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Andrea Shearon

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Andrea Shearon is Fanbyte's weekend news editor. She's got a soft spot for most RPGs, but FFXIV occupies a majority of her free time.


FFXIV Endwalker’s Lyrical Journey Reveals a Beautiful Ode to the End

Final Fantasy XIV’s Endwalker expansion is delayed until December 7, but the MMO’s main theme song is out in just a few days on November 17. The official title of that Masayoshi Soken-composed banger you hear in the full trailer is Endwalker – Footfalls, and I have ten million theories…

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Turtle Rock is Adjusting Back 4 Blood’s Unintended Difficulty Spike

Back 4 Blood is pretty damn hard—that’s not just coming from me, either. In an update stream from Turtle Rock, the studio admitted the co-op shooter is facing development challenges that make it “far more difficult than intended.” Earlier this week, Turtle Rock thought they had fixed issues surrounding Special…

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Back 4 Blood cinematic image

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Grand Theft Auto Remastered Trilogy Remains Unavailable to Play or Buy on PC

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition was released on PC just last Thursday but wound up promptly taken down as Rockstar’s official launcher went offline for maintenance. The service is back now, but you still can’t buy or play Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, or San…

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A street view from Rockstar's Vice City comparison video for the GTA remaster.

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I’m Ready for Arataki Itto, that Hunky Oni Dude Genshin Impact Players Went Wild Over

It’s official, Arataki Itto—a new five-star character in Genshin Impact that drove damn near everyone to show out on Twitter—will arrive in Teyvat with version 2.3, Shadows Amidst Snowstorms. As a fan of this character I have never played, met or held any reasonable connection to, I’m pumped for his…

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Genshin Impact's Arataki Itto trailer.

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FFXIV is Resetting Your Mid-Level Job EXP Progress in Endwalker

Final Fantasy XIV is reining in numerical values throughout the game, and that means you’ll spot some differences in things like HP pools, attacks, and consumables. While that’s all fine and good—not really affecting your gameplay—there are situations where the changes hurt. Come Endwalker, any job or class you have…

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FFXIV Is resetting experience progress from middle level points in Endwalker.

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Mass Effect’s Pinnacle Station DLC Lives On Through a Modding Project

The Mass Effect: Legendary Edition does not officially include the original Pinnacle Station DLC, but a team of modders at ME3Tweaks have restored the lost add-on after BioWare admitted they no longer had access to the source code from developer Demiurge Studios. In the lead up to the Mass Effect…

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Mass Effect's original look before the Legendary Edition

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Mass Effect’s Latest Choice Report Reveals Which Endings Players Are Picking

It’s N7 Day, BioWare’s yearly celebration of the original Mass Effect trilogy and Andromeda that sometimes brings bigger beats on the series’ next moves. This year, BioWare continues the trend of showing how wrong or right some of us are while playing through the new Legendary Edition with an updated…

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Animal Crossing Is Bringing Black Friday Sales To Your Island

Animal Crossing: New Horizons taps into that warm and fuzzy side of everyone that likes gift-giving, decorating, and spending time with friends. It’s also got a ruthless raccoon debt collector and an upcoming tribute to the most hellish time of the year, Black Friday, but this is one you can…

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Animal Crossing's Winter update preview, which will now include Nook Friday.

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FFXIV Endwalker Will Tighten Some Housing Rules, Increase Supply

Final Fantasy XIV’s housing system is changing things up again. During the latest Letter from the Producer Live, director and producer Naoki Yoshida detailed how Endwalker’s release will implement a new lottery system, change up a few rules, and add homes in Ishgard. If you’ve ever logged into Final Fantasy…

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Final Fantasy 14's director and producer Naoki Yoshida shows off a new exterior for Endwalker Housing.

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