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News All Marvel's Avengers Cosmetics Pegged at $3,400
Assemble those dollar bills
In a headline that perhaps isn’t a surprise for a live service game, one Marvel’s Avengers fan has taken the time to calculate the cost of all of the title’s cosmetics – and it adds up to an eye-watering $3,317. While all of this content is, of course, completely optional, it’s an astounding figure for a release...
News Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Gets Ray Tracing Mode in New PS5 Update
Plus many bug fixes
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy has today been patched to version 1.05, implementing a new ray tracing mode to go alongside the options prioritising visual quality and the frame rate. Weighing in at 1.414GB, it is available to download now on PlayStation 5. The update also brings with it a secret save rollback feature for anyone...
News Spider-Man Will Have Some Pretty Cool Suits in Marvel's Avengers on PS5, PS4
Here's the first seven coming to the game
Perhaps the best thing about Marvel’s Spider-Man is the sheer array of suits and costumes that Insomniac Games packed into the open world adventure, and the upcoming web-slinging add-on for Marvel’s Avengers will be no different. Crystal Dynamics has revealed seven suits on its website which will be...
News New Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Screenshots Show Kings, Queens, and Pirates
Stranger and stranger
Square Enix has released a bunch of new screenshots for Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, showing off secondary characters and a few combat scenarios. As we all know, Stranger of Paradise is already weird — what with its chaos-obsessed protagonist and his fondness for Limp Bizkit-sounding rock — and these...
News Remember Outriders? It's Getting a Big Free Update This Week
Full expansion arrives in 2022
Be real for just a second before we go over the details of this update: did you forget that Outriders released this year? Because we sure did! The looter-shooter launched for both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on the 1st April, 2021 (cue April Fools jokes), and quite frankly, we've heard bugger all about the title...
Video Can Spider-Man Save Marvel's Avengers?
A great amount of responsibility
A lot has changed in Marvel’s Avengers since last September when it launched. And while it may not have excelled completely at being a successful live-service platform, through continued support by way of new Hero Events and story expansions, Square Enix has done all it can to do Earth’s Mightiest Heroes justice...
News Marvel's Avengers Trailer Shows Off Spider-Man In All His Glory
PlayStation exclusive hero coming soon
Yesterday, we got our very first glimpse of Spider-Man in Marvel's Avengers with a pretty cool image. Now, though, we have a full-on trailer, revealing the character in full. The video sets up the webhead's appearance in the game, which introduces the superhero with the event Spider-Man: With Great Power...
News Here's What Spider-Man Looks Like in Marvel's Avengers
Web-slinger revealed
And here he is. This is what Spider-Man will look like in Marvel's Avengers when the hugely popular character arrives on 30th November 2021 as a PlayStation exclusive. Supported by Thor, Iron Man, and Kamala Khan, the wall-crawler will be part of a Hero event that brings with it a ton of other content, including a new raid. You...
News Glorious Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9 Bestiary Galleries Remind Us of Amazing Monster Designs
The best bestiaries
When we reminisce about old Final Fantasy games, we don't tend to think about the monsters — the strange and often wonderful beasts that inhabit the overworld map and numerous dungeons. But thanks to VGCatrography (DeviantArt and Twitter), we've been reminded of just how amazing these monster designs still are. VGCartography...
News Star Ocean: The Divine Force Details Environments in New Trailer
New locales spotted
Star Ocean: The Divine Force didn't leave the greatest first impression in Sony's latest State of Play showcase, but we're still more than willing to give the JRPG a shot. Following on from the initial announcement trailer, Square Enix has today published additional footage focusing on some of the environments and locations...
News Spider-Man Finally Swings to Marvel's Avengers on 30th November
Alongside big content update
Well over a year since the game launched, Crystal Dynamics has confirmed PlayStation exclusive character Spider-Man will finally be added to Marvel's Avengers on 30th November 2021. The web-slinger will arrive as part of a Hero Event alongside lots of other content, including a new raid, skins, and challenges. You'll...
News Square Enix Insinuates Crystal Dynamics Was the Wrong Dev for Marvel's Avengers
Says the title produced a disappointing outcome
Ouch! Square Enix boss Yosuke Matsuda has insinuated that Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics may have been the wrong studio for Marvel’s Avengers. Speaking as part of an alarmingly candid annual performance report, via VGC, the executive assured shareholders that the publisher had learned from...
