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Final Fantasy 7 at 26: Kitase on being inspired by Nintendo, discarded concepts, and Rebirth changes to come In an exclusive interview, Yoshinori Kitase sheds some light Final Fantasy 7’s development – and hints at changes to come in the Remake series’ future. Today marks a huge 26 years since Final Fantasy 7 first hit PlayStation in Japan, a vital release that would prove particularly earth-shattering once localised for the West a handful of months later....

Forget Elden Ring DLC, we need Armored Cores unleashing mayhem in the Lands Between I’m sure it wouldn’t be game-breaking to have machine gun-toting CJs just flying about the gaff. Image credit:VG247/FromSoftware/Dropoff You’ve seen how big most of Armored Core 6 ’s mechanical monstrosities are in comparison to the Tarnished, but now a video from modder Dropoff has shown us all just how fun it could be if an AC took the place of Elden Ring ’s protagonist....

Fortnite creator Epic Games reportedly plans to lay off around 900 employees Roughly 16% of the company’s workforce had their Slack suddenly disabled. Fortnite creator Epic Games has laid off roughly 900 employees today, according to a report by Bloomberg . If true, this would mean the Fortnite developer is firing around 16% of its staff. This was reportedly announced internally via a memo that was sent around to staff. This was shortly after price increases were deployed across the world for V-Bucks ....

Fresh off beating Shadow of the Erdtree, Elden Ring players have one last request for FromSoft - unleash the boss rematches After all, killing a giant thing that’s previously spent 40 hours battering you isn’t quite enough if you do it just the once. Image credit:FromSoftware Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree has provided FromSoft masochists with a whole heap of big new bosses to get stomped by and then stomp for themselves, so naturally the DLC’s release has pretty quickly spawned calls for the game to have a system that’ll faciliate some easily accessible boss fight rematches added to it next....

FromSoftware makes the Libra fight easier, with Elden Ring Nightreign’s latest patch making Madness weapons more common Elden Ring Nightreign just received a new update that, among other things, might turn you into a Madness fan. Image credit:Bandai Namco FromSoftware has brought Elden Ring Nightreign servers back online following three hours of maintenance that kicked off earlier today. The downtime was necessary to deploy the game’s latest patch, version 1.01.3, which is now available across all platforms....

Frostpunk 2 is heading to Game Pass on Day 1 - First gameplay revealed Tough choices and brutal chill. 11 bit studios has released the first look at gameplay for its post-apocalyptic city-survival game Frostpunk 2 . Announced in 2021 , it’s the sequel to the studio’s acclaimed 2018 strategy game Frostpunk, which sold over 3 million copies. It takes place in New London 30 years after the Great Storm of the original game, and the consequences stemming from the arrival of the oil industry....

FX’s Alien TV series has finally wrapped production and seemingly has an obvious title now People will hear each other scream in this one. Image credit:20th Century Fox On top of Alien: Romulus , which arrives exclusively in theaters on August 16, Disney, 20th Century Studios, and FX have slowly but steadily worked on an ambitious Alien TV series created by Fargo’s Noah Hawley. Now, after several delays and strikes-related production bumps, main photography is done, and a seemingly definitive title has been revealed....

Game Pass bonanza: The Crew 2, UFC 4, Super Mega Baseball 4, and MLB The Show 23 are free-to-play this weekend Baseball, fighting, racing - what’s not to love? From today through Sunday, July 9 subscibers can play The Crew 2 and UFC 4 for free. MLB The Show 23 - New Feature Trailer | Available Now MLB The Show 23 will be available through July 12, and Super Mega Baseball 4 will be available through July 13....

Genshin Impact 3.7 release date, update time and Banners New characters, events, and more are on the way. Image credit:HoYoverse Genshin Impact 3.7 is out this week, with HoYoverse gearing up to launch new Banners, events and fresh story content for its hugely popular free-to-play game. The patch, which is officially titled Duel! The Summoners’ Summit , doesn’t have any brand new 5 star characters in it - but it will see the launch of Kirara, a cute new four star character who looks like she’ll be a lot of fun to play, judging by her teaser trailer ....

Genshin Impact Gaming materials for ascension and talents Something old, something slightly less old Picking up Genshin Impact Gaming materials takes you across Fontaine for a boss fight and back into Liyue to scoop up some shells. Gaming uses materials common to several characters in Genshin Impact , including Yelan and Shenhe , so make sure to think carefully about who you want to level up and when to save yourself a lot of wasted grinding....

