Tag: Bandai Namco
News This Is How PS Plus Premium's Time Crisis Will Play with PS5, PS4's Gyro Controls
Reload
Light gun classic Time Crisis is coming to PS5 and PS4 in May with gyro controls, and this is our first look at how it will play. Okay, so technically this isn’t official footage, but YouTube channel Andshrew used a jailbroken console to run the arcade classic’s PS1 ROM in Sony’s emulator. It seems the gyro functionality has been part...
News PS1 Time Crisis Targeting PS5, PS4 with Gyro Aiming via PS Plus Premium
Tekken Dark Resurrection also announced
Bandai Namco is one of the biggest – and, honestly, only – supporters of PS Plus Premium’s classics catalogue. It’s perhaps no surprise to learn that the original Time Crisis game is coming to PS5 and PS4 as an emulated PS1 title, then. What’s particularly notable about this release is that...
News Digimon Story Time Stranger Confirms 60FPS Performance Mode Coming to PS5
All in good time
We're four months removed from the initial release of Digimon Story Time Stranger, but the RPG will finally be getting a 60 frames-per-second performance setting in the relatively near future. Better late than never, we suppose! You may have caught that a Switch 2 port of Time Stranger was announced earlier today during Nintendo's...
Rumour Ace Combat 8 Online Beta Test Inbound, Pre-Order May Include a Whole Other Game
Flight of fancy
Real ones will know that Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is one of the most exciting games of 2026, and it seems fans of the franchise will be in for a treat. Bandai Namco announced the latest entry in its arcadey fighter jet action series during The Game Awards 2025, and we've yet to hear much else about it. However, eagle
News Tekken 8 Season 3 Gameplay Balance Goes 'Back to Basics' as Kunimitsu, Bob, and Roger Return
A "fresh start" for the fighter
Season 3 for Tekken 8 has been officially announced, and Bandai Namco wants it to be a "fresh start" for the fighter. As you may already know, the game's big Season 2 update — which launched in the spring of last year — made controversial changes to the game's balance, buffing systems and mechanics that some...
News The Future of Tekken 8 Teased as World Tour Finals Get Underway
Finally, Season 3
It's a pivotal weekend for Tekken 8, as the Tekken World Tour 2025 Global Finals get underway. The tournament, which sees qualified players from all over the world compete for the tour's biggest prize, is just about to get started over in Malmö, Sweden (the initial group stage kicks off in about half an hour from the posting of...
Review Code Vein 2 (PS5) - Repetitive Vampiric Soulslike May Still Sate Your Bloodlust
Mostly mediocre
Code Vein 2 is the latest in a long line of action RPGs chasing the lofty heights of FromSoftware's immortal Dark Souls series, and like so many others before it, falls well short of the mark. Bland visually and uninspiring narratively, Bandai Namco's latest soulslike foray (previously publishing the aforementioned Souls series,...
Guide Best Bandai Namco Games on PS5
Bandai Namco's best PS5 games
What are the best Bandai Namco games on PS5? Following a merger that saw the mighty Namco join forces with Bandai, the Japanese publisher has been a major force, bringing legacy franchises and brand new experiences to players. With storied series like Pac-Man, Tekken, and Ace Combat still kicking and a plethora games...
News Mysterious New Dragon Ball Game AGE 1000 Announced
A new AGE
As part of the property's 40th anniversary celebrations, Bandai Namco has announced a brand new Dragon Ball 'Game Project', currently named 'AGE 1000'. Details are practically nonexistent right now — we don't even have any confirmed platforms — but the game's due in 2027, and we'll hear more about it at the Dragon Ball Games Battle...
News Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Is Going All-Out in 2026 with 'Major' DLC, New Modes, and More
0 to 100
Bandai Namco is set to continue supporting Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero in a big way this year, and as it turns out, the fighter's first update of 2026 is just around the corner. Launching on the 26th January, the free update will add a new mode called 'Mission 100'. As the name suggests, this is a collection of 100 single player battles,...
News Make Your Code Vein 2 Character on PS5 Now, So You Can Get Straight to the Action Next Week
Optimise your time
It’s the eternal dilemma of any game with a character creator: you want to spend time making a protagonist you’ll love, but you also want to get straight to the action. Fortunately, publisher Bandai Namco has a solution: it’s released Code Vein 2’s character creator today, as part of a free download on the PS Store. You...
News Digimon Story Time Stranger's Second DLC Adventure Drops This Week on PS5
Thug life
The second DLC for Digimon Story Time Stranger now has a release date, and it's super soon. The new episode, titled GAKU-RAN, drops in just a couple of days at the time of writing, on the 22nd January. As was the case with the first DLC that launched back in December, this second helping features a short story-driven series of quests...
