Announced as part of Nintendo’s indie game presentation, Fez is due up on the eShop just one day after its ninth birthday. Fez originally launched on Xbox 360 on 13th April 2012. It’s a wondrous game that involves shifting the camera around to see the virtual world from different points of view. Oli’s Fez review, which returned a Eurogamer essential, is one of my favourite reviews ever published on the site....

In The Journey you’ll play as Alex Hunter, a hotshot 17-year-old with aspirations to emulate his legendary grandfather by stepping out in the Premier League. The story tracks his path from kiddy kickabouts on Clapham Common to - if you play your cards right - the next trophy-winning, media-darling Marcus Rashford starlet. Here, we’ll talk you through what exactly The Journey mode is, how it works, the best and worst outcomes and our best advice for how you can ensure you make it to the big time....

Read on for our detailed explainers on how to take free kicks effectively, how to score penalties, and details on other set pieces like throw-ins and corners, too, to make you certifiably deadly from any dead ball. On this page: Whereas in previous years free kicks were a bit more natural-feeling, based on generally eyeing up the line you’re going for and using the left stick to apply spin just like you do from an open-play shot, there are now three stages to taking free kicks in FIFA 20, as well as an optional fourth....

25-year-old British FIFA pro Harry Hesketh was banned for February’s Europe regional qualifier event because of language he used during a Twitch broadcast on 12th December 2020 in reference to his opponent’s mother. Hesketh made the lewd comment during a livestream after he lost heavily to 14-year-old FIFA wonderkid Anders Vejrgang during an online match. Vejrgang is considered one of, if not the best FIFA players in the world right now and is on an astonishing 450-0 run in FUT Champs - FIFA Ultimate Team’s most hardcore competitive mode....

The campaign will run from 7th September to 30th September and asks players to invite back any friends who have been inactive for at least 90 days. In return, players will receive gold chocobo feathers they can exchange for special rewards. Watch on YouTube Final Fantasy 14 Patch 6.2 - Buried Memory Lapsed players invited back in this way will receive an email invitation, as well as 14 days of free play and other items....

You’ll find Vyv standing in the look out area below the parking lot in Lestallum - he looks like a cross between Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons and Hurley from Lost - and he’s willing to pay some very good money for some photographs of places of interest. Recommended level: 8 How to unlock: Complete the Tour with Iris in Chapter 3 Reward: 1000 EXP, 5000 Gil Talk to Vyv to be given your first assignment, a couple of pictures of the Disc of Cauthess....

Producer Naoki Yoshida has spoken in multiple interviews about the game, divulging new information about its conception. “When it came to deciding what to do with Final Fantasy 16, I thought back to when I played the original Final Fantasy, and remembered how I felt like I was playing the leading role in a motion picture,” he said in a new PlayStation Blog post. “I wanted to recapture that feeling in 16, but with state-of-the-art game design and the latest in modern technology....

Not only is it an important part of the story - it’s made up of crystallized Mako, itself the lifeblood of the planet upon which Final Fantasy 7 Remake is set - but it’s key to how you upgrade abilities, imbue weapons with elements and use magic powers. This page explains how Materia works in Final Fantasy 7 Remake, the best Materia across the game, as well as the best Materia combinations and Materia builds to use....

In terms of its qualities as a PC port, we’ve not got much to say that’s positive about this game but it is important to point out that the game itself truly is great. Character models are the highlight here, with superb definition and lighting. It’s rather reminiscent of Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children, the 2005 CG film, although of course rendered in real-time. Cutscenes are absolutely stunning, with well-realised characters, storytelling and action....

Bit Reactor co-founder and CEO Greg Foertsch was a member of the Firaxis team for nearly 22 years, with 14 of those spent as the studio’s senior art director - his credits include Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri, SimGolf, Civilization 3 and 4, Pirates!, and the first two XCOM games. Joining Foertsch at Bit Reactor are “lead developers and creatives” who previously work on Firaxis’ XCOM series, and the studio’s mission is to rejuvenate the strategy genre, with a particular focus on turn-based tactics games - a genre Foertsch calls “greatly overlooked” in the press release announcing the company’s formation....

