Bungie Shoots Down Rumors of an Attempted Microsoft Acquisition

In a recent episode of GamesBeat Decides, it was said there had been reports that Microsoft had been attempting to acquire Bungie, developer of Destiny and ex-Xbox Games Studio, but talks had...

Fanbyte Morning News March 13, 2020

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Destiny 2's Guardian Games Promote Unity Through, Uh, Class Warfare

I will admit, confidentially and to you only, dear reader, that my hundreds of hours in Destiny 2 have left me with a certain amount of pride in being a Warlock. It’s silly, especially consid...

Fanbyte Evening News May 7, 2020

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Bungie Patches 'The Lie' After Instant, Widespread Rebuke of Event

In the time since last night’s post on why asking Destiny 2 players to perform nine million additional Seraph Tower activations was a bridge too far, Bungie has already patched the community...

Welcome Changes Coming to Destiny 2's Armor 2.0 System

Following a rough couple of weeks for Destiny 2 and its server stability, the folks at Bungie finally have some positive news to announce for its turgid players. Starting next season, Guardia...

Welcome QoL Changes Coming in Destiny 2's Season of Dawn

Destiny 2‘s Season of Dawn arrives next week, bringing with it a slew of quality of life improvements and gameplay adjustments, including changes to Exotic engrams, weapon mods, bounties, Mar...

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Bungie Outlines Engram, Pinnacle Weapon Changes in Shadowkeep

Bungie today published its final This Week at Bungie blog post ahead of next week’s Destiny 2: Shadowkeep launch, and while most of the ground covered has been tread before, a few new details...

Capcom Says There is Little Hope for a Darkstalkers Revival (Sorry)

For years, Capcom has dangled the carrot of a Darkstalkers revival in front of fans. The last time they stoked that fire was during the 2013 release of Darkstalkers Resurrection. Back th...

Final Fantasy Creator Takes on FFXIV’s Hardest Content, Dragonsong Ultimate

Mr. Final Fantasy himself is taking a crack at the hardest content that Final Fantasy XIV has to offer. Earlier this morning, Hironobu Sakaguchi, director of multiple entries sinc...

Bungie Stands by Pro-Choice Statement Amidst Reported Sony “Muzzle"

Bungie Senior Community Manager Dylan Gafner, better known by the username “dmg04,” asserts that the company won’t budge on its pro-choice stance toward reproductive rights. On May 17, he tweeted,<...

Activision Inexplicably Introduces Tool to Rate Character Diversity Metrics

I don’t know if you have heard, but corporate oligarch Activision-Blizzard-King has an image problem when it comes to marginalized groups. Whether it’s about the decidedly cartoon villain-like actions...

Wordle Changes May 9 Word of the Day From 'Fetus' Due to Current Events

If you’ve somehow avoided the word-guessing phenomenon of Wordle over the past few months, the game gives players a new word to guess letter by letter each day, and the daily word h...

Is That You, Yoshi-P? FFXIV Players Spot Yoshida in Mana PVP Matches

Change your weird adventurer plates, and don’t be a dick in the chat—Final Fantasy XIV director and producer Naoki Yoshida may be surprising players in Crystalline Conflict PVP matches o...

An Original Emet-Selch Story in New FFXIV x NieR Collab By Ishikawa Coming Soon

We knew that the collaboration between Final Fantasy XIV and the NieR franchise wasn’t over when a crossover event was announced for the mobile game NieR Reincarnation. Howe...

Watch the Dragonsong Ultimate World-First Clear, FFXIV's Wildest Raid

We’ve covered several aspects of Dragonsong’s Reprise, the latest Ultimate raid introduced in Final Fantasy XIV via Patch 6.11. But seeing Team Neverland become the world’s first team to clea...

FFXIV's Dragonsong Ultimate May Show an Alternate Ending for a Heavensward Hero

Update: This Ultimate encounter has finally been cleared!

Neverland Gets World First Clear in the FFXIV Dragonsong’s Reprise Ultimate

This last week and stretching into the weekend, a number of free companies and raid groups were slamming their heads against the latest raid. Patch 6.11 saw the launch of Dragonsong’s Repr...

Ubisoft Has Delayed the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake Indefinitely

Ubisoft had announced the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake would be launching in just under a month on March 18. Which you would assume means the game was nearing the end...

PAX Responds After Event Enforcer Dies After Contracting COVID-19

Dawn Wood, an enforcer at PAX East 2022 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center last week, has died after contracting COVID-19.