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The Final Fantasy VII Remake Finally Re-Emerges

After a long period of development hell, the Final Fantasy VII remake is finally back in the real world, with Square Enix dropping a short teaser trailer today and promising more to come in June. It looks great. First announced at E3 2015, the Final Fantasy VII remake went through some mysterious problems, with Square…

There’s an “asymmetrical” multiplayer shooter based on The Predator coming to the PS4 next year. It’s called Predator: Hunting Grounds. Sadly there was no Danny Glover in the trailer.

Nothing Lasts Forever In Fortnite

Fortnite Battle Royale’s season nine has transformed the game’s world once again, with a futuristic Tilted Towers and trippy, robotic character outfits. It’s also brought balance changes, including the curious decision to retire one of the game’s oldest weapons. The pump shotgun is going in the vault, and it’s a reminder that nothing really lasts…

Kingdom Heartbeats Is The Perfect Name For A Kingdom Hearts Dance Remix Album

RoboRob is a noted producer of dancy electronic music. Kingdom Hearts is a beloved video game series filled with fluid, soulful music. Combine the two and you get Kingdom Heartbeats, a remix album featuring electronic takes on some of Kingdom Hearts’ best tunes. It even starts with a remix of “Simple and Clean.” If Kingdom…

YouTuber ProJared Accused Of Sexually Soliciting Fans [UPDATE]

Jared “ProJared” Knabenbauer, a gaming YouTuber who had over a million subscribers before today’s events, has been accused of sending nudes to and soliciting nudes from fans, two of whom say they were underage at the time of the solicitation. The allegations were first published last night by his wife, artist and cosplayer Heidi O’Ferrall,…

Reggie Fils-Aime Gives First Speech Since Leaving Nintendo

Reggie Fils-Aime, who retired from Nintendo after spending 15 years at the video game company, will deliver the commencement address at the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida later today. The proceedings are set to begin around 3:30 p.m. ET and will be streamed live on the college’s website, as well as…

Ghost Recon Bungled Bolivia, So At Least They’re Going Somewhere Fictional This Time

The first thing you might notice about Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, the newly-announced follow-up to 2017’s co-op special ops shooter Ghost Recon: Wildlands, is its setting. The fictional Auroa islands are a marked shift from the previous game’s take on the real-world South American nation of Bolivia. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll find more change:…

Ubisoft Announces Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, A Sequel to Wildlands

Ubisoft announced Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, the sequel to 2017’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands, during a livestream reveal event today.. Here’s everything we know: The title is meant to refer to the game’s central theme of desperation, not, sadly, the Keanu Reeves film Point Break. The new setting is the Auroa islands, a private compound owned by…

Queer Eye’s Tan France shows off some truly special Pikachu boots by GCDS for Elle magazine

Warframe’s next update, The Jovian Concord, is set to arrive on PC next week. The update brings a new boss fight, game mode, and a visual overhaul of the Gas City on Jupiter. You can see some before and after comparisons in the video above.

Black Ops 4 Update Stokes Debate About Who The Spectre Really Is

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s latest event “Spectre Rising” brings back the series’ most mysterious Specialist, and the community seems torn over the character’s identity. Originally introduced in Black Ops 3, Spectre was a fun Specialist to use for a fast-paced, stealthy playstyle. They could become nearly invisible for a brief period with the…

Yakuza Kiwami 2 Has Some Of The Series’ Highest Highs And Lowest Lows

Sega’s been giving out Yakuza games like candy, and I am not complaining. Last year, Yakuza Kiwami’s remaster of the first game helped new fans experience an old class. Now, we have Yakuza Kiwami 2 and while not everything from the old game holds up, there’s still a lot to love. This piece was first…

Crash Team Racing Finally Gets Kart Customization

The original Crash Team Racing, released in 1999 for the PlayStation, is a very robust kart racing game, packed with tracks, racers and game modes. Beenox’s upcoming remake of the game, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, tops it all off with extensive character and kart customization, giving players the ability to pick and choose skins, parts,…

Fortnite‘s New Season Gives Tilted Towers A Cyberpunk Overhaul

Fortnite Season 9 is here, and things look pretty different. There are new buildings, new ways to get around the map, and a lot of things floating in the sky. Over the weekend, the game’s volcano erupted, causing molten rocks to destroy different parts of the map. With the dawning of Season 9, we have…

Fallout 76 Players Can Now Set Up Their Own Stores, But Bethesda Taxes Their Goods

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” wrote Benjamin Franklin in 1789 letter. Fallout 76 players have long been acquainted with the first, but following the addition of a new vending machine mechanic, they are being forced to come to terms with the second. Yesterday’s patch added a…

PUBG Removed From China, Replaced With Hilarious Clone

Having tried for months to get approval to release (and more importantly, monetise) PUBG in China, publisher Tencent has had enough and pulled the game, replacing it with something that looks very similar. As Reuters reports, the new game is called Game For Peace, which “pays tribute to the blue sky warriors that guard our…

There’s An Actual Satellite In Space Called “XCOM”

Hello, Commander. We have received reports that the US Naval Research Laboratory has launched two new satellites into orbit around the Earth. One of them is called: XCOM. Since it’s researching X-ray communications, the “XCOM” name kinda writes itself! But the team behind it also knew exactly what they were doing when they named it,…

Overwatch Map Returns After Mysteriously Vanishing For Weeks

“What happened to Numbani?” “Where is Numbani???” “When was the last time you played on Numbani?” These are just a handful of the many thread titles that have popped up on the Overwatch subreddit since the game’s “Storm Rising” update in the middle of April. Players, for some reason, could no longer bless the rains…

Apex Legends‘ Mirage Has A Dating Profile Now

Apex Legends doesn’t have much lore. The characters have notes on their backgrounds on the game’s official site, which has some interesting little details. Did you know that Mirage is the youngest of four brothers? Today we learned a little more about the hologram obsessive, thanks to a dating profile Respawn made for him. The…

Magic: The Gathering Is So Complex It Could Stump A Computer

Anyone who’s ever tried to play Magic: The Gathering or listened to a friend explain it to them has had to reckon with the learning curve of all its intricate rules and even more confounding cards. Human players might not be alone in feeling overwhelmed: A new research paper argues that the game is so…