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Bandai Namco has released an 11-minute walkthrough trailer for One Piece Odyssey. Slated to arrive on January 12 in Japan and January 13 everywhere else, the role-playing game enables the player to take turns controlling Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates in combat as well as the open-world. One of the leading elements of the title is its unique combat system. Developers share how players will, sometimes randomly, switch between characters on the battlefield. A “Scramble Area Battlefield” system gives players multiple options to make the most tactical choice while in battle, allowing different characters to tap into the special abilities of the Straw Hat Pirates. Each character offers their own edge within the open-world that will be used to advance the storyline. They can also find...

In its five year lifespan, Fortnite has cemented itself in history. Whether you’re a fan of the game or not, there’s no denying that they’ve been pioneers in collaboration. Teaming up with the world’s biggest brands, franchises, influencers and stars, Epic Games has created a world where Darth Vader Kamehameha’ing Ariana Grande is somehow a normal occurrence. Now, in the game’s latest move, NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo joins the fray. The Milwaukee Bucks’ two-time MVP joins other athletes such as LeBron James, Naomi Osaka and Patrick Mahomes in appearing as playable Outfits in Fortnite. Appearing in an athletic Outfit that notably features his Nike logo at the chest, Antetokounmpo is said to wear the Nike Zoom Freak 4 “Greek Coastline” on-foot. In his other Outfit, Fo...

The DualSense Edge is Sony’s new wireless controller for the Playstation 5, created to elevate players’ gameplay with its highly customizable controls. Spanning features that range from changeable back buttons and button mapping, adjustable trigger stops, tunable stick sensitivity, immersive adaptive triggers as well as an on-controller interface to adjust volume and other settings. In spite of all these new and exciting features the new controller offers, its slightly shorter operating time may seem like a downgrade at first glance. The Dualsense Edge offers only 5 to 10 hours per charge as opposed to the 12 to 15 hours of the original PS5 controller. This could be less concerning for pro and competitive gamers who prefer a wired connection over a wireless one. The new USB braided cable n...

Sifu will finally be debuting its long-awaited Arenas mode in March. French developer Sloclap revealed the news to IGN, sharing that the mode will arrive as part of a free update coming to the game. “Successfully completing the arenas will progressively unlock a massive new modifiers batch, which doubles the current game’s amount and notably brings alternative moves to the Kung Fu palette of our main character,” Sloclap told IGN. “Completing the new Arenas challenges will also unlock new cheats and exclusive new outfits.” Players have been eagerly awaiting the mode since it was first teased in April in a content roadmap. The mode was initially supposed to launch in winter 2022 but its release was ultimately delayed. Since debuting in February of this year, the martial arts brawler has garn...

From 1998 to 2003, Wizards of the Coast was in charge of translating, producing and shipping out Pokémon cards. WotC also created (and still manufactures) Magic: The Gathering, so that means that there are a few Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering “crossovers” on the secondary market, one of which just came up for auction. Goldin Auctions is offering a German-language 1999 Nidoran ♂ card with a Magic: The Gathering back, a fusion of late ’90s goodness that’s perfect for any rare card collector. The Nidoran ♂ card was part of the Pokémon Trading Card Game’s base set, the first slate of Pokémon cards to be offered outside of Japan, meaning this misprinted iteration was likely created when Wizards first set their printing machines to create Pokémon cards — though the company began ...

A new PlayStation 5 console could be dropping in 2023. Sony VP Hideaki Nishino hinted to Famitsu that 2023 — the third year since the launch of the PS5 — will be a big year for the company, although he revealed that he could not talk about it during the time the interview was conducted. “We believe that cumulative sales will exceed 37 million units by the end of fiscal 2022, and that it will be a very important time for the platform as well,” he said. “I won’t be able to talk about specifics at this time, but I hope that you will look forward to next year (2023).” The current rumors surrounding the 2023 PS5 console claim that it will feature a detachable disc drive as a “PS5 Pro” version, especially when considering the fact that Sony released the PlayStation 4 Pro three years after it rel...

Epic Games, the video game developer behind popular titles including Fortnite and Fall Guys, agreed to pay a $520 million USD settlement over charges that said the company illegally stored information from children and scammed players into making unwanted purchases, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Monday. The figure comprises two separate penalty amounts from two cases. First, Epic will pay $275 million USD for its violations of federal law, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Regulators accused the company of collecting personal data from children under the age of 13 who played Fortnite, without obtaining parental approval. Additionally, Epic forced parents to “jump through hoops” in order to delete their children’s personal information, and the company alle...

In celebrating 35 years of the Final Fantasy franchise, Square Enix has announced the official release of the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series. Scheduled to launch digitally in Spring 2023, the series will include Final Fantasy I to VI as a bundle collection or to purchase individually for the Nintendo Switch and Sony’s Playstation 4. A special -FF35th Anniversary Edition will also be available in a limited run, which will be sold exclusively via the Square Enix Store. It’ll come with a GOODS BOX containing a two-disc vinyl record set with newly arranged game music, an artbook, a set of eight pixel art character figures, as well as a bonus lenticular sleeve for the game package. The standard physical edition of the game retails for $74.99 USD, while the 35th-anniversary edition is price...