2K and Firaxis have revealed more information about Sid Meier's Civilization VII at gamescom 2024. After first publishing a teaser trailer at Summer Game Fest 2024, the companies revealed the release date and gameplay details for the new game at the European gaming event.

A new trailer for Civilization VII appeared first during the gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live stream. It showed a quick montage of in-engine footage, including buildings from various civilizations and units from different ages. The main highlight of this trailer was the release date announcement.

The new game will be available on February 11, 2025. While prior entries used to appear first on PCs with consoles like Nintendo Switch getting them later on, this trailer's ending segment hints that Civilization VII will be available simultaneously on not only PCs but also the PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox platforms.

Soon after that, Firaxis held an official gameplay showcase stream dedicated to the game on the series' official YouTube channel. The new game will have civilizations tied to each of the three different eras, and the leader character the player chooses is no longer tied to their original civilization.

For example, while Hatshepsut is originally related to Egypt, the player can choose to have her lead the Aksum civilization instead in the Antiquity Age. As the game progresses in age, the player will have to choose a different civilization for Hatshepsut to lead, such as Songhai or Mongolia in the Exploration Age, and Buganda in the Modern Age.

2K has also updated the game's Steam page with additional bonus editions that provide both in-game content at launch and post-launch DLC that 2K will release in the future. People who have pre-purchased any edition of the game—including the standard version before release—can get the native American civilization Shawnee and Tecumseh as a playable leader.

Sid Meier's Civilization VII will be available for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X, and Xbox One on February 11, 2025.

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Nintendo has announced the opening date for the Nintendo Museum while launching its official website. People will be able to visit the new museum starting from October 2, 2024.

This opening date announcement followed the Nintendo Direct stream that exclusively featured the museum earlier on the same day. Nintendo first revealed the date in that program. The whole museum will also have English language support for foreign visitors who are not well-versed in Japanese.

This museum will not only feature a collection of Nintendo's consoles and game products, including the Hanafuda flower cards that the company made shortly after it was established in 1889. The facility will also have interactive physical games and workshops based on the company's creations, ranging from digital Hanafuda and Karuta games to a Super Mario-themed shooting gallery. The Hatena Burger cafe and the Bonus Stage merchandise shop will complete the facility.

Nintendo will restrict access to the museum with a limited number of tickets. People who want to visit the museum must first have a Nintendo Account that they also use on the Switch. Most of the tickets will be available via a lottery drawing, but Nintendo will also open sales for the remaining tickets if there are cancellations.

People with other nationalities other than Japan can also purchase tickets for the museum, but they can only pay with credit cards. The museum's staff will also only accept passports to confirm the identities of foreign nationals.

Here are the ticket prices for the Nintendo Museum, which are grouped by age:

• Ages 0-5: Free
• Ages 6-11: 1,100 yen (~$7.55)
• Ages 12-17: 2,200 yen (~$15.10)
• Ages 18 or more: 3,300 yen (~$22.65)

The Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan, will be accessible to the public on October 2, 2024.

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2K and Firaxis have revealed more information about Sid Meier's Civilization VII at gamescom 2024. After first publishing a teaser trailer at Summer Game Fest 2024, the companies revealed the release date and gameplay details for the new game at the European gaming event.

A new trailer for Civilization VII appeared first during the gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live stream. It showed a quick montage of in-engine footage, including buildings from various civilizations and units from different ages. The main highlight of this trailer was the release date announcement.

The new game will be available on February 11, 2025. While prior entries used to appear first on PCs with consoles like Nintendo Switch getting them later on, this trailer's ending segment hints that Civilization VII will be available simultaneously on not only PCs but also the PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox platforms.

Soon after that, Firaxis held an official gameplay showcase stream dedicated to the game on the series' official YouTube channel. The new game will have civilizations tied to each of the three different eras, and the leader character the player chooses is no longer tied to their original civilization.

