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Hajime Tabata, the director of Final Fantasy XV, has admitted that he had a fight on his hands to implement the sort of modernisation needed to secure the RPG series’ future. Speaking to 4Gamer in an interview translated by Kotaku, Tabata talked of what he calls a ‘Final Fantasy disease’ …
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Read More »Final Fantasy XV director: ‘It was modernise or die for the series’
Hajime Tabata recalls that development team was inflicted with ‘Final Fantasy disease’ and he had to tell them: ‘We’re not special. Wake up’
Read More »Cross-platform play arrives in Rocket League
Developer Psyonix has announced that Rocket League players will today be able to indulge in some cross-platform online multiplayer between Xbox and PC. It’s the first Xbox One game to offer the functionality, which was first revealed back in March. Psyonix has also said that Rocket League has to date …
Read More »Ron Gilbert wants to buy Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion back from Disney
Veteran developer says he will “pay real actual money” to reclaim his classic IP
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Franchise creator agrees to license Pocket and PC versions for region
Read More »Overwatch Teams: Top 5 to Watch in 2016
With regular tournaments giving all the new Overwatch teams practice during the closed beta, we’ve seen plenty of strong sides emerge who we expect will continue to impress once the game is fully launched. We’re sure to see new sides switch over to Overwatch from other first-person-shooters once the game …
Read More »REUNITED wants to become the Astralis of Overwatch esports
ESPN calls it the next big esports. Organisations like Cloud9, Team Liquid, and Luminosity Gaming have fielded teams. Tournaments get announced every second day, in fact, audio giant Dolby just recently entered esports with a $10,000 Overwatch tournament. Overwatch esports is already a thing, even though the game is still …
Read More »The Overwatch teams to watch at Agents Rising
We’re into the endzone here, folks. Overwatch is mere weeks away from becoming an actual, released game that people can buy and play for as long as they want without stopping for food or because Blizzard says it’s time to go home and see your families. What comes with that …
Read More »Inside DreamLeague, the most lovably weird esports production on the Internet
Three of the biggest personalities in Dota 2 are analyzing a game that’s just finished in the Stockholm studios of DreamHack, the legendary esports and gaming events company. That’s when the lights in the studio suddenly start blinking and an alarm blares. Read more on the Daily Dot >>>
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