Season 10 of Fortnite Festival is starting on August 26, and that means a new headlining artist--Gorillaz--a new music pass with paid and free items, and the first major update for the Festival mode in a couple months. Say goodbye to outgoing headliner Bruno Mars, and say hello to 2D, Noodle, Russel, and Murdoc. This is the first time aside from Metallica last summer that the Festival headliner has been a group rather than an individual, and Epic is handling the Gorillaz a little bit differently than they did those elder statesmen of metal.

Gorillaz in the Fortnite item shopThis bundle of Gorillaz cosmetics will be in the Fortnite shop all season long.

When Metallica was the headlining artist, there were skins for each member in both the shop and in the music pass. With Gorillaz, the four fictional, cartoon members of the group are split between the pass and the item shop, and it's 2D and Noodle who will be on shop duty throughout Season 10. Naturally, all the Gorillaz skins are cel shaded.

Those two brought some stuff with them, of course, as they each have a back bling and musical instrument: a mic stand for 2D and a guitar for Noodle. The selection of shop stuff is rounded out by a camo wrap, a contrail, a jam track for the song Clint Eastwood, and both an emote and a jam track for the song Dare. Everything listed in this paragraph, except for the Clint Eastwood jam track, is included in one big ole bundle, but you'll also be able to buy everything individually if you only want one or two things.

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Until Dawn is celebrating its 10-year anniversary today, August 25, 2025. Below, we explore the fascinating legacy and origin of a classic horror game.

Video games are an incredible medium for horror stories. Some of the greatest games of all time are firmly planted in the horror genre. While games such as Resident Evil and Silent Hill showed audiences the importance of tension in gameplay, the advancement in gaming technology allowed for more cinematic experiences in gameplay design and storytelling.

In 2015, one of the best examples of horror storytelling in gaming was released and left a lasting legacy that can be felt to this very day. That game was Until Dawn.

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Pokemon Go developer Niantic has announced some big changes to the mobile game, as starting in October, progression is being completely overhauled. Not only is the level cap being raised substantially from 50 to 80, but players can also expect several other changes geared toward making progression feel more meaningful with new rewards and cosmetics.

The update will go live on October 15, and existing players will have their levels determined based on their total earned XP to date. Niantic says no player will go down a level and there'll also be a limited-time update with XP bonuses and a Timed Research event. Here's a breakdown of all the changes:

• Level cap increases from 50 to 80
• Tasks for Level-Up Research for levels 41 to 50 will be removed
• New Level-Up Research tasks will be added to levels 71 to 80
• Players at level 70 and higher will have an increased chance of becoming Lucky Friends with other players
• New rewards will be added to level-up progression, like increased storage capacity for Pokemon, items, and gifts.
• New avatar items can be earned starting at level 25

Players who experience a jump up in level will receive rewards associated with reaching those levels at that time, and Niantic will share details on these at a later date. Before the update goes live, players can also earn new cosmetics by reaching levels 40 through 50. The items include a Level 50 Jacket and an all-new avatar pose, and these will not be available once the leveling overhaul is implemented.

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The next Nintendo Direct may be coming up quite soon. Multiple new reports have pointed to the next Direct event taking place in mid-September, and that would be in keeping with tradition for Nintendo.

Switch Force posted a cryptic message referencing "912" and "missing games," suggesting that a Nintendo Direct featuring more Switch 2 games could take place on September 12. VGC, meanwhile, said it heard from sources that a Nintendo Direct is planned for mid-September.

Nintendo hosting a Nintendo Direct in September would not be surprising at all given Nintendo historically hosts Direct events in September. Regarding the potential September 12 date, that timing is conspicuous given it is one day before the 40th anniversary of the release of 1985's original Super Mario Bros.

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John Wick and Deadpool 2 director David Leitch's Gears of War movie is progressing forward, with producer Kelly McCormick saying there is a "lot of energy" around getting the movie made due in part to the fact that a new game, Gears of War: E-Day, is coming out in 2026.

McCormick clarified, though, that the Gears of War movie for Netflix will not be ready in time for the game's release date, whenever in 2026 that may be. "We won't hit that release date, but maybe something that feels relevant to the release of the new game," she told The Hollywood Reporter.

