The Final Fantasy franchise has enraptured and entertained fans since all the way back in 1987 when the game first released, and it seems that now, more than ever, the franchise is incredibly popular. With Final Fantasy 15 making the game more accessible to newcomers and Final Fantasy 7 Remake breathing new life into an old classic, there is a lot for fans of the game series to be excited about....
Final Fantasy 14, has broken its concurrent player count on Steam. According to SteamDB, the player count peaked at 47,542. The weird thing about this is that there’s no new addition or event that has caused this spike. The next major update coming to Final Fantasy 14 will be the Endwalker expansion, but that’s not out till November. The previous concurrent player record stood at 41,200, which came during the Shadowbringers expansion....
Final Fantasy 15 is a game that could generously be described as malleable. The title has been in development since 2006, and with no concrete release date for Final Fantasy 15 in sight, there’s still plenty of time for what we know about the game to change. That’s not necessarily a negative - game director Hajime Tabata was able to backpedal away from gender controversy earlier because of the delays - but it also means that what gamers see in the Episode Duscae demo might not make the final cut....
Some attendees at E3 2019 had the chance to get hands-on with the Final Fantasy 7 Remake demo and experience the updated combat, character swapping, and general hype for the upcoming project. Although there is no home version of the demo for general PS4 users to dive into, one industrious Dreams early access player managed to recreat their own version of the FF7 demo in the creator-friendly PS4 game. The Dreams take on Final Fantasy 7 Remake attempts to capture the new project’s updated combat and UI, but sticks with the PlayStation 1 era character designs....
The headlining announcement at the latest PlayStation State of Play event was the reveal of Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, a new episode that stars fan favorite character Yuffie. Since the Yuffie episode was revealed for Final Fantasy 7 Remake, more details have made their way online, including how many chapters it will be and what fans can expect from Intergrade’s story. The Final Fantasy 7 Remake Yuffie episode will be two chapters long, though Final Fantasy 7 Remake chapter length can vary wildly so that doesn’t necessarily give a good indication of how long it will take players to complete it....
Final Fantasy creator and current Mistwalker CEO Hironobu Sakaguchi teases that his studio’s next game will be revealed to the public at some point in 2017. Hironobu Sakaguchi is best known for creating Final Fantasy, the JRPG that started one of the biggest video game franchises in history. Sakaguchi is still actively developing games long after the launch of Final Fantasy, often working on brand new IP with his teams at Mistwalker, and as it turns out, fans may learn of the iconic game developer’s next project as soon as 2017....
Magicite rings can prove incredibly useful in Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered, as they allow the player to bypass the need for Magicite entirely. This means the player can start any dungeon with a spell equipped so long as they have the proper ring, and can make spell fusion a lot easier when playing online with friends. Of all the different Magicite rings in Crystal Chronicles Remastered, the Ring of Blizzard is arguably one of the easiest to get....
The release of this 1997 classic Final Fantasy VII on the PlayStation paved the way for JRPGs to enter the mainstream and solidified the genre for decades to come. Even modern titles like Persona 5 and Octopath Traveler have to credit their success to this absolute gem of a title, without which such games would never have seen the light of day. There are several elements of this title that contribute to its overall brilliance, but getting into all these aspects is a discussion for another day....
Final Fantasy VII Remake’s eighteen chapters ensure a wealth of gameplay variety and new challenges for the player to overcome as the plot pushes forward. Unfortunately, not every chapter is as good as the last, but this is expected from such a massive story. Still, its highs are breathtaking while its lows are more than worth pushing through to reach the next part of the adventure. The following list ranks all the chapters in order from weakest to strongest....
The story of Final Fantasy 7: Remake’s development has already been a long one, but according to the director and producer, the road to part 2 may not be that far off. FF7:R only just released this past April to great critical and commercial acclaim, but with no word on when the next part of the remake would be coming. Square-Enix hasn’t even yet shared how many parts the game will end up having, if they themselves even know yet....
