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Nintendo is reportedly “deep in conversation,” with external studios to work on its first-party IP.

Lift isn’t your standard heist movie. The trademarks of the genre – a slick ensemble (here led by Kevin Hart), impossible odds, and a deliciously evil target (ruthless banker Jorgensen, played by Jean Reno) – are all present but, as Hart tells GamesRadar+, there are a few more wildcards to help set it apart from its sticky-fingered peers.

The previously Xbox/PC-exclusive video game has been rated for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch — as well as the previous generation Xbox console, the Xbox One — in Australia.

As soon as Final Fantasy XIV‘s new Pictomancer job was revealed during Tokyo Fan Festival, Eorzeans across social media immediately utilized their own artistic talents to honor the game’s next magic user. No announcement would be complete without its fair share of memes, so here’s a few of the finest we’ve found.

Over the past few days, rumors have been flying about Microsoft considering porting some of its more prestigious Xbox exclusives to other platforms. No titles were mentioned at the time, leaving many to speculate that the recently released Hi-Fi Rush could be the one to make the leap, but it appears as though several insiders are tipping Sea of Thieves as the first Xbox exclusive to hit other platforms.

Need another Final Fantasy 14 class to grind for peak completionism? Dawntrail’s got you with the new Beastmaster job. 

By Ash Parrish, a reporter who has covered the business, culture, and communities of video games for seven years. Previously, she worked at Kotaku.

A new job is coming to Final Fantasy 14 with this summer’s Dawntrail expansion: the Pictomancer, a magic user who casts their spells with a paintbrush and palette. Square Enix and FF14 producer/director Naoki Yoshida revealed the Pictomancer at this weekend’s Fan Festival 2024 in Tokyo alongside other new additions to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

Seemingly not content with swallowing up Animal Crossing and spitting out its own farm-and-craft minigame, Final Fantasy 14 has apparently now guzzled down Starfield and is readying to unleash its own way to sink dozens of hours into galactic wandering.

Among the slew of reveals for Final Fantasy XIV during Fan Fest Tokyo last weekend was a new town players will visit during upcoming expansion Dawntrail. While a new corner of Eorzea to explore is exciting by itself, the cyberpunk city has added to my hope that the MMO is set to shower a bit more love on the best Final Fantasy game. That’s right: Final Fantasy IX.

Final Fantasy 14 has revealed the second new job arriving in its upcoming Dawntrail expansion. The Pictomancer is a new-oldie, bringing back the magical artist class from Final Fantasy 6 - albeit with some colourful new powers for magical ranged DPS players to enjoy. Meanwhile, we now know that the MMO's second limited job will be the Beastmaster.

Final Fantasy 14 has only just revealed the new Pictomancer job, and players are already loving it.

Final Fantasy 14 devs have previewed its upcoming graphical update, and expressed regret over the lighting of dark-skinned characters.

Final Fantasy 14's third and final Fan Festival of the Endwalker expansion just took place in Tokyo over the weekend. While there was a surprise lack of release date for upcoming expansion Dawntrail, we did get to see tons of neat stuff: female hrothgar, artsy class Pictomancer, and a bizarro cyberpunk world that has me wondering just what the hell the Warrior of Light is getting up to on his summer vacation.

Anyone who’s been anticipating the release of Final Fantasy 14 on Xbox Series X|S doesn’t have much longer to wait, as director and producer Naoki Yoshida (aka Yoshi-P) has confirmed that the open beta will begin next month. 

The director and producer of Final Fantasy 14, Naoki Yoshida (also known as Yoshi-P), has revealed that he’s not announcing the exact release date for the Dawntrail expansion right now, since he doesn’t want it to get delayed like Endwalker previously did.

The Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival is still ongoing in Tokyo, and while its next expansion, Dawntrail, has received tons of new details, a release date isn’t one of them. Producer/director Naoki Yoshida explained why on the first day, confirming that there’s an internal date but that the team wants to ensure it’s as “fine-tuned” as possible before sharing.

Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival in Tokyo is currently underway and its keynote revealed such exciting things as the full Dawntrail trailer, a new Pictomancer job, and a look at the female Hrothgar playable race in action.

