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Beast of Reincarnation doesn’t hesitate to throw you into its wide, weird world. Game Freak’s unexpected action-RPG takes cues from greats from across the genres – you can feel the influence of everything from Dark Soulsto Bayonetta –and adds its own fresh ideas to the mix. All of which means there’s a lot to get…

In 2015, Game Freak put out its first console game outside of a Nintendo platform since 1999’s Click Medic with Tembo the Badass Elephant. The colorful platformer still very much felt like a Game Freak game, with lots of lovely art and a fun style. If you had told me a little over a decade…

A taxing and often monotonous journey … Beast of Reincarnation. Illustration: Game FreakA taxing and often monotonous journey … Beast of Reincarnation. Illustration: Game Freak Review

Even from its first full reveal in 2025, Beast of Reincarnation was making all the right noises. Roaring through the crowd of impressive action role-playing games, Game Freak’s trek into a post-apocalyptic Japan blends the mythological with the mechanized into something fresh – helped by a “one woman and her dog saving the world”’ narrative.

Beast of Reincarnation, the new action RPG from Game Freak and publisher Fictions, goes live worldwide at 00:00 UTC on August 4, 2026. It’s coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC through Steam, and it’ll also be available on Xbox Game Pass from day one.

On Tuesday, July 28, 2026, the official website for Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden — the TV anime adaptation of Umikaze Minamino’s Narou-originated light novel series — confirmed October 6 as its premiere date and dropped its first promotional video alongside a new key visual, expanded cast, and additional staff credits. The announcement answers the…