Author: Zach Barbieri

Assassin’s Creed franchise boss Marc-Alexis Côté departed from Ubisoft after a career spanning 20 years with the company. This news comes two weeks after Vantage Studios, a separate business entity that was formed when Tencent acquired a 25% stake in Ubisoft, was announced to be overseeing franchises like Assassin’s Creed, along with other Ubisoft Far Cry, and Rainbow Six Staff at Ubisoft were informed of His departure via an internal email, which outlined Vantage Studios’ need for alignment with core values at Ubisoft, along with wishing Côté well in future endeavors. According to people close to the departure, Côté was…

A French retailer appears to have leaked box art for a Nintendo Switch 2 Version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the latest in the long-running Assassin series, which was released in March of this year. Rumors that the title would slash its way on Nintendo’s latest platform since back to April, when the European rating board, PEGI, rated the game for the platform. Auchan, the French retailer in question, has since removed its posting for the game, but the listing promised, while it was available, “experience Assassin’s Creed Shadows in a whole new way with Nintendo Switch 2.” Members of the…

*Minor Spoilers For Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar below. Anybody who has some familiarity with the Story of Seasons franchise knows how important the seed maker is to progression. In the games, it serves the dual purpose of allowing you to cut out the middle man and save yourself money on seeds, but also allows you to create seeds out of higher-tier crops, which makes maxing out your seed level and crop profit attainable. Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar does not actually have a seed make; however, the core concept remains intact and enshrined in the main loop of the…

*Minor spoilers contained for Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles contains a traditional level structure that fans might be familiar with, having played Final Fantasy games in the past. This being said, the way you level a character is different, using a system common in Tactical RPGs that is different from the standard win a battle, reap the benefits structure. On top of this, the tactical XP gain is combined with the Job system of some classical Final Fantasy games. This leveling system is similarly structured to reward you similarly to that of a…

*Minor Spoilers For Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Chapter 1 on Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles serves more as a prologue to the game itself, predominantly being one big flashback building up to the main events of the game. As Such, you might have expected several mechanics of the game to be locked until you reach the second chapter, which expands what you have on offer. One of these mechanics is the ability to take Errands, represented by an option at the taverns that is an unchoosable question mark until you return to a town and check in…

Square Enix has announced that several Final Fantasy Remastered Titles will be getting physical releases on the Nintendo Switch. Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII will be getting a twin pack containing both games, with Final Fantasy IX releasing individually on a physical cartridge. In addition to this, the company also announced that Final Fantasy VII Remake and Rebirth, the two entries released in the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy thus far, will also be receiving a twin pack containing both parts on the PlayStation 5. All of these titles are slated to release on December 9th of this…

Battlefield 6 servers will be ready for the title’s official release this Friday, one of the producers on the project has made clear. Battlefield Lead Producer at DICE, David Sirland, replied to a question via Twitter about the server readiness for the game, confidently asserting that it “Should be!” ready for release. He went on to say that “We are planning for that, of course, and open beta helped gauge the interest as well. He mentioned the beta being helpful to help gauge player interest, which was absolutely the case when it was released earlier this year in August. The…

Bethesda has announced it will hold a showcase on October 23, the same day that Fallout Day is held every year. This date holds significance in the Fallout universe, as on October 23, 2077, in the Fallout Timeline, bombs were dropped across the world, leading to the Great War that, despite only lasting for two hours, left the world irradiated and humans in vaults for years, and led to around 10 games so far and a TV show. The Fallout Day Broadcast will be streamed live on October 23 at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET on Twitch, YouTube,…

Nintendo, via its Nintendo Today app, as well as its official YouTube channel, has posted a video with no clear-cut reason today. The video, entitled Close to You, doesn’t outright connect to anything in the Nintendo Library, looking more like a short film rather than an advert for a game; however, multiple fans have taken to social media to suggest that the video is actually teasing a new Pikmin game of some kind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsufGY5I8jA The video itself features a mother playing with a baby before the doorbell rings, leaving the child alone in their room. From here, a sense of…

Disclosure: I received a free review copy of The Home County from developer Swanwoth through https://www.keymailer.co Cozy games have become a dime a dozen in the years since Stardew Valley’s release, which is a statement I don’t really want to make, but feel I need to. Despite this being a very strong year for them, to some degree, even I have started to feel fatigue setting in, having bounced between around 12 in just the last few months. The home County, perhaps due to that, feels like it might be a day late and a dollar short to the scene,…