Nintendo has announced that Splatoon characters and - surprise! - the Doom Slayer will be added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as Mii Fighters.

In today's Mr. Sakurai Presents, Smash Bros. series creator Masahiro Sakurai revealed that the Splatoon Octoling and Judd will be made available as Mii Fighter costumes. That keeps this batch of Mii Fighters largely in-house for Nintendo, but a curveball arrives in the form of Doom's Doom Slayer, who looks appropriately brutal.

The Octoling costume is a wig and Judd is a hat. The Doom Slayer, meanwhile, is a gunner. All three new Mii Fighter costumes will be available from October 18, priced at $0.75 each.

In addition to the reveal of these Mii Fighter costumes, Nintendo also revealed that Kingdom Hearts' Sora will be the final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC character.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's last-ever DLC character will be Sora from Kingdom Hearts.

Announced by series creator Masahiro Sakurai in a 'Final Presentation', a new trailer referenced the original Smash Bros. Ultimate reveal. It showed Mario throwing a fireball that opened a portal, bringing Sora into the world of Smash Bros. Sora will be added to the game on October 18. It will cost $5.99 USD as a standalone, and is part of FIghters' Pass Volume 2.

Sakurai says Sora's controls are "relatively straightforward", but he will remain distinct from other characters. He's built for airborne combat, but his weakness is weight – he weighs less than Young Link or Isabelle, meaning you'll want to avoid hits. As you'd expect, his basic attacks utilise the keyblade, and several attacks are designed to hit enemies into the air, allowing you to begin air combos. Sora can also use some of Kingdom Hearts' magic - some are used for damage, while others are used as cosmetic-only taunts. The aim is for Sora to control as much as possible like he did in the original Kingdom Hearts.

Sora's base design is modelled on the original Kingdom Hearts game, but his other costumes reference other games in the Kingdom Hearts series. He will include English and Japanese voiceover options. The DLC also adds 9 Kingdom Hearts songs to the huge soundtrack – and for those who played Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory, your save data will grant you one extra song.

Sora also gets a new stage, based around Hollow Bastion, the castle Maleficent inhabits towards the end of the original Kingdom Hearts. A fairly simple, one-platform stage, low time or stock sees it also transform into a location set inside the void-like Dive to the Heart realm, featuring stained glass window designs showing characters from the Square Enix series.

Tekken's Kazuya, was added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate back in June. Along with Xenoblade's Pyra and Final Fantasy 7's Sephiroth, it's been an exciting 12 months for new fighters. These iconic characters were also joined by Devil May Cry's Dante and Skyrim's Dovahkiin in June, who joined in the form of Mii fighter costumes.

While this might mark the end of Smash Bros. Ultimate, Sakurai himself has made clear that he won't be quitting game development anytime soon. It will be very interesting to see what Sakurai makes next – not least because the much-loved director has only made a single non-Smash Bros. game – Kid Icarus: Uprising – since 2008.

Other announcements in the showcase included Splatoon Mii Fighter costumes (Octoling, Judd) and a Doom Slayer Mii costume, and the reveal that the mainline Kingdom Hearts series will come to Switch as cloud games.

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Fortnite is gearing up for another Halloween event with a spooky, “Fortnitemares” themed map and, of course, some new skins featuring original designs and collaboration with Universal’s monster movies.

This year’s Fortnitemare will have a card theme as evident in the promotional poster Epic Games released today. Starting today, players can jump into Halloween-themed maps, games, and experiences made by the community and featured in the Fortnitemares playlist menu.

Halloween Outfits will also take over the store this month. Fortnite will be rolling out the outfit reveals throughout the month and a Fortnitemare card will flip over to reveal which new item is entering the store next.

As part of the month’s festivities, Epic is teaming up with Universal Pictures to release skins based on the film studio’s iconic monster movies. Both the Frankenstein and Mummy skin will become available to players as the month continues.

