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The first season of Tekken 8‘s post-launch content is coming to a close, and Bandai Namco is closing things out with an unexpected crossover.

Hot off the heels of their win for Best Fighting Game at The Game Awards, Tekken 8 revealed the final character for the season one character pass: Clive Rosfield, the protagonist from Final Fantasy 16. Fans had been speculating who the final character would be, with many believing it’d be a guest character due to how big of a stage TGA is, rather than simply announcing something at a Tekken-specific event.

MultiVersus released in full on May 28 following a year of post-beta development to improve the platform fighter. With this relaunch, the free-to-play title still heavily relies on its characters to pull players in—whether they’re already on the roster or could be added in the future.

The fighting game is developed by Player First Games and published by Warner Bros. Games, meaning it pulls almost exclusively from the wide library of Warner Bros. Discover IP to craft a roster of characters for a crossover showdown. From Bugs Bunny and Superman to Gizmo and original characters, the list of MultiVersus fighters is full of major surprises—and is set to continue expanding.

The starting roster may look underwhelming when loading up Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the first time. You get eight fighters to choose from—the same amount offered to Super Smash Bros. players on Nintendo 64 back in 1999. And you’re expected to unlock the other 66 characters by playing different game modes.

Usually, you are expected to unlock characters by completing the game’s main adventure mode, where finding a fighter there immediately unlocks them in your roster. There are ways to unlock characters in Classic Mode over time, like how the original games would lock characters away.

We’re just one week away from the release of the Khaos Reigns expansion for Mortal Kombat 1, which brings a new cinematic story mode alongside a second Kombat Pack that features Ghostface from the Scream franchise. And the expansion’s launch trailer included a particularly exciting new fatility.

Much like the reveal trailer a few months prior, this launch trailer only offered small glimpses into not only Ghostface, but also guest characters Conan the Barbarian and the T-1000 from Terminator 2. But the trailer did end with a preview of one of Ghostface’s fatalities. It starts off with the killer stabbing their victim in the stomach, causing them to stumble backwards. Unfortunately for them, they bump into a second Ghostface killer and the two team up to cut their victim to shreds, laughing maniacally at their demise. Since the Scream franchise is famous for having more than one person be the titular killer in each installment, this is spot-on representation for the series.

Another season of MultiVersus is on the way, the crossover fighting game that brings multiple Warner Bros. characters under one roof to duke it out against each other. More Cartoon Network characters are joining the roster in season three, with the Powerpuff Girls, are coming on Sept. 17.

Premiering in the late 90s, The Powerpuff Girls centered around three girls who were created in a lab by a professor and accidentally given superpowers, which they used to defend the city of Townsville from various threats and monsters. After being hinted at in a previous trailer, all three of the girls are now playable as one singular character, utilizing various fighting moves that switch out which girl is attacking at a given moment. As expected from MultiVersus, the girls come prepared with plenty of unique quips when interacting with the other characters from different franchises.

In Riot Games’ newest fighting game 2XKO, there are multiple different champions you can control on the battlefield. In the right hands, Yasuo can be one of the deadliest characters with destructive combos at your disposal.

Among the limited champion roster, Yasuo is a quick and powerful damage dealer who uses the power of wind to launch his enemies in the air, knock them down, and slash through his foes with ease. He can also block incoming projectiles, giving him a perfect way to stifle any combinations while launching counter-attacks alongside his teammate.

Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO is Bandai Namco and Spike Chunsoft’s return to the previously dormant Budokai Tenkaichi series fans have wanted for 15 years. And, while this new entry will look different from the classic 2000s titles, the wait for more controller-breaking beam clashes is shrinking. 

Sparking! ZERO is getting ever closer, and players are counting down like Freiza on Planet Namek to the game’s release. If you’re (not so) patiently waiting for Sparking! ZERO‘s release, read on to see exactly how many days, hours, and minutes are left to wait.

After patiently waiting since 2019, fighting game enthusiasts are finally getting their hands on 2XKO around the world with Riot Games’ latest Alpha Lab online playtest, where fans must master every universal move and combo in the book to stay ahead of the game.

Every champion in 2XKO has their own special move set that sets them apart from the rest of the roster, giving them unique playstyles that will cater and appeal to a wide variety of players. There are, however, a static set of universal moves all players will need to memorize and master as they learn the different skills of each available champion in the game.

With Riot Games’ 2XKO Alpha Lab underway, players are quickly discovering some controller issues causing connection problems upon start.

Whether you’re playing with a PlayStation or Xbox controller or a full-fledged fight stick, most players need their gamepad to work so they can truly enjoy testing out one of the most-anticipated fighting games of the year. Unfortunately, players are reporting their controllers are not working when the game loads up, preventing them from playing.

2XKO launched its open alpha test yesterday, and the game has become so popular that Riot Games has run out of Xbox codes entirely.

Riot announced the news on social media, explaining that all available Xbox Series X|S keys were claimed less than 24 hours since the alpha began. So, if you were lucky enough to get accepted into the alpha lab and didn’t claim your Xbox code, you’re out of luck.