The new Edens Zero game will appear on PS5, on top of the previously announced Xbox Series X and Windows PC. Konami first unveiled the game during the October 2024 Xbox Partner Preview showcase.

Here’s a trailer for the upcoming Edens Zero game:

This is the same trailer from the showcase. It shows off some of the special moves that the main characters will be able to use, as well as some scenes from the story. In terms of the genre, it’ll be an action RPG. From the trailer, it seems like you’ll be able to chain together combos and play as multiple different characters, and more information on its battle system will likely appear closer to its release date. There will be an original story with lots of exploration. According to a press release, you’ll be able to travel all around Blue Garden.

Hiro Mashima and Kodansha—the original author and the publishing company—supervised the game during its production. This is to maintain accuracy to the source material. Aside from his work on Edens Zero, Mashima’s better known as the manga author and artist of Fairy Tail, which is one of the best-selling manga of all time. He also wrote Rave Master and contributed illustrations to media like Bakemonogatari.

The Edens Zero video game will come out in 2025 for the PS5, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC. There is an official website as well, though it's pretty barebones at the moment.

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Sanrio will release collaboration figures of Ojamajo Doremi, with items appearing from October 22, 2024. There are six potential figures to get and they’re available via online gacha. [Thanks, Hobby Dengeki!]

The characters you can get are Doremi, Hazuki, Aiko, Hello Kitty, My Melody, and Cinnamoroll. They’re a little hard to see, but each human character has ears in the shapes of the mascot they’re paired with. Doremi’s with Hello Kitty, Hazuki’s with My Melody, and Aiko’s with Cinnamoroll. The Sanrio mascots also have elements from their human counterparts. They’re wearing the hats, a very basic form of their costume, and accessories.

It costs 400 JPY ($2.65) per attempt, and you’ll receive your figure some time in late February 2025. Bandai notes that there’s a possibility these toys will appear in physical gacha machines before the ones from online gacha ship out. This means that if you’re willing to hedge your bets, you can wait until they appear in gachapon machines to get them immediately instead of needing to wait until next year.

Ojamajo Doremi is a magical girl anime from Toei Animation that aired from 1999 to 2003. There are several adaptations, such as manga, anime films, and video games. It focuses on the adventures of Doremi, Hazuki, and Aiko, who are elementary schoolgirls who become witch apprentices after Doremi accidentally turns the owner of a magic shop (a witch) into a witch frog. In order to return the witch to her human body, Doremi needs to pass witch tests to become a real witch while keeping her identity secret.

The Ojamajo Doremi Sanrio figures will appear on Bandai’s Gachapon Online from October 22, 2024 and will ship out some time in late February 2025.

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Batman: Arkham Shadow, the latest Meta Quest 3 pack-in and a follow-up to the much-respected Arkham console games, seeks to put you in the role of the caped crusader more directly than before. And though this isn’t quite the first VR Batman game, it’s certainly the first larger-scale attempt. So how is it? And is it worth buying a headset to play?

Developer Camouflaj, perhaps best known these days for its work on Iron Man VR, has been focusing its efforts on virtual reality, and it shows in Batman: Arkham Shadow through its well-considered (if conventional) setups. It’s also a bit slow to get going? Lots of early-game tutorials make sure you know what to do, as if it’s your first VR game. Which, for some, may be the case, as it becomes the Quest’s latest system seller.

Shadow follows the events of Batman: Arkham Origins and is most inspired by the confined gameplay of Arkham Asylum. There’s a ton of well-known voice talent, including a lot from the old Arkham cast! And that’s a good investment for this game, which is so much about those voices. You’re set off to take down the Rat King, a newly-created villain for the game, but along the way you see a lot of characters you might know.

Fundamentally, this game is about punching. Which, hey, VR does well! You complete a series of quick-time events to fight, throwing specific punches and countering through various means. This isn’t a “think about your opponents’ weaknesses” game; it’s decided for you. Which is fine? There are so many enemies to fight in this game, and it would rather see you push through them quickly.

It's in larger room encounters that Batman: Arkham Shadow is at its best. In these, you use perches, vents and such to help pick off enemies one by one, studying movements and bringing in some of your gadgets to help when needed. It's during these fights that Shadow truly opens up and lets you be creative. When we started watching guard patterns and scouting out just the right vantage points for unseen takedowns, that felt really nice. This is, fundamentally, an accurate recreation of the Arkham scheme, and just how enjoyable that was to people is a lot of why this game exists! But the perspective does change a lot about how it feels.

