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The hotly-anticipated Final Fantasy VII remake will not be coming with any new characters, director Tetsuya Nomura has confirmed. “There won’t be new characters. As for the visual taste, we’re doing them to match today’s visuals and appear closer to reality,” he said in an interview with Famitsu (via Gematsu). Nomura was also asked about the teaser trailer shown during Sony’s press conference, responding: “We’re using part of that video in the game....

Estimated Japanese software and hardware sales for the week of January 16-22 have been revealed, with Pokémon Scarlet & Violet being knocked out of the top position by none other than Fire Emblem Engage. Famitsu posted these details on Jan. 27 and broke down the numbers for all to view, revealing Fire Emblem Engage has come out of the gate with a throne-worthy 144,558 units sold. This allowed the game to overtake the latest Pokémon mainline titles, which hold 43,983 units sold....

Campo Santo announced over the weekend that it has been snapped up by Valve Corporation, though was keen to point out that it’s still very much in the driving seat for its next project, In the Valley of Gods. Speaking in a post on its blog, the team described a series of ’long conversations with the people at Valve,’ noting that everyone involved ‘shared the satisfaction we take in working with people whose talents dwarf our own to make things we never thought possible....

Using a wired controller but Apex Legends is showing it as disconnected? There are quite a few players facing this problem and it’s occurring after updating the game to the latest patch. This is a frustrating bug because it renders the game totally unplayable. Is there a fix for this Apex Legends ‘controller disconnected’ bug? How to Fix Controller Disconnected bug in Apex Legends? As soon as the next-gen upgrade for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S was released, Apex Legends players began to encounter this controller issue....

Flashback 2, the sequel to 1992’s landmark Flashback, has a new trailer, and it’s coming to consoles and PC later on this year. Check out the trailer below The description reads: “Conrad is back! 30 years after Flashback, Paul Cuisset’s mythical game, which made the licence known worldwide, is back with this new sci-fi action-adventure game! “After his victory over the ‘Master Brain’ in the first episode, Conrad and his allies are once again confronted with the Morphs, who threaten all civilizations....

I’m going to preface this article by saying that I love Tangled, and I love Disney. Tangled is one of the bridges that connects Old Disney to New Disney; it keeps the joy and magic of older Disney films while bringing in new styles and stories that are most enjoyable to younger generations. It ushers in the new era of CGI-animated Princess movies, like Brave, Frozen, and Moana — all movies that I’ve watched students, younger relatives, and children I babysat fall in love with just as much as I did as an adult....

In this day and age, it seems cheat codes have gone the way of the dinosaurs. Few if any titles feature an option to use them, which is a shame seeing as how they were a fun way to mess around with the game, especially on consoles where console commands were typically unavailable. Some do still carry the feature from time to time, and given the original Dead Space had Cheats that offers special bonuses, you might be wondering: Does the Dead Space Remake have cheat codes?...

Donkey Kong Country, Natsume Championship Wrestling, and The Immortal are the latest trio of titles to be added to the Switch Online NES and SNES service. Released in 1994, Donkey Kong Country is a reboot of the original series, and is a side-scroller boasting “groundbreaking” graphics across its 40 levels. It also proved developer Rare’s prowess with platforming games, and secured Donkey Kong’s status as a cultural icon. From then on, the success of Donkey Kong Country spurred the development of the series, with the latest entry being Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for the Wii U....

The DOTA 2 player count has dipped to its lowest point since January 2014, according to data from Steam Charts (via Dot Esports). This isn’t good news. DOTA 2 did enjoy a successful 2019, reaching the one million player count milestone again for the first time in three years. In November 2019, Valve dropped the Outlanders 7.23 update, which introduced two new heroes and overhauled the game with seriously significant features and additions....

Dragon Ball Z has been around for over 20 years and has spanned many seasons and movies. I first got into it when it played on Cartoon Network’s anime block on Toonami and have loved it ever since. I have only recently read parts and bits of the manga, so when I was growing up, I never questioned some of the finer details of the show because I assumed one of two things....

