Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
Today, Kepler Interactive and Sandfall Interactive confirmed the release window of the Unreal Engine 5-powered turn-based roleplaying game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. The game will be released in Spring 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X, becoming available on launch day via the Game Pass subscription service. Alongside this announcement, we also learned the main cast of voice actors, and there are some truly big names involved. To begin with, Charlie Cox, who is most famous for his portrayal of Daredevil in the Marvel TV series and the feature film Stardust, is Gustave, one of the protagonists. Gustave […]
Metaphor: ReFantazio has just launched, and Atlus has already confirmed that its cumulative global sales have surpassed one million units. Even on Steam, it's making record numbers compared to the Persona franchise when it comes to concurrent users. It's certainly a great result for a new IP, even though the Persona team had many long-standing fans who were looking forward to playing this new title. In this fantasy world, the protagonist (Will) travels with his fairy companion, Gallica, to lift the curse from the kingdom's lost prince. Players may awaken the magical "Archetype" powers that lie dormant within their character's heart; awakening […]
A fresh take on the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series in all but name, Metaphor: ReFantazio showcases the power struggle of establishing a new monarchy while passively introducing the player to the likes of high-fantasy racism.
Visions of Mana's combat and diversity of player classes are the high points for the latest entry in a thirty-year old JRPG franchise that sadly has little else to show for itself to stand the test of time.
Today, Falcom and NIS America unveiled the Western release date for Ys X: Nordics. The single player action RPG will be available starting October 25 for PC (Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch. Originally announced in December 2022, the game launched in Japan on September 28, 2023, albeit only for consoles. A Windows PC port debuted in Asian markets on March 14, 2024. Chronologically, Ys X: Nordics takes place after the first two entries in the franchise. There are also some major gameplay changes, as the game only features two playable characters rather than […]
Today, Elden Ring gets its first and only expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree. As part of an interview with Rolling Stone, game director and FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki took the opportunity to discuss some other games he'd like to make in the future. Surprisingly, the Elden Ring creator would like to make a traditional JRPG. Long-time FromSoftware will certainly remember Enchanted Arms, the turn-based JRPG made by the studio and published by Ubisoft in 2006 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. However, it doesn't sound like Miyazaki would be interested in a sequel, mainly because he doesn't believe in following […]
With a release date finally announced during today’s Nintendo Direct, Square-Enix has finally lifted the veil and shown off Dragon Quest III HD-2D for the first time in years in hopes of bringing the Erdrick trilogy to a new generation. While Square-Enix didn’t explicitly come out and say that they had plans for a trilogy during the hands-on preview, they noted that they wanted to start with Dragon Quest III chronologically as it was the first to come in the series. Nintendo spilled the beans during today's Nintendo Direct announcing the first two Dragon Quest titles also getting the HD-2D […]
Fantasian: Neo Dimension is launching on PC and consoles later this year, Square Enix confirmed today. With a new trailer shared during today's Nintendo Direct, the PC and console port of the JRPG originally released as an Apple Arcade exclusive marks the first collaboration in years between the creator of the Final Fantasy series and Square Enix. While a release date has yet to be confirmed, it has been revealed that the game will launch during Winter 2024. The Father of FINAL FANTASY, Hironobu Sakaguchi, and renowned composer Nobuo Uematsu return to deliver an original RPG story. Embark on an […]
While not as well known as those made by Japanese game creators such as Hironobu Sakaguchi and Yuji Horii, creators of the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series, respectively, the contributions to the JRPG genre made by Yoshitaka Murayama with his Suikoden series cannot be understated. Leaving Konami shortly before the release of the third entry in the series in 2002, Murayama-san seemed to have left JRPG behind for good, only working on The Alliance Alive scenario, but somewhere along the way, his love for the genre must have sparked anew, as his studio Rabbit & Bear Studio revealed Eiyuden […]
Shortly after the untimely news of Akira Toriyama’s passing, Wccftech was invited to visit Bandai Namco’s California campus for one of the last hands-on opportunities before Sand Land’s launch next April. In a more in-depth experience than last year’s Summer Game Fest, we were invited out to freely explore the first couple of chapters of this open-world adventure. As the Prince of Demons and son of Lucifer, players take up the mantle of Beelzebub, a spunky little pink devil that’s not too far removed from the aliens of the week that pop up throughout Toriyama’s most famous of works, Dragon […]
In less than four weeks, players will be able to play through the second entry in the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy on PlayStation. Rebirth does away with the PlayStation 4 release, something that players would have expected after Remake Intergrade and the introduction of Yuffie Kisaragi was exclusive to the latest Sony console generation. At the moment, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth remains a PS5 console exclusive but certainly has the possibility of coming to PC by way of Epic Games Store and/or Steam in a matter of months. During our preview event, Square-Enix allowed us free reign to explore […]
Vampire Survivors draws tons of inspiration from Castlevania, so it is no surprise that the new Ode To Castlevania DLC is fantastic. I’m here to guide you through unlocking each Hero and evolving each weapon, because that’s how you’ll end up accessing ...
