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News JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R Summons a PS5, PS4 Demo on 16th June
Stand up
Remastered fighting game JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R is getting a playable demo for PS5 and PS4 next week, on the 16th June. The demo will feature four characters (which honestly seems a bit stingy): Jonathan Joestar, Jotaro Kujo, Dio, and Jolyne Cujoh. Oh, and only two modes will be available: online and practice. It's...
Mini Review Pac-Man Museum+ (PS4) - Meaty Compilation Provides Plenty to Chew On
Don't ghost it
Ignore all the Ms. Pac-Man legal issues – awkward! – and it’s hard to imagine Pac-Man Museum+ being much more comprehensive than it is. There are absentees, of course – long-time power pill poppers may lament the lack of, say, Pac-Man World from the PS1 – but across 14 titles, you’re effectively getting the career...
News One Piece Odyssey Charts a Course for Summer Game Fest Live
Release date?
We're getting an update on One Piece Odyssey at Summer Game Fest Live this Thursday, the event's official social media accounts have confirmed. The party-based RPG was announced a few months back, but we're yet to really see it in action. We're betting on it getting a meaty trailer during Geoff's show, and probably a release date. It...
News Here's How the Klonoa Remakes Compare to the Originals
Official comparison for Phantasy Reverie Series
The release schedule is relatively sparse at the moment, but even so, Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series has still merged into the background somewhat. Bandai Namco's cult-hit platformers are getting the remake treatment, with the new collection updating both main entries with modern visuals. So, how do...
News Tekken 7 Is Now the Highest Selling Game in the Series, Topping 9 Million
Tekken 3 dethroned
Tekken 7 has surpassed 9 million sales, making it the highest selling title in Namco's long running series. PS1 classic Tekken 3 held the record previously, sitting at 8.36 million copies. Impressive! Tekken 7 has had, by far, the longest running post-launch support of any Tekken game, which has obviously helped maintain sales...
Review Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker (PS4)
Believe it
Republished on Wednesday 1st June 2022: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of June's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. For the uninitiated, Naruto is a long running manga series published in the weekly Shounen Jump periodical straight out of the Land of the Rising Sun. Naruto...
News Action RPG SD Gundam Battle Alliance Launches in Late August for PS5, PS4
The G:Universe awaits
SD Gundam Battle Alliance — the chibi-styled action RPG that was first announced earlier in the year — now has a release date on PS5 and PS4. It's dropping on the 25th August, and it's looking like a lot of fun in its latest trailer, which was part of the Gundam Game Fest. It's spread across the first nine minutes or so of...
News JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R Styles with a September Release Date
Early access demo coming soon
Remastered anime fighter JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R now has a release date on PS5 and PS4. The fantastic looking adaptation (which first released all the way back in 2012 for PS3) will unleash ridiculous combos from the 2nd September. All-Star Battle was already a solid fighting game back in the day,...
Feature Bringing Elden Ring's Best and Worst Boys to Life
We speak to two of the game's most memorable voice actors
FromSoftware games are memorable for a myriad of reasons but in their hostile, melancholy worlds, the small number of NPCs that players can befriend are precious and memorable. So are those villains whose reputations precede them. As its biggest title to date, Elden Ring has a cast far larger...
News PSP's Ridge Racer 2 Looks Tasty in Upressed PS5, PS4 Screenshots
Finish line
Ooh, boy – we hope you’ve got one of those battery-operated pocket fans handy, because retro PSP title Ridge Racer 2 is looking hot upressed on PS5 and PS4. These screenshots have been scraped directly from the PS Store, so are official images that the publisher’s using to promote the game – but it’s clear Sony’s emulator is...
News News on Upcoming Gundam Games Set for Next Week
Suit up
Bandai Namco has announced that it'll host a Gundam-specific livestream next week, on the 26th May. It'll cover upcoming Gundam games, including the recently revealed SD Gundam Battle Alliance and Gundam Evolution, as well as updates on the already released Mobile Suit Gundam: Battle Operation 2. This is going to be a Japanese stream, but...
News Top Gun: Maverick DLC Flies into Ace Combat 7 on 26th May on PS4
Just as the film hits theatres
Fighter jets are about to become cool again, as Tom Cruise takes off in Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel to the 36-year-old original. The thing is, the team at Project ACES knows the real truth: fighter jets are cool all the time, and that's why they keep making Ace Combat games. The latest, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown,...
News Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series Tantalises with PS5, PS4 Remaster's Opening Cutscene
Don't sleep on this one
Longtime PlayStation fans will remember that the PS1 was host to some fantastic platformers. Crash Bandicoot is a household name, but less well known is the equally-epic Klonoa: Door to Phantomile. Bandai Namco has released a trailer that shows off the opening cutscene of its upcoming Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series, a...
