Star Wars Galaxies’ tragic fate caused FF14’s devs to keep the old job designs available for Evercold’s overhaul: ‘Players did not take that very well’

Final Fantasy 14‘s next expansion, Evercold, was announced during the fanfest over the weekend—and as someone who has had a laundry list of gripes, I couldn’t be more excited. Square Enix has finally taken note of the fact the game’s formula has grown stagnant, and promised all sorts of overhauls and reimaginings of what the…

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The secret to Supermassive Games casting two Oscar winners is its focus on human-made art: ‘They know that their performance is going to come across really well’

Directive 8020 is Supermassive Games’ next cinematic horror game set in the cold void of space aboard the Cassiopeia, a ship full of scientists voyaging towards humanity’s next home. But like most Supermassive Games’ it’s more than just your typical horror experience, as it treads the line between games and cinema. One such way Directive…

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“That Made Me Feel Good” – Xbox Co-Founder On The Rare Game “Strongly Echoed” By Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom

“The creativity was still there at Rare”. We were recently lucky enough to sit down for a chat with Xbox co-founder and former Microsoft vice president of gaming, Ed Fries, and one of the topics that came up was British studio Rare. Microsoft acquired Rare in the 2000s, transforming it from a Nintendo-centric outfit into…

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