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Final Fantasy XVI’s Cid Is The Game’s Breakout Star

Characters named Cid are a Final Fantasy mainstay, but I wasn’t prepared for Final Fantasy XVI’s iteration, and neither were many people playing the action RPG this week. Hollow Knight: Silksong’s New Gameplay Trailer Is Living Rent-Free In Our Brains Mild spoilers for the first few hours of Final Fantasy XVI follow. When Cid, or

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Splatoon 3 Fan Spends Thousands To Interrupt Nintendo Meeting

Image: Nintendo There’s no other video game company quite like Nintendo, and the same thing appears to be true about its fans. One reportedly spent roughly $3,500 on company stock to interrupt the most recent shareholders meeting and seemingly rant about the lack of male hairstyle customization options in Splatoon 3. Nintendo president Shunturo Furukawa

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Ubisoft’s Hyped Call of Duty Clone Is Actually Pretty Good

Ubisoft’s big, crossover first-person shooter XDefiant isn’t out until later this year. However, a short open beta is currently being held until June 23. And after playing a few hours of Ubisoft’s new Call of Duty-like shooter, I’m surprised by just how much I like it. But I’m also concerned that it might not stand

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Final Fantasy 16’s RPG Elements Are Barely There

For three decades the Final Fantasy franchise has been known for reinventing itself, whether it’s the cyberpunk-esque stylings of Final Fantasy VII or the push into online multiplayer with Final Fantasy XI. The next watershed moment for the franchise is here, with Final Fantasy XVI trying to push into a more mature and action-focused territory.

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What To Watch, Binge, And Stream

Crunchyroll Collection / Lapin Track Studio: Lapin Track Genre: Mystery, Supernatural Premiere Date: July 5 Where to Watch: Crunchyroll What It’s About in One Sentence: A detective troupe consisting of a beautiful dullahan named Aya, a half-demon named Tsugaru, and a maid named Shizuku wander the supernatural world solving mysteries. Source link

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Another Zelda Game That’s Low Key Horror

Though The Legend of Zelda franchise often dips into the eerie and the occult, its dominant mode is one of high adventure. Rather than associating the Japanese series with horror, we imagine a blonde boy swinging his sword in service of rescuing the princess against a backdrop of soaring music. Its world is populated by

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Our Favorite Cosplay Photos And Video From Dreamhack Melbourne

From Comic-Con to C2E2, the vast majority of cosplay coverage you see on this website comes from American conventions. Which is fine! This is an American website, many of the world’s biggest shows are in the US and our intrepid cosplay photographer Mineralblu is also American. But sometimes it’s nice to break that up a

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Chapter 4 Season 3 Week 3 Quests And NPC Locations

We’re three weeks into Fortnite’s latest season and hopefully you’ve been able to cross off the weekly quests without much trouble thus far. This week, however, you might’ve come across a few challenges that aren’t as familiar, including one involving one of the new mechanics: Mud. Insert joke about getting dirty and let’s get to

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Microsoft Says Xbox Has Been Losing The Console Wars Since 2001

As Microsoft dukes it out with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the Xbox maker has admitted something everyone probably already knew by now: It’s lost the console wars. Thank You, PS Plus, For Making My Backlog Even Bigger Read More: Sony Won’t Share PS6 Info With Call Of

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The Best And Worst Parts Of Each Mainline Game

Square Enix / World of Longplays Best: The Paradigm Shift Make no mistake, Final Fantasy XIII has a lot of problems, but its battle system is not one of them. The Paradigm Shift mechanic, which has you create specialized dynamics between your characters to be switched between on the fly, absolutely whips ass. Changing your

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