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Why I’m Excited For Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
6.6.2024
I recently got to preview Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail (with my travel and lodging furnished by Square Enix), and I’d like to share with you an anecdote from my time with the game. I think it’ll help underscore why I’m so personally excited for this expansion to a game I’ve recently fallen in love...
Here’s What Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s Stunning World Looked Like During Early Development
5.6.2024
Video game studios can often be so secretive that it’s easy to forget the games are made by people. A gorgeous vista in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth was once just a basic surface on which Square Enix’s developers would eventually build entire worlds. That’s why it’s always fun to look...
Star Wars: Hunters Is A Fun New Shooter Trapped On Switch And Phones
5.6.2024
A new Star Wars game launched yesterday and it’s pretty fun. Odds are, however, that you didn’t know that a new Star Wars game launched yesterday because Star Wars: Hunters—an Overwatch-like F2P shooter—is only available on mobile devices and the Nintendo Switch. That’s a shame, because Hunters...
GTA Online's Next Update Will Add Police Missions And Bounty Hunting
5.6.2024
Grand Theft Auto Online’s next big summer update arrives in June and will add new bounty hunting and police missions to Rockstar’s massively popular crime simulator. Also coming in the future update: New props and modes for the in-game content creator, and some more quality-of-life improvements...
New Jak And Daxter PC Mod Finally Lets You Play Multiplayer
5.6.2024
Jak and Daxter, Naughty Dog’s pre-Uncharted mascot platformer on the PlayStation 2, may have been forgotten by Sony, but not by fans. Sure, you can play the original trilogy and the kart racing spin-off Jak X on your PlayStation 5 through backwards compatibility with the PS4 bundle, but it’s highly...
Destiny 2: The Final Shape's Campaign Is A Messy, Moving High School Reunion
5.6.2024
There is something about returning to many of Destiny’s previous locations, including the very first areas of the original game, that makes The Final Shape reek of high school. A lot has changed about the series in the ten years since our ghost first found us just outside of Old Russia. Moreover...
Long-Rumored Final Fantasy IX Remake Is ‘Very Far Along’ According To Latest Leaks
5.6.2024
Reliable leaker Midori is back with some new information, but this time it isn’t about the Persona series. Midori, who has a track record of revealing announcements like the Persona 3 Reload’s Episode Aigis, has an update on the long-rumored remake of Final Fantasy IX. According to the leaker,...
Destiny 2 Players Spent The Final Shape's First Night Erroring Out Of Major Cutscenes
5.6.2024
Destiny 2's long-awaited finale for 10 years of cosmic storytelling is finally here, and players spent the first day struggling to get through pivotal cutscenes without the servers crashing and booting them back into outer space. Bungie’s overnight fixes have fortunately brought some much needed...
Beloved Square Enix RPG Series Could Finally Sort Out Its Messy Exclusivity
5.6.2024
Square Enix’s pledge to end all its console exclusivity nonsense is already bearing fruit. As spotted by the eagle eyes at Gematsu, beloved RPG Octopath Traveler has been rated in Taiwan for PlayStation, and Octopath Traveler II—previously announced for Xbox—could appear as soon as this month.Read...
Destiny 2 Servers Predictably Slammed Due To The Final Shape’s Launch
4.6.2024
“Destiny 2 servers are not available. Dismiss this message to try again.”Read more
This Might Be The Fyre Festival Of Pokémon Fan Conventions
4.6.2024
Pokémon has a rich history and spans across several mediums like video games, trading cards, merchandise, and more. So it would, in theory, be a perfect fit for fan conventions. The Pokémon Company hosts plenty of its own events like Go Fest for Pokémon Go fans and its World Championship...
Shadow Of The Erdtree Previews Tease A Massive Follow-Up To Elden Ring
4.6.2024
With less than three weeks until the release of Shadow of the Erdtree, fans are clamoring for information on the expansion. The one and only DLC for FromSoftware’s award-winning action RPG Elden Ring is the big release of the summer, dropping on June 21. While we’ve had a couple of teases of...
Destiny 2:The Final Shape Has Players Getting Emotional About The Last 10 Years
4.6.2024
It’s hard to believe, but Destiny has been around just shy of ten years, and today’s launch of The Final Shape marks the conclusion of the series’ current saga. As players get ready to dive into this final campaign against the Witness and usher Destiny 2 into a new era, they’re also fondly...
New Dungeon Crawler Mocks You, Tells You To Refund Game If You Refuse To Learn First Attack
4.6.2024
No matter how much a game might try to teach you its rules, some people will just never learn. And hey, there’s nothing wrong with a game not being for everybody! But what happens when the player just wants to be difficult? In the case of new indie dungeon crawler Cryptmaster, the game’s titular...
10 Hopes And Predictions For Summer Game Fest
4.6.2024
It’s almost time for this year’s not-E3, Summer Game Fest. Geoff Keighley’s annual World Premierathon, and several ostensibly unrelated events orbit it, pile vast mountains of gaming news upon us. For a breakdown of everything going down in the next week, check out this handy dandy guide for when...
The Star Wars Hotel Failure Was Just A Real-Life Bad Video Game Launch
4.6.2024
Unless you’ve been living under a rock on Exegol for the last month, you’ve probably heard of YouTuber Jenny Nicholson’s viral, four-hour-long video reviewing the Star Wars hotel, officially known as Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. Titled “The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel,” it goes...
Following Fallout, Amazon Prime Announces Yakuza TV Series
4.6.2024
Amazon Prime clearly knows it’s onto a good thing as it mines the seams of video games for new TV series. Falloutwas an astonishing success for the streamer, and you can only imagine how many meetings must have been held with every imaginable publisher for the last few months. One winner is Sega...
What’s Worth Stealing In Final Fantasy VII Rebirth?
3.6.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth packs a ton of different ways to equip and spec out your characters with higher stats and new abilities. One such way is Steal which, as the name implies, lets you steal stuff from enemies. While it’s not an essential ability to use, Steal can come in handy for snagging...
Fortnite's Free Cars Will Get You Killed Faster Than Its Paid Ones, New Video Shows
3.6.2024
A new viral video shows that many of Fortnite’s premium cars—which can only be unlocked by purchasing them with V-Bucks—are safer to drive around in compared to the free models in the game. This is proving to be a problem in Fortnite’s newest car-focused season, and it seemingly goes against Epic’s...
Say Goodbye To Destiny 2’s Most Relaxing Activity
3.6.2024
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: it’s fucked up that every year, Destiny 2 rips all of its seasonal content out of the game, never to be seen again. Though time has certainly numbed the pain of the removals, it still stings every year, especially when some of the stuff in Destiny 2’s seasons...