News Marvel's Avengers Dumps Damaging XP Booster Microtransactions
Hulk smash
Crystal Dynamics has confirmed that, as of today, it’s removed the controversial XP and resource boosters from Marvel’s Avengers’ in-game store, as it takes the “first step in rebuilding [players’] confidence”. A few weeks ago, the title attracted immense ire from its community, after it introduced microtransactions which sped...
Mini Review Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars (PS4) - A Memorable JRPG That Loses Steam Later On
Between Bliss and Blight
Don't let the name fool you — Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars is not a card game. You're not building a deck or duelling opponents for a chance at winning their prized possessions. Instead, you're going on a very traditional, surprisingly straightforward role-playing adventure. Voice of Cards is a turn based Japanese...
News Star Ocean Is Back with Action RPG The Divine Force on PS5, PS4
Entering orbit in 2022
Well, we didn't see this announcement coming. Star Ocean is making a return on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 in 2022 with Star Ocean: The Divine Force. The action RPG was revealed during Sony's latest State of Play broadcast, and... well, there's some potential on display here, but it's looking very rough around the edges...
Poll Did You Buy Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy?
Getting the gang together
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is out now on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. The licensed action game is Square Enix's second attempt at adapting a beloved Marvel property, but unlike the ill-fated Marvel's Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy has been very well received right off the bat. "For as much uncertainty there...
News Guardians of the Galaxy Is a Significantly Smaller Download on PS5
Compared to PS4
The PlayStation 5's touted Kraken compression tech is in the headlines again, as another cross-gen title takes up much less space on Sony's current-gen console. On PS4, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy weighs in at a hefty, but somewhat standard 60GB or so. But on PS5, the size is cut down to just over 31GB. Not bad! Of course,...
Review Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (PS5) - Faithful Take on the Guardians Really Rocks
Groot work
You never quite know what you're going to get with superhero games nowadays. The likes of Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham series and the more recent Marvel's Spider-Man are proof famous comic-book faces can set the standard for the industry, but then we all remember how Marvel's Avengers went. Unsurprisingly then, there's some apprehension...
News Grid-Based RPG Dungeon Encounters Out Now on PS4
PS Plus discount available
Square Enix has a brand new RPG launching on PlayStation 4 today, and there's a fairly good chance you've never heard of it. Announced just a few weeks ago alongside the quite promising Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars, grid-based RPG Dungeon Encounters can be picked up now from the PS Store. Better ye
Mini Review Actraiser Renaissance (PS4) - SNES Remake Is a Game of Three Thirds
Generous, gabby god game
Praised for being "A Game of Two Halves" in issue two of Super Play, gaming magazines like CVG and Mean Machines were consistent in applauding SNES ActRaiser in the early 1990s for combining two contrasting gameplay styles. This effective structure is preserved in PS4 Actraiser Renaissance, as this remake retains the...
Final Fantastic
There's simply no stopping Final Fantasy XIV. The MMORPG has gone from strength to strength in recent years, bolstered by superb expansions like Stormblood and Shadowbringers. And now, as we close in on the upcoming release of Endwalker, Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy XIV is the most profitable Final Fantasy game ever...
News Headbang Your Way Through Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy PS5, PS4 Launch Trailer
Come and get your love
Square Enix hasn’t had the easiest time capturing the irreverent nature of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy in trailers, but this launch trailer nails it. Dropping a good two weeks prior to the Eidos Montreal adventure’s PlayStation 5 and PS4 release date, the 120-second hype builder has a good mix of humour, outright...
News Marvel's Avengers Attracts Ire After Adding XP Booster Microtransactions
After XP gain was slowed in previous patch
Humanity loves a good pile-on, and Marvel’s Avengers has become the whipping boy of the games industry this past year. The co-op brawler – which was above average at best, let’s be real – has attracted ire for all sorts of reasons, from its console exclusive Spider-Man money hat through to its...
News Dragon Quest X Offline Hits Japan Next Year on PS5, PS4, But Still No Word on a Western Release
X marks the spot
Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline is exactly what it says on the box — it's an offline version of Dragon Quest X, the online MMO that first launched for the Nintendo Wii (!) back in 2012. Despite the game's success in Japan (it was ported to the Wii U, PC, and 3DS) it never actually made it West — and it's looking...
News Final Fantasy XVI Has an 'Expansive' Skill Tree System Built for Unique Character Growth
Branching out
Final Fantasy XVI didn't turn up during Tokyo Game Show 2021 over the weekend, but Square Enix is still happy to chat about the upcoming RPG. In a recent interview (as reported by Siliconera), producer Naoki Yoshida revealed that the highly anticipated title will feature an "expansive" skill tree system, which is meant to allow for...