Taking out foes and finding hidden collectibles contributes to an experience meter, allowing you to upgrade various abilities. It’s also a game that likes giving you new abilities from time to time, as you find a need in the mission, climb to the roof for a delivery and then head back down to use it. A lot more time is spent in the process in this game, physically moving from place to place. We suppose it’s a good way to break up combat sequences and keep you immersed in the identity, but do be prepared for the time investment.

There’s still something of a theme park-like ethos to “big-budget” VR game design. Environments are more set dressing than places to spend lots of time. You get a lot of exposition through audio between encounters. It’s also more than happy to use that audio to not-so-subtly nudge you to your next objective. Rarely does Batman: Arkham Shadow want you to stop and smell the roses, and doing so will result in increasingly direct reminders of the thing to do next.

And maybe that’s for the best! Batman: Arkham Shadow is full of dark environments with similar sorts of dingy decoration. It’s true to the source material, and the low lighting does help mitigate the inevitable visual downgrades you get when rendering the resolution and double display of VR. It’s an action game through and through, and other Quest titles are happy to provide different pacing for those who want it.

That said, Batman: Arkham Shadows is not a bad looking VR game, and Camouflaj has clearly been pulling out tricks to get the most out of the hardware. For example, there’s some pre-rendered lighting in spots, putting your focus on particular corners. You can see the seams, sometimes. For example, we moved a grate from a green-tinged vent, and it stayed bright and green. But it’s likely worth those exceptions.

Batman: Arkham Shadow feels comfortable to play in a small room or even seated, with some creative use of the crouch button to reach lower objects. Conversely, the game doesn’t do a heck of a lot for room-scale players, but it’s likely a compromise worth making for the game. Other titles will make you want to walk around; this is extremely a stick-to-move experience.

We've encountered some bugs along the way, getting stuck on craggy rocks or having doors fall down and leave invisible barriers instead of opening. These are the sorts of things we expect will be patched up relatively quickly, but still thought it worth noting for early players. Generally, reloading the checkpoint has solved the issue, but sometimes that means losing a few minutes of progress. We also had a bit of difficulty with the cape controls, as the activation wasn’t as reliable as we wanted. Hopefully that can be tuned a bit!

While it may not have the immersive mechanics to be a great VR introduction, Batman: Arkham Shadow is fun to play and faithful to its Arkham predecessors. And yeah, picking off enemies one-by-one feels great.

Batman: Arkham Shadow, developed by Camouflaj and published by Meta, is available now for Meta Quest 3 and 3S. It’s included with new headsets, and costs $49.99 for other buyers.

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As part of the lead-up to Sonic X Shadow Generations, a short comic about the Chao has arrived. On Twitter, the official Sonic the Hedgehog account posted the comic in full, and revealed the principal creators behind it. You can see the tweet and read the full comic here.

The story of the Sonic X Shadow Generations X Chao comic, a Shadow Chao and a Sonic Chao crossing space and time to try and rescue lost Chao, was written by Ian Flynn, one of the lead writers for the Sonic the Hedgehog IDW comics, Sonic Frontiers, and Sonic X Shadow Generations. The line art is done by illustrator Misa Shion, and the panels are colored by Min Ho Kim, cover and interior artist for the IDW Sonic comics and lead character designer for The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog.

This comic is part of a number of projects to celebrate the release of Sonic X Shadow Generations. Earlier in 2024, a Shadow the Hedgehog-centric short series, Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings, was released on the official Sonic the Hedgehog YouTube account. In addition, a Sonic the Hedgehog crossover comic with DC Comics' superheroes was announced, with Shadow as Batman and Sonic as The Flash.

Sonic X Shadow Generations releases on October 25, 2024 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, and Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X. The Sonic X Shadow Generations X Chao comic is free to read on the Sonic the Hedgehog twitter account.

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The first episode of the special edited version of the One Piece anime has been delayed. The episode was originally set to air on October 27, 2024, and it will instead debut a week later on November 3.

