EA confirms some of the big changes it will be making to Ultimate Team with the release of FIFA 21. While fans have been excited about FIFA 21 career mode features, each year it is FIFA Ultimate Team and the changes to it that prove the biggest draw to the series. In a post on the official FIFA 21 site, EA confirmed that this year’s Ultimate Team removes the use of fitness items, staff coaches, and training items....
When one talks about some of the most legendary gaming franchises of all time, then it goes without saying that Final Fantasy would inevitably be mentioned in this discussion. After all, one can argue that JRPGs would’ve never been popular in mainstream gaming culture had it not been for the runaway success of Final Fantasy VII, a game that is still considered by many to be one of the greatest video games ever made....
The date is set for the next round of major content for Final Fantasy 14. During this weekend’s Letter from the Producer Live event, director and producer Naoki Yoshida announced that Patch 5.4, Futures Rewritten, is coming out on December 8. Yoshida has previously teased that Patch 5.4 will be the largest patch for the Shadowbringers expansion to date, and the official breakdown that Square Enix released following the release date announcement backs that up....
Final Fantasy 14 director and producer Naoki Yoshida has heard your demands, and it’s finally happening. The MMO’s Endwalker expansion will add male Viera, and Yoshida confirmed that he hasn’t forgotten about requests for female Hrothgar. After the reveal of Final Fantasy 14’s Endwalker extended trailer, Yoshida was joined by English localization and translation director Michael-Christopher Koji Fox to highlight some of the new features, systems, and story plotlines headed to Final Fantasy 14’s version 6....
It’s 1999. I’m eight years old with the reading comprehension skills of a toddler and my favorite leading ladies are still Princess Zelda and Peach. Every RPG’s story has to be explained to me by my older cousin because I can’t sit still long, and lengthy paragraphs of texts don’t hold my attention. I’m playing Final Fantasy 8, I meet the spunky Rinoa Heartilly, and something just clicks. The daughter of Galbadia’s military commander is complicated, messy, and screws up more than she succeeds - but it’s why I love her....
Fisher-Price has put together a gaming “controller” for toddlers that is designed to help them learn. However, the toy company also threw in a classic Konami code that all gamers would know. Games are being used to help people learn all kinds of things, including new languages. They are also an easy and fun way to help children learn basic skills, which is where the inspiration for the “controller” came from....
Ubisoft unveils the launch trailer for the forthcoming medieval melee game For Honor, featuring a ton of intense combat and looks at the game’s three fighting factions. In preparation for the highly-anticipated bloody battle game For Honor, set to hit PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on February 14, developer Ubisoft has been slow-drip releasing information and updates to potential fans of the title. Today, Ubisoft released the official For Honor launch trailer – and it packs a serious punch....
At Gamescom 2014, Sony announced Wild, a PS4 exclusive where players would be a shaman who has a deep connection with nature. Wild gameplay trailers showed how players would be able to shapeshift into animals and other aspects of nature. The game offered some exciting features, however, it has yet to be released. For fans who have been patiently waiting for the game, there may be some hope. A listing on the World International Property Organization reveals that Sony has filed a trademark for Wild in the United States....
The World of Darkness franchise is seemingly growing by the second, as a new game based on Werewolf: The Apocalypse is being developed by the people behind the first game in The Witcher series. The World of Darkness is best-known for the Vampire: The Masquerade tabletop RPG and its video game spin-offs. The franchise once consisted of different series that focused on supernatural races other than vampires, including Mage: The Ascension, Wraith: The Oblivion, and Werewolf: The Apocalypse....
More floating rings have arrived in Fortnite. This time they have appeared at Coral Castle and players will need to find all four of them to complete the corresponding challenge. Chapter two season four of Fortnite might well be the most jam-packed season the game has showcased to date. Rather than just stage another crossover event with Marvel, which has been a very successful business model in the past, the two franchises have decided to stage a full-on collaboration....
