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After Five Hearts Under One Roof’s successful launch, Storytaco has plans for even more FMV games In Five Hearts Under One Roof you’ll navigate relationships with a mix of new residents and returning friends. Image credit:Storytaco Storytaco, Asia’s premier FMV studio, has a lot to celebrate. Following the global success of its FMV romance simulator Five Hearts Under One Roof, the studio recently launched Five Hearts Under One Roof 2 and plans on expanding its presence in the FMV games space even further....

After Netflix shut down its triple-A studio, the former art director for God of War: Ragnarok is heading back to Sony to hang out with some mischievous pups “I’m hyped and can’t wait to share more about it!” Image credit:Naughty Dog/ Santa Monica Studio From Sony , to Netflix , and back to Sony again, the art director of God of War: Ragnarok has shared he’s joining Naughty Dog ....

After selling lots of its non-Final Fantasy IP, Square Enix doesn’t want to rely on Final Fantasy as much As if we needed any more proof that PowerWash Sim can change your outlook on life. Image credit:VG247/Square Enix You know those JRPGs like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest that Square Enix is pretty well-known for making, especially since it sold off a whole bunch of its other IPs and the studios that work on them?...

All Atomic Battery Locations in Atomfall If you’re hoping to escape in Atomfall, you’re going to need five Atomic Batteries sooner or later. Here’s where to find them. Image credit:Rebellion/VG247 UPDATE: We have updated this page with some additional information about reaching the Atomic Battery locations, and have added some additional links to our Atomfall guides where relevant. After waking up in Atomfall and making a start on exploring, you’ll very quickly discover that there are multiple of a highly-coveted artefact of sorts – the Atomic Battery – scattered across the map, usually in the hands of various characters who are unaware of the batteries’ purpose....

All Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Heart Piece locations Here’s a full map of where to find all 40 Heart Pieces and 7 Heart Containers in Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom! Image credit:Nintendo/VG247 The Legend of Zelda is full of iconic imagery, whether it’s the green tunic, master sword, or Triforce. But what can be more iconic than literal health icons? Those tiny hearts denoting your health in the top corner of every game have become a universal symbol recognised by all ages and everyone knows the more hearts you have the better!...

Alone in the Dark sees another delay as it moves from chilly January into spring 2024 Granted, March can still be a chilly month. Image credit:THQ Nordic THQ Nordic has announced it has moved the release of Alone in the Dark into March. Originally slated for an October 2023 release, the Pieces Interactive-developerd game was moved to January 15, 2024 , to avoid an overcrowded month. The extra time, according to the publisher, would also be used for polishing the game....

An heir to LucasArts? After 8 years in development, Harold Halibut is too good to be a 90s throwback Part Wallace & Gromit, part Red Dwarf, there’s a magic to the way this Game Pass gem blends old and new. Check out the video above for an in-depth appraisal of this very unique adventure, in which we ask the question: is it still possible for games to surprise us? The high-tech world of game development has long had a fruitful creative partnership with the low-tech world of clay people being poked around all day in order to simulate movement....

Apex Legends Season 18 starts next week, finally bringing that long awaited Revenant rework You can expect a Resurrection when this season drops. Respawn Entertainment has confirmed that the Revenant rework will finally be coming to Apex Legends next week. Season 18 is officially dropping August 8, in just a couple of days time, and instead of a brand new character, we’ll instead be getting an updated Revenant, now known as Revenant Reborn....

Apple has made it a lot easier to emulate older games on your iPhone This follows on from some other big App Store changes the company made earlier this year. Image credit:Apple A big change is coming to the App Store, as Apple is opening up its doors to allow video game emulators. For the longest time, if you wanted to emulate games on your phone, out of the two most popular operating systems, Android was the only way to do it....

Arc Raiders’ new map will be unlocked through a community event that starts today, and everyone has to donate It looks like it’s going to take the Arc Raiders community a bit of work to unlock the game’s next map. Image credit:Embark Studios. As many of Arc Raiders ’ regular players predicted, the game’s first post-launch map won’t just be available for everyone, it will instead be closely tied to a community event....

