Battlefield 2042 introduced the Portal map creation tools to the franchise. But later this year, Battlefield 6 will take things even further with an overhauled map-creation toolset for the upcoming shooter. Now, DICE and EA have shared a video that offers a brief glimpse at the new Portal mode and what it's bringing to the table.

The new Portal mode allows players to build, share, and play their custom maps with more options than ever before. One of the new tools is a spatial editor powered by Godot that gives creators the chance to spatially edit maps and move around preexisting elements at will. Portal also includes custom and AI scripting that lets players create unique UI and direct NPC combatants on their battlefields. Any experience made with Portal will be available to other players through the community section.

Portal will also include modifiers that let players change the rules of the game. That includes the ability to set up one-shot kills, closed weapons, and many others. More intriguingly, player progression and XP gain are fully enabled during Portal mode.

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Castlevania: The Complete Series - Limited Edition

$155 | Releases September 30

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Netflix's Castlevania animated series is finally releasing in box set format on September 30, but it's currently only expected to be available as a pricey limited edition. Revealed this week, Castlevania: The Complete Series Limited Edition is a $155 Blu-ray box set featuring Seasons 1-4 of the hit animated adaptation. It's packaged in collectible, faux-woodgrain box containing an art book, Ouija board, Tarot deck, and more. Preorders are available now at Amazon and the Crunchyroll Store.

Castlevania: The Complete Series Limited Edition (Blu-ray)

Notably, this collection does not come with either season of Nocturne. Season 1 of the follow-up series released on Blu-ray last fall, but Season 2 is still stuck on Netflix. To complete your Castlevania Blu-ray collection, you can pick up Nocturne Season 1 on sale for only $17 (was $40) at Amazon. Prices in the sub-$20 range for individual seasons of the show are what make Castlevania: The Complete Series a steep ask at full price. At $155, the Limited Edition Complete Series costs nearly $100 more than the cost of buying the Seasons 1-2 bundle ($17), Season 3 ($19.53), and Season 4 ($20) separately.

Castlevania Animated Series on Blu-ray

Get Seasons 1-4 for $56.53 / Nocturne for $17

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Castlevania: The Complete Series comes with all four seasons of the original animated Netflix show across six Blu-ray discs. The total runtime for Castlevania's 32 episodes is 13 hours and 20 minutes; episodes range from 22-31 minutes each. Castlevania: The Complete Series is bundled inside a woodgrain-style box with decorative gold trim and a portrait of the main characters.

Here's the full list of physical and on-disc extras that come with the Limited Edition:

• 72-page Art Book
• Ouija Game Board with Planchette
• Castlevania Tarot Card Deck
• 2 Window Cling Art Pieces
• Collector's Box
• On-disc bonus content:
  • Art Galleries
  • Storyboards
  • Trailers
  • Production Animatics
  • Voice Actor Interviews

Castlevania debuted on Netflix in 2017 with a four-episode arc. It was a huge hit out of the gate. Season 2's eight episode arc dropped in 2018 and was followed up by two 10-episode seasons in 2020-21.

It's not very likely that this collection will actually launch at its current $155 price point. Blu-rays, and especially TV series box sets, often start high before receiving discounts ahead of launch. You won't be charged for your preorder until it ships, and Amazon will automatically adjust your order total to reflect the lowest price offered until launch.

All that said, Castlevania: The Complete Series probably won't be the economical way to own the great animated series on Blu-ray. That could change if a standard edition box set without the collectibles pops up. But if you can stomach potentially paying $155, the Limited Edition does look like a nice collectible and display piece for big fans of the Konami franchise and Netflix's stylish adaptation.

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We've listed all of the Castlevania Blu-rays below for comparison. Buying the first two seasons together is cheaper than grabbing them separately, but there is a Season 1 bundle that includes a cool T-shirt for $20.

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Earlier this year, EA showed off some of the destructible elements in Battlefield 6. That glimpse of destruction you can wreak was amplified in the recently released multiplayer trailer for the game. But if you were hoping to be able to knock down every building on the map, then you may be disappointed, because the game's Tactical Destruction system will only offer so much leeway.

