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If you’re tired of reading long blocks of text while playing your favorite JRPGs, you won’t have to worry about this for Final Fantasy VIII Remastered since Square Enix seems to be including both English and Japanese voice overs. In the past, companies didn’t have a lot of choices when it came to including large amounts of text within their games due to the limited amount of space, but this has begun to change in recent years....

Pitting your character against the biggest, baddest summons in the franchise’s history—and more than a few original enemies—are a staple of Final Fantasy XIV’s trials. This game mode is a true test of your party’s cooperation and understanding of the game’s mechanics. However, not all trials are made equal. Some are extremely fun; others feel like pulling teeth. So without further ado, here are a few of our favorite trials, and a few more we hate to play....

The Palace of the Dead, or the Deep Dungeon as it’s sometimes called in Final Fantasy XIV is a constantly changing dungeon that represents an interesting challenge for players looking to test their abilities in the game and access powerful rewards. This particular dungeon functions a little differently than others and it’s important to know what you’re getting into to develop the best strategy. Worst case scenario you can muscle your way to victory through lots of grinding, but there are some tips for progressing more efficiently....

The terrifying animatronics of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza could be receiving a physical collection of the main series, just in time for Halloween. The Australian ratings authority has just evaluated Five Nights At Freddy’s: Core Collection, which has obviously been rated M for horror themes and player insomnia. The industry details of the rating highlighted that the collection was from Maximum Games, which has Serious Sam and the Worms Collection under its belt....

For Honor, developed and published by Ubisoft in 2017, will be free to play on PS4, Xbox One, and PC this weekend. The game, which allows players to take on the roles of soldiers, warriors, knights, samurai and vikings, is a third-person game that features campaign and multiplayer modes. In the medieval fantasy game, players can choose a character from three different factions: the Iron Legion (Knights), the Warborn (Vikings), and the Dawn Empire (Samurai)....

Fortified is an engaging third-person shooter that mixes gameplay elements from tower defense and strategy games with strong retro-futuristic production design. Indie games have certainly grown in scope over the past decade. There was a time when these titles were largely small-scale affairs, often using 2D graphics to cut down on the costs associated with a third dimension. That’s all changed now — and games like Fortified demonstrate just what smaller teams can do....

Fortnite Battle Royale’s Season 7 has finally arrived, bringing lots of fresh wares to the table such as airplanes and zip-lines, customization items called Wraps, a bevy of different Battle Pass skins to unlock, and so much more. Speaking of the Battle Pass, Season 7 Week 1’s challenges are now live, and one of them tasks players with dancing in seven different forbidden locations on the map. So, those who need help finding just where they need to go to complete the feat would do well to follow along below....

Although Marvel superheroes, weapons, and locations have been populating the Fortnite map for all of Season 4, many of them remain untouched by official quests and events. This week’s set of challenges finally features Tony Stark’s secret lake house lab, which some players have probably already explored. Season 4 of Fortnite has been notable for many reasons, but one of the most prominent visual distinctions has been the arrival of large new areas across the game’s map....

Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2 has been going on for what seems like forever, with the latest season of the battle royale being delayed multiple times from April 30 all the way until June 17 now. Of course, it’s not exactly Epic Games’ fault with the current on-goings of the world, but it has taken its toll on the game, with famous streamer Ninja even calling it boring now. Regardless, if all goes well, perhaps season 3 can be the turning point in that narrative....

The key to achieving a victory royale in Fortnite Battle Royale is to know the game and its map well. It stands to reason that players who know exactly how the game works, know the best locations, and the most effective weapons are going to do better than players who do not. A new diagram put together by Fortnite Battle Royale players aims to help people out on that front. The diagram reveals several key distances that could help players put together a winning strategy, or, at the very least, it could help them to stay out of danger and avoid their opponents....

