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HomeNewsFinal Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Final Fantasy XIV’s free trial will soon include the Heavensward expansionThat’s a lot of free content That’s a lot of free content Square Enix have revealed thatFinal Fantasy XIV’s next major update will put all the content from the Realm Reborn questline, as well the entire Heavensward expansion in the game’s free trial. That’s like, hundreds of hours ofFinal Fantasygoodness. It’s part of the upcoming patch 5....

HomeNews Forza Motorsport will ‘reimagine’ the racing seriesNo word yet No word yet Microsoft today announced the next Forza zoomy racing game, which it seems they’re calling simply Forza Motorsport. Re-using old game names is veryen mode. This mysterious new game is still “in early development” but they call it “a reimagining of the series”, without saying what that really means. Very importantly for a next-generation game, it will be all sorts of shiny....

HomeDeals Gamesplanet’s Summer Sale has over 2300 games on offerWith new deals every day With new deals every day Hot off the heels ofEpic’s big Summer Sale, the folks over at Gamesplanet are also splashing out on some hot game deal action today, as they too have started their ownSummer Salewith over 2300 games on offer. This one isn’t quite as long as Epic’s, running from today until August 3rd, but with new, 24-hour flash deals being added every day, there’s plenty to get stuck in with....

HomeNewsHalo Infinite Halo Infinite will have you grappling across a wild open ringworldHalo Infinite’s gameplay debut grapples across a wide open ringworld Halo Infinite’s gameplay debut grapples across a wide open ringworld A Infinite isn’t quite a clean break from the (admittedly naff) plot of Haloes 4 and 5, but it’s able to position itself as a soft-reset courtesy of a generous time-jump. Since moment one 343 have pitched this as a throwback to Bungie’s trilogy, with this week’sbox art teasevery much aping the cover ofHalo: Combat Evolved....

HomeFeaturesHalo Infinite Halo Infinite’s reveal ended with a gorilla losing its mind on cameraI’LL DESTROY YOU AT WRESTLEMANIA I’LL DESTROY YOU AT WRESTLEMANIA So, as of this evening’s Xbox Games Showcase, we’ve finally seen footage ofHalo Infinite, and it looks good! There was indeed a grappling hook, more mobility in general from the Chief (he can climb on boxes now!), and a couple of new guns. There was also some classic Warthog action, some dependably stirring music, and a couple of genuinely sublime moments of looking-out-across-a-halo-at-sunset beauty....

HomeNewsTell Me Why Life Is Strange creators start Tell Me Why in AugustIt’s all about twins teens investigating their past It’s all about twins teens investigating their past The first chapter of Dontnod Entertainment’sTell Me Whycomes out on August 27th.Announced last year, Tell Me Why is another episodic game series in a similar style to their previous game, Life Is Strange. This time, however, the story is all about two twins, Alyson and Tyler Ronan, who reunite over a tragic event, and discover that they both had very different memories of their childhoods....

HomeNews Outer Wilds writer has now written for The Outer Worlds, so I’ll never get the names rightI’M SORRY, WHICH? I’M SORRY, WHICH? For the past two years, I have confused the nameOuter WildswithThe Outer Worlds. I will say one space game’s name when I mean the other. I will expand one name into ‘TheOuter Wilds’ and trim the other to ‘Outer Worlds’. I will trip and combined the two into ‘Outer Woilds’....

HomeNewsPhantasy Star Online 2 Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis will give the ageing MMO a faceliftBut what is it, anyway? But what is it, anyway? Phantasy Star Online 2’s getting on a bit, isn’t it? Sega’s big ol' sci-fi MMO might’ve only officially come to the West this Spring, but it’s been big in Japan for the better part of a decade - and boy, does it show. Announced during today’s Xbox Games Showcase, New Genesis is preparing to change all that with a massive overhaul to the MMOs visuals....

HomeFeaturesRöki Röki’s music sounds as gorgeous as the game looksMusic to our ears Music to our ears Tales From The Forest To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings The tune you’ll probably hear most in Röki’s second chapter, Tales FromThe Forestplays in the glistening snow groves of its enchanted woodland. Its soaring flute somehow makes the thick, silhouetted trees seem even taller as Tove jogs through the snowy undergrowth beneath, and the way it twists and overlaps with the accompanying violin makes it sound like birdsong whistling through the canopy up above....

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2’s first trailer is hereIt is real It is real To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Ina blog post, GSC Game World explain that we’ll again be romping around an irradiated wasteland full of mutants and spooky energy. “This is our most immersive world yet, and we are crafting it with the love and passion this setting deserves,” they say. They also talk about having “reimagined” the A-Life system which gave NPC people and creatures little lives of their own to live, saying that the new A-Life 2....

HomeNewsTacoma Tacoma is this week’s freebie on the Epic Games StoreSad pals in outer space Sad pals in outer space “There are a range of relationships, family dynamics, faiths and personal struggles or ambitions,” Pip wrote. “The more I speak to anyone, the more I find out that they have their own problems, heartbreaks and happinesses to navigate and it’s so nice to see that reflected in what you find out onTacomarather than a bunch of archetypes....

HomeNewsTetris Effect Tetris Effect is adding multiplayerThere’s a competitive ranked mode and everything There’s a competitive ranked mode and everything The trippy neon block-dropper,Tetris Effecthas announced plans to add multiplayer in a new edition named Tetris Effect: Connected. There are loads of new modes on the way for players to challenge their friends in local and online co-op - there are even ranked matches if you feel like competitive Tetris is something you’d like to try your hand at....

HomeFeaturesCreaks The makers of Chuchel outsmarted me with dog furniture in CreaksNo more cute robots No more cute robots “Oh this is easy”, I thought, adding a few more moments to the endless mistake I began several decades back, “it’s kind of telling me everything I need to do anyway.” Creaksis a platform-based puzzle game. I thought I was not particularly good at puzzle games. I am in fact hopeless at them....