For example, while Hatshepsut is originally related to Egypt, the player can choose to have her lead the Aksum civilization instead in the Antiquity Age. As the game progresses in age, the player will have to choose a different civilization for Hatshepsut to lead, such as Songhai or Mongolia in the Exploration Age, and Buganda in the Modern Age.

2K has also updated the game's Steam page with additional bonus editions that provide both in-game content at launch and post-launch DLC that 2K will release in the future. People who have pre-purchased any edition of the game—including the standard version before release—can get the native American civilization Shawnee and Tecumseh as a playable leader.

Sid Meier's Civilization VII will be available for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X, and Xbox One on February 11, 2025.

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Game Source Entertainment announced that it will set up a booth at Gamescom 2024. Five games will appear at the booth, including Dance Dance Revolution Classic Mini. That means Gamescom 2024 visitors will be able to check the DDR Classic Mini first-hand ahead of its release in late September 2024.

Dance Dance Revolution Classic Mini was originally revealed to mark the series' 25th anniversary in 2023. It will contain tracks from the first three major releases of the long-running arcade rhythm game series.

Zuiki has also opened public pre-orders for the mini console in April 2024, and the company will formally release it on September 27, 2024. While Zuiki's own store can only ship items domestically, the product is also available to order on web stores outside Japan, such as Playasia, PNP Games, and VideoGamesPlus.

DDR Classic Mini will not be the only title Game Source Entertainment will bring to Gamescom 2024. The company will also feature demos of Yasha: Legends of the Demon Blade, the rogue-lite deckbuilding battle game Lost in Fantaland, the boys-love romance game Voice Love on Air, and the horror survival game Suffocate.

Gamescom 2024 will take place at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany, on August 21-25, 2024.

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Bandai Namco revealed new merchandise based on the Tales of the Rays finale illustration. The company has also opened orders for the items on Asobistore for a limited time.

This merchandise collection will primarily focus on the chibi illustrations of characters from the Tales Of series, such as Tales of Destiny's Stahn Aileron and Tales of Vesperia's Yuri Lowell. It will also feature the normal illustrations of the mobile game's original protagonists Ickx and Mileena.

Here is the list of new merchandise featured on Asobistore, along with the prices in Japanese yen:

• Tin badge - ¥700 for a random item
• Acrylic character clip - ¥880
• Tales of the Rays acrylic logo - ¥900
• Custom character acrylic keychain - ¥2,000
• Hanging tapestry - ¥3,900

Tales of the Rays was available worldwide on Android and iOS mobile devices. While the global release disappeared abruptly in 2018, Bandai Namco formally shut down the 2017 online-exclusive game in Japan on July 23, 2024. Those who had played the Japanese version can still download the offline archive version until October 22, 2024.

The Tales of the Rays finale merchandise is available to purchase on Asobistore until September 9, 2024. Bandai Namco will ship the finished items inside Japan in early November 2024.

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Mages revealed more details about the upcoming Rent-A-Girlfriend adventure game for consoles, including its release date. The visual novel will have the subtitle The Horizon and the Girlfriend in the Swimsuit, and the company will release it for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on November 28, 2024.

The company initially revealed the title in July 2024. It revealed new details on the visual novel on August 5, 2024, as promised. Mages has yet to provide new in-game screenshots, but it did reveal the game's story synopsis.

The player will assume the role of the series protagonist Kazuya Kinoshita, who is working part-time at a beach house in Enoshima Island in order to gather funds to produce a movie that stars Chizuru Mizuhara. During the seven-day stay, Kazuya can interact with not only Chizuru but also Mami, Ruka, Sumi, and Mini.

Mages has also opened pre-orders for the upcoming Rent-A-Girlfriend game in Japan with various bonus benefits. In addition to regular physical copies, the company will offer a limited edition that includes an original soundtrack CD and four drama CDs. People who pre-order the game can also receive a small illustration based on one of the five heroines at random by the series creator Reiji Miyajima. Each store chain in Japan will also have a different bonus character item that comes with the physical copy.

