Not real, sadly Last night Square Enix hosted a Japanese live event forFinal Fantasy XIV, and among a few announcements, it showed off a hilarious trailer for “Ultimate Fight Final Fantasy XIV.” In a clear nod to theStreet Fighterseries, it features multiple combatants fromFFXIV‘s story set to the tune of a fighting game. Square reminded us that yes, it is fake, and not a feature for the MMO. In otherrealnews, the newFFXIVbenchmark, which supports DirectX 11, will hit the PC version on Monday ahead of the June 23 launch of theHeavenswardexpansion....

Live Long and Prosper Purveyor of hard mediaLimited Run Gameshas announced plans to release physical editions of two classic Star Wars adventures. 2002’sStar Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcastand its 2003 sequelStar Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academywill be available for pre-order on PS4 and Nintendo Switch from April 24. For a four-week period, fans will be able to pre-order standard editions of either title, as well as a slipcase-covered dual pack....

Hold Back to Block interviews the SFIV: AE champ If you were watching EVO 2013, one of the standout performances wasDM MCZ (Desperation Move and Mad Catz) | Xian’s Gen versus MCZ (Mad Catz)|Tokido’s Akuma. To get a bit more background information on what led to his big win,Hold Back to Blockgot the chance to interview him post-EVO, and talk about how he got started playing fighting games, his change from using Yun to Gen, the Singapore fighting scene, and much more....

Get to know the people who make great videogames [Update: Thanks for watching everybody! Rerun will be up next week. Here is the official launch trailer for the game in the meantime.] Today on Sup Holmes we’re welcoming Jake Reardon and Justin Amirkhani of Vagabond Dog to the program. We’ll be talking to Justin about his unflinching and honest “lifestyle RPG”Always Sometimes Monsters,the place for games about poverty and suffering in today’s marketplace, how he got started, where he’s going, and whatever else strikes our fancy....

That’s a hell of a lot of wallsplats Despite approaching its fourth anniversary, it seems that there’s no stopping Bandai Namco’s excellent 3D fighter,Tekken 7. According to a coy tweet from producer Katsuhiro Harada, the latest installment of The King of Iron Fist tournament has now surpassed a huge seven million sales milestone. The sunglasses-sporting head honchoteased the figure on Twitterwhile responding to a fan’s praise, noting that the fan was now “one in seven million (players)” with a sly wink....

Back from the dead Telltale’s award-winning seriesThe Walking Deadcan now be played on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam. Skybound Games has announced that all four seasons will be returning to Steam today, while the Nintendo eShop will receive seasons two and four of the tense adventure, (although there is no word of spin-off season,Michonne.) Previously only the first and final seasons of the gripping episodic adventure were available on the Switch platform while, in contrast, Telltale’s catalogue was removed from the Steam storefrontfollowing the developer’s demise in 2018....

Capcom actually made a smart decision [Header by samusmmx] Oh,Rockman Xover. What a foul, foul beast you are. I know it’s not kosher to slam a game without having played it yourself, but just from watching gameplay videos, I think we can all agree thatXoveris a major exception. While Capcom continues to servecontent updatesin Japan, it has been fairly mum on its plans to localize the free-to-play social RPG (blech!...

The power of the holiday sale As of October 2013, Steam had 65 million active user accounts. That figure has since shot up to 75 million, Valve announced during itsSteam Dev Daysconference happening now in Seattle. The company also provided a summary of the platform’s sales revenue last year, broken down by region. As you’d expect, North America (41 percent) and Europe (40 percent) represent most of the money spent on Steam, but Russia is a real up-and-coming market with 128 percent year-over-year growth....

Sometimes you just gotta fight it out If there’s one role-playing game I regret never having played, it’s got to bePlanescape: Torment.This PC RPG has gained a huge cult following over the years, and it’s pretty easy to find people willing to sing its praises. From what I know about the game it sounds fascinating; dying merely sends your story down a different path since your character is an immortal being, and the setting requires you to travel between multiple dimensions to try and recover your lost memories....

Enter the Grid The computer springs back to life next month. Bithell Games’ narrative-driven adventureTron: Identityhas locked in a release date for April 11, alongside a new gameplay trailer. The Bithell crew have releasednumerous recognizable indie games, and this isn’t their first entertainment adaptation either; in 2019, the studio released the strategy gameJohn Wick Hex. But withTron: Identity, Bithell Games is tackling Disney’s story about a world inside the computer....

Still coming at you via Arkane Austin in 2023 RememberRedfall? It’s been roughly a year since it was announced with a mostlycutscene-heavy trailer, but now we have more clear-cut footage of how the game will actually play thanks to the Xbox and Bethesda showcase. The trailer is lengthy, clocking in at nearly six minutes. In it, we’re immediately shown actual gameplay, with a player character raiding an attic and taking out some vampires....

It’s not our first choice for a Zelda HD remaster, but we’ll take it So, I’m a jerk for having not playedThe Legend of Zelda: The Wind Wakerto completion. That much became clear after my hands-on time with the upcomingHD re-releasefor Wii U at PAX Prime 2013. The lines may have been ridiculous, but much of that insanity was due to the sweet t-shirts Nintendo was giving out, I’m pretty sure....

Bad games have been a blight upon the world for as long as video games have existed. Most likely, they always will be. From broken or bland design to poor technical execution, there are many ways a potentially good game can go bad and an equally long list of reasons a game might descend into the realm of endless suck. Whether fun didn’t make it into the budget or the final product buckled under the weight of overambition, bad games aren’t that fun—unless they are....