Bandai Namco has announced that Dragon Ball: The Breakers will launch on October 14 for PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One. The game will be backward compatible with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Dragon Ball: The Breakers is a multiplayer affair where a team of seven Survivors tries to escape one Raider. Survivors are regular civilians trapped in a Temporal Seam and must utilize their wits and gadgets to return home using the Super Time Machine. The Raider takes the form of a major Dragon Ball antagonist and must hunt down and eliminate the Survivors.

Bandai Namco will also be running a closed network test on August 6 and 7 on all platforms. During this session, Cell and the newly announced Frieza will be playable Raiders. Survivors can swap skins between various Dragon Ball characters, and the network test will include the player’s avatar, Oolong, and Bulma.

Those who preorder the game will receive an Android 18 Transphere and a blue scouter in-game accessory. The Special Edition of the game includes the full game, a customizable costume, the two-handed good victory pose, and a yellow dragon vehicle skin. The Bandai Namco Store exclusive Limited Edition contains a steel book, three Raider stickers, and a Cell Shell figure. A green Potara in-game accessory is also included, but it is an exclusive timed bonus on the store.

Dragon Ball: The Breakers was first announced in November of last year and ran its first closed beta test a month later.

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Universal Pictures has unveiled the first poster for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, exactly one year before the movie is scheduled to hit theaters.

The newly released poster features a silhouette of Cillian Murphy's titular character wearing a suit and a wide-brimmed hat. He is standing against an explosive backdrop, surrounded by a blaze of heavy smoke clouds. "The world forever changes," reads the tagline, which marks the one-year countdown to the scheduled release of Oppenheimer on July 21, 2023.

Oppenheimer stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb." As such, Murphy's name appears on the poster alongside several other high-profile actors from the movie's star-studded cast, including Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., and Florence Pugh.

Nolan's upcoming film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" written by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. The biopic has reportedly made use of a $100 million budget, which the director considers to be on a "smaller scale" compared to his previous movies.

Oppenheimer will be the first film Nolan has worked on with Universal Pictures after they picked up the film rights following an extensive bidding war. Nolan's long-time collaborative streak with Warner Bros. came to an abrupt end shortly after he expressed anger towards the studio for launching their films day and date on HBO Max, which the director called "the worst streaming service."

Nolan is known for his directorial work on The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, and Interstellar, and has partnered with Warner Bros. on his films dating back to 2002's Insomnia. His last film Tenet underperformed at the box office in 2020, partially due to the fact that it was released around the same time as a massive pandemic-induced movie theater shutdown.

See our list of all of Christopher Nolan's movies ranked to see his top films.

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

Universal Pictures has unveiled the first poster for Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, exactly one year before the movie is scheduled to hit theaters.

The newly released poster features a silhouette of Cillian Murphy's titular character wearing a suit and a wide-brimmed hat. He is standing against an explosive backdrop, surrounded by a blaze of heavy smoke clouds. "The world forever changes," reads the tagline, which marks the one-year countdown to the scheduled release of Oppenheimer on July 21, 2023.

Oppenheimer stars Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb." As such, Murphy's name appears on the poster alongside several other high-profile actors from the movie's star-studded cast, including Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., and Florence Pugh.

Nolan's upcoming film is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" written by Kai Bird and the late Martin J. Sherwin. The biopic has reportedly made use of a $100 million budget, which the director considers to be on a "smaller scale" compared to his previous movies.

Oppenheimer will be the first film Nolan has worked on with Universal Pictures after they picked up the film rights following an extensive bidding war. Nolan's long-time collaborative streak with Warner Bros. came to an abrupt end shortly after he expressed anger towards the studio for launching their films day and date on HBO Max, which the director called "the worst streaming service."

Nolan is known for his directorial work on The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, and Interstellar, and has partnered with Warner Bros. on his films dating back to 2002's Insomnia. His last film Tenet underperformed at the box office in 2020, partially due to the fact that it was released around the same time as a massive pandemic-induced movie theater shutdown.

See our list of all of Christopher Nolan's movies ranked to see his top films.

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

Detroit: Become Human is getting a manga adaptation in Japan with a story set in Tokyo at the same time period as the game.

As reported by Famitsu, Detroit: Become Human: Tokyo Stories is being written by Saruwatari Kazami and drawn by Moto Sumida. The story follows an android idol known as Reina and, like the game before it, explores what happens when these robots gain independent thoughts and feelings.

Unlike Detroit: Become Human, however, Tokyo Stories focuses on a smoother integration of androids as Reina becomes incredible popular. The peace isn't to last, of course, disrupted by a rogue android that gains sentience.

