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Square Enix and Sony today announced specially branded PlayStation Vita systems themed around the soon-to-launch Final Fantasy game World of Final Fantasy.

According to a translation from Gematsu, these include the Primero Edition and the Oobito Edition. They are priced at ¥20,980, which comes out to around $207. As you can see in the images below, the systems feature imagery from the game on the back, including characters and creatures.

Included with both models is an original World of Final Fantasy theme, along with packaging that is themed around the game. The systems go on sale on in Japan on October 27 alongside the game.

You can click through the image gallery above to get a closer look at the systems and the special content.

People in Japan can preorder the systems starting today from the Sony Store.

World of Final Fantasy was announced at E3 2015 and launches in North America on October 25 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. A $120 collector’s edition has been announced for PS4.

Square Enix is positioning World of Final Fantasy as something of a gateway title for those unfamiliar with the mega-franchise while keeping its appeal with longtime fans. While it will star new characters, it is also chocked full of familiar faces from the series.

The game is set in the land of Grimoire, where all the Final Fantasy characters live. The two main characters shown in the announcement trailer–Rain and her little brother–are venturing into the world to battle against and befriend monsters. These creatures have been pulled from all previous Final Fantasy games, giving players a chance to do battle with cute chibi versions of Behemoths and even cuter chibi chocobos. The monsters featured in The World of Final Fantasy will come from the entire series history, including spinoff titles like Final Fantasy Tactics and Crystal Chronicles.

For more on World of Final Fantasy, check out GameSpot’s interview feature, “What Exactly Is World of Final Fantasy?”

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After its record-setting first weekend, Suicide Squad took in around $43.77 million at the US box office this weekend. That’s down a steep 67 percent and below expectations.

However, the DC Comics movie’s second-weekend dropoff is not quite as dramatic as Batman v Superman‘s, as that movie’s box office receipts dove 69 percent back in March for its second weekend.

Despite the dropoff, Suicide Squad remained the No. 1 movie at the US box office this past weekend, according to Deadline, which supplied all the figures. The film broke a number of records for an August release, in particular shattering Guardians of the Galaxy‘s previous opening-weekend record.

Suicide Squad has now made more than $465 million worldwide against a budget of $175 million, according to Box Office Mojo. A sequel is apparently already on the way.

The No. 2 movie this past weekend was the animated comedy Sausage Party, which cooked up $33.6 million for its opening. According to Deadline, this raunchy comedy “stole a big chunk” of Suicide Squad‘s holdover crowd during late-evening hours.

Additionally, it probably didn’t help that American Olympian Michael Phelps swam in his final races this weekend, which may have kept some from going to the movies.

Go to Deadline to see a full breakdown of this weekend’s US box office performance.

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Fallout 4‘s upcoming Nuka-World expansion, the celebrated RPG’s final add-on, is coming this month. Now, it appears we know the add-on’s final size for PC. It’s reportedly bigger than Fallout 4’s Far Harbor expansion, which included the largest landmass Bethesda had ever made for an expansion pack.

According to GamingBolt, the Steam Database entry for Nuka-World reveals that the content will be around 3.66 GB. By comparison, the Far Harbor expansion was around 2.7 GB.

As GamingBolt mentions, file size is not always directly related to game content. The entirety of the recently released No Man’s Sky, for example, is smaller than a Halo 5: Guardians update.

The file sizes mentioned above are for the PC version of Nuka-World.

Bethesda has stated Fallout 4’s Nuka-World expansion is coming in August, but a specific release date has not been announced. We’re now about half-way through the month, so an announcement should come soon.

Nuka-World, which is set in a post-apocalyptic amusement park, adds new quests, weapons, and more. Here is the official description:

“Take a trip to Nuka-World, a vast amusement park now a lawless city of Raiders. Explore an all-new region with an open wasteland and park zones like Safari Adventure, Dry Rock Gulch, Kiddie Kingdom, and the Galactic Zone. Nuka-World features new quests, Raiders, weapons, creatures, and more. Enjoy the ride!”

Fallout 4’s DLC so far has included Automatron (March 2016), Wasteland Workshop (April 2016), Far Harbor (May 2016), Contraptions Workshop (June 2016), and Vault-Tec Workshop (July 2016). All of that, as well as Nuka-World, is included with the $50 Fallout 4 DLC Pass.

We would expect Bethesda Game Studios to continue to support Fallout 4 after August with gameplay updates for tuning and bug fixes. But as for what’s next? Fallout 4 director Todd Howard has talked about some “big and crazy” projects, so maybe it’s one of those.

Recently, Bethesda’s Pete Hines said he knows what Bethesda Game Studios is working on for the next decade and they’re all projects fans will be excited about. The Elder Scrolls VI might be one of them.

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