Way back in 2004, a story surfaced (in an interview with IGN no less) that the entire Kingdom Hearts franchise exists because of a fateful, literal elevator pitch. And now, over two decades after that strange merger of Square Enix fantasy and Disney magic became a hit, Disney Games is …
Read More »‘My Favorite Final Fantasy!’ Final Fantasy 16 Devs Give Their Top 3 – IGN First
Of course, the developers themselves are players and fans of the Final Fantasy series too, and finding out their favorite Final Fantasy games may offer a few hints as to the inspirations behind the new game. So during a visit to Square Enix’s Tokyo HQ, we asked six members of …
Read More »GTA Online Update Removes More Than 180 Cars and Bikes, Puts Some Behind Paywall
GTA Online players are usually happy when Rockstar rolls out a new update, but the latest San Andreas Mercenaries expansion has instead made them upset after removing more than 180 vehicles from the game. As reported by Kotaku, Rockstar removed at least 189 cars and bikes from GTA Online and, …
Read More »Sony Testing Cloud Streaming for 'Supported PS5 Games'
Sony announced today that it has begun testing cloud streaming for "supported PS5 games". In a new PlayStation Blog post, Nixk Maguire, VP of Global Services, Global Sales, and Business Ops at SIE, said the end goal for PlayStation is to make this "an additional benefit" to those subscribed to …
Read More »The Crew Motorfest: Here's What Comes in Each Edition
The Crew Motorfest is set to release on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC on September 14. It’s an open-world racing festival game set in Hawaii that features cars from the past, present, and future. The game is available to preorder now in a number of editions …
Read More »Xbox Games Showcase Extended: Everything Announced and Revealed
The Xbox Games Showcase took the internet by storm this past weekend, but that isn't all Microsoft has in store for this Summer of Gaming as the Xbox Games Showcase Extended has arrived to give us a deeper look at such games as Avowed, Towerborne, Senua's Saga, Hellblade II, The …
Read More »Respawn Worked on Titanfall 3 for 10 Months Before Pivoting to Apex Legends, Ex-Dev Reveals
Respawn Entertainment worked on Titanfall 3 "in earnest" for ten months before ditching it for Apex Legends, a former developer has revealed. Mohammad Alavi, who became narrative lead designer on Titanfall 3 before it was cut, told The Burnettwork that much work on the sequel had been done. “Titanfall 2 …
Read More »Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, and Other Major Subreddits Go Dark
Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo, Star Wars, Cyberpunk 2077, and other major subreddits are going dark in protest against Reddit's API price changes affecting third-party apps. While visiting these subreddits previously would allow users to peruse all the usual conversations surrounding new reveals, highly contested topics, and so on, the Xbox, Nintendo, …
Read More »Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Here's What Comes in Each Edition
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is set to release for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on December 7. It’s a first-person action-adventure game that’s set on the planet of Pandora, as seen in the Avatar movies. You play as a Na’vi who grew up in the clutches of the RDA, …
Read More »Old Home, New Horizons: Hands-on with The Crew Motorfest
There’s a circular chicken-or-the-egg argument to be made around The Crew Motorfest. Call out its uncanny similarities to Playground Games’ current Forza Horizon series and you’ll invariably be reminded that Microsoft’s genre-leading racer arguably already owes its own debt to 2006’s pioneering Test Drive Unlimited from Eden Games. It’s a …
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