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Following the wildly popular first season of The Witcher, Netflix has officially announced that it plans to release a full length anime film as well. Also based on the novels of Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf has officially received a green light from the massive streaming-based production company. Although Sapkowski’s books have been around for years, Geralt of Rivia didn’t truly hit the mainstream until the critically acclaimed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt hit shelves back in 2015....

The release of Gotham Knights may have rekindled your appreciation for Batgirl, and Kotobukiya is ready to provide a new figure. The Japanese manufacturer made a new figure from its “Bishoujo” series available for pre-order and you can find it on AmiAmi for 15,700 yen, which translates into approximately $106 at the current exchange rate. If you’re not familiar with the Bishoujo line, it features popular female characters reinterpreted by the pencil of famous illustrator and character designer Shunya Yamashita....

Today Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse released a new trailer showcasing one of the new characters coming with version 3.1. The new heroine is Candace, a beautiful and cool warrior of the desert. She will be made available with the new version on September 28, and she’s voiced in English by Shara Kirby. The Japanese voice Ryoka Yuzuki, known for voicing Satsuki Kiryūin in Kill la Kill and Tsuyu in Inuyasha....

Capcom has released a new video for Monster Hunter: World that shows off a new location. Wildspire Waste is a huge area, with swampland, blistering heat, and rocky mountains, and is home to a number of fearsome creatures who’ve adapted to the wildly varying environment. The trailer introduces the Barroth, a gigantic creature that consumes ants and marks its territory with mud. There’s also a bird-like creature called a Kula-Ya-Ku, which hunts and steals other monsters eggs....

For players that are looking to close out a Mortal Kombat 11 match in style, there are few better options than executing one of the game’s vicious Brutalities. Without question, there are an array of concise finishing moves for fans to turn to, and it was recently revealed that there are even more new Mortal Kombat 11 Brutalities on the way. This forthcoming batch of Brutalities features new finishers for Frost, Kano, and Kotal Kahn, but it is the Brutality for Geras that stands out as something special....

Today Aquaplus and Shiravune released a new trailer of the upcoming Utawarerumono JRPG “Monochrome Mobius: Toki no Taika”, titled in English “Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten.” We get to see the game’s turn-based battle system which will certainly be familiar for JRPG veterans. On top of that, the trailer showcases glimpses of the story narrated via cutscenes. Enemies are visible on the map as you explore and you can run into them to start battles....

Who are the Tyger Claws? A YouTuber by the name of Madqueen has seemingly discovered the answer to this very question in a recent video that discusses all things Tyger Claws related. This booster gang is among the few legions of dangerous individuals in Cyberpunk 2077 best left alone. With a deeply-woven Japanese backstory and a cybernetically-integrated culture, the Tyger Claws will be one of V’s most ruthless and versatile foes when traversing the underbelly of Night City....

In our society, there are a things that spit in the face of everything we know and go against common rules of decency. It’s time to add a new one to the list, because Jibanyan has become a human in the latest Yo-Kai Watch series, and we refuse to accept this haunting new reality. How did this happen? Well, apparently, it’s not the first time. Yo-Kai Gakuen Y~N to no Sogu~, a new anime series hitting Japanese airwaves this Winter, is a sequel to Eiga Yo-kai Watch Jam: Yo-kai Gakuen Y - Neko wa Hero ni Nareru ka....

While it’s not one of the biggest games on the gacha market, NieR Re[in]carnation continues to be possibly the most unique gacha game out there. It’s certainly one of the most stylish looking ones, and if you’re a fan of the Drakengard and NieR universe, there’s a lot to look forward to this week. Square Enix and Applibot have just announced that they’ll be hosting a rerun of the Drakengard 3 event and banner in the game this week, bringing back Zero’s costumes, as well as Akeha and Fio’s Drakengard 3-themed costumes....

