Just a month after Bandai Namco revealed a release date for the much anticipated RPG Code Vein, the company says it's now delaying the launch until next year. Originally expected to drop this September, Code Vein is a Dark Souls -meets-anime mash-up that's created a lot of excitement since its announcement in 2017, which according to Namco is the reason for its postponement. In a release, the company's vice president of marketing and digital Hervé Hoerdt said they made the decision in order to "further refine its gameplay in an effort to exceed the expectations fans already have of the title." Whether this is to preserve the ultimate big reveal, or is indicative of problems deeper than gameplay design, is unclear. However, the launch change does mean the game will no longer have to compete with the likes of Spiderman, Tomb Raider and Destiny 2, which all have games slated for release on September 28.

Bandai Namco released the first trailer for its upcoming action-RPG game Code Vein just last month, but it couldn't exactly let E3 come and go without spilling a few more beans now, could it? We're no closer to a concrete release date, with 2018 still as definitive as it gets, but we do now know what platforms the third-person, anime-esque title will be available on. Bandai Namco previously said Code Vein would be hitting "major home consoles" next year, but it's now clarified the title is headed to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PCs too, via Steam. The Code Vein trailer for E3 is more or less a shorter version of the one we've already seen. Most of the in-game footage has simply been reordered and recycled, but there are a few new frames highlighting an armor-clad character you'd imagine will be key to the story.

It's been discovered recently that Bandai Namco has filed three new trademarks in Europe. One of the things that the video game developer requested to be trademarked is something called "Pac-Man Maker." The trademark filing was shared on NeoGAF by user "FelipeMGM" and was first reported by Nintendo Wire. Bandai Namco appears to have trademarked "Code Vein," "Storm Wings" and "Pac-Man Maker." The trademark application was submitted on April 18 and is currently being reviewed by the European Union.