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, the second chapter in the highly anticipated remake project of the hallmark 1997 PlayStation game Final Fantasy VII is slated to arrive on PS5 on February 29, 2024. Through interviews and trailers, developer Square Enix has s...
Foamstars, the legally distinct Splatoon clone published by Square Enix, is coming out on February 6. Alongside this announcement, we learned that Square is launching the shooter on subscription service PlayStation Plus, which will likely afford it a l...
Early last year, Square Enix announced Foamstars, a new PlayStation-exclusive lighthearted multiplayer shooter with more than a little Splatoon DNA in it. In the time since then, Square Enix has held an open beta, but hasn’t announced when the full game will release. Well, we can now report Foamstars will be launching in early February, and it will be available as a PS Plus Essential game from Day 1. During preview for press, Square Enix revealed that Foamstars will launch with three PvP modes – Smash the Star, Happy Bath Survival, and the newly-revealed Rubber Duck Party, which is essentially […]
The announcement that Nintendo Switch Online’s Game Boy Advance range is to receive RPGs Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age is incredibly welcome news. But there are still some absolutely colossal gaps, some all-time great GBA games that we’d love...
New Final Fantasy VII Rebirth footage was shared online over the weekend, providing another quick look at the game. The new footage, which was shared on the game's official Japanese X/Twitter profile, focuses on quick travel, which will allow players to instantly travel to towns and other points of interest as well as to Chocobos from anywhere on the map. Load times are around five seconds, which is definitely fast, but as fast as in other PlayStation 5 games such as Marvel's Spider-Man 2. 【フィールド移動:ファストトラベル】 街など特定の拠点や各地のチョコボストップには、ファストトラベルで即座に移動することができます。 道に迷って元の場所に戻りたいときなど、上手く活用して冒険を進めましょう。#FF7 #FF7R #FF7リバース pic.twitter.com/WfQG2PF87b — FFVII REMAKE (@FFVIIR_CLOUD) January 14, 2024 Final Fantasy VII […]
Nothing has been decided regarding Final Fantasy XVII yet, but there's a very good chance it will be a very different game from its predecessor, judging from some recent statements. Speaking in a new episode of the Game Maker's Notebook podcast, Naoki Yoshida, producer of both the fourteenth and sixteenth entries in the series by Square Enix, was asked about the next entry in the series. Being on the board of directors, Yoshi-P couldn't really comment on the game, but he did say that nothing has been decided on it yet. Having had the chance to work on two entries […]
The annual Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival is in full swing in Japan, and during the event’s opening keynote, the curtain was fully pulled back on the upcoming Dawntrail update. The fifth major expansion for Square Enix’s MMORPG, Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail will take players to a new tropical island region and offer a full visual revamp and much more. Coming out of the FF14 Fan Festival, we got a look at Dawntrail’s Pictomancer job that allows you to cast spells and summon creatures with a magic paintbrush, as well as the Female Hrothgar race, new city Solution Nine, and […]
In October 2021, developer Eidos-Montréal, the team behind the basically-dead live-service title Marvel’s Avengers, launched Guardians of the Galaxy. The single-player, third-person shooter was excellent, offering great combat, likable characters, soli...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is only a couple short months away, but if you want to kick off the FF7 fun early, you can in… Apex Legends. Yes, a new Apex Legends and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth crossover event kicks off next week, which will include a new takeover that will allow you to find and wield the iconic Buster Sword. In addition to that, you can expect the usual array of cosmetics, including some pretty cool-looking skins that see Apex heroes dressing up as the likes of Tifa, Aerith, Barrett, and Yuffie. You can check out a quick trailer […]
It’s just two days into 2024 and a major video game company is already talking about its big AI plans. If you thought we were leaving AI discourse behind in 2023, I’m sorry to tell you that you were very, very wrong. A New Year’s letter from the curren...
As customary every January 1st, the new president of Square Enix posted a public New Year's letter on the Japanese game publisher's website. Takashi Kiryu, who replaced Yosuke Matsuda in June 2023, clearly showed a change in direction from his predecessor. Whereas Matsuda spoke for two years in a row about the importance blockchain would have for the future of gaming, Kiryu-san focused more on the impact of AI, specifically generative AI. Square Enix will apply it aggressively to both marketing efforts and game development to create new forms of content. Artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential implications had for […]
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is going to feature a scene that made the game's Creative Director cry, but it's not what everybody may think. There will be some spoilers after this point, so avoid reading if you haven't played the original release. Speaking with Game Informer, Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura talked about how the team wanted to depict characters much more deeply when they decided to remake the seventh entry in the series. As such, it's not only Aerith's arc that will see deeper development, but even other characters and story sequences, such as Dyne. There's one sequence featuring Marlene's […]
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the second chapter in the highly anticipated remake project of the hallmark 1997 PlayStation game Final Fantasy VII is slated to arrive on PS5 on February 29, 2024. Through interviews and trailers, developer Square Enix has s...
