Final Fantasy 14 patch 6.5 is officially called Growing Light and it releases in early October. That comes from director and producer Naoki Yoshida, who reveals the news as part of the latest Live Letter from the Producer stream, which is airing straight from Final Fantasy 14 Fan Fest. The …
Read More »Assassins Creed Red reportedly responsible for Immortals Fenyx Rising 2s cancellation
Ubisoft is finally answering years of fan requests with the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Codename Red, taking their historical stealthy-stabby series to a Feudal Japan setting. According to the publisher, the game is set to be the “biggest blockbuster for 2024,” but it might be so big that it’s actually responsible …
Read More »Spiritual successor to one of the best JRPGs ever made gets delayed
Suikoden, one of the all-time classic JRPGs series, was set to receive a spiritual successor this year with Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes’ release. However, a recent delay has pushed the widely anticipated game back to next year. “In order to deliver a game that so many fans have supported, we …
Read More »Fort Solis: How an indie studio fulfilled its plan to deliver a TV-quality sci-fi thriller
Maintenance engineer Jack Leary is working the graveyard shift at Prospect One, a remote mining outpost on Mars, when he receives a red alert from the nearby station of Fort Solis. Suspicious that it was manually activated rather than automated, he calls in to request a response; when that isn’t …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 devs say increased system requirements have an extra benefit: youll be able to play other games, too
Final Fantasy 14 is getting a major graphics update, but the improved visuals will come at the cost of increased system requirements. The devs note that there’s an extra benefit to upgrading your machine here: you’ll be able to play other games, too. The new minimum and recommended system requirements …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 free trial expanding to include Stormblood expansion
Square Enix is expanding Final Fantasy 14’s much-beloved free trial. Director and producer Naoki Yoshida reveals at Final Fantasy 14 Fan Fest that, once update 6.5 rolls around later this year, the free trial will include the Stormblood expansion, which follows Heavensward and comes before Shadowbringers. At the time of …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail adds two new DPS jobs, and Yoshi-P might be baiting us over what they are
Final Fantasy 14 is getting two new DPS-focused jobs in Dawntrail next summer. That comes from director and producer Naoki Yoshida, who teases what’s to come at Final Fantasy 14 Fan Fest. He confirms that we’re getting two, and that one will be a melee DPS and the other will …
Read More »Smash Bros director says “its fair to assume there will be another one,” and he cant imagine anyone else making it
Super Smash Bros. lead Masahiro Sakurai says another entry in the series is likely, but he’s having a tough time imagining the series continuing without him. “The question now is, what happens next time?” Sakurai muses in the latest episode of his YouTube game design series. “I mean whatever comes …
Read More »Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon fans are planning to forsake bullets in favour of a punch-only playthrough
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon fans are planning to forsake bullets in favour of a punch-only playthrough. FromSoftware is known for its punishingly difficult titles, and for as long as the Souls series has existed, players have been finding ways to make the experience even more brutal. We saw …
Read More »Fans are giving classic JRPG Earthbound the remake it deserves
Mother² – or Mother Squared, if you prefer – is a fan-made remake of the SNES classic Earthbound, and it continues to look extremely impressive in a recent trailer showing off recent development progress. Mother Squared is a from-the-ground-up remake of the original SNES game built by fans in the …
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