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Share of the Week – Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

Last week, we asked you to step into the light-drenched world of the First in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. While taking on new enemies and meeting the Viera, you shared your favorite moments using #PS4share and #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: @Bianca_X23 shared their hero overlooking some interesting architecture. @Bianca_X23 also showed off a…

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‘What the f**k’: Iron Lung creator puzzled as Markiplier’s film adaptation quadruples its budget in one day, beating out Melania and Send Help at the box office

If you’re a fan of Iron Lung, the indie horror game from Dusk creator David Szymanski, you may want to get used to hearing the following five words: “You mean the Markiplier movie?” YouTube phenom Mark “Markiplier” Fischbach’s long-awaited film adaptation of the 2022 sub sim has finally hit theaters, and it’s already made an…

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Metaphor: ReFantazio battle director says turn-based RPGs can still be just as popular as action RPGs: ‘I personally believe turn-based games have a long future ahead of them’

Metaphor: ReFantazio won PC Game’s RPG of the Year award in 2024, following Baldur’s Gate 3’s overall GOTY win in 2023. Both are turn-based RPGs, a category we’re happy to see thriving on PC—because for a few years there, it sure seemed like big budget roleplaying games were convinced that flashier action was the way…

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In tribute to a player’s departed baby son, Old School RuneScape players turn out in ‘hundreds’ to pay respects to his namesake: ‘It was so overwhelming seeing so many people at Zeke’s shop’

MMOs tend to function, more or less, as enormous mechanisms for competition. PvP, being the first to a particular raid, pulling off troubling works of deception in EVE Online—this is what I associate with the phrase ‘massively multiplayer’. But sometimes, the stars align and players come together to do something truly nice for each other….

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