Foamstars, the legally distinct Splatoon clone published by Square Enix, is coming out on February 6. Alongside this announcement, we learned that Square is launching the shooter on subscription service PlayStation Plus, which will likely afford it a l...
Early last year, Square Enix announced Foamstars, a new PlayStation-exclusive lighthearted multiplayer shooter with more than a little Splatoon DNA in it. In the time since then, Square Enix has held an open beta, but hasn’t announced when the full game will release. Well, we can now report Foamstars will be launching in early February, and it will be available as a PS Plus Essential game from Day 1. During preview for press, Square Enix revealed that Foamstars will launch with three PvP modes – Smash the Star, Happy Bath Survival, and the newly-revealed Rubber Duck Party, which is essentially […]
The announcement that Nintendo Switch Online’s Game Boy Advance range is to receive RPGs Golden Sun and Golden Sun: The Lost Age is incredibly welcome news. But there are still some absolutely colossal gaps, some all-time great GBA games that we’d love...
New Final Fantasy VII Rebirth footage was shared online over the weekend, providing another quick look at the game. The new footage, which was shared on the game's official Japanese X/Twitter profile, focuses on quick travel, which will allow players to instantly travel to towns and other points of interest as well as to Chocobos from anywhere on the map. Load times are around five seconds, which is definitely fast, but as fast as in other PlayStation 5 games such as Marvel's Spider-Man 2. 【フィールド移動:ファストトラベル】 街など特定の拠点や各地のチョコボストップには、ファストトラベルで即座に移動することができます。 道に迷って元の場所に戻りたいときなど、上手く活用して冒険を進めましょう。#FF7 #FF7R #FF7リバース pic.twitter.com/WfQG2PF87b — FFVII REMAKE (@FFVIIR_CLOUD) January 14, 2024 Final Fantasy VII […]
Nothing has been decided regarding Final Fantasy XVII yet, but there's a very good chance it will be a very different game from its predecessor, judging from some recent statements. Speaking in a new episode of the Game Maker's Notebook podcast, Naoki Yoshida, producer of both the fourteenth and sixteenth entries in the series by Square Enix, was asked about the next entry in the series. Being on the board of directors, Yoshi-P couldn't really comment on the game, but he did say that nothing has been decided on it yet. Having had the chance to work on two entries […]
The annual Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival is in full swing in Japan, and during the event’s opening keynote, the curtain was fully pulled back on the upcoming Dawntrail update. The fifth major expansion for Square Enix’s MMORPG, Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail will take players to a new tropical island region and offer a full visual revamp and much more. Coming out of the FF14 Fan Festival, we got a look at Dawntrail’s Pictomancer job that allows you to cast spells and summon creatures with a magic paintbrush, as well as the Female Hrothgar race, new city Solution Nine, and […]
In October 2021, developer Eidos-Montréal, the team behind the basically-dead live-service title Marvel’s Avengers, launched Guardians of the Galaxy. The single-player, third-person shooter was excellent, offering great combat, likable characters, soli...
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is only a couple short months away, but if you want to kick off the FF7 fun early, you can in… Apex Legends. Yes, a new Apex Legends and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth crossover event kicks off next week, which will include a new takeover that will allow you to find and wield the iconic Buster Sword. In addition to that, you can expect the usual array of cosmetics, including some pretty cool-looking skins that see Apex heroes dressing up as the likes of Tifa, Aerith, Barrett, and Yuffie. You can check out a quick trailer […]
It’s just two days into 2024 and a major video game company is already talking about its big AI plans. If you thought we were leaving AI discourse behind in 2023, I’m sorry to tell you that you were very, very wrong. A New Year’s letter from the curren...
As customary every January 1st, the new president of Square Enix posted a public New Year's letter on the Japanese game publisher's website. Takashi Kiryu, who replaced Yosuke Matsuda in June 2023, clearly showed a change in direction from his predecessor. Whereas Matsuda spoke for two years in a row about the importance blockchain would have for the future of gaming, Kiryu-san focused more on the impact of AI, specifically generative AI. Square Enix will apply it aggressively to both marketing efforts and game development to create new forms of content. Artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential implications had for […]
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is going to feature a scene that made the game's Creative Director cry, but it's not what everybody may think. There will be some spoilers after this point, so avoid reading if you haven't played the original release. Speaking with Game Informer, Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura talked about how the team wanted to depict characters much more deeply when they decided to remake the seventh entry in the series. As such, it's not only Aerith's arc that will see deeper development, but even other characters and story sequences, such as Dyne. There's one sequence featuring Marlene's […]