Set in an alternate timeline, we’re not controlling Byleth this time around, though they aren’t exactly absent. Playing a new mercenary called Shez, a surprise encounter leads to you enrolling as a student at Garreg Mach Monastery and like before, your choice of student house determines your storyline. That’s split between Edelgard’s Black Eagles, Dimitri’s Blue Lions, and Claude’s Golden Deer, and I chose Claude. You won’t get the entire story without playing each route, so I’m thankful they don’t take as long to complete by comparison - Golden Deer for instance took me 35 hours, and I felt completely invested throughout....

The update is available on both PlayStation 5 and PC, and “improves several aspects of the gameplay experience, camera smoothness and NPC behaviours”. It also resolves some crashing issues. On PlayStation 5 a calibration screen for HDR has been added, along with an onscreen poor-connection indicator. On PC, the game now supports Nvidia DLSS for enhanced visuals, Sony DualSense controller audio, settings for fog quality, and an onscreen poor-connection indicator....

The game’s final Year 6 season, Shattered Fates goes live on 15th December and usher in a new map “realisation” along with a new Hero Skin for the Black Prior - it’ll set you back 25,000 Steel or you can get it in a bundle with 7-Day Champion Status and three scavenger crates - as well as a shiny new battle pass, of course. From 15th December you’ll also get the “chilling Ice Brawlers game mode” Frost Wind Nights event....

ORIGINAL STORY 7/12/21: Embark Studios, the new Stockholm-based outfit set up by former EA exec Patrick Söderlund, has announced the name of its new project. Titled as Arc Raiders, the mysterious sci-fi game will get a proper unveiling later this week as part of The Game Awards. A brief teaser video popped up on Twitter last night, with some grainy footage and the tagline: “enlist, resist”. This reveal has been a while coming....

The problem, however, is the low spawn rate for said safes means they are quite hard to find, which is why it’s a good idea to know where the safe spawn locations are. Completing this challenge will reward you with 24k XP, which will help you unlock the Season 6 Battle Pass skins. On this page: Note this particular challenge is no longer able to be completed. What’s new? Chapter 3 Season 3 has arrived!...

The Balenciaga challenges are only available for a week - vanishing on Tuesday, 28th September - so, if you want to earn their rewards, you must complete them before this deadline. Completing this challenge will unlock the Fashion Doggo spray! Note this particular challenge is no longer able to be completed. What’s new? Chapter 3 Season 3 has arrived! New additions include Reality Seeds and Saplings and riding animals, along with the new Battle Pass, characters collection and map changes....

This challenge will send you to the southern edge of the Fortnite map and requires you to collect some wood to complete it, so make sure you’ve got your gathering tools ready. Completing this challenge rewards you with some XP, which will help you climb through the ranks of the Season 3 Battle Pass and unlock the new skins. Note this particular challenge is no longer able to be completed....

Subject to an Epic Quest in Week 3 after you have finished traveling between Porta-potties, the third and last step of Rick Sanchez’s questline requires for you to find and use Nuts and Bolts to upgrade weapons a total of three times. This Fornite Season 7 challenge will reward you with 30k XP, which will help you earn Battle Stars for the new Battle Pass skins. On this page: Note this particular challenge is no longer able to be completed....

Today, more than four years after the campsite sim first went live, a fresh update has added several new features and another optional monthly subscription. The number of animals you can invite to your campsite has been doubled from eight to 16, and the game now hosts a Pocket Planner diary where you can track in-game events. There are further additions if you pay up for the new Merry Memories subscription, priced at 79p per month....

So, when Square Enix revealed Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin as both an alternative retelling and prequel, that initial trailer left me sceptical. Reimagined as an action RPG with a dark fantasy setting, you now played as a different Warriors of Light group: Jack, Jed, Ash, Neon, and Sophia, each determined to destroy Chaos. I wasn’t convinced at all, and the broken demo left me concerned about the project’s quality....