Kill la Kill The Game has been officially announced by animation house Studio Trigger and game publisher and developer Arc System Works.

Following a countdown clock for a mystery collaboration between two companies, a game based off the popular anime series Kill la Kill is being developed by APLUS Games and is set for a 2019 release.

On their official website, Kill la Kill The Game is listed as a "battle action" title that supports up to two players, and looks to play in the same vein as Dragon Ball FighterZ or the recently announced Jump Force.

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Jump Force is not the first time the worlds of Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Naruto have crossed over in video game form. Seeing as its announcement comes on the 50th anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump -- the weekly shonen manga anthology that houses each of those series -- Jump Force feels like it was designed to be a little extra special, even if its poorly tuned E3 demo seemed like it was designed to hold it back.

Mechanically, Jump Force will feel very familiar to those who have played the Tenkaichi games. In the 3-on-3 tag fighting game, the camera is always set behind your character and locked on to your opponent -- it never breaks away. You’re able to use high speed dashes to get in close very fast, perform quick side-to-side dodges to avoid incoming attacks and reposition, and block right before an attack to teleport behind your opponent.

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Virtual reality and mixed reality gaming mostly took a backseat at E3 2018, with the big three console makers focusing on traditional games. And while Sony is still supporting its PSVR headset on PlayStation 4, Microsoft apparently has no interest in releasing a competing headset for Xbox.

"We don't have any plans specific to Xbox consoles in virtual reality or mixed reality," Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Mike Nichols told GI.biz at E3. "Our perspective on it has been and continues to be that the PC is probably the best platform for more immersive VR and MR. As an open platform, it just allows faster, more rapid iteration. There are plenty of companies investing in it in the hardware side and the content side, or some combination therein.

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Aquaman director James Wan has revealed when fans can expect the film's first trailer to debut.

Wan announced on Twitter the trailer will debut later next month at San Diego Comic-Con 2018, which takes place from July 18-July 22. The director didn't provide a specific date, but Wan did share the new logo for the upcoming DC movie, which you can check out below.

Comic-Con will be insane!! This is the new glyph/logo. Freshly smuggled out of Atlantis! (stolen off King Orm’s belt buckle) pic.twitter.com/NLmIXUaXEM

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Telltale Games co-founder and former CEO Kevin Bruner is reportedly suing the studio he helped start in 2004.

The Marin Independent Journal reported Bruner's lawsuit. He and Telltale parted ways last year, a move Bruner's lawsuit alleges was the result of Lionsgate investing in Telltale in 2015 and pushing for a new CEO. The suit claims some Lionsgate board members wanted to bring in an "outside" CEO to replace Bruner. Although it eventually did so by installing former Zynga General Manager Pete Hawley as chief executive in September 2017, that was some five months after Dan Connors took over the position on an interim basis following Bruner's Telltale exit.

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Netflix has made a deal with the devil - the streaming service has resurrected Lucifer, renewing the comic book series for Season 4 after Fox canceled the show in May.

After the news broke, star Tom Ellis took to Twitter to celebrate the renewal and thank fans for their support through the #SaveLucifer campaign.

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