News Elden Ring Sold More Than 13.4 Million Copies in Its First Five Weeks
Bandai Namco updates the numbers
Ohh, Elden Ring. The brutal action RPG has taken the gaming world by storm since it launched at the end of February, keeping the conversation going with its myriad mysteries and wealth of options. It's obviously very popular, but how popular exactly? Publisher Bandai Namco has just given us a refreshed figure on...
News LEGO Brawls Throws a Yellow Fist at PS5, PS4 This Summer
Super Smash Bros for builders
We hope you like LEGO, because there’s no sign of a slowdown when it comes to new video games inspired by the iconic Danish export. LEGO Brawls is the latest to make the transition from Apple Arcade to console, with a PS5 and PS4 release planned for this summer. The game appears to be a Super Smash Bros-style arena...
News Ace Combat 7 Squads Up with Top Gun: Maverick for Crossover DLC on PS4
It's because both of them are about planes
One game that flies under the radar, funnily enough, is Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, a great instalment in the series that deserves a bit more love. The dogfighting action game focuses on fragging bogeys while piloting kickass fighter jets, as well as telling a story that's as cheesy as they come. It seems...
News Tales of Arise Tops an Impressive 2 Million Sales
Arise!
Tales of Arise has been a hit for Bandai Namco. The largely fantastic action RPG, which released for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 in September of last year, has now topped 2 million copies sold. That's an impressive return in the current market — a figure that makes it one of the most successful Japanese-developed RPGs of the last decade...
News Klonoa Remasters Leap to PS5, PS4 in July with New Gameplay Features
Difficulty options, "co-op", and more
Bandai Namco has confirmed that the awkwardly titled Klonoa: Phantasy Reverie Series will release on the 9th July for both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. It'll be available both physically and digitally in Europe, but those in North America will have to settle for digital only. The remastered collection, which...
News Digimon Survive Release Date Finally Confirmed for July
A day later in the West
Update: Bandai Namco has confirmed that Digimon Survive will launch on the 29th July here in the West. Finally! Producer Kazumasa Habu shares the good news in a short video update, which we've embedded below. <products id="18486"> Original Story: Long, long, long awaited RPG Digimon Survive finally has a release...
News Elden Ring's Platinum Trophy Stat Is Shockingly High
Rise, Tarnished
Elden Ring has been out for around two months now, and everyone knows that it's a rather difficult game. The action RPG is generally considered to be more "approachable" than its Souls-like predecessors thanks to its open world design — but as bedraggled editor Sammy Barker will tell you, From Software's latest does not shy away...
News Elden Ring Patch 1.04 Out Now, Get the Patch Notes Here
New elements! Balance changes! Bug Fixes!
The next big update for Elden Ring is available to download now for PlayStation 5 and PS4, weighing in at 1.025GB. It contains a few new elements for the game, makes some sweeping balance changes, and then cleans up a long list of bugs. For example, the camera auto-rotate function can now be toggled on or...
News By the Way, Elden Ring's Speedrun Record Is Now Less Than 7 Minutes
Distortion2 strikes again
Update: Since this story went live earlier today, Distortion2 has beaten his record once again, reducing the length of time to just six minutes and 59 seconds. We've embedded this new world record above. To offer some clarification: this is an unrestricted, Any% category speedrun, meaning participants can use any glitches...
News Tales of Arise Sequel Not in Bandai Namco's Plans, Despite Sales Success
Trying something new instead
Tales of Arise producer Yusuke Tomizawa has told Edge magazine (via GamesRadar) that a sequel to last year's popular action RPG simply isn't on the cards. If we recall correctly, Bandai Namco released a similar statement before the launch of Arise, saying that the game was designed to be a satisfying, standalone story...
News Fast & Furious Crossroads Becoming a Vintage Vehicle Following Delisting Next Month
This old hunk o' junk
Fast & Furious Crossroads, everyone's favourite licensed racing game, is set to be removed from sale soon. The game, which received a rather mixed reception when it launched in 2020, will disappear from digital shelves such as PlayStation Store come 29th April 2022. The news comes directly from the game's official website...
News Oscar Nominee Jessie Buckley Leads the Cast of The Devil In Me
Keep the devil out of your mouth
Supermassive Games has a lot on its plate at the moment, most notably the Season One finale of its The Dark Pictures Anthology titled The Devil In Me as well as an all-new IP launching in June: The Quarry. Both games seem to be coming along nicely, though, as the developer announces the former's protagonist will be...
