The Google Stadia had a bumpy launch and it has taken a while for the cloud-gaming platform to perform the way that was promised and even then that is dependant on internet bandwidth. Despite an initially mixed reception for Stadia, changes have been made to improve the service. One of these services is the $9.99 monthly subscription for Stadia Pro players, and this has resulted in some fantastic free games coming this May....
EA confirms that FIFA 21 will not feature the controversial, real-life soccer feature, VAR or Video Assistant Referee. There will be several other major gameplay additions in FIFA 21, like Co-Op Objectives in FIFA Ultimate Team and new customization options. Speaking to SPORTbible, FIFA 21’s lead gameplay producer Sam Rivera confirmed that while he agrees that “if you look at realism, replicating real football, it should be there,” VAR won’t be in this year’s game....
As expected, the trailer for EA Sports’ FIFA 22 debuted this morning offering fans their first look at a new entry in one of the best-selling series in games. While the trailer didn’t offer a ton of information on the game - that will be revealed at EA Play Live later this month - it did offer a first look at the new gameplay technology used in the game: HyperMotion....
One of the hallmarks of the Final Fantasy series is its stellar character design. With heroes come villains and with well-designed heroes come impressive villains. In this case, the villains in Final Fantasy become quite damning figures on a globally catastrophic scale. While Final Fantasy contains monsters among its rank of villains, some characters merely fought for the wrong cause. Others fought only due to their horrible circumstances. Read our list below to learn the five most damning villains vs....
Look, Final Fantasy 14’s next expansion, Endwalker, may have gotten the coolest trailer of 2021, but don’t sleep on this new video from The Primals. The intense music video was posted by Square Enix this morning, ahead of the release of the Scions & Sinners Arrangement Album Blu-ray. Performances from the Square Enix rock group, The Primals, have become a hallmark for Final Fantasy 14’s Fan Festivals. The band is known for lively performances headlined by series composer Masayoshi Soken and English translation director Michael-Christopher Koji Fox....
There are many JRPGs that come to mind when one brings up the topic of some of the greatest games ever made, with numerous titles from the Final Fantasy series being fair picks due to their immense level of quality. While most people might assume that Final Fantasy VII would be the universal pick in the franchise, the fact of the matter is that there’s actually another title that is beloved by many instead, and that is Final Fantasy VI....
Final Fantasy VII Remake’s enemy roster is filled with creative reimaginings of classic opponents from the original 1997 classic. Players do not just fight monsters, but also face off against humans working for the evil Shinra Corporation. While a large amount of these are worthless grunts and cannon fodder, the ten listed below will give players a run for their money. Most are normal enemies one fights throughout the game, and a few of them are boss encounters....
Early details regarding the upcoming open beta for Ubisoft’s hack-and-slash game, For Honor, get a reveal via an exclusive offer through Twitch Prime’s benefit offers. For Honor, Ubisoft’s competitive multiplayer action game, just wrapped up a resoundingly successful closed beta. The “War of Factions” event saw thousands of excited players battle for the glory of their chosen faction. For now, the Vikings took a narrow victory over the Knights, but the Samurai must simply be biding their time for For Honor’s open beta, of which Ubisoft has yet to announce....
One of the most attractive features in Fortnite is the ability to customize the player’s avatar using the most elaborate, creative skins ever. There are so many to unlock, earn, and buy in the game with new ones being released every month. 2020 has seen some incredible designs from the cool getups of the multiple bosses scattered throughout the map to new Marvel-themed outfits. Fans of the game could agree that choosing the best skins to buy or work toward is getting tougher and tougher as each new release comes out....
Every week there is a new Fortnite update. Typically, these updates add more skins to the game and sometimes some stat changes are made. This week, however, we got more content than usual. Update v16.40 added a bunch of content. It brought new weapons, a new NPC and there’s even a new landmark. You can expect to see Beast Boy in the game this week, as well as a Teen Titans Cup soon....
