Rise of Rana is a single-player open-world action-adventure brimming with humour, destruction, and complete freedom of movement. Play as two main characters (with dozens of costumes and accessories) and explore massive cities where you can fight, complete missions, cause chaos, or simply have fun.

Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game celebrated its 15-year anniversary on August 10, 2025. Below, we speak with the developers of the original game about how it came to be and its enduring legacy.

Trust an elder millennial on this one: The longer you live, the more you start to see the media of your youth reflected in a weird, recursive funhouse mirror. The old Grandpa Simpson "It'll happen to you!" meme is not just a perfect reaction to have here, but a perfect example. It's a famous meme, born from a show that is now mostly known by younger generations as an infinite meme factory, from a scene that was directed at Gen-Xers with nostalgia for the 1970s, by a character lamenting how he was cool in the '50s, and nostalgia for the '40s being the actual intended joke.

Scott Pilgrim now occupies a similarly strange place in pop culture. Back in the mid-2000s, the original graphic novels were to old-school video games, anime, and Canadian indie bands what Kevin Smith's worship of Star Wars and Marvel comics were to Gen X. Plenty of readers could latch onto the story of a nerdy slacker--the titular Scott--dating Ramona Flowers, a much cooler person with a checkered past, and Scott having to reckon with said checkered past by fighting her seven evil exes. The emotional honesty injected into the story by its creator, Bryan Lee O'Malley made it appeal to the folks who may never have picked up a controller, the folks who simply saw an extremely well-drawn, well-written fantastical slice-of-life indie book. Scott still had to deal with getting a job, paying his rent, and generally having to become an adult. He just happened to do so while speaking to nerds in a whole other secret language of nostalgic metaphors.

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By the end of this weekend, Borderlands 4 is probably going to be one of the biggest launches of 2025. It hasn't gone off without a hitch, however. The game has been hit hard by negative reviews on Steam over its PC optimization. Now, Borderlands 4 has been accused of including spyware by some vocal fans online. Those rumors have been so pervasive that Borderlands 4 publisher Take-Two Interactive has already shared a statement denying them.

The issue at hand involves the kernel-level anti-cheat in Borderlands 4, which some have accused of being modified to collect data about players. Borderlands 4's updated terms of service was also presented as evidence that the game was being used to spy on players, hence the response from Take-Two.

"Take-Two does not use spyware in its games," wrote a company spokesperson on Steam. "Take-Two's Privacy Policy applies to all labels, studios, games, and services across all media and platform types such as console, PC, mobile app, and website. The Privacy Policy identifies the data activities that may be collected, but this does not mean that every example is collected in each game or service."

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The overwhelming success of Balatro was one of the biggest stories of 2024 and a life-changing event for solo dev LocalThunk. However, LocalThunk is still only one man and he's revealed that his previously promised Balatro 1.1 update will not be arriving this year.

LocalThunk explained the reasons for the delay in a lengthy message on his official site, but it ultimately boils down to the name of his post: "I'm Slow." He apologized to players for the delay before expressing his desire to avoid repeating the crunch mode of 12-hour days he put in when Balatro was approaching launch and stated that he prefers to treat the work as a hobby rather than a job.

"I still love drawing my silly jokers," wrote LocalThunk. "I carry around a notebook that is now teeming with ideas to implement or test in the game, and thankfully I still consider this my hobby, but the prospect of rushing the work and going back into crunch mode to get it out this year just felt terrible. I am working slowly, but I like it that way. I love getting sucked into rabbit holes and I don't like trying to force things creatively."

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Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Standard Edition

$60 | Releases February 5, 2026

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Dragon Quest fans got a big surprise during the September 12, 2025, Nintendo Direct presentation, which revealed that one of the biggest games in the series, Dragon Quest VII, is getting an all-new version next year featuring gorgeous new graphics, voice acting, and gameplay updates. The aptly titled Dragon Quest VII Reimagined launches for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC on February 5, 2026. Preorders are available now, and the game is available in multiple versions--including physical standard and Collector's Editions, and a Digital Deluxe Edition. Grabbing an early copy unlocks a few in-game bonuses, and if you grab the Digital Deluxe Edition, you even get 48-hour early access to the full game.

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Preordering any version of Dragon Quest VII Reimagined gets you a few Early Bird in-game extras, including a special costume for the main hero based on the outfit worn by the protagonist of Dragon Quest VIII and three Seed of Proficiency items. These preorder bonuses are included with all physical and digital preorders.

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Early Bird Pack:

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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment for Nintendo Switch 2

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The Legend of Zelda fans don't have to wait too much longer to return to the world of Tears of the Kingdom. As announced during the September Nintendo Direct, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment launches November 6 exclusively on Switch 2. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment preorders are starting to open at major retailers. Like most Switch 2 games published by Nintendo so far, Age of Imprisonment is priced at $70.

Nintendo-published games rarely have preorder bonuses, but it's possible we'll see exclusive Zelda-themed trinkets at major retailers in the coming weeks.