Nier Replicant adds a lot to the previous game from Side quests to villages. Junk Heap was in the previous version as well but this time there are more quests around it. With more locations added to the landscape, commuting becomes very crucial in Nier Replicant. The fact that you have to unlock fast traveling by completing a side quest proves how vast the locations are in the game. Junk heap is an important location in the game so let’s see how you can reach there....

The people who pre-ordered Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore in Japan are being offered the chance to cancel their order based on misinformation regarding the game, as it has now been confirmed that Japan will be receiving the censored version of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE that was released in the west. Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE was an RPG for the Wii U that was originally billed as being a crossover between the Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei series, but became a separate entity of its own....

The Nintendo Switch notched up yet another impressive milestone this past week, with Japanese sales of the console already surpassing lifetime figures of its predecessor, the Wii U. According to Japan’s Famitsu magazine, via Nintendo Life, Nintendo’s latest box of tricks has flogged an impressive 3,407,158 units in the company’s home country since its launch early last year. The Wii U meanwhile has moved 3,301,555 units, and took nearly six years to reach that figure....

With the recent news that Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky is getting VR support, the team has also been working on other improvements. In the latest development update, Hello Games has revealed that the game will be adding Vulkan support to the game replacing OpenGL. While improvements were being made to handle VR, the addition of Vulkan support will also provide performance improvements for PC players, especially AMD users. Hello Games says that this latest addition will help them increase their “options” as they continue to make “significant engine changes”....

Developer Roll7 has shown off the customisation features of skateboarding sequel OlliOlli World in a new trailer. For the first time in the series, you’ll get to fully customise every aspect of the look of your skater. The game’s editor lets you change body type, skin tone, clothing and skateboard to make your rider your own. There’ll also be specific in-game brands you’ll be able to pick from, such as the eco-friendly Twiggies or the tie-dye stylings of Face Melter....

Bandai Namco has announced that One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 will be heading to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC. Making the reveal at LA’s Anime Expo over the weekend, the latest iteration in this series that essentially sees One Piece mixed with Dynasty Warriors promises the latest stories, characters and environments from the anime, and will include the ability to perform super powerful ‘Musou’ attacks that can do massive damage against the hordes of enemies you’ll be facing....

The original Diablo – yes, the one that came out in 1996 – has made its way onto the GOG Store today. Diablo‘s appearance on GOG as opposed to Blizzard’s own Battle.net is an odd move for sure. But, it is a welcome one. For many fans of the classic action RPG, just for it to show up on a proven platform would be enough. However, Diablo is coming with two versions: one regular, and one extra crispy enhanced and compatible for modern machines....

Following Wednesday’s livestream developer event for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands, Blizzard gave many content creators around the globe special limited access to its alpha build. Creators are able try out various end-game content, which leads us to our first look at the end-game zone the Maw. Warning, obviously major Shadowlands spoilers are ahead. Main questline To get into the Maw, you have to visit Bastion, the central hub and major city of Shadowlands....

A new trailer for Outriders confirms that the game will be released on PS5 and Xbox Series X. Square Enix and developer People Can Fly announced Outriders at E3 2019 for a summer 2020 release date, but a delay of the game has also been announced. In a surprise trailer posted today, it was confirmed that Outriders will be available in holiday 2020 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X....

Are standard Xbox controllers a little too ordinary for your tastes? Then perhaps Microsoft’s has the answer with its newly revealed - and purportedly “surreal” - Lunar Shift special edition affair. In what way, you might reasonably be wondering, is the Lunar Shift Special Edition Wireless Controller “surreal”? Is it perhaps formed from the whisper of a backward-speaking entity in a red-curtain-clad room? Does it droop provocatively across surfaces like a slowly melting pocket watch?...

As someone who spent a considerable amount of time with Phasmophobia back when it first launched in early access, Midnight Ghost Hunt seemed like a refreshing change of pace. No shade on Phasmophobia, which is still an excellent co-op horror game that will keep you tense the whole way, but Midnight Ghost Hunt has opted to go in a wildly different direction and the result is a chaotic multiplayer experience that’s always a good time, no matter which role you’re in....