McCormick and Leitch are married and run the production company 87North together. She added that Leitch is excited to make the Gears of War movie because it's a genre he hasn't done before: war. It's also "a bit of sci-fi" that Leitch will get to make "in his own way," McCormick said.

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Last year, Coffee Stain Studios brought Satisfactory out of its half decade in early access with an announcement that console versions would follow. Now, the studio is inviting players on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S to join PC players on planet MASSAGE-2(A-B)b when Satisfactory launches on consoles on November 4.

In Satisfactory, players assume control of Pioneers who have traveled to an alien world on behalf of the mega corporation FICSIT Inc. to build factories and exploit the natural resources of MASSAGE-2 (A-B)b. You'll construct increasingly elaborate sets of automated machinery to mine, craft, and expand.

It's a big job, but luckily cross-play is supported across all consoles and PC, and up to four players can work together via co-op.

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After tours across France, England, and Mexico, Forza Horizon 6 is reportedly shifting the series over to Japan for its next slice of car racing action. According to several leaks--and at least one now-deleted Instagram post hinting at it--the next chapter is set to be revealed next month at the Tokyo Game Show.

That's according to prolific leaker NateTheHate, and Windows Central has backed up this report by claiming that it has seen documentation "suggesting" Forza Horizon 6 will be officially shown off during the annual gaming event.

Earlier this month, an Australian car import company uploaded an Instagram post showing off a Playground Games employee digitally scanning a rare compact Japanese car, adding more fuel to the fire when the post mentioned that it was for a new Forza Horizon game. The Tokyo Game Show takes place September 25-28, and Microsoft has in the past held dedicated showcases during the event.

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Katabasis Deluxe Limited Edition: A Novel

$24.48 (was $35) | Releases August 26

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Nebula Award-winning author R.F. Kuang returns this week with a new fantasy novel. Pitched as Dante's Inferno crossed with Susanna Clarke's Piranesi, Katabasis is a 560-page novel that takes place at a magical university and the underworld. The highly anticipated standalone novel releases August 26, and publisher Harper Voyager is commemorating the launch with a gorgeous collectible hardcover. Katabasis Deluxe Limited Edition is available for $24.48 (was $35) at Amazon and Walmart.

After the first printing of Katabasis sells out, readers will have to settle for the standard edition, which means you'll miss out on the eye-catching sprayed page edges, lavish case, and illustrated endpapers. Considering that Amazon now also has a store page for the standard edition--for only two bucks less--the Deluxe Limited Edition is possibly close to selling out.

Take a look at the Deluxe Limited Edition of Katabasis below. Fans of Kuang's Poppy War Trilogy should also check out Amazon's discounts on the new Deluxe Collector's Editions of the first two novels in the series.

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Philipp Batura didn’t expect one of his most successful designs to be a giant red bow. Simple and cartoonishly oversized, the Big Hair Bow became one of Roblox’s biggest fashion hits during Christmas, selling more than 455,000 copies and generating over $150,000 in revenue.

"What's funny is that it's such a simple design, but that's probably why it worked," Batura told GameSpot via email. "It appealed to a wide audience. I remember logging into games and seeing it on so many players, and I still spot it in YouTube and TikTok videos."

It's a story that illustrates how Roblox fashion works and why it's so different from the real-world fashion industry. In Milan or Paris, designers might obsess over silhouettes or fabric innovation. In Roblox, the fashion ecosystem moves at the speed of memes, and sometimes the winning accessory isn't high-concept at all; it's a giant bow anyone can slap onto their avatar.

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The Shining: Special Edition Steelbook - The Film Vault (4K Blu-ray)

$100 | Limited Edition | Releases September 2

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The Shining: Solus Steelbook Edition - The Film Vault (4K Blu-ray)

$65 | Limited Edition | Releases September 2

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Stanley Kubrick and Stephen King fans can secure a preorder for a highly collectible 4K Blu-ray edition of The Shining at Walmart. Part of The Film Vault collector's series, The Shining Special Edition Steelbook is available to order for $100 at Walmart ahead of its September 2 release in the US. Along with the steelbook case with new artwork, this limited-edition release comes with cigar box packaging, a double-sided poster, and a bunch of art cards. It looks like the ultimate collector's version of the legendary horror movie, so snag a copy while you still can. A cheaper edition without the extras releases the same day. The Shining Solus Steelbook Edition is $65 and has sold out at least twice already.

