Sunshine City Prince Hotel and Lasengle will collaborate yet again on Hotel Chaldea, a series of Fate/Grand Order suites. The rooms will draw inspiration from seven different Servants. [Thanks, Famitsu!]

If you go to Sunshine City Prince Hotel during the collaboration time period, you’ll be able to book rooms that look like:

• Arjuna
• Charlemagne
• James Moriarty (Ruler)
• Karna (Lancer)
• Oberon
• Saito Hajime
• Sengo Muramasa
• Takasugi Shinsaku

In October (2023), Square Enix revealed the fifth Final Fantasy XIV arrangement album, “Forge Ahead.” Today, the studio released two music videos featuring the songs “Dedicated to Moonlight” by The Primals and “Carrots of Happiness” by Keiko.

All of the piano arrangements in the Final Fantasy XIV Forge Ahead album are performed by Keiko, who can be seen performing the piece in the music video for “Carrots of Happiness.” Each of the four members of The Primals (Gunn Lee, Eikichi Iwai, Tetsuya Tachibana, and Soken Chan) is featured in the music video for “Dedicated to Moonlight.”

Each band member's name is displayed above their heads in The Primals music video as if they were in the world of Final Fantasy XIV themselves. Both music videos were directed by Takumi Moriya.

You can check out the Carrots of Happiness music video here:

UPDATE 23/11/23: Ex-Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij has U-turned on plans to share more about the development of early Rockstar games he worked on, after Rockstar itself got in touch.

"Today I got an email from R* North," Vermeij wrote in a new blog post, after his earlier details about Agent and an abandoned zombie project caught the eyes of fans. "Apparently some of the OG's there are upset by my blog. I genuinely didn't think anyone would mind me talking about 20 year old games but I was wrong. Something about ruining the Rockstar mystique or something.

"Anyway, this blog isn't important enough to me to piss off my former colleagues in Edinburgh so I'm winding it down. I'll maybe just leave a few articles with anecdotes that don't affect anyone but me.

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Capcom announced the release of two new pouches based on the Handgun and Shotgun Ammo Box items from the Resident Evil series. The new merchandise items are now available for pre-order from the Online Parco Capcom Store, and will be available at select Capcom Store locations in Japan from November 24, 2023.

Each ammo box pouch costs 2,420 yen (or approximately $16). The handgun ammo pouch is rectangular, and its dimensions are 200x100x50mm. Meanwhile, the shotgun ammo pouch is square shaped, and its dimensions are 120x120x65mm.

You can take a better look at the new Resident Evil Ammo Box Pouches here:

The Good Smile US online shop has dropped its Black Friday bundles and sales on anime figures. Many figures produced by Good Smile Company will be available to purchase on the website at a reduced price.

Here’s a list of some of the figure sales to keep an eye on:

• Chainsaw Man Pochita 1/1 Posing Soft Vinyl Figure: $148.79 (20% off)
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba PM Perching Figure Giyu: $20.29 (30% off)
• EVANGELION 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time SPM Vignetteum Asuka Shikinami Langley: $20.29 (30%
• off)
• Hamtaro Nendoroid: $26.50 (50% off)
• Hatsune Miku NT Scale Figure: $169.99 (15% off)
• Hatsune Miku: Gao Shan Liu Shui Ver: $251.99 (20% off)
• Idol Emperor/Nero Scale Figure: $135.09 (30% off)
• Junko Enoshima: Bunny Ver: $239.39 (10% off)
• SPY×FAMILY Yor Forger 1/7 Scale Figure: $116.09 (10% off)
• Watame Tsunomaki Hololive Nendoroid: $39.99 (20% off)

Here’s a list of a few notable Black Friday bundles on the website:

Here's a quick one: you probably need this USB-C to USB-A cable. Everyone needs a good-quality USB-C cable, right? Whether you're charging off a power bank, topping up your VR controllers, connecting a phone to your laptop or hooking up your TV to a USB drive full of legally obtained video downloads, having a reliable cable that can do it all is incredibly handy. This one from Monoprice doesn't cost a lot either, as it has been discounted from $10 to just $3 for Black Friday.

It's a fast option too, sporting 10Gbps data transfers and rapid charging at up to three amps. In fact, it hits the USB 3.1 Gen 2 standard (what a great naming scheme) and it's a simple, pocketable one metre or 3.3 feet long.

