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Geoff Keighley, the producer for 2020’s Summer Game Fest and the annual The Game Awards, is doing what he does best – building hype. Keighley took to Twitter to respond to an article warning gamers to lower their expectations for next-gen consoles. Keighley’s response was to say that the article is not going to age well. Next-gen criticism is climbing due to the recent Xbox Series X-focused Inside Xbox event. Expectations for the event were set unintentionally high due to promises of gameplay, next-gen footage, and a near hour-long runtime....

Ghost of Tsushima’s Mythic Tales are some of the most interesting, and rewarding side quests in the game. They’re each based on legendary tales about the island of Tsushima and will reward players with mythic arts, armors, and weapons. They’re longer and more substantial than most of the other quests players will encounter in Tsushima, and so all the rewards provided are great. Some are better than others though, so let’s rank all seven mythic rewards....

During PlayStation’s Ghost of Tsushima State of Play last week, it was revealed how the game would allow players to use various stances in combat and how that would allow for them to inflict the most damage against certain types of enemies. Now, the development studio behind the game has decided to offer more insight on the game mechanic. In an interview with VG247, creative director Jason Connell went into more detail about stances and how crucial they will be when players will have to deal with enemies in Ghost of Tsushima....

Added QuickShots including Dronie, Rocket, Circle, Helix, Boomerang, and Asteroid. Added Panorama mode, capable of capturing in high resolution. ­­ Added burst shooting. Added digital zoom for normal video mode. Added Colour Display Assist for D-Log. Added 4K/60fps and manual EI adjustment for MasterShots. Added QuickTransfer. Added zoom and D-Log for FocusTrack when recording video. Added support to set RTH altitude for Advanced RTH. Added USB mode for Mavic 3 Cine for copying data....

GlitchCon was held this weekend in lieu of TwitchCon 2020, but the new event still managed to put up some impressive numbers. More than 6.7 million people tuned in to watch the inaugural GlitchCon and maxed out with over 175K concurrent viewers. The night started with an address from Twitch CEO, Emmett Shear, before passing the torch to top gamers, celebrities, and streamers. Included in the event were Zedd, JERICHO, Pokimane, and even T-Pain, who hosted a virtual afterparty....

Godfall is the quintessential launch game. This gilded PS5 release shows off the power of the new hardware with its intricate, reflective halls of gold and obsidian, bioluminescent plant life, and enemies who explode in a shower of particles. “Next-gen is here,” it shouts, in a scream that’s barely perceptible over the whistle of high-speed steel. Underneath all of that sheen and noise, though, there’s nothing new at all. Developer Counterplay Games wants you to think this is a new genre: the looter-slasher....

A job posting over on Google’s official site suggests that the company might be preparing to launch a new division focused solely on deliver game experiences. According to the post, Google is looking for a product manager to help grow the brand tentatively titled ‘Games at Google’ into a competitive platform for gaming. Unfortunately, this job posting doesn’t give any indication as to how far into this games development experiment Google is, only hinting that the company is interested in entering that space....

After a long wait, the first major Microsoft-exclusive title Titanfall is now available, releasing this week on Xbox One and PC. We’re still playing the game now that all the servers are up and will have a full review later this week, but in the meantime, the early reviews make it clear - Titanfall is really good and it’s the fun multiplayer shooter fans have been waiting for in 2014....

Final Fantasy 14’s 6th annual Make It Rain Campaign will run from July 19th through August 11th. Taking part in the in-game festivities means you’ll be able to net 50% more Manderville Gold Saucer Points (MGP) than normal, while several prizes found throughout the Gold Saucer will receive massive discounts. The Great Horn Heist, the questline tied to this event that’s available for all players level 15 and above, will offer a couple of unique rewards....

While the Final Fantasy 7 Remake has some new and exciting materia, and players are looking to grab as many as they can. Unfortunately for them, some of the essential materia like the Deadly Dodge Materia are very easy to miss. Materia Materia are small, round glowing balls that add spells, skills, or abilities to weapons. Weapons usually have at least a few slots for different kinds of materia, with specialized slots for Summon materia that summon a helper fighter to a battle....

