborate with the company to release Street Fighter 6 candles based on characters. These items are available for pre-order for a limited time via the official U-Treasure website. You’ll have until October 23, 2023 to put in your orders. As a side note, U-Treasure does offer international shipping.

In total, there are six Street Fighter 6 candles for characters that you can purchase. All of the candles smell like the fighters’ vibes, rather than the characters themselves. So you won’t be buying candles that smell like sweat or blood.

Here are the descriptions of the candles:

• Cammy: Citrus top notes; ginger, black pepper heart notes; wood base notes
• Chun-Li: Grapefruit top notes; floral tea, jasmine heart notes; white rose base notes
• Jamie: Violet top notes; orris heart notes; sandalwood base
• Juri: Tiger orchid, rose top notes, raspberry, patchouli heart notes, jasmine, floral musk, lily of the valley base notes

At TGS 2023, Bandai Namco revealed the new My Hero Academia game will appear sooner than people might expect. The My Hero Ultra Rumble release date is September 28, 2023. People will be able to play the free-to-play game on all consoles and PCs. It also confirmed Ibara “Vine” Shiozaki, Eijiro “Sturdy Hero: Red Riot” Kirishima, and Momo “Everything Hero: Creati” Yaoyorozu will all be part of the cast at launch. (All three were teased back in August 2023.) There’s also a new trailer going over it.

In My Hero Ultra Rumble, you pick one of the hero or villain characters from My Hero Academia and head into the game. You’ll be on a team of three, and there will be 24 people total all fighting at once. As you go through the game, you’ll be able to eventually update your characters’ appearances via costumes and emotes. Also, as this is a free-to-play game, there will be seasonal update that bring in new cosmetics and characters.