Created by Vice Press in partnership with Warner Bros. UK, The Shining Special Edition is one of two early '80s horror films in The Film Vault Wave 3. The Shining will launch alongside the 1982 supernatural horror film Poltergeist. Walmart is also taking preorders for Poltergeist's Special Edition Steelbook and Poltergeist Solus Steelbook. Both editions were in stock at the time of writing. The Shining and Poltergeist Film Vault limited editions come with region-free 4K Blu-ray and 1080p Blu-ray discs.

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Arcade1Up Class of '81 Deluxe Pac-Man & Galaga Countercade

$167.16 | In stock on August 23 (Discontinued)

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Arcade1Up's Countercades are great for those who have limited space as well as anyone who doesn't want to drop $500 on a standing home arcade machine. Unfortunately, Arcade1Up seems like it could be done with its series of compact machines. All of the manufacturer's Countercades are discontinued. Until this month, we hadn't seen an Arcade1Up Countercade in stock since last holiday season. So we were surprised to find the Arcade1Up Class of '81 Countercade in stock at Amazon this week.

Arcade1Up Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga Countercade

The Class of '81 Countercade is themed around Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga, though it also includes Dig Dug. The cabinet launched last October for $150 and then disappeared before Christmas. It had a peculiarly brief lifecycle, and now it has a fittingly strange restock. The Class of '81 Countercade is sold and shipped by Amazon, but the price is $167.16. It's only $17 above the original MSRP, and the $150 MSRP was surprisingly low to begin with--and contributed to it selling out so fast.

Snag the Arcade1Up Class of '81 Countercade while you can; over on StockX, resellers have it listed for $299. The compact machine is one of only about a dozen Arcade1Up cabinets available on Amazon at the moment.

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KPop Demon Hunters' fictional bands have become some of the hottest musical acts on the planet since the Netflix animated film released in June--but before Huntrix and Saja Boys were tearing up the charts, a quartet of League of Legends characters were making waves in virtual K-pop.

Even before KPop Demon Hunters was released, the film's fictional K-pop band was seeing comparisons to Riot Games' virtual girl group, K/DA. It's not a stretch to spot the similarities--two animated girl groups releasing catchy K-pop anthems in between fighting enemies with signature weapons and battle costumes. Even some of the costumes and color schemes feel familiar, and both groups have collaborated with real-world K-pop girl group Twice.

Though it feels likely that the team behind KPop Demon Hunters was inspired by K/DA, it hasn't commented much on the comparison. One of the only official references to K/DA comes from KPop Demon Hunters' music supervisor Ian Eisendrath, who confirms that Riot's virtual band was "one of our many influences" for Huntrix's musical sound. Eisendrath adds that K/DA was just one of "8-12 references" that was mainly used to "envision what these songs could sound like."

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If you've been using the jump button a little too often in the Battlefield 6 beta, then you're going to notice some changes upon launch. DICE has announced that there's now a penalty for making consecutive jumps that lowers the jump height. Momentum carried from a slide into a jump has also been tweaked to reduce its speed. Nevertheless, Battlefield 6 principal game designer Florian "DRUNKKZ3" Le Bihan wants players to know that the movement changes "are not drastic."

"Movement is also getting more responsive in general in places that have felt a bit clunky before. so there is a lot more that is getting quality improvements [and] polish in this same area," wrote Le Bihan on X. "Adding diminishing returns to jumping is what we're actually doing, an initial slide or an initial jumps will not be affected. We're still trying to retain depth to movement with some skill curve to it, just making sure it doesn't become insane."

The Battlefield 6 devs also recently defended the changes to Rush mode in the beta, including smaller lobbies of 24 players for 12v12 matches. According to the programing team, Rush mode doesn't work as well with more than 24 players at a time.

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Steam darling Peak's latest patch changes the game for Steam Deck players and speedrunners who love nothing more than a good glitch.

Peak version 1.25.a makes a few major changes and a bunch of minor ones. The biggest alteration is that the game is now Steam Deck Verified.

