Author: Ed Nightingale
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F1 Manager developer Frontier accused of mismanagement in wake of layoffs
F1 Manager developer Frontier has been accused of mismanagement in a new report in the wake of layoffs at the company. The process for these layoffs began in October last year, with the poor sales performance of the F1 Manager games believed to be a major contributing factor. In a business update following…
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70% of developers concerned about sustainability of live-service games, new study suggests
According to a new survey by the Game Developer Collective, 70 percent of developers have concerns about the sustainability of live service games. For the survey, 600 developers were interviewed between February and March this year and defined live-service games as online games featuring frequent updates and in-app purchases. As shared by…
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Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree Collector’s Edition comes with 18 inches of impalement
The Collector’s Edition of Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree comes with 18 inches of impalement. The edition, priced at £224.99, includes the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, the soundtrack, a hardcover art book, and a statue of new nemesis Messmer the Impaler that’s 18 inches tall. Notably, this edition…
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Xbox announces late April additions to Game Pass
Xbox has announced the next wave of games coming to Game Pass in late April. It begins today with the release of Harold Halibut across cloud, PC and Xbox Series X/S. “A visually arresting, warm-hearted tale of a gofer searching for his purpose, Harold Halibut flounders amongst endless fetch-quests and waffle,” reads our…
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Keanu Reeves in Sonic the Hedgehog was foreshadowed all along
Last night it was revealed that Keanu Reeves will be the voice of Shadow in the forthcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3 film. The news quickly spread across social media, with users sharing memes of Shadow, Cyberpunk 2077 and more in celebration. Thing is, the first Sonic film foreshadowed (get it) Keanu Reeves’…
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Stellar Blade is superior to NieR: Automata, says Yoko Taro
Stellar Blade is better than NieR: Automata, according to the latter’s esteemed director Yoko Taro. Shift Up’s forthcoming action game has been compared to Taro’s work since its reveal and now IGN Japan has put the two together in an interview between Taro and Stellar Blade creative director Hyung-Tae Kim. So why…
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Final Fantasy 14 players react positively to Dawntrail benchmark
The Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail benchmark tool is now live, allowing players to check out the graphical upgrade on the way with update 7.0. The improved lighting, textures and more have received plenty of praise on social media, but not everyone is completely satisfied. The tool was announced within the game’s…
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s confusing retry menu patched
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth players have been perplexed since release over its confusing retry screen, but Square Enix has quietly tweaked it in the latest patch. Last week a new patch was released and its main headline was fixing a bug that prevented players from receiving the platinum trophy thanks to a bugged…
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Final Fantasy 16 to receive customisable controls in next patch
Square Enix has released patch notes for update 1.31 of Final Fantasy 16, which will arrive alongside The Rising Tide DLC on 18th April. There’s a long list of changes, mostly related to balance tweaks of Clive’s various Eikon abilities – as well as a boost to their accompanying accessories. …
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Final Fantasy 16 successfully expanded the series audience, says DLC director
Final Fantasy 16 successfully expanded the audience of the series, though future games won’t necessarily take a similar direction. Ahead of the release of The Rising Tide DLC, its director Takeo Kujiraoka spoke to Push Square about the audience growth of Final Fantasy 16. “In recent years, players of the Final Fantasy…