Rent-A-Girlfriend: The Horizon and the Girlfriend in the Swimsuit will be available for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in Japan on November 28, 2024.

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Kodansha announced that it has established the Fairy Tail Indie Game Guild project. It will use this guild to help independent game creators release games themed after Hiro Mashima's manga series of the same title.

The company also revealed the first two games that will be part of the project. It will release both titles on PC via Steam worldwide in seven languages: Japanese, English, French, Korean, Thai, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese.

Fairy Tail: Dungeons will be the first game in this project. It will feature a rogue-lite gameplay system where the player will collect magic cards based on attacks from the series' characters and construct a deck with them for the chosen character to fight monsters inside the dungeon. This game will be available on August 27, 2024 in Japan, South Korea, Eastern Australia, and New Zealand, or August 26, 2024 for the rest of the world.

The second game in the project will be Fairy Tail: Beach Volleyball Havoc. As the title suggests, this game will feature casual beach volleyball matches between Fairy Tail characters with additional special magic effects. Kodansha will release this game simultaneously worldwide on September 16 or 17, 2024, depending on the time zone.

The Fairy Tail series already has an official RPG for PC and consoles developed by Koei Tecmo's Gust, and the same studio is working on its sequel that will appear in Winter 2024. The new indie titles will further complement the lineup of games based on the franchise. In the Japanese press release, Kadokawa added that it will release Fairy Tail: Birth of Magic, a versus game with original magic creation system, as the third indie title.

Fairy Tail: Dungeons will appear first on August 26 or 27, 2024, and Fairy Tail: Beach Volleyball Havoc will follow on September 16 or 17, 2024. Both Fairy Tail indie games will be available worldwide digitally on PC via Steam.

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Bandai Namco has announced the Japanese release dates for Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero. The game will appear in the country on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on October 10, 2024—a day earlier than the global release date announced at Summer Game Fest. However, the company also newly confirmed that Japanese PC players will be able to get Sparking Zero via Steam on October 11, 2024.

The latter revelation is massive in Japan because it marks a shift in Bandai Namco's policy of determining the release platforms for its games in the country. PC players in Japan have long criticized Bandai Namco and other prominent Japanese game companies for omitting PC releases of their games in their own country, even when the games are readily available to the rest of the world. This phenomenon is also known as "OmaKuni," which is short for "We are not selling this in your country."

In recent months, Bandai Namco has been taking steps to fix that discrepancy. In May 2024, it just made the Steam releases of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, FighterZ, and Xenoverse 2 available for purchase in Japan. While Sparking Zero will be available to Japanese PC players simultaneously with the rest of the world, the above games used to be unavailable in the country for a long time. However, not all Dragon Ball games on Steam have been made available, as Japanese players still cannot access the first Xenoverse and Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission as of June 2024.

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero will appear first in Japan on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on October 10, 2024. The global release date that includes the PC version will fall on October 11, 2024. The latter release on Steam will also be available in Japan on the same day.

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Capcom has announced that it will set up demo booths in its select amusement centers across Japan that let the public try out Street Fighter 6 on the Steam Deck. The company also noted that the booths will only be available for a limited time. But while the booths will appear on June 1, 2024, Capcom did not specify the closing date.

Here are the six outlets that will offer public Steam Deck demo booths, along with their opening and closing times:

1. Capcom Store Osaka at Shinsaibashi Parco (10am to 8pm JST)
2. Plaza Capcom Ikebukuro at Grandscape Ikebukuro (10am to 11pm JST)
3. Plaza Capcom Shitoro at Aeon Mall Hamamatsu Shitoro in Shizuoka Prefecture (10am to 9pm JST)
4. Plaza Capcom Hiroshima at The Outlets Hiroshima (10am to 10pm JST)
5. Amuse Factory Tokoname at Aeon Mall Tokoname in Aichi Prefecture (10am to 9pm JST)
6. Miraino Aeon Mall Hakusan in Ishikawa Prefecture (10am to 9pm JST)

Capcom's Steam Deck demo booths will also contribute to raising awareness of Steam as a gaming platform in Japan. As a reminder, the Steam Deck has been formally available for purchase in Japan and other East Asian countries and territories since late 2022.

