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Square Enix has announced that floppy-haired Final Fantasy 12 antagonist Vayne Carudas Solidor is making his Dissidia Final Fantasy NT debut from today. Vayne is the first Season Pass character for the flashy brawler, and comes packing his own set of unique abilites that apparently adds a few new wrinkles to the strategic, team-based elements of combat. In addition, the striking-looking fellow will benefit from alternate costumes and weapons, plus new narrative-based scenes that offer a glimpse at his dynamic with other Final Fantasy villains....

Easily one of the finest video games of 2022 has to be FromSoftware’s beautifully bleak open-world action-RPG, Elden Ring. Not only did it take its signature brand of Souls-like gameplay and drop it into a vast and epic world, but it also looked absolutely stunning to boot. If you’ve arrived here, chances are you’re curious as to whether Elden Ring has ray tracing. So, without further delay, let’s get into it!...

Quakecon 2020 began yesterday, and as another event that fell victim to the global pandemic, this year’s event is entirely remote and available to watch on live stream. But very early into the event we already got some big news. Doom Eternal‘s first piece of single-player DLC was teased, and it is titled The Ancient Gods: Part One. Obviously, the “part one” in the title has some major implications. Bethesda and id Software clearly plan to support the game in the long term with more than just one piece of single-player DLC....

Both the PS4 and Xbox One versions of DOOM will dynamically scale the resolution down from 1080p in order to keep the action as close to 60fps as possible. Id Software’s Tiago Sousa posted the information on Twitter in response to Digital Foundry’s analysis of the recent beta. @digitalfoundry our custom TSSAA (~8x SSAA) also tackles dynamic res scale, so transitions are relatively hard to spot — Tiago Sousa (@idSoftwareTiago) April 20, 2016...

The Dota 2 7.23 update, titled “Outlanders”, is now live and shakes up the game in extremely significant areas (via PC Gamer). Snapfire and Void Spirit are two totally new heroes added in with the 7.23 update. Beatrix Snapfire is a elderly goblin grandmother who wanders the wastes of Nanarak with her dragon toad, Mortimer. “Beadie’s survived to a ripe old age in a young keen’s trade by being quick with her wits and even quicker with her guns—indeed, the outlands are littered with the bones of bandits and ne’er-do-wells who thought to take advantage of her small stature and propensity for kindness,” her bio details....

BioWare’s Dragon Age 4 won’t be ready for release this year, according to new reports. The EA-published role-playing game has never had an official release date - and still doesn’t - but Eurogamer understands the game was once pencilled in for this year. Reliable Battlefield leaker Tom Henderson said there was “no chance” Dragon Age 4 would arrive in 2022, which GamesBeat journalist Jeff Grubb has also backed up. According to Henderson, EA’s 2022 release calendar will instead host Criterion’s delayed Need for Speed game and Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order sequel (which is still to be officially revealed, even though EA has suggested a follow-up is coming)....

The Dragon Ball franchise is perhaps the most popular anime in the entire world. Fans all across the globe love the series for its compelling characters, dynamic action, and over-the-top storylines. Despite first premiering more than thirty years ago, the series is still going strong with the upcoming Dragon Ball Super: Broly film being one of the most anticipated events in the history of the franchise. Literally millions of people cannot wait to see Broly, Goku, and Vegeta duke it out while also exploring each of the three’s origins....

Critics are praising Dragon Ball FighterZ, calling it a masterclass Dragon Ball game for Dragon Ball fans and a fighting game for everyone. As a 2.5D game, it boasts a wide variety of techniques that open up the possibility for massive chain combos spanning over 100 hits. The game is quite superb mechanically and leaves much room for player improvement. Fears emerged within the Dragon Ball community that FighterZ would lack the depth required to compete with previous favorites such as Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2, and Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2....

It isn’t often that major publishers announce a brand new IP and then dump it on us two weeks later. That’s exactly what’s happened, though, as Square Enix has announced both the existence of and the release date for its new dungeon crawling experience, Dungeon Encounters. The game has a name that definitely brings to mind both dungeons and encountering things in them. It’s a top-down, grid-based affair that will see players exploring the depths of unexplored labyrinths just begging to be thoroughly examined....