Final Fantasy VII Remake is currently only available for PlayStation 4. The trophy list for the game is now available to players, but the same achievements will almost certainly be used if the game comes to PC and Xbox One in the future. Players should easily be able to acquire most of the trophies in Final Fantasy VII by playing through the story mode and defeating bosses. The trickier ones involve coming out on top in the minigames, finding all of the dresses during the Wall Market quest, and defeating the secret boss....

It’s always an exciting time when a new expansion drops for an MMORPG. Trailers are being released to tease the story and gameplay, while social media is blowing up with hypotheticals about what to expect. As fun as it is to anticipate a new release, whether or not the expansion lives up to the hype is left to the player base to decide. Final Fantasy XIV released its most recent expansion, Shadowbringers, on July 2, 2019 and some members were able to pay for the option to gain access several days earlier....

Sony is set to have a big year 2021. The PlayDtation 5 has launched, its exclusive titles are beginning to roll out, and more of the games players are looking forward to are beginning to get more specific windows or release dates, much like Resident Evil 8. The beginning of the new year is a great time for Sony to release a new State of Play presentation in order to help deliver more information about what’s on the horizon for PS5 players....

Five Nights at Freddy’s isn’t ready to go the way of Angry Birds or Flappy Bird just yet. This once-huge name wants to keep its momentum going. According to a brief and enigmatic posting from the series creator, console ports are indeed on the way. Five Nights at Freddy’s probably needs no introduction. The original game first arrived in 2014, bringing a uniquely immerse and visceral horror experience. From a totally simple premise emerged a huge media empire, spanning everything from novels to action figures....

Flashpoint has hired a former WWE writer in hopes of returning on their promise to make a fresh and entertaining CS:GO league. The newly founded team-owned league is aspiring to break all sorts of barriers in esports and in making this move, they plan to add more character to a game that often lacks in that category. Since the beginning, Flashpoint has wanted to make “a completely new entertainment product targeted at adults that takes inspiration from UFC and WWE....

For Honor producer Stephane Cardin reveals some interesting alpha statistics and a number of tweaks and changes coming to the game based on player feedback. The alpha test that ran last month for the upcoming brawler, For Honor, was a massive success for Ubisoft. Even with just a small slice of the content available to players, the weekend test managed to become the biggest in company history, even beating out major games on Twitch such as World of Warcraft, Counter-Strike, and Dota 2....

Back in October, Ubisoft Toronto’s managing director Jade Raymond made the decision to leave the company after 10 years. While many speculated as to why she chose to leave the highly successful publisher, Raymond stated that she was proud to have been part of some of the best teams in the business, having made some “truly remarkable games” during her time at the company. She also called it one of the hardest decisions of her career, but said that she would be leaving Ubisoft Toronto in the hands of Alexandre Parizeau (a founding member of the studio) in order to pursue “other ambitions and opportunities”....

Not too long ago, Epic Games discovered a critical controller issue that required the studio’s attention before rolling out Fortnite Battle Royale’s Update 5.40, which caused the developer to delay the forthcoming patch and challenges for Season 5 Week 9 of the game. While this postponement has forced players to wait until later this week to take on the latest list of feats, the delay did little to deter dataminers from scouring the title’s files to potentially uncover all of the Free Challenges and Battle Pass Challenges for Season 5 Week 9....

The hunt for Fortbytes in Fortnite continues, with a new challenge recently added to the game. Fortbyte 43 is now ready for retrieval, and we’ll explain what players will need to do to claim it. Many of the challenges up until now have ranged from extremely easy to somewhat challenging, but this latest one is about as simple as it gets. That’s good news for Fortnite players who want to knock this one out quickly....

Not too long ago, Epic Games brought Fortnite to Nintendo Switch, making the developer’s intentions to reach as many platforms as possible with the title come even closer to fruition, as there is also a launch of the multiplayer sandbox shooter hitting Android devices this summer. With a slew of hardware choices on which to play the game, Epic also wants to make sure that its meta evolves meaningfully, with the studio having recently announced that it wants to give players more ways to counter....