Call of Duty: Vanguard is out in the wild and fans are having their say about the game's multiplayer.

It seems to be going down relatively well - I haven't come across an outright dud of a map yet, and the action is fast, lethal and, when played with the Blitz combat pacing, all out chaos. Check out Eurogamer's Call of Duty: Vanguard review to find out what we thought.

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HoYo Fest comes to the Big Apple.

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How to customize and upgrade your cars, which races to run first, and more

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Space whales will have to wait One of the most highly anticipated November releases around the Destructoid “office” is Final Fantasy...

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Nintendo doubled-down on its commitment to its paid Switch Online subscription service in its latest corporate strategy briefing with investors. Despite complaints over the quality and price of its newly added Expansion Pack tier, the company said it will continue “striving to provide services that satisfy consumers.”

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After seeing success with a previous Million Arthur NFT project, the company now wants to get into NFT games.

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The movie makes two superhero mentions that boggle the mind

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The Kirby Cafe in Japan is getting a limited-time winter menu this year, and each of the food items they’ll be offering this season are ridiculously adorable.

The restaurant sells food that is inspired by Kirby and his friends in Dream Land, ranging from drinks and snacks to full meals and desserts. From Nov. 18, 2021 through Feb. 28, 2022, the Kirby Cafe will feature special menu items that center around a winter theme to celebrate the season.

You can take a look at a few examples below of what types of things can be ordered from this winter menu, and as you can see, each and every one is incredibly cute:

The popular “Poke-Lid” enameled manholes have made their way to yet another city in Japan, and this time, they feature flying-type Pokemon with a focus on the Dragonite evolution line.

The Pokemon portrayed in this latest batch of manholes are as follows:

• Corviknight carrying two Dratini
• Dragonite flying with an airplane
• Skarmory and Dragonair

These three new Poke-Lids have been installed in the city of Tokorozawa in Saitama prefecture. The manholes will also serve as PokeStop locations in the game Pokemon GO.

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The Ishgard Empyreum housing district will finally appear in FFXIV after the update, and Naoki Yoshida explained how its lottery will work.

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EA may have to remove Diego Maradona from FIFA 22 after a ruling by an Argentine court.

Maradona is currently available in various games in the FIFA series, including the recently-released FIFA 22.

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The wait for the new FFXIV Oceanic data center won't last much longer, as Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida said Materia opens in February.

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Guardians of the Galaxy left a great impression after our tests on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. The game itself is simply terrific and genuine highlight of 2021 - but equally obvious is that the Dawn Engine is demanding on console hardware. All of which raises the question: just how do the last-gen machines cope with the game? In a world where PS5 and Series X struggle to maintain 1080p60 in performance mode, can any PS4 or Xbox One machine deliver a good experience?

Obviously, there are going to changes from the current-gen console experience - so the option to choose between a 30fps quality mode and a 60fps performance alternative is off the table. It's 30fps and that's your lot, similar to Xbox Series S. Reducing resolution as well as frame-rate is another obvious way that Guardians of the Galaxy can scale: so, the base PS4 renders with a dynamic resolution range of around 900p to 972p, while Xbox One drops down to 720p (DRS is a possibility here but all counts came in at 720p, curiously). Owing to the temporal anti-aliasing in play, the lower the resolution goes, the less distinct the picture is but it's still a good-looking game: only hair and fur elements genuinely suffer.

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The world-eater isn’t a brother to Tiamut, but he’s not far off

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Originally planned to come out later this month, Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker, the Square Enix MMORPG’s biggest expansion to-date, will instead arrive a few weeks later on December 7. That’s because director Naoki Yoshida and the rest of the development team want to launch the new content without breaking the game.

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Elden Ring has a 4k graphic mode and 60fps performance mode on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S.

Confirmation comes from a GameStop listing for Elden Ring's Collector's Edition, which includes a paragraph titles "Enhanced Experience".

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Getting to know you, getting to know all about you When you think about it, the way we “get to...

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Halo Infinite has discussed its approach to the game's battle pass, telling players not to expect silly dances in the game.

Infinite's multiplayer is free-to-play supported by a seasonal $10 battle pass. It launches alongside the campaign on 8th December.

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The bug occurs when players attempt to remodel a villager's home while the airport gates are open.

