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21

Mar

By Alejandro Segovia

Latest News, Reviews

Review : Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth : Embrace Your Dreams

It was late at night, in the middle of Sony’s E3 2015 Press Conference, where a trailer with familiar imagery ended with the voice-over, “For they are coming back. At last, the promise has been made.” And in that moment, dreams finally came true: a remake for Final Fantasy VII…

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04

May

By Eric Bezanson

Articles

Game Pass In-Review : April 2022

Welcome to a new monthly feature being trialed here at SG, Game Pass In-Review! While Gamepass does provide a very low financial barrier to entry when it comes to checking out what's on offer, there is still the barrier of free time. As many of us here at SG are...…

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22

Apr

By Eric Bezanson

Articles, Latest News

Outriders First Major Expansion, ‘Worldslayer’, Revealed

At just over a year since Outriders originally released, the team at People Can Fly have shared a digital presentation revealing the games first major expansion, "Worldslayer". Worldslayer aims to bring a new campaign taking place directly after the events of the base game, involving some familiar faces and new…

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16

Dec

By Eric Bezanson

Articles

FINAL FANTASY XIV is Suffering From Success

Can a game really be too successful? On December 15th of 2021, Naoki Yoshida (Yoshi P), Producer & Director of FINAL FANTASY XIV revealed the latest update revolving around the ongoing server issues plaguing the launch of their latest expansion: Endwalker. In an update posted on the official FINAL FANTASY…

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27

May

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Dragon Quest 12 is Coming, All the Details to Know

Dragon Quest 12 : The Flames of Fate has been announced and there are some details to potentially excite fans. Here's everything we know to date. Titled The Flames of Fate, the new game will be more "adult" and will again be directed by Takeshi Uchikawa who directed DQ11. It…

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11

Apr

By Steve Esposito

Reviews

Review : Outriders : Logistical Chaos

You can find Seasoned Gaming’s review policy here After being bashed with a variety of Games as a Service (Gaas) titles, it's odd to see our own sensibilities slide into an incomprehensible state. Since the release of titles like Anthem, Destiny, The Avengers, and The Division, we have been conditioned…

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25

Mar

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Outriders : Patch Notes and Pre-Load Options to Prepare You for Launch

As the launch of Outriders nears, People Can Fly has been very good about communicating the updates for the game, and their plans in the short-term. To prepare players for next week, they've now detailed the final update for the game for day one. Via Reddit, the developers have provided…

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16

Mar

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Previous Nintendo Switch Exclusive, Octopath Traveler, Arrives on Xbox via Game Pass

What a week for Xbox Game Pass. After adding 20 Bethesda titles on Friday due to the Xbox acquisition of Bethesda finalizing, several of those titles have now been enhanced, Outriders was announced as launching on the service, and several more games were announced today. Included in those is Octopath…

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19

Jan

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Balan Wonderworld Demo Coming Next Week

Balan Wonderworld is the latest title from legendary game director Yuji Naka (Sonic the Hedgehog, Nights Into Dreams). While it launches on March 26th, Square-Enix has announced that a demo will be available on all platforms next week on January 28th! https://twitter.com/balanwworld/status/1351530098277703680?s=20 Our Take As you would imagine, Balan Wonderworld…

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24

Sep

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

NieR Replicant Coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Steam in April

It was just announced at TGS that the highly anticipated remake of the original NieR title will launch on April 22nd for the Xbox One, PS4, and on PC via Steam. You can watch the TGS presentation here: https://youtu.be/s_6v5VsilCQ The title will also be sold as a special collector's edition…

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10

Sep

By Steve Esposito

Reviews

Review : The Avengers : Not So Secret Identity Crisis

You can find Seasoned Gaming’s review policy here When I was younger, I didn’t pay much attention to Captain America. Upon first sight of him, I didn’t find him as interesting in comparison to Wolverine or Spider-man. To my naive younger self, Captain America was a man in tights with…

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11

Aug

By Steve Esposito

Latest News

Marvel’s Avengers : Impressions from the Closed Beta

Last weekend I was knee deep in the upcoming Crystal Dynamics title The Avengers.  My time with it was rather strange, and the deeper I dived into the title, the stranger I felt.  The Avengers attempts to jump over many hurdles, and in some ways it succeeds.  In others, it…

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29

Jul

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Marvel’s Avengers : July’s War Table Provides Pre-Order, Post-Launch, and Beta Details

July's "War Table" stream for Marvel's Avengers just wrapped up and we have new details on the game, pre-orders, and the upcoming beta. First, the development team announced that Hawkeye will be coming to the game soon after launch as part of their post-launch support. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1unyo3KWNSU The beta is coming…

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16

Jul

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Square Enix Announces New Action Game Brand “Balan Company”

This morning Square Enix launched a new website for "Balan Company". According to a report from Japanese outlet Gamer, Balan Company represents "action game brand" and will "unite Square Enix’s internal and external action game development, video, and music production professionals." We will keep you updated as we learn more…

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28

May

By Seasoned Gaming

Latest News

Outriders : Broadcast #1 Highlights Fluid Gameplay and Intense Action

The first gameplay broadcast of Outriders wrapped up just a short while ago and the development team at People Can Fly gave players a detailed look at some of the features of the game including abilities, loot, world tiers, UI settings, and more. Below we've summarized some of the key…

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