Sega has produced a lot of Sonic games over the years (with varying levels of success), including a series of racing games that started with Sonic Drift. That game was never really able to out-perform Mario Kart as the de-facto kart racing game, but it did spawn the first mobile Sonic racing game way back in 2005. It was called Sonic Kart 3DX. Sega released this mobile sonic kart racer on the Sonic Cafe, a short-lived mobile platform that only existed for a very specific line of flip-phones that were only available in Japan....
Back in October, Ubisoft Quebec launched Assassin’s Creed Odyssey to the delight of fans, as it pushed the series from its typical action-adventure roots into an RPG experience. While it appears as if Ubisoft has no intentions to release a new game in the series anytime soon, some forward thinking of the Quebec-based Ubisoft studio has led it to hire one of the industries’ leading experts in RPG game development, with former Dragon Age director Mike Laidlaw joining the team behind AC Odyssey....
Friday The 13th: The Game will see its final patch and lose dedicated server support this month. Developer Gun Media announced today that work on their asymmetrical horror game is winding down for good. “All things must come to an end, eventually,” Matt Shotcha, lead community developer for Friday The 13th: The Game said on the official forums. “Dedicated Servers for Friday the 13th: The Game will be decommissioned in the upcoming patch, set to roll out this month, November 2020....
Friday the 13th: The Game had a rough start, with glitches galore and no shortage of server issues. However, the developers worked hard to alleviate many of its major problems, and the game managed to develop a dedicated fan base. Unfortunately, its bright future was cut short due to ongoing legal problems involving the rights to the Friday the 13th IP, and while this means that no new content will be produced, at least fans have the Ultimate Slasher Collector’s Edition to look forward to....
Since its release in 2018, Frostpunk has delivered a tough but super immersing survival experience. One of the things that makes this game so good is that everything you do matters, from the number of people you send into work to the laws you decide to sign. Starting in the game is super challenging. You don’t know for sure which one is the path to succeeding, and in the blink of an eye, all hell can break loose, leaving you with a city full of sick people who can’t work or, even worse, a whole city that has decided to throw you out into the cold wilderness....
A gamer has reportedly lost his life after passing out at a Capcom-sponsored tournament at the New Yorker Hotel this past weekend. According to gameinformer.com, Bryand McIntosh, who went by the name of “Krucial B,” suffered a seizure during Defend the North 2019 after finishing a session of Samurai Shodown. McIntosh, 34, was a popular figure in the Louisiana gaming community. He specialized in fighting games and was described as “a pillar” of said community by his peers, who have been left shocked by his passing and continue to eulogize on social media....
UPDATE 11/4/2020 - GameStop appears to have removed the contest, read here for more. GameStop has announced that it is running a TikTok competition across its stores, and one of the prizes appears to be ten extra labor hours during Black Friday. Cheers, but I reckon I’ll leave the dancing to someone else. The news comes from the GameStop Conference portal, where the company’s events team recently published details of the competition....
Genshin Impact is a game with an incredibly unique cast. While some of them have sad backstories, others like Xiangling, are the spirit of optimism. In fact, Xiangling is even more outgoing than the adventurous Amber, and those who know her well can’t help but worry for their tastebuds. Xiangling may be an accomplished Liyue chef, but her methods of getting there were pathed with destruction; Xiangling is always on the hunt for finding new recipes, and not even the looming threat of a dragon can stop her....
We Will Be Reunited is the Chapter 1 Act 4 Archon Quest in Genshin Impact that takes place in Modstadt. Released with update 1.6 back in April, this quest follows Lumine and Paimon as they team up with Dainsleif, a teaser to Dain becoming a playable character sometime in the near future. We Will Be Reunited is not an overtly difficult questline, but it is long with several phases to go through....
Genshin Impact is on the verge of its first big update. Update 1.1 is slated for November 11th, and will bring some new 5-star characters to Genshin Impact. In order to have to biggest possible chance at nabbing these 5-stars for themselves, players need to save up all the possible Primogems as they can. Lucky for players, there’s a fast way to get 245 free Primogems in the game, for free....
