FF14 unofficial census finds what we were all pretty much feeling—before patch 7.25, Dawntrail's playerbase has likely been on the decline

FF14 unofficial census finds what we were all pretty much feeling—before patch 7.25, Dawntrail’s playerbase has likely been on the decline

I concur with PC Gamer’s Mollie Taylor, my fellow Final Fantasy 14 enjoyer on our illustrious staff, that FF14’s Occult Crescent patch has made the game feel like an MMO again. I actually got downright emotional, hopping into my first critical encounter and seeing swarms of strangers crowding around a chance to give a boss…

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Hideo Kojima’s got a new game out soon, which you can tell because he keeps banging on about death and legacy: ‘I am not going to pass the baton to anyone—I will rather crush the baton’

Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will release on PS5 June 26, with the inevitable PC version yet to be dated. It looks pretty wild and the trailers certainly suggest we’ll be getting a lot more Metal Gear flavouring than the original, even if I could do without promo events where Hideo Kojima…

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Nvidia announces the ‘biggest launch in GeForce Now RTX history’: RTX 5080 performance, local-style installs, better game streaming quality, and more

Nvidia has just announced what it’s calling the “biggest launch in GeForce Now RTX history”. The main upgrade for this is that on the Ultimate subscription you’ll be able to get Blackwell hardware RTX 5080-level performance. The eagle-eyed and bat-eared among you might have already heard about Nvidia testing Blackwell hardware on some GeForce Now…

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“I Wouldn’t Change A Thing” – Nostalgia Nerd’s Crowdfunded Arcade Bar ‘Barcadia’ Is No More

“Something had to give”. The Norwich-based arcade bar run by retro gaming YouTube Peter “Nostalgia Nerd” Leigh has closed, it has been confirmed. Barcadia launched in 2023 via a crowdfunding campaign, aiming to offer a range of “nostalgia provoking machines”, “delicious” cocktails and “retro snack baskets”, according to the venue’s official site. “There is no…

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