Yep, the leak earlier today about Final Fantasy XV’s release date was right on the money. It’ll be out on September 30. A new standalone Platinum Demo drops tonight, which lets players control a young Noctis. You can see the demo trailer below.

Who Needs An Airship?

The Final Fantasy XV: Uncovered event ended on a high note.

Final Fantasy Movie Coming This Year With Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad Actors

“Final Fantasy, bitch!” One spin-off attached to Final Fantasy XV isn’t enough. Aside from the anime prequel that’s coming out before the release of Square Enix’s long awaited game, the publisher showed off a trailer for a full-length CGI feature film. Kingsglaive Final Fantasy will tell the story of Noctis’ dad King Regis and the…

Final Fantasy XV Gets A Five-Episode Anime Prequel [Update: Watch Episode One Here]

Announced at tonight’s Uncovered event, Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV is a free five-episode anime prequel being released on YouTube, leading up to the game’s September 30 release. Check out the first episode below. According to a report from The Verge, the series is being produced by A-1 Pictures, the studio behind Sword Art Online and…

Ryan Gosling? Enhance.

Oliver Fetscher is a freelance artist from Sweden. If you ever needed help picturing what Ryan Gosling could/would look like in the new Blade Runner movie, here you go. You can see more of Oliver’s work at his ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so…

An Oculus Rift, Torn Apart

Now that the Oculus Rift is out—at least for some—it’s time to put down the games, take off the headset and tear the thing to pieces iFixit got their hands on the first consumer release of the VR headset, and it’s a cool breakdown, because it shows the lengths the Oculus team had to go…

LucidSound LS30 Wireless Gaming Headset Review: Oddly Elegant

Gaming headsets don’t generally do elegant. They do bright and flashy, looking either as loud as they sound or like something out of a science fiction movie. LucidSound’s LS30 wireless gaming headset does elegant with a little bit of innovative on the side. LucidSound is a new name in gaming audio, but the folks behind…

Eli Roth Made A Dark Souls III Cartoon

Yes, that Eli Roth. Seems the guy is enough of a Dark Souls fan to convince Namco to let him direct an original short animated film/trailer. I’m not so sure the art style quite fits, but the tone sure checks out. The clip was made by animation studio 6 Point Harness

Nintendo Employee ‘Terminated’ After Smear Campaign Over Censorship, Company Denies Harassment Was Factor [UPDATED]

Nintendo employee Alison Rapp, who’s been a target of harassment over censorship controversies in recent months, said on Twitter that she has been fired. “Today, the decision was made,” she wrote. “I am no longer a good, safe representative of Nintendo, and my employment has been terminated.” Rapp seemed to lay blame those harassing her,…

A Lot Of People Don’t Really Know When Their Oculus Rift Is Coming [Updates]

After years of anticipation and hype, the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset launched on Monday. It’s pretty damn cool! The only problem is that three days later, very few people appear to actually have one. You can’t find them in stores, and Oculus hasn’t done a great job of telling people who preordered when theirs…

Out This Week, A Comic Book Where A Black Street Dude and A White Racist Get Superpowers

People hate Superman because he’s an alien. The X-Men get giant robots sicced on them because they’re mutants. Racial prejudice has informed the subtext of loads of storylines in superhero comics. But Power Lines moves it to the foreground, giving people who hate each other powers and abilities beyond those of mortal men. Out this…

Players Feeling Abandoned After Strategy Game RUSE Removed From Steam

Remember RUSE? It was a Ubisoft-published strategy game about espionage and subterfuge that came out in 2010. Critical consensus pegged it as decent, but not amazing. Despite that, it’s maintained a consistent, occasionally growing Steam player base for six years. Unfortunately, it appears that admittedly itsy bitsy slice of the player pie (a few hundred…

Destiny Is Getting A Bunch Of Cool New Gear In April

Bungie just showed off some really nice-looking new armor sets and some other little additions coming next month to Destiny, a sci-fi shooter video game whose biggest fan picked the wrong week to go on vacation. The star of Bungie’s sneak-peek livestream was the new Desolate armor. It was teased last week and is modeled…

Amazing Fallout 4 Mod Turns Mysterious Stranger Into The Notorious B.I.G.

Over the years, the Fallout franchise has had a number of different Mysterious Strangers. But now, thanks to Fallout 4 mods, I think we’ve found the best one yet. Behold, The Mysterious B.I.G., a Fallout 4 mod that replaces everybody’s favorite gunslinger with Biggie Smalls. Not only does the character model now look like Biggie,…

Final Fantasy XV Releasing September 30, Says Now-Private GameSpot Video

In a few hours, Square Enix will hold a big Final Fantasy XV event, where they’re expected to announced the game’s release date and other details. It looks like one of those pieces has already leaked out. For a hot minute,GameSpot published a videoannouncing Final Fantasy XV would arrive on September 30, a date previously…