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Final Fantasy 14’s latest DLC, Rise of a New Sun, rolled out in patch 4.2 last month, and is the second major expansion following 2017’s Stormblood. Matt “Bayohne” Hilton, from Square Enix’s community team, has confirmed that The Forbidden Land – Eureka Anemos will follow in patch 4.25. The content will be similar to Diadem, which wasn’t very well received at the time, but Final Fantasy 14’s director and producer, Naoki Yoshida, has elaborated on what’s in store, and the lessons they learned from Diadem’s realease.
Hey! You! Valentine’s Day is only two days away. That means if you haven’t gotten anything yet, you’re running out of time, fast. Thankfully Amazon Prime next-day shipping is rock-solid and only a few bucks per-item. You could risk it on the free Prime shipping, but you’re definitely braver than I am if you choose that route.
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Here’s a collection of Valentine’s Day items that should still arrive in time if you order now:
Vikings creator Michael Hirst and Goodfellas director Martin Scorsese are developing an ancient Rome TV series.
In an interview with The Guardian, Hirst revealed he is teaming up with Scorsese on a series about the rise of the Roman empire and a young Julius Caesar titled The Caesars. Hirst and Scorsese envision the show as a TV drama lasting several seasons. The show will focus heavily on Julius Caesar’s experiences as a young man and ruler, which Hirst believes hasn’t really been explored yet on television or film.
“In the movies he’s usually a middle-aged guy, struggling with political complexities,” Hirst said, speaking about Julius Caesar. “But he was fantastically interesting and ambitious when he was younger. A lot of the Caesars came to power when they were young, and we’ve never really seen that on screen.”
Nintendo’s managing executive officer, Shinya Takahashi says that there are some aspects of the company’s upcoming paid online service that will be “worth the wait.” The online service was discussed in an investor Q&A, and Nintendo President, Tatsumi Kimishima, said that the service is going to be just “one component” of the company’s plan to “diversify” how their games are played, as well as how they’ll get more people to play them.
Nintendo’s online paid service for the Switch was initially planned to launch last year, but a delay was announced, pushing it back to 2018. The service is now planned for a September 2018 launch, and we’ve not had much more information other than the prices for the membership plans and the names of a few titles that will be included in their Classic Game Selection.
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We’ve all been there: you’re traveling all day and by 5:00 you go to check email on your phone and…the battery is dead. Despite advances in battery technology it seems they still can’t quite make it through a full day of heavy use, and there’s never a power outlet around when you really need one. Thankfully, portable power banks have come a long way too, and there’s one available for every device you carry. Here’s a rundown of some of our favorite charging bricks to keep your smartphone, laptop, or Nintendo Switch running at full power while you’re on-the-go.
Last year, UK retailer Sports Direct, bought a 26% stake in GAME, when the company was struggling on the high street. The company recently doubled down on its investment by buying 50% of GAME’s esports division in a £3.2 million deal that will see GAME’s Belong in-store arenas roll out into select Sports Direct stores.
GameIndustry.biz reports the acquisition will also see Sports Direct take a 50% share of Belong’s profits going forward. Additionally, Sports Direct has provided £55 million in capital to hasten the installation of Belong arenas into Sports Direct outlets.
If there’s one network that knows how to do horror, it’s AMC — the home of TV’s (literal) monster hit, The Walking Dead. But horror comes in many forms, and some are a bit more subtle than zombies chewing on your entrails.
On March 26, viewers will be introduced to The Terror, a 10-episode series that blends historical fact with chilling fiction. Executive produced by Ridley Scott and based on Dan Simmons’ 2007 book of the same name, the story is based on the real-life expedition overseen by Sir John Franklin, a British Naval Officer who led two ships — the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror — to try and discover a route through the treacherous Northwest Passage in 1845. After the two ships became trapped in the ice, they — and the 129 crew members aboard — were never seen again, until 2014, when the wreckage of the Erebus was discovered off the coast of King William Island, with the Terror discovered two years later.
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Some of my most memorable moments in my time spent exploring the first of three regions in Far Cry 5 didn’t involve explosions, trigger-happy cultists, or psychotic religious figures. While those moments certainly took place, and with the kind of insanity we’ve come to expect from the series, it was the much more serene and spontaneous times that have stayed with me since Ubisoft Montreal invited us up to play a roughly 15-hour chunk of what the team’s been cooking up for the last several years.
About an hour into my playthrough, I discovered a cool feature where if you pull out the binoculars, and then quick toggle the HUD off, you could walk around viewing the world through what is effectively a camera lens. From that moment on I spent a lot of my time exploring the rugged mountains, valleys, rivers, and open plains as a budding documentarian. And in all honesty, I was surprised how engaging this quiet act of observation could be in a game where I’m also allowed shoot explosive tipped arrows at helicopters while parachuting from a World War 2-era fighter plane I had stalled and ditched seconds earlier.
