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Final Fantasy 7 Remake review – Victory Fanfare

In 1997 the world was introduced to one of the first fully 3D Final Fantasy games. It brought JRPGs to the mainstream, and for many gamers including myself, Final Fantasy 7 was the first Final Fantasy game we played from start to finish. The game was incredible with fully 3D models, a compelling story arc with interesting characters, lots of spell animations, secrets, and huge environments you could openly explore and interact with. While the game does not hold up in 2020, the original Final Fantasy 7 was a state

Terraform: The Making of Doom 64

JOHN ROMERO'S EYES FOLLOWED THE engineer as he placed his cargo on the pool table. Their visitor hailed from Sega, and the item he placed on id Software's pool table was a motherboard, still in prototype stage. When completed, it would power the 32X, Sega's add-on hardware that would evolve the Genesis console from a 16-bit dinosaur into a 32-bit giant. Romero and the rest of id Software's small team gathered 'round as the engineer set a monitor on the felt surface, plugged the prototype into it, and powered it

Skater XL officially launches this July to give us our Skate fix

Because EA won't grace us with a new Skate entry, Skater XL has to be the next big thing – ready those olllies! Ready to get your fill of skating since EA has made the decision to skip out on releasing any new Skate games? You'll want to try out Skate XL. The skateboarding title is getting an official launch this July, and you'll be able to live out your dreams of becoming a pro skater by the summer. There's a variety of pro boarders to play as, including Evan

Wanted: The Eye in the Dark – Destiny 2

Where to find the Eye in the Dark, a target of Spider's Wanted bounty in Destiny 2. The Eye in the Dark is another one of Spider’s Wanted bounty targets in Destiny 2. This Hive Shrieker is easy to find, but some mechanics might make it confusing to defeat. If you do manage to take down the Eye in the Dark, there will be some rewards for your effort. Wanted: The Eye in the Dark Finding the Eye in the Dark is as easy as reading the bounty bought from

Borderlands 3 Patch Notes For New DLC’s Update

As promised, Borderlands 3's next major piece of DLC--Guns, Love, and Tentacles: The Marriage of Wainwright & Hammerlock--is finally out on all platforms. Alongside the update, developer Gearbox Software shared the full patch notes--and there's quite a bit to chew through.This update for Borderlands 3 is big, packing in an assortment of adjustments from a level cap increase to game stabilization and much more. The headlining feature, however, is the brand-new campaign add-on.In conjunction with the level cap increase, the patch also comes with three new Guardian Rank skills and

38 Things Added to Sea of Thieves Since Launch You Have to Try

A lot has changed in Sea of Thieves since Rare’s shared world pirate fantasy first set sail in March 2018. Thanks to a series of major content updates in the first year – including the game-changing Anniversary Update – and a recent commitment to regular monthly updates, the game has grown and evolved at a scale that few other service-based games can match. Even better, all content has been added for free! To celebrate the game’s second anniversary, here are 38 of the biggest things that have been added over

How Better Call Saul Subverts Breaking Bad’s Most Important Trope

The second golden age of TV is considered to have begun in the late '90s with prestige dramas like The Sopranos, and continued with shows like The Shield, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and even Boardwalk Empire. These shows have certain things in common, including a morally ambiguous main character that the audience finds sympathetic despite their many acts of cruelty and evil. These antiheroes often hold relatively respectable positions--a teacher, a cop, a politician--but hide darker tendencies that come to the surface over the course of the show.Now that these

Xbox Live Is Down Again For Some, Modern Warfare Affected

Xbox Live has gone down again, for some at least. The Xbox Live Support page notes that "Purchase and Content Usage" is affected right now. This is a big deal, because in some cases, these new Xbox Live issues are preventing people from launching their games to begin with.The support pages notes that the game Smite, in particular, is affected by these latest Xbox Live issues, but the problems seem to extend beyond that game alone.Just minutes ago, GameSpot's repeated attempts to boot Call of Duty: Modern Warfare all failed.

Westworld Season 3: 15 References You May Have Missed In Episode 2

The Winter Line shed new light onto both Maeve and Bernard as the hidden war between hosts and humans rages on.HBO's Westworld Season 3 marching on with Episode 2, with the Maeve and Bernard-focused "The Winter Line," in which the new status quo of multiple characters are fully revealed--and, unsurprisingly, some are a little better off than others. The new tone that was established last week in the premiere seems to be continuing with more asked-and-answered questions than ever before building into what looks to be a totally linear mystery

Halo Infinite Dev Talks About Impact Of COVID-19 On The Game

2020 is a huge year for Xbox, as Microsoft is releasing the Xbox Series X with Halo Infinite as a launch title later this year. Or at least that's the plan. While Microsoft has already confirmed multiple times that the Xbox Series X will release on schedule amid the COVID-19 crisis, Halo Infinite's status is less clear.In a blog post, the development team at 343 Industries shied away from confirming anything about a release date for Halo Infinite. For now, the game remains on schedule to launch this holiday, though