The reason for the special edited One Piece anime episode delay is due to the conflicting schedules of the original release date of the anime episode and the MLB World Series both coinciding on October 27, 2024. Toei Animation announced back in October 12, 2024 that the Fish-Man Island arc of the One Piece anime series would receive a special edited version. The objective of this re-release is to touch up some of the scenes in the anime to increase the visuals and animation quality using the latest technology.

While the Fish-Man Island arc of the One Piece anime is being slightly updated, this is not to be confused with The One Piece anime remake announced by Netflix back in December 2023. While we know when the special edited version of the current One Piece anime will air, The One Piece anime remake is currently in production without a release date announced.

The One Piece anime is streaming on Crunchyroll and Netflix and the manga is handled by Viz Media outside Japan. Meanwhile, the live-action One Piece adaptation is available on Netflix.

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Nippon Ichi Software announced that the Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero sequel will add Castile and Walnut as DLC characters. The two are returning from the original game. The company also revealed that other characters from a variety of Nippon Ichi Software titles will be joining the game as DLC. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]

More details about Castile and Walnut as DLC characters in the Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero sequel will appear in the future, as well as more information on other DLC characters for the game. Castile is a14-year-old girl and Phantom Brave protagonist Marona's best friend. In Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero, Castile seems to have recovered from her illness and is no longer wheelchair bound.

You can check out Castile and Walnut in Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero here:

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero is a brand-new sequel to the original PlayStation 2 title released in 2004. The sequel was revealed during the June 2024 Nintendo Direct. NIS America recently announced that the original Phantom Brave game will receive a remastered version for the PlayStation 5 due out on November 7, 2024. A limited edition for Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero was also revealed during TGS 2024.

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero will come out on January 30, 2025 for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.

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Two new Dragon Age plushes are available to pre-order, which includes Manfred, the skeletal assistant of Emmrich Volkarin in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, and the griffon Assan. Both plushes will cost $41.99, not including shipping, and will arrive sometime in late 2024 or early 2025. These plushes by Sanshee are being made in collaboration with Dragon Age developer BioWare.

Sanshee will also sell pins of Assan and Manfred, which are also available for pre-order. Each enamel pin will cost $12.99. The Dragon Age: The Veilguard pins and plushes can be pre-ordered in a bundle, which will cost $46.73. Additionally, the plush will come with a special collector's card.

Assan and Manfred are secondary characters, though tied to companions that will appear in the game. As mentioned previously, Manfred is the assistant of Emmrich Volkarin, a necromancer of sorts, and Assan is the adorable companion of Devrin, the Grey Warden.

With the release of Dragon Age: The Veilguard just around the corner, BioWare has shared pre-load and release times for the highly anticipated installment in the Dragon Age series. This includes when the game will release in specific regions.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard will release worldwide for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on October 31, 2024.

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Cult of the Lamb will receive a metal album just shy of Halloween. Hymns of the Unholy will release on streaming platforms such as Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon music on October 28, 2024. Additionally, consumers can pre-order a Deluxe Edition vinyl through the Devolver online store for $32.00

Developer Massive Monster, and Publisher Devolver, shared a snippet of how the Hymns of the Unholy album will sound. Alongside this, a list of bands that have contributed to the album, which is a fair few, with some quite notable within the music scene. (Some bands do fall within the category of being metal, or heavy metal, while others straddle the fine line of what defines the genre.)

You can list to one of the songs from the Cult of the Lamb heavy metal album below:

The bands that will appear on the album include:

• Animals as Leaders
• Killswitch Engage
• Polyphia
• Trivium
• Malevolence
• Monuments
• While She Sleeps

In August 2024, Massive Monster announced all pre-order bonuses would be distributed to players entirely for free. Players will also given free cosmetics, which included a red prayer box, a stone monument, and a cart of flowers.

The Cult of the Lamb Hymns of the Unholy album will release on October 28, 204.

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HoYoVerse shared new details about three Honkai: Star Rail characters in a Genius Society report, and among the discussed individuals is the secretive Polka Kakamond. While she’s been referenced by Herta in the game so far, we’ve never heard from her or seen her. 