EA executive vice president Vince Zampella told PCGamesN that the Tactical Destruction system gives player "unparalleled levels of freedom." However, he reasons that if it was possible to completely destroy all of the buildings on the map, then the system wouldn't reflect the original intentions of the dev team.

"We make maps very purposefully for fun, combat sight lines, and performance," said Zampella. "So if you're able to control that destruction, [it can still be] different, because you might blow up this building one time, this building another, or nothing at all. That's where the flexibility comes in. But even when they are destroyed, the map is still full. We guarantee you that the map is still fun to play. So it's about making a map and then making multiple versions of that map that are all equally balanced and fun to play."

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Octopath Traveler 0 Standard Edition

$50 | Releases December 4

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Square Enix announced that Octopath Traveler 0, a new entry in the Octopath series, will launch on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC on December 4. The new RPG takes story and gameplay elements from the smartphone game Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, retooled into a new standalone, offline single-player title, giving fans a new way to experience the narrative. Preorders for the game are available now, and there are multiple versions up for grabs--including a $50 standard edition you can grab at Amazon and Best Buy. There's also a $70 Digital Deluxe Edition and a massive $230 Collector's Edition available exclusively through Square Enix's online store. All three editions also include preorder bonuses for securing your copy ahead of time. Check out full details on all versions of the game below.

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Preordering any version of Octopath Traveler 0 gets you the Travel Provisions Pack, which includes in-game items and skills to give you a slight edge during the early hours of the game. Here's the pack's full in-game contents:

• 5x Healing Grape (M) item
• 5x Inspiriting Plum (M) item
• 5x Revitalizing Jam item
• Icewind Mastery skill

Octopath Traveler 0 Standard Edition $50 | Releases December 4

This is the base version of Octopath Traveler 0. It includes the full base game, plus the Travel Provisions Pack if you preorder. Physical preorders are available for $50 at Amazon and Best Buy. Digital preorders are also available.

While you can preorder the Octopath Traveler physical standard edition for PS5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch 2, and Nintendo Switch, it's worth noting that the Switch 2 physical version is yet another Game-Key Card release. That means none of the actual game data is included on the cartridge, which instead works as physical DRM that lets you download and play the digital version of the game to your Switch 2. That said, the other three platforms all include the full game data on their physical media. The Switch 2 can play Switch 1 games, so you can purchase the Switch version of Octopath Traveler 0 if you want the game on cartridge. However, Square Enix is not offering an upgrade path for the Switch 1 version--so if you want the Switch 2 version with better performance and visual fidelity, you're stuck with the Game-Key Card or digital versions of the game.

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$60 | Releases December 4

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EA and DICE held their grand reveal for Battlefield 6 today, with streamers from around the world descending into Los Angeles to take their first crack at the game. Along with the first gameplay reveal came confirmation of BF6's PC requirements, and thankfully, you won't need a super-rig to get the best performance.

The minimum requirements to play Battlefield 6 on PC include a Nvidia RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 5600 graphics card, as well as either an Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 processor. Recommended specs don't venture much further than that, as the recommended graphics card is an RTX 3060Ti or Radeon RX 6700-XT, along with a i7 or Ryzen 7 processor.

It's important to note that the specs for the full release are different from those of the open beta test taking place during the next two weekends, though not by much. The full specs for the final release, as posted on the official Battlefield website, are below:

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Battlefield 6 Standard Edition

$70 | Releases October 10

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Battlefield 6 Phantom Edition

$100 | Releases October 10

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Battlefield 6 is finally launching for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on October 10--nearly four years after the last game in the series--and preorders are available now. There are two versions available: a $70 standard edition and a $100 Phantom Edition that packs in exclusive additional content. Preordering either edition also gets you a selection of preorder bonuses, which we've outlined below, along with full details on both editions.

