It has been an incredible launch for Final Fantasy 15, and one writer feels that part of the game’s huge success can be attributed to one of the series’ best protagonists. The wait for Final Fantasy 15 is over, and while it’s unclear just how significant that is to the landscape of the JRPG genre as a whole, the fact that Final Fantasy 15 has been met with rave reviews is good news for Square Enix....
The next generation of gaming consoles is well underway. With the holiday launches of both the PS5 and Xbox Series X now in the rear-view mirror, many third-party companies continue to roll out accompanying accessories. While there are several established peripheral companies such as Mad Catz and HyperX, one brand is unexpectedly getting into the gaming industry, OtterBox. Founded in 1998, OtterBox is a brand primarily known for creating protective cases for phones and tablets....
Overwatch’s PTR recently received a massive update that looks to test future changes coming to the main game, such as Symmetra’s retwork and tweaks to the Horizon Lunar Colony map. The changes to the Horizon Lunar Colony map may be especially interesting to Overwatch players, as it seems as though the developers have added new content that teases the identity of the game’s next and 28th playable hero. In the new version of the Horizon Lunar Colony map, players can enter the room of another gorilla who escaped from the space station with Winston, named Hammond....
It’s that time of year again, and Overwatch fans can now participate in the game’s annual Halloween event, complete with new skins, new loot, and a brand new take on Junkenstein’s Revenge. The event will run from today through to November 1, so all players should have enough time to earn the event’s exclusive loot boxes before they get locked away for another year. It seems that the old Junkenstein team has been replaced in Overwatch this year, with Genji, Torbjorn, Widowmaker, and Zenyatta now being the ones to take a stand against the armies of the evil Dr....
While BlizzCon gave fans a fleeting look into what’s in store for players in the upcoming sequel to Overwatch, there wasn’t much mention of the first title. Fans of the original entry in the series can take a sigh of relief that Blizzard’s competitive shooter won’t go through a content drought while work progresses on the sequel. Jeff Kaplan, director of Overwatch, confirmed in an interview that Overwatch won’t receive any new heroes until the sequel releases....
Design Lumix S5II - 134.3 x 102.3 x 90.1 mm, 740g Lumix S5 - 132.6 x 97.1 x 81.9 mm, 714g Lumix S5II - New 8-direction joystick, Improved OLED EVF, Full-size HDMI Photography features Both: 24.2MP stills / 96MP high resolution mode Lumix S5II: Burst shooting: 30fps electronic shutter / Up to 9fps mechanical Lumix S5: Burst Shooting: Up to 7fps (AFS) or 5fps (AFC) Lumix S5 II: 779-point phase hybrid autofocus, IBIS and Active IS Video features Lumix S5II: Up to 6K 30fps, 4K 60fps in 4:2:2 10-bit Lumix S5: Up to 4K 60fps in 4:2:0 8-bit, 4K 30fps in 4:2:2 10-bit Lumix S5 II: 779-point phase hybrid autofocus, IBIS and Active IS Lumix S5: 225-area contrast AF, 5-axis IBIS Pricing and verdict Lumix S5II MSRP: $1999 / €2199 / £1999 Lumix S5 MSRP: $1699 / €1699 / £1699
This Moon Knight article contains spoilers. Marvel shows on Disney+ have largely delivered great finales so far. Final episodes have given us the first appearance of Sam Wilson as Captain America, He Who Remains warning Loki and Sylvie about the incoming Kang the Conqueror, and the Watcher forced to intervene against an Infinity Stone-powered Ultron. As it heads into its episode six finale, Moon Knight has just as much possibility for an explosive end, thanks in part to the many questions that remain....
Following the wickedly awesome gameplay reveal of Mortal Kombat 11, eagle-eyed fans noticed everything from the potential roster size to the possible inclusion of Kano, an original character debuting in the very first 1992 version of Mortal Kombat and member of the Black Dragon clan. This was even followed up with a leak suggesting Reptile was once again returning to the roster, but despite all of this, it seems there is at least one hint no one has picked up on yet....
Spawn has joined Mortal Kombat 11, becoming available in early access to Mortal Kombat 11 players with the game’s Kombat Pack. Those hoping to buy Spawn by himself will have to wait a week longer, although players who have access to Spawn now have noticed one surprising thing. Spawn comes with two base skins for players to choose from, one skin is Spawn’s usual black and white skin, while the other looks startlingly like a Deadpool skin....