HoYoVerse’s new insights into Honkai: Star Rail’s Polka Kakamond don’t show any actual pictures of her, as the Genius Society member is known for having destroyed all images of herself across the galaxy. She’s described as an assassin and the person who possibly took out Emperor Rupert, a fellow society member, during the Machine Empire Crisis and First Emperor’s War. It also referred to her as the “Lord of Silence” and is rumored to have killed others in the group. She’s also tied to the Aeon Nous and follows their path of Erudition. 

Rubert and Rubert II were also brought up. Rupert was a computer and former member who also declared themselves an emperor of the Machine Empire. They created the Anti-Organic Equation to kill what they considered “inferior” organic life. They started The First Emperor’s War and were killed as part of it, leading to the rise of Rupert II. Rupert II was involved in the Second Emperor’s War and created the Scepter system that acts as computational interference devices. The IPC gave that to the Intelligentsia Guild, which has since led to the Scholar’s Strife war. 

The third Genius Society Honkai: Star Rail character discussed by HoYoVerse is Dr. Primitive, who came up in discussion with Galaxy Rangers like Boothill and among Herta, Screwllum, and Ruan Mei. He despises and experiments on human beings. He’s also known for creating memetic viruses, leading the Galaxy Rangers on chases, assaulting the planet Vonwacq, and loving bananas. 

Odds are, we won’t get to see any of these new Honkai: Star Rail Genius Society characters for a while. The 2.6 patch is going to be focused on some Penacony adventures. It will introduce the Galaxy Ranger Rappa, who will debut as the latest 5-star unit in the game. In 2.7, Fugue and Sunday will appear.

Honkai: Star Rail is available on the PS5, PC, and mobile devices. The 2.6 update arrives on October 23, 2024.

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Uniqlo has revealed a new lineup of shirts inspired by the original Dragon Ball and its latest entry Dragon Ball Daima that will appear worldwide in 2025. The brand will gradually sell these products in numerous countries, starting in Japan in January 2025.

There will be a total of ten shirt designs available. Uniqlo will further split the designs into three different categories.

The first ones will be adult unisex sweatshirts priced at ¥2,990 (~$19.85) each. These are unisex items that can be worn by anyone. Here's how they will look:

The following Dragon Ball designs will be intended for adult unisex shirts that cost ¥1,500 (~$9.95) apiece:

The last three will be designs for kids' T-shirts with the lowest price tag of ¥990 (~$6.57):

As with prior crossover shirts like Monster Hunter and One Piece, the adult shirts will be available in sizes from XS to 4XL. However, Uniqlo's physical outlets will mostly only stock shirt sizes from S to XL. People who are interested in getting the super small or large sizes will have the best chance to order the shirts online via Uniqlo's web store.

The new Dragon Ball and Daima Uniqlo shirts will be available first in Japan in early January 2025.

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Overwatch 2 is no stranger to collaborations, and received a series of My Hero Academia skins on October 17, 2024. Famitsu interviewed Art Director of Overwatch 2, Dion Rogers, which revealed how the collaboration came to be, and what decided certain characters receiving specific skins. [Thanks, Famitsu!]

Dion Rogers, the Art Director of Overwatch 2, said this concerning how the skins were chosen for the My Hero Academia crossover.

The team has a list of series that more or less match the "theme" of Overwatch 2, including things we've loved as children or have become interested in or addicted to! One of them is My Hero Academia, which we're collaborating with right now. My Hero Academia has that same positive outlook when it comes to being a hero, which is great.. I think the collaboration has good synergy.

Dion Rodgers, Blizzard Entertainment

When it came to deciding which character would receive skins, the team decided based on personality and circumstance. Rogers stated that Trace and Deku have similar personalities, and that their origin stories are similar. At least in terms of meeting an aspirational figure and that more or less deciding their initial journey.

Reinhardt was given an All Might skin, which the development team decided was a natural choice. This was due to Reinhardt's bombastic personality and booming voice. However, there were a lot of adjustments made to his face to make sure he encapsulated the character. A "withered" All Might skin was also considered, but it was too difficult to implement, and that idea was subsequently shelved.

Overwatch 2 is readily available for free on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Switch, and PC. The My Hero Academia crossover skins will be available until October 30, 2024.

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An update to Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero will appear in late October, which includes a balance to Yajirobe. Additional adjustments include changes made to certain stage on lower difficulty settings, improved responsiveness to controls in online matches, and general stability. This information appeared on the official Dragon Ball Games X (or Twitter) account.

