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Fanbyte Staff Dec 31, 2021. 9 minute read
The Fancies 2021: The Big Fanbyte Game of the Year 2021 Roundup
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Victoria Rose Mar 1, 2020. 4 minute read
Play a Magical Girl Cat Cafe Owner With a Cat on Your Head in Calico
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Kenneth Shepard Apr 12, 2022. 3 minute read
Kingdom Hearts IV is Real and Oh, God, I Can’t Do This Again
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Nerium Oct 29, 2019. 4 minute read
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Is Less of a Gusher, More of a Spurt
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Natalie Flores Apr 4, 2021. 8 minute read
8 of the Best Visual Novels You Should Play in 2021
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Nerium Dec 31, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanbyte’s Game of the Year 2020 Podcast Day 4: Games That Defined 2020
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PODCASTS
Nerium Feb 21, 2020. 3 minute read
Is Black Desert Crossplay Supported? – BDO Cross Platform Play Guide
Black Desert crossplay should be a total win-win for all players! Any online game benefits from having more people to interact with in a variety of ways. Right? Well, it turns out that it might depend on the situation some of those players find themselves in… We’ve got the scoop…
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GUIDES
John Warren Aug 25, 2019. 3 minute read
September 2019 Game Releases
September typically heralds the beginning of the Fall games rush leading into the Holiday season. This year seems to be more jam-packed than usual with a diverse set of games that should appeal to many different players across the board. Releases in bold indicate things we’re very interested in and are likely…
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John Warren Feb 28, 2019. 3 minute read
Fanbyte’s Best of February 2019
February…the shortest month but the greatest month??? I don’t know. For us, it was pretty great! We had Kiss Week, a five-day celebration of smooches which was so nice we think we’ll do it again next year! We also had some amazing content from our team of extraordinarily talented writers.…
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John Warren Oct 21, 2019. Less than a minute
Late Lunch October 18, 2019: Rick Moranis Awakening
Niki, Andrew, and John go through the three hour Disney+ trailer. The Rock’s huge body is discussed. Andrew watches paint dry. Late Lunch is Fanbyte’s live video podcast that airs every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 5pm PST (ish) on twitch.tv/fanbyte. We’ll put the VODs up on the site and…
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Nerium Mar 29, 2022. 3 minute read
There Must Be Easier Ways to Let Me Play Old Stuff, PlayStation
PlayStation Plus is getting the (previously leaked) expansion many have been asking for. The online service subscription will grow to include three tiers: PlayStation Plus Essential, PlayStation Plus Extra, and PlayStation Plus Premium. The lowest tier functions like PS Plus does now — basically as a service fee to play…
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NEWS
Nerium Apr 29, 2020. 3 minute read
MHW The Distant Dark Tide Event Quest Guide – Arch-Tempered Namielle
We’ve finally come to the first Arch-Tempered monster in MHW since the release of Iceborne: Arch-Tempered Namielle. This elementally charged fish… dragon… thing is normally an easy, if slightly complex, fight. But its Arch-Tempered version is far more powerful — dealing increased damage and hoarding extra hit points. Your reward…
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Danielle Riendeau Jan 31, 2020. 3 minute read
With Better Level Design, BioShock’s Final Fight Could’ve Been a Contender
BioShock is about to be relevant again! As of tomorrow, and throughout February 2020, the beloved trilogy will be free on PlayStation Plus. That means you’ll be privy to a bevy of takes all over again — on whether the 2007 game (plus its excellent 2010 sequel and… problematic/hella racist…
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Natalie Flores Oct 18, 2020. 4 minute read
The Branding Behind Seraphine, the New League of Legends Champion, Is Gross
The new champion on her way to League of Legends, a songstress named Seraphine, is already a well-known virtual influencer. And, like many influencers, she’s been embroiled in some controversy earlier this week — for Riot’s marketing strategy with her seems focused on capitalizing on parasocial relationships. That’s nothing new…
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Collin MacGregor Dec 23, 2021. 3 minute read
The Fancies 2021: Collin’s Guide to Picking Your GOTY
It’s that time of the year again where we at Fanbyte share our favorite games of the year. This discussion typically includes insightful listicles, chaotic podcasts, and the infamous Jordies. Yet, I realized that you, the humble reader, do not get to join in and pick your game of the…
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Imran Khan Jun 17, 2021. 4 minute read
Tales of Arise Seeks to Evolve Itself Rather than Reboot
As far as anthology JRPG series go, the Tales of games had a lot of connective tissue. While they differed in art style, story details, and tweaks to the overall battle system, they were largely recognizable as a specific kind of JRPG unto itself. It may have been formulaic, but you…
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REVIEWS
Natalie Flores Sep 26, 2020. 3 minute read
All of the Decent Amount of New NieR Series Information From Tokyo Game Show
Just like Square Enix promised, there was a decent amount of new information on NieR at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. While most of it pertained to the remake of NieR Replicant, NieR Replicant ver. 1.22474487139, there was a little more information on the upcoming NieR smartphone game, NieR: Re[in]carnation.…
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Kenneth Shepard Jul 8, 2020. 3 minute read
13 Things I’d Rather Do Than Experience More Ready Player One
Today, it was announced that the 2011 novel Ready Player One is getting a sequel. Because numbers are sequential and Ready Player One happens to end with a number, Ready Player One’s sequel will be titled Ready Player Two. For those that don’t know, Ready Player One is a story…
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