The Demon Slayer Promotional Reel 2024 will be distributed on December 10, 2023 at 9pm JST on various official YouTube channels in Japan and overseas. The reel is expected to bring news about the upcoming season 4 of the anime. [Thanks, Game Watch!]

The Promotional Reel 2024 for season 4 of the Demon Slayer anime series was originally announced back in October 30, 2023. However, the exact time and platforms have just been detailed. The new promotional reel will have a worldwide simultaneous release on various official YouTube channels and overseas streaming services, including the official Aniplex YouTube channel.

Since premiering in late October, Five Nights at Freddy’s has become a big box-office success. It’s already the highest-grossing horror film of 2023, and it has now become horror production company Blumhouse’s highest-grossing film of all time.

The film adaptation of the popular 2014 horror game hit theaters on October 27, grossing a strong $80 million in its opening weekend, the best for any horror film this year. That’s even more impressive given that it premiered on the streaming service Peacock the same day it was released in theaters (becoming the most-watched title on Peacock during its first five days). 

Five Nights At Freddy’s has continued to gain traction over the past few weeks and has now grossed over $295 million ($136 million domestically, $160 million overseas) during the month it's been in theaters. That ranks it at the top of Blumhouse’s highest-performing films, a record previously held by M.Night Shyamalan’s Split, while also climbing over top performers such as Halloween (2018), Get Out, and Glass. 

Fan-made Pokémon are nothing new, but the community seldom rallies around one like they have Regitube (or Regifloat, depending on who you ask). The hypothetical water-type Legendary Giant originated in a TikTok shitpost and has since become a legend within the Pokémon fandom, inspiring fan art, memes, and even modded…

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Frontier Developments are doubling down on their success in management sim games, following weak sales for recent Warhammer RTS Realms of Ruin and a lack of success in attempting to break into other genres.

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Bandai Namco will be holding a public beta test focusing on the implementation of the rollback netcode for Dragon Ball FighterZ on Steam. This beta will run from November 30, 2023 to December 11, 2023.

All users who purchased the Steam version of the game are invited to participate in the public beta test for the Rollback Netcode. Owners of Dragon Ball FighterZ can open the "Properties" tab on the game then select the "Beta" tab in order to select the public beta test version of the game. The beta will automatically download once the it has been selected.

More information and instructions on how to access the public beta test for Dragon Ball FighterZ can be found on Steam's website. The Steam page for it indicates that no individual support will be provided for any in-game issues that occur during the public beta test. Users also will also not be able to carry any data from the beta into full retail version of the game, and data from the full retail version of the game will not be carried over to the test. Once the beta has concluded, Bandai Namco advises that players remember to switch back to the correct version of the game to ensure that it will run smoothly.

There’s a new update for the Holo no Suika take on the Watermelon game, and it adds Hololive EN and ID Vtubers. It is immediately accessible online now, provided someone chooses the correct mode.

Once someone starts the game, the new update notice appears. It states that Holo no Suika has a Type C mode that makes its chibis into Hololive EN and ID Vtubers. Gawr Gura is the smallest one here. Combining two Guras gets you a Kureiji Ollie. Two Ollies turn into a Mococo Abyssgard. Two Mococos become an Anya Melfissa. Two Anyas turn into a Vestia Zeta. Two Vestias can combine into a a Hakos Baelz. Two Baelz turn into an Amelia Watson. Two Amelias become a Fuwawa Abyssgard. Two Fuwawas become a Calliope Mori. 

This follows an earlier November 2023 update that made Holo no Suika more accessible to people worldwide. Previously, this fan game was only available in Japanese. However, it now also supports English. Once you open the game, it automatically detects your preferred language.

The core premise of manga-turned-anime series Attack on Titan has always been fantastic: humans armed with swords and equipped with mechanical grapple guns that basically turn them into Spider-Man take on enormous naked giants who are trying to eat them. With the series’ action built around the incredible manoeuvrability and momentum of the Omni-Directional Mobility gear, the genuine unnerving threat of the titans, and the relatively fragility of its human heroes, it’s just primed to be mined for video game inspiration.

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Wish, the 62nd film released by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is a bad movie. The film is meant to celebrate the studio’s 100th anniversary, but instead, its incoherent story and reliance on millennial cliches for cheap jokes come off like it was fed into an AI generator and spat out onto the big screen. And the…

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2023 has seen plenty of PlayStation releases, and trophy hunters have been well-fed. However, there are certainly better games than others regarding easy (and fun trophies). We have looked through the games we have played and the trophies we have earned to bring you this list of the easiest trophies and platinum of 2023.

The Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card manga will be ending, with its final chapter, Episode 80 releasing in the January issue of Nakayoshi. Nakayoshi's January issue will release on December 1, 2023.

