Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's demo hides Easter Eggs for two of the original JRPG's biggest boss fights
Tifa's room in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's new demo is hiding quite the surprising Easter Egg.
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Activision Blizzard Layoffs Draw Complaints from FTC as Battle Over Acquisition Continues
Microsoft’s decision to lay off over 1,900 employees across Xbox and Activision Blizzard only three months after acquiring the latter has been cause for plenty of debate, and it seems U.S. government officials were definitely keeping an eye on the situation. While the Activision Blizzard acquisition has officially gone through, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has not given up their fight against it, filing appeals to block and reverse the deal as recently as this past December, and now they’ve filed a complaint about the recent Activision Blizzard layoffs. According to the FTC, the layoffs directly contradict statements that Microsoft made to them that Acti-Blizz would be operated independently at arm’s length, with no redundancies between the two companies.
All Skull and Bones beta rewards
If you want to get a taste of the pirate life awaiting in Skull and Bones before investing any of your own loot on purchasing the game, you will no doubt be interested in its open beta. This short taste of the game lets you play the opening portion of the full package alone or with friends to take part in a few of the activities included in the full release. Not only will any progress you make in the beta carry over if you decide to get the full game, but there are also some exclusive rewards you can get for yourself during the beta that will become available on launch. Some you may get on accident, others not so much. With the beta window closing soon, we’ve charted out all the rewards you need to make sure to claim before it ends.
Pikmin Bloom celebrates Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year festivities, which are usually celebrated around February in several regions throughout Asia, are just around the corner! This year, Purple, White, Winged, and Rock Pikmin will join Red, Blue, and Yellow Pikmin in donning Lunar New Year Ornaments as they join the party for the first time in the Pikmin™Bloom app! There are two types of ornaments: Red and Gold—altogether, this makes for a total of 14 Lunar New Year Ornament Decor Pikmin.
Rise of the Ronin Is Team NINJA’s Biggest and Most Ambitious Project to Date; Devs Show Off Cities & Mechanics
Team NINJA, one of the most acclaimed action game studios thanks to its portfolio of franchises like Ninja Gaiden, Nioh, Dead or Alive, and Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (not to mention the spinoff Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin), is readying its release of Rise of the Ronin.
Microsoft Isn’t Going Fully Multiplatform or Exiting the Console Market, Says Leaker
This week started with lots of high-profile rumors suggesting that Microsoft would soon switch its strategy on exclusive games. Following the previous rumors of titles like Sea of Thieves and Hi-Fi Rush, we heard from various journalists, leakers, and insiders that big games like Bethesda's Starfield, MachineGames' Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and possibly even The Coalition's Gears of War could be landing on other consoles like Sony's PlayStation and Nintendo's Switch.
Hogwarts Legacy Has Sold 24 Million Units; New Features and Ex PlayStation Exclusive Content Coming in Q3 2024
The best-selling game of 2023, Hogwarts Legacy, has sold over 24 million units to date. The news came from Variety, which also outlined the ambitious plan Warner Bros. Discovery has for growth in the gaming space. The company values Harry Potter (the IP behind Hogwarts Legacy), Mortal Kombat (which has sold three million units since its debut last September), DC, and Game of Thrones franchises $1 billion each for their gaming potential, and it plans to capitalize on them all.
Hogwarts Legacy's PlayStation-exclusive content is coming to other platforms this summer along with 'additional updates and features'
People like Hogwarts Legacy an awful lot—it was the biggest game of 2023—but one thing they didn't like (and by «they» I mean associate editor Ted Litchfield) was the inclusion of PlayStation-exclusive content. «How will we live without an exclusive quest and a Felix Felicis Potion Recipe?» he asked, in what I am certain was sincere and deeply-felt anguish. But Ted, and no doubt lots of other people, will be happy to know that content is coming to other platforms later this year.