Our latest coverage of Columns.
With Final Fantasy XIV officially launching on Xbox Series X|S tomorrow, Square Enix has finally clarified how they’ll be handling subscriptions on the Xbox version. According to the studio’s official statement, players will need to purchase a separate copy of the game and a separate subscription for Xbox but won’t be required to have an active Xbox Game Pass subscription [...]
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The recently renamed studio Unchained Entertainment has brought their first title Final Stand: Ragnarok closer to full release. While originally published on Steam back in 2021 for $19.99, the game was in an early alpha phase that only garnered about 37 peak concurrent players. After a recent investment round, Unchained Entertainment is finally in a position to push out the [...]
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The journey to the Gold Road and West Weald officially begins in Elder Scrolls Online as its Scions of Ithelia DLC officially goes live on PC. The DLC sets the stage for the titular chapter’s release in June with two new dungeons: Oathsworn Pit and Bedlam Veil. “Players will earn unique rewards that include new collectibles, Achievements, and item sets, [...]
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All-star PvP brawler MultiVersus is returning in a few short months as Warner Bros. and Player First Games confirms its official launch on May 28. We first got an inkling that the Smash Bros-inspired title will be coming back to life last week when its Twitter page showed signs of life after nearly nine months of radio silence. Now, it’s [...]
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A big name in the MMORPG space, Andrew Gower the founder of Jagex and RuneScape designer, will be launching a new MMORPG later this year titled "Brighter Shores". The game will be free to play and will be on playable on PC and Mac through Steam later this year. “Creating this game has been a real labour of love. At [...]
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Microsoft’s classic real-time strategy hit, Age of Empires, is coming to mobile devices later this year courtesy of Xbox subsidiary and Call of Duty: Mobile developer TiMi Studio Group. Age of Empires Mobile promises the same gameplay mechanics as the original game plus multiplayer features like player vs. player sieges. “Age of Empires Mobile is a new chapter for the [...]
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Skull and Bones has kicked off its first official season and it couldn’t have come any sooner. The multiplayer pirate game has only been out for two weeks but players are already getting antsy about doing something other than filler quests, which is exactly what Season 1: Raging Tides is offering. Season 1 is the first of four quarterly seasons [...]
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Free-to-play third-person MOBA Gigantic is coming back to life as Gigantic: Rampage Edition courtesy of its new developer Abstraction Games and Gearbox Publishing. Unfortunately for fans of the 5v5 hero shooter, the new version will be buy-to-play at $19.99 a pop but will be completely free of any microtransactions. Period. The “premium and definite release” edition will include all of [...]
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Fortnite’s multi-franchise universe is about to get bigger as Disney partners with Epic Games to bring the entire Disney universe into the game. The partnership comes with a whopping $1.5 billion investment from Disney to help fund the creation of the Fortnite-based Disney world and the studio itself. “We’ve entered into a strategic relationship with Epic Games, the maker of [...]
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The Day Before saga continues well after the game’s closure as more information comes to light on the circumstances surrounding the zombie survival game’s epic failure. It’s a story of indecisive studio heads, unpaid work, extreme crunch culture, and just poor leadership on the part of the studio’s owners in the form of a new documentary from German video game [...]
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