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Final Fantasy XIV – The Feast Season 7 to Begin March 13th, Some Rewards Detailed

The Final Fantasy XIV Lodestone has been updated with the news that The Feast Season 7 will kick off on Tuesday, March 13th. While the post indicates that there will be “action adjustments” being made to rule changes and jobs, there will not be any changes made to the map. That is a process that “will require some more development time, so we’re currently aiming to introduce those in Patch 4.3”. There will be “big changes to the map layout…to employ better strategy”.

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– Turtle Beach T.A.C. – Alright Streamers, Let?s Get Tactical

Last year, when we looked at Turtle Beach’s Elite Pro PC Gaming Headset, we walked away impressed. We wanted to take things a step further, though, so we reached out to Turtle Beach to see what we could do. Today, we’re taking a look at the Tactical Audio Controller (T.A.C.): part amp, part mixer, and part soundcard; we ask: is this a device streamers need on their radar?

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Anthem – Drew Karpyshyn Leaves BioWare Again & Heads to Fogbank

Drew Karpyshyn has left BioWare for the second time after rejoining the studio in 2016 and revealing he was working on Anthem in mid-2017. He had previously left BW in 2012 to “pursue his own projects”. Karpyshyn will be working on “a number of other projects, including more original novels, an original sci-fi graphic novel I’m co-creating, and freelance gaming work”. He has also revealed he’s “officially working with Fogbank Entertainment & FoxNet Games”, but has little more to say about it.

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– Theralon Manifesto Trailer – A Sandbox MMORPG That Was Cancelled

Remember Theralon? This little gem from Infernum games never saw the light of day, but thanks to an anonymous source, we now have this manifesto video highlighting what Infernum Games wanted to do with the now-dead MMO. It was canceled with nary a mention as to way back in 2015. Maybe one day we’ll see its ideas come to light again?

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– Total War Arena Review – A Good Concept Mired in Issues

Total War Arena is an interesting entry into the overall franchise. While not a fully fledged Total War game, it strives to turn the historically large scale single-player battles from previous entries into set piece battles you play a smaller role in with other players. How does the team at Creative Assembly do in accomplishing this? Results are, unfortunately, mixed.

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Star Citizen – Around the Verse – Performance and Optimization

Sean Tracy and Sandi Gardiner are back with the latest Star Citizen: Around the Verse, this time, and the for the first time, filmed in front of a live studio audience. The audience is made up of some of the Star Citizen subscribers who were invited to check out the studio and sit in on the creation of Around the Verse.