I started playing Overwatch in 2019. By the time I was pushing payloads and getting Play of the Game with a well-placed Tactical Visor, a lot of the old hero kits and team compositions that were infamous when the hero shooter launched in 2016 were more...
Today, Kepler Interactive and Sandfall Interactive confirmed the release window of the Unreal Engine 5-powered turn-based roleplaying game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. The game will be released in Spring 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X, becoming available on launch day via the Game Pass subscription service. Alongside this announcement, we also learned the main cast of voice actors, and there are some truly big names involved. To begin with, Charlie Cox, who is most famous for his portrayal of Daredevil in the Marvel TV series and the feature film Stardust, is Gustave, one of the protagonists. Gustave […]
Metaphor: ReFantazio has just launched, and Atlus has already confirmed that its cumulative global sales have surpassed one million units. Even on Steam, it's making record numbers compared to the Persona franchise when it comes to concurrent users. It's certainly a great result for a new IP, even though the Persona team had many long-standing fans who were looking forward to playing this new title. In this fantasy world, the protagonist (Will) travels with his fairy companion, Gallica, to lift the curse from the kingdom's lost prince. Players may awaken the magical "Archetype" powers that lie dormant within their character's heart; awakening […]
A fresh take on the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series in all but name, Metaphor: ReFantazio showcases the power struggle of establishing a new monarchy while passively introducing the player to the likes of high-fantasy racism.
Visions of Mana's combat and diversity of player classes are the high points for the latest entry in a thirty-year old JRPG franchise that sadly has little else to show for itself to stand the test of time.
Today, Falcom and NIS America unveiled the Western release date for Ys X: Nordics. The single player action RPG will be available starting October 25 for PC (Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch. Originally announced in December 2022, the game launched in Japan on September 28, 2023, albeit only for consoles. A Windows PC port debuted in Asian markets on March 14, 2024. Chronologically, Ys X: Nordics takes place after the first two entries in the franchise. There are also some major gameplay changes, as the game only features two playable characters rather than […]
Today, Elden Ring gets its first and only expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree. As part of an interview with Rolling Stone, game director and FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki took the opportunity to discuss some other games he'd like to make in the future. Surprisingly, the Elden Ring creator would like to make a traditional JRPG. Long-time FromSoftware will certainly remember Enchanted Arms, the turn-based JRPG made by the studio and published by Ubisoft in 2006 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. However, it doesn't sound like Miyazaki would be interested in a sequel, mainly because he doesn't believe in following […]
With a release date finally announced during today’s Nintendo Direct, Square-Enix has finally lifted the veil and shown off Dragon Quest III HD-2D for the first time in years in hopes of bringing the Erdrick trilogy to a new generation. While Square-Enix didn’t explicitly come out and say that they had plans for a trilogy during the hands-on preview, they noted that they wanted to start with Dragon Quest III chronologically as it was the first to come in the series. Nintendo spilled the beans during today's Nintendo Direct announcing the first two Dragon Quest titles also getting the HD-2D […]
Fantasian: Neo Dimension is launching on PC and consoles later this year, Square Enix confirmed today. With a new trailer shared during today's Nintendo Direct, the PC and console port of the JRPG originally released as an Apple Arcade exclusive marks the first collaboration in years between the creator of the Final Fantasy series and Square Enix. While a release date has yet to be confirmed, it has been revealed that the game will launch during Winter 2024. The Father of FINAL FANTASY, Hironobu Sakaguchi, and renowned composer Nobuo Uematsu return to deliver an original RPG story. Embark on an […]
While not as well known as those made by Japanese game creators such as Hironobu Sakaguchi and Yuji Horii, creators of the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series, respectively, the contributions to the JRPG genre made by Yoshitaka Murayama with his Suikoden series cannot be understated. Leaving Konami shortly before the release of the third entry in the series in 2002, Murayama-san seemed to have left JRPG behind for good, only working on The Alliance Alive scenario, but somewhere along the way, his love for the genre must have sparked anew, as his studio Rabbit & Bear Studio revealed Eiyuden […]
Shortly after the untimely news of Akira Toriyama’s passing, Wccftech was invited to visit Bandai Namco’s California campus for one of the last hands-on opportunities before Sand Land’s launch next April. In a more in-depth experience than last year’s Summer Game Fest, we were invited out to freely explore the first couple of chapters of this open-world adventure. As the Prince of Demons and son of Lucifer, players take up the mantle of Beelzebub, a spunky little pink devil that’s not too far removed from the aliens of the week that pop up throughout Toriyama’s most famous of works, Dragon […]
In less than four weeks, players will be able to play through the second entry in the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy on PlayStation. Rebirth does away with the PlayStation 4 release, something that players would have expected after Remake Intergrade and the introduction of Yuffie Kisaragi was exclusive to the latest Sony console generation. At the moment, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth remains a PS5 console exclusive but certainly has the possibility of coming to PC by way of Epic Games Store and/or Steam in a matter of months. During our preview event, Square-Enix allowed us free reign to explore […]