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A new update for Valve’s first game, 1998’s beloved first-person shooter Half-Life, has fixed an old, small, and annoying animation glitch found in one of the game’s most memorable levels. And fans, myself included, are very excited about it.

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This sure is a blast from the past. The LG 27GL83A and the slightly more expensive GL850 were the first two Fast IPS monitors to hit the scene, offering significantly better motion handling than IPS monitors up to that point - which excelled in terms of colour and viewing angles, but struggled with fast-paced action. Now the 27GL83A is back once again, and at a new low price - $200, a nice $100 reduction from its usual asking price.

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Xbox is kinda cool again. Microsoft’s gaming console saw the release of some big games this year, the addition of massive new gaming studios with the acquisition of Call of Duty company Activision Blizzard, and its Netflix-like subscription service Game Pass remains one of the most killer deals in gaming. It’s a good…

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Probably-acclaimed-music-artist-I-discovered-while-writing-this-intro Jerry Breiner once sang that the best things come in twos. In Spider-Man’s case, that’s only true some of the time. But the web-slinger has had so many video games (and series of games) that he’s racked up an alarming number of “Spider-Man 2” games, so with the latest iteration currently printing money for PlayStation, it’s time to finally reflect on and rank all of them. What’s the best second Spider-Man game? The answer may mildly surprise you.

According to the Omori social media account, a manga adaptation of the indie RPGMaker adventure game by OMOCAT will begin running in Monthly Afternoon, Kodansha’s seinen Japanese magazine. The manga will be aimed towards both longtime fans of the game as well as those new to the story. [Thanks, Famitsu!]

The illustrations for the new Omori manga will be drawn by the artist Nui Konoito. A teaser visual has been shared along with the announcement of the manga’s serialization. The illustration is fully in black and white and features the protagonist Omori from the dream world, mirrored by his real world counterpart Sunny.

We can see the teaser visual for the Omori manga below:

An established start date for the manga’s serialization has yet to be announced. Additionally, no word of overseas localization has been officially confirmed just yet.

The Square Enix e-Store stocked a few new pieces of Final Fantasy VII merchandise. New wall scrolls and gaming mouse pads featuring art from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis are available to pre-order now on the website for 3,850 yen ($25.73) and 3,300 yen ($22.05), respectively.

The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis gaming mouse pads will be made of a polyester material. Additionally, the size of both of them will be 800 x 400 millimeters. They are scheduled to be released on February 24, 2024 in Japan.

The Final Fantasy Rebirth tapestry will be 550 x 750 millimeters in size, while the Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis tapestry will be 760 x 550 millimeters. The tapestries are scheduled to be released on February 24, 2024 as well.

Square Enix already showed us how all the items are expected to look. You can view the new Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis wall scrolls and gaming mouse pads in the gallery below:

New details have emerged about the next Call Of Duty game. I know, folks are still playing Modern Warfare III right now, but according to reporting from Windows Central, next year’s entry in Activision’s long-running FPS franchise will be a new Black Ops title led by developer Treyarch that revolves around the…

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Following some initial rumblings earlier this year, a new report has lend further credence to suggestions 2024's Call of Duty game will be another entry in the Black Ops series, this one now said to be taking place in the Gulf War.

Word that Call of Duty 2024 would be a new Black Ops game first surfaced back in February, when it was claimed next year's series entry was being developed by Treyarch under the codename Cerberus. Furher evidence backing this up arrived in July, when actor and singer Luke Charles Stafford shared a Facebook post referencing Black Ops and claiming his likeness would be used for next year's main character, "Ratcliff".

And that brings us to a new report from Windows Central which, citing "multiple sources familiar with Activision's plans", says next year's Call of Duty "is indeed Black Ops". The publication also claims the game will attempt to "explore a nuanced narrative of the Gulf War, with a critical focus on different participants within the conflict."

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Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, the new animated series based on Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novels, is out on Netflix. The eight-episode series reunites the voice cast of the 2010 live-action movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and is a hilarious blend of the series’ quick wit and well-measured pop culture references. All of…

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Bandai Namco announced that the Japanese servers for the mobile game One Piece: Thousand Storm are shutting down on January 23, 2024 at 1pm JST. It stated the date established for end of service is subject to change without notice.

The developers of One Piece: Thousand Storm thanked players for their continued support since the game’s release in 2016. The distribution and sale of in-game currency Rainbow Coins was halted on November 21, 2023.

