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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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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Square Enix announced it added a FFXIV Adventurer’s Supply Kit to the Final Fantasy XIV Online Store, and it provides a quick way to get items like one Menphina’s Earring and 99 Aetheryte Tickets. The bundle is an account-wide one that works with all of your characters, and it costs $9.99.

Normally, Aetheryte Tickets can be paid for or earned in-game in FFXIV. So, for example, you can trade Allied Seals or Centurio Seals for them if you are a part of a Grand Company. This pack gives you 99, allowing for quick teleports on demand. 

As for the Menphina’s Earring, originally they were a bonus for certain Final Fantasy XIV purchases, such as the Xbox Series X version of the game or the FFXIV Endwalker expansion. This marks the first opportunity to get the earrings outside of that. When equipped by a character under level 80, you get 30% more experience than usual. 

The other items in the FFXIV Adventurer’s Supply Kit bundle involve cosmetics. You can change your appearance with the one included Fantasia. If you use Ballroom Etiquette: Improper Praise #4, you can learn the Cheer On: Bright emote. That was previously only available in a 6.4 event. The Rising Red Moon Parasol is also a part of it.

Here’s how the emote looks:

Final Fantasy XIV is available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, and the Adventurer’s Supply Kit is now sold in the FFXIV Online Store.

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PM Studios announced it will be in charge of the Black Myth: Wukong physical copies, and that people who pick them up at retail will get the Deluxe Edition DLC for the game. There’s no release window for them yet, beyond “soon.” 

People will be able to find the Black Myth: Wukong Deluxe Edition physical copies worldwide. PM Studios confirmed it will be sold in Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. It seems Asian and African countries are left out of the rollout. The online storefront for the publisher will also sell it, though there is no listing for it yet. So far, VGP is the only store with a product page live at time of writing.

The Black Myth: Wukong Deluxe Edition comes with some extra equipment and a copy of the soundtrack. So you can put the Destined One in armor inspired by Folk Opera, thanks to the included four-piece set. The Wind Chimes curio included lets you move faster than normal. You can also choose to wield the Bronzecloud Staff, which makes it 2% more likely you’ll land a critical hit.

While the price and release date weren’t shared, the cover art was. It features the Destined One. Here’s how that will look:

Black Myth: Wukong was well-received at launch. For example, the player count on Steam alone passed two million people. Game Science also teased that it is working on an expansion.

Black Myth: Wukong is available for the PS5 and PC, and a physical copy is heading to retail stores worldwide.

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