Fortnite revealed the fourth member of The Seven this week, The Foundation, and the new character might have been voiced by a very major movie star. Epic has a way of keeping the hype for Fortnite at a fever pitch, demonstrating that yet again via the launch of season six. The cinematic to kick off the season featured Agent Jones summoning a member of The Seven, The Foundation, to help him fix Fortnite’s Zero Point....
With season 9 of Fortnite now available to players, there is already a range of new content for Fortnite pros and aficionados to sink their teeth into, including a futuristic tone, as well as a variety of other features, including added weapons and skins. As such, it’s reasonable to suspect there will be brand new events in the near future. In fact, in light of John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum releasing in theaters May 17, a new leak has surfaced suggesting a John Wick-related event coming to Fortnite....
Fortnite has managed to differentiate itself from the vast majority of battle royale games with its challenges, building mechanics, and events. The crossover events in Fortnite have been key in its success as it has allowed the game to attract fans of other franchises and also enabled the title to add themed features. It has long been rumored that the heroes of Marvel would arrive in the game and the reveal trailer for the Season 4 Battle Pass showcases a variety of characters that will be in the title....
Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 4 launched with a bang last week, introducing the start of the Nexus War. Joined by famous Marvel superheroes, players will be fighting to stop Galactus from destroying all of reality. It’s not the first time the Fortnite universe has been threatened, however, and players know how to fight back. It goes without saying that fighting a cosmic super-being requires a significant amount of firepower. Fortunately, Epic have opened the Vault once more to let some old favorites out onto the Battle Island and to put some others to rest....
Fortnite Battle Royale players currently have several tasks to take care of for Season 8 Week 3’s Battle Pass challenges, but it’s safe to say that plenty of fans are preparing themselves for what’s to come around the bend. As it so happens, the Battle Pass challenges for Season 8 Week 4 have leaked ahead of Epic Games officially adding them to the free-to-play multiplayer shooter, potentially giving fans a better idea of what kind of feats they will be charged with once the newest list goes live....
Back in Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2, the spy theme brought with it a new character named Midas, who could arguably be considered the poster boy of that season considering his significance and role within the story. But when Season 3 kicked off with the map being flooded, Midas was believed to be gone for good, seemingly having been eaten by a shark. However, it appears that Epic Games isn’t done with Midas yet....
Even with declining Twitch viewership numbers, Fortnite continues to be a dominant force in gaming thanks to its ever-evolving world and consistent updates. Currently, players are battling monsters as well as each other in the Fortnitemares special event, which is set to wrap up very soon. Things could be getting a little more interesting after today’s update, however, as it not only makes a few changes to available weapons but also adds a very unique item which could change how certain players move around the world....
Frank Zappa, who died in 1993, is one of the least understood artists of the 20th Century, which is ironic because he was also the most prolific. Introduced to the world as a bicycle-playing artiste concrète sitting naked on a toilet, he was a harmonic genius who experimented with sonic assault weapons and visual subversions. Frank Zappa was the Nikola Tesla of music. Alex Winter’s documentary ZAPPA, which is now available to watch in the UK and Ireland on Altitude....
As the second wave of the Coronavirus pandemic sweeps through the world, France has been in lockdown for some time trying to cut if off. Ever since October 30th, the country has been enforcing strict rules about what businesses are allowed to open and when, hoping to curb the spread of the virus for a second time. Just recently though, French President Emmanuel Macron has revealed that things will begin to gradually re-open starting as early as November 28th....
In spite of the fact that the Friday the 13th franchise is one full of blood and guts, one of the fiercest fights raging regarding Jason Voorhees at the moment is one over the rights to the intellectual property as a whole. Indeed, original writer Victor Miller has been embroiled in a battle against producer Sean Cunningham and Horror, INC. over the franchise. Thankfully, it turns out that Friday the 13th: The Game will not see any fallout from this ongoing saga....
