Sega released a teaser website and Twitter account for a new mobile RPG, which it plans to reveal during Tokyo Game Show. The RPG will seemingly feature a non-linear story, allowing for player choice.

The new game so far has a website with a pretty piece of art and a teaser trailer that hasn't been released in English at this time. That teaser confirms the RPG will be a mobile game, and hints at an anime-inflected visual style. The teaser features a quill pen drawing out anime characters and a landscape before various concept art images flash at the end of the teaser, but there's seemingly no gameplay.

Translated by IGN Japan, a voiceover explains that the (still unannounced) team behind the game wants to make something different to the linear stories prevalent in RPGs, and take inspiration from tabletop RPGs that could take the form of one-off experiences without a set ending. The goal is to release a smartphone RPG where the player gets to decide how the story unfolds through their choices.

一本道ではない、
　　　　一度きりの旅をしよう。

┏┓━━ #真のロールプレイング ━━┏┓

　　　　　　　　情報解禁
┗■┓　 2021年10月1日(金)22:50　 ┏■┛
　　　　　#TGS2021 オンライン
　┗■━━━#セガ新作RPG━━━■┛

▼ティザーサイトhttps://t.co/pi2v9ecMyK pic.twitter.com/TRF5rqsbpB

— セガ新作RPG (@sega_new_rpg) September 17, 2021

"Not a straight road, Let's make a one-time trip," the tweet reads, according to Google Translate. "#Trueroleplaying. Information ban lifted October 1, 2021 (Friday) 22:50 #TGS2021 online #SEGAnewRPG."

The teaser and website promise more information will be revealed at Sega's Tokyo Games Show presentation on October 1. Sega's presentation begins at 22:00 JST and ends at 23:50 JST, according to the TGS website. The teaser trailer says this specific game will be revealed at 22:50 JST. We'll be covering the show throughout, so make sure to check back for more information.

The full Tokyo Games Show 2021 lineup will also include new presentations from Xbox, Square Enix, Capcom, and more. The only other information revealed about Sega's presentation is that Atlus will be involved. There's no confirmation that Atlus worked on the new RPG that Sega is teasing.

Sega's next major release is Lost Judgment, a sequel to the Yakuza spinoff Judgment. IGN's Lost Judgment review says the game, "disappoints with its main story and simplistic detective work, but excels with its substantial school-based side quests."

Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN.

1047 Games says that its popular first-person portal-based shooter Splitgate will incorporate a take on Forge mode before Halo Infinite.

In response to a tweet from @KFCGaming asking its community to "trigger an entire gaming fanbase with one sentence," the official Splitgate account responded by announcing, "Splitgate will have a forge mode before Halo Infinite."

Splitgate will have forge mode before Halo Infinite.

(Sorry in advance Halo fans, we love you but we had to)

— Splitgate - Season 0 (@Splitgate) September 15, 2021

Originally released in Halo 3, Forge is a mode designed by Bungie that allows players to edit, customize and share maps within the Halo community. Due to its popularity, Forge has become a regular addition to Halo games with the mode being added to subsequent releases within the franchise in Halo Reach, Halo 4, Halo 5: Guardians, and 343 Industries' upcoming installment: Halo Infinite.

Last month, 343 announced that it was delaying the launch of campaign co-op and Forge within Halo Infinite until after launch as it continued to focus on getting the single-player campaign and multiplayer done in time for its launch date. Forge is currently expected to release in Halo Infinite during its third season. With each season set to ship in three-month windows, 1047 Games' own announcement would likely mean that a mode for Splitgate would debut sometime before mid-2022.

In a subsequent tweet in the thread, 1047 Games explained that a its own mode for Splitgate likely wouldn't use the name Forge, but would still allow players to edit maps within the shooter. The developer explained how this might look in Splitgate by saying, "Imagine placing portal pads anywhere you wanted on Olympus."

We probably won't call it forge mode, but it's a map editor. Imagine placing portal pads anywhere you wanted on Olympus!

— Splitgate - Season 0 (@Splitgate) September 15, 2021

In other Splitgate news, 1047 Games recently shared more information about its long-term goals following a funding campaign for the studio that raised over $100 million. The company said that while it is still focusing on Splitgate at the moment and for the immediate future, it will look to offer new takes on game genres it believes have become stale in the future.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN who would very much enjoy toying around with a Splitgate map editor. You can follow him on Twitter.

Guillermo del Toro is off to the carnival in the teaser for Nightmare Alley. The director's latest production revealed its first footage today with a trailer that teases a gruesome tale of a carnival populated by fishy characters.

