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Square Enix has announced the first sales milestone for Final Fantasy 16. According to the developer and publisher, the game has shipped and digitally sold over 3 million units. Clive Rosfield and his allies fight to take back control of their fate. What salvation can they bring to Valisthea? Released on June 22, Final Fantasy

The newest update for Diablo 4 rewards players for all their hard work with extra class buffs and EXP boosts.  “The Diablo 4 team has been diligently monitoring your feedback” the news blog said. “We’ll introduce patches to keep your experience in Sanctuary smooth”. The new 1.0.3 build has a lot of new features for

Bioware has finally confirmed it is handing the galactic reins of Star Wars: The Old Republic over to Ultima Online studio Broadsword. General manager Gary McKay broke the news in a letter to players today on the Bioware blog – news everyone pretty much already knew about. According to McKay, EA will remain the publisher

It appears the fantasy game IO Interactive is working on may indeed be an Xbox console-exclusive title. This is according to documents submitted during the FTC vs Microsoft trial over the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard. One of the documents pertains to studios or companies the Xbox maker was considering acquiring. This list included the Hitman studio

Meta has just launched its new Meta Quest Plus subscription service, and it’s one of the simpler monthly subs we’ve seen in quite some time. Meta Quest Plus, available for Quest 2 and Quest Pro owners, will add two “handpicked VR titles” a month to subscribers’ libraries. It’ll cost you $7.99 / £7.99 per month

Although Blizzard didn’t hype it up too much ahead of release, Diablo 4‘s narrative ended up being one of the best things about it. The plot may have been predictable, but characters (especially Lorath, our new Deckard Cain), story, side-quests, and many random NPC chatter were all incredibly engaging. But what if you missed some

Alan Wake 2 creative director Sam Lake and game director Kyle Rowley have further clarified why the game is getting a digital only release. Back in May, when we got our first proper look at Alan Wake 2, we also learned that the game would not be getting a physical release, instead opting for a

Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, has claimed that Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda was motivated by a fear that Sony might incentivize the studio to “skip our platform”.  While providing testimony at the ongoing court battle between Microsoft and the US Federal Trade Commission over the former’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Spencer voiced his concern

It turns out that that Stephen King quote in the first Alan Wake was a gift from the author himself, and it only cost Remedy $1. You don’t need to be a detective to see the Stephen King influences on the original Alan Wake, even ignoring the fact that the titular Alan quotes him right

Following the passing of actor Lance Reddick earlier this year, Guerrilla Games has added a tribute into Horizon Forbidden West’s Burning Shores expansion. The actor, known for roles in the Destiny and John Wick series, passed away in March of this year at the age of 60. Fans at the time paid tribute to the

Mortal Kombat 1’s stress test is currently underway, and players unable to secure a code are trying to get one via other means, with some paying hundreds of dollars to buy a code on eBay. Earlier today, Mortal Kombat 1 stress test codes started popping up on online auction sites, and whilst it seems some

A private email has revealed that Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan appeared less concerned about the exclusivity of Call of Duty than was made public.  In the email, which was revealed during the FTC vs Microsoft hearing which is currently underway, Ryan wrote that: “It is not an exclusivity play at all”

A huge amount of new industry info has been revealed overnight, as the FTC has taken Microsoft to court for the company’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard King. Emails, prior mergers, and more were dredged up as the July deadline for the deal draws near. Numerous people were brought up to the stand, including Bethesda’s

There sure have been a lot of low points for Final Fantasy as a series since the halcyon days of the PS1 Final Fantasy era. As soon as FF12 was out the door, the series began to stumble – weighed down by its own legacy, so desperate to reinvent and re-establish its place as an

It’s been a decade since the release of Slender: The Arrival, meaning it’s been just as long since we’ve come face to face with the terrifying Slenderman and his featureless face. That said, a new teaser and countdown from developer, Blue Isle Studios, points towards the humanoid making a comeback in the near future. Slenderman

Welcome to The Best Games Ever Show episode 57: The best game where you play a dead guy. Gaming is stuffed to the coffin lid with undead protagonists. Vampires. Poltergeists. Murdered detectives with unfinished business. Starship captains resurrected from death by a rogue human supremacist terrorist organisation with a trillionaire CEO. The list goes on.

Twitch has just announced Hype Chat, a new tool that allows viewers to pay to pin their message to the top of a streamer’s chat – and thus guaranteeing a higher chance of visibility and attention. The function is simple when distilled down: Hype Chat will mean that even on fast-moving chats, particularly those of the

The Olympic Esports opening ceremony kicked off today, barely scraping past a 1,000 concurrent YouTube viewer peak over the course of the bombastic event. Now a video on demand, it sits at 10,000 total views several hours later. It featured several live music and dance performances, as well as talks from members of the Olympic