Fortnite continues to be a sales juggernaut for Epic Games, thanks in large part to its Battle Royale mode. Part of the appeal comes from how quickly the game evolves and updates, as Epic continues to add new content. After a short delay, Epic Games has finally released update 3.3, which not only adds a bunch of fixes but also new content for both Battle Royale and Save the World game modes as well....

Another week leads to another big leak regarding upcoming content for the massively popular game, Fortnite. Dataminers and others have had a field day with this title, commonly leaking new Battle Royale content such as modes, character skins, weapons, and events like last weekend’s Marshmello concert at Pleasant Park. With Valentine’s Day approaching, it appears that dataminers have once again uncovered more upcoming content and challenges based on this holiday....

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 is currently available for free on the Epic Games Store, but fans might have a hard time actually playing the game. Several players have received error codes after downloading EA’s Star Wars Battlefront 2, preventing them from playing the game at all. Battlefront 2 became free on the Epic Games Store on January 14 and will remain free to download until January 21 at 4 p.m. The game has come a long way since its release became a flashpoint in the debate over loot boxes in video games, which eventually ended with several countries designating loot boxes as illegal gambling....

As you’ve likely heard by now, Jane Goldman’s Game of Thrones prequel, tentatively titled “The Long Night,” is dead, and Ryan Condal’s Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, is going straight to series. Long live the Game of Thrones prequel. This news was met with much fanfare by WarnerMedia, who made it the crown jewel of its HBO Max presentation. The series, which is getting a full 10-episode order out of the gate, will pull liberally from George R....

Speedrunning is a popular activity among gamers, and requires a lot of skill and practice for participants to perform well. In fact, some speedrunning gamers dedicate days and weeks of effort to shave off just a few milliseconds from their run times. A handful of gamers decided to take their love of speedrunning beyond just trying to achieve world records, and did some good with their passion this last week. These speedrunners came together to participate in the Summer Games Done Quick speedrunning event, which successfully raised more than $1 million for charity....

To describe GameStop as struggling to maintain any manner of relevance in today’s video game market is an understatement. Still, beneath that fruitless struggle that appears often in the news, the company’s behavior over the past few years have shown us exactly the type of cartoon villainy practiced by management. GameStop is nearing the end of its sad existence, and the only appropriate move when it finally goes bankrupt will be to toast to its demise....

This year’s E3 has come and gone and left behind a ton of new games and content to look forward to in the coming months. Now, players must search through all the reveals and figure out which of those games are worth pre-ordering. To help make that decision a little easier, GameStop has released the top ten games that have been pre-ordered at its stores since E3 wrapped up. This year’s all-virtual E3 revealed a large variety of games from some of the biggest names in gaming....

Genshin Impact players that love to cook their own in-game meals should always be on the lookout for ingredients. When cooked, these ingredients can be combined to make powerful potions, healing items, and more when players have the Genshin Impact recipes. One ingredient that players will need to collect is a tree-growing fruit called Sunsettia. Sunsettia fruits are the main ingredient in Jam, which is used for a variety of recipes including Mondstadt Hash Browns and Puppy-Paw Hash Browns, which are made from combinations of the Sunsettia Jam, potatoes, and pinecones....

Genshin Impact’s community went wild over Zhongli as he was teased going into Mihoyo’s last update, but when the lord of geo made his debut folks were pretty displeased with the state of his kit. It seems Mihoyo has finally listened to player feedback and will address the issues plaguing Zhongli and the Geo element in Genshin Impact’s 1.3 update. Mihoyo’s initial response to the Zhongli problem was pretty lackluster. The update just a couple of weeks ago acknowledged Zhongli’s abilities were bugged but seemed to refrain from commenting on his overall lack of power and desperate need for additional Constellations....

Goldeneye 007, at the height of its success, was one of the most popular first-person shooters ever created. To this day, the game remains an influential and memorable piece of gaming history. Though, even the most die-hard fans of the game can readily admit that the original version of Goldeneye 007 on the Nintendo 64 has aged rather poorly. This has led to numerous recreations of the game by way of modern resources and this latest version has quite a lot going for it....