Margit the Fell Omen is the first major boss in Elden Ring, and you’ll fight him once you get past the Castleward Tunnels as cited in our Limgrave walkthrough. Although he poses quite a challenge (probably a surprise even for Souls veterans), there are still some mechanics that can help newcomers. Here’s our Elden Ring boss guide to help you defeat Margit the Fell Omen. Note: For more information, check out our Elden Ring guides and features hub....

Wormface is an overworld boss that you’ll face in Elden Ring. It’s not particularly tough, but it’s got a nasty attack that you need to avoid. Here’s our Elden Ring guide to help you beat the Wormface boss in Altus Plateau. Note: For more information, check out our Elden Ring guides and features hub. Elden Ring guide – How to beat Wormface The Wormface boss in Elden Ring guards the Minor Erdtree in Altus Plateau....

Empire of Sin launched five months ago to fairly rocky reception. Our reviewer gave it a 6/10, and it’s currently sitting at mixed on Steam. This is why it’s great that the game is still receiving support that can help improve it some. The game’s developer and publisher announced a new update today. This update shouldn’t be confused with the other update that’s launching for the game today, called the Gangster Update....

With the situation in Ukraine still not heading to the conclusion a majority of the world wants, fundraising efforts are still ongoing in order to provide humanitarian relief for those affected. Epic Games and Fortnite have certainly done their part, committing all proceeds from March 20 to April 3 to the cause, and have already raised a staggering $50 million in relief funds as of March 22. With the new season of Fortnite just underway and a new battle pass up for grabs as well, there will be even more money raised for a good cause....

A few days ago, iam8bit, which is the organization acting as the creative director for E3 2020’s show floor plans, suddenly announced its resignation via a Twitter post. Now, the organizers of E3, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) released a statement confirming the company’s resignation as the show’s creative directors, and also thanked the organization for its contributions to this year’s show. Additionally, the ESA indicated in its statement that E3 2020 will not lack a creative design despite losing its creative directors roughly three months before the event is scheduled to take place....

With a baby on the way, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and musician Grimes will probably be spending a lot of their free time together in the near future. If a Tweet put out by Musk early this morning is any indication, he’ll be using some of that time to catch up on media like Netflix’s The Witcher. His 2:00 a.m. social media post simply says “Toss a coin to ur Witcher” surrounded by a couple of music note emojis....

The second season of Netflix’s The Witcher has officially begun production in the UK. As the show looks to build on the success of its first season, a handful of fresh actors have been added to play characters that fans of the books and games are sure to recognize. From new witchers, to sorcerers, and even giant bears, here is every new character confirmed for The Witcher’s 2nd season. First off, a trio of new witchers have been confirmed to join the world of the Netflix series....

Rebellion has announced the rest of the cast of upcoming supervillian management game Evil Genius 2: World Domination ahead of its PC launch at the end of the month. Joining the previously announced Brian Blessed as Red Ivan, former James Bond 007 actress Samantha Bond has been cast in the role of Emma. For those not in the know, Bond played the role of Miss Moneypenny during the Brosnan era of films, from 1995’s GoldenEye through until Die Another Day in 2002....

F1’s bold new era is just hitting the halfway point of its inaugural season, and it turns out it’s a lot like the F1 of old; a different team dominating, perhaps, and a slight shuffle of the running order, but there’s a feeling 2022’s regulations have introduced as many problems as they’ve fixed, and that the positive impact of the new ruleset won’t really be seen for some years to come....

Fall Guys players have a phallic treat awaiting them in their inventories right now, with developer Mediatonic handing out troublingly elongated Tall Guys to one and all following its recent, widely publicised cock-up. Fall Guys’ Tall Guys dissemination comes after last week’s in-game store snafu - which saw players recieving snotty customer service responses after a bug in the game caused them to auto-buy cosmetics - and arrives as part of the developer’s pledge to remedy its error....

Chocobo Chick, Carbuncle, and Cactuar are three special Summons that players can obtain as DLC by pre-ordering Final Fantasy 7 Remake. The game revealed that it would feature them some time ago but never displayed their new designs. Today, however, through some new screenshots, Final Fantasy 7 Remake has finally unveiled the new redesigns for Chocobo Chick, Carbuncle, and Cactuar. It’s also provided a little detail about how each Summon works to provide support for the player....