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, everything is being figured out on the fly. Such is the case with Final Fantasy XIV.…

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New Report Spotlights How Toxicity Flourished in Florence, Gone Home, and Wattam Studios [UPDATE]

People Make Games, a YouTube channel that creates long-form, investigative reporting videos about the games industry, has released a new video about how emotional abuse of employees can thrive in indie studios, and how that often comes from the leadership of small teams.  The video highlights three developers and the…

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Destiny 2 Thoughtless Guide – Thoughtless God Roll & How to Get It

Savathun is finally here, which means Destiny 2’s highly anticipated expansion has been released. The Witch Queen has players finally confront one of the franchise’s most popular villains in her own throne world. Not only is this DLC introducing a new story, but there are also a ton of new weapons, armor, exotics, consumables,…

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Moon Studios Founders Try to Dismiss New Report Illustrating ‘Oppressive’ Workplace Culture

A new report has been published delving into the workplace culture of Moon Studios, the team behind Ori and the Blind Forest and its sequel Ori and the Will of the Wisps. And folks, it’s not pretty. GamesBeat put out an extensive write-up interviewing workers past and present about what it’s…

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New Report Illustrates 'Oppressive' Culture at Moon Studios, Which Founders Dismiss

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On Trans Athletes and the Idea of Acceptable Advantages

Every week in her Good Form column, Natalie Weiner explores the ways in which the sports world’s structural inequalities and injustices illuminate those outside it — and the ways in which they’re inextricably connected. You can read previous columns here. I want to fully dedicate this column to the very…

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The Gaming Historian Is the Last Normal Man on YouTube

It makes sense that his name is, well, Norman. The self-proclaimed Gaming Historian Norman Caruso has built a successful career as a YouTuber over the past decade-plus — nearly 900,000 subscribers, more than 106 million lifetime views, and a healthy Patreon income — by virtue of the apparent hard work,…

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Elden Ring Sorceries Tier List – Updated June 2022

Elden Ring Sorceries hit hard, fast, and typically from long range. If you’ve got the FP to back it up. This particular class of skills lacks the wide range of uses and support brought by Incantations, but makes up for it by letting you melt bosses and PVP invaders alike.…

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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, favorite bosses, favorite musical tracks, and even favorite characters. At the time, relatively-new FFXIV villain Emet-Selch was able to claw his way…

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FFXIV: Endwalker Was Almost Split Up Into Two Expansions

Since the original release of Final Fantasy XIV, the Garlean Empire has been a consistent threat as a massive imperial juggernaut taking over the world with fearsome Magitek. Given that ever-present threat, it was a bit weird that the end of Garlemald came in the middle of the Endwalker storyline. In…

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Minecraft Warden Mob Guide – Where to Find, Health, Drops

After getting a full set of diamond armor and mastering the Nether, you may feel like you’re ready to tackle the worst that Minecraft has to offer. However, along with the Ender Dragon and the Elder Guardian, the game now has one extra mini-boss for you to fight against: Wardens.…

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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, neither I nor the rest of the Fanbyte staff particularly want to engage with the game’s marketing. We realize…

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Minecraft Allay Mob Guide – How to Tame, Redstone Storage Setup

A wise Minecraft player once said “you can never have enough inventory space.” That Minecraft player was me. For those of us who don’t have an inventory full of shulker boxes, the newest mob coming to the game somewhat solves that issue. After winning a vote held during Minecon 2021,…

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