Final Fantasy VII Remake is a retelling of the Midgar portion of Final Fantasy VII. The story is intended to continue in new games, though we don’t know how many entries there will be in the series. Square Enix could decide to wrap things up in the next game, or the series could stretch to five or six entries. It’s impossible to say yet, but it does pose an interesting question about how leveling will work between entries....
Seemingly inspired by multiple sources, the Deep Silver-developed Windbound will be heading to consoles and PC later this summer. A recent trailer was recently for the game, showing off its unique visual style, crafting gameplay, and combat. A trailer for the game can be viewed below. Windbound looks to be an action-adventure game that takes advantage of its Forbidden Island locale, seemingly separated from everywhere else. The game encourages exploration, both on land and by sea, and allows you to customize your raft and even lets you choose what you want to sail in....
It’s fun to fantasise about what type of fictional characters would be fun to date or which ones would make the best spouses. There are tons of fans who love to analyze how these characters would react in the real world. Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher series is a popular choice for these debates. Many fans think that Geralt wouldn’t be that great of a husband, and have a ton of evidence to support this claim....
The focus of COVID-19’s impact on the entertainment industry has been on the theatrical delays of tentpole projects, including Wonder Woman 1984 and the 25th James Bond film, and the consequences for exhibitors. However, the licensing deals tied to these projects have also been impacted by the pandemic and now studio executives have opened up about how they’ve adapted to the health crisis. As COVID-19 began to spread across the world at an increasing rate in March, studio executives began taking calls with concerned licensees including Mattel, Hasbro, Nike, and Old Navy....
During the Blizzconline 2021 opening ceremony, Blizzard shared a lot of new information to the world. This included everything from the new Hearthstone content updates, a new class for Diablo 4, and the reveal of Diablo 2 Resurrected to some major World of Warcraft material. World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is getting a major content update involving the Jailer, dubbed Chains of Domination, but World of Warcraft Classic is getting some love too....
Every month, Xbox provides its players with 4 games for free. There’s still some time to get the March Games with Gold, but as it stands, many are likely looking forward to what’s to come in April. These games are usually two Xbox One games and two Xbox 360 games, though sometimes an original Xbox game is offered as well. This is meant to capture some big games that would do well on the service, not predict what’s to come; after all, it’s unclear if there’s any pattern to this decision making process or if Xbox just throws darts at a board....
Microsoft announces the free Games With Gold titles for August 2016, revealing a great selection for both the Xbox One and Xbox 360 promotional offerings. Microsoft has now announced the upcoming Games with Gold lineup for August 2016, and this month’s selection should leave most fans happy. As per usual, there are four titles that are split evenly between Xbox One and Xbox 360 digital downloads, and August’s selection offers $120 worth of content over what may be the warmest summer month yet....
There will be several Xbox events held as part of Summer Game Fest, Geoff Keighley has confirmed. Keighley announced the Summer Game Fest last week, revealing that it will be a four-month long event of game reveals and announcements. In an Ask Me Anything session on Reddit, a fan asked Keighley if the Xbox Series X gameplay reveal this week is part of Summer Game Fest or if Xbox would also be doing something else....
Responding to a fan on Twitter, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer teases ’top fan requests’ are coming to the Xbox One backward compatibility lineup in November. Since Xbox One backward compatibility with Xbox 360 was announced at E3 2015, Microsoft has added a number of heavy hitters to the service. Blockbuster Xbox 360 games like Red Dead Redemption, Call of Duty: Black Ops, the Gears of War trilogy, and more have been added to the list of backward compatible games, but there’s still many popular 360 titles that fans want to play on Xbox One....
Last month’s big Xbox One S console announcement at E3 really means it’s time for the big box retailers to rid themselves of their current stock of Xbox One Bundles from late 2015 and early 2016. We’re seeing Xbox One deals now besting Black Friday 2015, which maybe in retrospect is what they’ll need to get those old console bundles sold off before the new Xbox One S console’s impending August debut....
