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A new trailer for Elden Ring Nightreign just dropped from Bandai Namco and it uses, for reasons I cannot even begin to fathom, the song Bring Me to Life from Evanescence. I actually thought people were joking or meme'ing about the new trailer using Bring Me to Life until I saw it for myself. Yeah, it's real. I don't know why it's real, but it's real.

I feel like I should be watching one of those horribly edited game kill montage videos or some terrible...

Employees are being sent to "expulsion rooms" with nothing to do.

A report from Bloomberg says that Bandai Namco is attempting to reduce its workforce not by laying off employees but by pushing employees to resign.

The report says that several titles that were in development for both consoles and mobile at Bandai Namco have been cancelled. As a result of these titles being cancelled, the company is taking "a traditionally Japanese approach to reducing...

There is a lot of fire and feet in this trailer.

FromSoftware and Bandai Namco released a story trailer for Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. This new story trailer does contain some story elements, which is probably not all that surprising to hear, so consider yourself warned for spoilers.

This seems to be a CGI trailer only, so if you're worried about seeing any gameplay, you won't have to worry about that with this. The focus of the trailer is learning the history...

Over a decade later, the fan-favorite mode returns.

A mini-game that ended up being a surprise hit with Tekken fans, Tekken Ball, is coming back in Tekken 8. The game mode first appeared in 1998's Tekken 3. It returned only once more in 2012's Tekken Tag Tournament 2 on the Wii U.

Tekken Ball is a game mode that is essentially volleyball with fighting moves. A player deals damage to their opponent by landing a ball on the opponent's side of the play area or hitting their...

Bandai Namco credits FromSoftware's previous title with helping Armored Core 6.

Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon is off to a really strong start on Steam. Bandai Namco says that at least part of the game's success is thanks in part to none other than Elden Ring.

Over the weekend, Armored Core 6 topped the list of biggest sellers on Steam. The mech combat title by FromSoftware even briefly dethroned Baldur's Gate 3 as the top seller on Steam. In speaking with GI.biz, Bandai...

Beat the Strider while you drink the Strider.

The latest mech combat title from FromSoftware came out this week. It's none other than Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon, and it is the first new mainline Armored Core release since 2012's Armored Core 5.

This isn't a new Souls-like in disguise. The Armored Core games are very much their own thing, so don't think that just because you enjoy their Souls titles or Elden Ring that you will necessarily like Armored Core 6.
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A release date and a new game mode were shared.

Bandai Namco says that Tekken 8 will be out on January 26, 2024. The latest installment in this long-running fighting game franchise is coming exclusively to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.

A new trailer for Tekken 8 gave fans the first look at Arcade Quest, a totally new mode not yet seen in the previous games. Arcade Quest is a new single player mode that allows players to create and customize their own...

There is also a new gameplay reveal trailer.
FromSoftware and Bandai Namco announced that Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon will be out on August 25, 2023. This release date reveal was shared in a brand new gameplay trailer that went live earlier today.

This is the first big Armored Core franchise release since 2012's release of Armored Core 5. Armored Core 6 was announced as being in development back in December 2022. It was at that time where FromSoftware revealed a short teaser...

The latest patch adds in some graphical eye candy for those that can run it.

Ray tracing was said to be coming to Elden Ring prior to the game's release. It may be a year after Elden Ring was released, but the promised ray tracing is now here. The new v1.09 patch for Elden Ring adds in ray tracing options for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC versions of the game. Obviously, there's not going to be any ray tracing features for those playing on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One who downloaded...

Elden Ring players died over a billion times more than there are people on Earth right now.

The world population currently sits at about 7.96 billion people. Elden Ring players died over 9 billion times since the game's release. That is a lot of character deaths, especially since it has been just one year since Elden Ring was released.

This interesting fact was shared today to celebrate said anniversary from Bandai Namco. Not only did they share that there were 9 billion...

A free update brings more PvP to the Tarnished masses.

On December 7 (hey, that's tomorrow!), FromSoftware will release a new and free update for Elden Ring players. This one is probably only going to excite those who enjoy participating in PvP battles because that's literally all this new update is focusing on.

When this update drops, various Colosseums around The Lands Between will open their gates, doors, and what have you to invite players to engage in a variety of...

Update 1.07 introduces a long-requested fan feature.

The 1.07 update for Elden Ring went live earlier today. With it came a number of changes, the biggest of which is the separation of PvE and PvP damage scaling. This means that for the first time, FromSoftware is separating the PvE and PvP aspects of the game. It is also a feature that Souls fans have been requesting for years now as PvE combat is a very different beast than PvP combat.

There are now separate damage scaling...

Get a slightly longer look at Tekken 8.

During yesterday's State of Play PlayStation event, Bandai Namco showed off another look at Tekken 8. Yesterday's footage ended up being quite a bit more in-depth footage of the upcoming fighter. This is the first significant look at Tekken 8 since it was teased at EVO 2022.

Tekken 8, despite appearing at the PlayStation showcase will be out for Xbox Series X|S and PC in addition to the PlayStation 5. The footage, seen below, was...

It worked out for Sonic, so... maybe?

A report by The Hollywood Reporter says that the classic yellow, pill gobbling, haunted video game character, Pac-Man, is set to be the star of an all-new live-action movie. Bandai Namco is partnering with Wayfarer Studios to bring Pac-Man to the big screen in a bit ol' Hollywood film of his own.

The film will be based on an original idea by Chuck Williams, an associate producer on the 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog film. Williams will also...