Anime racer Screamer no longer demands you retrain your fingers, with a fresh patch adding single stick drift controls

We're big fans of Star Wars: Galactic Racer, having given the fast and punishing racing game five stars in our review. We also spoke to developer Fuse Games to better understand how it recaptured the Burnout spirit so well in the game. And it was then we heard about Fuse's unique approach to prototyping Galactic Racer. "What's the fastest way we can get ideas down and then talk about them? " Fuse Games CEO Matt Webster told Eurogamer. "Modern engines are so capable that you can do a lot of it in-software, but there's still something [about that which is] not as fast as getting a written idea down. "

I've admittedly not delved into any multiplayer action in Star Wars: Galactic Racer since the gates to its racetracks were opened to the masses early this week. Look, I needed a quick breather after ramjetting my way through 40 or so hours of it for review. It looks like I might have to try and convince my colleagues to hop on for an RPS Boonta Eve classic soon though, as devs Fuse Games have already announced plans to up multiplayer party sizes so you can invite six mates along instead of three. "We'd like to let you and everyone on this thread know that we hear you," devs Fuse Games replied to a tweet wishing Galactic Racer's multiplayer party limit was higher. "We're working on an update to increase the party size from three to six players, with the aim of releasing it within the first few weeks of launch. More details coming soon! "

What could be more disorientating for a comedian than not being able to laugh – for nine hours! – nor elicit laughter from anyone else in the room? I’ll tell you. Try all of the above on a sunny summer weekend while pretending it’s Halloween. Then force the comics to return to the scene of what one of their number, Phil Wang, calls “a cross between a gameshow and a psychological experiment”, and relive the whole ordeal for a man from the Guardian. Is it any wonder Wang, Lou Sanders, Tom Allen and others come across as a little punch-drunk 24 hours after emerging from televised captivity on the smash comedy hit Last One Laughing? It’s the day after filming, at Elstree Studios, the show’s Halloween special which sees a unique tweak to its winning formula: contestants must not only refrain from laughter but from screaming. “Which I thought might be a non-event,” says Wang, “but it’s actually harder. I didn’t know I was a screamer. Turns out I am.” The participating comics – including paranormal obsessive Daisy May Cooper and that maestro of comedy-horror, Reece Shearsmith – seek not only to amuse each other but spook them too. Which makes sense, says host Jimmy Carr.

You best start believing in ghost stories, Mr. Wyatt; you might be in one Adam Scott's horror-filled Ireland vacation is now streaming on Hulu

Demons' Night Fever, One Piece: Grand Gourmet, PEAK, etc. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC, Final Fantasy Resonance for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC, Nintendo Switch Sports Resort for Switch 2, and Stupid Never Dies for PlayStation 5 and PC are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases. Also due out this week are Demons’ Night Fever for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC, One Piece: Grand Gourmet for Switch 2, Switch, PC, iOS, and Android, and the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Switch 2 versions of PEAK. Get the full list of this week’s Japanese game releases below. It should be noted that Gematsu will receive a small percentage of money from purchases made through Play-Asia links. You can also save five percent with our multi-use “GEMATSU2026” coupon code. HardwareSwitch 2 Japanese-Language System (Japan-Only) “Choose Your Game” BundleNorth American Equivalent: Switch 2 Nintendo Switch Sports Resort Bundle

James Stephen Donaldson, the algorithm ruling, product hustling, normal smile having YouTube superstar better known as MrBeast recently made his debut on Shark Tank. During his first episode on the show where celebrity investors put “idea people” through a humiliation ritual, Donaldson cut from the pack to back an AI-powered ball. It rolls. You can throw it. It’s, y’know, got AI in there. Donaldson opted to invest a quarter million into the product. Cousins Andrew Brown and Kevin Langdon presented the Sharks with “Ball 2.” A sequel to ball. Unlike your average foam ball, the second ball is “filled with sensors,” capable of tracking and harvesting data as it is rolled, thrown, bounced and so forth. Reporting information back to a companion app, Brown and Langdon added that through the magic of AI you can instruct the ball to create new games on the fly. Like being thrown further, or being rolled not as far. Watching the new season of Shark Tank and they managed to immediately become a parody of itself by having one of the pitches be Ball 2, the sequel to Ball, powered by AI. To really seal the deal, the ball 2's battery is not rechargeable or designed to be replaced.