News One Piece Odyssey RPG Announced for PS5, PS4
Setting sail in 2022
A brand new One Piece game has just been announced for both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. One Piece Odyssey is an RPG and will feature an original story penned by One Piece author Eiichiro Oda. It's also set to release at some point in 2022, so we probably won't be waiting long for additional information. We're hoping that...
News Tales of Arise and Scarlet Nexus Crossover DLC Is Incoming
Bamco buddies
Wow, it's been a while since we wrote about Tales of Arise, hasn't it? One of our favourite RPGs from 2021 is suddenly back in the spotlight because it's doing a crossover DLC campaign with fellow Bandai Namco title, Scarlet Nexus. Don't get too excited just yet, though. These DLC offerings come in the form of weapons and cosmetic...
News Tekken: Bloodline Is a Netflix Animated Series Coming Later This Year
Keeping Up with the Kazamas
If you've been wondering what's going on with Tekken, it seems Bandai Namco's next move is not a new entry in the storied fighting game franchise. Instead, a freshly announced animated series from Netflix has surfaced, named Tekken: Bloodline. As you can see in the above teaser trailer, this is an anime focusing on the...
News Elden Ring Community Shocked by New Fake Wall Revelation
Were those messages real..?
Well, well, well. Elden Ring, you can't do this to us! Fake, illusory walls have been a staple of FromSoftware titles since 2009's Demon's Souls, hiding bonus items and weapons behind seemingly stable surfaces you need to hit in order to have them melt away. It's only ever taken one attack to make them disappear, but this...
News Elden Ring Patch 1.03 Out Now, Get All the Patch Notes Here
NPC additions, map changes, and nerfs
The first post-launch update for Elden Ring has arrived, bringing with it some pretty big changes to the experience. That includes nerfs to what has been some of the game's best items so far and the addition of new features to help track NPCs. The patch is live now on PlayStation 5 and PS4, weighing in at 1.4GB...
News Elden Ring IP to Expand 'Beyond the Realm of Games'
FromSoftware suggests a multimedia future for Elden Ring
You'll probably have heard the news by now, but Elden Ring has sold more than 12 million copies to date, which is a pretty astonishing figure for a game of its ilk. Publisher Bandai Namco and developer FromSoftware will be ecstatic with both the sales figures and the game's general reception...
News Elden Ring Has Sold a Staggering 12 Million Copies Worldwide Since Launch
Ahh, beautiful...
Bandai Namco and FromSoftware have announced the sales figures so far for Elden Ring, and we can probably now officially call it a hit. The open world action RPG has sold in excess of 12 million copies worldwide since launch, as of 14th March. The sales figure is made public in a new press release. The document also states that 1...
News Speedrunner Beats Elden Ring in Less Than 30 Minutes
Elden Ring, therefore no sleep
The speedrunning community works fast, which we suppose is to be expected. Elden Ring has been out for just over two weeks, and its large open world presented a stern challenge for those who aim to beat the game in the shortest time possible. We recall that the record for reaching the credits in FromSoftware's latest...
News Gundam Evolution Brings Mech FPS Carnage to PS5, PS4 This Year
Putting the gun in Gundam
Gundam Evolution is Bandai Namco's latest attempt at making a multiplayer Gundam game that might catch on in the West. It's a six-on-six first-person shooter with three different competitive modes and varied match objectives. If it plays well enough, we dare say that it could find a bit of traction. It's currently set to...
News JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R Remasters Stylish PS3 Fighter for PS5, PS4
Ora ora ora ora ora
Okay, who remembers JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle on PlayStation 3? It's fine if you don't — it came out almost a decade ago, back in 2013! — but it was a pretty cool fighting game. More than a bit unbalanced, sure, but it captured the style and atmosphere of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure incredibly well — as you'd...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Elden Ring?
Ohhhh, Elden Ring
Bloody hell, it feels like Elden Ring's the biggest thing in gaming since, well, we're not even sure what. The buzz that's surrounded this game's launch has been ridiculous. We always thought that it was going to be a hit, but we didn't think that it would be this popular. For what is still essentially a Souls-like title, it's...
News This Dramatic Thai Ad for Elden Ring Has to Be Seen to Be Believed
Family Thais
We probably don't need to tell you that there's a big difference between eastern and western marketing. You think any UK advertising agencies could come up with something as bafflingly brilliant as Long Long Man? Of course not. While we're apparently quite content to be shown a product relatively directly, it's a different story...