The trailer introduces us to Stan Carlisle (Bradley Cooper), a carnival worker advertised to have the powers of a mind reader. As Stan's talents bring him into contact with wealthier clientele, he meets a shady psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who has her own dangerous skills.

The teaser also shows footage of Willem Dafoe as a carnival barker, Rooney Mara as one of Carlisle's fellow carnies, and Toni Colette as a tarot reader. Richard Jenkins, Ron Perlman, and David Strathairn are also featured in the trailer.

"Step right up and behold one of the unexplained mysteries of the universe," shouts Willem Dafoe's character. "Is he a beast or is he a man? You're in luck because tonight you will see him feed."

Along with the first teaser, Nightmare Alley also premiered its first images earlier this week as well as its first official poster on Wednesday.

Nightmare Alley

A Film by Guillermo del Toro

Only in Theaters December 17 @RealGDT pic.twitter.com/LGFvCo1wLl

— Nightmare_Alley (@Nightmare_Alley) September 15, 2021

Whether Bradley Cooper is playing a man or a beast in Nightmare Alley will be revealed when the movie hits theaters on December 17. The release date places Guillermo del Toro back in the throes of awards season, four years after his Best Director win for The Shape of Water at the 90th Academy Awards.

J. Kim Murphy is a freelance entertainment writer.

Tales of Arise has already hit an impressive sales milestone less than a week after release. Bandai Namco announced today that in just "a few days after release," the latest release in the long-running Tales series, Tales of Arise, surpassed 1 million units sold worldwide. This makes it the fastest-selling title in the franchise.

Tales of Arise's 1 million units sold brings the total series' units sold up to a very respectable 25 million.

"We are very proud and humbled to see fans and newcomers reception playing Tales of Arise," producer Yusuke Tomizawa said. "Our goal with this title was to open the franchise to as many players as possible while maintaining the Tales of DNA and uniqueness that has allowed the franchise to stay strong for more than 25 years. We would like to thank players for their support."

Opening up the franchise to as many players as possible came by way of essentially a Tales reboot. In an interview with IGN, Tomizawa said Tales of Arise is "both a reboot in a sense that we want former Tales fans to come back to this game, as well as attract new players with these stunning new graphics, visuals, the aesthetics, and all that good stuff."

If you haven't yet picked up Tales of Arise and are planning to, check out IGN's guide for what comes in each edition of the game. If you're unsure of whether or not you're going to pick it up, read our thoughts on the game to find out why we gave it a 9 out of 10 in IGN's Tales of Arise review.

Watch this Tales of Arise trailer for another look at the game after that.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

Director Denis Villeneuve is the latest director to be asked his thoughts on the Marvel Cinematic juggernaut and the answer is a bit complicated. While he calls the Marvel movies ‘cut and paste,’ he has also praised the decision to hire Chloe Zhao for Marvel's Eternals as a “genius” move.

Speaking with the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, Villeneuve was asked about the process of making artistic films on a big budget, which Villeneuve said is certainly doable like in the case of Christopher Nolan and Alfonso Cuarón.

This led to Martin Scorsese’s comments on Marvel movies, and how the director has been critical of Marvel movies in the past. In a quote IGN independently translated, Villeneuve seemingly agreed with Scorsese, saying, “Perhaps the problem is there are too many Marvel films that are nothing more than a cut and paste of others. Maybe these types of movies have turned us a little bit into zombies.”

Villeneuve also added, “Nowadays there are a lot of big and expensive movies that have a lot of value. I don’t feel capable of being completely pessimistic.”

While this might be another case of a well-respected director being critical of the MCU, Villeneuve isn’t wholly against the Marvel machine. In a separate director’s round-table with Harpers Bazaar, Villeneuve was part of a panel with Academy Award winner Chloe Zhao who is currently directing The Eternals for Marvel.

There, Villeneuve praised Zhao’s hiring as “genius,” telling Zhao, “I’m your biggest fan. I think it’s genius that Marvel approached you because you’re the radical opposite of it aesthetically.” Villeneuve praised Zhao’s The Rider and how after watching it, he wrote Zhao “an artistic love letter” for her ability to capture life on camera.

Villeneuve’s comments about cut-and-paste Marvel movie have been criticized on social media, most notably by Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson, who resurfaced a tweet he made defending his Marvel work when Scorsese initially made his comments.

time to retweet this https://t.co/oQ0q2Jovn5

— N O S ⋊ Ɔ I ᴚ ᴚ Ǝ ᗡ ⊥ ⊥ O Ɔ S (@scottderrickson) September 16, 2021

“As a director I don’t slag on the work of other directors even when I don’t like something they’ve made. This job is hard enough for all of us, and nobody ever sets out to make a bad movie,” Derrickson wrote.

