At the end of October 2023, right on the tail of Final Fantasy XIV's awesome London Fan Festival, Square Enix hosted the latest "Eorzean Symphony" orchestra concert dedicated to the game. The…
December 20, 2023 | 09:00 EST
Today Smilegate and Tripod Studio hosted their Lost Ark 2023 Winter Showcase, showcasing upcoming content for the popular MMORPG. It's worth mentioning that all the dates mentioned here are for the…
December 17, 2023 | 12:34 EST
Epic Games launched its Epic Games Store Holiday Sale for 2023 today, but the sale is only part of the deal, as there are plenty of free games to sweeten it. According to the announcement, there are…
December 13, 2023 | 10:12 EST
It is an unfortunate reality that video game developers will sometimes terminate their game's services whether it be for financial, legal, or creative reasons. It is much rarer for a game to release…
December 15, 2023 | 09:00 EST
While Ubisoft is working on getting Tom Clancy's The Division 3 kickstarted, it announced its plans to improve and continue supporting the current live game, The Division 2. First os all, we hear…
December 12, 2023 | 11:41 EST
Today Fntastic, the developer of the so-called survival MMO The Day Before, announced that it's shutting down its operations. According to the announcement made on X (formerly Twitter), the game has…
December 11, 2023 | 02:19 EST
HoYoverse has announced the release date for Genshin Impact version 4.3, as well as new details about an upcoming Genshin Concert broadcast. Version 4.3, titled "Roses and Muskets", is coming on…
December 8, 2023 | 08:47 EST
Bandai Namco has announced the Japanese console release date for its anime MMO Blue Protocol. The game, which launched on PC in Japan back in June, will arrive on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S…
December 8, 2023 | 03:45 EST
Today Square Enix announced the full schedule of the upcoming Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2023 in Tokyo, which will also bring the next round of details about the next expansion titled Dawntrail…
November 28, 2023 | 06:50 EST
Today Destiny 2's developer announced that the upcoming expansion titled The Final Shape has been delayed by a few months. The expansion was supposed to launch on February 27, 2024, but it will…
November 27, 2023 | 12:33 EST
Today Square Enix announced the winners of its recent Final Fantasy XIV Hairstyle Design Contest 2023. The developers revealed 40 winning entries, providing a glimpse on some of the hairstyles that…
November 27, 2023 | 02:18 EST
At the end of October, Square Enix hosted the second Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival of the current cycle in London, following the first stop in Las Vegas back in the summer. The event, which was…
November 28, 2023 | 09:00 EST
Today Warframe developer Digital Extremes had quite a few announcements to share with the community of the popular online game. The reveals were provided during an extensive livestream with the…
November 24, 2023 | 08:25 EST
24 Entertainment and NetEase have announced that free-to-play battle royale brawler Naraka: Bladepoint has reached a pretty significant player count. In a post on the game's official X (formerly…
November 24, 2023 | 09:15 EST
A crossover between Destiny 2 and The Witcher was not in my bingo card for this year, but it's actually happening, as just announced by Bungie. The sci-fi first-person-shooter will get cosmetics…
November 21, 2023 | 01:16 EST
Once upon a time, an emote that let Final Fantasy XIV characters eat pizza was provided at no additional cost as part of a promotion. Today, you can buy it. The year was 2021, and fans were…
November 20, 2023 | 01:50 EST
As the gaming industry continues to inexorably bleed jobs in what seems to be an annus horribilis for employment, Amazon has laid off over 180 employees from its games division. As reported by The…
November 13, 2023 | 07:41 EST
Naraka: Bladepoint has revealed the first gameplay for its new hero, Hadi Ismail, and he looks extremely graceful and acrobatic. In a brand new trailer released earlier today, we're introduced to "…
November 9, 2023 | 10:18 EST
HoYoverse has released a brand new gameplay trailer showing five-star Hydro character Furina in action. Just a couple of days ago, a teaser showcased Furina's whimsical personality, but the new…
November 7, 2023 | 09:22 EST
Today Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse revealed two new characters that will become playable via gacha in the popular fantasy RPG. The first character, revealed on X (formerly Twitter) is Navia, …
November 6, 2023 | 09:54 EST
Today Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse introduced Furina, a new character who will soon be available in the game's latest Event Wish (Genshin's name for the inevitable gacha). She's a five-star…
November 5, 2023 | 10:46 EST
Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse showcased the first look at the gameplay of the upcoming new character Charlotte. Charlotte is a four-star cryo character which will become available in her own…
November 4, 2023 | 08:20 EDT
Within a panel broadcasted during the second day of BlizzCon 2023, Blizzard shared a lot of new details about World of Warcraft's expansion The War Within. We learn more about many of the new…
November 4, 2023 | 04:13 EDT
Today, during the celebration of BlizzCon 2023, Blizzard Entertainment announced the next three expansions for its popular MMORPG World of Warcraft. The new expansions were announced directly by…
November 3, 2023 | 03:55 EDT
