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FFXIV’s PVP Community Honors the Upcoming Loss of Rival Wings

Final Fantasy XIV is adding things so often that we sometimes don’t notice the stuff that’s going away. Soon, Cape Westwind will no longer be poor Rhitahtyn getting his face...

FFXIV’s Garo Collaboration is Returning Soon With New Gear and Achievements

I remember the desperate scramble to get the Garo PVP gear in Final Fantasy XIV the first time around. As a fan of tokusatsu in general, and many of the Garo shows, I was hy...

FFXIV Patch 6.1 Has New Mounts and Minions, Like a Nier Pod and Nero Toy Car

During the latest Live Letter from Producer, Final Fantasy XIV creative director Naoki Yoshida showed off some of the new mounts and minions that players can acquire in Patch 6.1. The patch,...

FFXIV 6.1: First Look At Myths of the Realm Raid, Which Is Like An Endwalker Epilogue

During the latest Live Letter From the Producer, Final Fantasy XIV creative director and lead producer Naoki Yoshida gave us a tiny look at the first leg of the Alliance Raid for End...

The FFXIV Tank Raid Revolt is My New Favorite Party Finder Thing

I reckon most Final Fantasy XIV Party Finder tanks are sick of seeing Erichthonios. For those braving the role, Endwalker’s first Pandaemonium raid encounter often means navigat...

Hooters Road Trip Came Out 20 Years Ago Today

When you think of Hooters, what do you imagine? Chicken? Waitresses? Sonic the Hedgehog? How about cross-country racing? No? Well, then you, my friend, lack the imagination of the developers of <...

Happy 35th Birthday to the Sharp X68000!

In the American canon, 80s retro gaming is almost always associated with dedicated consoles like the NES and the Sega Genesis. But in Japan during that same period, home computers were huge. And if yo...

Variable Refresh Rate Coming to PS5 Soon, Says Sony

In a blog post announcing today’s system updates for the PS5 and PS4, Sony said that the oft-requested variable refresh rate (VRR) feature will be coming to the PS5 in the coming months. VRR allows us...

Why Do Elden Ring's Birdseye Telescopes Make Me Sick?

I get motion sickness, ok? I’ve tried everything — ginger, Dramamine, looking at a point in the distance, those ridiculous-looking glasses that are supposed to trick your brain into being ok with bein...

Genshin Impact Starts Double-Talent Book Event

If you’re intent on making your Genshin Impact characters as strong as they can possibly be, you’re going to need to level up your talents all the way. This can be difficult during norma...

Full FFXIV Patch 6.1 Live Letter is on April 1, Everything We Know So Far

The Final Fantasy XIV team has revealed the time and date for the next Live Letter From the Producer: Friday, April 1, 2022 at 4 a.m. PT / 7 a.m. ET<...

The FFXIV Team Originally Had No Idea What the Ascians Were Up To

At the end of an excellent story, it can feel like a creative team had everything planned out from the beginning. In reality, especially on long-form stories told over the course of many years, everyt...

Emet-Selch Remains Japan’s Favorite FFXIV Character

Back in 2020, NHK ran a huge poll for all things Final Fantasy. A total of 468,654 votes were cast on surveys asking players about their favorite games in the series, favor...

ICYMI: Everything From Today's Hogwarts Legacy State of Play

I’ll be straight with you: This is not a recap of Hogwarts Legacy, WB Games’ latest attempt at applying their Portkey Initiative to make more wizarding world games. After much discussion, nei...

Summerfall Studios Renames its Musical Adventure to Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical

Summerfall Studios, the team led by ex-BioWare writer David Gaider and Beamdog alumni Liam Esler, has announced its musical adventure game Chorus is no longer called Chorus...

Elden Ring Crossplay Guide - Crossplay & Cross Progression Platforms

Elden Ring crossplay would be one helluva boon to the enormous community which has cropped up around the game on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Even cross save would really help — allowing users...

How to Sort Your Inventory in Elden Ring

Enjoying the fantastical world of Elden Ring, but finding yourself wishing you could sort your inventory to more easily find whatever mystical gewgaw or widget you just discovered in tha...

Nintendo Delays Advanced Wars 1+2 Boot Camp Indefinitely Due to 'Recent World Events'

Advanced Wars 1+2 Boot Camp is seeing another delay, but while the first one that happened at the end of last year was because the remasters needed “little more time for fine tuning,” th...

FFXIV Account Linking Causes Issues If Your Steam Name is Weird

Last month, Square Enix announced that players who enjoy FFXIV on PC via Steam would need to link to their Square Enix accounts. The move was made to “enhance account security” ac...

Quantic Dream Found Guilty in Ongoing Cases Regarding Workplace Harassment

Update, 3/8/2022: This article was originally published in 2019, and has since been updated to reflect actor Elliot Page’s gender identity, who came out as a trans man in 2020.