Month: September 2024

Final Fantasy 14’s next expansion, Dawntrail, will launch just a week after Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, which was a deliberate decision to get out of FromSoftware’s way, the MMO’s director Naoki Yoshida (also known as Yoshi-P) said at PAX East earlier this year.

While Yoshida insisted at the time it wasn’t because he personally wanted to play Shadow of the Erdtree (and I totally believe him), he told PC Gamer in a recent interview that almost everyone on the team are fans of the game and that we could see some inspiration from it in Dawntrail.

“I think in the development team for Final Fantasy 14, possibly 98% [of them] are playing Elden Ring,” Yoshida said (via a translator).

“When it comes to the people involved in the battle content on our team,…

Coming seemingly out of nowhere, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice delivered a PC gaming experience that nobody had experienced before. Slipping into the shoes of broken Celtic warrior Senua, gamers set off on a haunting vision quest into Viking Hell to fight for the soul of Senua’s dead lover. As well as being an audio-visual tour de force, Hellblade also deftly explored themes of psychosis and mental health.

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Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, made by British development studio Ninja Theory, was rewarded by critics, too, bagging no less than five BAFTA awards, as well as being honored at The Game Awards and other events such as The Golden Joysticks. That’s why its sequel, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, coming later this year in…

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