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Square Enix is offering an "expanded free trial" for Final Fantasy 14 fans who've yet to give Stormblood – or indeed, any of the earlier expansions – a try. With "no restriction on playtime", you can join the 27 million other players and jump into Final Fantasy 14 and try A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, and Stormblood for free, and keep playing until you hit level 70. The free trial also includes 16 different jobs "including some fan favourites from throughout Final Fantasy history". "Hydaelyn – a ...

There’s one Starfield planet you don’t want to miss out on for its XP farm capabilities, and now that it’s making the rounds online thanks to a Reddit post there’s no telling how long it’ll be until Bethesda potentially nerfs the XP opportunities for you. So if you want to get in on the action and get some quick levels so you can unlock as many perks as possible, listen up.

Today Bushirioad hosted a livestream dedicated to the upcoming anime turn-based tactics JRPG Goblin Slayer: Another Adventurer - Nightmare Feast.

Team Fortress 2 is celebrating Halloween season, and the beloved class-based FPS game’s own 16th anniversary, with the launch of a new official mode based on a popular custom game variant and an old Half-Life 2 mod. Just a few days after its introduction, alongside its work on the newly launched Counter-Strike 2, Valve is already busy with balance changes, releasing the first TF2 Zombie Infection patch notes with big buffs to almost every zombie class and nerfs to the human Engineer and Demoman.

It’s been nine years between the original and rebooted Lords of the Fallen, and the soulslike game space has completely changed in that time. Not only has FromSoftware continued to refine its design up to the masterful Elden Ring, but many imitators have tried to carve out a space, and countless other games have had soulslike elements baked into their design too. The change has been so drastic that the initial player numbers for both the 2014 and 2023 versions of Lords of the Fallen have massive...

EU Commissioner Thierry Breton has been sending warning letters to online platforms, reminding them of their duty to address disinformation going around regarding the Israel-Hamas war. Now Breton has written a letter addressed to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, reminding him of the company's "precise obligations regarding content moderation under the EU Digital Services Act." Specifically, Breton is asking Alphabet to be "very vigilant" when it comes to Israel-Hamas-related content posted on YouTube...

Calm before the Wonder storm. Ready for a spot of weekend gaming? Us too! Welcome back to another edition of What Are You Playing. This week on Nintendo Life, we saw Microsoft finally acquire Activision Blizzard, got all excited over the prospect of Animal Crossing LEGO and celebrated the 2DS' 10th birthday. We also dove deep in our hands-on preview of Super Mario Bros. Wonder (spoiler: it's looking great) and dared to ask whether you would buy a digital-only 'Switch 2'?

I love XCOM's Second Wave options almost as much as I love XCOM itself, which is quite a lot. Second Wave is a suite of design choices that were added to XCOM: Enemy Unknown in order to make the game harder, less predictable, a bit more weird. All of this, though, at the discretion of the player. Second Wave put a lot of power in the players' hands. Powers like Damage Roulette, which does exactly what it sounds like: weapons would suddenly inflict a wide variety of different damages. New Economy...

"While supplies last". To celebrate Halloween, The Pokémon Company has announced a special GameStop distribution event for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Wordle today: The solution and a hint for Saturday's puzzle.

Here's what the critics think. Sonic Superstars launches next week and in case you missed it, we're still waiting on a Nintendo Switch review code. While we wait for the Nintendo Life review, we've put together this round up featuring a range of different opinions and scores. Our colleagues at Push Square have already delivered their verdict, so we'll start there:

Who said the system was dead? There was reportedly one "new Wii U" sold in the US last month and it was the first time a new Wii U has been sold in this location since May 2022. This sales data comes from Circana (formerly The NPD Group) via industry analyst Mat Piscatella. What does it mean exactly? Not much, but it is admittedly a surprise that there's still some new stock floating about.

Dark and Darker had one of the most surprising releases this year, but it was much to the delight of excited fans. Following the dark fantasy RPG's launch, Ironmace Games has regularly released hotfix updates to patch the game, add features, and ensure a smooth player experience. The latest update is here, and it includes a variety of fixes, class changes, and new gameplay features. Bard players will also notice that the patch brings even more nerfs to the ranged class.

