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Capcom has shared more details on the upcoming Devil May Cry 5, saying it’s aiming for a consistent 60 frames per second.

According to an interview with the developer in Famitsu, via Silicon Era, while the goal for the team is photorealism combined with “tight Capcom play control”, hitting a consistent 60 fps is also a focus, to nail the high-speed combat associated with the series.

However, Capcom stated the photorealism graphics will affect the motion cancel mechanic, saying it would look strange and calling it “the uncanny valley of action.” As a result, players will still be able to input motion cancel in DMC 5, but it won’t skip the animation. The developers are continually trying to offset the new look of the game with gameplay responsiveness.

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Walmart is going old-school, bringing generation 1 Transformers back from the 1980s and into the toy aisle later this year.

The US retailer announced Starscream, Hot Rod, a 6-figure Constructicon Devastator pack, and “Legion Class Figures” like Bumblebee and Outback.

As far as authenticity is concerned, the G1 Transformers reissues were made using “the original production tooling including die-cast parts and classic heat-sensitive stickers.” If you don’t recall, part of the fiction of the original toy line included spies whose allegiance could only be revealed by rubbing the sticker, revealing their Autobot or Decepticon badge.

The packaging, too, is a recreation of the original 1984 packaging, lending even more to the figures’ authenticity. However, the Starscream Vintage G1 figure comes with a “Megatron-style blaster” so you can “pose out in the iconic 1986 animated film scene.”

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To commemorate the 10-year anniversary of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, Warner Bros. is bringing it to IMAX screens for one week only.

The Dark Knight will be screened across four select IMAX theatres in LA, New York, San Francisco and Toronto, with the aim to showcase its utilization of IMAX 70mm film and massive scale. Four of The Dark Knight’s major sequences were shot with IMAX cameras, including the Joker’s opening bank robbery, and Nolan has gone on to use IMAX cameras in his subsequent films.

Warner Bros. says the IMAX screening is intended to give the public a look at The Dark Knight as it was meant to be seen. Tickets for the opening day go on sale this Friday, July 20th. Showtimes are currently only announced for August 24th, but subsequent screening dates will be announced closer to release.

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Bandai Namco has announced that Base Goku and Base Vegeta will be coming to Dragon Ball FighterZ early next month.

Silicon Era reports Base Goku and Base Vegeta will be added to Dragon Ball FighterZ’s roster in early August, joining their other iterations in game. The characters follow May’s Fused Zamasu and Super Saiyan Blue Vegito in DLC Pack 2.

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For the past two decades, the WarioWare series has been Nintendo’s excuse to let its developers run wild and design some of its weirdest and creative concepts, and WarioWare Gold is no exception. Featuring a solid mix of over 300 new and returning microgames, WarioWare Gold is like a mixtape that showcases some of Nintendo’s most inventive yet extremely bizarre ideas, and it’s all held together by an even crazier story.

Along with the help of friends, Wario is out to make his fortune by setting up his own video game competition, which is fitting for a game that’s all about playing through a seemingly endless amount of lightening-fast experiences. Each of Wario’s friends offers their own set of microgames, each of which ends with a slightly longer, more challenging boss stage. While I didn’t get a chance to play through all 300 microgames, I can say that the 30 or so I played were incredibly fun and unique.

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