Final Fantasy 14's upcoming expansion, called Dawntrail, is introducing one of the series' most obscure but loveable jobs: the Pictomancer.

Final Fantasy 14's upcoming graphical update will make sweeping changes to character renders, with a particular focus on darker skin tones. This addresses complaints that the game struggled to render characters with dark skin, often making it hard to make out their facial features, particularly in low lighting.

The second new job coming to Final Fantasy 14 as part of the Dawntrail expansion has been revealed. When the new update drops, we'll be able to play as Pictomancers, a DPS class that performs magical-based, ranged attacks. As the name suggests, we will indeed attack with a huge paintbrush.

Square Enix announced the “Female Hrothgar” race, “Pictomancer” job, and more for the Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail expansion at Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2024 in Tokyo. An open beta test for the Xbox Series version of Final Fantasy XIV is also planned for February 2024.

The new Job coming to Final Fantasy 14 in next expansion Dawntrail has now been revealed: the Pictomancer.

Finally, equal presence for all races: the female Hrothgar race has been unveiled for the next Final Fantasy 14 expansion, Dawntrail . Hrothgar women were showed off in their own gameplay video as part of the Fan Festival in Tokyo’s keynote, unveiling new information about the expansion and future content. 

Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail launches with two new jobs, and the Final Fantasy VI-inspired Pictomancer joins Viper this summer as the second DPS addition. If you were hoping to discover when exactly during Fan Fest, sorry — you’ll have to wait a bit. However, FFXIV Patch 6.55 launches this month, on January 16.

Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2024 in Tokyo kicks off tonight, and we're expecting many an announcement for the upcoming expansion, Dawntrail.

Phoenix Game Productions has released a new trailer for first-person action game Tokyo Underground Killer introducing the game’s Shinjuku hub.

AMD's Radeon GPUs are witnessing some huge ray tracing performance gains with the latest MESA RADV Vulkan drivers.

At long last, the Final Fantasy 14 team has reached the final live event of this season in Japan, the FFXIV Fan Festival in Tokyo, where it’s likely to receive a warm, excited welcome from plenty of excited fans in its home country. It’s also the last in-person event before the new Dawntrail expansion drops sometime this summer. 

Microsoft is planning to bring one of its “more acclaimed” first-party games to competing platforms this year, it’s claimed.

Yuzo Koshiro and Ancient Corp have stated via Twitter that their modern Genesis/Mega Drive game, Earthion is aiming for release this summer at the earliest. The composer has also announced that plans to bring it to modern consoles are underway.

We’ve all got that one friend that we’d love to drag into the world of Eorzea, and now is the best time to do just that – Final Fantasy XIV and its Endwalker expansion are 50% off until January 17.

2023 was a big year for the Mario franchise. There was a brand-new 2D platformer in the form of Wonder, an Illumination movie that grossed over $1 billion, an entirely new WarioWare game, a remake of the classic 1996 RPG, and a reveal for a solo Princess Peach title. But in that ocean of Mario goodness, Waluigi was left behind.

Nintendo’s Switch successor will launch this year and will likely be an iteration of the current hardware design, rather than a revolution.

Black Wings Game Studio just announced the third closed beta test for Persona 5: The Phantom X. Called the ‘Heart Stealing Test’, it’s set to run from January 16 to January 31 but only in China. If you fancy giving it a try on your Android device, you can register on this page until January 12.

In just a few short days, Final Fantasy fans will be able to take part in the Fan Festival 2024 in Tokyo, and the producer and director of Final Fantasy XIV had a few season’s greetings to send the player’s way. 

Atlus has a strong year ahead with titles like Vanillaware’s strategy RPG Unicorn Overlord and Studio Zero’s Metaphor ReFantazio. However, it’s possible that something that another title could be announced involving Soul Hackers 2 director Eiji Ishida.

On paper, 2023 perhaps wasn’t a landmark year for action games, at least of a more traditional hardcore variety. That said, if you really look at this past year’s release calendar, you’ll find a diverse array of action games both big and small, including the much-anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, big-budget superhero sequel Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and scrappy underdogs like Hi-Fi Rush. Limber up and get ready to battle through Wccftech’s Best Action Games of 2023!