Like previous entries, Battlefield 6 is a multiplayer-focused shooter where up to 64 players face off in large-scale, team-based matches across various maps and modes. EA showed off gameplay for the first time during a July 31 livestream that highlighted multiple playable character loadouts, pilotable vehicles, and more multiplayer features. Battlefield 6 will also have a single-player campaign. Fans eager to play the game will get to try it out for themselves with two free open beta weekends running August 9-10 and August 14-17.

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Preordering any version of Battlefield 6 gets you the Tombstone Pack, which features a selection of in-game cosmetics and boost items. Here's what's included:

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Dead Take feels more like an artist's point of view of the unsaid traumas and private despair that plague the lives of actors than a horror adventure game. It is still very much a video game driven by rewarding puzzle mechanics, but the meat of the experience is the insight it gives of what it can feel like to be an actor. It's altogether more disturbing than spooky, and although certain supernatural elements do dampen the puzzle box nature and horror of the overall game, Dead Take is still a powerful, emotion-driven descent into one man's psyche.

Experienced entirely in first-person, Dead Take has you play as an actor named Chase who breaks into and explores the seemingly abandoned mansion of Cain, a famous Hollywood producer. There are signs of a party, but all the lights are off and an eerie stillness hangs over the darkened hallways and strangely shaped rooms. Chase is looking for his friend, Vinny, another actor, who successfully landed the role of Willie in an upcoming movie--a role that Chase had also been gunning for. As you guide Chase through the mansion, you'll slowly uncover what transpired behind the scenes during the movie's pre-production, learning how so many people's lives were destroyed in service to the damaged and traumatized ego of one man.

In one room, you have to read through multiple script drafts to get the perfect shot with mannequins.

It's a haunting tale brought to life by full-motion video (FMV) recordings of powerhouse actors in the industry. Neil Newbon gives Chase an almost psychopathic desperation to his need to land the role of Willie, while Ben Starr hides Vinny's nepotism behind charismatic suave and charm to produce a completely different type of creepiness. The unnerving and disgusting battle behind the scenes to determine the leading lady opposite Willie and cover up a "problematic" woman for a more "agreeable" one is explored through the fantastic (and subsequently, deeply uncomfortable to watch) performances of Alanah Pearce and Laura Bailey. And at one point, Jane Perry delivers a performance of Cain's wife so powerful and deeply chilling, I doubt I'll ever forget it.

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While today's Battlefield 6 Multiplayer Livestream Event focused on the ways we'll be playing the game with friends, there were a few teasers for the other ways we can enjoy Battlefield 6 later this year. Along with a hint that the battle royale mode Operation Firestorm is coming back, EA and DICE provided a brief teaser for the single-player campaign, and it sounds like things in the world of Battlefield 6 aren't great.

The 30-second clip centered around a woman explaining what's happening in her world at the moment. She says the world as it was once known has "crumbled," and that "alliances that have held since World War II" are "gone." She pivots to say that "every crisis is an opportunity" before finishing with a quote from Game of Thrones--"chaos is a ladder."

Face the fury of war and rise. Are you ready?
Campaign is back in #Battlefield6. pic.twitter.com/snajOQQnCA

— Battlefield (@Battlefield) July 31, 2025

Information provided by EA and DICE after the teaser aired shed a little more light on the specifics of Battlefield 6's story: The game takes place in the year 2027, and it will drop players into a world shaken by a high-profile assassination that has all but dismantled NATO. Trying to fill the void is Pax Armata, a massive private military corporation with "deep pockets and the latest tech."

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Battlefield 6 will, as expected, take advantage of performance-enhancement modes available on current hardware.

In a FAQ posted to the game's official site, EA confirmed that the upcoming FPS will come with options to boost game performance (frames per second) or image quality on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. These modes are largely standard for AAA titles these days, and the news comes just as the publisher finally clarified that Battlefield 6 will be ditching older hardware in favor of the current generation of consoles (except the Switch 2) and PC.

Additionally, Battlefield 6 will have "visual performance enhancements" that will be exclusive to the PS5 Pro version, though it's currently unclear what these enhancements will entail.