News Dungeon Encounters Puts the Square in Square Enix with Grid-Based RPG
Coming to PS4 this month
There are only so many ways you can present a turn-based RPG, but it seems Square Enix is making attempts to find new ones. We've already had the announcement of Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars, which puts a playing card twist on the JRPG, and now, the publisher has announced Dungeon Encounters. This newly unveiled...
News Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Dated for 18th March
Second demo out now
Square Enix has slapped a release date of 18th March 2022 on Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin as part of its TGS 2021 showcase. The collaboration with Nioh developer Team Ninja has also issued a brand new trailer to coincide with the announcement, and it does its best to avoid saying the word "chaos". Instead of that,...
News Chaos! Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin Schedules TGS Showcase for This Saturday
Time for more chaos
Square Enix will be taking some chaos to TGS 2021 as it shares word of a Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin digital showcase taking place this Saturday, 2nd October 2021. The tweet confirming the news reads: "Tune in to our Tokyo Game Show Special Broadcast on Saturday October 2nd to hear the latest on #StrangerOfParadise...
Hands On Don't Sleep on Voice of Cards - It Could Be a Special RPG
No, it's not really a card game
The awkwardly titled Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars was revealed during the latest Nintendo Direct, and if you're anything like us, you quickly realised that it was some kind of card game (it's in the name!) and then stopped paying attention. Look, we want our role-playing games to whisk us away to gorgeous...
News Life Is Strange Remastered Turns Back Time on 1st February
Butterfly effect
The delayed Life Is Strange Remastered Collection will turn back on time on 1st February, publisher Square Enix has announced. The bundle includes improved versions of both the original Life Is Strange and prequel Life Is Strange: Before the Storm. Both games will boast remastered character and environment visuals, as well as...
News Tomb Raider, Marvel's Avengers Maker Now Co-Developer on Xbox Exclusive
Really
Well, this is a bizarre and frankly unexpected announcement: Crystal Dynamics – one of the most prolific third-party developers, responsible for games like Rise of the Tomb Raider and Marvel’s Avengers – has been announced as a co-develop
News Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars Is a PS4 Card-Based RPG From NieR Mastermind Yoko Taro
Rolls the dice next month
Square Enix has announced Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon Roars for PlayStation 4. It's a role-playing game that's all about cards, featuring turn based battles and some lovely looking character artwork. What's more, Yoko Taro — the main brain behind the NieR games — is creative director, so you can probably expect some...
News SNES Classic ActRaiser Renaissance Revived for PS4, Out Today
Surprise
Cult classic platformer-cross-city-builder ActRaiser will enjoy a Renaissance on the PlayStation 4 from, well… Today! Surprise! The legendary 90s title – a fond favourite of Managing Director Damien McFerran – has been completely remade in high definition, and features the original soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro. “Actraiser Renaissance...
Hands On Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Is Mass Effect in Comic Book Clothing
Kree whiz
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy doesn’t just wear its Mass Effect influences on its sleeve: it prances them about like Chris Pratt in the opening exchanges of the franchise’s first movie. The similarities to BioWare’s space-faring soap opera are so plentiful that they’re almost impossible to ignore, but following the success of...
News Dragon Quest 11 Dev Orca Also Co-Developing Dragon Quest 12
Together again
Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate is starting to sound like quite the undertaking, as another Japanese studio has revealed that it's working on the game alongside Square Enix. Orca is a developer that also helped out with Dragon Quest XI and Dragon Quest XI S, and it's currently hiring all kinds of artists for Dragon Quest XII. If...
News Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Has Gone Gold Ahead of PS5, PS4 Release
Come and get your love
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy will not be the victim of a last-minute delay, as the spin-off has gone gold ahead of its 26th October release date on PlayStation 5 and PS4. For those not familiar with the lingo, when a game goes “gold” it means that the master version of the product is finished, and is ready for...
News Dragon Quest XII Is Being Developed by Both Square Enix and Japanese Studio HexaDrive
But it's still very early days
Japanese studio HexaDrive has revealed that it'll be co-developing Dragon Quest XII: The Flames of Fate alongside Square Enix. HexaDrive has worked with Square Enix multiple times in the past, the most notable collaboration being Final Fantasy XV. A bit of background: HexaDrive primarily works with other companies on...
News Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Features Cosmo the Spacedog in New Story Trailer
Which makes it good
There was quite a bit of Marvel in the PlayStation Showcase, wasn't there? In addition to announcements for Marvel's Wolverine and Marvel's Spider-Man 2, we got a brand new trailer for Square Enix's promising sci-fi action adventure, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. In it, we see Peter and the rest of the c
News Forspoken's Latest PS5 Trailer Is Witty and Weird
Square Enix doing something a bit different
Forspoken, the new PlayStation 5 console exclusive from Square Enix, is wonderfully bizarre. This brand new trailer shows star Ella Balinska pulled into an alternate dimension; from the rooftops of a New York-style city to a fantasy land with dragons and talking arm attachments. It’s very Western for a...
News Marvel's Avengers' PS5, PS4 Exclusive Spider-Man Swinging By This Year
But not part of PlayStation Showcase
Marvel’s Avengers’ controversial PlayStation 5 and PS4 exclusive character, Spider-Man, will arrive this year. Crystal Dynamics confirmed the web-slinger as part of its all-new roadmap, which puts an emphasis on “replayable” content rather than cinematic expansions, like the recent War for Wakanda add-on...
Review Life Is Strange: True Colors (PS5) - Lame Story Saved by Great Characters
Chently please
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm has always felt like a well-kept secret; forever playing second fiddle to the two mainline entries that released either side of it, but quietly better than them both. We have Deck Nine Games to thank for that, which now finds itself at the helm of the franchise's next big game as original creator...
News PS5's Forspoken Could Feature During PlayStation Showcase
It has been Forspoken
Ella Balinska, the star of Square Enix’s upcoming action RPG Forspoken, has hinted that more information about the PlayStation 5 console exclusive is coming soon. While she doesn’t explicitly refer to Sony’s PlayStation Showcase – scheduled for this week – the release’s position within the PS5’s portfolio would...
News PS Now Adding Five Final Fantasy Games Over Coming Months
Phoenix down
Final Fantasy is such a misleading franchise name, isn’t it? It’s like the Neverending Story: how come it ends in under two hours? Anyway, as you know, there are dozens of Final Fantasy games – and five of the better ones are coming to PS Now. This is a staggered rollout, with Final Fantasy VII being the first to join on 7th...
News Here's Another Brief Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Cut-Scene
Groot stuff
The marketing cycle for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy seems to centre on out-of-context cut-scenes, but at least Square Enix is picking ones that feature new characters. Here we’re introduced to Grand Unifier Raker, the leader of the Universal Church of Truth. Our Google-fu informs us that this intergalactic faction first featured...
News Guardians of the Galaxy Game Has Its Very Own Rock Album
Original tracks and licensed music used
The music of the Guardians of the Galaxy films has always been a very important component, and it will be no different in this year's videogame adaptation. Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, hitting PlayStation 5 and PS4 on 26th October 2021, will ship with its very own rock album made up of entirely original...
News Here's 13 Minutes of Life Is Strange: True Colors Gameplay
HMV
Life Is Strange: True Colors is just a few weeks away from release at this point, meaning it's time for publisher Square Enix to share as much as it can about the game without spoiling things. The big media blast in the lead up to launch has arrived, and today we've been treated to 13 minutes of raw gameplay featuring protagonist Alex Chen. All...
News Marvel's Avengers' Free Black Panther Update Looks Impressive
Vibin' with all this Vibranium
Marvel’s Avengers isn’t a bad game, it’s just a bit of a bland one. Fortunately, the game’s hotly anticipated War for Wakanda update looks set to add a little spice to the co-op brawler. Frankly, this looks absurdly large: there’s a new campaign, missions, villains, enemies, and even a fresh biome to explore...
News Become a Local Radio Station DJ in Life Is Strange: True Colors' Wavelengths DLC
Choose playlists and ad-lib over commercials in neat expansion
Life Is Strange: True Colors’ previously announced Wavelengths DLC, which is due out on 30th September, will add depth to supporting character Steph, as you become a DJ for Haven Springs’ local radio station. The expansion – set across four seasons – will see you controlling the...
News Official Dragon Quest Survey Asks Fans to Help Shape Series' Future
Dragon request
Square Enix has launched a rather in-depth survey regarding Dragon Quest as a franchise. Most notably, the 30-question survey asks fans what they want from the beloved role-playing series going forward, inviting users to write down all of their ideas, hopes, and dreams for future games. While we doubt that Square Enix is going to...
News Life Is Strange: True Colors Adding DLC Episode, Remasters Delayed
Steph to star in Wavelengths
Life Is Strange: True Colors is still on track for its 10th September release date – despite a heart-stopping letter being published on the series’ social media accounts – but Life Is Strange Remastered and Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered will not deploy until Early 2022. Square Enix explained that...
