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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Tips And Secrets

With a massive world to explore and countless activities to tackle, let's just say that Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth will have you playing for hours on end. Still, this hundred-hour-long journey starts with but a single step. Here's our Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth beginner's guide to help you with various exploration and activity tips. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth beginner's guide - Exploration and activities While there are numerous mechanics and features to consider, we've narrowed down our Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth beginner's guide into 18 tips that truly helped us in the long run. We also encourage you to check our combat guide, which details various concepts whenever you need to face enemy threats. Change the difficulty options and hide the...
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'Final Fantasy VII Rebirth' gets launch trailer

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the second installment in the Final Fantasy VII remake project launches exclusively on PS5 today. To celebrate the launch Square Enix has aired a new trailer: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is available for download from PlayStation Store.
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'Dragon Ball FigherZ' launches digitally on PS5 and Xbox Series S/X today

After launching on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC in 2018, Dragon Ball FighterZ is now being available on current-gen consoles. Bandai Namco has announced that the game is available digitally on PS5 and Xbox Series S/X as of today, February 29. Those who own the PS4 or Xbox One version of the game are eligible for a corresponding console upgrade for free. Physical editions for Dragon Ball FighterZ are scheduled to release on April 19. The publisher has also announced the integration of rollback netcode in the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC versions which brings improved performance to online matches. In other Dragon Ball related news, the fifth season of Dragon Ball: The Breakers is now available. It...
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News  Sony lays off around 900 PlayStation employees; and reportedly cancels live-service 'Twisted Metal' game

Two months in 2024 and the video game industry is facing another round of major layoffs. This time, Sony has announced that it is laying off about 8% or about 900 people across its global PlayStation workforce. This affects PlayStation studios such as Insomniac, Naughty Dog and Guerrilla,. Most significantly, PlayStation Studios' London Studio will close in its entirety. As a result of those lay-offs, it is not surprising that projects that were in development have been cancelled. According to Bloomberg's Jason Schreier, this includes a Twisted Metal live-service game that was in development at UK-based studio Firesprite. SOURCE
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Gaming  EA announces release date for racing game 'F1 24'

"For the first time, our F1 23 players can now connect immediately with the 2024 season with some of their favourite teams ahead of this weekend's first Lights Out," said Lee Mather, Senior Creative Director at Codemasters. "Our full reveal is coming soon, and we're bringing players an overhauled Career mode, a new EA SPORTS Dynamic Handling System, and so much more." EA Sports F1 24 will be available on 31st May on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC, via EA App, Epic Games Store, and Steam.
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Gaming  SEGA announces 'Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth' merchandise in collaboration with Anti Social Social Club

To celebrate the recent launch of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, SEGA has today announced a new line of merchandise in collaboration with Anti Social Social Club. This collection, inspired by series protagonists Kazuma Kiryu and Ichiban Kasuga, includes hoodies, t-shirts and button-downs, as well as accessories like dragon bandanas and co-branded hats priced between $25-$99. "Like a Dragon has always pushed the boundaries of real-world and virtual collaborations, and this collection with Anti Social Social Club is an authentic expression of innovation and creativity in both spheres," said SEGA of America in a press release. The Like a Dragon Streetwear Collection will drop at 8AM PST on March 2 on the Anti...
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Gaming  Call Of Duty MW3 And Warzone Walking Dead Event - All Rewards And Challenges

The Walking Dead: Fear the Living crossover event is live in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone, continuing Season 2's zombie theme with new rewards to earn. This event lets you earn Negan's "Lucille" bat as a weapon charm, Rick's iconic sheriff hat, some double XP tokens, a TWD calling card, weapon camo, and more. Here we highlight all the rewards and unlock requirements. The Brave Man - Weapon sticker This Rick Grimes sticker is unlocked at 10,000 XP earned. Double XP token This 30-minute token is unlocked at 22,250 XP earned. Red Machete - Large weapon decal This zombies-themed decal is unlocked at 37,250 XP earned. Double weapon XP token This 45-minute token is unlocked at 55,650 XP earned. Lucille - Weapon charm...
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News  Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Unlock Times Revealed, Preloading Live Now

