In a new developer message, Capcom announced that a free update for Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection will add “Royal Monsters” in summer 2026. Further, the Additional Side Story: Rudy DLC may release earlier than expected.
In a video, producer Ryozo Tsujimoto states that the upcoming free update will add more powerful versions of monsters, titled Royal Monsters. He explains that “riders of level 90 or above will need to prepare carefully and use their strongest Monsties and strategies to defeat to them.” He also reveals that due to development on the Additional Side Story: Rudy DLC progressing faster than expected, Capcom may release it earlier than expected.
Check out the Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection developer message, outlining the upcoming “Royal Monsters” free update and other DLC information, below:
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflectionis available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam, and Nintendo Switch 2. Final Weapon reviewed the game and gave it a 4/5. We described it as a game that “holds the main series traditions close to its heart while building on top of the already solid base of its predecessors.
Egg Hunting, quelling unnatural events, monster raising, and roaming vast maps are still here, while being enhanced by some fresh, new ingredients, which fit snugly between the Environmentalist themes and Monster rearing gameplay. Through and through, Monster Hunter Stories 3 is a richly detailed and gorgeous experience that any fan of Monster-Raising RPGs is sure to enjoy.”
Lastly, Capcom will reveal more details about the upcoming free updates and DLC coming to Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection at a later date.
Cygames has released a new trailer for Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok, which focuses on Eustace, a new playable character. Kaiji Tang voices Eustace in English, while Kazuya Nakai voices him in Japanese.
Check out the trailer revealing Eustace in Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok below:
GRANBLUE FANTASY: Relink – Endless Ragnarok launches on July 9 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. Players returning from GRANBLUE FANTASY: Relink may carry over their save data and continue in GRANBLUE FANTASY: Relink – Endless Ragnarok by purchasing the Digital Upgrade Kit. A CyStore-Exclusive Edition will be available with the full game, a Seven-Star Sword Metal Replica & Showcase Box, an artbook, a roulette keychain, and acrylic art block with an exclusive illustration.
The game features the original Relink story and new story, along with new Chaos-tier Quests and end-game challenges that provide valuable rewards for character growth. Seofon & Tweyen will return with story implications, and there will be new threats, such as Ragnalia and Beelzebub. Players may work with Lyria to harness the power of Summons as well, and there will be over 20 playable characters, including new additions like Beatrix and Eustace.
The game also adds a new roguelike single-player mode called The Conflux, which features randomly generated stages that award mode-specific buffs. Further, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC (Steam) players will be able to play together in co-op with cross-play. The Nintendo Switch 2 version features local wireless play for up to four systems. Lastly, a closed beta test was held from March 13 at 7:00 a.m. to March 17 at 6:59 a.m. (UTC). The closed beta tested the game’s cross-play functionality across all platforms.
Motoei Shinzawa’s iconic manga series is being remade in spectacular and colorful fashion in the High School! Kimengumi anime. As the funny-faced club emerges once more, Final Weapon has everything you need to know about the schedule and release dates for new episodes of High School! Kimengumi.
In the High School! Kimengumi anime, Yui Kawa just completed her transfer to Class 3-5 at Ichio Junior High. According to her seatmate, Chie Uru, this school is home to the Kimengumi, a group made up of the “oddest among all oddballs.” They have extraordinary appearances and personalities, and Yui’s in for a wild school life going forward.
High School! Kimengumi Release Dates, Exact Premiere Time and Schedule
New episodes of High School! Kimengumi will release on Fridays at 7:30 a.m. PT / 10:30 a.m. ET / 11:30 p.m. JST on Amazon Prime Video. High School! Kimengumi is expected to have a total of12 episodeswith English subtitles.
Here are the release dates and schedule for High School! Kimengumi(subject to change):
Episode 1 – January 9 – OUT NOW
Episode 2 – January 16 – OUT NOW
Episode 3 – January 23 – OUT NOW
Episode 4 – January 30 – OUT NOW
Episode 5 – February 6 – OUT NOW
Episode 6 – February 13 – OUT NOW
Episode 7 – February 20 – OUT NOW
Episode 8 – February 27 – OUT NOW
Episode 9 – March 6 – OUT NOW
Episode 10 – March 13 – OUT NOW
Episode 11 – March 20 – OUT NOW
Episode 12 – March 27 – OUT NOW
New episodes of High School! Kimengumi will premiere at the following times (subject to change):
Pacific Daylight Time: 7:30 a.m. PDT
Mountain Daylight Time: 8:30 a.m. MDT
Central Daylight Time: 9:30 a.m. CDT
Eastern Daylight Time: 10:30 a.m. EDT
Greenwich Mean Time: 2:30 p.m. GMT
OP/ED, Cast and Staff
BREIMEN
Rikon Densetsu
BREIMEN performs the opening theme song “Funky Spice feat. TOMOO,” and Rikon Densetsu performs the ending theme song “Suteki!!”
