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Tekken 8 Players Beg For A Waffle House Stage
1.4.2024
Over the weekend, a Twitter user made a simple plea to Katsuhiro Harada, the no-nonsense director best known for his work on the fighting game series Tekken: make Waffle House a Tekken stage. This sparked a tremendous outpouring of support for the idea that saw Harada’s mentions flooded with...
Even Tekken 8 Has A Battle Pass Now, And Players Aren’t Happy
1.4.2024
Tekken 8 is an excellent fighting game that finally makes the somewhat convoluted franchise more digestible with accessible design and approachable mechanics. Unfortunately, whenever you reach the top, the only way to go is down, and it seems the highs of Bandai Namco’s recently released brawler...
Final Fantasy XIV Players Claim Xbox Is Banning Them For Recruiting Teammates
1.4.2024
Final Fantasy XIV is on Xbox now, and the MMORPG’s transition to the system has been rough, to say the least. On top of adding a new currency and requiring users to subscribe to Xbox Game Pass to play, the community is reporting bans on an Xbox system level for using the game’s long-used vernacular...
Everybody (Rightfully) Hates This Dragon’s Dogma 2 NPC
1.4.2024
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a game that’s all about holding players accountable for their actions. Capcom’s recently released RPG includes a lack of fast travel that requires methodical planning, a mysterious plague infecting pawns that you have to be mindful of, and an interconnected web of quests that...
Even More Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth And Dragon's Dogma 2 Tips
31.3.2024
We get it, you’re still probably playing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and that’s okay. It’s a big RPG and there are a lot of important choices, side quests, and min/maxing to be done, and we’ve got all the guides you could possible need for Square Enix’s masterpiece. Read more
Dragon's Dogma 2 Is Great, The New South Park Game Isn't, And More Of The Week's Gaming Opinions
30.3.2024
Capcom’s new action-RPG Dragon’s Dogma 2 is sparking a fascinating range of reactions from players, and we’ve got a few of our own. We’ve also got thoughts on why the new South Park game, Snow Day, is such a disappointment, more commentary on Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s hotly contested ending,...
Elder Scrolls VI Playable, Shakeups At Nintendo, And More Of The Week's Gaming News
30.3.2024
This week’s gaming news was far-ranging in its nature and its implications. We got reports that Pedro Pascal has already wrapped up shooting on season two of HBO’s The Last of Us, heard rumblings that some publishers are unsure if supporting Xbox continues to make sense for them, and got our first...
Weebs, Rejoice: ‘Isekai’ Is Now In The Oxford Dictionary
29.3.2024
The Oxford English Dictionary (aka the OED) runs an update to its repository four times every year. Like DLC for games, these quarterly patches can introduce new words, features, and definition changes. Well, the first quarter of 2024 is about up, and the OED has just updated its linguistic...
Destiny 2 Players Convince Bungie To Change Into The Light Weapon Rollout
29.3.2024
Late last year, it was reported that Destiny 2’s upcoming expansion, The Final Shape, was getting delayed amidst struggles and layoffs at Bungie. The expansion, which was initially supposed to release by February, was then officially pushed back to June, leaving a tremendous gap of time between...
Stellar Blade's Demo Is A Delicious Amuse-Bouche Of Stylish Action
29.3.2024
Y’all, the Stellar Blade demo is finally live on PS5. It’s a short little vertical slice of developer Shift Up’s character action game, so while we still need to see a lot more before we come to any conclusions, I can at least say that the demo has me stoked for the full release. Why? Well, like...
Suicide Squad’s Joker Season Has Players Big Mad
29.3.2024
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League had a rocky development cycle and an even rockier launch, but players hoped that the first season of the action-adventure shooter would help right the ship. Unfortunately, the season, which introduces famed DC villain Joker, is getting absolutely shellacked...
Xbox Adds Dynamic Blue Dragon Background In Honor Of Akira Toriyama
29.3.2024
Earlier this month, the world learned of the passing of legendary mangaka Akira Toriyama, the creator behind Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump, and Sand Land. In the world of games, he is best known as the prolific artist behind games like Chrono Trigger and the Dragon Quest series, as well as...
You Can Play Cyberpunk 2077 For Free This Weekend
29.3.2024
Cyberpunk 2077 has undergone a pretty significant transformation since its dumpster fire launch in 2020. CD Projekt Red’s city-sprawling RPG got a next-gen update, a 2.0 patch that fundamentally alters how you build a character and fight through the streets of Night City, and to top it all off,...
More Than 400 People Now Working On The Witcher 4, CDPR Confirms
29.3.2024
Production on the upcoming RPG The Witcher 4 has picked up significantly since we last heard about it. CD Projekt Red confirmed as part of its earnings report that the the team behind the game, codenamed Polaris, has grown to 403 staffers, or about two-thirds of the studio. It’s now the single...
Nier Reincarnation’s Final Chapter Is Out Now, Don’t Miss It
29.3.2024
A little over three years after its launch, Nier Reincarnation has finally released its final story chapter. The mobile gacha game set in the Drakengard and Nier universe created by Yoko Taro will be shutting down on April 29 of this year, so fans only have a short amount of time to see...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Ending Doesn’t Earn The Benefit Of The Doubt
29.3.2024
I’ve had more than a month to consider Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s ending, and it’s not often that my feelings about something get worse with each passing day. Yet, here I am, thinking about how Square Enix has chosen to cap off the middle section of its planned Remake trilogy, and I’m even more...
Dragon’s Dogma 2’s Latest Update Adds A Highly Requested Feature
29.3.2024
One week after Dragon’s Dogma 2’s March 22 launch, Capcom has released the first update to the game. Update 1.050 adds a handful of features to Capcom’s action RPG including one of the most requested options since launch, the ability to start a new game when save data already exists.Read more
Swords, Pirates, And Sand: 20 New Games To Check Out In April
29.3.2024
It’s nearly April. Where does the time go? Whether this year is flying or crawling by for you, we’re looking at another four weeks of new game releases. April arrives with a number of familiar releases landing on new platforms, some interesting new exclusives, and the video game adaptation of...
Throwing A Snowball Can Crash Helldivers 2, Devs Suggest You Don't
28.3.2024
Helldivers 2 is a very good third-person online co-op sci-fi shooter. Like, really good. But, it’s not the most stable game, with many players (myself included) failing missions simply because the game has crashed. And now, players are learning that snowballs can lead to some of these...
22 Years Ago, Kingdom Hearts Almost Got Me Grounded For Life
28.3.2024
We could hear her flip-flops slapping the concrete steps that led to the basement before we saw her. “Shh!” we hissed at each other, both of us adopting casual, seated poses on the well-worn couch to exude an air of relaxation, of calm. My sister’s breathing betrayed us, however—her chest...