『DETROIT BECOME HUMAN』初の公式コミック『DETROIT BECOME HUMAN TOKYO STORIES』が7月22日より“COMIC BRIDGE”にて配信

2038年の東京が舞台。アンドロイドアイドル“レイナ”に焦点を当てたオリジナルストーリーが展開する#デトロイト

https://t.co/zdDIQlcXXa pic.twitter.com/2KLZUs5Gx5

— ファミ通.com (@famitsu) July 20, 2022

The manga will appear in Comic Bridge magazine starting July 22 but there's currently no word on whether it will be distributed outside of Japan. Detroit: Become Human follows a handful of other western video games to gain manga adaptations, including The Witcher and Watch Dogs.

The manga is still a little random, however, given that Detroit: Become Human was released four years ago and hasn't really made a resurgance since. In our 8/10 review, IGN said: "Detroit: Become Human is a wonderfully silly interactive drama that meaningfully bends to your will."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Detroit: Become Human is getting a manga adaptation in Japan with a story set in Tokyo at the same time period as the game.

As reported by Famitsu, Detroit: Become Human: Tokyo Stories is being written by Saruwatari Kazami and drawn by Moto Sumida. The story follows an android idol known as Reina and, like the game before it, explores what happens when these robots gain independent thoughts and feelings.

Unlike Detroit: Become Human, however, Tokyo Stories focuses on a smoother integration of androids as Reina becomes incredible popular. The peace isn't to last, of course, disrupted by a rogue android that gains sentience.

『DETROIT BECOME HUMAN』初の公式コミック『DETROIT BECOME HUMAN TOKYO STORIES』が7月22日より“COMIC BRIDGE”にて配信

2038年の東京が舞台。アンドロイドアイドル“レイナ”に焦点を当てたオリジナルストーリーが展開する#デトロイト

https://t.co/zdDIQlcXXa pic.twitter.com/2KLZUs5Gx5

— ファミ通.com (@famitsu) July 20, 2022

The manga will appear in Comic Bridge magazine starting July 22 but there's currently no word on whether it will be distributed outside of Japan. Detroit: Become Human follows a handful of other western video games to gain manga adaptations, including The Witcher and Watch Dogs.

The manga is still a little random, however, given that Detroit: Become Human was released four years ago and hasn't really made a resurgance since. In our 8/10 review, IGN said: "Detroit: Become Human is a wonderfully silly interactive drama that meaningfully bends to your will."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection includes never-before-seen design documents that show how the 13 included retro games were made. We've got 11 to show you ahead of release.

We just revealed that The Cowabunga Collection has got an August 30 release date, and developer Digital Eclipse has provided us with a number of the original concept documents included in the game collection's Museum mode – which have never been publicly revealed before now.

The documents show off animation and art concepts for heroes and villains, cutscene plans, and much more. It's a fascinating look into how Konami approached making these games in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. Check all the documents out below:

Digital Eclipse promises that the Museum section will also include imagery from the original cartoons and comics, as well as "other historic TMNT media content". It's not clear how many games in the collection will see their development materials released.

The Cowabunga Collection will bring with it 13 games from the franchise's 8 and 16-bit days, including beloved staples like Turtles in Time for the Super Nintendo. Many of the games in the collection are difficult or impossible to obtain on modern consoles and some, such as Hyperstone Heist for the Sega Genesis, are becoming available to current audiences for the very first time.

Stay tuned for lots more Turtles related content on IGN's live show as well as everything else shown during SDCC 2022.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection includes never-before-seen design documents that show how the 13 included retro games were made. We've got 11 to show you ahead of release.

We just revealed that The Cowabunga Collection has got an August 30 release date, and developer Digital Eclipse has provided us with a number of the original concept documents included in the game collection's Museum mode – which have never been publicly revealed before now.

The documents show off animation and art concepts for heroes and villains, cutscene plans, and much more. It's a fascinating look into how Konami approached making these games in the 8-bit and 16-bit eras. Check all the documents out below:

Digital Eclipse promises that the Museum section will also include imagery from the original cartoons and comics, as well as "other historic TMNT media content". It's not clear how many games in the collection will see their development materials released.

The Cowabunga Collection will bring with it 13 games from the franchise's 8 and 16-bit days, including beloved staples like Turtles in Time for the Super Nintendo. Many of the games in the collection are difficult or impossible to obtain on modern consoles and some, such as Hyperstone Heist for the Sega Genesis, are becoming available to current audiences for the very first time.

Stay tuned for lots more Turtles related content on IGN's live show as well as everything else shown during SDCC 2022.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

If Shredder's Revenge wasn't enough, you'll soon be able to play virtually every major Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game released to console thanks to the new Cowabunga Collection, which now has a release date.

IGN can exclusively reveal that The Cowabunga Collection will be releasing August 30 on PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch. The collection will bring with it 13 games from the franchise's 8 and 16-bit days, including beloved staples like Turtles in Time for the Super Nintendo.

