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Preview: Honkai: Nexus Anima Is HoYoverse at Its Weirdest, and PS5 Owners Need to See It

  • HoYoverse's Honkai: Nexus Anima previewed at Gamescom as an auto-battler
  • No PS5 release confirmed yet, but writer hopes for a port
  • Praised for witty localisation, deep team-building and quirky creature designs

Push Square previewed Honkai: Nexus Anima, HoYoverse's upcoming Pokémon-inspired auto-battler, following hands-on time at Gamescom. The developer behind Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail is applying its formula to a Teamfight Tactics-style genre, blending it with monster-collecting mechanics, and the outlet's initial scepticism has turned into enthusiasm after…

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New Michael Myers game launches on console and PC with multiplayer, despite poor optimisation

  • Halloween: The Game is out on PC and consoles now
  • PC version suffers poor optimisation, especially in multiplayer
  • Players must manually tweak settings while awaiting official fixes

Halloween: The Game, the Michael Myers slasher title, has launched on PC and consoles with a six-chapter campaign and multiplayer, but its PC version is proving poorly optimised and needs post-launch updates to fix performance problems, particularly during multiplayer sessions. Players on lower-end machines are having to manually…

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Celebrate Labor Day by playing Civilization 7 for free

  • Civilization 7 offered as a free trial around Labor Day
  • Lets new players sample the strategy game before buying
  • Specific dates and platform details unconfirmed from source text

PC Gamer reports that Sid Meier's Civilization 7 is being made available to play for free over the Labor Day period, giving newcomers a chance to try the turn-based strategy game without buying it. The promotion offers a limited window for players to sample the latest entry in…

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All Chapter 1 challenges in Halloween: The Game and how to complete them

  • Halloween: The Game is now in early access, full launch pending.
  • Chapter 1 has six challenges, mostly combat and kill-based tasks.
  • Key items like pool cues and cleavers are found near the bar and Copper Lane.

Halloween: The Game, a slasher-themed title, has launched into early access ahead of a full release, and its first proper chapter (following a Prologue) contains six challenges for players to complete. A guide has been published outlining what each challenge requires, helping early players work through the club…

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10 Near-Perfect Switch Games Nobody Played

  • Polygon lists ten overlooked but high-quality Switch games.
  • Includes puzzle, action, shooter and rhythm titles.
  • Some, like Demon Throttle, are physical-only collector's items.

Polygon has published a list highlighting ten well-regarded Nintendo Switch games that received little attention despite strong quality, spanning genres from puzzle titles to rhythm games and physical-only collector's items. The piece argues that the sheer size of the Switch's library, combined with a cluttered digital storefront, means…

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Halloween: The Game Story mode walkthrough

  • Halloween: The Game launches with a six-chapter Michael Myers story mode.
  • Story mode doubles as a tutorial for multiplayer killer mechanics.
  • Guide covers the Prologue and Chapter One, with more updates planned.

Halloween: The Game has launched on PC and consoles with a story mode that follows Michael Myers across six chapters, doubling as a tutorial for the melee combat, stealth and execution mechanics used in the game's multiplayer sessions. A walkthrough guide has been published to help players progress…

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Hideki Kamiya Isn’t Fussed About the Physical vs. Digital Debate – He Just Wants Games to Be Preserved for Future Generations

  • Kamiya prioritises game preservation over the physical vs digital format debate
  • He buys games entirely digitally and sees this as inevitable
  • Comes as PlayStation faces backlash and legal action over ending physical discs

Hideki Kamiya, the veteran director behind franchises including Bayonetta, Devil May Cry, Resident Evil 2 and Okami, has said he is unconcerned with the debate over physical versus digital games, focusing instead on the need for titles to be preserved for future players. His comments, made amid controversy…

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9 Game and Movie Trailers Worth Watching This Week

  • IGN lists nine notable game and film trailers from the past week.
  • Street Fighter (Oct 16) and Danny Boyle's Ink lead the picks.
  • Until Dawn 2 confirmed for PS5 on 28 January 2027.

IGN has rounded up nine game and film trailers released over the past week, spanning fresh footage from Sony's State of Play, gamescom holdovers, and clips tied to the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. The list reflects a busy period for entertainment previews, with several titles already generating…

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Zach Cregger Talks ‘Resident Evil,’ Intense Drive To Work With Spielberg That Led Him To ‘The Flood’ & ‘Obsession’/‘Backrooms’ Fervor – The Deadline Q&A

  • Zach Cregger's "Resident Evil" film opens 18 September, tracking for a franchise record.
  • He pitched the survival-horror concept to Sony after "Barbarian" succeeded.
  • Interview also covers his next projects, "The Flood" and "Gladys," and Spielberg ambitions.

Zach Cregger, fresh off the Oscar-winning "Weapons" and the breakout hit "Barbarian," is set to release his take on "Resident Evil," a survival-horror adaptation following a medical courier (played by "Weapons" star Austin Abrams) who runs into the aftermath of the Umbrella Corporation's T-virus outbreak on a snowy…

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After Conquering Esports, T1 Faker Officially Stuns the TCG Market With a $50K Card

  • Riftbound's $360 T1 Faker card set is reselling for thousands
  • Some sellers ask $50,000 for Faker's gold-stamped signature card
  • Only ~2,025 of 10,125 sets likely contain his signature

Riot Games' new trading card game Riftbound has caused a stir after a limited-edition bundle tied to esports team T1's 2025 World Championship win quickly sold out and is now being resold for vastly inflated prices. The $360 Riftbound x T1 2025 Worlds Champion Signature Edition set has…

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