Epic Games recently launched its eight-season for Fortnite Chapter 2 with the war effort continuing against a new cube-shaped threat. A new season has already brought in new collabs including an Eddie Brock Venom skin from Venom: Let There Be Carnage.

IGN will have the latest updates on the biggest skins that are released each Fortnite event and season.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Ethereum, the decentralized, open-source blockchain, appears to have arisen in part due to the creator "crying himself to sleep" over a nerf to the Syphon Life spell in World of Warcraft.

As spotted by Polygon, Vitalik Buterin, the Canadian-Russian programmer credited with the development of Ethereum back in 2013, says that he first realised his concerns surrounding centralized services during his time playing World of Warcraft in the late 2000s.

"I happily played World of Warcraft during 2007-2010, but one day Blizzard removed the damage component from my beloved warlock's Siphon Life spell," reads Buterin's about.me bio. "I cried myself to sleep, and on that day I realized what horrors centralized services can bring. I soon decided to quit."

Following his decision to quit WoW, Buterin explains in his bio that he then went on to discover Bitcoin and became more and more interested in the realms of cryptocurrency. In 2012, following spells working at a Bitcoin Magazine and a brief period studying at the University of Waterloo, the programmer ceased his studies and set out in search of his purpose.

"I went around the world, explored many crypto projects, and finally realized that they were all too concerned about specific applications and not being sufficiently general," says Buterin in his bio. "Hence the birth of Ethereum, which has been taking up my life ever since."

While an amusing anecdote, it appears the links between Warcraft and the Etherium blockchain largely end there. Despite the fact that World of Warcraft itself does actually contain a faction known as The Ethereum, it appears that this was not the inspiration for the name of the similarly titled blockchain.

As reported by the New Yorker, Butekin referenced the naming process for Ethereum during a white paper he wrote in November 2013. “I was browsing a list of elements from science fiction on Wikipedia when I came across the name,” he said. “I suppose it was the fact that [it] sounded nice and it had the word ‘ether,’ referring to the hypothetical invisible medium that permeates the universe and allows light to travel.”

For more from the staggering world of cryptocurrency, make sure to check out this stomach-turning article about a programmer who had $240 million of Bitcoin locked on a hard drive and only two password attempts left to access it.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Ethereum, the decentralized, open-source blockchain, appears to have arisen in part due to the creator "crying himself to sleep" over a nerf to the Syphon Life spell in World of Warcraft.

As spotted by Polygon, Vitalik Buterin, the Canadian-Russian programmer credited with the development of Ethereum back in 2013, says that he first realised his concerns surrounding centralized services during his time playing World of Warcraft in the late 2000s.

"I happily played World of Warcraft during 2007-2010, but one day Blizzard removed the damage component from my beloved warlock's Siphon Life spell," reads Buterin's about.me bio. "I cried myself to sleep, and on that day I realized what horrors centralized services can bring. I soon decided to quit."

Following his decision to quit WoW, Buterin explains in his bio that he then went on to discover Bitcoin and became more and more interested in the realms of cryptocurrency. In 2012, following spells working at a Bitcoin Magazine and a brief period studying at the University of Waterloo, the programmer ceased his studies and set out in search of his purpose.

"I went around the world, explored many crypto projects, and finally realized that they were all too concerned about specific applications and not being sufficiently general," says Buterin in his bio. "Hence the birth of Ethereum, which has been taking up my life ever since."

While an amusing anecdote, it appears the links between Warcraft and the Etherium blockchain largely end there. Despite the fact that World of Warcraft itself does actually contain a faction known as The Ethereum, it appears that this was not the inspiration for the name of the similarly titled blockchain.

As reported by the New Yorker, Butekin referenced the naming process for Ethereum during a white paper he wrote in November 2013. “I was browsing a list of elements from science fiction on Wikipedia when I came across the name,” he said. “I suppose it was the fact that [it] sounded nice and it had the word ‘ether,’ referring to the hypothetical invisible medium that permeates the universe and allows light to travel.”