The  have been revealed. The episode will air on Crunchyroll. In Season 2, the story continues to follow Yuji Itadori, who has absorbed a curse into his soul by consuming the fingers of Ryomen Sukuna. This season adapts the manga’s “Hidden Inventory / Premature Death” and “Shibuya Incident” story arcs, delving deeper into the ongoing narrative of curses, sorcerers, and the challenges faced by Yuji and his companions.

It's almost the end of 2023, which means developers across Japan with upcoming games are releasing end-of-year statements to provide updates on their myriad of projects. Konami is no exception, a publisher which is currently working on a bunch of Silent Hill titles, including the highly-anticipated remake of Silent Hill 2.

A New Year’s celebration is heading to Final Fantasy XIV ! With several rewards to grab, including an adorable Chocobo minion, there will be plenty to do around Limsa Lominsa.

Yesterday, a huge Rockstar leak was shared to the internet revealing cancelled games such as Bully 2 and GTA Tokyo, scrapped GTA 5 DLC like Liberty City, alleged employee details, and GTA 5's source code. It has now come to light that this information may have been purchased for as little as $2,000.

Epic Games Holiday Sale: The Epic Games Store Holiday Sale is going strong with massive discounts on games like Alan Wake II, Hogwarts Legacy, and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. In addition to the discounts, the Epic Games Store is also giving away a new free game every day! The platform gave away some big games for free last year including Destiny 2: Legacy Collection, and Horizon Chase Turbo. So far this year, it has given away some amazing titles such as Destiny 2: Legacy Collection, Fallout 3: GOTY Edition, and Ghostwire: Tokyo. This holiday season, the store is giving away a total of 17 games absolutely free to spread joy and cheer. The giveaway began on December 13, with the first free game being Destiny 2: Legacy Collection.

Ghostwire: Tokyo is gone, and now Obsidian Entertainment’s The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is free to claim on the Epic Games Store. It’s available until 8 AM PST, December 26th, so if you have an Epic Games account, get it for free on PC now.

Tango Gameworks’ Ghostwire: Tokyo is free on PC via the Epic Games Store as part of the platform’s Christmas promotion. Those with an Epic Games account can claim it until December 25th, 8 AM PST, but will need the Epic Games Launcher to install and play it.

Bethesda’s Ghostwire: Tokyo is the latest free game available on the Epic Games Store.

The anime shows for fall 2023 are finally concluding. With such a stellar line-up of new series along with fan-loved returning titles, it was an absolute rollercoaster ride. However, with one season drawing towards the end, fans are anticipating a lot more from 2024. Given the series that are waiting for viewers, the excitement of anime fans is immeasurable.

Inside the wood-panelled auditorium of one of Tokyo's most prestigious concert halls, 24-year-old Kiwa Usami presses just one index finger to the piano and summons the colossal swells of Beethoven's Ode to Joy, accompanied by an orchestra and choir.

Sega has detailed more of its plans to revive a swathe of classic game franchises, including Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Shinobi and Steets of Rage.

Music is an increasingly important part of modern video games, able to elevate an experience to new heights, adding real emotion to scenes and engaging the player on a more subconscious level. What’s particularly delightful is when it goes beyond merely being an added element alongside the action that takes place on screen, but rather an integral part of the game, right down to its very conception. Of course, just being good music that you can happily listen to outside of a game-playing context helps as well…

3D action RPG Tokyo Revengers: Last Mission will launch in February 2024 in Japan, Victor Entertainment announced. It will be available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, PC via DMM Games, iOS via App Store, and iOS via Google Play as a free-to-play title with item-based micro-transactions. Pre-registration is available now.

Sales of Sony's PlayStation 5 have crossed 50 million units, the Japanese electronics giant said, pointing to "strong momentum" this year for its flagship gaming console. The PS5 was launched in November 2020, with the world in the grip of the Covid pandemic, and its sales initially suffered because of widespread supply chain problems and a global chip shortage.

Square Enix has revealed the schedule for the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival of 2024, taking place in Tokyo. The event will be available for live-streaming for those unable to attend the event in person. 

The reboot of noughties gem Jet Set Radio teased with ruthless efficiency during The Game Awards has had a smidge of new information revealed. For being such a small detail, though, it’s a very intriguing - if perhaps a tad predictable - one indeed.