A group called The Seven is mentioned in the trailer for Fortnite season five, so who are they exactly? Season five of Fortnite’s second chapter is officially underway. Earlier this week, the curtain was brought down on what was a terrific Marvel season, capped off with a pretty incredible live event. Players who tuned in were tasked with taking down supervillain Galactus, who finally arrived on the island. More than 15 million people helped get the job done, a new record for Fortnite when it comes to concurrent players....
At E3 2018, Epic Games will be hosting a Fortnite celebrity tournament called the Celebrity Pro-Am that will feature several major famous faces as well as some of the very best players in the Fortnite community. Fortnite fans have been excited about the event and have been speculating on who will take part and today, Epic Games has revealed some of the people who will be participating. In a post on the game’s official website, Epic Games explains that 50 Fortnite pros and 50 celebrities will be teaming up to form duos in order to earn $3 million in charity prize money....
Fortnite has infamously been in a state of early access for the last 3 years since its initial surfacing back in July of 2017, but it seems that the battle royale title has finally shed that moniker. As of today, the game is officially no longer in early access, so what’s changing? Many assumed that when Fortnite finally left early access, something big would happen, but that doesn’t seem to have been the case....
In both the Fortnite battle royale and the PvE Save the World mode, the game uses V-Bucks as currency, purchased with microtransactions or earned through the Battle Pass. However, it turns out that there was once a different kind of currency that would have been featured in Fortnite, though it was scrapped for one reason or another. HYPEX, a well-known Fortnite leaker who has proven to be extremely accurate in the past, recently made this revelation on Twitter....
Fortnite has just released some new v4.3 content update patch notes, with a few notable changes to shotguns, traps and jetpacks. With jetpacks having always been a limited time item, Epic Games has chosen to remove them while also making some changes on how much damage shotguns and traps will deal out moving forward in the game. When it comes to shotguns, Epic Games decided to have them nerfed in hopes to moderate how battles unfold in a majority of firefights....
Epic Games’ wildly popular battle royale game Fortnite is at times deeply immersed in the realm of popular culture. For instance, its advertisements have occasionally included nods to pop culture icons, such as its Avengers-related promotion overseas. The title also features pop culture references within the game, too, and Epic intends to continue this tradition with an emote based on the popular song “Crank That” by Soulja Boy. Announced yesterday in a tweet by Soulja Boy himself, this certainly wouldn’t be the first time the music industry and Fortnite have crossed paths....
For the past few weeks, players of Fortnite have been speculating that some sort of major, meteor-related event is set to hit the game’s map soon. Through small changes and tweaks to the map and its sky as well as its many destroyable items, fans think that Fortnite developers Epic Games and People Can Fly have been hinting towards some serious, destructive happenings. The newest piece of evidence regarding the Fortnite theory that a meteor is about to hit the game’s map comes in the form of some datamined files....
This is not your father’s console. In the event that the games for the Xbox 360 weren’t keeping the attention of gamers long enough, Xbox Live has announced it has acquired yet another entertainment partner. News Corporation, responsible for brands such as FOX, Fox News Channel, IGN Entertainment, and the Wall Street Journal, will be bringing a variety of TV, news, and video apps to the Xbox 360 later this year....
2020 has been a weird year for fan conventions, in large part because the current situation has forced events big and small to adapt or risk cancellation entirely. Gamescom, the biggest trade show in the video game industry, is taking operations online this year, bringing the convention floor to fans at home. In addition to the Opening Night Live stream, the Indie Arena Booth is set to be a part of the festivities, featuring 185 independent development teams at a digital showcase that anyone can visit over the weekend....
For those retro-game-lovers out there, have you noticed there’s a weird secret blue screen which appears in the 1993 platform game Sonic CD? Many might not know that Sonic CD includes a secret sound test wherein you can enter a certain combination of buttons that will get you to this creepy screen containing some Japanese text: In case you’re wondering, you can get to the sound test screen by inputting the following sequence whilst on the title screen: Press Down, Down, Down, Left, Right, then A....
