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Gallery New Final Fantasy VII Remake Screenshots Show Combat, Menus, Chocobos, and More
Buster groove
Who wants to see more of Final Fantasy VII Remake, then? Square Enix has just released a bunch of new screenshots from the highly anticipated title, showcasing combat, environments, equipment menus, minigames, and much more. The game is still looking very, very promising. You can find all of the new images below. Characters...
News Square Enix Hoping to Bring Final Fantasy XIV Online to PS5
Bring those characters over
Update: Square Enix has reached out to us to clarify the comments of director Naoki Yoshida: "While not a confirmation, Yoshida-san expressed a hope that Final Fantasy XIV Online may one day appear on the next generation of Sony console." Original Article: Final Fantasy XIV Online was always going to be playable on...
News Remember Babylon's Fall? We Don't Either, But We're Getting More Info Before 2019 Ends
Platinum Games confirms
Hey, remember Babylon's Fall? What do you mean, "no"? Who could forget its dramatic unveiling at... Er... E3 2018, apparently. It got a brief and entirely forgettable trailer at Square Enix's showcase, but to be fair, it is being developed by Platinum Games, so we do have some hope for this one despite all the snark...
News Square Enix Planning Next-Generation Action Game Experience
A cut above
Looks like Square Enix has received its PlayStation 5 devkits, as the company’s First Development Division is currently busy beavering away on a new intellectual property for console. The studio – which is also behind the upcoming Final Fantasy VII Remake – claims that it’s working with an “international team of creators” to...
News Even Final Fantasy VII Remake Is Getting Spooky on Halloween
Boo
Tying nicely into the fact that it's Halloween today, Square Enix has released a new screenshot from Final Fantasy VII Remake. It features the 'Ghost' enemy that haunts the Train Graveyard in the original game. It's safe to say that these creepy creatures look better than ever in the upcoming remake. Final Fantasy VII has loads of weird...
News Marvel's Avengers Splits Its Campaign Between Hero and Warzone Missions
Single player and co-op options
In case you don't already know, Marvel's Avengers is basically going to be Crystal Dynamics' superhero take on Destiny. It's a loot-based Game as a Service in every way, and its latest trailer only served to back that up further. Gear scores are aplenty and cosmetic skins are all over the place, but at least the...
News Marvel's Avengers Trailer Finally Shows Us What the Game Is About with Loot and Gearscores
There it is
Square Enix has released a brand new trailer for Marvel's Avengers, and it gives us a much better idea of what the game's all about. As has been hinted numerous times since the game's confusing reveal back at E3, this is basically going to be Destiny with superheroes. You take your favourite Avenger out on missions launched through a...
Hands On Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Live Up to RPG's Legendary Legacy
What's old is new again
Final Fantasy VII Remake is oh-so anime but oh-so good. If you’re like this particular author, you’ll cringe at physics-defying hairstyles and exaggerated American accents, but protagonist Cloud Strife’s oft-requested return is shaping up to be a sublime role-playing game – even if the jury’s still out on how its...
Hands On Marvel's Avengers on PS4 Assembles One Helluva Set-Piece Opening
A real Marvel
Marvel’s Avengers has come under intense scrutiny since its official unveiling at E3 2019 – strange, considering the Crystal Dynamics developed superhero smash opens in the most eye-popping manner imaginable. Perhaps it’s merely a case of all the criticism leading to lowered expectations, but we came away from a 25 minute hands...
News Shadow of the Tomb Raider Bundles All DLC Together in Definitive Edition, Out Next Month
No price given
Shadow of the Tomb Raider more or less came and went upon its PlayStation 4 release last September, but we've heard that the DLC released for it post-launch actually ended up being pretty good. Starting next month, you'll be able to purchase that base game and all additional content in one transaction as the Definitive Edition bundles...