"Finally.....the game is good on Steam Deck," the team wrote in the patch notes. "Deck players will know it's been good for a while! The Mesa Update added the last of controller support needed and with this patch we've added some text adjustments needed to get the Verified badge."

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Darkstalkers: The Complete Series (Blu-ray)

$32 (was $40) | Releases October 28

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Back in the '90s, several classic fighting games got their own official animated series, including Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat. One of the most surprising adaptations was Capcom's cult-classic brawler Darkstalkers. While the Darkstalkers animated series has been hard to come by for decades, distributor Discotek recently revealed that it'ss bringing the entire series to Blu-ray on October 28. If you're looking to add an overlooked piece of Darkstalkers history to your collection, you can preorder Darkstalkers: The Complete Series on Blu-ray now for $32 (was $40) at Amazon. Preorders are also in stock at Crunchyroll for $40.

Darkstalkers: The Complete Series (Blu-ray) $32 (was $40) | Releases October 28

This Blu-ray includes all 13 episodes from the show, presented in 480i standard definition and with an overall run time of 325 minutes. There's not too much included here in terms of bonus materials, but you can check out on-disc extras like a series trailer, the original promotional bumpers and a credits, select commentary tracks, and a video compiling several memes from the show. The cover artwork is also a nod to the video game source material, as it's inspired by the original artwork of the game releases on consoles like Sega Saturn.

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• Series trailer
• Commentary tracks
• Meme compilation video
• Promotional bumpers and credits

Loosely based on the video games, Darkstalkers revolved around the eternal battle between monsters. On the side of evil, the lord of vampires Dimitri, led his forces on a campaign of terror at the behest of his master, the cosmic menace Pyron. Opposing him were various Night Warriors--and their human ally--who were the last line of defense against Pyron and his minions.

Darkstalkers: The Complete OVA Collection $24 (was $30) | Now available

This isn't the only time that Darkstalkers has received an animated adaptation, as a four-episode original video animation series ran from 1997-1998. Animated by Madhouse Studios--who had been on a roll in the '90s with Trigun, Cardcaptor Sakura, and Yu Yu Hakusho--this was a far more faithful adaptation of the games and it was well-received thanks to its high-quality animation.

This Blu-ray was released in 2022, and it it features the OVAs remastered in 1080p and in the original aspect ratio of 1.33:1 full frame. The audio quality is also impressive, as you can watch the anime in Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, and English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. There's even a music-only DTS-HD Master Audio option if you want to focus purely on the visuals and soundtrack. For the extras, there's a selection of promotional materials, sequences without the credits text, and art galleries.

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• Original and remastered trailers and TV spots
• Promotional videos for various Dark Stalkers video games
• Epilogue without title text
• Ending without text
• Alternate Japanese ending credits sequence
• Vintage English opening and ending sequences
• "The Trouble Man" music video
• Art galleries

If you're looking to grab more Blu-rays of classic animated shows, then you can check out everything else that Discotek has to offer currently. One of the big releases on the way is Mega Man: The Complete Series, as all 27 episodes from the show's two-season run (1994-96) are coming to Blu-ray. The new Blu-ray edition is available to preorder for $50 at Amazon or $40 at Crunchyroll ahead of its October 28 release, and it comes with a selection of archival content, TV commercials, and new commentary tracks from Mega Man's US voice actor, Ian James Corlett.

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Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest - The Complete First Season

$80 | Releases November 4

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Fairy Tail was a massively popular manga and anime series during its original run from the mid-200s through the 2010s, and not long after its saga wrapped up, a new sequel series hit the scene. Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest has been in print since 2018, but it wasn't until recently that it got an anime adaptation. In case you missed out on it, the good news is that you can preorder the upcoming Blu-ray release ahead of its release for $80 on November 4 through Amazon and CrunchyRoll. This edition of the complete first season also comes inside a stylish steelbook case, featuring the main cast of Fairy Tail on the cover.

Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest - The Complete First Season $80 | Releases November 4

Set one year after the war with the Alvarez Empire and the destruction of the evil black dragon Acnologia, Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest sees Natsu Dragneel and his allies embark on an ambitious mission to seal the Five Dragon Gods. The Blu-ray release contains all 25 episodes from the first season across four discs and in 1080p, with Japanese and English audio options. For the extras, there are clean credit sequences, an interquel recap episode, and promo videos.

