Tetris 1200 (AGA) – The 1988 Arcade version of Tetris for the Commodore Amiga [1.02 UPDATE]

Final Fantasy 14 ‘world first’ raiders busted immediately for cheating thanks to a single pixel in a screenshot, making it the 3rd scuffed Ultimate race in a row

Final Fantasy 14 had its latest Ultimate raid released this week, and there’s already a controversy. In case you’re completely unfamiliar, Ultimate raids are the biggest endgame challenge an Eorzean can tackle—tough fights that can take months to learn and beat for your average joe. World-first raiders dedicated enough to block off an entire week…

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The solo dev behind RPG Sword Hero is promising a ‘seamless open world’ with amazing combat, intricate simulation, and systemic dismemberment—the demo on Steam makes me think they can pull it off

I was at an impasse the first time I reached the end of open world RPG Sword Hero‘s combat arena demo. I managed to bandage up the stump where my right arm used to be, recently hacked off by the big burly knight man locked in the arena with me, but could no longer pick…

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‘No lotteries, and no onerous upkeep’: World of Warcraft takes a cheeky potshot at Final Fantasy 14’s egregious housing system as it readies up to unleash its own

It only took two decades, but Blizzard is finally adding player housing to World of Warcraft, which’ll be coming with the Midnight expansion. That’s still a ways away, but that hasn’t stopped Blizzard from doing a big ol’ blog post diving into the developer’s core principles for the process, with enough word count to throw…

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Feature: “Virtua Fighter Really Needs To Run At A Steady 60fps” – Producer Seiji Aoki On Bringing An Iconic Series To Switch 2

“I see this game as the foundational product for the future”. Virtua Fighter isn’t a series you’d generally associate with Nintendo systems, and that’s probably because the closest we’ve had to an entry is Virtua Quest, a GameCube spin-off from 2004 (though we also had a Virtual Console release of Virtua Fighter 2 back in…

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