News Marvel's Avengers Campaign Takes Roughly 12 Hours to Beat
30 hours if you do everything
Coverage of Marvel's Avengers is coming thick and fast out of New York Comic Con. As well as the reveal of Kamala Khan as a playable character, we now know how long the game's campaign will be if you focus on the core story. Speaking with
News Marvel's Avengers Adds Sixth Playable Hero, Kamala Khan
Elastic action
Marvel’s Avengers has taken a bit of a battering since being formally unveiled at E3 2019, but the project has started to look a lot more interesting in recent months. Case in point: this Kamala Khan unveiling is pretty neat, as Ms Marvel has been officially confirmed as the release’s sixth playable character. For those out of the...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake's Re-Recorded Battle Music Is Godlike
Gameplay's not bad either
Square Enix first showcased this boss battle gameplay from Final Fantasy VII Remake at Tokyo Game Show 2019, but that footage had Japanese commentary over the top of it. Now, the publisher has uploaded a clean version of the fight, and while the gameplay still looks fantastic, it's the music that's really the star of the...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Gets So Many New Screenshots
Final fantastic
Jeez, where do we even start? Square Enix has swamped us with Final Fantasy VII Remake screenshots, showing off characters, locations, battles, menus, and more. Naturally, being the nice guys that we are, we've included all of them here in this very article. You can enlarge the images by clicking on them. You know, the more we...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake PS4 Box Art Revealed
Also a remake
Square Enix has revealed the Western box art for Final Fantasy VII Remake, and it's rather good looking. Perhaps as you'd expect, it features Cloud, buster sword on back, staring up at Shinra's headquarters. Those of you with a sharp memory have probably already realised that it's a remake of the original Final Fantasy VII...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Presentation Has Loads of New, Uncut Gameplay
Boss battles and squats
Square Enix's full Final Fantasy VII Remake presentation at Tokyo Game Show 2019 has been archived on YouTube -- and it features several chunks of brand new, uncut gameplay. If you've been dying to see the title in full flow, we'd highly recommend watching this one. The bombing run mission that takes place at the beginning...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Has a Classic Turn-Based Option for Purists, Sort Of
A case of waiting around
If your excitement for Final Fantasy VII Remake was soured when it was announced that the combat would be real-time rather than turn-based, then you may be in luck. Square Enix announced at a TGS 2019 panel that alongside the standard battle system, a Classic Mode would be available for players who prefer the menu-based...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Continues to Look Incredibly Promising in Hype New Trailer
Midgar's calling
Square Enix has dropped a brand new Final Fantasy VII Remake trailer, and boy is this game looking promising. The trailer features a number of new scenes, with Cloud and the gang continuing their adventure through Midgar. It also gives us our first look at the Turks, who are looking better than ever. Oh, and that part with Don...
News Romancing SaGa 3 Brings a New Generation to PS4 and Vita This November
The saga continues
First announced back at E3, Romancing SaGa 3 now has a PlayStation 4 and PS Vita release date. The old school Japanese role-playing title is considered by some to be the best entry in Square Enix's often maligned series -- but it was never brought West. Originally released over two decades ago in Japan, its sweeping narrative --...
News Star Ocean: First Departure R Arrives on PS4 This December
Lift off
Star Ocean: First Departure R has a release date on PlayStation 4. This is a remaster of the PSP remake of the first Star Ocean, and it comes equipped with crisper visuals, newly recorded voice work, rebalanced difficulty, and an all new "speed mode". Here's a more in-depth breakdown of the remaster's new features, taken from the press...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake to Receive Brand New Trailer at TGS 2019
Head in the Clouds
Next year is loaded with hugely anticipated PlayStation 4 games, but few are as meaningful as Final Fantasy VII Remake. The unforgettable PSone megahit is famously being rebuilt from the ground-up for Sony’s current console, and while we haven’t seen a fat lot of Cloud Strife and crew since E3 2019, publisher Square Enix has...
News Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind Trailer Brings Back Data Battles and Dark Forms
Still no release date though
Despite the lack of a solid release date, Kingdom Hearts III Re Mind is supposedly almost upon is. It's set to release between now and 2020, and the DLC's latest trailer has us hyped up all over again. The base game is one of the year's very best titles, and it looks like 2019 will go out with a Sora-shaped bang whenever...
News Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Remastered Finally Gets a Release Date, But It's 2020
Your village will have to wait
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Remastered Edition was first announced at last year's Tokyo Game Show, alongside a vague 2019 release date. And aside from a brief appearance at E3 a couple of months back, we've seen very little of the remaster, to the point where we were wondering whether it would soon be shadow...
News Iconic Final Fantasy VII Artwork Remade in Celebration of US Anniversary
Cloud nine
In case you weren't aware, today is the 22nd anniversary of Final Fantasy VII's release in North America. The seminal JRPG broke the mould in 1997, and over two decades later is still held up as one of the greats. Of course, next year will see the release of Final Fantasy VII Remake on PlayStation 4, and it's looking superb so far. To...
News Square Enix Showcases PS5's Possibilities with Tech Demo
A glimpse of next-gen?
It's rumoured that the PlayStation 5's graphics chip will sit somewhere between GeForce's latest GPUs: the RTX 2070 and the RTX 2080. This tech demo published by Square Enix studio Luminous Productions is fascinating, then, as it's leveraging the latter's considerable horsepower. It's running on the Luminous Engine, which the...
