Natalie Flores

Natalie Flores

Natalie is Fanbyte's Featured Contributor, with bylines at places like VICE, Polygon, PC Gamer, Paste Magazine, and more.

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The First Part of FFXIV Patch 5.5, Death Unto Dawn, Is Coming in April

Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker just got revealed. That was a big enough deal on its own! But, since Final Fantasy XIV is always the gift that keeps on giving, there was a live letter n...

Apex Legends Reveals Fuse, the New Legend and a Pansexual Icon

Earlier this week, Respawn Entertainment officially revealed the trailer for the new legend coming to the battle royale Apex Legends. His name is Walter (Wally) Fitzroy, otherwise primarily k...

The ColourPop and Animal Crossing Collab Is Giving Me Everything I Need

ColourPop, the popular makeup brand, has announced a collaboration with Nintendo and Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Cyberpunk 2077 Sparks Confusion on Kerry Eurodyne's Sexuality and Romance

Cyberpunk 2077 has caused confusion related to one of its queer romance options: an ostensibly gay man named Kerry Eurodyne.

Fair Play Alliance Shares Unprecedented Framework for Healthier Game Spaces

The Fair Play Alliance has released its “Disruption and Harms in Online Gaming” framework, which is the result of an unprecedented and global collaboration among video game developers. The framework’s...

Yakuza: Like a Dragon Voice Actor Confirms Ichiban Will Now Lead the Series

Kazuhiro Nakaya, the voice actor of Ichiban Kasuga in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, has addressed the future of the Yakuza series, confirming Ichiban is here to stay for the foreseeable fut...

Cyberpunk 2077 Review Podcast

Welcome to Fanbyte’s special review podcast of Cyberpunk 2077!

Sony Is Reportedly Giving Refunds for Cyberpunk 2077 on the PlayStation 4

Sony has been issuing refunds for players unhappy with Cyberpunk 2077′s performance.

New BioWare Book is a Reminder that Dragon Age 2 Was Made in Nine Months

This week saw the release of BioWare: Stories and Secrets from 25 Years of Game Development, an extensive book that serves as a retrospective on the famous studio’s development history. There...

The Next FFXIV Story Patch Will Blessedly Bring This Hell Year to a Close

Final Fantasy XIV Patch 5.4, “Futures Rewritten,” is on development track to be released in early December.

Save Your Spoiled Turnips in Animal Crossing: New Horizons For This Week

If you’ve been holding onto your spoiled turnips in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, you’re about to have a great reason for doing so. That’s because Hellmann, the well-known food products bran...

This Animal Crossing: New Horizons Player Designs Cute Villager Embroidery

One Animal Crossing: New Horizons player has been creating beautiful embroideries of various Animal Crossing villagers.

Four Months After Launch, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is Bigger Than Ever

Less than five months after its release, Animal Crossing: New Horizons continues to break records and cultural milestones, proving that it’s bigger than ever.

This Animal Crossing: New Horizons Player Draws Amazing Bulletin Board Art

One player in Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been sharing her incredibly detailed and impressive bulletin board art with the goal of spreading happiness.

This Animal Crossing Instagram Is Dedicated to Scathing Leftist Memes

There are plenty of great Animal Crossing social media accounts, like the Twitter account dedicated to Roald the penguin. But I think I’ve finally found my favorite one of them all: an Instag...

Multiple Final Fantasy XVI Rumors Emerge Over the Week, Causing Speculation

Square Enix hasn’t confirmed Final Fantasy XVI is in development, but it hasn’t stopped multiple rumors of the game to have emerged over the last few days.

After George Floyd, Many in the Gaming Community Say #BlackLivesMatter

Over the last week, riots all over the United States have emerged in reaction to the death of George Floyd. On May 25, white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for over eig...

Visually Impaired? Use This Sign and Note in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Reddit user SatisfiedRuby82 has shared helpful Animal Crossing: New Horizons design codes for a sign and note to let visiting players know if you’re visually impaired.

AOC Graces Villagers with Island Visits in Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Nintendo has reported that 13.41 million copies of Animal Crossing: New Horizons have been sold. And, lucky for them, one of those copies now belongs to U.S Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N...

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Player Models Island After K-pop Group LOONA

K-pop fans aren’t just replying to random tweets with fancams to promote their favorite idols — they’ve got much more creative ways to accomplish that goal, too. One Animal Crossing: New Horizons<...