Developed by Digital Eclipse, The Cowabunga Collection caused a mini-sensation when it was announced back in March, not the least because many of the games in the collection are difficult to impossible to obtain on modern consoles. Many of them, such as Hyperstone Heist for the Sega Genesis, are becoming available to current audiences for the very first time.

To refresh your memory, here's the complete list of games in the collection.

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
• TMNT: Turtles in Time (Arcade)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
• TMNT II: The Arcade Game (NES)
• TMNT III: The Manhattan Project (NES)
• TMNT IV: Turtles in Time (SNES)
• TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist (Genesis)
• TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan (Game Boy)
• TMNT II: Back from the Sewers (Game Boy)
• TMNT III: Radical Rescue (Game Boy)
• TMNT: Tournament Fighters (NES)
• TMNT: Tournament Fighters (SNES)
• TMNT: Tournament Fighters (Genesis)

In addition to a slew of classic releases, Digital Eclipse is including a trove of original design documents. The collection will also support online play for TMNT Arcade, Turtles in Time Arcade, and TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist, and Tournament Fighters for the SNES.

The announcement was part of San Diego Comic-Con 2022, where The Cowabunga Collection has a large presence. Stay tuned for lots more Turtles related content on IGN's live show as well as everything else shown during SDCC 2022.

Correction: This article has been updated to reflect which games support online play in Cowabunga Collection.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.

If Shredder's Revenge wasn't enough, you'll soon be able to play virtually every major Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game released to console thanks to the new Cowabunga Collection, which now has a release date.

IGN can exclusively reveal that The Cowabunga Collection will be releasing August 30 on PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo Switch. The collection will bring with it 13 games from the franchise's 8 and 16-bit days, including beloved staples like Turtles in Time for the Super Nintendo.

Developed by Digital Eclipse, The Cowabunga Collection caused a mini-sensation when it was announced back in March, not the least because many of the games in the collection are difficult to impossible to obtain on modern consoles. Many of them, such as Hyperstone Heist for the Sega Genesis, are becoming available to current audiences for the very first time.

To refresh your memory, here's the complete list of games in the collection.

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)
• TMNT: Turtles in Time (Arcade)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)
• TMNT II: The Arcade Game (NES)
• TMNT III: The Manhattan Project (NES)
• TMNT IV: Turtles in Time (SNES)
• TMNT: The Hyperstone Heist (Genesis)
• TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan (Game Boy)
• TMNT II: Back from the Sewers (Game Boy)
• TMNT III: Radical Rescue (Game Boy)
• TMNT: Tournament Fighters (NES)
• TMNT: Tournament Fighters (SNES)
• TMNT: Tournament Fighters (Genesis)

In addition to a slew of classic releases, Digital Eclipse is including a trove of original design documents. The collection will also support local and online co-op for TMNT 2: The Arcade Game, TMNT 3: The Manhattan Project, and TMNT 4: Turtles in Time. Hyperstone Heist will feature local multiplayer.

The announcement was part of San Diego Comic-Con 2022, where The Cowabunga Collection has a large presence. Stay tuned for lots more Turtles related content on IGN's live show as well as everything else shown during SDCC 2022.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.

Nintendo's former managing director of sales, planning, and strategy has joined Bayonetta and Nier: Automata developer PlatinumGames as vice president.

Announced in a Famitsu article featured on Platinum's website, Takao Yamane will also take on the role of chief business officer after spending his last 27 years at Nintendo. Yamane became managing director back in March 2004, meaning he was there for the release of the Nintendo DS, Wii, 3DS, Wii U, and Switch. He had other roles at the company previously, including as vice president of Nintendo France.

Yamane made clear he didn't leave Nintendo with any ill-feelings, but he had just turned 50 and wanted a new challenge. "My resignation was very smooth," he said. "My desire to take on something new and what PlatinumGames was aiming to do lined up perfectly. And to be perfectly honest, I felt like my last company would be perfectly fine without me."

Platinum has been steadily expanding in the last few years but the company isn't ready to stop yet, as its goals are "simply not possible with the numbers we have now", Yamane said. "I’m building an organization capable of tangible action from the ground up," which includes "self-publishing and promoting Project G.G. and other titles globally".

Nintendo's philosophy of prioritising game development over sales will also be brought over. "When it comes to sales and development, development takes priority," Yamane said. "Even if I come up with a schedule and think, 'this will be a hit,' if [vice president and chief game designer] Kamiya says 'sorry, but development is running six months late,' I’ll just smile and say, 'I understand'."

Platinum currently has two games in development that we know of: Bayonetta 3 for Nintendo Switch (which arrives this October) and the aforementioned Project G.G. The latter is the developer's first self-published game, and Yamane promised more details would be revealed about it in June next year.

Thumbnail Image Credit: PlatinumGames

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