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Pokemon fans will soon have a chance to get another shiny legendary in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Beginning September 26, select retailers across the US and other regions will distribute a free download code for a shiny Koraidon or a shiny Miraidon.

US residents will be able to receive the download code from participating GameStop stores. Players in Canada, Australia, or New Zealand, meanwhile, can get the code from EB Games.

The download code can be redeemed for only one of the two legendary Pokemon, depending on which version of the game you own. Scarlet players will receive a shiny Miraidon, while Violet players will instead get shiny Koraidon.

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for Nintendo Switch 2

$70 | Releases December 4

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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for Nintendo Switch

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Metroid fans have been beyond ready for the fourth entry in the Metroid Prime series, and now we know when the more than 18-year wait comes to an end. Announced during September's jam-packed Nintendo Direct, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond launches December 4 on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. Preorders for both versions of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond are beginning to pop up at major retailers. Nintendo is also releasing three new Amiibo figures: A new Samus Amiibo and Samus on her Vi-O-La motorcycle launch November 6, and a Sylux Amiibo releases the same day as the game.

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Check out all of the Metroid Prime 4 preorder details you need to know below. We've also included a look at the upcoming Metroid Prime Trilogy retrospective book and two recently released official Metroid gaming accessories, including a brand-new wireless controller for Switch 1/2.

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Jump Space is almost ready to exit space port and enter early access. Ahead of the game's debut later this month, Keepsake Games has set the price for Jump Space and laid out the update calendar well into 2026.

On Bluesky, Keepsake announced that Jump Space's early access release will be available for $20 on Xbox Series X|S and PC on September 19. Chapter 1: The Resistance Coalition will begin at the start of early access, with Chapter 2: Atira Strikes Back launching by early 2026. In a series of short updates in that time frame, Keepsake plans to introduce text chat, hangar vendors, a ship shield revamp, melee weapons, an expanded story, new missions, photo mode, and other additions.

The roadmap for Jump Space's updates.

In Q1 2026, Chapter 3: Secrets of the Telmari will bring support for a first-person mode, more sectors, a scanner revamp, voice chat, new enemies, and a ground boss into the game. There are plans for Chapter 4: Heart of Corruption before the game exits early access. However, there are no dates or concrete details about when that might occur.

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Activision recently announced that the T.E.D.D. operator in the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Vault Edition bundle would receive a new makeover, and now the publisher has revealed two more operators in the pack have also received visual adjustments. Additionally, a bonus T.E.D.D. skin has been added to the Vault Edition.

Black Ops 7's Vault Edition is $100, and it includes early access to the upcoming multiplayer beta, a four-pack of operators, as well as other cosmetic content. The four operators in the pack include T.E.D.D., Karma, Harper, and Reaper EWR-3.

The T.E.D.D. operator now looks less human and more like the robot originally featured in Black Ops 2's Zombies mode. The flesh has melted off his face to show more of his robotic features. The bonus T.E.D.D. skin added to the Vault Edition bundle will look more like the original Black Ops 7 design that was announced, but Activision says it does have some minor changes.

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Fortnite is celebrating the release of its new Marvel-themed Blitz Royale island by offering a new free skin that everyone can earn this weekend. According to in-game messaging, any players who earn a win this weekend in the Six Stack (Pure Chaos) variety of the recently added Blitz Royale mode will be granted the new Bug Punk Sunny skin on Monday. Yes, this is the first-ever new version of Sunny, the popular alien fangirl character from the Chapter 2 Season 7 battle pass.

You can earn the Bug Punk Sunny skin in Fortnite Blitz Royale this weekend.

For those who aren't up to date on Fortnite's many different battle royale modes, Blitz Royale is a small-scale mode with a max of 32 players and matches that last five minutes or less that was added this summer as an appeal to mobile gamers after Fortnite returned to iOS in the USA. But Blitz Royale is not exclusive to mobile devices--you can play the mode on any platform Fortnite works on. And in Six Stack (Pure Chaos) mode, there are teams of six players, and no bots or skill-based matchmaking, and so with the quick nature of these games this version of the mode tends to get pretty wild.

It's already a pretty momentous occasion for Blitz Royale, which replaced its entire map on Friday with a new island that's full of stuff owned by Tony Stark/Iron Man--in fact, these locations come from Chapter 2 Season 4, which was the first full-on Marvel season back in the fall of 2020. But the makeover isn't just an aesthetic one, because the loot pool is also now full of Marvel items, including the frequently maligned War Machine items that were everyone's bane during Chapter 5 Season 4.

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Dying Light: The Beast is no longer releasing on September 19--it's now coming one day sooner. Developer Techland said it's moving the date forward by 24 hours, to September 18, to celebrate The Beast reaching 1 million in pre-orders. The studio also revealed the exact global launch times.

"This inspired us to push our boundaries and make the impossible possible," the developer said about preorder numbers. Additionally, Techland said everyone who preorders will get an in-game reward, with details to be announced later.

"We pushed ourselves to make the impossible possible, and that's why we're releasing the game a little earlier. I can't wait to see players' reactions when they finally step into the world of The Beast," Dying Light boss Tymon Smektała said.

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