District 9 director Neil Blomkamp had some choice words of his own.

Villeneuve’s comments come amid the international rollout of Dune, which is starting to arrive in European theaters. Initial returns have been very positive, as have reviews. IGN’s Dune review called it “beautiful to behold” while noting that it represents only the first part of Frank Herbert’s famous novel.

“This is a technically brilliant, visually amazing movie with a top-notch cast and deep sci-fi concepts. A shame, then, that it feels like a drag in its back half,” IGN reviewer Scott Collura wrote.

With Dune drawing comparisons to MCU owing to their appear to similar audiences, Villeneuve seems eager to contrast the two. He made similar comments in the French publication Premiere.
We’ll be able to see for ourselves how Dune differs when it launches in U.S. theaters on October 22. While you wait, check out our exclusive breakdown of the pain box scene with Villeneuve, and find out the reference he wishes could have been included in the movie.

Kat Bailey and Matt Kim are news editors at IGN.

Hello Games, the creators of No Man's Sky, has revealed that The Last Campfire is coming to Steam next month.

More specifically, the cozy puzzle game will hit Steam on October 7. If you're unsure if The Last Campfire is for you, Hello Games is releasing a playable demo for the game on October 1 as part of the Steam Next Fest.

"The Last Campfire was a labour of love for a small team at the studio," a press release about the announcement reads. "We've been lucky to have really lovely reviews across the board, and a bunch of awards and nominations. It seems to have struck an emotional chord with people as well. Now, we're finally bringing it to Steam."

The Last Campfire is already available on Switch, Apple Arcade, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Epic Games Store and it's been available on those platforms since last year. With it having been released on the Epic Games Store last year, this Steam release isn't the first time PC players will get a chance to play the game.

It is the first chance for those who prefer to use Steam when playing PC games, however. The Last Campfire is better than it's ever been, too, thanks to a new update in April that brought a ton of new things with it. For starters, it added 20% more puzzles to the game as well as the ability to replay any puzzle at any time.

It also brought a host of performance improvements, a higher framerate cap, several quality-of-life improvements, and controller and Mac support.

The Last Campfire was developed by a three-person team within Hello Games, which makes sense considering the studio's No Man's Sky is still regularly receiving updates. It's a puzzle game about a lost ember trapped in an unknown place working to find a way home.

We reviewed The Last Campfire earlier this year, giving it a 9 out of 10, and you can read our full thoughts on the game in IGN's The Last Campfire review. Check out this story about how Hello Games is working on a "huge, ambitious" new game after that.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.

There's a new model of the PlayStation 5 in production, but reports say the revised model doesn't have better performance than the launch version.

According to Digital Foundry, who has had a chance to test the machine, the new CFI-1100 model has no meaningful differences with the CFI-1000, which was the launch edition.

Sony made some changes to the cooling system in the new PS5, which had some people concerned that the new system might overheat. But in Digital Foundry's tests, the new system leads to cooler temperatures in some cases, and hotter in others, but it's always only a few degrees different. And, in all of the tests running software on the two versions of the PS5, the systems performed basically identically.

From a hardware perspective, the system is about 300 grams lighter than the launch model, with the same dimensions. It also makes a small improvement to the stand, making it easier to attach by hand without the need for a screwdriver or coin to screw it in.

So, in the most basic of terms, if you're worried the new PS5 has already made your launch model obsolete, or you're concerned the changes to the heatsink make the new PS5 worse, there appears to be no need to worry. The biggest concern with PS5 hardware is still managing to get your hands on it at all.

Elsewhere, the PS5 just got a major software update, allowing users to finally expand their console's internal storage.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Jeopardy has chosen its hosts for the rest of 2021, after parting ways with Executive Producer Mike Richards.

Jeopardy GOAT Ken Jennings and actress Mayim Bialik will take care of hosting duties for the rest of the year. Jennings was the first guest host of the quiz show after longtime host Alex Trebek's passing.

Not sure if you’ve heard but @missmayim and @kenjennings are hosting me until the end of the year. Everyone on the staff is supralunar. pic.twitter.com/mpYVpusQ7V

— Jeopardy! (@Jeopardy) September 16, 2021

A run of episodes hosted by Bialik will air from September 20 to November 5. After that, Jennings and Bialik will split time behind the hosts' lectern, "as their schedules allow" as Bialik stars on the Fox sitcom Call Me Kat, while Jennings has a role on ABC's The Chase.