It’s hard to believe that the next generation of console gaming has already arrived, but both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One have already been on the market since this past November. Sales for both respective platforms have been pretty stellar according to each console’s respective manufacturer, and now Microsoft has confirmed that its newest console has moved quite a few units in its short time on the market. The house of Bill Gates took the liberty of announcing that the Xbox One has sold upwards of three million units worldwide in 2013, a feat that is nothing to scoff at....
Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry crew got their hands on a preview version of the Xbox Series X, and the tests that they’ve run so far reveal the console’s impressive backward compatibility capabilities. There are quite a few things worth discussing in their preview, but we’d argue the most impressive results are found in the early frame-rate tests. Simply put, the Series X’s ability to produce 60 FPS gameplay in nearly every backward compatible title that was tested is, in many cases, shocking....
Announced only last week and debuting as soon as tomorrow, XCOM: Chimera Squad is without a doubt one of the most surprising marketing campaigns of the last few years. That’s especially true when considering that XCOM is one of the biggest franchises in the history of the strategy genre, with the series stretching all the way back to the early 90s. For those who didn’t see the news when it dropped last week, Chimera Squad looks to be a brand new take on the staple XCOM formula, removing the patented perma-death and soldier creation of the previous games in favor of offering players a set squad of characters with their own skills and abilities....
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition has received a number of fixes in a new patch, many of which address bugs that were present in the game. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition is a remastered version of a game that was originally released on the Nintendo Wii. It features revamped visuals, an improved soundtrack, a number of QoL improvements, and a new post-game epilogue sequence. The developers have discussed the issues with bringing the game to the Switch, due to errors and kinks in the code that they had forgotten about....
Often billed as the ‘Japanese Grand Theft Auto’, Sega’s Yakuza series has proved to be massively popular with fans in Japan and in June of this year the series celebrated 7.5 million worldwide sales. The games look at the struggle between various criminal factions (a ‘yakuza’ is a Japanese criminal organization) and offer plenty of meaty combat for players to sink their teeth into alongside huge cities and areas to explore....
Bandai Namco has announced that Yoruichi from Bleach is coming to Jump Force as a DLC character, following her existence being leaked online by fans. Jump Force has been receiving new characters as DLC since launch, but Bandai Namco has had a hard time keeping any of them a secret. The initial DLC roster was leaked in a datamine, prompting Bandai Namco to just announce them in one go. There are two DLC fighters remaining in the second Character Pass, but their existence was leaked online earlier this month....
Another year, another Call Of Duty. This time it’s Black Ops 4, and more importantly a battle royale mode called Blackout. For many gamers, the battle royale trend was over the moment Fortnite dances became the stuff of Facebook memes and Buzzfeed videos. But for Call Of Duty fans, the chance to take the skills honed over many installments and unleash them in a huge free-for-all is too good to pass up....
Picking up a video game and taking it wherever you go was one of the biggest selling points of the original Game Boy back in the early 90’s. Long car journeys and boring family get-togethers were a bit more bearable thanks to the trusty handheld and its compact size. Much like phone sizes, handheld games kept getting more compact, until larger screens became a priority. With that in mind, one YouTuber decided that they wanted a larger version of the retro console....
Yu-Gi-Oh! is like the heavy metal of the anime world. The characters all dress like rock stars and behave in an over the top manner, establishing their societal and personal value through a high-stakes card game. There are demons and monsters, wizards and dragons, and all kinds of cool monster poses and attack names that sound like they came off the back of a Dragonforce album. Just like heavy metal, Yu-Gi-Oh!...
Following the release of Ocarina of Time, Nintendo was on top of the worst as far as quality went in the video game world. They had released the definitive video game experience, a title which to this day is essential playing for anyone even remotely interested in the medium. Naturally, the task of following up such a monumental video game weighed on Nintendo’s pressure. Especially with the limitations placed onto the dev team....
