Developers are taking to social media to share bizarre anecdotes about how certain in-game mechanics work behind the scenes, including former BioWare developer Georg Zoeller. In the MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, “exploding barrels are filled with shrunken invisible people, as only people are a valid damage source,” Zoeller …
Read More »FFXIV finally gets Data Center Travel in two weeks
Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy 14 patch 6.18 will launch on July 5, with both the long-promised Data Center Travel option and a bunch of new servers. Patch 6.18 introduces the long-awaited Data Center Travel option, which will finally allow players to visit different Data Centers within their …
Read More »Lost Ark is getting a new roadmap “later this week”
The Lost Ark Roadmap will be revealed later this week. When it launched earlier this year in February, Lost Ark’s developers hadn’t outlined a full roadmap for players to look ahead to. Since then, though, we’ve got a few smaller ones to show what’s coming up. Community manager Rox confirms …
Read More »Final Fantasy 14 squad gets world-first raid clear, then Square Enix deletes their video
The world’s first Final Fantasy 14 team to beat the Dragonsong Reprise (Ultimate) mission has been congratulated by having their video deleted by Square Enix. Over the weekend, the first team to beat the incredibly tough and unforgiving Dragonsong Reprise (Ultimate) in Final Fantasy 14 emerged. Square Enix and game …
Read More »The Witch Queen has been great for Destiny 2, but the games core content needs help
I said in my Destiny 2: The Witch Queen review that, however positive my early impressions, there was no way of knowing how I’d feel about the expansion after a few months. Reader, it has been a few months, and I feel good. We’re now just weeks away from the …
Read More »Yoko Taro asked Final Fantasy 14 director if he was “out of his mind” when he was asked to collaborate
Nier director Yoko Taro was stunned at the Final Fantasy 14 development team wanting to collaborate. Well, what he actually said was “are you out of your mind?” according to Naoki Yoshida, game director of Final Fantasy 14. As the new Endwalker expansion is around the corner for the long-running …
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