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The latest offering from Humble Bundle is following in the footsteps of Itch.io and raising funds for Black Lives Matters. Itch.io has raised over $8 million to some beautiful causes. Protests are still going strong thanks to donations made to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and The Bail Project. And now Humble is throwing their hat into the ring with a bundle of their own. Sure, it doesn’t have over 1,700 items worth over $9,000 total, but Humble does provide quite a few sweet offerings that weren’t included in Itch....

In a new Ghost of Tsushima State of Play gameplay stream, developer Sucker Punch Productions reveals a mode that makes the game look like an old samurai movie. The feature was revealed as part of a Ghost of Tsushima gameplay video that also showed protagonist Jin in battle with Mongols. To give Ghost of Tsushima that old, samurai movie feel, players will be able to turn on the game’s Samurai Cinema mode....

Sucker Punch Productions reveals why Ghost of Tsushima is missing a feature seen in several of its other popular games. The developer gave fans a huge look at the game last week when it revealed 18 minutes of Ghost of Tsushima gameplay during a PlayStation stream. Speaking to IGN, Ghost of Tsushima Creative Director and Art Director Jason Connell confirmed that the game will not have a karma meter. The karma meter, seen in Sucker Punch Productions’ last three games, inFamous, inFamous 2, and inFamous: Second Son, allowed players to make morally good or bad choices....

Gina Carano deserved to be fired from The Mandalorian after months of posting dangerous online rhetoric that goes against everything Star Wars should stand for. After Carano used her Twitter bio to mock the common practice of users listing preferred pronouns, deny the gravity of the Covid-19 pandemic, post election fraud conspiracy theories, refuse to show support for Black Lives Matter, and imply that being a right-wing conservative today was like being a Jewish person during the Holocaust, Disney finally did the right thing....

A loot-based game like Godfall lives or dies depending on how it balances its myriad customization options with the effort required to unlock them and their long-term value. Unfortunately, there has been a concerning lack of information about Godfall’s loot system, as developer Counterplay Games has been focusing more on showing off the game’s combat and world ahead of launch. The good news, however, is that the developer has finally remedied that with a deep dive into the game’s approach to character progression....

It’s the season of giving and GOG is currently doing just that. The Winter Sale on GOG is now live, and there are plenty of discounts and goodies to give away from now until January 4. TheGamer even has a handy page that includes our recommendations from the sale. Even if you aren’t looking to shop, for the next 72 hours, GOG is handing out free copies of Prison Architect available now until December 19....

The latest free title that people can claim on the Epic Games Store is Gone Home, which is a game that was beloved by critics but got a somewhat polarizing response from others. Gone Home is a first-person exploration game, where the player searches a house and finds clues and notes as to what happened to its residents. To say any more would be to spoil the story. Gone Home was polarizing due to its short length and the description of it being a “walking simulator,” where nothing of substance happens from a gameplay standpoint, as the player just searches the house throughout the runtime of the game....

Although most of the events and conventions that were traditionally in-person occurrences have been canceled this summer, many have moved to a digital platform allowing viewers from all of the world to still take part in the events. LudoNarraCon is such an event that began last year (and was a digital event before global shelter-in-place orders even existed), which took place on Steam in April as a way to feature indie game developers by showcasing new content and hosting live discussion panels....

Anyone can attest that a great story is only as good as a great villain. While we’ve seen our share of great villains over the years and some less than spectacular ones within video games, one thing is for certain: the Final Fantasy series has no problem crafting an enemy that makes the heroes’ journey all the more memorable. With that said, not all villains are created equal and some of the main antagonists in the Final Fantasy series stack up better compared to the others, some becoming fan favorites to others being somewhat forgotten....

Ask any JRPG veteran about the most impactful series in this genre that probably them into these types of games in the first place, and chances are that Final Fantasy will be the two words coming out of their lips — or anyone else’s, for that matter. There are several reasons as to why this is the case, from the excellent stories to the enthralling tactical gameplay being just some of the many reasons why this RPG series has made such a massive mark in the gaming landscape....

A lot is left open-ended about the Warrior of Light in Final Fantasy 14. Most of who they are is left up to the player from race to gender and class. In terms of who they were before the events of the game, that is all left up to the players’ imagination. The deeper into the game expansions players go, the more personality they may notice in their protagonist. In the Shadowbringers expansions, there are actually some pretty funny dialogue choices....

Final Fantasy 14 is consistent. That may be an odd way to describe an MMO given the tumultuous stigma of the genre, and doubly so considering the game’s travesty of a launch in 2010, but nothing captures what Final Fantasy 14 has accomplished with its A Realm Reborn re-release and now two expansions better than consistency. Square Enix manages month to month, patch to patch, to manage player expectations and then deliver on or above them....

Final Fantasy 14 patch 5.4, Futures Rewritten, brought you an incredible showdown against Emerald Weapon and a touching end to the Eden Raid tier. The next update in the form of patch 5.41 doesn’t bring any nostalgic enemies back, but it will add fanny packs on January 12. There are also important things like Ishgard Restoration in the notes, but the fanny packs are really distracting. This patch still has a few big beats left as Square Enix introduces the next leg of updates to the MMO....

We knew that Final Fantasy 16 was going to be an untraditional Final Fantasy game in several ways, but we now know the game will draw from some truly unusual sources that include divisive sequels to classic ’80s comedies. In an extensive interview with IGN, Final Fantasy 16 director Hiroshi Takai, localization director Michael-Christopher Koji Fox, creative director Kazutoyo Maehiro, and producer Naoki Yoshida took the time to share some new details about the game....

Fans playing the Final Fantasy 7 Remake will recognize many of the summons, including the Fat Chocobo summon, Chocobo and Moogle, and the icy cold Shiva. The battle against Shiva is difficult and long, and players may need a little help getting through it. Shiva Shiva is one of the most recognizable summons in the Final Fantasy series. She’s appeared in many of the games, including FF10 which was recently remastered for the Switch....

Since its debut in the summer of 2014, Five Nights at Freddy’s has been something of a cult hit. The game’s mechanics are admittedly simple, and its reliance on jump scares tends to turn some people off, but all the same Five Nights at Freddy’s has been able to generate its fair share of buzz. So much buzz, in fact, that the Five Nights at Freddy’s concept has been optioned for a movie....

Resident Evil remakes are a dime a dozen these days. After the massive success of Leon and Claire’s debut adventure with the revival of RE2, Capcom saw the potential of the golden vein it was diligently picking away at. Resident Evil 3 has also been done, and a rumoured remake of the fourth instalment is said to be in the works. That’s a lot of remakes in not a lot of time....

Mike ‘HippieJesus’ Ferguson, a former executive with Mythic Entertainment and ArenaNet, recently announced the formation of a brand new video game development studio named Jump Back Studios. In the same announcement, Ferguson also revealed the studio’s first video game currently in development, an online roleplaying game titled Gods and Legends Unite. Both entities are so new, in fact, that neither seems to have an official logo or artwork as of this writing....

Players that are looking to level up in Fortnite should make sure to complete all of the Season 5 Week 13 challenges, which are available right now. While most of these new challenges are fairly straightforward, there are a few that may prove to be a bit tricky. For instance, some Fortnite fans may be slightly confused by the task that instructs them to enter the Zero Point, and this guide is here to clarify exactly how that is done....

Described as a mashup of Minecraft and Left 4 Dead, Fortnite was first announced years ago by Epic Games and People Can Fly. While the game is still considered to be in a “beta” state with its full release planned for 2018, it’s now available to the masses as a paid early access title, offering enough content to justify its different pricing tiers. This content includes different regions to explore, quests to complete, and many heroes to unlock....