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Balan Wonderworld Gets Day One Patch To Address Seizure Risk
26.3.2021
Square Enix has released a day one patch for Balan Wonderworld, released today, to fix issues with a late-game scene that had bright, flashing lights that the company called a “photo-sensitive epilepsy risk.” Read more
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
26.3.2021
Let’s drop this pretense about what the weekend is for and get straight to the point. Of course I will be playing the free PlayStation 4 idol rhythm game from Square Enix this weekend. No one needs a post to tell them that. What’s that? It’s called Love Live! School Idol Festival ~after school...
A History Of Shareware, Demos And Covertapes
26.3.2021
Back before YouTube and Twitch and always online DRM, developers needed more effective ways of marketing than just relying on word of mouth. This resulted in shareware, demos and demo discs, free slices of playable content that spawned one of the most interesting phases in the gaming. Read more
I Have No Idea What Recipes Are in It, but Pre-Order the Tomb Raider Cookbook for $27
24.3.2021
Tomb Raider Cookbook | $27 | AmazonRead more
Final Fantasy XI Reboot Cancelled After Six Years Of Nothingness
24.3.2021
You will probably not remember this, but back in 2015, Nexon and Square Enix announced a mobile version of Final Fantasy XI that was due for release in 2016. It did not come out in 2016, or 2017, or 2018, or 2019, or 2020, and now will never be coming out, since it’s finally been put out of...
Report: Mobile Game Final Fantasy XI R Has Been Canceled
23.3.2021
For the past few years, Square Enix has been co-developing mobile Final Fantasy XI R with Nexon. The game was dubbed an “MMMRPG” or “Massively Multiplayer Mobile RPG.” But now, apparently, it’s no more.Read more
Tokenized Jack Dorsey Tweet Sells for $2.9M, Funds From NFT Auction Will Be Sent to Charity
23.3.2021
On Monday, Jack Dorsey the founder of Twitter and Square witnessed a digital certificate or non-fungible token (NFT) of his first tweet being sold for $2.9 million. The new owner of the NFT Jack Dorsey tweet is the CEO of Bridge Oracle, Sina Estavi, who outbid the founder of Tron Justin Sun for...
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Is Even More Heartbreaking In French
22.3.2021
I do not speak a lick of French, and yet the first thing I did upon (finally) unlocking Heavensward, Final Fantasy XIV’s first expansion, was switch to French audio. It was a recommendation of a dear friend who’s further into her first journey through FF14 than I am. Neck-deep in Heavensward’s main...
[aktualita] Tropic Square: Bezpečný český čip od SatoshiLabs získal investici sto milionů
22.3.2021
Česká společnost Tropic Square, kterou založila a majoritně ovládá firma SatoshiLabs stojící za hardwarovými peněženkami Trezor, získala kapitál na další rozvoj. Čtyři miliony eur, tedy více než sto milionů korun, vložila švýcarská investiční společnost Auzera. Obdržela za to 20procentní podíl....
Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Had A Dedicated Team of Lighting Experts
21.3.2021
When Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade was announced earlier this year, Square Enix detailed how it changed the textures and lighting, as well as added fog effects. Some changes were more subtle. Read more
Black Panther Coming To Avengers, Gotham Knights Delayed, Outriders Launching On Game Pass And More
20.3.2021
This week on Morning Checkpoint we celebrate the death of Fortnite’s Peely, learn more about upcoming Square Enix games, see who’s the next big hero coming to Avengers, eat a baby(?) and get a look at the next generation of PSVR controllers.Read more
Canadian Condo Company Invests in Bitcoin, Hopes to Become ‘Self-Sustaining Real Estate’
19.3.2021
A few months ago a trend started where well known businesses like Microstrategy, Square, and Tesla started adding bitcoin to their company balance sheets. Now a Canadian condominium company has decided to invest in bitcoin in order to replace some of the firm’s reserve fund with crypto....
Bravely Default II’s Grand Music Does Most Of Its Storytelling
19.3.2021
Welcome to Morning Music, Kotaku’s ongoing hangout for folks who love video games and the cool-ass sounds they make. Today, let’s listen to some of the songs from the new Final Fan–, err, Bravely Default II’s instant-classic soundtrack.Read more
I Feel You, Life Is Strange Teen
18.3.2021
I haven’t played any of the Life is Strange games, because I have no nostalgia for my teenage years. Today’s trailer for the next installment in the series, True Colors, with its moody acoustic cover of Radiohead’s “Creep,” has only reaffirmed my desire to leave my past in the past. How were any...
Spider-Man Still Isn't Coming To Avengers Anytime Soon
18.3.2021
Spider-Man is still coming to Marvel’s Avengers and will remain exclusively available on the PS4 and PS5. However, the developers on the game confirmed that the original release window for Spidey, early 2021, is no longer accurate. Read more
Don’t Delete PS4 Avengers Before Importing Your Saves To PS5
18.3.2021
Following a delay last fall, Marvel’s Avengers is officially out today for next-gen consoles. But if you’re trying to boot up your PlayStation 4 save files on PlayStation 5, you might notice that your hard-grinded save data doesn’t automatically transfer over. Personally, I was aghast. My Iron-Man...
So, It's Been A Year, Huh
18.3.2021
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the growing outbreak of covid-19 a pandemic. In the year since, over 120 million people have been infected by the virus worldwide, and 2.5 million people have died because of covid-19. Life has forever been changed. We wear masks. Avoid...
Everything We Saw In Today's Square Enix Presents
18.3.2021
Square Enix held its first Nintendo Direct-style “Square Enix Presents” showcase today, and while most of what was shown was stuff we’ve seen before, there were a few surprises.Read more
Square Enix's Project Athia Is Now Called Forspoken, Coming In 2022
18.3.2021
As part of today’s Square Enix showcase, the publisher showed another snippet of its “narrative-driven adventure set in a beautiful yet cruel world,” Project Athia. Only it’s not called Project Athia anymore. Now it’s, uh, Forspoken, a name that, if nothing else, was not previously spoken for.Read...
Life Is Strange, Before The Storm Getting Remastered Collection
18.3.2021
In addition to new Life is Strange installment True Colors, the folks at Square Enix and Deck Nine are working on a remastered bundle that collects every episode of the original Life is Strange and its prequel spin-off Before the Storm for release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Steam, and Stadia this...