Only hours--not days--remain until the launch of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the continuation of Cloud and company's journey that started in 2020's Final Fantasy VII Remake. The Square Enix RPG is set to unlock at 9 PM PT on February 28 and 12 AM ET on February 29 in the US on PSN. In other regions of the world, the game should become available digitally at midnight locally February 29. In addition, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth can be preloaded right now so PS5 players are ready to wield the Buster Sword right at midnight. Remember, the RPG is exclusive to Sony's system currently. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Release Times 9 PM PT on February 28 / 12 AM ET on February 29 - US 12 AM on February 29 - Locally for other regions
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Gaming  PlayStation Plus Free Games For March 2024 Revealed

PS Plus Essential subscribers can snag a trio of free games in March. PlayStation has unveiled the next batch of free games for PS Plus subscribers. Members usually only get three freebies, but March 2024's lineup includes four games for PS5 and PS4. The PlayStation Plus Essential lineup includes Sifu, Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, F1 2023, and Hello Neighbor 2. F1 24 has a confirmed release date of May 31, 2024, but with F1 23 you'll get plenty of time to catch up on the previous season of high-speed motorsports. The Codemasters F1 games have been showcases of precision speed and skill, and with new chapters in the Braking Point story mode, they're captivating tales of drama as well. F1 23 added a refreshed roster of 20 real-world...
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Emulator  Amazon has removed Emulation-Station from its app store because it "facilitates piracy"

Emulator frontend Emulation-Station has been removed from the Amazon Appstore, less than a week after its launch. The reasoning for the app's removal, is, according to Amazon, Emulation-Station, "facilitates emulating and pirating of games from third-party sources without explicit authorization from those sources", despite Emulation-Station merely acting as a frontend, and not actually including any emulators in the app. The development team behind ES-DE has instead decided to go ahead with self-publishing the APK for the Android version of their frontend. In order to get the app now, you'll need to join Emulation-Station's Patreon, for $5.50 USD a month. You'll then be given access to the Android APK that you can install on your...
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Gaming  Pokemon Legends: Z-A is Making a Controversial Choice With Its Setting

Taking the Pokemon Legends subfranchise into Kalos is an exciting choice, but one Pokemon Legends: Z-A feature is bound to draw some ire. During February 27's Pokemon Presents, Game Freak and The Pokemon Company pulled the curtain back on Pokemon Legends: Z-A. This brand new Pokemon: Legends title will likely play a lot like Pokemon Legends: Arceus, but fans will have to wait a while before they see more about the title, including gameplay. However, fans do know that Pokemon Legends: Z-A is bringing back Mega Evolution. They also know the game is set in the Kalos region, specifically Lumiose City, which will serve as the entire setting of the game. Many have been wanting another Pokemon Legends game practically since Arceus came out...
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Gaming  Everything That Happened In Final Fantasy 7 Remake

Looking for a refresher before you start Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth? Here's everything you need to know. The first entry in the ongoing Final Fantasy 7 trilogy, Remake covers the entire Midgar portion of the original game. However, where the original spent about seven or so hours in the neon-lit city, Remake expands the chapter to a full-blown 40-hour adventure. So, what happens across those few dozen hours? Let's dive in. Bombing Mission Final Fantasy 7 Remake opens the same way as its '97 counterpart: with the bombing of Midgar's Sector 1 Mako Reactor. The operation is carried out by the eco-terrorist group Avalanche with a little help from our game's main character, Cloud Strife. Cloud Strife is not a member of the ragtag team, but...
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News  Nintendo is suing the Yuzu emulator team

Nintendo is going after the development team of an emulator. A legal case was filed by Nintendo yesterday, alleging that the Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu, has caused damages to the company by allowing for its games to be played illegally before release. The suit also claims that the company behind the emulator, Tropic Haze LLC, makes a profit by facilitating piracy, noting that during the leak of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Yuzu's Patreon saw a large increase in users. Nintendo's legal team makes a case that Tropic Haze profits from and popularizes video game piracy. In the legal document, Nintendo refers to an emulator as, "a piece of software that allows users to unlawfully play pirated video games". They also...
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Gaming  Why Final Fantasy 7 Remake Changing Its Final Line Is A Big Deal

Final Fantasy 7 Remake's narrative is a big deal. It takes the framework of a beloved classic and seeks to reimagine it, even if it means completely transforming its events and characters into something unknowable. But for the most part, with the exception of its last act and a fate defying army of whispers that pursue the ensemble cast, it's relatively faithful. Producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Naoki Hamaguchi told me in a recent interview that it was always the plan to deviate from the established canon, but in the first game, they waited until the very end to pull the rug out from beneath us. There are hints of deviation, such as a much earlier appearance of Sephiroth as he's folded into the main narrative, and the army of...
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Gaming  Pokemon Presents February 2024: All The Biggest Announcements

