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Final Fantasy VII Remake makes quite a few changes to the battle system found in the original game. The most notable of these is the switch from turn-based combat to a new hybrid system that combines real-time elements with classic turn-based mechanics via its ATB system. This isn’t the only major change though, with abilities also having been completely reworked for the title. Each playable party member starts with one unique ability but can learn up to six more by collecting all of the game’s 24 weapons....

These days, the hunt for secrets or hidden, under-appreciated details in video games has been made a fair bit easier. Dataminers can make predictions about future updates by looking at the code, and easter eggs in popular games can easily be found simply by turning to the internet for clues. Now that Final Fantasy VII: Remake has been out for over a month, the hunt for any and all details of interest has started to taper off, but not before a few key truths were revealed....

The MMORPG Final Fantasy 14 has a ton for players to do, from combat, dungeons, the story, leveling up, crafting, and gathering. Gathering is one of the class types with the least amount of classes. Players can be fishermen, miners, and/or botanists and work to collect resources for crafters to use. Those looking to level up their gatherers have a long journey ahead of them. However, there are pieces of advice they can use to avoid a lot of grind burnout....

There are a lot of powerful weapons in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. However, this article will deal with the rarest weapons available in the game – though in most games weapons from one category are typically found in the other. Some of these weapons are not only rare, but several also require very rare materials to forge – not to mention an A+ Professor rating. Also, many of these weapons possess special abilities in addition to their high stats; though for these abilities to be unlocked generally requires the weapon be used by a specific character or a bearer of a specific Crest....

Raphaël Colantonio, a French video game designer, founded Arkane Studios and served as its president for 18 years. In June 2017, he left the company, where he had developed Arx Fatalis, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Prey, and the best-selling Dishonored franchise, to spend more time with his son and focus on his goals for the future. Two years later, he launched WolfEye Studios which is developing Weird West, a top-down action role-playing game set in an alternate version of the Old West....

HBO’s former head of programming, Michael Lombardo has joined Entertainment One as the Head of Global TV where he will be overseeing programming for a multitude of Hasbro owned properties including Power Rangers, Transformers, and Dungeons & Dragons. Lombardo previously spent 33 at HBO, serving as the president of programming the past nine years where he greenlit a number of high-profile series including Game of Thrones, True Detective, and Silicon Valley....

The Chiller Grenade has already been vaulted after one of Fortnite’s many patches, but the few months we had with it taught us a lot about its utility. The Chiller Grenade functions as a mix between a Chiller trap and an Impulse Grenade. If a player is caught in the radius of its blast, they will be boosted away from the place of impact. However, the effects of a Chiller will take place for seven seconds afterward....

While Fortnite players have been trying to solve the mystery surrounding the newly appeared rifts and the mysterious castle located within, another, albeit less dramatic, surprise has been recently unearthed as well concerning the title’s popular skins. Specifically, the rarest skin in the whole game has been discovered, and it’s not what players expected at all, and has probably barely appeared in-game. For the sake of clarification, when we say “rarest skin,” we mean the skin which has managed to go one whole year without appearing in Fortnite’s Item Shop....

It won’t be long now before Fortnite Battle Royale officially enters Season 6, but there’s still several days left to go before the next cycle of content makes its way into the wildly successful multiplayer sandbox survival shooter. Now, in order to close out Season 5, Epic Games has added Week 10’s challenges to the free-to-play title. So, for those who may need help completing them, follow along in order to earn some more XP....

A new season has begun on Fortnite, and along with it comes a new set of goals called Fortbyte challenges. Players will need to go out into the world and find Fortbytes, which look like little microchips. There are a plethora of them to discover and some are trickier to find than others. For those finding it difficult to locate number 79, here are some helpful directions. There are 100 Fortbyte challenges in Season 9 to keep players busy, but they won’t be able to complete them all from the get go....

Each season, Epic Games finds a new way to keep the Fortnite experience fresh without actually changing the core gameplay. So while players continue to run around the same island trying to stay alive while eliminating the competition, Epic has infused the experience with new features, new modes, and even some dramatic changes to the world. Season 4 represented the biggest change of pace, after a meteor strike fundamentally changed parts of the map....

It’s hard to believe its been two years since CD Project released Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. A spin-off from the Witcher RPG series, the title capitalizes on the popularity of the Witcher 3’s in-universe card game Gwent. Expanding on the Gwent formula, Gwent: The Witcher Card Game adds much more variety to its deck-building and gameplay. Now a fifth expansion for the title has been announced, adding 70 new cards to the roster....

When Friday the 13th The Game was first announced, developer Gun Media promised Kickstarter backers a wealth of crowdfunding incentives and rewards. Some were as simple as a boxed copy of the game while others actually turned a select few backers into camp counselors. But one of the rewards that most Friday the 13th fans had their eyes on was the Savini Skin Jason. As an exclusive to Kickstarter backers, the Savini Skin for Jason became a hot commodity the second that Friday the 13th eventually launched....

One of the reasons why PC gaming is so popular is because of modding. Modding (short for ‘modifying’) a game can take the developer’s original work and build on it, adding features or even fixing things that the developer has missed. Some notable mod examples include the Skyrim WereChair, the Dark Souls graphics fix and the mod that turns Grand Theft Auto IV into Watch Dogs. Many modders are happy to mod games for free as it improves titles that they love and enjoy....

The Game of Thrones reps who showed up to San Diego Comic-Con simply weren’t ready to entertain fan questions, and it was probably for the best. The final season of the world-popular show culminated in vexing fashion as the outcome was not what fans expected. Viewers were mostly upset about having to watch Jon Snow get banished to the Night’s Watch yet again while Bran Stark got to be King of the Seven Kingdoms....

Gamers are emotionally invested in video games, and make buying decisions based on the emotional response the game is likely to trigger. We asked our gamers about their buying habits. Below are the key findings from our 2016 survey. Core Demographics 18 - 24 is the most common age bracket for gaming Interestingly, ages ranged from 18 - 74 years The market is 92% male and only 8% female Which of these are an important factor in influencing you to purchase a new game?...

With only a few days left until E3 2015, developers and publishers are putting the final touches on their big presentations and announcements. We already know some of what to expect from the event, but there are likely even more surprise reveals in the works, and those are what have gamers the most intrigued. Surprise announcements and reveals are what make E3 such a special event, even if oftentimes the secrets get leaked ahead of time....

Games that focused more on making decisions were once limited to visual novels. These games lacked game play and didn’t appeal to everyone. The number of video games with story based moral choices are increasing. Though some good and bad decisions are black and white, developers are adding more gray areas. These gray areas are pulling in gamers to feel as though their choices matter. Developers are striving to create more realistic experiences....

While PlayStation fans are still reeling over the debacle that was the PS5 pre-order scene last week, Xbox fans are preparing to try and get their hands on an Xbox Series X or S pre-order tomorrow. With Xbox Series X and Series S pre-orders set to go live tomorrow morning at 8 am PT, players will need to be awake bright and early if they hope to nail the sale. However, it seems like players will need more than a good night’s sleep if they hope to get their console of choice from GameStop....

This Gears of War 4 guide will show gamers where to find all 50 collectibles throughout the Gears of War 4 campaign, earning 3 achievements along the way. Gears of War 4 takes players on a gruesome journey as JD Fenix and co struggle to overcome everything from robotic death squads to human-hunting locusts. Gamers familiar with the Gears of War franchise will see plenty of familiar sights along the way, up to and including the existence of 50 collectibles hidden throughout the game’s campaign....