The anime’s cast includes:
Tomokazu Seki as Rei Ichidō
Shunsuke Takeuchi as Gō Reietsu
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kiyoshi Shusse
Chiaki Kobayashi as Jin Daima
Kikunosuke Toya as Dai Monohoshi
Haruka Shiraishi as Yui Kawa
Ikumi Hasegawa as Chie Uru
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Yō Nihiruda
Toshiki Horikita as Omiya Nakasudō
Yūhi Asagiri as Kensaku Meri
Masafumi Kobatake as Ranto Jōgai
Kazuki Ogawa as Koeru Tabuchi
Yūsuke Kobayashi as Kai Undō
Takuto Yokoyama as Ken Akiresu
Masayuki Satō as Susumu Intahai
Shuya Watanabe as Yutaka Konjō
Ayumu Asakura as Chikara Suji
M.A.O as Jako Amano
Kaoru Sakura as Maki Hidari
Sachiko Okada as Ikue Sandanhara
Marie Ōi as Desuko Honba
Minami Shindō as Kayo Ōba
Daisuke Sakuma as Shō Kireide
Hayato Yamamoto as Kimeru Setto
Yohei Sasamori as Torio Tanokin
Ayato Morinaga as Kazaru Sugata
Hiroki Nishimiya as Takashi Hokori
The original anime’s theme song “Ushiroyubi Sasaregumi” was covered by Shiraishi and Hasegawa with a modern rearrangement by Night Tempo.
Kazuaki Seki directs the anime at Animation Studio Seven, with Takashi Nishikawa as the animation director. Shigeru Murakoshi oversees the series scripts, and Yuka Abe is the character designer. Night Tempo is producing the project’s songs, and Slow Curve is planning and producing the project.
Amazon Prime Video is streaming the High School! Kimengumi anime, and access will vary per region. In Japan, the anime is airing on Fuji TV’s Noitamina programming block.
What is High School! KimengumiAbout?
The new anime is a remake of the original TV anime adaptation of Motoei Shinzawa’s High School! Kimengumi manga series. REMOW is currently streaming the original High School! Kimengumi anime on YouTube.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the original anime, via REMOW:
The Funny-face Club are technically high school students, but that’s where the normal part ends. The five members (Rei Ichido, Go Reiketsu, Kiyoshi Duse, Dai Moroboshi, and Jin Ooma) all have unique faces and even more unique personalities. Whether you’re talking about temperaments, intellect, physical quirks, or behavior, they’re all complete weirdos!
Alongside them are other colorful groups at school like the Pretty-boy Brigade, the Buckle-down Bunch, and the Rebel Crew), alongside classmates like Yui Kasengawa and Chie Ururu, and all their teachers who also get caught up in the chaos. Together, they dive headfirst into a nonstop series of wacky, wild antics.
It’s a story packed with absurdity, nonsense, unpredictability, and utter madness, featuring five hopeless underachievers that will stay in your memory forever!
Koei Tecmo and Gust has announced BLUE REFLECTION Quartet, a new collection featuring BLUE REFLECTION and BLUE REFLECTION: Second Light, the BLUE REFLECTION RAY anime series; and the BLUE REFLECTION SUN mobile game. BLUE REFLECTION Quartet launches digitally on July 30 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam.
Alongside the games, the collection also includes a reference database for the BLUE REFLECTION universe, allowing fans to examine “flowcharts with certain events organized in chronological order, characters’ relationship charts, and series correlation charts.” Various quality of life features and gameplay adjustments were also made.
Here’s an overview of each title featured in BLUE REFLECTIONQuartet:
BLUE REFLECTION: Originally released in 2017, the game combines magical form elements with contemporary academies as an injured student faces an imminent threat to her world. Features character design and supervision by illustrator Mel Kishida and storyline by authors Keiichi Sigsawa, Yusaku Igarashi, and Koji Natsumi.
BLUE REFLECTION RAY: Released as an animated series in 2021, the anime’s story has been re-edited and 3D models of the main characters have been created. Tour a world shaped by the collective unconscious known as the Common with Hiori and Ruka and further understand the students’ emotions.