News In a Satisfying Announcement, Ace Combat 7 Has Sold 7 Million Copies in 7 Years
Flying high
You’ve got to love when the universe aligns for milestones like this: the excellent arcade air combat game Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown has now sold over seven million copies since its release on 18th January, 2019. In fact, it’s sold one million copies in the last year alone, as publisher Bandai Namco previously announced the title...
News PS1 Ridge Racer Poised for PS5, PS4 via PS Plus Premium
When superior arcade version already exists
According to a notorious leaker, this month’s PS Plus Premium addition will be the PS1 port of Ridge Racer – a curious addition considering an arcade perfect port of the iconic Namco outing already exists, via the industrious
News Chunky Code Vein 2 Overview Has Everything You Need to Know About the PS5 Action RPG
Full blooded
If you're looking forward to getting your hands on Code Vein 2 later this month, then this new overview from Bandai Namco should help you maintain your hype. The video clocks in at just under nine minutes, making for an especially in-depth look at the action RPG. It covers background lore, story stuff, character customisation, game...
News Go Beyond the Conclusion to My Hero Academia in New PS5 Game All's Justice
Class action
My Hero Academia: All’s Justice will depict the finale to the superhero-inspired anime and manga sensation, so you’ll be able to relive the ending of the story in interactive form. But beyond that it will delve deeper into the lives and relationships of your favourite characters from Class 1-A in the Hero’s Diary. This, paired...
News Dragon Ball Z Action RPG Kakarot Tops a Mighty 10 Million Sales
"The journey isn't over yet"
It's a universal law that when a Dragon Ball game sells, it sells really well. And that's exactly what's happened (or is currently happening) with Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot. Originally released in 2020 for PS4 — and re-released for PS5 in 2023 — Kakarot has now sold a whopping 10 million copies. It hit 8 million in the...
News More Digimon Games Incoming as Time Stranger's Success Sees Dev Team Expand
Champions of the Digital World
It sounds like Bandai Namco will be pushing for more Digimon games, off the back of Digimon Story Time Stranger's success. Time Stranger itself took around eight years to develop and eventually release, and naturally, the publisher would rather not get bogged down in such a lengthy production cycle for future...
News Disappointment as PS2 All-Timer SoulCalibur 3 Launches on PS5, PS4 without Trophies
A scourge on history
Bandai Namco seems to be one of the few publishers willing to entrust its catalogue to Sony’s emulation efforts, but the catch is its titles are launching without Trophies. PS2 fighting game all-timer SoulCalibur 3 – which is absolutely superb, despite its legacy being overshadowed by its immediate predecessor – is the...
News Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve Revealed, Soars onto PS5 in 2026
Flying high
Fans already knew Bandai Namco and Project Aces were working on it, but now it's officially official: Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve has been announced. The arcade action flight sim is coming to PS5 in 2026, as revealed in the debut trailer: The presentation looks excellent and more cinematic than usual, immersing you in a first person...
News Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Is Still Stupidly Popular, Reels in 1 Million Monthly Players
Rock the dragon
You should never underestimate the enduring popularity of Dragon Ball — as evidenced by Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero. The bombastic fighter, which launched for PS5 back in October of last year, is still attracting a crazy number of players. At least, that's what producer Jun Furutani says. Speaking after the recent PlayStation...
News Elden Ring Nightreign DLC Off to a Flyer with Two Million Launch Sales
Thank the Deluxe Edition for that
Elden Ring Nightreign players have turned up in their droves for the recently released PS5, PS4 expansion The Forsaken Hollows, with FromSoftware confirming the DLC has sold over two million copies. In a social media post, the developer shared the news in a graphic with the caption: "In the deepest recesses of...
News Tekken Director Katsuhiro Harada Announces Departure After 30 Years at Bandai Namco
K.O.
Katsuhiro Harada, director and producer of the Tekken series, has announced he'll soon leave Bandai Namco. The news comes as the fighting game franchise reaches its 30th anniversary. Harada has worked on every game in the series, with his career almost entirely focused on it over three decades. "I felt this was the most fitting moment to...
News Nintendo Buys Singapore Studio Behind Papercraft PS5 Console Exclusive Hirogami
Will be renamed Nintendo Studios Singapore
Nintendo will buy Bandai Namco Studios Singapore, the dev behind this year’s papercraft PS5 console exclusive Hirogami. The team – which was founded 12 years ago, in 2013 – has worked as a support studio on a variety of different projects, including Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown and SoulCalibur 6. But...
"That's something I'm interested in"
Capcom recently prompted a backlash from fighting game fans when it revealed plans to place its official Street Fighter 6 finals behind a paywall — but fresh comments from Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada perhaps shed a little light on why the publisher's going down that road. The answer is money, obviously, but...
