Everyone has a fighting chance
The long rumored Final Fantasy XVI was finally unveiled at the PlayStation 5 Showcase this week and there are lots of interesting aspects to the announcement. Beyond the topline fact that we are getting a new mainline entry to the Final Fantasy series (!), it’s notable that the game is being developed by Creative Business Unit III, which is Naoki Yoshida’s team.
Red Thomas tries the self-styled "genetics survival game," Niche after his niece calls the game to his attention. Red discusses some of the unique aspects of the game that he found interesting and offers his recommendations on who should consider purchasing it.
Virtual reality has a stronger start since the Oculus Rift than any other previous attempt, but the technology has still been moderately sluggish into the market. Despite that, Red Thomas invests in the Valve Index and gives Shadow of Valhalla a try. Red discusses his experience with the game and makes his typical caveated recommendations to readers.
It’s a pretty weird and unsettling time in this world of ours right now. With many of us hunkering down at home, things can get downright boring at times. Fortunately, if you’re someone who enjoys videogames, you likely have a backlog of games to play through or even some new titles to play in the coming days and weeks.
These are some of the titles I’m playing this month.
Victoria had minimal experience with MMORPGs and is normally adverse to RPGs, but Final Fantasy 14 finally hit the spot.
While waiting for the WoW pre-patch, Emily loses herself in the world of FFXIV housing and its creative and innovative community of decorators.
It’s been over two months since Falko returned to one of his old MMO flames, Star Wars: The Old Republic. In this fourth installment, Falko takes a look at the familiarity of the questing in a galaxy far, far away.
The last couple of weeks have given us not only the release date for Shadowlands but also the first two episodes of "Afterlives" have been released. In the same way, Warbringers, Harbingers, and Lords of War set the stage for BfA, Legion, and WoD, respectively; Afterlives gives us a peek into some of the happenings in the shadowlands before we arrive there. If you’ve missed any of these, I strongly recommend checking them out. Not only are they interesting, but they are always very well done and
I was hoping I wouldn’t have to write this article, but I always knew it was a possibility. Marvel’s Avengers launched this week and for better and worse, I’m having a real sense of Anthem déjà vu.
New World development is moving along and Red Thomas checks out crafting in the latest "preview" event. Red gives his thoughts on what he likes and doesn’t like about the crafting and offers a few tips that might help players maximize their time in the game.