Today Square Enix had a few Dragon Quest announcements to make to celebrate Dragon Quest Day, marking the 36th anniversary of the series (it’s already May 27 in Japan). First of all, the publisher revealed a new trailer of the upcoming game Dragon Quest Treasures: Aoki Hitomi to Oozora no Rashinban, which translates as “Blue Eyes and the Compass of the Sky.” For now, we just get the trailer and no further information (including the platforms), but we learn that the full reveal will come in June....

Monks have come a long way in terms of their development and power as a class, especially in Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. Where they used to be thought of as an underpowered class in D&D, they’re now a unique and entertaining class to play–as long as players know how to build their Monk for best use. One useful thing about monks is their multiple utilities in combat, as they can handle support, defense, and damage dealing....

For those who love to operate in stealth, weave through combat like a shadow, or just play a lovable kleptomaniac in Dungeons & Dragons, the rogue would be the class of choice. And when players follow a particular formula of stats, abilities, and more, they can end up with a rogue that fills in all the gaps a party might have—after all, rogues make for ideal scouts, strikers, and party faces, being one of the most versatile classes available in D&D 5e....

There are a ton of different resources out there for Dungeons and Dragons players, and trying to sift through them all can be more than a little bit daunting. However, those that do start to explore all that the game has to offer will quickly find two names that dominate everything: DnD Beyond and Roll20. Both applications are great, but serve different purposes for the most part. In fact, the two can often be used in conjunction with one another for a really great D&D experience....

This time around, Techland’s latest Dying Light game has a stronger focus on storytelling, and part of the lore that binds the narrative together is a constant reference to its main protagonist’s past. Here’s what a Pilgrim is in Dying Light 2 if you’re confused as to what the name implies. What Is a Pilgrim in Dying Light 2? Explained Aiden Caldwell is Dying Light 2’s main protagonist, and when he arrives in the city of Villedor he’s very much an outsider....

A new gameplay trailer for Dying Light 2 Stay Human, the zombie-filled, open-world action game, was released today during the second episode of the Dying 2 Know webseries. A livestream dedicated to the chilling world of Dying Light, Dying 2 Know also dished out information about pre-orders and other ways to prepare for Dying Light 2 Stay Human. There’s plenty of zombie-slaying (or infected-slaying) action found in the gameplay trailer, but there’s also tons of human-to-human interaction that gives us hints on what Dying Light 2‘s apocalyptic world is really like....

Bungie’s upcoming prequel to the Halo trilogy will bring players back in the timeline but forward in functionality and features. One particular new option being introduced in Halo: Reach is that of space combat. And we’re not talking running and gunning on the outsides of a space station. Halo: Reach’s campaign will involve the player having to pilot a new space-capable vehicle, the Sabre, to battle it out against Covenant fighters and other larger spacecraft....

A brand new trailer for the re-imagining of DmC Devil May Cry debuted at E3 2011 and depicts some actual gameplay footage. Fans of the series have been disappointed about the new look for series hero, Dante, but perhaps the gameplay might put some fears to rest. DmC Devil May Cry’s redesign has been discussed and justified at length by publisher Capcom and developer Ninja Theory. Original series director, Hideki Kamiya, has also talked about his disapproval regarding the character changes....

E3 isn’t having a good year. It’s not just that Sony and Electronic Arts are passing on the event yet again, it’s that the E3 organizing body is struggling to retain its business partnerships at all. The problems at the ESA aren’t just external issues, but internal, too. Thursday afternoon saw just the latest example of this, as E3’s show floor creative directors, the well-regarded team at iam8bit, announced that it was resigning from the position effective immediately....

EA’s vice president of legal and government affairs, Kerry Hopkins, recently spoke with the UK Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, and said that the publisher’s games don’t have loot boxes in them. They’re actually called ‘surprise mechanics,’ dontchaknow? As reported by PCGamesN, Hopkins was speaking on behalf of the Star Wars Battlefront and FIFA publisher at the committee’s discussion on ‘immersive and addictive technologies.’ The SNP’s Brendan O’ Hara asked Hopkins ‘do you consider loot boxes to be an ethical feature of your games?...