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The first season of Game Informer's Video Gameography explores the history of the Metroid series. This week we're tackling Samus' acclaimed Game Boy Advance outing, Metroid Fusion.

Metroid Fusion launched on November 17, 2002 – the same day as Metroid Prime. Developed by Nintendo R&D1, it stars Samus as she explores a space station overrun by shapeshifting parasites called X. Worst of all, Samus is hunted by an X parasite that has mimicked her appearance and abilities: the SA-X. Metroid Fusion served as a return to the 2D gameplay of Super Metroid with modern improvements such as faster movement and traversal and a ledge grab. Fusion was critically acclaimed as one of the best GBA games ever made; some fans even consider it a rival to Super Metroid as the best entry in the series. Chronologically, Fusion served as the final chapter in the Metroid saga for decades until 2021's Metroid Dread. 

Join hosts Ben Reeves (@BenjaminReeves), Marcus Stewart (@MarcusStewart7), and special guest Digital Eclipse editorial director Chris Kohler (@kobunheat) as we explore Metroid Fusion's lore, development history, and lasting impact. 

Less pressure on your inventory.

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Square Enix has delayed Final Fantasy 14's Endwalker expansion by two weeks.

In a note to players, producer and director Naoki Yoshida apologised for the delay, which sees the hotly-anticipated expansion pushed back from its original 23rd November release date to 7th December.

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In Halo Infinite, the Master Chief has a new piece of equipment, the Grappleshot. But where did this come from? The newest episode of the UNSC Archives reveals the origins of "Project Magnes," which would go on to become the Grappleshot.

"At the height of the Human-Covenant conflict, a civilian engineer built a prototype for the rapid mass manipulation of heavy objects; a device she hoped the UNSC would adopt and integrate into the Master Chief's combat arsenal," reads a line from the video. Check it out below.

This is the second episode in the UNSC Archives series that digs into the "untold stories of humanity and heroism" from the Halo lore. The first revealed the heartbreaking story behind Master Chief's energy shields.

You better bend before I go in the first car to Mexico Last month I had the pleasure of previewing Forza...

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The upcoming 6.1 Patch for FFXIV will add a new 5v5 PvP mode, as well as series rewards that unlock special mounts, gear, and items.

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Upon the Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker launch, players may experience a level reset that could set back some of their progress.

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Atlus has released another of its trailers showcasing the 200+ demons of its upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V one by one.

This time around, the trailer focuses on Mara, inspired by Buddhist mythology and basically a rolling meme on a chariot for… obvious reasons. It debuted in the series with Shin Megami Tensei in 1992,

You can watch it in action below.

Today Kodansha Creators’ Lab and Hiro Mashima had a special announcement to share during the Indie Live Expo Winter 2021.

You may know Hiro Mashima as the creator of super-successful manga like Fairy Tail and the recent Edens Zero.

Game developers are invited to apply with Kodansha Creators’ Lab with ideas for a new Fairy Tail game which can be published on platforms like Steam, iOS, or Android.

The winner, selected by Mashima-sensei himself and a panel from Kodansha, will be supported with a grant of 15 million yen (approximately $132,000) to create the game.

10 million of that money will be paid out of pocket by Mashima-sensei himself, while the rest will be provided by Kodansha.

The publisher will also take care of support, marketing, and distribution of the game. Profit earned by the game will be shared with the developers as well.

The application period is between December 1, 2021 and January 17. The plan involves the completion of the game in about a year.

Any genre is fine, and it doesn’t matter how big or small the game is, as long as it’s a good game. It’s also viable to convert an already announced project into a Fairy Tail game and submit that.

The announcement also mentions that a game that can be enjoyed worldwide is a preferable trait.

In February 22 the design documents will be reviewed. In early March interviews will be conducted. In late March 2022, the contract will be drawn. In April 2022, the winner will be confirmed and the contract will be signed.

Today, during the Indie Live Expo Winter 2021 Kodansha Creators’ Lab and Shoji Meguro presented a brand new game titled Guns Undarkness.

You may know Shoji Meguro as one Atlus’ most prolific composers, having worked on various Persona games including 5, the Shin Megami Tensei series, Catherine, and more. He recently left Atlus (even if he’ll still work for them as a freelancer) to pursue a new adventure as an indie developer.

Guns Undarkness is the first result of that adventure, supported by Kodansha Creators’ Lab.

