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Gaming  Final Fantasy Games, Ranked - Where Does Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Land?

Final Fantasy has stood the test of time by being one of the most varied video game series. Since its debut on the NES, the series has constantly reinvented itself, introduced new ideas, and blazed a trail for other RPGs. In the process it has given us radically different battle systems and a wide array of memorable characters and epic moments. Which entry stands out as the very best? Now that we've had time with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the planned trilogy of games that aim to recapture the wildly popular FF7 saga is starting to take shape. We couldn't resist the opportunity to ask ourselves where Rebirth ranks against other mainline Final Fantasy games, including its own predecessor, Final Fantasy VII Remake. This ranking now...
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Gaming  PlayStation Plus Free Games For April 2024 Revealed

PlayStation has announced the next batch of free games for PlayStation Plus subscribers. April 2024's PS Plus Essential lineup includes the following three games: Immortals of Aveum, Minecraft Legends, and Skul: The Hero Slayer. All three games will be available to claim starting April 2. In the meantime, make sure you've added March's freebies to your account. Released last year, Immortals of Aveum was sadly overlooked amidst the many other excellent releases of 2023. A grand and sweeping tale of elite battlemages banding together to save the world, this game allows you to harness arcane powers within its first-person magic-shooting design. It also has a welcome old-school single-player design, a great cast to interact with, and a...
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Gaming  Sand Land Hands-On Gameplay Preview

It is impossible to talk about Sand Land without mentioning Akira Toriyama, who unexpectedly passed in early March. Although the game is only based on Toriyama's Sand Land manga series, his impact on the property, from the writing to the gorgeous art style, is apparent. Bandai Namco offered us hands on time with a few hours of Sand Land gameplay, which was set about 30 hours into the game's adventure. According to Bandai Namco, that's roughly halfway through Sand Land, which suggests that fans of the manga series are in for an epic journey. And after having played the game in a more comprehensive setting - close to a year since seeing Sand Land at Summer Game Fest - it's clear that fans will find a lot to like about the game. The...
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ROM Hack  "Go for it! Goemon: The Grand Cycle of Oedo" English Translation Released!

"Ganbare Goemon: Ooedo Daikaiten" ("Go for it! Goemon: The Grand Cycle of Oedo") is a single-player action platformer with light exploration elements and first-person mech battles. It was released at the start of 2001, the same year that would later see the release of "Goemon Shin Sedai Shuumei" ("Goemon: The Successor for a New Generation"). Both were developed by "NOW Production" around the same time the Goemon Team was working on the PS2 revival, "Boken Jidai Katsugeki" ("Mystical Ninja Goemon Zero.") The game draws heavily from the second SFC game, both in gameplay and stage design. It has character appearances from all over the SFC and N64 games. Most notoriously, the soundtrack is lifted straight from "Goemon's Great Adventure."...
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ROM Hack  The Dream Of A Goth Mario 3 Is Finally Here!

Mario is in Goth Land and Bowser is turning everything NOT GOTH! Including Mario's Goth Girl, As she's been captured. Embark on a journey that has long been awaited. You'll see Goth levels like you've never seen before. You might even turn Goth yourself after playing this. It's THAT Goth. This brand new Hack includes 4 worlds and 31 levels. 26 required. Find the secrets and you may just finish a little bit faster. Goth Bros was inspired by Goth and the Goth things in life. Mario needs his Goth Girl back. Think you can take on the challenge? Well don't be afraid, JUMP IN! Download Here
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Battle.net is required to play Diablo IV on PC Game Pass

This Thursday, Microsoft will be fulfilling one of its key promises from when it acquired Activision-Blizzard by bringing Diablo IV to Game Pass. It looks like it'll have an extra, unexpected wrinkle, however: PC Game Pass players will be required to install Activision-Blizzard's installer, Battle.net. They'll also be required to have a Battle.net account and connect it to their Microsoft account before they can play. Ahead of the Thursday release, Microsoft released a short tutorial online to help guide users through the process, complete with a Diablo IV-style graphic that has every step explained in great detail. While it's perhaps not surprising that the battle.net launcher is still needed for Activision-Blizzard games, it is...
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Anbernic announces RG35XX 2024 Edition retro handheld

Retro handheld manufacturer Anbernic is releasing a refreshed model of its RG35XX handheld line. This new model, named RG35XX 2024 Edition, features the same quad-core H700 chip that their RG35XX Plus packs but it does not have Bluetooth or WiFi support. It starts at $50 on the official AliExpress product page and has more colour variants. While the RG35XX 2024 Edition has yet to be released, you can read our full review of the RG35XX Plus to have an idea about the new model's performance. :arrow: SOURCE
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Gaming  What Exactly Is Judas?

