Final Fantasy XIV‘s ‘Reflections In Crystal’ Update Arrives On August 11

Originally due in June before being pushed back multiple times due to covid-19 related concerns, Final Fantasy XIV’s next big update, “Reflections in Crystal,” is finally on track for an August 11 release. According to the latest letter from the producer published on theFinal Fantasy XIV Lodestone website, the developers were originally aiming at a…

Cicadas And Beetles Invade Animal Crossing: New Horizons Today

Today is the beginning of July, when swarms of cicadas, bunches of big beetles, and schools of new fish start showing up on Northern Hemisphere islands in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Nets up, people. Growing up, cicadas were one of the sure signs of summer. The massive bastards would start showing up on trees around…

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Amazing Emulator Turns 2D NES Games Into Fully 3D Worlds

A strange new product appeared on Steam last week: a Nintendo Entertainment System emulator that translates the 2D pixel graphics of classic 8-bit games into 3D worlds built with voxels. It’s called 3dSen, it has standard and standard+VR versions, and it lets you experience a select slice of the NES library from unusual new perspectives.…

Games Should Make Creating Just As Satisfying As Destroying

I’ve had a lot of fun with The Last of Us Part II, especially its more gruesome gameplay elements. As awful as it feels to admit, Naughty Dog made virtual murder fun. There’s a great sense of accomplishment in sneaking up on a pair of enemies, grabbing one, headshotting the other, and executing your captive…

200 Players Isn’t Too Many For Call Of Duty‘s Warzone

Call of Duty’s Warzone just got a little more crowded with the addition of 200-player battle royale matches. You’d think this would be total chaos, but so far it doesn’t seem to have changed things much. Modern Warfare’s mid-season update for Season 4 arrived on June 30 across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, and…

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Media Molecule’s miraculous creation tool becomes even more miraculous on June 22, when Dreams adds support for PlayStation VR. Not only will dreamers be able to create virtual reality content, but new tools will also allow them to create and sculpt objects in VR, adding a degree of immersion to playing and creating.

Min Min Kicks Off Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s Second DLC Pass With A Helluva Punch

Min Min ruined my Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and I’m completely fine with it. Before yesterday, my character selection screen was the picture of perfect symmetry—a six-row rectangle featuring mustachioed plumbers, space-faring canines, and one question mark, but mostly just Fire Emblem characters. Now, the screen looks like this: It’s a total affront to the…

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Harmonix’s Fuser Is A Different Way To Mix Music And Gaming

Coming this fall to PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One from Harmonix and NCSoft, Fuser is the ultimate freestyle DJ simulator. It casts the player as an up-and-coming disc jockey, gives them access to over 100 pop, rap, country, and rock songs, and drops them into spectacular arenas to play a music-mixing game of Simon…