BLUE REFLECTION SUN: A mixed-media project based on BLUE REFLECTION, this smartphone/PC game was available from February 2023 to May 2024. The game’s story has been adapted to consoles as players can now interact with the students walking around the school. Furthermore, the game’s memorable fights have been brought to life using the battle system from BLUE REFLECTION: Second Light.
BLUE REFLECTION: Second Light: Originally released in 2021, the students must face their own feelings while trying to recover their memories and the truth of their world as Ao finds herself lost in an academy surrounded by water. Added to Quartet, eight additional characters from RAY and SUN will be featured as party members.
In a new post, actor Glen Powell announced that he will portray Fox McCloud in the upcoming The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. The film will premiere in theaters on April 1.
Glen Powell has previously acted in projects such as Chad Powers, Hit Man, The Running Man, Twisters, and Anyone But You. Most notably, he played one of the major characters in Top Gun: Maverick. Illumination confirmed the inclusion of Fox in the upcoming film with a recent poster.
He joins the rest of the movie’s cast, which includes mainstays such as Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Rosalina, Toad, Yoshi, and Bowser Jr. Additionally, the film will feature R.O.B. and the Pikmin. The inclusion of both has lead people to speculate that a Super Smash Bros. film is on the horizon. Only time will tell if other Nintendo characters, such as Kirby or Captain Falcon, will also make an appearance.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will release in theaters on April 1. Tickets for the film are now live. The most recent trailer revealed that Luis Guzmán (Wednesday, Punch Drunk Love) will voice Wart and Issa Rae (Barbie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse) voices the Honey Queen. Most notably, Donald Glover (Solo: A Star Wars Story, Atlanta, Community) voices Yoshi.
Brie Larson, the Academy Award winning actress from Room and Captain Marvel, will voice Rosalina. Benny Safdie, director of The Smashing Machine and Uncut Gems, who has also acted in Oppenheimer and Obi-Wan Kenobi, will voice Bowser Jr, who dons his Super Mario Bros. Wonder design. The film will feature elements from both Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Odyssey, and will reference other projects from the Mario franchise.
PlayStation has announced that it will raise the prices of all of its major products, including the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Pro, PlayStation 5 Digital Edition, and the PlayStation Portal. These changes will go into effect on April 2.
In a statement, PlayStation elaborates on the reason for the changes: “With continued pressures in the global economic landscape, we’ve made the decision to increase the prices of PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal remote player globally. We know that price changes impact our community, and after careful evaluation, we found this was a necessary step to ensure we can continue delivering innovative, high-quality gaming experiences to players worldwide.”
The new prices are as follows:
U.S.
PS5 – $649.99
PS5 Digital Edition – $599.99
PS5 Pro – $899.99
Portal – $249.99
U.K.
PS5 – £569.99
PS5 Digital Edition – £519.99
PS5 Pro – £789.99
Portal – £219.99
Europe
PS5 – €649.99
PS5 Digital Edition – €599.99
PS5 Pro – €899.99
Portal – €249.99
Japan
PS5 – ¥97,980
PS5 Digital Edition – ¥89,980
PS5 Pro – ¥137,980
Portal – ¥39,980
Currently, the PlayStation Store Spring Sale is live alongside what appears to be a more noticeable rollout of a dynamic pricing model for games in North America. With dynamic pricing active, players will see different deals and prices for the same PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 games in the PlayStation Store, and we have two examples of this actually happening right now.
Firstly, Insider Gaming reported first-hand examples of Stellar Blade being 70% off during the PlayStation Store Spring sale for one of its reporters, while another reporter for the outlet saw a 43% discount instead. This is a notable price difference between the two games, with one copy costing $20.99 and the other costing $39.89—nearly double.
The second example comes from @videogamedeals on X (formerly Twitter). ASTRO BOT was previously $26.99—55% off. The user noticed the deal change to 34%, which say the game’s on-sale price increase to $39.59.
To celebrate the 1st anniversary of The First Berserker: Khazan, Nexon and Neople released community-driven statistics that players have reached and accumulated since launch in March 2025. The First Berserker: Khazan creative director Junho Lee also shared a message to the community, along with 1st anniversary infographics featuring the newly revealed stats.
The newly revealed stats include:
Journey’s End: 40% of players achieved The First Berserker ending
Death Causes (Non-Combat): 1. Falling, 2. Status Effect, 3. Traps
Most Popular Weapon Types: Spear 38%, Dual Wield 37%, Greatsword 25%
Most Allocated Stat: Endurance
Most Popular Phantom: Keshta the Unyielding
Fastest Hardcore Difficulty Clear Time: 2 hours 10 mins
“I poured my heart into making Khazan, telling myself that this would be the game I stake my entire career on…” said creative director Junho Lee in the anniversary message. “But then, so many of you showed up. You played the game, shared your honest thoughts, and cheered us on.”