Other Japanese game companies have also been reconsidering the releases of their titles on the platform. For instance, Bandai Namco just made the Steam versions of Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Xenoverse 2, and FighterZ purchasable in Japan in late May 2024, even though those games have been long available elsewhere worldwide.

Street Fighter 6 is readily available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and arcades. The PC version that has come out on Steam is also playable on the Steam Deck.

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Shortly after revealing Dynasty Warriors: Origins at the May 2024 State of Play, Koei Tecmo confirmed that the game will also be available on the Xbox Series X and PC via Steam in addition to the PlayStation 5. However, it turns out that the series' longtime producer Akihiro Suzuki is not leading the game's development. The company revealed that Tomohiko Sho, who is also the current head of the Omega Force brand studio, is the producer of Dynasty Warriors: Origins.

Tomohiko Sho had been involved in the Dynasty Warriors franchise since the original fighting game came out on PlayStation in 1997. He was also involved in Dynasty Warriors 2 through 5, mostly as a planner.

The highest position Sho managed to achieve in the series before Origins was as the director in Dynasty Warriors 6 and the PS Vita entry NEXT. In more recent years, he worked as the producer for Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate in 2019, Touken Ranbu Warriors in 2022, and Fate/Samurai Remnant in 2023.

The new producer appointment, along with a new logo change for Omega-Force, show a drastic change in the brand studio's organizational structure in the development of Dynasty Warriors: Origins. Akihiro Suzuki has been regularly assuming the producer spot for the mainline numbered entries, including Dynasty Warriors 9 and its Empires spin-off. However, in recent months, the producer has been shifting his focus towards the mobile game that has been running in Japan since 2021.

Dynasty Warriors: Origins will be available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam in 2025.

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Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis will offer new crossover avatar parts based on characters from Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2. Players can now check out how the characters will look like after Sega revealed the upcoming in-game content at the May 2024 NGS Headline program. Existing players of PSO2: New Genesis will be able to get the parts from the Code Geass Style scratch ticket that launches on June 19, 2024.

As announced previously in late April 2024, the crossover scratch ticket will primarily feature avatar parts based on Lelouch, C.C., Kallen, and Suzaku. Other than outfits and facial parts, the lineup will include voice sets for each character, with their original Japanese voice actors returning to provide the lines. Players who pull an adequate amount of tries in this scratch can also get the Code Geass track "Previous Notice" as an in-game music disc.

Sega stops short of producing the Knightmare Frames as CAST parts for mechanical avatars, but it will still release some parts based on the units. The list will include weapons like Super VARIS, movement motions inspired by Suzaku's Lancelot, and miniaturized Mag Forms based on Shinkiro, Guren SEITEN, and Lancelot Albion.

In addition to the above, Sega will also give away acrylic stands of Lelouch, C.C., Kallen, and Suzaku to all players who log into the game regularly daily during the collaboration period.

Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is available worldwide on PC and PlayStation 4. The online game also appears on Nintendo Switch in Japan and Xbox One elsewhere globally. The Code Geass Style scratch ticket will be available for a limited time starting from June 19, 2024.

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Visual Arts and Prototype announced that they will release the classic PC visual novel Kanon on Steam. The Japanese companies have also published a Steam page for the title.

