Inspiration for stories and characters can come from the most unlikely places. In a recent interview on the official Square Enix blogsite, Final Fantasy 7 Remake Producer Yoshinori Kitase went into explaining the interesting origin of one of the Final Fantasy franchise's biggest villains: Sephiroth.
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Riot Games is offering $100,000 to any hackers who can crack their software, but for a good reason. It could actually end up making Valorant a much more enjoyable experience. Gamers were somewhat riled up last week by Vanguard, the anti-cheat software in Riot Games' new tactical shooter, Valorant.
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We still don't have a clear idea of what the PlayStation 5 is going to look like or when it will be released in stores. However, we were originally supposed to know much more within the next month. A source close to Sony claims that the company meant to host a big reveal event for the PS5 this May.
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Surprising no one, it appears as though there's more to the recent Grand Theft Auto 6 announcements than we first realized. Recent leaks led many fans to believe that Grand Theft Auto 6 is actually closer to completion than we have been told by Rockstar Games. It may actually be "60% to 70% done."
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Nintendo Switch fans are having something of a difficult time with hackers. According to a report from Eurogamer, multiple Nintendo Switch users are complaining about having their accounts accessed by outside parties, some of whom aren't even in the same country as the accounts being hacked.
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It seems like every time we get more info about the PlayStation 5, it's weirder than the last thing we learned. A new patent just filed by Sony for a PlayStation 5 peripheral might easily be the most bizarre leak yet. One word, PlayStation fans: robots. Sony has filed a patent for a robot companion
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It's no big secret that Ninja has to deal with some crummy people both in the titles he's competing in as well as his own chat. A few days back, it seemed the Mixer star finally hit a breaking point.
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Paul Haddad, the original English voice actor for Leon Kennedy in Capcom's Resident Evil 2, has died.
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Grand Theft Auto 5 is one of the best-selling games of all time. Since its initial release, the game has sold over 120 million copies. A good reason for this longevity is Grand Theft Auto Online. However, many fans still feel cheated by the fact that we never received any single-player story DLCs.
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Variety has reported that Singer and actress Selena Gomez has filed a lawsuit against a mobile game for allegedly using her likeness. According to the lawsuit, Gomez believes that her likeness and that of many other celebrities have been used by mobile game Clothes Forever without their permission.
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The Call of Duty franchise has provided fans with plenty of surprises in the last month or so. However, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare players are currently obsessing over a new character skin in the game that seems to resemble a recent Netflix celebrity: John Finlay from the new TV show Tiger King.
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Some people aren't messing around when it comes to building their characters in their favorite games. In fact, late last year, an MMORPG character was literally held hostage once and has become the subject of legal battles. Unfortunately for this player, he trusted his character to the wrong person.
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Have you ever clicked on an ad for an awesome-looking mobile game, only to wind up downloading some barely-animated knockoff? That's actually a pretty common occurrence, unfortunately. According to a report from TheGamer's Eric Switzer, there's finally a game that gives you what you were expecting.
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Finally, after years of speculation, we seemingly have confirmation that Grand Theft Auto 6 is, indeed, on its way. Now that we know that the game is happening, ScreenRant's Hayes Madsen made solid points regarding one thing that GTA 6 may need to implement before anything else: cross-platform play.
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If you were hoping to get a PlayStation 5 when it is finally released, you may want to preorder it when you can. Sources close to Sony are expecting a much smaller production run of the new console than we may have anticipated, releasing around 5 to 6 million units for the first fiscal year.
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Rockstar employees have confirmed a new Grand Theft Auto game is in development. But what does that mean?
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Sony finally unveiled the design of the PlayStation 5 controller last week, and it has had everyone talking. However, we haven't heard a lot out of the folks on the opposing team, aside from a pointed gif. That has now changed with recent comments from former Xbox marketing director Albert Penello.
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A few fans on Twitter have stumbled upon what appears to be a listing on Amazon France for Days Gone for the PC. This has led to quite a bit of speculation, considering Days Gone was released as a PlayStation exclusive. However, there are a few reasons why this may not actually be in the works.
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Cooking Mama: Cookstar, an adorable cooking simulator, has found itself at the center of another scandal. This time, the game is the subject of possible legal battles between the Office Create, the IP holders, and Planet Entertainment, the company that published the latest installment of the series.
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Fans already knew that there were many characters cut from the Pokemon games, but that was really just the tip of the iceberg. Pokemon games have gone through many different iterations. However, it now appears that there was an entire Pokemon spin-off that was canceled in the series' early years.
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Riot Games' Valorant hasn't even been officially released, but it's already raising some concerns regarding customer privacy. It has been discovered that Valorant's anti-cheat software, Riot Vanguard, is always active on user computers, even when they aren't actively signed in and playing the game.
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If the PS4 proved anything, it's that a solid lineup of exclusives can help a console soar. The PS5 will likely have those in droves.
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Rick May, veteran stage and video game voice actor, has passed away.
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The Entertainment Software Ratings Board, a.k.a. ESRB, has made an announcement regarding loot boxes in games. There will be a new disclaimer assigned to games featuring loot boxes and other microtransactions, which will read "In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items)," accounting for random items.
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Half-Life: Alyx has proven to be a worthy addition to the Half-Life franchise. Telling a side-story involving the character Alyx Vance from Half-Life 2, this new game has been huge for its developers. Modders have taken it upon themselves to bring Half-Life: Alyx to a more traditional gaming set-up.
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Poor Isabelle is in trouble. Believe it or not, it looks like China is banning the cutest game of 2020 from sale. Reuters is reporting that retailers in China are officially refusing to carry Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch due to activists using the game as a protest platform.
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Within the last couple of days, the hashtag "#RIPFortnite" has been trending on Twitter. This would seem to suggest that Epic Games had made some kind of major announcement regarding the future of Fortnite, but that's not the case. Fortnite fans are still unhappy and they're airing their grievances.
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