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EA’s recently announced acquisition ofCodemastersmeans another big racing game developer has been picked up by the publisher. Joining the likes of Criterion Games, huge racing IPs likeDirt,Grid,Project Cars, andF1will now fall under the EA banner. Not to mention any possibility of Codemasters being tasked with developing a new or separateNeed for Speedgame alongside Criterion. However, given EA’s history with studio acquisitions and expectations, Codemasters' fans are understandably weary. There’s the very real possibility that Codemasters' fate could either go the way of Respawn Entertainment, or end up like Ghost Games....

RPG fans loveFinal Fantasynot just for its story but its stellar visual design. Thanks to legends such as Tetsuya Nomura, Hironobu Sakaguchi, and Yoshitaka Amano,Final Fantasyalways give players a cast to remember. Aside from unique game design, fans love the way the series approaches character design. RELATED:Final Fantasy 14: 5 Best Classes For Beginners (& 5 To Avoid) Like in real life, presentation says a lot about a person. And inFinal Fantasy, outfits always tell a story....

On the premiere episode of ABC’s reboot game showThe Chase, one contestant received a question asking the name of Mario’s arch-nemesis who shares the last name with the president ofNintendo of America, and answered it incorrectly. Brad Rutter, known for his outstanding accrued wins in American game shows such asJeopardy!andWho Wants to Be a Millionaire, was brought on for the revival of ABC’sThe Chase. But despite his expansive knowledge that brought him to be the second highest-earning American game show contestant of all time, he flubs the question, “President of Nintendo of Americaand Mario’s arch-nemesis share what name?...

The launch of the PlayStation 4 marked a major shift in the games industry as a whole. It brought a new generation of games along with a lot more power, opening up tons of new possibilities for games to explore. While they may seem ordinary now, there was an impressive amount of buildup to the consoles, and the games they brought with them lead to some impressive changes this generation. But launch titles are strange....

Fans ofDestiny 2will always be excited to see new loot find its way into the already stuffed pool of gear for players to hunt down on their adventures through the Solar System. Even more enjoyable is when Bungie is kind enough to include a dedicated way to hunt down thisloot throughDestiny 2’s questsystems that take an element of randomness out of rewards for the better. This latest announcement comes from the most recent This Week at Bungie blog post that is often the primary way that Bungie announces new gear, events, and features coming toDestiny 2....

Ubisoft Montreal’sRainbow Six Siegecame out in 2015 and, since that time, the community for the online tactical shooter has benefited from a steady influx of updates and new content. And the game’s development team intends it to keep going strong for several years to come, with a next-gen upgrade five years to the day after the game’s release and even a rumoredphysical deluxe edition ofRainbow Six Siegefor the PlayStation 5....

The Xbox Project Scarlett release date may have been leaked online. After Microsoft officially announced thenext Xbox console at E3 2019, several insiders have claimed to know more about the console’s price, release date, and which games it will launch with. On Twitter, a user with the handle PSErebus told their 1,019 followers thatXbox Project Scarlettwill be the most powerful games console when it launches on May 31, 2025. PSErebus, which mostly tweets about PlayStation games and news, didn’t say where they got the information from....

Gauging the difficulty curve has to be one of the hardest parts ofgamedevelopment. Make a game too easy and players will get bored right away, make it too hard and it’ll be unapproachable to a more casual audience. It’s a delicate and masterful art! Creating agamewith a difficulty curve that naturally rewards players for learning the mechanics. But, there are also modes that aren’t as balanced and are tuned for pure pain and suffering....

Even though the year 2021 will be, in many ways, different, one thing will stay the same. New films and TV shows will premiere this year, and there will be a larger number of them. But besides the upcoming new shows, no one should forget the ones already running. Some of them will air their last seasons this year. RELATED:Moon Knight: 10 Oscar Isaac Movies To Watch In Preparation For The Show...

The Witcher 3: Wild Huntis a pinnacle of open-world RPG gaming, said by many to be the crown jewel of the genre. While themain story is linear, there are countless side quests to take on and a number of unique monsters and other foes to discover. RELATED:Action RPGs To Play If You Like The Witcher 3 While some open-world RPGs build immersion partially through random events in the world,The Witcher 3generally has very few chance encounters....

Some games aren’t about fantasy or sci-fi but recreating a playground that’s akin to real-life events, establishments, or activities. That’s whysimulation gamesexist. Some players simply want a pressure-free game time that they can enjoy at their own pace, and that’s whatmost simulation gamesfulfill. Other simulation games thrust their players straight into the heart of a digital re-enactment of a conflict, complete with physics and physiological rules that are as close to reality as possible....

The ranged skill tree inDays Gone, like the melee and survival trees, consists of 15 unlockable skills in total for the player to equip. RELATED:5 PlayStation Exclusives That Should Follow Days Gone to PC These skills focus on enhancing Deacon St. John’s accuracy and effectiveness with each pistol, rifle, and every other ranged weapon found in the open-world survival game. While each skill will make the player even deadlier with any ranged weapon, these are the skills players should unlock first before wandering into a cave of sleeping Swarmers....

Before the game came out, Square Enix devoted a lot of its time to answering question about the canonicity ofFinal Fantasy 7 Remake. Fans were desperate to know what narrative changes were coming in the revamped version of the classic JRPG. The game’s producer, Yoshinori Kitase, had assured fans that each episode would not stray far from the original story. Things were inevitably going to change after all, consideringFinal Fantasy 7is over 28 years old at this point....