The visual novel will be available with Japanese voiceovers and subtitles in Japanese, English, and Simplified Chinese. The Steam version will feature HD-remastered visuals with an almost complete voiceover. Most of the title's original voice actresses, such as Yui Horie (as Ayu Tsukimiya) and Yukari Tamura (as Mai Kawasumi), will reprise their roles. Meanwhile, Tomokazu Sugita will provide partial voiceovers for the player-controlled protagonist Yuichi Aizawa.

The Steam release does not mean it's the first time Kanon appears on PC. In fact, PC was the very first platform the visual novel appeared on, since the times when physical disc drives were still commonplace. Visual Arts first released Kanon as an R-18 title in June 1999. It then released the all-ages version for PC in January 2020, which also serves as a basis for all ports to other platforms.

Outside of PC, the visual novel was also released for the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable. It has also since been made available for Android and iOS mobile devices in Japan. In April 2023, Prototype released the Nintendo Switch port of Kanon.

The visual novel Kanon is readily available on Nintendo Switch, Android, and iOS as ongoing platforms, and it will also be available on the PC via Steam in the near future.

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Cygames has revealed more details about Beatrix, who will appear as a new DLC character in Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising in May 2024. Aya Hirano will reprise her voice role in the Japanese version, while Jennifer Losi will provide her English voiceovers.

The Beatrix DLC set will be available at $7.99. It will come with an avatar, badge, and studio figure of the same character. The set will also include a cutout of Beatrix's weapon, the Embrasque Sword. An SSR-grade character weapon drawing ticket for the original Granblue Fantasy mobile game will also be available to players who purchase the DLC on the PlayStation versions.

The new Beatrix trailer is available to watch via the game's official YouTube channel:

Beatrix will be the fourth DLC character to appear in the second Granblue Fantasy fighting game release. The first three characters were Lucilius, Vane, and NieR: Automata's 2B. According to a roadmap published in late December 2023, Cygames is also planning to add two more DLC characters in August 2024 and October 2024. All six characters released in 2024 are also available for purchase simultaneously via the first Character Pass.

Beatrix will appear as a DLC playable character for Granblue Fantasy Versus Rising on May 23, 2024. The fighting game has been available worldwide on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam.

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Colopl will add new crossover content from Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion to Alice Gear Aegis. Characters from the mecha anime show will appear in the mecha musume action game in late April 2024.

The company started promoting the crossover by publishing the initial teaser trailer. Zero (Lelouch) will also make an appearance with new lines from his voice actor Jun Fukuyama, but the main highlight will be the 3D appearances of C.C. and Kallen.

Colopl has since uploaded a newer trailer focusing on C.C., who will appear with a Gear version of the Knightmare Frame IFX-V3D1 Gawain. The game will also provide multiple alternate costumes, such as the Ashford Academy uniform and the outfit C.C. wore during her first appearance.

The C.C. gameplay trailer is available right below. Kanetake Ebikawa's artwork for C.C.'s Gawain Gear is also viewable via Inside Games.

The Alice Gear Aegis franchise also has a video game available for consoles. Alice Gear Aegis CS: Concerto of Simulatrix is available worldwide on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. However, the Code Geass crossover content will appear exclusively in the original game available in Japan on iOS and Android devices, as well as on PCs via DMM Games.

This collaboration will also add a new entry to the list of games that have added Code Geass crossover content. Prior titles in the list included Love Live! School Idol Festival and LINE: Monster Rancher.

The Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion crossover content will be available in the mobile and PC game Alice Gear Aegis for a limited time starting from April 25, 2024.

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Crypton Future Media has released the Xbox and PC versions of Hatsune Miku: The Planet of Wonder and Fragments of Wishes digitally worldwide. The Xbox release is playable on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Meanwhile, the PC version is also available for purchase via Steam.

The company had previously released the game for Nintendo Switch in June 2023. This title features a total of nine mini-games ranging from button mashers to slide puzzles. It also includes Amiguru Jump and Amiguru Train, which are available separately on iOS and Android mobile devices.