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Lords of the Fallen has just released into the thrilling wild that is the soulslike genre, with many fans chomping at the bit to finally hop in. Now that the highly anticipated Dark Souls-esque game is here though, a lot of players are reporting issues with the game's performance. This has left many excited fans unable to access much of the game, or even any of it in some cases. With people struggling to get into Lords of the Fallen, Steam reviews are mixed.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to watch these movies on streaming and VOD.

Really glad I'm not a Souls boss right now.

Diablo 4 is just days away from launching on Steam, and one obvious question that's arisen following the news of its storfront jump - will it work on Steam Deck? - has finally be answered by Blizzard. And it's good news, taking the form of a 'Steam Deck Verified' yes. I'll be honest, I've not actually played Diablo 4, but its predecessor was an absolute treat to have readily, portably to hand on Switch, so I can very much see why fans of Blizzard's latest would be keen for news on its Steam Deck...

‘I think we should say the word Macbeth. Macbeth, Macbeth, Macbeth!’.

Producer Yoshimi Yasuda said the change to Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP was made at the request of fans.

Joke all you want, but the songs hit hard.

We also played cards. That was nice.

Apple is working on a new version of the 4K Apple TV, and rumors suggest that it could launch as soon as 2024, two years after the launch of the current model. This guide includes details on everything that we expect to see in the 2024 ‌Apple TV‌ 4K. Design Apple has not notably changed the design of the ‌Apple TV‌ in several years, and that's not going to change in 2024. We are not expecting any updates to the form factor, and it will continue to use the same slimmed-down black plastic body fro...

Better yet, watch it on a laptop or tablet.

Rio Grande Games have announced an Evacuation board game. It is about relocating a nation of people from a dying world to a new home.

Valve has warned Counter-Strike 2 players that AMD’s latest graphics driver could get them banned. The problem lies in AMD’s Anti-Lag+ feature, which triggers the Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) system, duping it into mistaking the driver’s low-latency mode for cheating. The problem lies in Anti-Lag+ intercepting and redirecting Dynamic Link Library (DLL) functions. VAC views DLL reroutes as cheats (in other cases, they often are), which could lead to getting booted from Counter-Strike 2. A Reddit thread...

The sci-fi action anime is due to premiere on Crunchyroll in 2024.

Today the new voice of Mario in the upcoming platformer Super Mario Bros. Wonder has been announced by the actor himself, who will also play Luigi.

If you're a Counter-Strike 2 player with an AMD GPU, pay attention: Valve has warned that the company's latest GPU driver has introduced a new feature that, if activated, will result in a Steam VAC ban. So, basically, proceed with caution. Here's what's going on; AMD's newly released Adrenalin Edition 23.10.1 driver adds, among other things, Anti-Lag+ support for Counter-Strike 2, which, on the face of it, seems like an entirely positive thing. After all, who wouldn't want less lag in their fier...

There's some seriously spooky stuff going in the latest from Humble Bundle. Inside the Fight of your Life Bundle you'll get some pretty great games. Here's a run over Steam Deck / Linux desktop compatibility.

The new soulslike is running fine for some of us, but others report frequent crashes or low framerates.

Several weeks after Nintendo revealed Charles Martinet will no longer voice Mario, the company has confirmed the identity of the actor who'll play its most famous character for the foreseeable future. Kevin Afghani is the new voice of Mario Mario and Luigi Mario in Nintendo's games. "Incredibly proud to have voiced Mario and Luigi in Super Mario Bros. Wonder," Afghani, who was perhaps best known until now as the voice of Arnold in Genshin Impact, wrote on X. "Thanks to Nintendo for inviting me i...

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Today Valve warned that using a relevant feature included in the latest AMD graphics drivers could result in a ban from Counter-Strike 2.

The Evil Within will be free next week on the Epic Games Store. The nearly decade-old title is a survival horror game from Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami, who left Bethesda earlier this year. The game will be free to claim on Epic from October 19 to 26. The game puts you in the shoes of Detective Sebastian Castellanos as he finds himself sucked into a macabre world full of nightmarish monsters and traps. The Evil Within’s action unfolds in a third-person perspective as Castellanos uses stea...