It's been over ten years since the release of BioShock Infinite and in the time since, developer Ken Levine has been busy. Shortly following the release of the presumably last chapter in the BioShock saga, Levine and the team at Irrational Games began teasing a new game--one that would retain the narrative-driven, first-person gameplay the studio was known for but would experiment with new ideas and what Levine referred to as "narrative Legos." In 2017, the studio announced it was ready to formally usher in a new era, trading in its former name for a new one: Ghost Story Games. Then, at the 2022 Game Awards, the studio finally gave fans a first-look at its decade-long endeavor, Judas.
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CoD: Modern Warfare 3 And Warzone Season 3 Release Date And Details

Call of Duty Season 2 is coming to an end, meaning a brand-new season of content is on its way. Here are all the rumors and details we know so far about Season 3 for Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer, Zombies, Warzone, and Warzone Mobile. Call of Duty Season 3 start times Activision has confirmed Season 3 is arriving on Wednesday, April 3. These updates usually go live at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET / 5 PM BST across all platforms. What to expect from Season 3 Season 3 will include a new battle pass for unlocking more weapons and cosmetics. Seasonal passes usually contain at least one operator and two DLC weapons. Based on leaks from data miners, Season 3 could include the Bal-27 assault rifle, MORS sniper rifle, AMS1 submachine gun, and the EM1...
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Developer Larian Studios will not be involved with future Baldur's Gate games

Speaking at GDC this weekend, Larian Studios founder and CEO Swen Vincke announced that not only would there be no major content expansions for Baldur's Gate 3, but Larian would not be producing any more Dungeons & Dragons games at all. "Baldur's Gate will always have a warm spot in our heart. We'll forever be proud of it, but we're not gonna continue in it," said Vincke. "We're gonna move on - we're gonna move away from D&D and start making a new thing." The news is a little surprising, given Baldur's Gate 3's enormous success. It was well-received by both critics and fans, being the best-reviewed game of 2023 on critical aggregators Metacritic and OpenCritic, as well as taking home Game of the Year and Outstanding Story-Rich Game in...
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Pokemon fangame hosting website "Relic Castle" taken down by The Pokemon Company

Yet another casualty goes down in the never-ending battle of copyright enforcement, and this time, it hit a big website which was the host for many fangames based and inspired on Pokemon, called "Relic Castle". Earlier this week, the owner and the manager of the Relic Castle website, Marin and Andy, respectively, gave the news about the website being taken down by a DMCA notice (which according to the owners, was given by a third-party authorized by The Pokemon Company) throughout the Relic Castle Discord server, as well as through their official Relic Castle website, closing it down entirely and only giving the following message upon entering the website: This isn't the first time The Pokemon Company has taken down fan projects...
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Nintendo Switch firmware 18.0.0 has been released

It's the first Nintendo Switch firmware update of 2024. Made available as of today is system software version 18.0.0, marking a new milestone. According to the patch notes, not much is brought to the table in this update, which features a new timer option for auto-sleep, and Korean as a supported language for the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls video. Under the hood, however, it looks there there's some substance, as it has broken support for Atmosphere. SciresM says that it'll take a few days to get around to, but expect to see a new Atmosphere update that supports version 18.0.0 in the near future. :arrow: Source
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Gaming  As The Elder Scrolls Turns 30, Bethesda Issues Brief The Elder Scrolls 6 Update

Bethesda has celebrated the 30th birthday of The Elder Scrolls series, and in doing so provided a brief update on the in-development The Elder Scrolls 6. The Elder Scrolls franchise began life in 1994 with The Elder Scrolls: Arena, and has seen a number of main games and spin-offs in the 30 years since. The last mainline The Elder Scrolls game, Skyrim, first launched in November 2011, a sobering 13 years ago. During a message to fans celebrating The Elder Scrolls' birthday, Bethesda Game Studios pointed to the 10-year anniversary of The Elder Scrolls Online, mobile castle builder The Elder Scrolls: Castles, and finally, The Elder Scrolls 6. "Last but not least, yes, we are in development on the next chapter - The Elder Scrolls 6,"...
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Gaming  June 12 Will Probably Be a Big Day for Assassin's Creed Fans