News Elden Ring Enjoys Staggeringly Successful UK Launch, One of the Biggest Games in Years
Souls goes mainstream
We knew that Elden Ring was going to be big, but not this big. The action RPG raced straight to the top of the UK physical charts earlier this week, but according to both physical and digital data compiled by GSD, Elden Ring is actually enjoying the biggest launch of any non-FIFA or Call of Duty title since Red Dead
News Elden Ring Easy Mode Isn't Happening on PS5, PS4
Director feels apologetic to those who can't finish
Elden Ring, the latest game from famed FromSoftware developer Hidetaka Miyazaki, is said to be the most accessible game in the Souls series so far. And yet, if you’re playing it, you’ll already know: brutal, punishing death abounds around every corner. It’s true that the release’s sandbox...
Poll How Far Into Elden Ring Are You?
Never give up
Alright everyone, it's time to talk about Elden Ring again. Or, more specifically, how we're all doing inside of FromSoftware's latest dark fantasy RPG. Surprise, surprise, the game's pretty bloody hard. It's also pretty bloody huge, sporting a surprisingly massive open world that's absolutely stuffed with secrets. Elden Ring's been...
News New Digimon Story Game Still in Development
Di-Di-Di-Digimon
First mentioned a few years ago, Bandai Namco has confirmed that a new Digimon Story game is still in development. It should be something to keep an eye on, since previous Digimon Story titles — namely Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth — have been really good creature-taming RPGs. This new game hasn't been officially revealed yet,...
News George R. R. Martin Feeling Bouncy Following Elden Ring's Glowing Reception
"Music to the ears"
Update: Here's a very important development in this story. The following image is now iconic: Original Story: A big part of the early excitement surrounding Elden Ring was the involvement of famed author George R. R. Martin. His book series A Song of Ice and Fire — along with the HBO adaptation, Game of Thrones — cemented...
News Digimon Survive Is Surviving, But Still No Sign of a Release Date
Just '2022'
How many more Digimon Survive stories do we have to write? The long awaited role-playing game has been scuppered by delays and development troubles for getting on four years now, and there's still no confirmed release date in sight — just a vague '2022' window. We do, however, have a new trailer, and some additional information from...
News Pac-Man Museum+ Is an All You Can Eat Buffet of Arcade Classics Coming to PS4 in May
It's packed, man
Pac-Man has been munching his way through little yellow dots and big blue ghosts since the 80s, which you'd think would put him into an early retirement. However, the ever-hungry hero keeps bouncing back, and Bandai Namco is preparing his latest game, Pac-Man Museum+, for release on PlayStation 4. It's a collection that bundles...
News Elden Ring PS5 Patch Solves Save Data Issues
Unexpected game closures plugged
Late last week we reported that FromSoftware had cautioned against leaving Elden Ring in Rest Mode, as unexpected game closures were causing lost progress. The advice, coming courtesy of publisher Bandai Namco, was to, at the very least, quit to the main menu screen to ensure that your save data got properly stored...
Review Elden Ring (PS5) - By Far FromSoftware's Best Ever Game
A song of life and death
Elden Ring is a special, once in a generation type of game. You can feel it the moment you push open the set of double doors looking out onto the opening area of Limgrave and begin exploring the vast open world at your feet. It’s an astonishing feat, as Japanese developer FromSoftware adapts its wide but ultimately linear...
Random Elden Ring PS1 Demake Looks Sharp Enough to Take Someone's Eye Out
All those angles
Sure, modern gaming is all well and good with high definition graphics, motion-captured animation, and astronomical production values, but we'd scrap all that in an instant if we could have those very same games on the original PlayStation's hardware. Alright, that's a lie, to be honest, but there is something about PS1-era visuals...
Truly Tarnished
Elden Ring is finally here, folks. FromSoftware's long awaited open world Souls game has been getting incredibly positive reviews from critics — the scores are so high that it's currently one of the highest rated video games of all time — and our own Elden Ring PS5 review in progress is also packed with praise. Looks like we've...
News Elden Ring PS5 Patch Planned to Resolve Save Data Issues
No mention of console framerate woes, though
Elden Ring is out on PlayStation 5 and PS4 today, but despite being crowned as one of best games ever made, it’s not without its issues. Some have recommended playing the last-gen version of the game on Sony’s new-gen console, as that’s the only way to ensure a consistent framerate. There are als
News Elden Ring Ray Tracing Will Give Graphics a Shine in Future Updates
Time to reflect
Elden Ring is now out, and it's being billed as the best thing since sliced bread everywhere you turn. It's hard not to be a little excited, even if some of the game's spotty performance means it's not always a silky smooth adventure. Even with the latest patch (1.02), framerates are somewhat inconsistent; the current recommendation...
