Author: Vikki Blake

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth players who bought the game digitally cannot platinum the game. According to Kotaku, ever since Square Enix pushed out the 1.020 patch, one of the RPG’s last side quests – Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop – can only be completed by those who bought the game physically. 7Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Review…

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and known to millions as the voice of Half-Life 2’s vortigaunts, has died at the age of 87. Whilst the aliens were voiced by Tony Todd in Episode Two and Half-Life: Alyx, the original versions in Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode…

CD Projekt’s chief financial officer, Piotr Nielubowicz, says the company does “not see a place for microtransactions in the case of single-player games”. Talking to Polish site StockWatch.pl (via Insider Gaming and JuiceHead), Nielubowicz reiterated the studio’s position on in-game monetisation, albeit acknowledging that the team couldn’t “rule out that [CD Projekt] will use this…

Dredge, the sinister fishing game from Black Salt Games and publisher Team 17, has donated $100,000 New Zealand dollars to the New Zealand Whale and Dolphin Trust as it celebrates its first anniversary and teases that there’s more to come for the wonderful indie horror game. “Thanks to all of the players around the world,…

Bend Studios’ next game will be a “AAA live service” game. That’s according to a new recruitment advert posted to the studio’s website, which reveals the team is looking to secure a new lead project manager with “hands on game development experience in leadership roles shipping AAA live service games”. 5 Things We Liked About…

Yes, there are a lot of references to Final Fantasy 9 in Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail’s collector’s edition… and no, that’s not a coincidence. “You may have noticed a lot of Final Fantasy 9 references here… And the reason is a secret,” producer/director Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida said via translator during his PAX East panel. He…

Dragon Ball Sparkling! Zero has secured an ESRB rating, leading to hopes the game is content-complete and we’ll get a formal release date soon. At the same time, eagle-eyed fans have noted that the Bandai Namco Europe YouTube channel has at least one unlisted video – the sister American account does not – leading to…

Our first look at the gameplay of Sonic Toys Party – which is a Sonic and Fall Guys-esque mash-up – has popped up online. YouTuber The Sonic Show has shared an all-new Japanese trailer for the upcoming mobile game, which not only shows the high-octane gameplay, but also some of the game’s monetisation systems, which…

Spyro studio Toys for Bob has reportedly reached an agreement with Microsoft for its first independent game. That’s according to Window Central’s Jaz Corden, who revealed over the weekend that the deal first teased by studio heads Paul Yan and Avery Lodato has now been finalised. Toys for Bob released Crash Team Rumble last year.…

CD Projekt Red says it turns down “over 90 per cent” of its team’s side quest pitches. Talking at GDC this week, lead quest designer Paweł Sasko said in a presentation that even a “good designer” has just 10 per cent of their ideas accepted. “If someone has 10 per cent, this is probably one…