With the relatively recent releases of Assassin's Creed Mirage and Assassin's Creed Nexus, many fans may be curious as to when news regarding future games will come. There are rumors that Assassin's Creed Red will release sometime in 2024, after all, and that means news about it has to come relatively soon. Luckily, fans can reasonably mark June 12 as a big news day for the franchise. It's not confirmed yet, but the safest bet is an Assassin's Creed-focused Ubisoft Forward taking place on that date. Recently, Geoff Keighley confirmed his Summer Game Fest event for June 7, meaning fans can reasonably expect the first two weeks or so of the month to be covered in gaming news. It remains to be seen what a lot of companies will do, but the...
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ROM Hack  ATB in Final Fantasy VI gets an overhaul

Final Fantasy IV introduced players to the "Active Time Battle" (ATB) system, an evolution of turn-based combat where player and enemy characters alike would get their chance to act after an amount of real time had passed, allowing for a more fluid turn order with a sense of urgency. Final Fantasy V refined the ATB system to a gold standard by adding visible ATB gauges for player characters to indicate progress towards their next turn, as well as removing delays for executing commands. Together these changes made the ATB system more responsive and legible, to the benefit of strategic depth. Final Fantasy VI, while an excellent game in most aspects, stumbled in its iteration on the ATB system. Unlike in prior titles, the ATB gauges do...
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Gaming  GTA 6 Production Reportedly Falling Behind, Rockstar Urges Staff To Return To Office To Avoid Delay

Grand Theft Auto VI is likely one of the most anticipated games in history, with millions of players around the world waiting for any scrap of info or screenshot of the upcoming open-world crime simulator. However, as remote workers struggle with an unwanted return-to-office mandate from Rockstar Games, GameParadise has learned from sources with knowledge of the game's development process that GTA 6 could miss its 2025 release window and slip into 2026. Officially unveiled in December 2023 (after a massive 2022 leak) GTA 6 is the hotly anticipated follow-up to 2013's GTA V. Over a decade after that game's release—and its massive, still-growing sales numbers—Rockstar Games is hard at work on the sequel, which is set in Vice City, a...
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Gaming  What the PS5 Pro Means for Games Like GTA 6

The long rumored PS5 Pro has been (somewhat) confirmed after specifications and internal documents leaked online. Codenamed 'Trinity' in a nod to the PS4 Pro's original codename, 'Neo', the PS5 Pro offers an expected sizable spec increase over the almost four years old base model PS5 . While many may focus on how many teraflops the PS5 Pro will cram in, we will cover the leaked specifications and explain how this will impact games running on the machine, along with explaining the new "PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution" secret sauce. CPU Undoubtedly the smallest change over the base model is that the PS5 Pro apparently uses the same Zen 2-based, 8-core 16 thread AMD CPU as the current PS5. According to the leaked documents, the PS5...
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GTA 5 Ban Wave Explained

When it comes to online games, few titles come close to GTA Online's popularity. It can be a chaotic game, though it is possible to overcome it all, build massive empires, and enjoy the spoils of success. Though things get wild at times, there are still rules players have to abide by. One of the rules is that accounts cannot be duplicated. Not everyone follows this, and Rockstar is aware. As a consequence, a massive ban wave has hit Grand Theft Auto Online, and reactions to it have been mixed. GTA Online and the Account Duplication Glitch Since its conception, GTA has always presented a rags-to-riches story, with players resorting to crime to work their way up the social and economic ladder. Though this may seem like the easy...
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Gaming  Every Game In The Video Game Hall Of Fame

Hall of Famers Since 2015, Rochester, New York's Strong National Museum of Play has inducted games into its own World Video Game Hall of Fame. The list currently includes some of the best and most beloved titles of all time, including many of the obvious ones--like Super Mario Bros., Pac-Man, Pong, and The Sims--as well as some you might have overlooked like Barbie Fashion Designer and Colossal Cave Adventure. We're rounding up all 40 of the games that the museum has inducted into its World Video Game Hall of Fame since inductions began in 2015. The latest list of nominees for 2024 includes Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Ultima, Guitar Hero, Asteroids, SimCity, and more. The inductees for this year will be announced during a ceremony in May...
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Story-driven action-adventure game 'Dustborn' to launch in August

Today, Oslo-based studio Red Thread Games and publisher Quantic Dream have revealed the launch date for their upcoming narrative-driven action-adventure game Dustborn. A new trailer accompanied the announcement: In addition to the release date reveal trailer, a new gameplay overview trailer was aired: Dustborn launches digitally August 20on PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), PS4, PS5, Xbox Series S/X and Xbox One. A physical release will follow at a later date.
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