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Yeah yeah,Spore‘s release date has finally been announced and people are really excited that it turned out not to be vaporware. In a handful of months we’ll be happily building a civilization/war machine to decimate whole planets, or peacefully cohabitating if that’s your bag. But god damn it I want to build weird aliens and I want to build them now! A huge part of the fun ofSporewill be the mad science and creativity that goes into creature creation, and the announcement of a release date only serves to remind me that I can’t do that now....

Steep and Darksiders II in 2020 When the Epic Games Store was unveiled in December 2018, Epic promised to kick the whole thing off with a year of free games. It started as a free game every two weeks. Eventually, that morphed into a new freebie or two every week. When Epic ran a12 Days of Free Gamespromotion to end 2019, it kind of seemed like a way to go out with a bang....

The firstFinal Fantasy 7: Ever Crisisevent is here, and it’s summer-themed. The Beach Festival event comes with a new Featured Draw banner, seasonal solo and co-op missions, and plenty of rewards including a Beach Parasol weapon for Zack. We’ve created thisFinal Fantasy 7: Ever CrisisBeach Festival event guide to help you decide where to spend your time—and energy—in this event. The event lasts 18 days in total and will end on September 28 at 6:59 p....

Ever Crisis’closed beta is on the way Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisisis something we’ve been looking forward to for a while — initiallyannouncedlast year, this new title will bring the entirety of theFinal Fantasy VIItimeline to mobile platforms as a single-player, episodic experience. That’s right, we’re getting the story of the originalFinal Fantasy VIIgame, as well as all of its companion titles in one little package, as well as some new story elements surrounding the foundation of SOLDIER, as written by Kazushige Nojima....

Savage (hard) coming in a few more weeks Now that folks have had a chance to get their bearings inFinal Fantasy XIV‘sStormbloodexpansion, the first wing of the new raid, Omega, is upon us. Having powered up a 314 Paladin and Bard I’m ready for the task — so ready, in fact, that I took on the first three fights this morning. So far I’m enjoying Omega much more than Alex, as theFinal Fantasy Vtheme and boss mechanics (one of which involves an amazing maze/puzzle sequence) don’t feel like a retread....

Google has a long history of easter eggs, from HTML trickery to paying homage to Bletchley Park with a very apt decoding animation. I can say with certainty that I wasn’t expecting to see a stampede of Chocobos on my screen today, though. But that’s what happens if you do a search for “Chocobo” or “Final Fantasy”, in celebration of the release ofFinal Fantasy VII Rebirth. Along with the adorable retroChocobos, you’ll also see a few Cloud Strifes, complete with Buster Sword aplenty and some (slightly disorienting) shaking visuals for the links underneath....

The developer has also adjusted its event rewards Gran Turismo 7servers are back online, after an extended maintenance period kept it offline for over 24 hours. Developer Polyphony Digital announced it has issued Update 1.08, after discovering a rare issue before the release of 1.07. Yesterday, Polyphony Digital announced it was extending server maintenance, with no completion time set. “Due to an issue found with Update 1.07, we are extending the current server maintenance period,” theupdate reads....

Or so developer Blackbird Interactive hopes What isHardware: Shipbreakers? It was a question that I asked myself several times after watching the trailer that Blackbird Interactive, founded by ex-Homeworlddevelopers, released last month. The admittedly gorgeous video revealed few facts, and there weren’t many to be found elsewhere, either. So, to the source, then. Blackbird’s Dan Irish would be my guide, as I uncovered the mysteries ofHardware: Shipbreakers, an RTS set amid the husks of dead ships in a poisonous desert wasteland....

Another gag gift Gift-giving returns to theFire Emblemuniverse inFire Emblem Engage, which includes an array of food and flowers to dole out to party members in exchange for a bonding experience with tangible benefits. But if you really dislike someone, you can give them horse manure as a joke. Here’s where to find it, and how to give gifts. Horse Manure can be acquired through several means You can get a ton of Horse Manure for free (haha what a phrase) through the pet system in-game....

Still no word on the PS4 app If you boot up your PS3 today you’ll find a shiny new app waiting for you — HBO Go. It allows you to watch a host of HBO shows provided that you have a cable subscription, includingTrue Detective— which you should get to watching as soon as possible. Sadly, there’s still no word on a PlayStation 4 launch for the app nor are there any updates for the Xbox One....

Some would call this The Dark Side Star Wars Battlefront IIhas a convoluted progression system. There are a ton of different upgrades which are acquired primarily through Star Cards. These are used to modify characters, and even that is multi-tiered and ranges from common to legendary. There are a lot of options. But, the one constant that everything hinges on is the loot crate system. Players earn credits in-game and can use those to buy one of three types of crates: Hero, Starfighter, or Trooper....

That’s one slippery Bilbo! To coincide with the release ofThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, WB Games and Monolith have added some new faces to itsTolkien-centric MOBA. Both Bilbo Baggins and Bert the Troll are available now as playable Guardians, as well as a free new map skin based on The Shire. As you’re able to see from the trailer, Bilbo is one fast and sneaky little Striker, but I still find it a little hard to categorize the lumbering and dim-witted Stone Troll as a Tactician, at least in the classical sense....

Not long after youface U-3for the final time, you get a new challenge: Go kill some bugs. Okay, it’s a little more complicated than that, plus it’s the first of two bug-hunting challenges. Lucky for you, I know how to complete both Bug Buster requests you can tackle in theRE4 Remake Separate WaysDLC. To complete the requests, you must hunt down and shoot camouflaged Novistadors, mostly clinging to a wall or ceiling....