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• Episode 13.5 - Going Off Topic: Lucy's Diary
• Fairy Tail promo videos
• Promo videos
• Textless opening and ending songs

Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Volumes 1-18 of the hit Fairy Tail manga sequel are available now.

Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Season One is just the beginning of the new saga. If you're looking to see what's next for Natsu and the gang beyond the first batch of episodes, you can grab the original manga series it's based on. The anime adaptation covers the first 91 chapters of the manga series--which takes you up to roughly Volume 10, and 18 volumes have published so far with two more on the way. Volume 19 will be released in November and it'll be followed by Volume 20 in April 2026. Each paperback retails for around $10 each, and like other manga releases, these are travel-friendly trades that feature a uniform design when stacked on a shelf.

• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 1 -- $10.22 ($11)
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 2 -- $10 ($11)
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 3 -- $11
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 4 -- $10.42 ($11)
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 5 -- $10.39 ($11)
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 6 -- $8.90 ($11)
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 7 -- $11
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 8 -- $11
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 9 -- $8.39 ($11)
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 10 -- $10.22 ($11)
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 11 -- $8.40 ($11)
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 12 -- $10.22 ($11)
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 13 -- $8.44 ($11)
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 14 -- $10.22 ($11)
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 15 -- $9.34 ($11)
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 16 -- $9.30 ($11)
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 17 -- $11
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 18 -- $11
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 19 -- $11 | Releases November 4, 2025
• Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 20 -- $11 | Releases April 7, 2026

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If you're new to the world of Fairy Tail, then you'll also want to check out the original series. Created and illustrated by Hiro Mashima, the series is set in a magical land of wizards and follows Natsu and his eclectic friends as they take on quests for their guilds and tangled with dark wizards. While the series isn't groundbreaking and can be slightly derivative, it's still a consistently fun show thanks to its quirky characters, well-paced action, and emotionally heavy plots that come out of nowhere.

The best way to check out the original manga--which ran for an impressive 545 chapters across 63 volumes--is through the manga box sets currently available for sale. Each one collects around 11 paperback volumes and come with exclusive sticker sheets and a slipcase box to store them in. Pricing ranges from $60-$80 for each discounted collection.

• Fairy Tail Box Set: Vol. 1 - 11 -- $70 ($121)
• Fairy Tail Box Set: Vol. 12 -22 -- $80.72 ($121)
• Fairy Tail Box Set: Vol. 23 - 33 -- $68 ($121)
• Fairy Tail Box Set: Vol. 34 - 43 -- $69.43 ($110)
• Fairy Tail Box Set: Vol. 44 - 53 -- $59.22 ($110)
• Fairy Tail Box Set: Vol. 54 - 63 -- $76 ($110)

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The original Fairy Tale also received its own anime adaptation. All 328 episodes of the show are available on Blu-ray and include Japanese with English subtitles and the English dub, as well as a few special features like clean credit sequences and promotional materials. Collections one through ten also come with DVD copies of the series, but starting with Collection 11, these changed to Blu-ray and digital streaming code combos.

• Fairy Cail Collection 1: Episodes 1 - 24 -- $36 ($55)
• Fairy Tail Collection 2: Episodes 25 - 48 -- $38 ($55)
• Fairy Tail Collection 3: Episodes 41 - 72 -- $34.49 ($55)
• Fairy Tail Collection 4: Episodes 73 - 96 -- $40 ($55)
• Fairy Tail Collection 5: Episodes 97 - 120 -- $41.23 ($55)
• Fairy Tail Collection 6: Episodes 121- 142 -- $43 ($55)
• Fairy Tail Collection 7: Episodes 143 - 164 -- $41.24 ($55)
• Fairy Tail Collection 8: Episodes 165 - 187 -- $35.74 ($55)
• Fairy Tail Collection 9: Episodes 188 - 212 -- $38.49 ($55)
• Fairy Tail Collection 10: Episodes 213 - 239 -- $35.49 ($55)
• Fairy Tail Collection 11: Episodes 240 - 265 -- $26.84 ($30.53)
• Fairy Tail Zero: Episodes 266 - 277 -- $26.80 ($30)
• Fairy Tail - The Final Season: Episodes 278 - 290 -- $22.58 ($28.33)
• Fairy Tail - The Final Season: Episodes 291 - 303 -- $29.90 ($55)
• Fairy Tail - Final Season: Episodes 304 - 316 -- $31 ($55)
• Fairy Tail - Final Season: Episodes 317 - 328 -- $35.74 ($37.54)

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Fairy Tail has also received two feature film presentations. The first one, Phoenix Priestess, was released in 2012 and revolves around the guild helping a young girl who harbors a grudge against wizards and has her own dark secrets. The second film, Dragon Cry, came out in 2017 and sees Natsu and his allies travel to a dangerous island kingdom of Stella so that they can save the world.