Meguro-san isn’t the only well-known developer involved in the game, as it’ll feature character design by Russian artist Ilya Kuvshinov, known for his work on the Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 anime.

The game is coming for PC via Steam and it’s defined as a “Stealth RPG.”

You can check it out below alongside an official description.

For a short while I had a very specific obsession with early 90s F1 console games - partly because it's often acknowledged as a golden age of the sport and partly because there were so damn many of the things at the time. Super Monaco GP! Satoru Nakajima F1 Hero! Super F1 Circus! Nigel Mansell's World Championship! Of the vast glut of them that crowded shelves back then it was always Exhaust Heat that was something of a favourite, its Mode 7-powered take on the 1992 season surprisingly authentic (plus I'll never forget the car journey home from a Slough shopping centre clutching the box in the back seat, the passing street lights occasionally illuminating the glorious airbrushed cover art).

It's one of the first comparison points that comes to mind when playing Horizon Chase Turbo's outstanding Ayrton Senna expansion. To call it an expansion is a bit of a disservice, really - this takes on the 1991 season with some authenticity, featuring recognisable tracks as well as recognisable takes on iconic liveries like Minardi's black and yellow or the aquamarine blue of March, but it takes on Senna's debut season at Toleman, his short but glorious tenure at Team Lotus as well as his breakout championship year in 1988. There is a lot of video game here, and the detail within is - to an old F1 head old enough to have been to Silverstone to see Senna in his 90s prime - absolute manna.

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Today Square Enix hosted the 67th Final Fantasy XIV Letter From the Producer Live broadcast revealing new details about the upcoming expansion Endwalker.

As usual, Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida and Global Community Producer Toshio Murouchi delivered the news following the announcement of the delay of the expansion and the premiere of the launch trailer.

We start with a few new images of the locations we’ll be able to visit.

New FFXIV 6.0 additions include new role quests, Studium deliveries, a raid dungeon, trials, and a new treasure dungeon, but no job quests.

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Atlus released another of its many trailers showcasing the over 200+ demons of its upcoming JRPG Shin Megami Tensei V.

This time around we get to see the gameplay of Maria, inspired by the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ in Christian tradition. She debuted in the series with Shin Megami Tensei NINE in 2002.

You can watch her in action below.

The FFXIV Endwalker launch trailer is now live in multiple languages. The video offers a look at gameplay and cutscenes from the expansion.

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While the “Endwalker” expansion for Final Fantasy XIV isn’t going to launch when initially expected, Square Enix still released the launch trailer.

The trailer showcases both cutscenes and glimpses of gameplay, and it’s certainly epic and very emotional. The pairing of music and images is just perfect.

Having been playing the game since day 1 of 1.0, 11 years ago, you can bet that I teared up while watching this.

You can watch it (and likely tear up as well) below, both with English and Japanese voices depending on your preference.

Following the FFXIV Endwalker release date delay, an updated schedule for patch releases for 6.0 through 6.05 appeared.

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Today Square Enix announced that the new expansion for Final Fantasy XIV titled “Endwalker” has been delayed.

At the beginning of the letter from the producer live broadcast that is going on right now, Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida announced that the expansion will be released on December 7, while early access will begin on December 3.

The previous release date was November 23, 2021, so the delay is only a couple of weeks.

Yoshida-san explained that Endwalker is one of the biggest expansions released by the team yet. While the development of content is on track, Yoshida-san mentioned that the expansion ties a lot of loose ends in terms of story, and many of them are very subtle.

The team has been checking all of these subtle elements to make sure that everything is in tip-top shape, and this has infringed into the QA time for the final master version.

Yoshida-san thinks that it’s important that the proper quality checks are done before the launch of the expansion, taking the time they need, so a decision has been taken as of last Friday to delay the expansion.

Clearly upset while making the announcement, Yoshida-san also mentioned that he feels really bad about this, , because this is the first time the team had to announce a delay.

We hear that two weeks will be enough because the content is complete and what’s missing is just testing, so there is no need for a larger delay.

We also get the schedule for the first two updates. The Pandaemonium raid will be launched on December 21 with patch 6.01. Its Savage mode, new Allagan Tomestones, and new gear will launch on January 4 with patch 6.05.

The Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXVII began with Naoki Yoshida announcing the FFXIV Endwalker release date is delayed by two weeks.

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