One Piece: Thousand Storm is a free-to-play multiplayer co-op RPG developed by DeNA and published by Bandai Namco, where up to three players could participate in turn-based battles with popular characters in the One Piece franchise. The game initially released in Japan on April 21, 2016, and later launched worldwide on January 25, 2017. Bandai Namco shut down the global servers of One Piece: Thousand Storm on December 13, 2018.

Bandai Namco offered a better look at Uta, the first of the One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 DLC 5characters. A new trailer showed briefly what players can expect from her in-game.

The trailer begins with Uta’s pixel-art logo. Then, there’s the official reveal that the One Piece Film Red heroine will be joining in Character Pack DLC 5. She’s one of three new units that will be playable. The official art there shows her with her distinctive headphones and wings. After that, we see footage of her normal character model in-game as she goes, “Let’s go!” After that, she transforms to don her armor and says “New Genesis,” which is the name of her single. 

Here's the One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 Uta teaser:

Valve’s co-op zombie shooter, Left 4 Dead 2, launched just a year after the original game. If you know much about Valve, you know that’s a shockingly fast turnaround for a sequel. And according to the lead on the original Left 4 Dead, the sequel came so quickly because the first game was a “broken thing” that nobody…

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Nintendo revealed that Jet Force Gemini will be coming to Nintendo Switch Online via the Expansion Pack. While a December 2023 release has been confirmed, no specific date has been revealed yet.

Jet Force Gemini was originally released for the N64 in 1999. It’s a third-person shooter featuring three playable characters. People can control the brother and sister duo, Juno or Vela, plus their dog Lupus. The team are part of a space law enforcement group attempting to save an alien race from an insectoid villain. While primarily a shooter, gameplay also included elements of 3D platformers.

It was developed by Rare, who worked extensively with Nintendo in the 1990s on the Donkey Kong Country series and Star Fox Adventures. They also produced a number of original titles that went on to become some of the system’s most beloved classics.

Additionally, the report suggests the new game will lean back into more traditional military combat tech and Black Ops gadgets, rather than focusing on the futuristic tech some of the more recent Call of Duty games have embraced.

Wireless headsets are great, but there's always the risk that you forget to charge them. Imagine sitting down for an evening of gaming with your pals, wrapping the earphones over your skull, and instead of hearing the roar of battle in Call of Duty or the pleasant ambience of Minecraft, you're left to contend in silence with your own terrifying thoughts. "Fool," they hiss like the many-headed hydra in the dead earphones of your chargeless headset. "If you'd picked up the HyperX Cloud Alpha Wireless in this year's Black Friday sale, then with its astonishing battery-life, none of this would be a problem!"

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Going through a time loop, as we’ve seen in past games and movies, can be an exhausting process that means keeping track of what to do over again each day. However, In Stars and Time attempts to streamline the process and make it more manageable as a group of RPG adventurers attempt to hopefully, eventually, save the day on one particular day.

When In Stars and Time begins, you’re right at the end of a story about a plucky group of four adventurers about to save the world. Mirabelle, a housemaiden from a group called The House of Change that servs the Change God was the only one who wasn’t frozen when the King arrived, thus becoming a chosen one. Her journey led to her traveling with Siffrin, Isabeau, Odile, and Bonnie, and the group has returned to the town outside the House to face the King and hopefully save the day. However, after Siffrin and the group prepares the night before and enters the house, he dies after not discovering a trap in a death corridor. He then wakes up in the same meadow he was napping in the previous day, thus realizing he’s in a time loop that will hopefully break once they finally save the day.

Nintendo ended a recent live stream sharing the final trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie with a strange and unexpected announcement. Alongside animation studio Illumination, it had teamed up with Red Wing Shoes to make Mario’s shoes from the movie, not as a line of shoes for sale, but rather a hyper-realistic version of the boots – odd proportions and all – to be displayed at the official Nintendo Store in New York City.

With winter looming, THQ Nordic has seized this most seasonally appropriate opportunity to showcase more of its upcoming South Park: Snow Day, with its latest trailer revealing a smattering of new gameplay for the co-op adventure.

South Park: Snow Day was initially teased back in August last year, making a sneaky post-credits appearance at the very end of THQ Nordic's 2022 showcase. One year on, it made a second showcase appearance, this time to confirm its title, unveil its decidedly un-TV-show like 3D visual style, and reveal a handful of other details.