Genshin Impact Naku Weed locations and how to farm Naku Weed One person’s weed is another’s Ascension material Update: We’ve added an interactive map showing every Naku Weed location in Genshin Impact to the second section of this page. Genshin Impact Naku Weed is a brand-new plant in Inazuma, and you might need quite a bit of it in the next few weeks. Naku Weed is a new Ascension material. While it’s not as plentiful as some new Inazuma materials, there are ways to change up your Naku Weed farming methods and make life easier....

Genshin Impact Yoimiya materials list for ascension and Talents A pinch of this and that, and then set it on fire Picking up Genshin Impact Yoimiya materials takes you across Inazuma and on a hunt for a rare kind of grass. Collecting what you need involves a bit of fuss, thanks to the boss who drops one of Yoimiya’s items, but on the bright side, she only shares that item with one other character....

Geralt in Night City? As wild as it sounds, one group of dataminers have found evidence of a quest that would have brought everyone’s favourite Witcher into the world of Cyberpunk 2077 A fun “what-if” kind of scenario. Image credit:CD Projekt Red Once upon a time, there was a little bit of Cyberpunk in The Witcher 3 , and thanks to some modders we know what that would have been like (sort of)....

Getting sick of getting kicked out of a Helldivers 2 session right before a mission ends? Arrowhead is “working on a solution” “No ETA on that, but it’s coming.” Image credit:Arrowhead Helldivers 2 still has a problem with players getting kicked out of missions by griefers, but Arrowhead has at least promised a solution is on the way. In this day and age, it’s pretty necessary to allow lobby leaders in games to kick players out of a squad if they’re causing trouble....

Incredibly appropriate for the season. If you missed out on last year’s Ghostwire: Tokyo , and have considered trying it out, now’s the best time because you can pick it up for the price of free. When Ghostwire: Tokyo was first announced, I was quickly excited for it, as The Evil Within 2 (at least the first half) is a damn good horror game. What was even more exciting was the fact that Bayonetta character designer and all round icon Ikumi Nakamura was attached to the project....

God of War Ragnarok The Jungle: How to flood the crater in the Return of the River Favour Flood the barren lands with water. Hidden in the wilds of Vanaheim in God of War Ragnarok is a lush and dense Jungle that hides a ton of secrets and quests for you to uncover. The most important of these is the Return of the River quest , which allows you to flood and fully explore the rest of The Crater, as well as The Plains and The Sinkholes....

Good news, Baldur’s Gate 3 Xbox players, the update designed to fix those pesky save issues is finally here Your prayers have (hopefully) been answered. Image credit:Larian Studios Everybody celebrate! The Xbox firmware update designed to permanently fix the annoying save issues that’ve been plaguing Baldur’s Gate 3 players on the platform is now available to download! For those who haven’t been following this saga about unfortunate progress loss and lots of tweets from Larian/Microsoft gently saying that the two companies are working on putting an end to the unfortunate progress loss, it boils down to this - saves disappearing following crashes have been a thing on Xbox for a little while now....

Great news, Spy x Family fans: season 3 has finally been confirmed The Forger family antics continue. Image credit:Tatsuya Endo This probably won’t be a surprise to anyone, but Spy x Family season 3 has been confirmed. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, it doesn’t take a genius to tell how popular Spy x Family is. There’s merch everywhere, it’s sold well, it received a non-canon film earlier this year , there was a Street Fighter collab , and it’s even getting a game later this month....

Grow a Garden Twilight Shop guide When the Twilight Shop opens and what you’ll find inside. Image credit:Roblox | VG 24/7 Grow a Garden’s Twilight Shop on Roblox springs up during the Night weather event – yes, night is a time of day, but in Grow a Garden world, it’s classed as weather – and it’s stocked with items you can’t find anywhere else. Some of these are rare and valuable, such as the Celestiberry....

Helldivers 2 is getting a long-term fix to its online woes soon, but a quick patch has brought some stability in the meantime You should be able to dive into hell with less hiccoughs now. Image credit:Arrowhead Arrowhead Game Studios released a quick patch to help with Helldiver 2’s matchmaking issues yesterday, and has now said it’s working on a long-term fix. Helldivers 2 launched earlier this week, and while it’s done so well as to overtake God of War as PlayStation’s biggest PC launch , it’s not come without some teething issues....