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, […]
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth revels in all the extra time you can spend hanging out with the original game’s iconic cast. But it also falls victim to it in a way that not even Remake did four years ago. Square Enix’s plan to recreate Final Fantasy VII as ...
Cloud Strife's first steps outside of Midgar until the ending credits highlights why the original game was so memorable to millions of fans while Final Fantasy VII Rebirth finds new ways to delight and surprise what is just the first disc of his adventure.
Unicorn Overlord, the upcoming tactics RPG from developer Vanillaware, has a demo available right now on Nintendo Switch. The announcement came during today’s short Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase. Like other Nintendo Switch demos, players will be ab...
The Final Fantasy XIV Online open beta is now live on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, finally allowing players to test out the excellent MMORPG by Square Enix. The open beta, which is only available for new players and doesn't require an Xbox Game Pass Core/ Ultimate subscription, includes the base game as well as the first two expansions, Heavensward and Stormblood. Progression made in the open beta is also carried over to the full version of the game, although the open beta, much like the Free Trial, comes with a variety of limitations over the full version […]
The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth demo update is launching tomorrow, and Square Enix confirmed exactly when the update will go live. On the Final Fantasy VII official X/Twitter profile, it was confirmed the update will be available from 9:00 PM Japan time. Given how the Japanese demo is identical to that available in North America and Europe, it is safe to assume the update will go live at the same time worldwide, so at 7:00 AM ET, 4:00 AM PT, and 1:00 PM CET. 【訂正】先ほどの投稿内のアップデート日時について一部誤りがございましたので訂正しお詫びいたします。 誤)2024年2月21日9:00PM正)2024年2月21日9:00PM以降順次#FF7リバース #FF7R #FF7 — FFVII REMAKE (@FFVIIR_CLOUD) February 20, 2024 The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth […]
While the second installment of the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy, Rebirth, is mere days from launching on PlayStation 5, fans are already wondering about the status of the next game in the remake project, Part 3. According to Square Enix Director Naoki Hamaguchi, who was recently featured in an interview with French YouTuber Julien Chieze, Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 is pretty much where Rebirth was when the first installment was about to launch. Of course, I cannot tell you what stage we are at, but we have already made progress on the script and we are thinking […]
Ahead of my hands-on preview with Unicorn Overlord, the new tactics RPG from developer Vanillaware and published by Atlus, I was told that nobody had beaten the demo yet. So I made it my mission to see if I could change that. Cut to two-and-a-half hour...
An upcoming FF7 Rebirth update will improve image quality in the game's Performance Mode, Square Enix has announced. This month's second entry in the Final Fantasy VII Remake series received a demo earlier this month, and a comparison video highlighted visual issues, especially in the game's performance mode. This graphical issues, however, don't appear to be caused by a lower resolution, but the blurriness is seemingly caused by post-processing at 1/4 resolution. On X, the official Japanese Final Fantasy VII Remake account has now confirmed that an update for the trial version is being scheduled for next week on February […]
2023 was a year of amazing games, but Starfield was not one of them. The spacefaring role-playing game from Bethesda was supposed to be the next Skyrim, but bigger. Garnering mixed reviews and player reactions, it quickly became clear that Starfield wo...
The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth playable demo is kind of a mixed bag in terms of visuals, but it does have the upper hand over the latest main entry in the series in terms of pixel count and performance. Speaking during the latest episode of the DF Direct Weekly podcast, Digital Foundry's John Linnemann commented on some technical aspects of the demo, confirming the pixel count in the demo's Performance Mode is 1440p, which is higher than that of Final Fantasy XVI's Performance Mode. Performance wasn't measured, but it does feel more stable than the latest main entry in the […]
Watch out, Final Fantasy VII fans. It looks like clips and details about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth are starting to leak out onto the internet. If you’re looking forward to the game and want to go in without any spoilers beyond the incredibly spoiler-fi...
If you’ve played the original Final Fantasy VII, you know the game ends on a bittersweet note. Sure, the day is saved by the remnants of the revolutionary group Avalanche, but as illustrated in the film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, the gang is l...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth revels in all the extra time you can spend hanging out with the original game’s iconic cast. But it also falls victim to it in a way that not even Remake did four years ago. Square Enix’s plan to recreate Final Fantasy VII as ...