Crypton has also published an English launch trailer for the new Xbox and PC releases on its Piapro YouTube channel:

This title is also one of the Hatsune Miku video games that are available in English. Meanwhile, Crypton is also working with Imagineer to release Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku for Nintendo Switch. But while most of the Fitness Boxing entries are available worldwide, the companies have still yet to confirm an English localization for the Hatsune Miku game as of April 2024.

Hatsune Miku: The Planet of Wonder and Fragments of Wishes is readily available digitally worldwide on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Windows PCs. Crypton Future Media has also set an introductory 20% discount for the new releases, which are available at $22.39 until May 5, 2024.

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A home computer version of Castlevania will be available to play on the classic computer's emulator console. Zuiki has announced that it will release the X68000 version of Castlevania on its X68000 Z mini-console on May 30, 2024. The company will bundle the game with Block Hole, a puzzle shooter game that is also known in Japan as Quarth.

Pre-orders for the physical package are immediately available on Zuiki Store at ¥5,478 (~$35.45). The package will feature a game case modeled after floppy disks that were used in classic PCs. The actual game cartridge will appear in the form of an SDHC card that the owner can insert into the X68000 Z console.

Konami originally released the X68000 version of Castlevania in 1993 in Japan. This version was also a remake of the game's inaugural edition which came out on the Famicom Disk System in 1986. The company later ported this version as-is in the Original Mode of Castlevania Chronicles, which it gradually released worldwide on the PlayStation in 2001.

This new port will add another entry to the list of classic Castlevania games that get brought over to modern consoles. Konami released the Castlevania Advance Collection which primarily featured the series' GBA entries for the Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC in 2021. Nintendo also added the Game Boy version of Castlevania Legends to its Nintendo Switch Online lineup in October 2023.

The Castlevania and Block Hole Deluxe Pack will be available for X68000 Z on May 30, 2024.

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Bliss Brain announced a second delay for Princess Maker 2 Regeneration. People who want to get the new enhanced game will now have to wait until July 11, 2024, for it to be released. The studio cited a need to further improve the game's quality as the reason for delaying the game's release.

To compensate for the second delay announcement, Bliss Brain published a new trailer that showcases the game's opening animation. A team from Yonago Gainax led by Takami Akai is working on the new animation movie. It will include many scenes taken from the gameplay, ranging from house activities to public competitions.

The new trailer is available to watch via YouTube:

Bliss Brain first revealed Regeneration in August 2023. The new enhanced game will be based on Princess Maker 2 Refine, which originally appeared for PCs in 2004 and added to Steam in 2016. While Regeneration will also appear on Steam, it will make Princess Maker 2 available on the Switch, PS4, and PS5 for the first time. Takami Arai will re-draw the character illustrations to match closer to the original PC-98 release.

The studio originally planned to release Regeneration on December 21, 2023, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original PC-98 release in 1993. However, in mid-November 2023, it announced a delay to May 30, 2024, as it needed more time to improve the game's quality.

Princess Maker 2 Regeneration will be available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam on July 11, 2024.

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Bushiroad has revealed the platforms for Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact. The new Hunter X Hunter fighting game will be available on the PS5, Switch, and PC via Steam.

The company also announced that a playable demo build of the game will be available at EVO Japan 2024. The 2D fighting game tournament will take place at Ariake GYM-EX in Tokyo on April 27-29, 2024. Bushiroad's webpage for the demo build has a "coming soon" tab, indicating that it will set up a booth at another event after EVO Japan 2024.

Bushiroad first revealed the Nen x Impact subtitle and the teaser trailer in January 2024. It hinted that the game would have 3v3 battles with Gon, Leorio, and Netero teaming up against Killua, Kurapika, and Hisoka. The Hunter x Hunter fighting game was not known to come to the PS5, Switch, and PC at that time. The game was teased as early as mid-December 2023, when Bushiroad announced that Eighting is working on its development.

Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact will be available for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. Bushiroad has yet to announce the fighting game's release window, but it will set up its playable demo booth at EVO Japan 2024 on April 27-29, 2024.

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Capcom has opened a character popularity poll for Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy worldwide. People can place a vote for their top favorite character via X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

To join the poll, the account owner can click the Vote button for their favorite character on the webpage. The latter will generate a tweet with specific hashtags, all of which must be retained for the vote to be counted as valid.

An account is restricted from choosing more than one character, as Capcom will nullify the account's vote otherwise. The account owner can still post tweets featuring the same character and hashtags, although Capcom will still only count a single vote from the account.

After the polls close on March 6 or 7, 2024—depending on the time zone, the Ace Attorney series art director Takuro Fuse will draw new illustrations for the top three characters. Capcom will announce the results while revealing the new illustrations on Friday, March 29, 2024.

The Japanese version of the poll webpage has an additional segment for a sweepstakes campaign that Capcom is holding exclusively in Japan. 50 lucky people who reside in Japan with a valid address and participate in the poll with the Japanese version hashtags can win merchandise that features the new illustrations of the top three ranked characters.

The Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy character popularity poll is open until Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at 8 PM PT / 11 PM ET. The poll will also close at the same time in Japan on March 7, 2024, at 1 PM JST. The visual novel trilogy is readily available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

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Konami Amusement revealed new content based on Nekomata Okayu that will appear in Sound Voltex Exceed Gear. The company will add three songs performed by the Hololive Vtuber that will be permanently playable on both the arcade and PC versions of the rhythm game. It will also add Okayu as an unlockable navigator for a limited time.

The three songs featured in this collaboration will be "Mogu Mogu Yummy," "Dokuhai Swallow," and "Kamisama Nekosama." They will be available in Sound Voltex on February 22, 2024, at 10:00 AM JST. These songs will remain playable for the foreseeable future even after Konami has ended the event.

The Japanese arcade version of Sound Voltex Exceed Gear will feature a time-limited Premium Generator event that lets players obtain more content related to Nekomata Okayu. The main highlight will be Okayu herself appearing as an unlockable Nemesis Crew navigator. The generator will also include ten voice stamps featuring the Vtuber and twenty background movies for the touch panels. The exclusive content will only be available until March 22, 2024.

Nekomata Okayu will be the second Hololive Vtuber to make a major appearance in Sound Voltex after Shirakami Fubuki in late 2023. Konami had actually featured Hololive content in the rhythm game since 2021 when it added songs from Houshou Marine and COOL&CREATE's album #GENSOKYOholoism. However, it did not add Marine as an unlockable navigator at that time.

Sound Voltex Exceed Gear is available on arcades and PCs via Konami Station. Nekomata Okayu's songs will be available in the rhythm game for the foreseeable future after February 22, 2024. Other content related to the Vtuber will be obtainable until March 22, 2024.

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Bandai Namco will add Hoshimachi Suisei as an idol people can produce in The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage. The Hololive Vtuber will appear in person in the game, and she can also perform with other existing idols. The collaboration event will begin on March 11, 2024.

Every player who logs into the game while the collaboration event is running can obtain a Rare-grade Hoshimachi Suisei. However, the game will also encourage them to collect gacha tickets for a special banner that features a more valuable SS Rare-grade version of the same character. The collaboration will also feature the free distribution of two animated Suisei stickers and sales of Suisei-themed room items.

Some of the existing idols in Cinderella Girls' 346 (Mishiro) Production will also join the collaboration event by performing covers of Suisei's songs. Natsuki Kimura's cover of "Soirée" will appear first on March 11, 2024. Bandai Namco has also teased three more covers that will appear in the near future.