Bialik was originally set to host the primetime specials of Jeopardy, with Richards hosting the syndicated episodes. This week, Jeopardy has been airing the one week of episodes Richards recorded as permanent host before stepping down, and ultimately being let go as Executive Producer of both Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.

This was after reports came to light that Richards allegedly made sexist comments on the Randumb Show podcast in 2013 and 2014.

Until this announcement, viewers were expecting to see another run of guest hosts similar to the first run that included LeVar Burton, Aaron Rodgers, and more. Bialik was previously revealed as the first guest host after Richards' departure.

Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Diamond Select Toys' line of Cobra Kai action figures has struck a chord with collectors, '80s kids and martial arts junkies. Even though the first wave of figures won't hit stores until December, the company is revisiting the show's main protagonist, dojo owner Johnny Lawrence, with a Season 3-inspired makeover.

IGN can exclusively reveal DST's latest Cobra Kai figure, "Eagle Fang" Johnny Lawrence. Check him out, along with pics of the previously revealed Cobra Kai figures, in the slideshow gallery below:

While the standard Johnny Lawrence figure features our hero in his traditional Cobra Kai uniform, this variant (sculpted by Rocco Tartamella and Chris Dahlberg) instead draws inspiration from Season 3, when Johnny opens his Eagle Claw Karate dojo. The name probably could have used some focus-testing, but the shirt looks pretty awesome.

Eagle Claw Johnny Lawrence is exclusive to Diamond's website and the company's Previews catalog, so you should be able to preorder one through your local comic shop. Online preorders will open at midnight on September 17. The figure is priced at $29.99 and is expected to ship in Spring 2022. The standard Cobra Kai: Series 1 line will debut in December, just in time for the launch of Cobra Kai: Season 4 on Netflix.

The good news just keeps coming for Cobra Kai fans. Not only is Season 4 just around the corner, but Netflix has also given an early greenlight for Cobra Kai: Season 5. Meanwhile, YouTube Originals is finding a new direction in the wake of Cobra Kai's shift to Netflix.

Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

[Editor's Note: Header image is our best guess on how the film was recovered.]

A film previously believed to have been destroyed by Nazis and lost forever has been re-discovered.

The film is called Europa and according to The Guardian, it's an anti-fascist film that was seized by Nazis and later deemed lost forever. However, a copy of the film was discovered recently in the Bundesarchiv, one of Germany's national archives.

80 years after its seizure by Nazis during the Second World War, this avant-garde masterpiece will received its world premiere at #LFF https://t.co/MuOckmvbUM

— BFI (@BFI) September 14, 2021

"This is truly one of the most important film rediscoveries of recent years, a major lost work of the European avant-garde and an important affirmation of Stefan and Franciszka Themersons' important contribution to cinema history," Benjamin Cook, director of UK arts agency LUX, told The Guardian. Europa is set to receive a proper premiere next month at the London film festival.

Europa was created in 1931 by the Warsaw surrealist husband and wife director duo, Stefan and Franciszka Themerson. That it may have been lost forever gave Europa an almost mythical status in the world of cinema, according to The Guardian.

With it being lost, many have tried to remake the film based on what was known about it but obviously, that doesn't solve the whole "this movie was seized and seemingly lost by Nazis" problem. However, in 2019, the Pilecki Institute explained to Themerson's niece and heir, Jasia Reichardt, that its own research led it to believe a copy might be in the Bundesarchiv.

Europa is based on the 1925 poem of the same name written by Anatol Stern. The film uses photograms, which are film prints created by laying things on top of photography paper and exposing the print to light, and collages, as well as standard imagery. According to The Guardian, these techniques gave Europa the sense of horror and moral decline the directors were witnessing in real life in Poland, and today, the film is considered an "avant-garde masterpiece."

The Themersons moved to Paris in 1938 but before moving, they left Europa and four other films in the Vitfer film laboratory for safekeeping. Nazis seized the films and the Themersons assumed it was lost forever.

Stefan Franciszka attempted to remake the film with the London Film-Makers Co-op in 1983. Five years later, the couple died and both died thinking Europa was never going to be found. While they won't get to watch the film's premiere next month, there's some solace to be found in the idea that something previously thought lost and destroyed by Nazis has been recovered.

Wesley LeBlanc is a freelance news writer and guide maker for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @LeBlancWes.