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Final Fantasy VII Remake Gets PS5 Version With New Story Starring Yuffie
25.2.2021
This summer, Final Fantasy VII Remake is getting a PlayStion 5 upgrade with all sorts of graphical bells and whistles—and also a brand new “episode” starring a Final Fantasy VII character who didn’t appear in the game previously: Yuffie Kisaragi.Read more
Baldur's Gate 3's 'Biggest Patch Yet' Is Now Live
25.2.2021
I rue every day that the complete Baldur’s Gate 3 experience isn’t out yet, but we’re getting there. Today, developer Larian dropped the fourth patch for the Divinity: Original Sin 2 sequel/Baldur’s Gate sorta-sequel, which it calls its “biggest patch yet.” Standout features include the druid...
After Anthem's Failure, Dragon Age 4 Will Reportedly Be Single-Player Only
25.2.2021
We praise dancing in the Chantry y’all! According to a report from Bloomberg, EA is allowing BioWare to ditch “all multiplayer components” originally planned for the latest game in the Dragon Age series.Read more
Destiny 2 Is Ditching Sunsetting
25.2.2021
Bungie announced today it’s getting rid of Destiny 2's most beleaguered mechanic: sunsetting. Starting in Season 14, new weapons will no longer have an expiration date. Read more
Destiny 2's Next Big Expansion The Witch Queen Delayed To 2022
25.2.2021
Destiny 2 has gotten a big expansion every year since it released, but 2021 will be different. Bungie announced today that The Witch Queen, originally planned to launch in the second half of this year, will be delayed until 2022 due to its size and ongoing issues around working from home during...
How Pokémon GO Turned Me Into a Birder
25.2.2021
Niantic celebrated the 25th anniversary of Pokémon last week, using the occasion to roll out an extensive event on its popular mobile game, Pokémon GO. I’ve been playing the game for a couple of years now, ever since my son got interested in Pokémon through his friends at daycare. Early on,...
The Pokémon Company announced a video livestream over on its YouTube channel on February 26 starting
25.2.2021
The Pokémon Company announced a video livestream over on its YouTube channel on February 26 starting at 10:00 a.m. ET. Who knows what will be shown in it, but this week marks the series’ 25th anniversary, and the company is putting on a concert with Post Malone on Saturday to celebrate.Read more
Bravely Default 2 Is Another Fun But Flawed Old-School JRPG
25.2.2021
Bravely Default 2 is a trip, man. I thought I knew exactly what this game was going in, and it turns out I pretty much did, except for all of the tiny moments that occasionally delight, and just as occasionally elicit big, heaving sighs. Every time the familiar old-school JRPG wins me over...
Bloodborne Producer Masaaki Yamagiwa Is Leaving Sony
25.2.2021
Today on Twitter, producer Masaaki Yamagiwa announced that he is leaving Sony’s Tokyo-based Japan Studio. He is not leaving the game industry, however.Read more
BioWare Says It’s Giving Up On Anthem
24.2.2021
Anthem development has been canceled, BioWare Austin studio director Christian Dailey announced today.Read more
Pokémon Go Devs Have Punished Over 5 Million Cheaters Since 2020
24.2.2021
Niantic, the studio behind augmented reality mobile games like Pokémon Go, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, and Ingress, has reportedly punished over 5 million cheaters since the beginning of 2020, with over 1 million players receiving permanent bans across the three games.Read more
Cyberpunk 2077's Next Big Patch Delayed Following Cyber Attack
24.2.2021
The next major patch for Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed to an unspecified date in March, CD Projekt Red announced in a tweet today, citing the recent cyber attack against the company as a reason for the delay.Read more
Final Fantasy XVI Is Taking Steps For Players Who Don't Like Action Role-Playing Games
24.2.2021
During a recent radio interview, producer Naoki Yoshida was asked about Final Fantasy XVI. Previously, he’s mentioned that Square Enix didn’t want to say “something that’s half-baked” that would cause speculation. What’s more, he’s discussed the need to manage expectations for the game. Read more
Stardew Valley Is Now A Co-Op Board Game
24.2.2021
For the past two years, designers Eric Barone and Cole Medeiros—who met while playing Stardew Valley online—have been working on turning the idyllic video game into something folks can play on a table.Read more
Persona 5 Strikers’ Menus Are As Vibrantly Alive As Its Cast
24.2.2021
Video game menus are like assholes—every game has them and more often than not, they stink. They are often the least-pretty, least splashy part of an otherwise beautiful game, partly because they aren’t central to gameplay (unless it’s Crusader Kings or something). But Persona 5 Strikers shows us...
Final Fantasy Got It Right With Two Black Fathers
23.2.2021
Lately, dads have become the video game industry’s pet trope. There are a ton of games that have won a lot of awards about trying, failing, and in very few cases, succeeding at being a dad. But that trend largely excludes Black fathers (with one extremely notable exception), since the video game...
Why Diablo IV Is So Obsessed With Ears
22.2.2021
Ears. If you watched the debut trailer for Diablo IV’s rogue class, that was your main takeaway—at least, if you’re anything like me. The rogue showed up to “confession” with a big ol’ bag of ears. The priest had a whole darn trophy case of ears. This might have struck you as strange—most regular...
We Gotta Talk About This Main Story Quest In A Realm Reborn
22.2.2021
My journey through Final Fantasy XIV continues apace. My bard and black mage are now at level 46, and I’m currently questing through the icy Coerthas, which seems oddly French with all the names ending in -x and -eau. When I first started playing, my circle of FF14-playing friends all told me to...
Destiny 2 Players Are Jumping Off Cliffs To Avoid Playing Trials Of Osiris
22.2.2021
It happened to me: I was looking for groups on the Destiny 2 app to play Trials of Osiris with, joined one, and then found myself jumping off a clif for the next few minutes in a tribute to just how unfun the game’s competitive PVP loot grind can be.Read more
Niantic Announces Bonus Pokémon Go Event After Players Let In Free To The Kanto Tour
22.2.2021
Saturday saw one of the biggest paid international events Pokémon Go has hosted, the Kanto Tour. Costing a not-cheap $11.99, it was a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Pocket Monsters, with the hit mobile game going back to the series’ origins for a 12-hour celebration of the OG 151 Pokémon....