A new trailer showcasing the Hoshimachi Suisei collaboration event is available to watch via The Idolmaster series' official YouTube channel:

Suisei also posted a tweet on her official X account, explaining how this collaboration meant a lot to her. The Idolmaster series—which first launched in 2005—served as an inspiration for the person behind the Vtuber to become a real idol. She started activities as the Vtuber Hoshimachi Suisei with a dream that she would one day join the Cinderella Girls roster. This collaboration finally made her dream come true.

The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage is available in Japan on Android, iOS, and PC via DMM Games. The new collaboration event featuring Hololive Vtuber Hoshimachi Suisei will be available from March 11, 2024, to April 10, 2024.

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Good Smile Company opened pre-orders for a new Nendoroid modeled after Ling Xiaoyu from Tekken 8. People residing in the U.S. and Canada can place their orders on Good Smile Online Shop U.S. for $43.99. Those who live elsewhere worldwide can instead head to the Japanese international web store, where the chibi action figure is priced at ¥6,900 / €45.90. The figure will be available worldwide in the latter half of 2024.

The Nendoroid will contain multiple facial expression plates ranging from a normal smile to a serious face. Xiaoyu's set will also come with an effect sheet that lets the owner emulate her attack effects in the fighting game.

Good Smile Company will also include a "You Win" screen effect as an exclusive bonus to people who place orders for the Nendoroid on the Japanese or American Good Smile Online Shop. Xiaoyu's winking victory face plate shown in this picture will be already included in the regular set.

Even though Xiaoyu has been a mainstay character in the series since Tekken 3 in 1997, Good Smile Company will base this Nendoroid on her latest appearance in Tekken 8. It had even teased the figure in September 2023, long before Bandai Namco released the actual fighting game on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC in late January 2024.

Good Smile Company will close pre-orders for the Tekken 8 Ling Xiaoyu Nendoroid on April 4, 2024. It will ship the finished figures to Japan in July 2024 and North America in Q4 2024.

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NieR: Automata's 2B will appear soon in Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising, and Cygames has published a new trailer featuring her. Following on from the reveal trailer in late December 2023, this new video showcases more of the DLC character's regular and special attacks in the Arc System Works-developed 2D fighting game.

Near the end of the trailer, Cygames and Arc System Works newly confirmed that the 2P color scheme—which was originally designed for Bandai Namco's SoulCalibur VI—will also be included in the DLC character set.

The trailer also revealed a new version of NieR: Automata's theme song "Weight of the World" that will act as 2B's personal BGM in the fighting game. Tsutomu Narita arranged the song originally composed by Keiichi Okabe, with Emi Evans back on the vocals.

The new 2B trailer is available to watch via the Granblue Fantasy Versus series YouTube channel:

Cygames also published a webpage detailing the content in the 2B DLC set. Other than the character herself—who will also be posable in the Figure Studio, the set will include a premium avatar and badge based on the character, as well as a cutout of 2B's weapon, the Virtuous Contract.

Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising is readily available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam. 2B will be available as a DLC character for the fighting game on February 20, 2024.

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Hololive Production revealed that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will give away digital items based on the former's Vtubers in the latter's official Roblox space. People will be able to obtain wearable hats modeled after Gawr Gura, Mori Calliope, and Sakura Miko from the Hello! Tokyo Friends world.

The government bureau will set a number of quests that players will have to complete in order to receive the hats. The quests will involve buying a number of cosmetics from the lobby shop, exploring the official Tokyo space in Roblox, and collecting coins after each Hololive Vtuber hat has been released.

In addition, only the first 15,000 players who cleared the quests will be able to get the hats. Those who have owned the hats can wear and showcase them in other Roblox worlds.

Gawr Gura's hat will appear first on February 19, 2024, at 10 AM JST (February 18, 2024, at 8 PM ET). Mori Calliope's item will follow the week after on February 26, 2024, in Japan's time zone. The Tokyo government bureau will also add Sakura Miko's hat on an unspecified date in early March 2024.

The Hololive Vtuber hats will be available on Roblox. The online game platform is accessible on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, and Meta Quest 2/Pro.

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