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Joe Lieberman, Senator Who Crusaded Against Video-Game Violence, Dead At 82
28.3.2024
Joe Lieberman, a former U.S. senator who crusaded against violence in video games, has passed away at 82. According to a statement from his family, he suffered “complications from a fall.”Read more
Microsoft’s All-Digital Xbox Series X Has Leaked
28.3.2024
Microsoft seems poised for an all-digital future, folks. The company is swapping the black coating on the Xbox Series X for white and pulling the disc-drive for an all-digital refresh of its “most powerful Xbox ever,” according to eXputer.Read more
Capcom Asks Players If They Want Dragon’s Dogma 2 DLC
28.3.2024
Dragon’s Dogma 2 has only been out for a week but Capcom is already considering the possibility of adding content to the game in the future. The action-RPG has been met with widespread critical acclaim (and, yes, no shortage of player grievances), and it looks like the game’s publisher may want...
Visions of Mana Feels Like A Vintage RPG—For Better And Worse
28.3.2024
I’m filling in some gaps in my RPG history. I’ve been playing series like Final Fantasy since I was a kid, but there are countless other landmark RPGs I’ve rarely touched, including the fantasy RPG Mana series, which splintered off of Final Fantasy Adventure in 1991. The only installment in...
Twitch Bans Using ‘Intimate’ Body Parts As Green Screens
27.3.2024
Amazon-owned livestreaming platform Twitch has disciplined content creators again. Just as a new meta began dominating the site earlier this month, in which streamers started playing games like Fortnite on green-screened boobs and butts, Twitch has updated its Terms of Service to strictly prohibit...
Dragon’s Dogma 2 Makes You Take Your Time, And That’s Great
27.3.2024
One of the first quests you undertake in Dragon’s Dogma 2, Capcom’s new action RPG, has you traveling from the town of Melve to the capital city of Vernworth. It’s a slow journey that starts and stops several times along the winding roads leading to your final destination. You need to dispatch...
You Can Try Overwatch 2’s New Hero For A Limited Time This Week
27.3.2024
The next Overwatch 2 hero is getting a brief trial period for those who want to take them for a spin before launch, just like Blizzard did with tank hero Mauga before his launch. Venture, a non-binary, drill-using damage hero, is set to join the roster in season 10 (which kicks off on April...
How To Unlock (And Win) FF7 Rebirth’s Crunch-Off Mini-Game
27.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII has been incorporating exercise mini-games ever since the original 1997 release challenged Cloud to pull off some competitive squats. Those returned in 2020’s Final Fantasy VII Remake, with pull-ups tossed in for good measure. Rebirth keeps things going by also introducing a...
Big Shakeup At Nintendo Testing Center Ahead Of Switch 2
27.3.2024
Nintendo of America is restructuring the small army of contractors that helps test its games and hardware in its Washington state headquarters, the company confirmed to Kotaku. According to four current and former contractors, the result is a massive downsizing that comes amid layoffs across...
FF7 Rebirth’s Yuffie Actor Was Too Good At Fake Vomiting, Had To ‘Tone It Down’
27.3.2024
The actor who provided the English voice of Yuffie in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth says that while recording her lines, she was asked to pretend that she was puking from motion sickness. Apparently, her fake vomiting was too accurate and gross because Square Enix had to tell her to pull back. Read more
Stellar Blade Previews Say It's More Sekiro Than Bayonetta
27.3.2024
A free demo for Stellar Blade, developer Shift Up’s character-action PS5 exclusive, will go live on March 29. Ahead of its imminent release, some gaming publications got early hands-on time with roughly two hours of the game, which contains the first level and its respective boss. Based...
$400,000 Worth Of Playdate Gaming Handhelds Have Gone Missing
27.3.2024
Cabel Sasser, co-founder of the company behind whimsical yellow gaming handheld the Playdate, was giving a talk on the crank-sporting device at the Games Developer Conference when he provided a noteworthy factoid and anecdote. Apparently, $400,000 worth of Playdates curiously went missing at...
FF7 Rebirth: How To Learn Enemy Attacks With Enemy Skill Materia
27.3.2024
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth pits you against countless enemies, many of which have abilities your characters can deploy against them and other enemies via the Enemy Skill materia. Found in the original 1997 FF7 release, Enemy Skill works a little differently in 2024. You’ll need to complete a series...
Nintendo Switch Online Adds Another GBA Classic This Week
27.3.2024
Nintendo Switch Online, the subscription service that gives players access to a library of games for consoles and handhelds from the company’s past, will receive its latest Game Boy Advance title this week. F-Zero: Maximum Velocity is dropping onto the service this Friday, March 29.Read more
Overwatch 2 Fans Have Already Embraced Its New, Non-Binary Hero
27.3.2024
Overwatch 2’s ninth season is nearly over, and when the tenth begins on April 16, the hero shooter is getting a few significant changes.All of its heroes will no longer be locked behind the battle pass and the game will get a new shop dedicated to Mythic Skins only. But Overwatch 2 is also getting...
Judas Previews Don’t Make The Game’s Lofty Promises Seem Any Closer To Reality
26.3.2024
It’s been just over a decade since BioShock series creator Ken Levine closed down Irrational Games to form “a smaller, more entrepreneurial endeavor” that would become Ghost Story Games. The studio’s first project, Judas, has been in the works for ten years as well, and after a few trailers teasing...
Fighting FF7's Sephiroth Is Way Harder In Kingdom Hearts
26.3.2024
I was out with friends recently and the age-old topic of games that pushed us to the point where controllers were thrown came up during a conversation about Smash pro Riddles doing that very thing at a big tournament last year. The usual suspects were discussed over drinks: FromSoft games like Dark...
Some Publishers Reportedly Not Sure Why They Should Keep Supporting Xbox
26.3.2024
Reportedly, some third-party video game publishers aren’t sure why they should keep making and supporting games for Xbox consoles due to poor sales in Europe. Read more
FF7 Rebirth: WTF Is The Stat-Swapping Materia Good For?
26.3.2024
Most of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’s magical orbs, known as materia, are rather self-explanatory. Many give you access to a new attack spell, others heal or revive you, others buff your party, and many more debuff your opponents. But there’s a three materia orbs that might initially seem to...
PC May Not Be The Last Stop For Final Fantasy XVI
26.3.2024
As the one-year anniversary of Final Fantasy XVI’s release approaches, the game seems to be approaching the end of support. The Rising Tide, the second and final piece of DLC for the game, releases in April, and the PC port is in the final stages of optimization. The assumption would be that after...