Cloud Strife's first steps outside of Midgar until the ending credits highlights why the original game was so memorable to millions of fans while Final Fantasy VII Rebirth finds new ways to delight and surprise what is just the first disc of his adventure.
Unicorn Overlord, the upcoming tactics RPG from developer Vanillaware, has a demo available right now on Nintendo Switch. The announcement came during today’s short Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase. Like other Nintendo Switch demos, players will be ab...
The Final Fantasy XIV Online open beta is now live on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, finally allowing players to test out the excellent MMORPG by Square Enix. The open beta, which is only available for new players and doesn't require an Xbox Game Pass Core/ Ultimate subscription, includes the base game as well as the first two expansions, Heavensward and Stormblood. Progression made in the open beta is also carried over to the full version of the game, although the open beta, much like the Free Trial, comes with a variety of limitations over the full version […]
The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth demo update is launching tomorrow, and Square Enix confirmed exactly when the update will go live. On the Final Fantasy VII official X/Twitter profile, it was confirmed the update will be available from 9:00 PM Japan time. Given how the Japanese demo is identical to that available in North America and Europe, it is safe to assume the update will go live at the same time worldwide, so at 7:00 AM ET, 4:00 AM PT, and 1:00 PM CET. 【訂正】先ほどの投稿内のアップデート日時について一部誤りがございましたので訂正しお詫びいたします。 誤)2024年2月21日9:00PM正)2024年2月21日9:00PM以降順次#FF7リバース #FF7R #FF7 — FFVII REMAKE (@FFVIIR_CLOUD) February 20, 2024 The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth […]
While the second installment of the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy, Rebirth, is mere days from launching on PlayStation 5, fans are already wondering about the status of the next game in the remake project, Part 3. According to Square Enix Director Naoki Hamaguchi, who was recently featured in an interview with French YouTuber Julien Chieze, Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 is pretty much where Rebirth was when the first installment was about to launch. Of course, I cannot tell you what stage we are at, but we have already made progress on the script and we are thinking […]
Ahead of my hands-on preview with Unicorn Overlord, the new tactics RPG from developer Vanillaware and published by Atlus, I was told that nobody had beaten the demo yet. So I made it my mission to see if I could change that. Cut to two-and-a-half hour...
An upcoming FF7 Rebirth update will improve image quality in the game's Performance Mode, Square Enix has announced. This month's second entry in the Final Fantasy VII Remake series received a demo earlier this month, and a comparison video highlighted visual issues, especially in the game's performance mode. This graphical issues, however, don't appear to be caused by a lower resolution, but the blurriness is seemingly caused by post-processing at 1/4 resolution. On X, the official Japanese Final Fantasy VII Remake account has now confirmed that an update for the trial version is being scheduled for next week on February […]
2023 was a year of amazing games, but Starfield was not one of them. The spacefaring role-playing game from Bethesda was supposed to be the next Skyrim, but bigger. Garnering mixed reviews and player reactions, it quickly became clear that Starfield wo...
The Final Fantasy VII Rebirth playable demo is kind of a mixed bag in terms of visuals, but it does have the upper hand over the latest main entry in the series in terms of pixel count and performance. Speaking during the latest episode of the DF Direct Weekly podcast, Digital Foundry's John Linnemann commented on some technical aspects of the demo, confirming the pixel count in the demo's Performance Mode is 1440p, which is higher than that of Final Fantasy XVI's Performance Mode. Performance wasn't measured, but it does feel more stable than the latest main entry in the […]
Watch out, Final Fantasy VII fans. It looks like clips and details about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth are starting to leak out onto the internet. If you’re looking forward to the game and want to go in without any spoilers beyond the incredibly spoiler-fi...
If you’ve played the original Final Fantasy VII, you know the game ends on a bittersweet note. Sure, the day is saved by the remnants of the revolutionary group Avalanche, but as illustrated in the film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, the gang is l...