News Trials of Mana Comes to PS4 in April 2020
PlayStation Store listing reveals all
Update: PlayStation has now confirmed the 24th April, 2020 release date in a new blog post that details the challenges behind bringing Trials of Mana to a completely new audience. Check it out through here. Whoops, the EU PlayStation Store might have just gotten word out about an impending anno
News Our Next Look at Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Feature Shinra Characters
TGS 2019 details
Tokyo Game Show 2019 is fast approaching, and you better believe that Final Fantasy VII Remake will be there. Wow, it still feels weird even writing that. But what can we expect from the upcoming reimagining? Well, according to a Gematsu translation, evil, energy-sucking corporation Shinra could be the star of the show. Speaking to...
Review Final Fantasy VIII Remastered - A Fascinating JRPG Classic, Gameplay Flaws and All
I've got a GF that's better than that
Do we think Final Fantasy VIII is a bad game? Not at all. Do we think it's one of the best Final Fantasy games? Not quite, but even now, a whopping 20 years after its initial release on the original PlayStation, there's a unique kind of magic to Final Fantasy VIII. The world, the characters, and the story create...
Review Oninaki - A Dark and Intriguing Action RPG That Loses Its Edge
Break the cycle
Oninaki is developer Tokyo RPG Factory's third game. Like I Am Setsuna and Lost Sphear before it, Oninaki is fundamentally a role-playing title, but it differs greatly in that it takes more inspiration from Diablo than it does Final Fantasy. This is a dungeon crawling action RPG with randomised loot, expansive character progression,...
News Marvel's Avengers Character Faces Remodelled in New Gameplay Footage
The New Avengers
We honestly didn't notice this at first glance when the Marvel's Avengers gameplay demo dropped, but as Reddit points out, the title's much criticised character models have been altered -- perhaps for the better. Captain America's face has definitely been sanded down a bit -- he looks younger and less grizzled. The same seems to be...
News Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Will Have More Cheats on PC Than on Consoles
For some reason
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered is bringing angsty teens to PlayStation 4 on the 3rd September, and it's coming equipped with several cheats. These cheats include: triple game speed, no random encounters, and the ability to max out your hit points and ATB gauge in battle. However, it's come to light that the PC version of the remaster...
News Marvel's Avengers Finally Gets Its Full Gameplay Video
Avengers assemble
As promised, Square Enix has released the full gameplay video for Marvel's Avengers. The footage first debuted back at Comic-Con, but it was only shown to panel attendees. The video's a good 18 minutes in length, and features the game's opening mission. Honest opinion? It looks okay. Animations are a bit janky in places and...
News Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Hits PS4 on 3rd September
New features too
And just like that, Final Fantasy VIII Remastered has a confirmed PlayStation 4 release date. It's coming in just a couple of weeks time on 3rd September, bringing with it a whole host of new features that will make playing the game itself a much better experience in 2019. It's priced at $19.99, and can be pre-ordered from the...
News Dying Light 2 Gameplay Reveal Set for 26th August
Most likely to be footage from E3
Dying Light 2 continued to fly under many people's radars at E3 2019, despite a couple of trailers cropping up in Microsoft and Square Enix's press conferences. It's showing a lot of promise in pre-release footage, but things are about to get a whole lot better thanks to the announcement of a major gameplay blowout...
News Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Gives Squall an Actual Face During That Infamous Scene
You're the best looking guy here
You know that scene in Final Fantasy VIII where Rinoa is at the Balamb Garden graduation ball thing, and she chats Squall up by telling him that he's "the best looking guy here"? Except due to the game's now primitive character models, Squall barely had a face? Well, in the upcoming remaster, our uncaring hero...
News Just Cause 4's Final DLC Adds a Hoverboard, Gravity Gun, and More to Rico's Arsenal
Danger Rising
Yes, they're still updating Just Cause 4. The bombastic sequel arrived right at the tail end of 2018, but it feels as though most have moved on from the open world action title. Still, for those still paying attention, the third and final DLC has just gotten some details. It's called Danger Rising, and as you can see in the above...
News Final Fantasy VII Remake Will Bring Midgar to Gamescom Later This Month
Square Enix reveals its plans
Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy VII Remake will be a big part of its Gamescom 2019 plans. The publisher's bringing 72 playable demo stations to the European event later this month (which runs from the 20th August to the 24th August), giving attendees the opportunity to go hands on with what is easily one of...
News Marvel's Avengers: We'll Always Be on Someone's Sh*t List
Troy Baker rallies against backlash
Marvel’s Avengers should have been the most straightforward of slam-dunks for publisher Square Enix, but the backlash against the release has been substantial to say the least. Many fans have been left frustrated by the cloak-and-dagger approach that Crystal Dynamics has taken towards showcasing gameplay, while...