To celebrate the final chapter of the Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card manga releasing, all chapters of the manga are available to read for free on Comic Days and Palcy until December 1, 2023. Following its publication in Nakayoshi, Episode 80 will eventually be available to read on YouTube in Japanese, English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Chinese.

The announcement post for the final chapter on social media can be viewed below:

The Cyber Monday 2023 Build-a-Bear sale kicked off, and this time there are Pokemon plush bundles reduced. The discount supposedly takes 50% off bundles, though in many cases there are only about $10 discounts on certain characters.

Here’s the full list of Build-a-Bear Pokemon Cyber Monday sale bundles currently available. Note that in each case you are getting a plush toy, at least one outfit, and in some cases a sound chip. These deals are all online-only as well.

• Build-a-Bear 25th Anniversary Pikachu (Female) Bundle - $53.20
• Build-a-Bear 25th Anniversary Pikachu (Male) Bundle - $53.20
• Eevee Bundle - $63

Marvel Snap developers Second Dinner have reassured players of the digital card game that it will continue to “operate and flourish in the future”, in the wake of reports that publishers Nuverse are set to step away from the mainstream games space.

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Sanrio and ClaN Entertainment finally revealed the designs and debut dates for three new Vtubers that will be part of the Nyantasia group. Auditions for the roles were held earlier in 2023, and we now know Nyamamugi Tart, Nyamashiro Soda, and Nyamafuji Anzu will debut on December 1, 2023.

Here are the debut times for the three new members in the order each one will appear. All the streams will be in Japanese.

• Nyamamugi Tart: December 1, 2023 at 6am ET/3am PT on YouTube
• Nyamashiro Soda: December 1, 2023 at 6:30am ET/3:30am PT on YouTube
• Nyamafuji Anzu: December 1, 2023 at 7am ET/4am PT on YouTube

In 2001’s genre-defining PlayStation 2 smash Grand Theft Auto III, if you pulled out a sniper rifle and shot at the moon, it would change size. For years, fans tried to explain why this funny little secret was included in the game. Was it a reference to something? A smaller part of a larger secret? Now, in 2023,…

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Destiny 2’s endcap to its first 10 years of story will now land next June, as The Final Shape slips back by over three months. In its place will be an extension of the multiplayer shooter’s next season, plus some new features and content inbound to help tide players over.

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Koei Tecmo and LINE revealed that they will add new crossover content from Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion to LINE: Monster Rancher in late November 2023. Key characters from the anime series will appear as breeders of unique monsters inspired by their Knightmare Frames.

Lelouch and Kallen are the two characters confirmed so far to have Breeder Assist Cards. Lelouch's Gawain will appear as a Joker sub-breed, while Kallen will have the Guren—in both regular Type-02 form and Flight-Enabled Version—as a Dragon sub-breed. The story synopsis hints that Suzaku will also appear with a monster version of the Lancelot.

A teaser trailer for the Code Geass crossover in LINE: Monster Rancher is available to watch on LINE's YouTube channel:

Following the round of layoffs that recently hit Bungie, it had been reported that Destiny 2’s next big expansion, The Final Shape, had been internally delayed to the summer. Bungie has now confirmed that to be the case.

Originally slated to launch on February 27, The Final Shape now launches on June 4. In a blog post, Bungie states that the expansion “needs more time to become exactly what we want it to be”.

“The Final Shape is the culmination of the first ten years of Destiny storytelling and, for Guardians everywhere, countless hours spent together,” Bungie writes in the post. “We want to honor that journey, so we’re taking the time we need to deliver an even bigger and bolder vision, one that we hope will be remembered and treasured for years to come.”

The delay has caused some changes to the content roadmap. Destiny 2’s Season of the Wish begins tomorrow and runs until The Final Shape launches. Guardian Games has been bumped up to March, with Bungie stating it will have a “refreshed focus on class vs. class competition.” Three new PvP maps are slated to arrive in May. 

As the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth draws closer, Square Enix revealed that those who pre-order the Japanese version of FFVII Rebirth on the Square Enix e-STORE will receive a bonus Cloud keychain made of rubber. All physical versions of the game, which are the Regular edition, Deluxe edition, and Collector's edition, are eligible to receive the Cloud rubber keychain when purchased directly through Square Enix's online store in Japan.

The design of the rubber keychain features a small, cute, chibi Cloud standing with his back facing forward as he grips his massively large Buster sword and looks over his shoulder. Stock of the FFVII Rebirth Cloud keychain is limited, so once all available keychains are gone, Square Enix will not be making any more. Pre-orders also come with the Midgar Bangle Mk. II accessory, an in-game item that can be worn by any playable character to increase their stats.

