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Square Enix has shown off several key gameplay mechanics for Final Fantasy 7: The First Soldier, including real-time use of Materia, AI-controlled monsters, and the powerful use of Summons like Ifrit. The nearly two-hour presentation, Square Enix provides us a glimpse of how the Battle Royale genre will blend with the most iconic elements of the Final Fantasy series. One of the first changes to the traditional Battle Royale genre is the persistent population of AI-controlled monsters from the series that appear to be a way to leveling up your character throughout a match....

It has been six months since Final Fantasy 7 Remake was released to the PS4. At the moment, FF7 Remake Part 2 is currently in development, but players who still haven’t played part one would be happy to know that Walmart is currently offering a good deal for the game. Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 1 is available at Walmart for $49.94, which is 17% cheaper than its current list price of $59....

In Chapter 14 of Final Fantasy 7 Remake, a side quest called The Power of Music becomes available from Betty, an NPC that offered the Lost Friends side quest way back in Chapter 3. However, players will not be searching for cats this time around, as Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s The Power of Music side quest is all about finding music discs, and this guide will provide the location for all three of them....

The people who want to try out Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition for free will have a chance, as there will be a Lite version of the game that lets players explore three dungeons. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles was originally released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2004, which was seen as a landmark event; it was the first Final Fantasy game to be released on a Nintendo system since Squaresoft jumped ship to Sony at the start of the 32-bit era....

Square Enix is going an unexpected direction in its promotion for Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age. The Moogle Watch livestream is happening right now on the publisher’s official Twitch channel, where curious onlookers can watch live rabbits for the next six days. Why rabbits, you ask? In the world of Ivalice, where Final Fantasy 12 takes place, Moogles look like small, humanoid rabbits. Thus, Square Enix is streaming hours of the little critters, surrounded by promotional material....

Fire Emblem: Three Houses is out and killing the charts on Metacritic, with an 88% Metascore and a slew of highly favorable reviews. Right now the game stands atop Dragon Quest Builders 2, Cadence of Hyrule and Kingdom Hearts 3. The top review, with a 100% rating, calls it a “must-have title on the Switch,” and many others praise its engaging story, refined gameplay, and addicting feedback loop. Nintendo Enthusiast called it “the best JRPG of 2019” (so far) while The Sydney Morning Herald says, “Three Houses is a masterpiece of a strategy game and a brilliant relationship sim....

A Formula E driver had an esports pro compete in a virtual race on his behalf and is now paying the price for doing so. Gaming has taken a front seat in a number of ways since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak. Not just to give people something to do while they’re sat at home waiting for normality to resume, but also to help the sporting world continue forward. Some leagues and organizations have been using simulated versions of their respective sports to carry on seasons and decide winners of matches....

Fortnite introduces new challenges for players to complete each week, earning additional experience toward their Battle Pass and helping to unlock all manner of skins, items, and rewards. A recent challenge tasks players with dealing damage to opponents with a crossbow. Cupid’s Crossbow is an Epic weapon introduced to the game for the Hearts Wild Valentine’s event. The first step in this challenge is to get a crossbow. They can spawn similarly to other weapons in the game and can appear as ground loot spawns, in chests, and from supply drops....

The Fortnite Season 3 Week 6 challenges are set to go live this Thursday, July 23, and they will give players new chances to earn XP and make progress on this season’s Battle Pass. However, fans need not wait until Thursday to get a look at this new batch of Fortnite weekly challenges, as the tasks that players will be tackling in Week 6 have now leaked online. Before diving into the leaked Fortnite Season 3 Week 6 challenges, it is important to mention that the challenges that go live later this week may deviate slightly from what is indicated here....

Alongside the additions of Lazy Lagoon and Sunny Steps to the Fortnite season 8 map, developer Epic Games also saw fit to introduce a new type of portable weapon with the Pirate Cannon. This weapon can fire cannonballs or even other players, dealing 100 damage on a direct hit and 50 in the general radius. The amount of damage these deal should make the season 8 week 2 challenge simple enough, as it tasks players with dealing 100 damage with said weapon....

