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It looks like we’re going to have wait a while longer for our next good look at Final Fantasy XVI. Producer Naoki Yoshida has confirmed that, due to the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the game’s development has been delayed “by almost half a year”, and that its “next big reveal” will come in spring 2022.
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Halo Infinite is a serious game about serious things, like the fight for Zeta Halo, Master Chief's humanity, and the importance of relying on your partners. But things do get a bit funny when there are Grunts around. These little guys scatter in fear if you shoot anywhere near them, but long-time Halo fans may have noticed that they do seem a bit braver than they used to be. This was a conscious ...read more
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"I'm gone until the 27th," Pokemon speedrunner 360Chrism said. "Enjoy chat plays Pokemon until then!" A Twitch streamer called Chris left his chat to play Pokemon Crystal with a randomiser mod for five days but his fans beat it in less than two (thanks, NME). As is the case with any 'Chat Plays' stream, it involved letting his average of 1,000 viewers interact with the game by typing what ...read more
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Battlefield 2042 has endured a rough launch, and with everything from technical and network issues to the player base in general being disappointed in the state that the game has launched in as compared to what was promised, the shooter isn’t exactly in the best shape right now. And while something like in-game product placements aren’t going to affect gameplay in any tangible way, they’re ...read more
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Easy Day Studios’ skateboarding game Skater XL might not have grabbed headlines the way other heavyweights in the genre have recently done, but the game’s kept chugging along since its full launch in 2020 (and even before that if you count its early access period), and with new content being regularly brought to it, that player base has kept coming back. Another new map has been added to ...read more
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Elden Ring is easily one of 2022's most highly-anticipated games, and a big part of that anticipation can be attributed to director Hidetaka Miyazaki. Miyazaki's work on the Souls series has earned him a devoted following, and the director's newest project sounds quite promising. In fact, Miyazaki would go so far as to say that with Elden Ring, he's creating what he would consider to be his ...read more
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Rainbow Six Extraction's creative director has revealed how Operators from Siege were adapted for the new game. When it launches next month, Rainbow Six Extraction will bring over a selection of Operators from Rainbow Six Siege. In a new interview with PLAY Magazine, which you can buy here, Extraction creative director Patrik Methe reveals that the team had "heated discussions" concerning ...read more
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Halo: Combat Evolved didn't always have a campaign, staff on the original game have revealed. Issue 227 of Retro Gamer magazine features a massive 10-page spread on the original Halo, delving into little-known facts behind the original shooter. Stefan Sinclair, programmer on Halo's multiplayer team, revealed that Combat Evolved began life as a strictly multiplayer-only game, and the only way ...read more
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The developers behind the remake of classic city-building game Pharaoh are approaching their task in a way comparable to Blue Point’s handling of the remake of Demon’s Souls – they’re letting the original gameplay stay largely intact while applying a modern refresh to the visuals. The results look great in both cases, and today we get a look at how Pharaoh: A New Era compares with its ...read more
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The Rockstar Games website has been updated with a potential Bully 2 tease. This month, rumors began to surface that the long-awaited sequel to the 2006 Rockstar classic was not only finally happening, but going to be revealed soon. Since then, conflicting rumors have surfaced claiming that Rockstar Games is back to working on Bully, but it's a remaster of the first game, not Bully 2. ...read more
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