• Fairy Tail The Movie: The Phoenix Priestess -- $23 ($35)
• Fairy Tail The Movie: Dragon Cry -- $33.25

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Silent Hill 2's excellent remake is discounted to only $30 (was $70) for PS5 at Amazon and Walmart. This limited-time offer matches the lowest price ever for the PS5 and PC survival horror game. PC players can get a Steam key from Fanatical for $37.79.

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Originally released for PS2 in 2001, Silent Hill 2 is widely regarded as one of the best survival horror games of all time. A remastered version appeared in the Silent Hill HD Collection in 2012, but Bloober Team's 2024 remake is a fully rebuilt, modernized take on the Konami classic. The stunning visual overhaul makes Silent Hill 2's haunting atmosphere all the more terrifying. The reworked soundtrack aptly captures the game's tone, and the voice actor performances elevate the narrative.

Bloober Team's remake is a dark descent into a world with an oppressive atmosphere. Full of surreal nightmares, players not only have to survive the terrors stalking Silent Hill but find answers to the questions that have haunted the protagonist James Sunderland for several years.

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Team Cherry's Hollow Knight sequel, Hollow Knight: Silksong, is finally releasing on September 4 after years of development and fears from the community that the game may never see the light of day. But Silksong is real, we've played it, and the upcoming launch is looming so large that multiple game studios have delayed their upcoming projects to get out of the way. But why did Silksong take so long to make?

Team Cherry founders Ari Gibson and William Pellen said Silksong was not stuck in development hell or anything like that. The enormous success of the 2017 game--it's sold more than 15 million copies--allowed the Australia-based developers to develop the follow-up at their own pace.

"It was never stuck or anything," Gibson told Bloomberg. "It was always progressing. It's just the case that we're a small team, and games take a lot of time. There wasn't any big controversial moment behind it."

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When I watch a great pro match of a fighting game like Marvel vs. Capcom 2 or Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, my reaction is equal parts awe and bafflement. The sheer speed and hyper-kinetic action flies by so quickly that I can only make sense of a percentage of what I'm seeing, and the people who have mastered the chaos must be a different species. Kirby Air Riders is like that: a bubblegum colorful confection of speed, agility, and action that feels overwhelming, but still fun to play.

My hands-on experience at Gamescom started with some tutorials showing the ropes of handling your ride. The ride accelerates automatically, which may seem like it suggests simplicity, but there's still a lot of finesse and fine control to handling your ride. Nailing a drift around a corner takes precise timing, and when you take a jump you can get a speed boost with a clean landing--which means tilting your racer slightly to land parallel if you're coming up on a hill. Those mechanics felt approachable and easy to grasp during the limited time of a demo, but had enough depth that the skill ceiling looks high.

This is a sequel to Kirby's Air Ride, but the shift to Air Riders is a significant one. There's a particular emphasis on the characters themselves and their unique powers, and this is where I could most keenly sense Masahiro Sakurai's experience with the Smash Bros. series. It feels like an evolution of that, and bringing that spirit of balancing different power sets into a new racing context.

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Ubisoft isn't done supporting The Division 2 just yet, as the company has announced The Division 2: Survivors, which is described as an "updated take" on the game's survival-extraction elements. Ubisoft also shared the latest update on The Division: Resurgence.

Development on Survivors is only just beginning, Ubisoft said, noting that The Division veteran Magnus Jansen is leading production as its creative director.

Not a whole lot is known about The Division 2: Survivors, but Ubisoft said it wants to develop it alongside the community. It is "as much your baby as it is ours," executive producer Julian Gerighty said. "We strive for transparency during its development."

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