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Leveling up party members and equipment in JRPG games has always been something of a grind. Thankfully, however, there are a few shortcuts that can be taken in order to speed things up a little bit in Final Fantasy VII Remake. This bodes well, as not only will you need to reach level 50 in order to take on some of the game’s tougher challenges, but you’ll also need to fully master a complete set of materia if you’re hoping to unlock the game’s platinum trophy....

Nintendo has announced that the original Fire Emblem game is being localized into English for the first time and is coming to the Nintendo Switch in December. This has stoked the fires of hope for the Mother fanbase, as Mother 3 could finally be localized if Nintendo is showing attention to its older games. Fans of the EarthBound series have been begging Nintendo for an official localization of Mother 3 for years now, but it has yet to come to pass....

A photograph from the production booth of Electronic Arts’ E3 2017 press conference shows that the publisher plans on a surprise, and will announce BioWare’s new IP at the end of the event. The photograph looks at the production booth’s monitors of various cameras and digital screen captures, but one monitor at the bottom of the photo offers something different – a schedule. While it’s difficult to read much of the text it’s clear enough to read “Dylan,” codename for BioWare’s new IP, and “World reveal trailer....

I review A LOT of games, resulting in my having little to no time left to watch movies. However, if there’s one movie genre that can get me to stop what I’m doing, it’s romantic comedies. From Serendipity to The Proposal, Heart and Soul to Friends with Benefits - I hold rom-coms in the highest regard, especially when it comes to actually dedicating enough time to sit down and watch them....

For over two decades, Sports Interactive have been a dominant force in the management sim genre. The London based developer first found success with the critically acclaimed Championship Manager series, before continuing their momentum with the increasingly popular Football Manager franchise after their relationship with Eidos interactive broke down. Now published by Sega, Sports Interactive’s sports simulator has gone from strength to strength, with many players jumping ship from Electronic Arts’ FIFA series due to continued disappointment over the lack of single-player improvements....

Season 5 is going full steam ahead in Fortnite, with new content and new challenges for players to tackle. The season kicked off with a substantial crossover with The Mandalorian, and has plans for several other collaborations in the future. With a new season, players also get a number of new daily challenges to tackle, one of which involves planting evidence in one of two locations on the map. A new season of Fortnite is always a boon for the game, as players return to see what the latest buzz is all about....

Ziplines provide great mobility in-game. Here’s where you can find them in Season 6. It’s the start of a new Fortnite season and the second batch of weekly challenges is here. Most players are still farming experience points with Rare quests so they can level up their Battle Pass as quickly as possible. It’s always exciting to get all the new emotes and skins in a Battle Pass while working towards reaching tier 100....

Fortnite is a game that’s all about crafting, with players able to creatve virtually everything they use in the game, including building materials, traps, ammunition, and weapons. Weapons in Fortnite range from standard assault rifles to ridiculous melee weapons, and it’s important to know which weapons to craft and which to recycle for parts. Unfortunately for those that want to hunt down specific weapon schematics, obtaining them is a matter of luck....

Amidst all of its success and records, it isn’t often that Fortnite faces a little controversy. But that’s just what has sprung up within the community this week, after Epic Games made a controversial change to weapon switching. For those that might not have been following, the latest Fortnite update introduced a new equip time for high damage weapons, essentially preventing players from quickly switching to a weapon like a shotgun and firing....

Fortnite Season 4 may be all about Marvel at the moment, with some upcoming tournaments likely to introduce more superhero skins as rewards like Daredevil. But the superhero shenanigans are being put on hold for the time being with today’s Halloween update, or Fortnitemares as it’s called. Epic Games has already laid out some of the content in the update, namely new cosmetics, a new Nitemare Royale mode where players can come back as a Shadow after being eliminated, and confirming that Midas, who was introduced back in Season 2 but was seemingly killed, is returning....

With the fourth season of Fortnite and its Marvel content continuing into November, more superhero skins are continuously being added for fans of the battle royale. The newest addition to Fortnite sees none other than Daredevil added to the game’s huge cast of characters, with the character sporting his classic comic book costume design. Tweeted out by Epic Games in a way that resembles the addition of the vampire hunter Blade, Daredevil’s arrival to Fortnite surely came out of nowhere to players not up to date with the leaks....

Fans of Fortnite who were awaiting the launch of the battle royale’s big update will be sorely disappointed as the wait will run a bit longer than expected. The Fortnite update v7.40 update was due to arrive on Wednesday morning, with Epic Games having announced that the game would be offline for server maintenance at 9 am. However, they have since reached out to let gamers know that the update has been delayed due to a “last minute issue”....

Fortnite Season 3 has entered its third week, which means there’s a whole new set of challenges for players to complete. It has been three weeks since Midas’s wall of water flooded Fortnite’s island. Chances are anyone who plays the game on even a semi-regular basis will now be fully acquainted with the mostly water-based island. Loot Sharks no longer warrant a second look, we’re over Aquaman’s arrival, and it feels as if The Fortilla has been our home for years, not weeks....

The Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Beta has been live for several days now as PS4 fans battle it out on new maps. As the festivities continue, new audiences will be introduced to the beta over a set of dates. Any fans wanting to jump into the action will need a Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Open Beta Early Access key, and thankfully, Activision is giving some out for free....

Sony reveals the games that will be added to the PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection in November, which includes Beyond Good & Evil, Mass Effect 2, and more! A couple of months back, Sony introduced the Vote to Play program for PlayStation Plus. However, as we’ve now learned with the announcement of the free PlayStation Plus titles for November 2015, it looks like they’ve elected to forgo Vote to Play yet again....

Bungie is known for Halo, Infinity Ward is known for Call of Duty and CCP Games is known for EVE Online, with the space-based MMORPG being the Icelandic developer and publisher’s flagship IP since their founding in 1997. The studio has only released one other game, DUST 514, the PS3-exclusive pairing to the sky battles in EVE Online as the ground-based gameplay elements of DUST 514 allow PlayStation players to blast bullets at each other in an effort to support the corporations and ships above....

Bethesda has revealed a number of changes coming to Fallout 76 in the future on the game’s official website. This new upcoming update will introduce several fan-requested improvements, including the ability to easily swap out your attributes to change your build, an expansion of the Daily Ops system, batch crafting, aim assist, and will even allow players to have more than one camp in Appalachia. Players will finally be able to create a new camp wherever they want in Appalachia without having to completely dismantle their old one....

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected travelers all over the world, leaving many of them stranded in foreign countries for an extended period of time. One of these people is Gabe Newell who has been stuck in New Zealand since March. To thank the country for its hospitality, the billionaire co-founder and president of Valve is putting on a free concert. Newell appeared on TVNZ 1’s Breakfast alongside Spanish racing car driver Alex Riberas and Riberas’ partner Teagan Klein to announce ‘We Love Aotearoa’, a free event and concert to be held on August 15 in Auckland....

In the UK, Microsoft has started a promotion through video game retailer Game that allows you to get an Xbox Series S for £99 or less if you trade in your old PS4, Xbox One, or Nintendo Switch. The promotion will run from today until stores close on June 14. The website said terms and conditions apply in store, so I went to my local Game so that you could have all the information needed....

After several weeks in quarantine, and two free of symptoms, actor Kristofer Hivju and his wife Gry Molvær Hivju have announced that they’ve made a full recovery from COVID-19. Hivju, who is perhaps best known for his role as flame-haired wildling Tormund Giantsbane in Game of Thrones, first tested positive with the virus back in March, though only with mild symptoms. He was still working at the time of his diagnosis, filming for the second season of Netflix’s hit fantasy adaptation, The Witcher....