No one has to tell anyone how huge the next Halo game will be for the Xbox One. The franchise has been Microsoft’s most lucrative during almost all of the cooperation’s console history. You can count on one hand the amount of franchises that have stayed as relevant and profitable over the same span of time, so obviously a new generation adventure for Master Chief is going to be a must for any Xbox One owner....
With the surprise announcement of New Pokémon Snap, fans of Pokémon old and new were ecstatic that a new entry to the Pokémon Snap games was coming soon, especially considering it’s been more than twenty years since the original game. The final level of Pokémon Snap holds a special place in people’s hearts, as they were able to snap a picture of the elusive Mew, who has its own designated level with no other creatures to be seen....
Blizzard has released a test patch for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands that makes changes to Mythic gear. Update 9.0.5 is available on the Public Test Realm for World of Warcraft players to check out before it releases in March. As the name implies, the PTR is a way for fans to explore upcoming changes before the fixes become official. While content of these patches can vary, in this case Blizzard is focusing on systems, tuning, and community feedback....
Pokémon Go has been plagued by connectivity and technical issues since it first launched. The game barely worked throughout its initial release and still has problems to this day. It seems that Pokémon Go fans will finally be receiving remunerations for the technical issues that have affected their experience with the game, as a court has ruled that Niantic owes money to the attendees of a disastrous outdoor event that happened in 2017....
The Nintendo Switch Online subscribers outside of Japan will once again be receiving the short end of the stick in March, as subscribers in Europe and North America will only be receiving two new games, while those in Japan will be receiving three. The next games to be added to the Nintendo Switch Online service outside of Japan will be Kid Icarus and StarTropics, while the Japanese version of the service will receive Kid Icarus, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, and Yie Ar KUNG-FU....
Nintendo won’t be satisfied until it monitors every part of your day, as a patent has been filed for a new device that can detect the biological functions of users as they sleep. Nintendo is the leading company when it comes to bizarre peripherals, some of which went on to become some of its most beloved accessories. The company spent years promoting a sensor for the Nintendo Wii that clipped on to the player’s finger, which could detect things like heart rate and pulse in order to monitor them, but it was never released....
Nintendo has won a case against a Go-Karting company that used trademarked content from Mario Kart, following an appeal being dismissed in Japan’s Supreme Court. A company called MARI Mobility Development used to offer go-karting rides in Japan that were themed around the Mario Kart series. This involved costumes and karts based on the Mario Kart games. This led to legal action from Nintendo, which swiftly moved in to stop its intellectual property from being used, especially as the events were being openly promoted online....
The violence in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is being toned down due to Disney and the game, therefore, won’t feature any dismemberment. This deal is getting worse all the time. Hot on the heels of Electronic Arts’ latest controversy involving their ridiculous rebranding of loot boxes — now opting to refer to them as “surprise mechanics” — an inside look at the upcoming Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order given to IGN contributors Ryan McCaffery and Sam Caliborn has revealed that the violence in the game may have been toned down at the behest of Disney....
No Man’s Sky has changed a lot since it launched back in 2016, and nearly two years later it received a massive update in the form of NEXT. NEXT is as massive overhaul which adds a ton of new features that fans have been waiting for since the game launched. Here are the biggest changes coming with the NEXT update. Multiplayer Perhaps the biggest change coming to No Man’s Sky is true multiplayer....
It’s not unusual to see artists recreate other series in their own style. Santa Monica Studio’s Art Director Raf Grassetti has taken on Batman, Sonic the Hedgehog, and more on social media, and fans of this kind of crossover might be interested in seeing Japanese manga artist Yusuke Murata take on Capcom’s Mega Man. Murata has worked on a number of series including the American football-centric Eyeshield 21, but is likely best known today for the superhero shonen series One-Punch Man....
The last couple of weeks have been a pain for many in the gaming industry with hackers and denial of service attacks creating a mess during the holiday season. There were widespread attacks on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network over Christmas and the Xbox One SDK just leaked in the last 24 hours. It now looks like one of the world’s largest game publishers and their customers can also be added to the list of victims....
