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Final Fantasy 14 players won't stop roasting Lalafells over their new baby chair
The Lalafell Lifter isn't going down well in some corners of the MMO community → Read More
Final Fantasy 14's latest deep dungeon is here, and it barely took 24 hours for someone to solo it
Eureka Orthos has been conquered, by a pink Lalafell to boot → Read More
Dark and Darker dev says there's "nothing to worry about" following police raid over 'stolen' code claims
Dark and Darker developer Ironmace has responded to a report that police raided the studio following stolen code accusations from another developer called Nexon. Addressing the matter on Discord, one → Read More
Call of Duty: Mobile "expected to be phased out over time" once Warzone Mobile releases
Call of Duty: Mobile is expected to be "phased out" over time once Warzone Mobile releases. That comes from developer Activision's hopeful buyer, Microsoft, who has revealed as much in a written response (opens in new tab) to a UK competition regulator. Initially, the Competition Markets Authority provisionally concluded that Microsoft's deal to acquire Activision would result in less… → Read More
Destiny 2 Lightfall's campaign is taking a battering from fans
Destiny 2's Lightfall expansion is out, but players aren't loving it so far.Now that the update has been available for one day, fans are wrapping up the campaign, with plenty of them taking → Read More
Final Fantasy creator's latest JRPG could be released from Apple Arcade jail, and I couldn't be more excited
Hironobu Sakaguchi is teasing a Fantasian PC release alongside a sequel → Read More
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLC The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero revealed
The Teal Mask and The Indigo Disk will release as two separate updates this year → Read More
Baldur's Gate 3 release date set for August
Larian Studios has revealed the Baldur's Gate 3 release date, alongside the fact it's coming to PS5.The developer has shown up during Sony's latest State of Play stream with a new trail → Read More
One of the most-beloved JRPGs has been turned into a musical, and my tastes have never been more catered to
Chrono Trigger isn’t the easiest game to get your hands on these days, despite JRPG fans’ enduring fondness for it. As I’ve just discovered, though, the wait for more modern platf → Read More
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trailer could feature a boss we haven’t seen in over 16 years
There’s a new The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom trailer doing the rounds, and that means fans are digging in to see what teases they can find. One discovery to quickly emerge is that the upcoming game may feature a boss we’ve not seen in over 16 years. It’s a bit of a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ situation, though at one point during the trailer you’ll see a big ol’ three-headed dragon… → Read More
New Samba de Amigo game revealed at Nintendo Direct
I never would've expected this Sega franchise to make a comeback, but here we are → Read More
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom could be Nintendo's most expensive Switch game yet
It looks like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be Nintendo's first game sold at current-gen prices, and fans aren't quite sure how they feel about that. Last night, Nintendo briefly listed (opens in new tab) the upcoming Zelda game on the US eShop for $69.99 before taking it down. While that might have been a goof, it's worth mentioning that Amazon, Best Buy, and GameStop have… → Read More
As Red Dead Redemption 2 continues to smash Steam records three years after release, Take-Two admits expectations have been exceeded
Rockstar Games' parent company Take-Two Interactive has admitted Red Dead Redemption 2 continues to sell better than the publisher thought it would. As part of its Q3 2023 quarterly earnings presentation, Take-Two Interactive has revealed that the cowboy game has now sold 50 million copies in total, bringing the entire series to 70 million in sales. A more recent win has been Steam, with Red… → Read More
Free-to-play Squid Game imitator rockets up the Steam charts, again, after VTuber team-up
A free-to-play Squid Game imitator has seen a rapid resurgence on Steam, and it appears that, once again, it comes off the back of some VTuber attention. At time of writing, the cheekily-named Crab Game has a concurrent peak of 41,985 on Steam, as per SteamDB (opens in new tab). That’s not quite as high as the record 56,106 players set 15 months ago, though it’s the most interest the free game… → Read More
Looks like the Diablo 4 open beta start date could be revealed next week
A new tease points to Diablo 4's open beta start date being unveiled "soon", possibly even at a gaming event next week. Just last week, one fan took to Twitter to ask Diablo genera → Read More
Final Fantasy 14's Valentine's Day event is too horny even for its community, and that's saying something
Valentine's Day is nearly here and love is in the air, which can only mean that it's time for Final Fantasy 14's own spin on the event. While Valentione's Day is putting the 'o' in the season, it's an old, wood-obsessed NPC that's got the community saying 'oh.' That would be Timbermaster Beatin – maybe you can see where this is going already – who has been a mainstay in Final Fantasy 14 over the… → Read More
Final Fantasy 14 group at the centre of “extremely disappointing” raid drama confirms it’s been punished
MMO games and third-party tools, can you name a more iconic duo? → Read More
Diablo 4’s unsung hero could be its open world
Diablo is loneliness and isolation incarnate. Even with friends at your side, the feeling of absence permeates every ramshackle town and desolate crypt journeyed upon – people were there before → Read More
I asked ChatGPT about Pokemon’s most popular ship and was told to stop
I choose you? → Read More
Minecraft Legends release date revealed alongside peep at franchise's first PvP mode
Mojang has unveiled a bevy of new information about Minecraft Legends at Xbox’s Developer Direct, focusing mainly on the upcoming strategy game’s PvP offering. The main takeaway, however, was announced at the end. The Minecraft Legends release date is April 18. If you don’t fancy tackling the story-driven campaign’s co-op mode online, you can team up with and against friends in a mode where one… → Read More