News Oninaki Gameplay Trailer Dives Into Combat, Customisation, and Loot
Anime Diablo, kind of
Oninaki is shaping up to be an interesting action role-playing title, and this latest gameplay trailer has piqued our interest when it comes to the character progression side of things. As you adventure through the title's otherworldly environments, you'll level up, befriend new 'daemons', and get your hands on all kinds of...
News Release Your Inner Daemons with Free Oninaki Demo, Available Now on PS4
Progress carries over to full game
If you're a fan of Tokyo RPG Factory's output, you're in luck. The team responsible for games such as I Am Setsuna and Lost Sphear is on the brink of releasing its latest JRPG, Oninaki. However, you don't need to wait any longer in order to play it; Square Enix has released a free demo on PlayStation 4, and it's...
News Marvel's Avengers Gameplay Leaks out of Comic-Con
Avengers disassembled
Behind closed doors demos rarely ever go according to plan; there’s always going to be one nefarious individual recording the action via potato cam. That proved true for Marvel’s Avengers at E3 2019, and has occurred once again at San Diego Comic Com 2019. As a result, publisher Square Enix is going to be busy filing...
News Marvel's Avengers Gameplay Footage to Finally Be Made Public After Gamescom
A-Day
Everyone was hoping to see some gameplay footage of Marvel's Avengers at E3 2019, but it unfortunately didn't feature in the game's big reveal. It was shown behind closed doors to the press, but that didn't do much to alleviate the concerns of fans. Square Enix showed a little more confidence in the game during a panel at
News Marvel Games' Comic-Con Panel Was a Whole Load of Nothing
Avengers gameplay after Gamescom
We already knew that the Marvel's Avengers gameplay demonstration wouldn't be making its way out of the San Diego Comic-Con panel in Hall H, but it really doesn't sound like there much was for attendees to get excited about anyway. We followed the panel through a live blog, and for saying that surprises were most...
News Marvel's Avengers Gameplay Will Only Be Shown to Comic-Con Attendees
Marvellous
After a wonky unveiling at E3 earlier this summer, Marvel's Avengers hasn't done a great amount to restore faith. Many who have actually seen the game in action say it looks decent enough, but there are still so many unanswered questions. It's the kind of uncertainty that can damage perception of a title before it's even given a chance...
News Square Enix Responds to Xbox Final Fantasy VII Remake Mix Up, Has 'No Plans' Beyond PS4
That's that
Yesterday, Xbox Germany caused a bit of a stir when it posted some false information about Final Fantasy VII Remake on its Facebook page. The post, which has long since been removed, incorrectly declared the game would launch on Xbox One on the same day as the PlayStation 4 release -- the only version we currently know about. While the...
Review Dragon Quest Builders 2 - A Rock Solid Sequel That's Every Bit as Addictive
Build it higher
Dragon Quest Builders 2 is a delightful sequel that -- pardon the pun -- builds on its predecessor in a lot of welcome ways. This isn't a huge leap forward by any stretch, but if you enjoyed the first Dragon Quest Builders, then you're probably going to love this. Right off the bat, Builders 2 does a great job of easing you into...
News Xbox Germany Mucks Up by 'Announcing' Final Fantasy VII Remake for Xbox One
Play it first on PS4
Will Final Fantasy VII Remake release on consoles other than PS4? Yes, of course it will - eventually. The folks over at Xbox Germany clearly didn't get that memo, though, because it has just tried to will an Xbox One release date into existence via a Facebook post. The post has since been deleted, but here's a screenshot for...
Both games playable at the show
If you're still waiting for the upcoming Marvel's Avengers to really grab you, tuning into Marvel Games' panel at San Diego Comic-Con might be worth your time. Both it and Iron Man VR will be a part of the Marvel Games Panel on 18th July in Hall H. Teased alongside "many unannounced special surprises and panel...
News PS4 Exclusive Wins E3 2019 Game of the Show, Despite Sony's Absence
A final fantasy
Sony may have taken a rain check at E3 2019, but PlayStation 4 is the only place you’ll be able to play the Game of the Show – at least initially, anyway. Final Fantasy VII Remake unsurprisingly swept the Games Critics Awards, waltzing away with Best of Show, Best Console Game, and Best RPG. It’s perhaps worth mentioning that...
News Sony Teams Up with Company Behind Witcher Netflix Series to Create Final Fantasy XIV TV Show
Yes, it's live action
Well here's a story we didn't quite see coming. Sony Pictures -- that's Sony's TV and movie arm -- is teaming up with production company Hivemind to make a live action TV series based on Final Fantasy XIV. Hivemind is the company behind Netflix's adaptation of The Witcher, by the way. The Final Fantasy XIV series will "tell an...