SEGA shared new information and artwork of its recently announced legacy franchise revivals Crazy Taxi, Golden Axe, Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, and Streets of Rage during its Management Meeting 2023 presentation on December 12. The new information appears to suggest Jet Set Radio will be set in an open-world Tokyo, and the Streets of Rage game is titled Streets of Rage: Revolution.

The release of Team Ninja’s upcoming action role-playing game, Rise of the Rōnin, is getting closer and closer, and it’s now been revealed what major Japanese locations players will be able to explore in it. 

The first quarter of 2024 kicks off in style, with titles like Koei Tecmo’s Rise of the Ronin for PS5. Developed by Team Ninja of Nioh fame, it’s the studio’s most ambitious project to date, and thanks to a new preview by Game Informer, we get a better idea of its scale.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 developer Eighting is currently making a fighting game based on the Hunter x Hunter franchise, publisher Bushiroad Games announced at the manga and anime-focused Jump Festa 2024 convention in Japan over the weekend (via Gematsu).

This week’s WAYP is coming in hot, so forgive us the brief pre-amble. We’ve got a lot of responses from the team this time, though, so let’s get straight into it.

If you're considering taking a trip to Japan in the coming months and have strong and unresolved feelings about the fate of characters from across Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's Yakuza / Like a Dragon franchises, then boy, do we have the cultural event for Kir-you. Beware of SPOILERS below.

Godzilla rarely gets the recognition he deserves, both as a hero and as one of fiction’s most flexible characters. But with the recent slew of great, or at least great-looking, Godzilla projects, it’s finally the giant atomic lizard’s time to shine.

The Japanese department store Parco is holding an exhibition in collaboration with the Like a Dragon series, which is themed around some of its most notable dead characters.

 Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that can predict the risk of long-term visual impairment in patients with high myopia, one of the top three causes of irreversible blindness in many regions of the world.

Trapped Limbo, the second DLC for Atomic Heart, is out on February 6, 2024, publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Mundfish announced today.

Publisher Bandai Namco and developer Byking have released a new trailer for two-versus-two action game Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash introducing the gameplay systems.

The Yakuza (or Like a Dragon) franchise is known for being a tad wacky, but publisher Sega is bringing the weirdness to the real world by basically hosting a funeral for all the series' dead characters in Tokyo.

The Pokémon Company has announced a new amusement park that will open near Tokyo.

Hideo Kojima showed up at this year's Game Awards to reveal OD, a new Xbox project in collaboration with Get Out director Jordan Peele. The tagline, "for the players and the screamers", and Peele's involvement points to it being horror-related, but there wasn't much else to go off of aside from a few eerie headshots of actors who will star in the game. However, fans have dug deeper and found some classic cryptic Kojima easter eggs that they think are teasing a new Silent Hill.

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With Genshin Impact, Honkai Impact 3rd studio Hoyoverse managed to spin its gacha playbook into a free-to-play RPG with a premium feel, and now another Chinese giant is seemingly trying to do the same. Arknights: Endfield is a new "strategic" open-world action RPG based on the tower defense hit of the same name, and with a PS5 release now confirmed alongside PC, it's following Genshin's footsteps almost to the letter. 

This is also your last chance to grab dozens of other Fanatical bundle deals for cheap.

Nintendo has today added a trio of Nintendo 64 games to the Switch Online library.

Ikumi Nakamura has unveiled her first independent project: Kemuri.

SEGA made a big splash at The Game Awards 2023 by finally giving its fans what they've been clamoring for over a decade: the revival of five of its classic, most beloved IPs, as reported a while ago.

The Game Awards took place on Thursday night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles and delivered a host of exciting announcements.

While TGA 2023 undoubtedly featured many gorgeous games, Last Sentinel was easily one of the most impressive. This is the debut project of Lightspeed LA, a California-based division of Tencent's Lightspeed Studios.

Lightspeed Studios’ Los Angeles division has announced Last Sentinel, a new open-world title set in futuristic Tokyo, led by Steve C. Martin of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption fame. It’s developed in Unreal Engine 5 – check out the first trailer below.

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