Are Street Fighter 6 players too nerf happy? The debate is on. Is Deejay too strong? Is Honda busted? Or do people need to nut up and shut up? Street Fighter 6 has been out for a solid month now. With a bombastic tournament wrapping up over the weekend, the debate surrounding character balance is back in a major way. But are players too nerf happy? It’s a conversation as old as old web forums and arcade brawls, louder today due to a huge wave of new players flocking to Street Fighter 6....

Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon is FromSoftware’s biggest Steam launch (that isn’t Elden Ring) Even when it’s not the highly-anticipated and longtime hyped Elden Ring, FromSoftware games can no longer be called niche. Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon represents something special for fans of FromSoftware, and anyone with even a passing interest in the rise of the popularity of the Japanese developer. Elden Ring was one of the biggest launches in 2022, so it stands to reason that anything the studio releases afterwards will have a much larger audience potential....

As it fires up Need For Speed’s first ever motorbike, Unbound’s current goal isn’t to do “everything” the series ever has, but to “build up this real core of Need For Speed” for the future “We are very carefully cherry-picking and selecting stuff.” Image credit:Criterion/EA If you’ve been keeping up the updates Criterion’s been bringing to Need For Speed: Unbound - the long-running racing series’ most recent entry this year, you’ll know that a lot of them have brought back stuff from previous Need For Speeds....

Assassin’s Creed Shadows brought in a million players on its first day, but it’s weird that Ubisoft isn’t sharing sales numbers For the first time in a while, Ubisoft has delivered some good news for its workers, investors and anyone who cares about the publisher’s continued existence. Image credit:Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed Shadows may be about to signal a rebound for publisher Ubisoft. The company announced that the action RPG has had over 1 million players in its first 24 hours on sale....

Assassin’s Creed: Mirage best skills Here’s some help determining what skills are best for you in Mirage. Image credit:Ubisoft/VG247 The skill tree in Assassin’s Creed: Mirage is quite small, and consists of three varying branches, so it’s not something you need to worry about too much. That said, knowing where you should put your skill points - depending on how you want to play Mirage - can make your experience that much more satisfying and rewarding....

Assetto Corsa EVO feels like a worthy heir to one of Steam’s racing titans so far, but it’s still got a lot of laps to go to get there It’s still fairly barebones in its initial early access form, but there’s a solid core there to refine going forwards. Image credit:Kunos Simulazioni Since it came on the scene about a decade ago, Assetto Corsa ’s been firmly near or at the front of the pack when it comes to racing sims....

Atomfall endings guide Here’s how to achieve all six endings in Atomfall. Image credit:Rebellion/VG247 Each of Atomfall ’s six endings has an associated NPC that will promise you escape, and which NPC you ultimately choose to side with is up to you and your experiences with them; which of them do you trust, and who do you think has ulterior motives? If, however, you’d instead rather know what you’re getting yourself in for first – or want to try and experience every ending in post-apocalyptic Britain – here’s how to do just that....

Baldur’s Gate 3 mod adds 54 new races, including Final Fantasy 14 characters The mod allows players to create even more unique and diverse characters. Image credit:Dungeons and Souls A new mod for Baldur’s Gate 3 has added 54 races to the game, including some from Final Fantasy 14. The mod, called Fantastical Multiverse 1.0 , was created by Dungeons and Souls and released on Nexus. The new races come from a variety of sources, including Dungeons and Dragons’ Eberron and Grim Hollow settings, as well as Final Fantasy 14....

Baldur’s Gate 3 modders are delivering a “Wyll Cinematic Universe” to remedy “Larian’s mistreatment” of the Blade of Frontiers The first ‘movie’ in this CU is a new custom Act 3 romance cutscene you can download right now. Image credit:Larian/Magnetuning Warning: Spoilers for Baldur’s Gate 3, specifically the bits Wyll is involved in or can be present for, lie ahead. Baldur’s Gate 3 ’s Patch 7 and the huge array of other post-launch additions and tweaks Larain has made top the game - it’s not quite done either - have fulfilled a lot of the things fans wished were in the base game, or wanted to be improved....

Battlefield 6 Season 2 delayed like many of us expected, but we’re getting a new update and a bonus battle pass path Battlefield 6 has pushed back its next season by nearly a month in order to refine Season 2 content and implement more of players’ feedback. Image credit:Battlefield Studios, EA. Battlefield Studios has released its first official communication in 2026. Rather than unveil the second season of Battlefield 6 , however, the developer instead announced a delay....