News Don't Forget, You Can Now Upgrade the 5-Year-Old One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 to PS5 for Free
May as well
If you happened to buy One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 for your PS4 at any point over the past five years, you can now upgrade the manga-inspired musou to the PS5 for free. Alongside new DLC which sees the addition of Rob Lucci, S-Snake, and one of this author’s favourites Jewelry Bonney, you’ll also be able to take advantage of...
News As If Playing Elden Ring Isn't Punishing Enough, a Book All About Its Lore Is Coming Soon
From YouTuber VaatiVidya
FromSoftware's massively popular open world RPG Elden Ring is one tough nut to crack, but while it's possible to master the combat and overcome the challenge, the lore stays fairly impenetrable. That's why YouTubers like VaatiVidya are also popular, specialising in covering these games and going over every last detail of...
News Tales of Berseria Remastered Set for PS5, $40 Game Out on 27th February
The next Tales remaster from Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco has confirmed that Tales of Berseria will be the next entry in the Tales RPG franchise to get the remaster treatment. Tales of Berseria Remastered will release for PS5 on 27th February 2026, priced at £34.99 / $39.99. You can watch the reveal trailer above. The new version features "enhanced...
News Digimon Story Time Stranger's First DLC Revealed, Has New Quests and Mega 'Mons
Time marches on
The first DLC for Digimon Story Time Stranger has been revealed, and it's coming to PS5 at some point "this winter". The lack of a confirmed release date is a bit disappointing, but it does sound like a decent slice of content. Titled 'Alternate Dimension', the DLC features a new questline that, as the name suggests, will take you...
News Elden Ring Nightreign DLC Revealed as The Forsaken Hollows, Out 4th December
Two new classes, two new bosses
FromSoftware announced its major Elden Ring Nightreign expansion during Sony's own State of Play Japan livestream today. Available for PS5, PS5 from 4th December 2025, it's called The Forsaken Hollows, and you can catch a glimpse in the trailer above. The DLC will introduce two new character classes and two...
News FromSoftware Still Has Major Elden Ring Nightreign DLC to Release, Out by April 2026
Game also beat sales expectations
Elden Ring Nightreign, the co-op-focused spin-off to FromSoftware's biggest game to date, appears to have been an all-around success for the developer and its parent company, Kadokawa Corporation. Having recorded more than five million sales back in July, the firm has revealed the game "performed well beyond...
News All's Justice Looks Like the Most Fully Featured My Hero Academia Game on PS5 Yet
All Might would be proud
The first two My Hero Academia games – or My Hero One’s Justice, as they were inexplicably renamed – were your bog-standard Bandai Namco anime brawler affairs. But the publisher appears to be going all-in with this third entry, My Hero Academia: All’s Justice. Designed to depict the final battles from the manga,...
News Digimon Story Time Stranger PS5 Patch Fixes a Long, Long List of Quest-Breaking Bugs
Just in time
A new update for Digimon Story Time Stranger has dropped, and it fixes a surprising number of potentially quest-breaking bugs. Honestly, we didn't even realise that the recently released RPG had this many issues, but at least Bandai Namco's committed to sorting them out. The patch includes a few broader improvements, too. One...
All new DLC announced
It’s been over five years since One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 first set sail on PS4, so it’s extraordinary to see new DLC and a native PS5 release revealed for 21st November. We already knew this was coming, of course, as Bandai Namco announced its plans earlier in the year. But now we have a release date and the full...
Mini Review Once Upon a Katamari (PS5) - An Eccentric, Joyful Time Capsule
All hail the Prince
Once Upon a Katamari brings back Bandai Namco's cult classic franchise with an all-new game that feels ripped straight from its PS2 prime. By and large, this is the same Katamari Damacy madness we all fell in love with 20 years ago — roll a ball around each stage, gathering up myriad objects to make it as big as you can. With...
Hey Jude
Having been shackled to the PS3 ever since its release all the way back in 2011, it's great to see Tales of Xillia make a deserved comeback through Tales of Xillia Remastered. Part of Bandai Namco's ongoing mission to re-release just about every Tales title on as many platforms as possible, Xillia Remastered is a predictably solid...
News Bonus Elden Ring Items from New Tarnished Edition Delayed to 2026
Switch 2 version is delayed, pushing back PS5, PS4 items
FromSoftware has made the decision to delay the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Elden Ring to 2026, with the knock-on effect being the bonus items contained within this new Tarnished Edition also having been pushed back on PS5, PS4. The updated version comes with two new starting classes (Knight...
Round Up Once Upon a Katamari PS5 Reviews Roll Up Some Big Scores
Bundles of fun
Once Upon a Katamari is the first all-new instalment in Bandai Namco’s ball rolling brand for quite some time. It’s also a rather good one. The embargo for outing lifted earlier today, and it’s already wrapped up some pretty big scores. Its aggregate rating on Metacritic is at about an 80 on PS5, which is sturdy stuff for this...