During the celebration of BlizzCon 2023, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer walked on stage to deliver his message to Blizzard Entertainment fans. Spencer, who is now ultimately at the helm of the…
November 3, 2023 | 04:19 EDT
Following a brief delay, HoYoverse has announced the official release date for Genshin Impact version 4.2. The release date was leaked last week by PlayStation after the customary Genshin Impact …
November 3, 2023 | 10:04 EDT
Today Amazon Games and Bandai Namco Online announced a closed technical beta test for the Western launch of the MMORPG Blue Protocol. The test will happen next week, between November 8 and November…
November 1, 2023 | 02:35 EDT
Following yesterday's news about layoffs having hit the staff of Destiny 2 developer Bungie, more details are surfacing about the scope and circumstances of the operation. According to a report…
October 31, 2023 | 05:16 EDT
As the industry continues to cut jobs, Bungie, developer of Destiny 2 and semi-recently acquired PlayStation studio, is the latest to suffer layoffs. Community Manager and Co-Lead of Accessibility …
October 30, 2023 | 02:32 EDT
Blizzard Entertainment announced today the schedule of panels that fans of its games will be able to enjoy during the livestreams from BlizzCon 2023. The event will span two days, November 3 and…
October 27, 2023 | 02:29 EDT
Update November 3rd 10:04AM: HoYoverse has announced the official Genshin Impact version 4.2 release date, as well as lots of new information about the upcoming patch. You can read our rundown of…
October 27, 2023 | 09:36 EDT
Today Square Enix released a new gallery of Final Fantasy XIV screenshots providing a look at the content including in update 6.51. The update will be released on October 31, and it'll also include…
October 26, 2023 | 11:47 EDT
Final Fantasy XIV director and producer Naoki Yoshida announced a crossover with Final Fantasy XVI yesterday, but something even bigger may come at some point. During a press conference at Final…
October 22, 2023 | 07:31 EDT
Today, during a panel at Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival in London, which TechRaptor attended in person, Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi was asked whether he'd work on the MMORPG.…
October 21, 2023 | 02:16 EDT
Today, during a dedicated panel at Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival in London, Square Enix provided new information and images of the upcoming first graphical update coming with the expansion "…
October 21, 2023 | 01:02 EDT
Today Final Fantasy XIV developer Square Enix hosted the opening keynote of the Fan Festival 2023 in London providing plenty of of news about the upcoming expansion titled "Dawntrail." As usual,…
October 21, 2023 | 09:49 EDT
Today, during the opening keynote of the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival in London, Square Enix announced the times for the open beta of the Xbox version. The news was provided by producer and…
October 21, 2023 | 07:30 EDT
Update: Wargaming has reached out to clarify that it doesn't accept any payments from the Russian Federation due to the fact that it ceased business operations in the region on March 31, 2022. On…
October 19, 2023 | 08:45 EDT
Today Rare and Microsoft provided a new look at Guilds, a major new feature coming to the game-as-a-service Sea of Thieves in Season 10. Basically, having a guild is like having your own trading…
October 16, 2023 | 01:21 EDT
Upcoming Genshin Impact five-star Cryo fighter Wriothesley has received his first gameplay demo, and he looks pretty powerful. The handsome husbando was first revealed in August alongside the…
October 16, 2023 | 09:46 EDT
Genshin Impact will soon get the second Event Wish gacha of version 4.1, which will bring forth a brand new and rather cool character named Wriothesley. He's a five-star Cryo character, and today we…
October 11, 2023 | 04:21 EDT
Blizzard has announced two packages you can purchase including goodies for its games created to celebrate BlizzCon 2023, which will happen soon. The first package is the most affordable, priced at…
October 9, 2023 | 09:15 EDT
Square Enix and the Japanese luxury department store Isetan are hosting a really cool Final Fantasy XIV collaboration event in Shinjuku, one of the beating hearts of Tokyo's shopping. The event,…
October 1, 2023 | 09:00 EDT
Square Enix and the Japanese luxury mall Isetan just launched a Final Fantasy XIV collaboration event, and one of the most surprising elements is a gorgeous diorama model of the familiar city-state…
September 29, 2023 | 04:16 EDT
The name Chris Metzen should be familiar to most Warcraft and World of Warcraft veterans, and today the Blizzard veteran is taking on a new role that is also old at the same time. According to an…
September 26, 2023 | 03:42 EDT
Crema and Humble Games have released Temtem update 1.5, and the developer is calling this one "the biggest patch since we launched 1.0". Following on from patch 1.4, which celebrated Pride in a very…
September 25, 2023 | 08:35 EDT
Today Square Enix hosted the 79th Letter from the Producer Live broadcast dedicated to its popular MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, focusing on the next major update, numbered 6.5 and titled "Growing Light…
September 24, 2023 | 03:44 EDT
Today Square Enix announced the release date of Final Fantasy XIV Update 6.5 titled "Growing Light" Part 1 will be released on October 3, 2023, while Part.2 (patch 6.55) will come in mid-January…
September 24, 2023 | 02:21 EDT