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Battlefield 6 will mark a return to the franchise's hallmark character classes after controversially changing the system in Battlefield 2042.

During Battlefield 6's multiplayer reveal, the developers emphasized, "We heard you loud and clear: You want the class system back," before confirming the return of Battlefield's four typical archetypes: the assault, engineer, support, and recon classes.

Each class will feature a signature weapon set, as well as gadgets and traits exclusive to them, and clearly the developers have shuffled around some of the familiar tools in Battlefield 6's revamped take on the system.

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EA is trying its hand again at a Battlefield-themed battle royale mode, it seems. As part of the Battlefield 6 multiplayer reveal event today, the company strongly teased the revival of the Firestorm mode from Battlefield V.

A teaser video showed soldiers scattering through a tropical location as the camera panned backwards to a massive firestorm spreading down a mountain toward them. The developers never mentioned battle royale or Firestorm by name, but the suggestion is quite obvious. In any event, whatever this is, fans will get to try it first in the Battlefield Labs testing program.

EA's hosts at the event alluded to the mode being called Firestorm, but stopped short of confirming this.

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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, Arc System Work's next head-turning fighting game, is putting a new spin on tag fighters by having players assemble their team over the course of a match.

A new Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls beginner's guide video gives fans their best look yet at the game's mechanics and systems. The video reveals that matches, which are played in a best-of-three rounds, don't start with each player having their full four-player team assembled.

Instead, players start the match with two characters each. Executing a successful throw or landing certain special attacks in specific locations will cause a stage transition that also sees a player's third, and when done again, fourth character join the team. Allies additionally will join a player's team when knocking an opponent into a stage's corner or upon losing a round.

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Lego Minifigures: Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse 6-Pack

$30 | Releases September 1

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Lego is releasing a new series of minifigures themed around Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on September 1. Like other minifigure collections, this one features 12 characters and will be sold individually in mystery bags for $6 each as well as in 6-packs for $30. Walmart has opened preorders for the 6-packs, which are sure to be quite popular. And since we're talking about Spider-Verse here, that means the set has a few of the zanier Spider-Men from the multiverse, including Werewolf Spider-Man., Spider-Punk, and Sun-Spider.

Lego Minifigures: Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse 6-Pack $30 | Releases September 1

It's not impossible to receive a duplicate in these minifigure mystery boxes, but it is unlikely. What is likely, however, is that you'll need to purchase more than two boxes to get all 12 characters in the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse collection. Unless you're quite lucky.

Many of these Spider-Verse minifigures come with accessories. For instance, Spider-Punk has an electric guitar; Web-slinger, otherwise known as Patrick O'Hara, actually comes with a horse figure; and Pavitr Prabhakar's minifigure is accompanied by a cat figure that is reminiscent of Bodega Cat from Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Perhaps most notably, Peter B. Parker has a baby carrier that holds a mini-minifigure of his daughter Mayday.

All 12 minifigures come with a display stand for the character and any included accessories.

Here's the full list of minifigures in the Spider-Verse collection:

• Miles Morales (Spider-Man)
• Prowler (Miles G. Morales)
• Peter B. Parker (Old Spider-Man)
• Gwen Stacy (Ghost Spider)
• Spider-Punk (Hobart Brown)
• Sun-Spider (Charlotte Webber)
• Werewolf Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
• Spider-Byte (Margo Kess)
• Web-Slinger (Miguel O'Hara)
• Patrick O'Hara (Web-slinger)
• Cyborg Spider-Woman (Petra Parker)
• Pavitr Prabhakar (Spider-Man)

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Lego has released some pretty cool minifigure collections over the past year, including a Dungeon & Dragons set. Unfortunately, that set has been discontinued--minifigure collections are retired much faster than regular sets--but you can buy a Dungeons & Dragons 6-pack for $37 from a third-party reseller on Amazon. The latest collection of regular Lego minifigures, Series 27, is up for grabs for $26 (was $30). Earlier this year, Lego launched a collection of 12 miniature F1 race cars; this series is still available, and you can get a 6-pack for $26 (was $30).

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