Author: Ed Nightingale

A Final Fantasy 16 crossover is coming to Square Enix’s MMORPG Final Fantasy 14. As revealed at the Final Fantasy Fan Fest in London, the crossover will be a special event featuring protagonist Clive joining the Warriors of Light. Better yet, there will be a Torgal mount and even puppy Torgal. Final…

Here’s the next Job coming to Final Fantasy 14: Viper. Revealed at the Final Fantasy Fan Fest in London, the Viper is the first of two Jobs coming in the next expansion, Dawntrail. The Viper is a Final Fantasy 14 original Job, a dual-wielding melee DPS with two swords that combine into…

Lords of the Fallen has received new Steam updates to address performance issues and balance changes. Patch 1.1.203 was released yesterday which fixed a number of stability issues to prevent crashes. In addition, subtantial performance improvements have been implemented to free up VRAM and “provide additional headroom for GPUs that are operating at the…

Netflix is increasing the monthly cost of its subscription, despite an influx of subscribers over the past few months. In the UK, its basic service with adverts will rise to £7.99, while the premium ad-free option will rise to £17.99. The standard tier (no ads, but also no 4K) will remain at £10.99.…

It looks like the release date of Sony’s PlayStation 5 Slim has leaked, along with a Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 bundle. Sony announced its PS5 Slim last week, which will launch in November in the US before being rolled out to other countries. Once inventory of the existing model has sold out, the new Slim…

Sonic Superstars has now been released, a 2D reboot of classic Sonic with modern graphics, fresh gimmicks, and co-operative multiplayer. Whether fans take to the game as they did with Sonic Mania, though, remains to be seen. Indeed, Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka recently commented that pixel art wasn’t a “viable art style”…

Nintendo has confirmed that Super Mario Bros. Wonder was not inspired by the Super Mario Bros. Movie. As has become typical of Nintendo, it’s released an Ask the Developer interview with the development team to discuss its latest release. Development of the game was completely separate from the film, it says, so…

Nintendo is taking down videos that show a modded version of Super Mario Bros. Wonder with swearing flowers. The game isn’t even out yet, but already it’s playable on PC via emulators and leaked copies. That means it’s moddable too. That’s exactly what modder Contendo did, making all the talking flowers in…

A Comic Book Skin DLC for Sonic Superstars was briefly available on Steam after the game’s release, but is now mysteriously unavailable. The latest in Sega’s series was released yesterday, alongside a number of DLC costumes. For instance, the Sonic Rabbit skin and Mecha Sonic skin are available as part of the Extra…

Super Mario Bros. Wonder almost had running ‘live’ commentary, like a sports game. Nintendo has released the final part of its Ask the Developer interview for the game, which includes discussion of live commentary that was ultimately scrapped. “Tezuka-san also once asked, ‘Can’t we have live commentary?’. I had absolutely no clue…