With Fortnite Season 6 currently live, there’s no doubt that a plethora of players are exploring all of the fresh changes and tweaks Epic Games has recently made to the free-to-play Battle Royale portion of the title with Update v6.0. While Epic could easily rest on its laurels at this point, it looks as if the studio will be continually working on the game for the foreseeable future to bring new content to players....

Fortnite undoubtedly makes a ton of money off of selling emotes, but the game’s use of what looks like rapper 2 Milly’s signature move may actually result in an opposite effect for Epic Games. After stewing over whether to pursue legal action against the developer, 2 Milly has now formally filed copyright charges against Epic Games for its use of what appears to be his own “Milly Rock” dance move....

Well, this has let a whole range of fancy, realistic Gran Turismo-style cars out of the bag. Forza Horizon 4 has accidentally dropped a huge leak. Let’s take a look. The wider Forza franchise is one of Microsoft’s biggest exclusives for racing fans. If the likes of Gears of War and Halo aren’t your style, then maybe a bit of realistic racing sim action is. As a sim, there’s no madcap power-ups or cutesy cartoon characters with ‘hilarious’ soundbites here....

This article contains spoilers for Game of Thrones. More than three years after the series finale, the ending of Game of Thrones is still dividing fans and actors alike. While some of the series’ actors, like Kit Harrington and Isaac Hempstead Wright have spoken out in defense of Game of Thrones’ final season, others like Lena Headey have vocalized their disappointment in how things ended for their characters. Maisie Williams, who played Arya Stark in the series, has shared her mixed feelings on her characters’ arc in the final season before, telling Entertainment Weekly in 2019 that she originally saw things ending very differently for Arya, saying “And I wanted Arya to kill Cersei even if it means [Arya] dies too....

Earlier this week, Borderlands fans were hit with excitement after developer Gearbox Software teased a March 28th announcement. Many hoped that the tease was in reference to a Borderlands 3 reveal, but a follow-up teaser suggests that may not be the case. On Thursday, Gearbox sent out a new Tweet that included a pixelated image that, while hard to decode, featured a clear Borderlands design aesthetic. Much like the other teaser, which featured a billboard and the date March 28th (the date of Gearbox’s PAX East panel), the goal was to give fans just enough info to tease them but not enough for them to know for sure what is coming....

In a post on the official forums, The Coalition reveals an update today for Gears of War 4 will make it easier for players to earn credits and unlock certain gear packs. The long awaited return of the Gears of War franchise is finally here. As the latest entry in the long running series, Gears of War 4 introduces players to new enemies, new heroes, and a whole lot of cover-based, third-person shooting....

Tall, majestic, powerful. The statues of the seven are iconic landmarks throughout miHoYo’s Genshin Impact. They act as many things for players: a safe haven, memorable locations, upgrade stations, and more. The statues of the seven represent the seven gods that currently rule over the nations of Tevyat, bestowing powers upon the player character when interacted with. The statues of the seven in Genshin Impact are worshipping places for the characters in the game as well as the player....

Genshin Impact is a free-to-play RPG which sees players taking control over unique characters to explore an open world. As a live service title, fans can now dive into the new Ley Line Overflow event for some additional rewards. This special activity only runs for a few days, so players will want to boot up Genshin Impact soon to take part. Check out this guide to learn the ropes and get the most out of the Ley Line Overflow event....

At the beginning of April, Sony made the shocking announcement that The Last of Us 2 was delayed indefinitely, but Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima was still on track for its June release. Now at the end of the month, Sony has made another shocking announcement, confirming a new release date for The Last of Us 2 while simultaneously delaying Ghost of Tsushima by a month, so that it’s now coming out in July....

Infinity Ward has an obvious Halloween theme for the new Call of Duty: Warzone Season 6 content. A sneaky detail was snuck into the last update to Warzone way ahead of any expected Halloween encounters. Fans that encounter the ghostly effect are caught off guard, others report even stranger events spread across Verdansk. While the change is not as dramatic as Black Ops 4 turning their ocean red, a ghostly encounter has been caught on video by fans....