An intense debate ignited November 13, when The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley announced the nominees for this year’s trophy ceremony. While some folks were surprised Pikachu face by Starfield’s absence, most people were shook by one particular title offered up for the “Best Independent Game” category. Now, after a…

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Chinese company ByteDance is best known for its ownership of TikTok, the international video platform, but it owns a number of other companies as well. One of those companies is Nuverse, a game publisher best known in the West for its work on Marvel Snap. Fans of the superhero card-battler had reason for concern this morning, as an article from Reuters reported that ByteDance had plans to leave the gaming space entirely, with intentions to "divest from titles already launched." This seemed to spell doom for Marvel Snap.

However, the official Marvel Snap X account issued a statement today that this would not be the case.

Dear SNAPPERS,
Some of our players have expressed their concerns regarding reported structural changes at Nuverse.
We wish to thank you for your concern and assure you that regardless of any changes at Nuverse, SNAP will continue to operate and flourish in the future!

There’s a new golf manga in Shonen Jump called Green Green Greens. The Kento Terasaka series started its run on November 26, 2023, with the first chapter available to read for free via MangaPlus and Viz Media. 

As part of the kick-off, the first chapter of the series is 52 pages long. The first three pages of that are in color. However, two of those are introductory title pages, so there are only three panels in color.

The series follows a golfer named Haku Yaesaki. While the introduction shows him competing in the masters, the story actually begins with him back in high school. When it starts, he’s thinking about a way to make money and seems envious of his classmates like Takato Sera and Nadeshiko Oga, who have dreams and ambitions. When Haku steps in to assist Nadeshiko with a situation involving a scammer, he follows her and watches her at a driving range. It’s this interaction that leads to him pursuing his own golfing dreams.

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has revealed new data showing kids want video game-related gifts more than anything else this holiday season. But if you dig into the data a little bit more, you’ll discover that most kids don’t want a new physical game. Instead, what they’re really looking for in their…

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Bungie has finally confirmed that The Final Shape, Destiny 2's major expansion 10 years in the making, has been delayed, and will now arrive June 4 instead of on its previously planned release date of February 27. More importantly, the studio explained what players will be doing in the meantime.

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Bungie will now launch its climactic Destiny 2 expansion The Final Shape on 4th June 2024.

The four-month delay was previously leaked following news of job cuts at the studio, and a sense that the game's big finale expansion needed more time. Bungie's other announced game project Marathon has also reportedly been delayed - and will now launch in 2025.

In a blog post today, Bungie confirmed that The Final Shape did indeed need longer "to become exactly what we want it to be".

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Hololive’s third generation rabbit VTuber Usada Pekora just released her first album with nine songs. “Usagi the Megami." It is available to stream digitally on Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Deezer, and the iTunes Store.

The physical version of the album is available to pre-order from the Hololive official online shop for $21. That version comes with a special CD bonus track that is not available to listen to via digital streaming. According to the listing, the extra song is another version of "Saikyo Megami†Usa Pekora." It features cameos by a few other Hololive VTubers, including Shiranui Flare, Shirogane Noel, and Houshou Marine. International shipping is available.

The nine Usada Pekora songs that are featured on the album are the following:

1. "USAGI THE STORY"
2. "Saikyo Megami†Usa Pekora"
3. "PEKORANDOMBRAIN"
4. "Alibi Bunny"

Extra-large news for aspiring ultrawide enjoyers: the Lenovo Legion R45w-30, a titantic 45in, 31:9 gaming monitor, is £100 off in the Cyber Monday sales. With its 5120x1440 resolution, overclocked 170Hz refresh rate, and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro support, that’s £699 for specs that can very easily set you back over a grand. And, unlike buying the combined labours and livelihoods of the entire RPS team, there’s no months-long bidding process for this curved screen – you can just order it off Currys.

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Dredge was pretty weird to begin with. The indie hit somehow melded fishing with cosmic horror - seamlessly - to create an enthralling adventure where you can never be sure if what you're about to haul out of the depths will have a normal amount of eyes or tentacles. The new Pale Reach DLC gets even weirder, a masterpiece of show-don’t-tell horror that manages to evoke some of the more inspired Bloodborne monsters as well as some of icy, supernatural scares from The Terror. And it's all centred on a big whale.

Spoilers ahead, friends, but in The Pale Reach, a massive icy landscape has suddenly appeared in the southern, well, reaches of Dredge's world, so naturally we’re off to see what that’s all about, ploughing along in our faithful fishing boat to the hostile new climate. Every path into the landmass is barricaded by imposing ice walls. It's a slog.

It’s also a great setup. We're made to instantly wonder what the hell hides in this treacherous ice field, and the answer is equally great: a massive corrupted narwhal with bulbous glowing eyes. The huge beast dwarfs your tiny ship, but mercifully it’s frozen solid in an even bigger chunk of ice, with only those very angry eyes poking out at us. Four angry eyes on one side of its head, to be very precise.

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