For more from the staggering world of cryptocurrency, make sure to check out this stomach-turning article about a programmer who had $240 million of Bitcoin locked on a hard drive and only two password attempts left to access it.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

While Squid Game might be on track to become Netflix's biggest ever show, the Korean drama was previously rejected by local studios for a decade before being picked up by Netflix.

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, creator Hwang Dong-hyuk first thought up the idea for Squid Game over ten years ago. At the time, the film director and screenwriter was living with his mother and grandmother and had to halt on scriptwriting at one point as he was forced to sell his $675 laptop for money.

Local film studios rejected pitches for Squid Game, believing the concept to be "implausible" and "too grotesque". However, the show was finally picked up by Netflix, who thought that the class struggles depicted in the show "spoke to reality".

Hwang said that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated a disparity between the rich and the poor. “The world has changed,” he told the Wall Street Journal. “All of these points made the story very realistic for people compared to a decade ago.”

Early indicators for the show estimate that Squid Game could be on track to become Netflix's biggest TV show ever. For the US streaming service, the show's sudden popularity could be interpreted as vindication of the company's recent decision to invest in Korean content. Netflix told the WSJ that it had invested about $700 million in Korean films and television shows between 2015 to 2020.

IGN recently reviewed Squid Game where we gave it a 9/10, calling it "one of the most exciting series to hit Netflix in some time." We praised the show for its ability to make its audiences squirm and for being "one of the most unique things you’ll watch this year". For those looking to get into the show, however, you may want to choose your options wisely, as one set of English language subtitles is reportedly more accurate than the other.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

While Squid Game might be on track to become Netflix's biggest ever show, the Korean drama was previously rejected by local studios for a decade before being picked up by Netflix.

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, creator Hwang Dong-hyuk first thought up the idea for Squid Game over ten years ago. At the time, the film director and screenwriter was living with his mother and grandmother and had to halt on scriptwriting at one point as he was forced to sell his $675 laptop for money.

Local film studios rejected pitches for Squid Game, believing the concept to be "implausible" and "too grotesque". However, the show was finally picked up by Netflix, who thought that the class struggles depicted in the show "spoke to reality".

Hwang said that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated a disparity between the rich and the poor. “The world has changed,” he told the Wall Street Journal. “All of these points made the story very realistic for people compared to a decade ago.”

Early indicators for the show estimate that Squid Game could be on track to become Netflix's biggest TV show ever. For the US streaming service, the show's sudden popularity could be interpreted as vindication of the company's recent decision to invest in Korean content. Netflix told the WSJ that it had invested about $700 million in Korean films and television shows between 2015 to 2020.

IGN recently reviewed Squid Game where we gave it a 9/10, calling it "one of the most exciting series to hit Netflix in some time." We praised the show for its ability to make its audiences squirm and for being "one of the most unique things you’ll watch this year". For those looking to get into the show, however, you may want to choose your options wisely, as one set of English language subtitles is reportedly more accurate than the other.

Jared Moore is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has spoken about his ideas for a potential second season of the hit Netflix show, revealing one possible focus for the next chapter.

In an interview with The Times, Hwang revealed that he had already been thinking about how Squid Game's story could possibly evolve beyond the nine episodes of the first season, which first arrived on Netflix on September 17. He suggested that, if a second season is greenlit, then he may shift focus and further explore the role of the Korean police.

"While I was writing season one, I thought about the stories that could be in season two if I get to do one — one would be the story of the Frontman," Hwang said of one of the show's most complex characters, The Frontman, played by Lee Byung-hun, who is a former cop and one of the masterminds behind the game.

"I think the issue with police officers is not just an issue in Korea," Hwang added. "I see it on the global news that the police force can be very late on acting on things — there are more victims or a situation gets worse because of them not acting fast enough. This was an issue that I wanted to raise. Maybe in season two I can talk about this more."

While the ideas are starting to formulate, nothing firm has been decided about a second season of Squid Game just yet. However, Netflix's global TV head, Bela Bajaria, told Vulture that they're excited about the prospect of continuing the dystopian drama and they're willing to work around Hwang's schedule to make it happen.

