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Final Fantasy 7 definitely has more spin-offs and peripheral vignettes than any other game in the storied series, by far, and grappling with the decades of additional lore was a major consideration for the developers of the ongoing Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy.The remade trilogy’s director, Naoki Hamaguchi, spoke about balancing the jenga tower of new and old stories in an interview with GamerBraves. “Even from members such as creative director [Tetsuya] Nomura and producer [Yoshinori] Kitase, they didn’t just want to make a remake,” he said. “They wanted to make a story that could include the compilation of the…
Late last year, RocketWerkz shared the first details of Kitten Space Agency – a spaceship engineering management game from a team including the original developer of Kerbal Space Program, which aims to fill the sparking void left by the downfall (or is it?) of Kerbal Space Program 2. Aside from introducing feline astronauts, the game runs on a new engine that can support a fancier and more consistent physics simulation. It looks like catnip for Kerbollards (TM), though I have some broad reservations about the project’s use of new community-funding platform Ahwoo. Among those working on Kitten…
How do Hytale mods work? The Minecraft mod community is perhaps one of the biggest around, with new mods still arriving on a daily basis, over ten years since the blocky sandbox game’s initial release. From subtle aesthetic changes to full-on gameplay mods, you can find it all, so of course, the question of how Hytale mods work surrounds the release of the unofficial Minecraft spin-off. Hytale comes from the creators of the immensely popular Hypixel Minecraft server, and maintains the block-game look and style the team is already used to working with. As such, the comparisons to games like…
He might be praying to the Allfather for a hand in the recent Avengers: Doomsday trailer, but Chris Hemsworth is certainly keeping his cool in the new trailer for director Bart Layton’s upcoming thriller, Crime 101.The new movie, which seems to be matching the temperature of films like Heat and The Town, is adapted from a Don Winslow novella set in Los Angeles. Hemsworth takes the lead as a top-tier criminal who regularly leaves the law in the dust and plans to keep it that way for the final job he has lined up. As is customary for every thief’s…
I think as long as you make a new year’s update post before the incredibly arbitrary date of January 13th, you’re still able to do so without me thinking “come on, it’s almost February”, which is exactly what EA did with their new years Sims update post. Perhaps reassuringly, after word came last year of EA’s concerning acquisition, the post opens by doubling down on what the team has previously said regarding staying committed to their values (those values including inclusivity is welcome though I wish they’d be more explicit about who is being included). But the post also,…
With GTA 6 currently scheduled for November and unlikely to see a PC release this year, we’ve had to turn back to the classics to scratch the Rockstar itch, and Red Dead Redemption 2 has delivered. In what’s been dubbed the ‘Spider Dream Mystery,’ or simply the spiderweb easter egg, one off-hand discovery has sent the community spiraling down a bizarre rabbit hole that only continues to stretch out as the days roll on. Personally, I’ll take any excuse to revisit one of the best open-world games ever made, but this particular thread has continued to surprise me as more…
Personally speaking, if a distorted voice from a box invited me to visit them in a broken-down facility, I would stay at home under the covers. End of Abyss’ protagonist Cel however, decides to take the invitation, armed with nothing but a pistol and a scanner.The light equipment, as ill-advised as it may seem, is key, as Studio 9 co-founder Marcus Ottvall explains: “We always wanted the game to have relatively simple combat so that the game would be easy to pick up and play, but with a Metroidvania aspect that would let you find new weapons and equipment to…
Hear ye, hear ye, another extraction shooter is almost upon us, this time the smaller but still quite bold in scope Sand: Raiders of Sophie. Last time I personally heard of this game it was just called Sand, which doesn’t sound great for that whole search engine thing, though I’m not entirely convinced by the subtitle. Anyway, this extraction shooter is set in an alternate 1910 where you get to roam the desert in a steampunky fortress with legs, and it’s got a release month! That release month isn’t too far away either, being March, though a month…
I love a good ol’ fashioned product campaign. Buy a pizza, get a free Call of Duty skin (we drove halfway across Glasgow for that one); buy a boba tea, get a free Final Fantasy 14 cosmetic (I stopped us driving to Birmingham for that one) – there’s something fun about seeing your favorite game on a Burger King bag or a Subway sandwich. Sure, it’s capitalism at its finest, but bluntly, we all like free things. The latest such crossover is a new Pringles and Xbox campaign, which lets you grab four free rewards for some of the best…
Indie developer Studio Supersoft has just revealed its next project that’s set in the same fantasy universe as its absolutely adorable life simulation creature-collector Moonstone Island.The developer decided to usher in the new year with a surprise reveal, posting a clip to social media while asking, “Who wants to see what we’re working on next?” What’s next, then, is a game called Moonstone Academy, which the team say is something in between a sequel and… non-sequel?”Not DLC but not sequel but also not not sequel,” it tweeted. “Another entry into the moonstone universe.” You may like Who wants to see…