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As Tekken 8's microtransactions face renewed criticism after $5 stage DLC, one dev explains just how expensive it is to make a fighting game in 2024

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. A few weeks after Tekken 8’s launch, it got a microtransaction-filled cash shop for cosmetic items. That breaks roughly even with the Deluxe Edition and is a little cheaper than the Ultimate. (IGN has a transcriptof the message.) “So the $5 DLC stage and the 4 $8 DLC characters are clearly necessary. Tekken 8 on paper is an astonishingly risky bet....

Comics legend Alan Moore's new novel has only just been published – but we already know the title of its sequel

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. Alan Moore has a new novel out! It’s named after a famous and famously bizarre 1960 album by record producer Joe Meek. “He’s an absolute gift as a character,” Moore told SFX. The lavish hardback also includes Alan Moore’sfinal works in comics. “I hope that we’ve been as lucid as it is possible to be....

Despite developing a "persistent universe" in Fortnite, Disney seemingly isn't comfortable with all its characters using guns in a battle royale full of guns

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. “Not every outfit will be able to do everything,” Persson explains. “A [Lego] minifig doesn’t hold a gun. We’ll just have to see where Disney might choose to draw that line. Perhaps not, as Persson adds: “Some IPs are not teen IPs or mature IPs. They are E for everyone IPs.”

Destiny 2 player locks himself in one of the MMO's hardest raids for over 400 hours until he finally solos it without dying: "I need to call my mom right now"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. What makes DSC especially difficult? “Taniks has so many annoying things that can go wrong and mess you up,” Snazzzy says. “[Eager Edge sword] tracking can be really frustrating at the wrong times. What keeps Snazzzy going after all this time? “Definitely my grind-set to be the best at what I do,” he says....

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero review: "The pinnacle of fanservice"

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is exactly what you make of it. Growing up, my prized possession was a tub of action figures a ragtag assortment of hard plastic G.I. All these mechanics combine to give Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero an excellent sense of momentum. Your actions can even alter major canon events. None of these scenarios are all that noteworthy beyond surface-level “what if?” Special effects can determine the conditions that cause a particular combatant to transform or swap places with a teammate....

Elden Ring fan spends 500 hours making a low-poly version of FromSoftware's biggest map ever because "I thought it would be cool" – and it definitely is

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. And man, it is cool. Before that,you’re able to tour the low-poly Lands Between for yourself here. Toggle the camera in the bottom right to get up close and personal. “I thought it would be cool if I made this for the whole map,” they add. They use it for a Geoguesser-like game of Elden Ring....

Epic is already planning Unreal Engine 6, combining "high-end" dev tools with Fortnite's simpler creative mode editor and enabling "persistent universe" games

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. It’ll be interesting to see how game development may change when Unreal Engine 6 actually arrives.

Ewan McGregor reveals his dream idea for Obi-Wan Kenobi season 2, and it involves the Clone Wars

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. “Obi-Wan season 2,” he replied, before adding: “Theres a couple of things. Id quite like to wear that armor, I was speaking to someone earlier, from the Clone Wars. I think that would be something that I would enjoy.”

Fallout vet says his heavy metal open-world RPG is "5x the size of Skyrim," riffs on Todd Howard: "See that mountain there? You can go there"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. “The world of my soloindie gameis ~5x the size of Skyrim,” Purkeypile said in a tweet. “See that mountain there? I tried something smaller and it felt awful.” The world of my solo indie game is ~5x the size of Skyrim.See that mountain there? I tried something smaller and it felt awfulThe demo is out now!...

First trailer for live-action Amazon adaptation of this hit anime is here – and it matches the original's wild energy

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. A sequel feature film will also be released in Japan on December 20. A third season of the anime has also recently been announced. For more, check out our picks for the 20best anime showsyou should be watching in 2024.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 gets a promising update from star who says the sequel will be "bigger" and "scarier" than the first

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. “Its much bigger, the stakes are higher,” said Hutcherson in an interview withEsquire. I think the fans are gonna flip for it. Its gonna be a lot of fun with the source. Its gonna be scarier, too, actually." The pictures show a drawing that looks a lot like a character named Mangle from the second game....

Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield had an awkward moment when they didn't hear 'cut' during a sex scene for R-rated romance We Live In Time

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. And hes very polite and very sweet and gentle. The directors in another room next door. John Crowley directs from a screenplay penned by Olivier Award-winning playwright Nick Payne. It currently holds an 84% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

For fantasy JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio, Persona director gave himself a crash course featuring classics like The Lord of the Rings, but "if we tried to copy that it would just be a copy"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Heres how it works. However, he ultimately decided that imitating other fantasy worlds wasn’t the right direction for Metaphor. “If we tried to copy that it would just be a copy. So I thought: lets attempt to make a fantasy game that only we can make.”