What's next for the world of Pokemon? A new Pokemon Presents livestream aimed to answer all of your burning questions today, as The Pokemon Company promised "exciting" news when it first teased this event. This short but informative broadcast was heavily focused on current Pokemon projects, as well as the various mobile games that have been released over the last couple of years. Pokemon Masters EX, Pokemon Sleep, and Pokemon Unite were all in the spotlight, but one of the biggest announcements here was the reveal of Pokemon: Trading Card Game Pocket. Out later in 2024, this will be a more streamlined approach to the mega-popular trading card game, and will be a collaborative effort between Creatures Inc, DeNA, and The Pokemon Company...
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Gaming  Pokemon Presents, February 2024 Roundup - New Legends entry and mobile TGC game

A brand new Pokemon Presents starts off today, celebrating the anniversary of the original release of Pokemon Red and Green in Japan. That said, let's dive right off into the presentation and see what the Poke Co. has in store. New Tera Raid battles are unveiled, featuring a mighty Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise, each one being one week apart starting tomorrow with Venusaur. Pokemon Go gets a collaboration with the new Pokemon Horizon series, with a Pikachu wearing Cap's hat and Volt Tackle as a move. New Pokemon from Gen 9 will also debut in the game, as well as characters Lico and Roy. Pokemon Sleep is getting Raikou on March, with Entei and Suicune coming up later. Pokemon Masters celebrates 4 and a half years, and Geeta &...
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Hardware  "GBA Link Connection" homebrew libraries now allows sending multiboot ROMs via the GBA's Link Cable or Wireless Adapter

The GBA homebrew scene has been growing steadily over the years, with one of the most recent homebrew projects for the system allowing for such technological wonders such as running Tomb Rainder on the 32-bit handheld with the help of the open source engine OpenLara. All of this is thanks to the effort put together by the GBA homebrew devs, being lead by the GameBoy Development community over at gbdev.io, where they share a vast variety of libraries and documentation about the GameBoy family of handhelds, put together over the decades to allow for homebrew developers and romhackers alike to create new and fascinating projects for the beloved Nintendo handheld. One such collection of libraries is the GBA Link Connection, which allows...
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Emulator  New Virtual Boy emulator "Red Viper" for 3DS released with full 3D support

The Nintendo 3DS is already past its prime, both in life-cycle and its homebrew scene, and while its homebrew scene still continues to be strong to this day, many people have moved away from it and are instead focusing on the Nintendo Switch. While the 3DS did get its fair share of emulators from previous Nintendo consoles, even up to a Nintendo 64 emulator with DaedalusX64-3DS, one specific console from Nintendo's history of failures is the Virtual Boy, and given the 3DS feature of playing games in actual 3D, it was a lost opportunity for Nintendo not to capitalize on the success of the 3DS' 3D technology to revive the Virtual Boy in its full 3D glory, without the headaches of the actual red-lenses visor that the original Virtual Boy...
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Gaming  We Don't Need More Tomb Raider Remasters

The Tomb Raider 1-3 Remaster has been relatively well-received. Tomb Raider fans are glad to finally have something go their way after years in the wilderness, but as well as a reminder of how ahead of her time Lara was, the pendulum has swung both ways - it's also a reminder of how dated these games really are. The tank controls aren't intuitive, and the modern controls are janky in a game built for tanking. But now we've moved on to discussing what comes next for Tomb Raider. The answer should be the new 'unified' game that ties together the Legend trilogy and the Survivor trilogy, but as ever with Lara Croft in the modern era, it's a swan dive forward and a backflip back. I wrote that this new design was starting the era off on the...
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Hardware  Switch 2 Slated For March 2025 Launch - Report

Nintendo is reportedly aiming to launch Switch 2 in March 2025. While the company still hasn't officially announced its next system, apparently the hardware was internally delayed from this year to next to avoid any supply issues. As spotted by VGC, Nikkei has a new report detailing that Nintendo not only wants to beef up the launch lineup, but also the amount of Switch 2 systems initially available. Earlier this month, widespread rumblings suggested Switch 2 was pushed back to early 2025. No specific month was mentioned at the time, but it was noted that the company was looking to ensure the next system had a healthy slate of games ready to go. This timeline shift led to quite a significant stock drop for Nintendo. Another detail...
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