You can view the announcement in English below:

One of the most notable, or interesting, bits of information concerning the announcement involves the developers deciding to rebalance Yajirobe in Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero. While not the most popular character in the Dragon Ball franchise (that probably goes to Vegeta or Goku, given how many variants of those two characters are in the game), he has more or less dominated the competitive scene.

One of the least surprising announcements is the adjustment being made to difficulty levels to specific stages in the game's Episode Battles. While Bandai Namco was not specific as to which Episode Battles will be impacted, consumers have en masse reported struggling against the Ape Vegeta battle.

Other updates that will appear include more responsive controls in online battles and general improvements. Bandai Namco has not provided a concrete date as to when this update will appear. Only that it will release sometime in late October 2024.

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is available for PS5, Xbox Series X and PC. You can read our review here.

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Bandai Namco shared a free costume for Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream, and it is based on an outfit worn by SAO theme song singer ReoNa. All female characters can now get a One-Man Concert Birth 2024 outfit, which is called Dark Otherworldly Singer, to wear if someone uses the code Birt-h202-4. 

The official announcement on social media offered an idea of what to expect. It showed what Yuna would look like if she wore the outfit. It is an entirely black outfit with a jacket over a dress and boots. The back of the jacket reads, “Hello, UNHAPPY. ReoNa.”

ReoNa and her music are quite closely tied to the Sword Art Online series, with tracks being used as opening and ending themes for the anime and games up through SAO Fractured Daydream. The latest one is “Our Song,” which was used as the opening theme for this game. Here’s how that sounds:

Some of her other recent songs used in SAO shows or games include “Anima” and “Forget-Me-Not.” She also appeared as a character in Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris.

Sword Art Online: Fractured Daydream is available on the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC via Steam.

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Another set of Castlevania DLC has appeared in V Rising, this time taking a queue from the Dominus Collection and includes a Soma Cruz and Shanoa skin. The pack includes several furniture items and more Castlevania inspired decor. Those who have purchased the Castlevania Premium Pack will receive this DLC entirely for free. The DLC pack will cost $24.99.

As mentioned previously the Castlevania Dominus DLC Pack for V Rising will include a Soma Cruz and Shanoa skin. It does not specify that the skins themselves are gender locked, but are shown on the Type 1 and Type 2 bodies respectively. The previous DLC, Legacy of Castlevania, which included an outfit and hairstyle inspired by Alucard, were not gender locked.

Stunlock Studios share details about this DLC pack, and announced that V Rising has now received a special Castlevania bundle, which includes the Legacy of Castlevania DLC. Again, if you have purchased this DLC pack, you will receive everything included in the Domnius Collection for free.

Castlevania crossovers seem all the rage, as Dead by Daylight and Vampire Survivors have gotten their own set of DLC. Dead by Daylight has since received Trevor and Dracula, as the Survivor and Killer respectively. And Vampire Survivors will see the inclusion of over twenty Castlevania characters into it's already robust roster.

V Rising is available for PC via Steam and PlayStation 5. You can read our review here.

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Amnibus has announced via its X account that it will set up a new Danganronpa Pop Up Shop in mid-January 2025. The company will sell new exclusive merchandise featuring several Danganronpa series characters dressed as butlers and maids.

The Japanese illustrator Wata has completed new art of twelve Danganronpa characters becoming butlers and maids. The following four characters from each of the three mainline entries will all appear in the new merchandise line:

• From Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc - Makoto Naegi, Kyoko Kirigiri, Celestia Ludenberg, and Junko Enoshima
• From Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair - Hajime Hinata, Nagito Komaeda, Chiaki Nanami, and Izuru Kamukura
• From Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony - Kaede Akamatsu, Rantaro Amami, Kokichi Oma, and Shuichi Saihara

Amnibus has yet to publish a webpage or a list of merchandise that will be available. However, based on prior lineups like the Kill La Kill 10th anniversary or Sakura Miku, it would usually produce items like tin badges, acrylic stands, and keychains.

The new Danganronpa Pop Up Shop will appear on the eighth floor of Yurakucho Marui in Tokyo, Japan, on January 10-20, 2025. People will be able to visit the physical store from 11 AM until 7 PM JST. Amnibus will publish more details about the temporary store, including the full merchandise lineup, at a later time.

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