Final Fantasy 14 says screw it, you want healers in platemail, you can have them—promises to remove all class and level restrictions on glamour

Final Fantasy 14 just had its most recent live letter, which went into its upcoming variant dungeon, showed snippets of the MSQ, and yadda yadda who cares! I know what’s really important, and it’s that fashion is back, baby! Let’s GO! Okay, now that I’ve caught my breath, here’s the breaking news: In FF14, you…

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Fallout co-creator Tim Cain says game prices ‘have resisted matching inflation’ because publishers have been pocketing the ‘cost savings’ from digital distribution

Wind blows, birds fly, and Tim Cain YouTubes. The Interplay, Troika, and Obsidian developer (and OG Fallout co-creator) is once again nattering on his YouTube channel (via GamesRadar), and his topic this time is the divide between physical and digital media. Cain strikes a pretty pro-digital-distribution tone at the video’s start. Being able to stick…

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Tired Of “The Usual North American Perspectives”, This New Book Aims To Offer A Global View Of Game History

“Mainstream conversations remain dominated by the same perspectives and biases”. I’ve said it in the past, but modern-day video game history has a serious problem – it’s too focused on what happened in North America and doesn’t offer a balanced view on the global story of gaming. Given the numerous authors and content creators from…

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