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Square Enix has today released a demo for its forthcoming Action-RPG Visions of Mana.

Included in the demo are story, battle, and exploration elements, plus players who complete it will receive three weapons for main character Val in the full game. It takes place partway through the first chapter, but progress won’t carry over to the main game as the demo has been specially created.

The demo was surprise-released, with a new trailer below showing off some new gameplay.

Visions of Mana | Demo Announce Trailer

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It’s a car in Gran Turismo 7.
Gran Turismo 7 players have flocked to social media to share examples of, uh, unusual driving physics after the racer’s 1.49 update added a new setting that seemingly fills vehicles with helium.

Gran Turismo 7 vs Forza Motorsport – The Duel – Digital Foundry Graphics Breakdown

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Twitch has updated its policy on sexual harassment, and added a new category to its AutoMod tool, to improve safety on its platform.

In a new blog post titled “How we’re combatting sexual harassment on Twitch”, the streaming platform highlights clarifications to its policy.

“While our policy remains largely unchanged, these updates are designed to make the policy easier to understand,” it reads. “Sexual harassment is never okay or acceptable. It harms our community, can make those targeted feel unsafe and disrespected, and can discourage them and others from participating on Twitch. We want our service to be the best and safest place to stream, and that means drawing clear boundaries around what behaviours are and aren’t allowed.”

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Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment has said it will once again allow players to purchase the free-to-play shooter’s battle passes with in-game premium currency after it announced it would only be selling them for real money starting in Season 22.

Earlier this month, Respawn unveiled a number of controversial changes to Apex Legends’ existing battle pass system, in a move it insisted would provide more “value” to players. One of these changes will see the current season-long Battle Pass essentially split in two, with Respawn charging players full price for each half-season premium pass across the same amount of time.

However, the change that attracted perhaps the most fan ire was Respawn’s decision to begin charging real money for its battle passes, …

Outspoken former Capcom director Hideki Kamiya has said he feels a “duty” to develop sequels to cult classics Okami and Viewtiful Joe in order to finish off their respective stories.

In his latest video with fellow Capcom alum Ikumi Nakamura, Kamiya asks Capcom again for the ability to return to his former franchises.

“Creators have the duty to create sequels fans are wanting to see,” Kamiya said. “Although I sound all high and mighty, it’s been a while since I’ve moved on from Okami. But I still feel like I haven’t fulfilled my duty. So Capcom-san, please, let’s do it together.

“Same sentiments for Viewtiful Joe 3,” Kamiya continued. “I’d be more than happy.”

The video is light-hearted, and Kamiya acknowledges he is no longer anything to do with Capcom’…

While the world waits for news on Switch 2, there’s still life in Nintendo’s current aging console yet – and money to be made – as evidenced by the reveal of a Joy-Con Charging Stand.

Nintendo made the announcement via social media this morning, with word the device was officially dubbed the Joy-Con Charging Stand (Two-Way) accessory, and would be available to buy from 17th October.

How much will it cost? For now, Nintendo is keeping that rather crucial detail to itself.

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Splitgate developer 1047 Games has today said it will launch the sequel to its surprise hit indie shooter in 2025.

The original Splitgate racked up 22m downloads, and received a positive reception to its mix of fast-paced Halo-esque combat with the ability to traverse portals, Portal style.

Splitgate 2’s pitch is clear. All of the above, but now with a bigger budget and with a much larger roster of veteran development talent – including people who worked on Halo back in the day.

Splitgate 2 Cinematic Announcement Trailer

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Ubisoft’s live-action Driver series has been cancelled.
According to journalist Stephen Totilo, the production company behind the show, Binge, has closed down, taking the Driver series with it.

Newscast: Does the loss of day one launches make Xbox Game Pass pointless?

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Modders have been hard at work since the release of Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree, releasing plenty of mods to make it a little easier to complete.

That’s certainly true of this mod from FlippantTunic22 over on Nexus Mods, which replaces certain Spirit Ash summons with bosses from the DLC.

So far 11 bosses have been included. I won’t list them all for spoiler reasons, but it does include the Divine Beast Dancing Lion and Messmer the Impaler you will have seen in the DLC’s trailer – right up to the final boss.

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Red Barrels has a new villain, map, trials, and rig for players brave enough to re-enrol in The Outlast Trials.
As part of the first major update to the chaotic cooperative horror since it released in full earlier this year, new enemy Franco “II Bambino” Barbi is “the perverse son of New Orleans mafia don Salvatore Barbi, driven by craven entitlement, greed, and psychosexual violence fueled by his impotence and insecurities” (yikes) and “a freakish big baby obsessed with his Pacifier”.

The Outlast Trials – Project Lupara | New Update Reveal Trailer

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