"He has a film and other things he's working on. We're trying to figure out the right structure for him." Bajaria noted, demonstrating Netflix's willingness to be flexible for Hwang's creative process in recognition of the fact that she knows he's a person that likes to collaborate with "other writers" who might also work on the project.

It's not surprising that talk of a second season of Squid Game is already in the air. The debut season of the South Korean survival drama is on track to become Netflix's biggest TV show ever — if the early viewership figures hold. Its growing popularity has even started to expand across different mediums, with fan-made games popping up all over Roblox.

If you happen to be coming into the series with fresh eyes and you're relying on translations to follow the story, you might want to consider watching the episodes with the proper "English" subtitles turned on rather than Netflix's closed captions, so you don't lose the nuances of the script and the twisted, colorful competitions that dominate the show.

Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has spoken about his ideas for a potential second season of the hit Netflix show, revealing one possible focus for the next chapter.

In an interview with The Times, Hwang revealed that he had already been thinking about how Squid Game's story could possibly evolve beyond the nine episodes of the first season, which first arrived on Netflix on September 17. He suggested that, if a second season is greenlit, then he may shift focus and further explore the role of the Korean police.

"While I was writing season one, I thought about the stories that could be in season two if I get to do one — one would be the story of the Frontman," Hwang said of one of the show's most complex characters, The Frontman, played by Lee Byung-hun, who is a former cop and one of the masterminds behind the game.

"I think the issue with police officers is not just an issue in Korea," Hwang added. "I see it on the global news that the police force can be very late on acting on things — there are more victims or a situation gets worse because of them not acting fast enough. This was an issue that I wanted to raise. Maybe in season two I can talk about this more."

While the ideas are starting to formulate, nothing firm has been decided about a second season of Squid Game just yet. However, Netflix's global TV head, Bela Bajaria, told Vulture that they're excited about the prospect of continuing the dystopian drama and they're willing to work around Hwang's schedule to make it happen.

"He has a film and other things he's working on. We're trying to figure out the right structure for him." Bajaria noted, demonstrating Netflix's willingness to be flexible for Hwang's creative process in recognition of the fact that she knows he's a person that likes to collaborate with "other writers" who might also work on the project.

It's not surprising that talk of a second season of Squid Game is already in the air. The debut season of the South Korean survival drama is on track to become Netflix's biggest TV show ever — if the early viewership figures hold. Its growing popularity has even started to expand across different mediums, with fan-made games popping up all over Roblox.

If you happen to be coming into the series with fresh eyes and you're relying on translations to follow the story, you might want to consider watching the episodes with the proper "English" subtitles turned on rather than Netflix's closed captions, so you don't lose the nuances of the script and the twisted, colorful competitions that dominate the show.

Adele Ankers is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.

HBO Max has revealed the first footage from Peacemaker, the DC superhero show starring John Cena, who reprises his role from The Suicide Squad.

He’s got the looks, the car, and the best sidekick ever -- all in the name of peace.

An exclusive clip from @DCPeacemaker has just been debuted by #HBOMaxEurope. Coming this January to HBO Max. pic.twitter.com/imwqlWMGMX

— HBO Max (@hbomax) October 5, 2021

The clip features John Economos (Steve Agee) and Emilia Harcourt (Jennifer Holland), two of Amanda Waller's subordinates who were first seen in The Suicide Squad, waiting for Peacekeeper to arrive at a restaurant. They are accompanied by Danielle Brooks as Leota Adebayo and Chukwudi Iwuji as Clemson Murn, who also appear to be part of the team. John Cena's Peacekeeper arrives at the restaurant in full costume, along with a bald eagle called 'Eagley', much to the confusion of his new handlers.

Peacemaker is due to launch on HBO Max this January, and will explore the origins of the character. It's also set to feature Vigilante and Judomaster, two other DC characters. More is likely to be revealed at DC FanDome, which will be held on October 16.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.