The First Berserker: Khazan launched on March 27, 2025 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam worldwide. Final Weapon reviewed The First Berserker: Khazan and gave it a 4 out of 5 score, stating that its an impressive Soulslike game with excellent combat and boss fights. Since launch, The First Berserker: Khazan received multiple awards, including three honors at the 2025 Korea Game Awards: the Top Excellence Award, Technical Creativity (Graphics), and Popular Voice Actor (Lee Hyun).
The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Kazuma Kamachi’s Toaru Anbu no ITEM (A Certain ITEM of the Dark Side), the spinoff novel series for A Certain Magical Index, confirmed the anime will premiere in fall 2026. A new promotional video was also released.
A Toaru Anbu no ITEM stage event will be held at AnimeJapan 2026 on March 28.
A Certain Scientific Railgun anime director Tatsuyuki Nagai is directing the new anime at J.C. Staff. Chief animation director Shigeki Kimoto also returns to design Toaru Anbu no ITEM’s characters. Maiko Iuchi is the music composer.
The Toaru Anbu no ITEM novel series received a manga adaptation in fall 2023, and Kadokawa shipped the first compiled book volume on June 26, 2024.
Fans can also look forward to A Certain Scientific Railgun Season 4, which is coming soon. The cast of A Certain Scientific Railgun Season 4 includes:
Rina Satō as Mikoto Misaka
Satomi Arai as Kuroko Shirai
Aki Toyosaki as Kazari Uiharu
Kanae Itō as Ruiko Saten
Tatsuyuki Nagai will return to direct the anime series at J.C. Staff. Kiyotaka Haimura is credited with the original character designs as well.
Yen Press is releasing the original light novel series in English. Moreover, Seven Seas Entertainment releases the Motoi Fuyukawa’s manga adaptation in English.
Funimation released the anime series in North America with the exception of the OVA. All three seasons of the A Certain Scientific Railgun anime are streaming now on Crunchyroll with English and Japanese voice-overs.
Koei Tecmo and Team NINJA have announced that free DLC for horror adventure game FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE is now available with costumes based on Konami’s Silent Hill f. Specifically, the FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE DLC adds the Navy Sailor School Uniform worn by Silent Hill f protagonist Shimizu Hinako for Mio and the Fox Mask accessory for Mio and Mayu.
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE launched on March 12 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. The game is a full remake of the second installment in the FATAL FRAME (PROJECT ZERO) series, following the story of twin sisters Mio and Mayu. The two sisters reach an abandoned village infested with wraiths, and the only way to survive is through the use of Camera Obscura.
Silent Hill f is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, Windows, and GOG. Since launch, the game has already received an official novelization by author Shiro Kuro in Japan, and a new manga is in the works. The staff of Silent Hill f includes producer Motoi Okamoto, scriptwriter Ryukishi07, composers Akira Yamaoka and Kensuke Inage, and character and creature designer kera. Suzie Yeung stars as Hinako in the English dub.
Final Weapon previously reviewed Silent Hill f and gave it a 4.5 out of 5 score, noting that the game’s story is “told wonderfully and manages to convey its themes with the right amount of care, thanks to some great writing and the arc of its protagonist, Shimizu Hinako. Further, the combat-focused gameplay turned out to be surprisingly addictive, while still managing to be tense thanks to some great monster designs.”
Capcom has announced that a new update for Resident Evil Requiem is available now with a new Photo Mode. The Photo Mode is accessible from the pause menu in Resident Evil Requiem, and the update also applies some bug fixes.
Patch notes for the new update can be read below:
Photo mode has been added. It can be accessed from the pause menu.
Fixed a bug that caused progress to be impossible under certain conditions.
Typographical errors in some languages have been corrected.
Character expressions in some cutscenes have been adjusted to better convey emotion.
A number of issues were fixed to improve gameplay.
Fixed visual bugs that occurred with some GPU drivers.
Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash in some circumstances.
Resident Evil Requiem is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam. The Deluxe Edition is available with the Standard Edition ($69.99), a pack of five costumes, four weapon skins, two screen filters, two weapon charms, and much more. A Premium Steelbook Edition ($89.99) was also revealed featuring the full game, Deluxe Edition contents, and a limited-edition lenticular card.
A special edition Resident Evil Requiem Nintendo Switch 2 Pro Controller ($99.99) with designs from the game and a gunmetal-black finish was also made available in the My Nintendo Store. Grace and Leon Resident Evil Requiem amiibo will launch in summer 2026 as well.