We know, for instance, that South Park: Snow Day (which is being developed by The Blackout Club studio Question) is a co-op adventure in which up to four players - along with familiar faces including Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny - enjoy their day away from school by battling through the snow-blanketed South Park streets on a quest to save the world.

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It is now possible to get the full Beat Saber VR game and its DLC on sale. This is part of a Black Friday 2023 event and is being held on both places like the Steam and Meta storefronts.

Until November 28, 2023, the base Beat Saber game is reduced via the Meta Quest storefront. This is part of a deal that involves using the “BFCM23” coupon code at checkout. It drops the price to $17.99 from $29.99. Said code can also be used repeatedly, so someone could also apply it to other VR games like Resident Evil 4 or Among Us VR.

Two years after Final Fantasy XIV launched a pizza-eating emote to a surprising amount of controversy, anyone can pop along to the MMO’s in-game shop and buy it for under a fiver.

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Official NieR Automata acrylic panels and glasses stands are now available via Fan+Life. Pre-orders are live, and they’ll ship out in early March 2024.

Both the acrylic panels and the glasses stands use the same design. Each one features 2B and 9S in fancy outfits, looking like they’re about to go to a party. They still have their signature YoRHA visor. However, 9S is dressed in a suit with the jacket over his shoulder like a cape, whereas 2B is in a gown. The glasses stand only displays from the shoulders up, and the image of their face is bigger. This is so that you can make it look like 2B or 9S are wearing your glasses when you use the stand.

Steam has introduced a new way to spot which PC games support PlayStation’s DualShock and DualSense controllers, as well as being able to search by specific controllers.

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Nothing is more crucial to the feel of PC gaming than a good mouse. Modern consoles might be able to provide great visuals and a wide library of games (though still both inferior to the PC) but no controller can match the precision and reactivity of your keyboard's smaller, nimbler sidekick. Whether you're playing fast-paced RTS' like StarCraft 2 or twitchy shooters like Apex Legends, a great mouse can be the difference between virtual life and death. And for Black Friday, one of the very best gaming mice is going cheap, rather than squeak.

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The Last of Us Part II might only be about three years old, but the popular PS4 sequel from Naughty Dog will be remastered for PS5 next year. And as you might expect, when we asked Kotaku readers (you fine folks!) about this, you all had a lot of thoughts to share on remakes, remasters, and more.

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Capcom revealed that Street Fighter 6 Outfit 3 costumes for the 18 launch characters will be released on December 1, 2023. The company stated in the announcement that when the Street Fighter 6 development team was designing the designs for each character, they were inspired by in-game illustrations, various cultures around the world, and the desire to have fun.

Alongside the announcement of the release date, Capcom revealed that Outfit 3 for Year 1 characters will release at the same time as Akuma, the fourth DLC character. This means that Outfit 3 for AKI, Ed, and Rashid will release when Akuma is released worldwide.

The Epic Games Store might not be making any money, but it’s still giving away lots of good deals to anyone who’s willing to shop there. The Steam competitor’s 2023 Black Friday deals might not be as good as in years past, but the Fortnite maker is still giving all players a coupon for 33 percent off almost anything…

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Battle royale shooter-turned-virtual music festival Fortnite is amping up its next musical collaboration - and this time, it’s bringing rapper Eminem back to the world of the video games for the first time in years.

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Nintendo announced that a patch to fix the current version of Super Mario RPG on the Nintendo Switch, which an issue that could prevent progress. The update to fix the issue is planned to release in December 2023, and the company will deliver more information about it at a later date.

The aforementioned glitch can happen after the Paratroopa event triggers in Monstro Town. After the event, when the player heads to Land’s End to continue with the main quest, the Paratroopa squad might not appear. This causes a soft-lock that blocks the player from progressing.

However, Nintendo revealed that there is currently a workaround to prevent this issue from happening in Super Mario RPG. The way to avoid this it involves the player traveling back to the Mushroom Kingdom, and then returning to Land’s End. Doing this will make the Paratroopa unit appear as intended.

Nintendo added that there is no need to go inside the castle in the Mushroom Kingdom, and that simply visiting the surrounding town should suffice in order to fix the issue. Additionally, this workaround fix can be performed by using fast travel through the map option, or traveling through the overworld.