Interview: “I Did My Best To Make It Work” – Legendary Localiser On Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, & The “Total Nightmare” Of Xenogears

“I was telling [the Xenogears team], ‘Please tone down some of this stuff.’”. Last week, we published the first half of our conversation with the localisation legend Richard Honeywood. In that previous article, we covered the surprisingly eventful journey of how the Australian game developer originally moved to Japan, his memories of his first video…

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A Redditor claims to have lucked out on a half-price Walmart RTX 5080 and that’s pretty much the only way you’re gonna get a cheap GPU these days

A Redditor on ye olde PC Master Race subreddit claims to have picked up an RTX 5080 in-store at Walmart for a mere $562.49. That’s a fantastic price by any measure for an RTX 5080, but particularly right now with prices rising and the cheapest 5080s available online coming in at over $1,300. Let’s assume…

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Here’s what we think the Steam Machine will cost now that Valve’s admitted ‘limited availability and growing prices’ have forced it to change plans

We were pumped for the launch of the Steam Machine after visiting Valve HQ late last year. We even wrote up some pricing expectations, which in hindsight look to be the product of incredibly wishful thinking. But we didn’t know what we do now. Due to incredible demand for memory chips of all kinds—DRAM, mostly,…

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Arc Raiders is cracking down on cheaters by targeting Steam Family Sharing: ‘Restrictions or bans will apply across the entire family group tied to that license’

Arc Raiders, like many other games, have had to deal with its fair share of cheaters. The devs have taken to burning them in locked rooms, dishing out big bans, and handing all the loot lost to these rats back to their rightful owners. And now Embark is cracking down on cheaters even more: by…

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Nioh 3’s open world is incredibly formulaic compared to Elden Ring’s, so I’m slightly embarrassed by how much I’m loving it

Fraser Brown, Online Editor (Image credit: Future) Last week: I had a miserable time trying to mod Fallout: New Vegas on my Steam Deck, all because I really like a silly TV show. This week: It’s yokai hunting season, baby. Nioh 3—perhaps in response to Elden Ring, or perhaps reflecting Team Ninja’s own foray into…

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