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Summary Krafton has released a character creator for its upcoming life simulation gameinZOI, and it’s proved to be a big hit with Steam players. With an ever-increasingpeak of 16,000 players, and a’Very Positive' review score, the photorealistic characters of inZOI have thoroughly impressed those experimenting with the character creator. inZOI received anew trailerat Gamescom’s Opening Night Live, showing ‘Zois’ in a variety of situations, including on a date, in a fender bender, fighting a kitchen fire and barbecuing....

Quick Links Laser Tycoon is aRoblox tycoon gamewhere you may create and build your own laser base, unlocking various vehicles, special armors, and more. As you begin constructing your base, be sure to redeem theLaser Tycoon codeslisted here to earn free rewards, including extra energy that will further boost and enhance your overall experience. Keep in mind that we regularly search for new Laser Tycoon codes and update them here as soon as they drop....

Summary San Diego Comic-Con 2024 was a busy weekend for Funko and Loungefly, and not just because of all the superhero merch it revealed. The brands are so synonymous with that world that their reveals are attractions all by themselves, even if they’re notMarvel-themed. That’s why Loungefly seized the opportunity to unveil one of its most creative backpacks to date - a Sanrio Cinnamoroll mini backpack that smells like ice cream....

Summary AMarvel Rivalsdeveloper has confirmed that Venom’s unique Cyan Clash skin is a reference to his design inMarvel vs. Capcom 2, although the Rivals itself doesn’t actually admit that. Yesterday marked the start of Marvel Rivals' closed beta, which opened the game up to loads of new players across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. Beyond that,the closed beta also introduced an exclusive new costume for one of the game’s newest characters- Venom, who was onlyrevealed a few months ago during PlayStation’s State of Play....

Summary Warner Bros. just revealed our first look at the live-actionMinecraftmovie. The trailer opens with Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks, and Sebastian Eugene Hansen entering the world of Minecraft from a blue portal, although everything looks unsettlingly realistic. It then cuts to a flying Piglin army, a wolf howling, Momoa using a crafting table to make buckets, a tree with a chunk missing in the middle, a creeper stalking behind one of the characters, the fiery hells of the Nether, and finally, Jack Black’s Steve in his iconic blue shirt....

Summary Nintendowants to take “action” against anyone who uses its IP in a way that makes others “uncomfortable”. This was revealed by the company’s president himself, and comes after he was questioned by a shareholder who said that they’ve seen “inappropriate” Nintendo material on social media. Action To Be Taken Against Inappropriate Nintendo-Related Material As spotted byEurogamer, the topic was raised with the Nintendo president in ashareholder Q&A. “I sometimes come across cases on social media where Nintendo IP and games are used inappropriately,” says the shareholder....

Summary Nintendoexpanded on what was a somewhat limited controller keychain collection this week. Previously limited toNESand Famicom options, the keychains are replicas of the buttons found on the retro Nintendo controllers that can be found in gacha machines in Japan’s Nintendo stores. Now that collection includes options from theSNES,Nintendo 64, andGameCube, and it turns out the keychains have a third function after looking cool and being something you can fiddle with on bus rides and in boring meetings....

You may have heard about NetEase’s eagerly awaited free to play open world survival gameOnce Human, which launched last week. You may also have heard aboutits controversial seasonal wipes, thebacklash over its paid cosmetics, and its (now changed) policy of playersnot being able to switch servers or create more than one character per account. Our own Harry Alston says the game ispretty goodin his review-in-progress, but all in all the game has opened to a Mixed review rating onSteam....

Summary “Mulligan!” shouts Andy Santos, game director ofHouse of Golf 2at Starlight Games. We’ve implemented a couple of our own rules into the mini golf course atGolf Fang Liverpool, a neon-lit, desperately edgy establishment that serves (shock horror) beer and has holes set in (gasp) the red light district and rancid toilets. The mulligan rule isn’t really our own though, or at least not my own. The ability to retake a fluffed shot has been pulled straight from House of Golf 2, which grants you a generous nine mulligans per nine-hole championship....

Summary So manyPokemonhave been turned into plushes, it’s not even really a badge of honor anymore. Especially when the Sitting Cuties collection, which aims to turn every single Pokemon into a plush,is now six generations deep. If a Pokemon wants bragging rights, then it needs to be immortalized as a Squishmallow or a sleeping plush. Rockruff joins the latter this fall, and a first look at the sleeping dog Pokemon has confirmed the inevitable - it’s adorable....

Summary Tekken 8rounded out an incredibly busy year for big fighting games at the start of 2024, following on from the launches ofStreet Fighter 6andMortal Kombat 1. On top of avoiding clashes with either of those games,Bandai Namcoholding out until 2024 also means the newest game in the series was released during Tekken’s 30th anniversary year. Bandai hasn’t done much to celebrate that beyond a new game, but now plans for sneakers made in collaboration with Nike have been revealed, releasing this September....

Summary Vampires are the creatures of the night. In classic incarnations, they are blood-sucking fiends that grow in number and hide away from the Sun at night. In other renditions, vampires are much friendlier than you remember, with some even sparkling with joy. Of course, all vampires still need to drink blood. Animeis great because it allows different renditions of vampires to exist within a single medium. If you’re looking for horror vampires, anime has some of the bloodiest shows around....

Summary You know gaming is on the right track where there’s enoughLGBTQ+representation to fill out a whole list, and it’s fantastic to see, especially with pansexuality. Characters who identify as pansexual, meaning they don’t factor in gender whatsoever when choosing their partners, have been becoming more and more prominent in video games. Often, this status will be clarified more by the writers and game developersto distinguish characters from seeming queer-coded, or sometimes the pansexuality of a character will be well-established through the dialogue and character writing....