News Tales of Xillia 2 Remaster Confirmed in Development, Still No Word on a Xillia Bundle
Xillia and Xillia 2 will release separately
Tales of Xillia Remastered is out on PS5 in just over a week, and we're looking forward to it — but will Tales of Xillia 2 get the same treatment? The answer to that increasingly popular query is yes, according to a new Famitsu interview with series director Yusuke Tomizawa (as reported by...
News Disappointment As Tekken 3 Is the Latest PS1 Classic to Launch without Trophies
As expected, unfortunately
For whatever reason, Bandai Namco does not want Sony to add Trophies to its emulated PS1 games. While most of the platform holder’s own classic games have been updated to add in gongs – either at launch or later – Bandai Namco’s selection of re-releases remain Trophy-less. And unfortunately, the highly...
News Yes, Licensed Manga Hero Gon Is Still Included in Tekken 3 on PS5, PS4
We were worried he may be Gon for good
Tekken 3 rarely gets re-released, with some speculating it may be due to its inclusion of licensed manga character Gon. To be fair, the legendary fighter did feature on Sony’s ill-fated PS Classic micro-console (albeit the PAL version), and publisher Bandai Namco was releasing licensed Gon tie-ins as...
News Stay Tuned for the Announcement of a New Dragon Ball Game in January
What could it be?
Announcements of announcements? Are we still doing those? Apparently so, as the official X (or Twitter) account for Dragon Ball video games has confirmed a new title will be unveiled in January. It’ll be presented as part of the Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri, a real-life event scheduled to take place at the Makuhar
News Armor King Has Arrived in Tekken 8, But Patch 2.06 Can't Stop Concerns Over Game's Future
Armor through it
It's a day of celebration for many a Tekken player, as one of the series' most popular characters — the awesome looking Armor King — has arrived as the latest DLC fighter in Tekken 8. In some ways, Armor King's highly anticipated return is the shot in the arm that Bandai Namco's brawler has been begging for. You may recall that...
News Tekken 8 Newcomer Miary Zo Bursts into the King of Iron Fist Tournament This December
Madagascan energy
Bandai Namco has released the first full-length gameplay trailer for Madagascan newcomer Miary Zo in Tekken 8, who will launch first for Season 2 Character Pass owners on 1st December. Everyone else will get access to the character from 4th December. As seems fitting for someone from Madagascar, a lot of Miary’s moves are...
News Marvel Tokon May Be Out Next Year, But ArcSys Is Not Done with Dragon Ball FighterZ Yet
New character next year, balance update imminent
In an extraordinary announcement, Dragon Ball FighterZ is getting a new character next year. The game, which first launched in 2018 on the PS4, was ported to the PS5 natively in 2025. But the addition of Goku (Super Saiyan 4, DAIMA) as DLC in Spring 2026 will mark the first roster expansion in over...
News PS5 Soulslike Code Vein 2 Couldn't Be More Anime If It Tried
Watch an enormous four-minute trailer
Code Vein 2, the imminent anime Soulslike from Bandai Namco, has received a massive four-minute story trailer. The publisher was actually showing this one in a theatre behind closed doors at the Tokyo Game Show, but now it’s released it to the public. When we first watched this we didn’t understand it...
Review Little Nightmares III (PS5) - Faithful Sequel Keeps It Creepy, But Plays It Safe
Better off Alone
Playing through Little Nightmares III feels like slipping back into a familiar dream, one longtime fans will recognise the moment it begins. Supermassive Games hasn’t tried to reinvent the series in any wild way, opting instead to mirror the grotesque horror and endearing puzzles that have defined Little Nightmares from the...
News My Hero Academia: All's Justice Goes All-Out on PS5 from 6th February
Fight the good fight
A story that may have slipped through the cracks while yours truly was taking a time out is that My Hero Academia: All’s Justice is coming to PS5 on 6th February, 2026. And do you know what? It looks like a small step up in budget from your typical arena-based anime brawler. It’s definitely no Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash,...
News That New Digimon Game's Turning Out to Be a Huge Hit
Time stranger
Despite enjoying popularity primarily in the 90s, we’d probably rank Digimon in the niche category these days. But we’d be wrong, because new game Digimon Story Time Stranger is blowing up in a big way. While we’ll need to await a lot more information, fans have noticed that the game has peaked at over 70k concurrent players on...
News Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero Tops 200 Characters, Teases Yet More DLC in 2026
It's over 200!
To no one's surprise, Bandai Namco will continue supporting Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero into 2026, with the game's new trailer teasing an announcement for January. Believe it or not, the bombastic brawler's been out for close to an entire year at this point, having initially launched for PS5 on the 11th October, 2024. In that time,...
