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, […]
Fans of role-playing games have been eating well in 2024. There’ve been big hitters like Persona 3 Reload, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Dragon’s Dogma 2, and the fantastic Metaphor: ReFantazio. Combined, they offer hundreds of hours of incredible gaming....
It’s October, which means the season of spooks has arrived! You’re probably already seeing all kinds of creepy creatures, from black cats to ghosts, in your everyday life, and why should video games be any different? Thank goodness they’re not, especia...
Writer and game designer Yuji Horii is largely considered the father of Dragon Quest, the long-time Final Fantasy rival up until Square Soft and Enix merged in 2003. So when he says something about the franchise, fans take note. And that’s what happene...
The release of a new Final Fantasy is always a massive event. Last year, PS5 owners were treated to the latest mainline entry in the iconic series of role-playing games from Square Enix, Final Fantasy XVI, and now PC players are finally getting in on t...
Due to the destruction and power outages caused by Hurricane Helene hitting the United States, Square Enix has temporarily paused a feature in its popular MMORPG Final Fantasy 14 that demolished player homes if they didn’t log in frequently enough. Rea...
Tokyo Game Show holds a very special place within the gaming industry. Not only has it historically been one of the most significant showcases for games and new hardware for nearly three decades, it’s also a fantastic space for developers based in Japa...
A new Final Fantasy XVI mod released a couple of days back further improves the quality of the recently released PC port. The new mod, developed by tenshinken and available for download from Nexus Mods, replaces the vanilla pre-rendered cutscenes with new ones running at 60 FPS. Following the release of the FFXVIFix mod, it has become possible to increase the framerate of in-engine cutscenes, so the pre-rendered ones still running at 30 FPS possibly felt even worse than before, so the release of this mod is extremely welcome, making the PC port even more the definitive version of the […]
The first major patch for FFXIV: Dawntrail is set to be released in mid-November and is titled "Crossroads." This major patch sees the introduction of the Final Fantasy XI crossover Alliance Raid, "Echoes of Vana'diel," which was showcased in a broadcast at the Tokyo Game Show. In this broadcast, Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida highlighted a number of features that will be released in the Patch 7.1, which also includes the continuation of the MSQ (Main Scenario Quest), as well as the first part of the long-awaited Final Fantasy XI crossover, which includes the Alliance Raid series, new Allied Society […]
Astro Bot contains a lot of references to PlayStation games and hardware from the past few decades. And with over 150+ so-called “Cameo Bots” representing various PlayStation characters, like Nathan Drake from Uncharted or Ratchet from Ratchet and Clan...
If a Final Fantasy IX remake would ever get developed, it would likely be a multi-title project like the Final Fantasy VII Remake project, according to Naoki Yoshida. Speaking with Video Games about which entry in the series he would like to remake, the Final Fantasy XIV and XVI producer said that, among the classic entries in the series, he would like to remake the third game, originally released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan back in 1990. He also acknowledged the demand for a Final Fantasy IX remake, adding that it would be difficult to create as the […]
The first Final Fantasy XVI update for the recently released PC version is now live, bringing performance improvements and more. Update 1.01 aims to improve game stability, add controller options, and address several other issues. As part of the game stability improvement, the update resolves an issue that caused frame rate drops under unspecified conditions. The update also enabled Bluetooth connectivity for DualSense and DualShock controllers, fixes character graphics not displaying properly on certain screens, some UI issues, incorrect text display, errors in the ending credits, and unexpected crashing issues under certain conditions. Final Fantasy XVI finally launched this month […]
It seems PlayStation is holding some huge sale just about every month at this point. We already had one big round of deals a couple of weeks ago and here we are with even more! That’s right, PlayStation’s Big Games Big Deals sale began on September 25 ...
Fans of role-playing games have been eating well in 2024. There’ve been big hitters like Persona 3 Reload, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Dragon’s Dogma 2, and the fantastic Metaphor: ReFantazio. Combined, they offer hundreds of hours of incredible gaming....
It’s October, which means the season of spooks has arrived! You’re probably already seeing all kinds of creepy creatures, from black cats to ghosts, in your everyday life, and why should video games be any different? Thank goodness they’re not, especia...
Writer and game designer Yuji Horii is largely considered the father of Dragon Quest, the long-time Final Fantasy rival up until Square Soft and Enix merged in 2003. So when he says something about the franchise, fans take note. And that’s what happene...
The release of a new Final Fantasy is always a massive event. Last year, PS5 owners were treated to the latest mainline entry in the iconic series of role-playing games from Square Enix, Final Fantasy XVI, and now PC players are finally getting in on t...
Due to the destruction and power outages caused by Hurricane Helene hitting the United States, Square Enix has temporarily paused a feature in its popular MMORPG Final Fantasy 14 that demolished player homes if they didn’t log in frequently enough. Rea...
Tokyo Game Show holds a very special place within the gaming industry. Not only has it historically been one of the most significant showcases for games and new hardware for nearly three decades, it’s also a fantastic space for developers based in Japa...
A new Final Fantasy XVI mod released a couple of days back further improves the quality of the recently released PC port. The new mod, developed by tenshinken and available for download from Nexus Mods, replaces the vanilla pre-rendered cutscenes with new ones running at 60 FPS. Following the release of the FFXVIFix mod, it has become possible to increase the framerate of in-engine cutscenes, so the pre-rendered ones still running at 30 FPS possibly felt even worse than before, so the release of this mod is extremely welcome, making the PC port even more the definitive version of the […]
The first major patch for FFXIV: Dawntrail is set to be released in mid-November and is titled "Crossroads." This major patch sees the introduction of the Final Fantasy XI crossover Alliance Raid, "Echoes of Vana'diel," which was showcased in a broadcast at the Tokyo Game Show. In this broadcast, Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida highlighted a number of features that will be released in the Patch 7.1, which also includes the continuation of the MSQ (Main Scenario Quest), as well as the first part of the long-awaited Final Fantasy XI crossover, which includes the Alliance Raid series, new Allied Society […]
Astro Bot contains a lot of references to PlayStation games and hardware from the past few decades. And with over 150+ so-called “Cameo Bots” representing various PlayStation characters, like Nathan Drake from Uncharted or Ratchet from Ratchet and Clan...
If a Final Fantasy IX remake would ever get developed, it would likely be a multi-title project like the Final Fantasy VII Remake project, according to Naoki Yoshida. Speaking with Video Games about which entry in the series he would like to remake, the Final Fantasy XIV and XVI producer said that, among the classic entries in the series, he would like to remake the third game, originally released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan back in 1990. He also acknowledged the demand for a Final Fantasy IX remake, adding that it would be difficult to create as the […]
The first Final Fantasy XVI update for the recently released PC version is now live, bringing performance improvements and more. Update 1.01 aims to improve game stability, add controller options, and address several other issues. As part of the game stability improvement, the update resolves an issue that caused frame rate drops under unspecified conditions. The update also enabled Bluetooth connectivity for DualSense and DualShock controllers, fixes character graphics not displaying properly on certain screens, some UI issues, incorrect text display, errors in the ending credits, and unexpected crashing issues under certain conditions. Final Fantasy XVI finally launched this month […]
It seems PlayStation is holding some huge sale just about every month at this point. We already had one big round of deals a couple of weeks ago and here we are with even more! That’s right, PlayStation’s Big Games Big Deals sale began on September 25 ...