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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has taken less than four years to develop thanks to team chemistry.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s director doesn’t think the original classic is a good starting place for series newcomers.

Naoki Hamaguchi, the director behind Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, revealed that the entire game will be stuffed with Gold Saucer-level mini-games.

It’s no secret thatFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth is a massive game, but while there is a copious amount of content, fans are excited to see where the story goes next. Various trailers have showcased Zack Fair, who ventures to Midgar following the events of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7, but a familiar foe from Final Fantasy 7 Remake also appears. Spoilers follow, so beware.

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Uber Eats now lets you order from two restaurants at once without having to pay an additional delivery charge.

It’s official — you’ll soon be able to experience the music of Stardew Valley in live orchestral form, as a real-life concert tour is set to kick off next year across the globe.

If you just can't get enough Stardew Valley in your life, here's a different way to indulge in its unrelenting life sim coziness: The Stardew Valley «Festival of Seasons» concert series, an international musical tour featuring a selection of music from the game performed by a chamber orchestra.

Having played 100s of hours of Stardew Valley, I can say with certainty that the soundtrack is absolutely killer. Not only does it feature a combination of genuinely moving and upbeat tracks: but my wife and I also can’t help but hum to the vast majority of the score. That’s going to be a lot more exciting to do in person of course, when the Stardew Valley concert tour kicks off next year.

The Creator, the latest film from Rogue One director Gareth Edwards, takes a strong stance against war and America’s worldwide interventionism in particular, pointing out its human cost. The movie is filled with anti-war imagery and messaging, but according to Edwards, it also gained a surprising connection to a real-life war in the middle of filming.

From Southeast Asia, online game publisher PlayPark has launched over 180 PC and mobile games since 2001. Working for Asiasoft Corporation Public Company Limited, they have employees in six countries and are managing over 29 games. They cover a wide range of genres, like MMORPGs, SRPGs, FPSs and MOBAs. Examples include MapleStory SEA and Ragnarok Mobile. Recently, PlayPark released a statement announcing the closed beta test of their newest game, Black Moon SEA. The test is scheduled for October 12 and October 16, 2023, at 12 pm and 12 am GMT respectively. PlayPark invites players to explore and save an amazing world shrouded in darkness.

Elon Musk is not above lobbing insults at random strangers on the internet, but his summertime effort at "citizen journalism" has now resulted in him being sued for incorrectly suggesting that a 22-year-old college student was associated with a neo-Nazi extremist group.

The Creator doesn’t look like anything else out in theaters right now. While it obviously expands on visual precedents from films like Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, and Akira, the latest sci-fi action movie from Rogue One director Gareth Edwards feels equally indebted to the mood and spirit of our contemporary reality, thanks in no small part to Edwards’ decision to film on site across eight different countries, including Nepal, Cambodia, and Thailand.

Pokémon Go has quietly raised prices for in-game currency bundles in a number of regions, including the UK.

Hosts China won the first eSports gold medal in the 72-year history of the Asian Games on Tuesday as Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Haughey issued another warning for next year's Paris Olympics. Gaming is making its debut as a medal event in Hangzhou in what is seen as a major step towards Olympic status one day.

Thailand made a piece of Asian Games history when they won the first medal ever in eSports as China's gold rush momentarily came off the tracks in cycling on Tuesday.

Tokyo Game Show is set to kick off later this month on September 21, and over the course of several days, the event will see several major companies talking about some of their biggest upcoming releases. Microsoft was confirmed to be in that list some time back, and now, the company has offered more details on what its plans for the event will entail.

Microsoft announced that the Xbox Digital Broadcast is returning for Tokyo Game Show 2023 after last year's debut. The Xbox Digital Broadcast is set to air on Tokyo Game Show’s official YouTube channel and select Xbox social channels in Japanese, English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Malay, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, French, German, and Castilian Spanish starting September 21st at 6 PM JST / 9 AM UTC / 2 AM PDT. The broadcast will also be available with Japanese Sign Language (JSL), Australian Sign Language (AusLan), and audio descriptions in both Japanese and English.

Microsoft will host the Xbox Digital Broadcast at Tokyo Game Show 2023 on September 21 at 2:00 a.m. PT / 5:00 a.m. ET / 18:00 JST, the company announced.

The government in Thailand is threatening to shut down access to Facebook due to the fraudulent ads and profiles that appear on the social network.

Developer Cardboard Computer sporadically released their poetic adventure game, Kentucky Route Zero, in acts spread across multiple years. It was a teasing release schedule that only aided the game’s surreal mystery, so it’s no surprise that the studio have dropped the game’s first major update three years after the fifth and final chapter wrapped things up. The aptly named Postmodern Update overhauls the game’s user interface with a new Modern mode, alongside a host of bug fixes and more language options.

Let's face it, humans have a natural tendency to fear the unknown. The Terminator, The Matrix, and movies like them have implanted the seed that AI is bad. Killer cyborgs and malevolent AI have become a part of the public consciousness. The rise of the AI industry has even led to extinction level concerns… from the AI industry.

EA has announced EA Sports FC Mobile, a mobile football game launching on September 26.

Pokemon fans have been getting extra love from The Pokemon Company as of late. Recently they rolled out their new sleep tracker app and announced their next Pokemon Presents, all ahead of the release of Scarlet and Violet DLC and Detective Pikachu games coming later this year. Players of the latest game enjoy participating in Tera Raid events as it helps them receive and unlock new Pokemon, all while having better chances at getting a Shiny. But it seems Nintendo has spoiled a fan-favorite Pokemon coming to the next Tera Raid.

Bandai Namco has announced Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Connect for iOS and Android. It is planned for release in Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macao, and Thailand with English, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese language support. It will be available as a free-to-play title with in-app purchases. A release date was not announced.

The End of the F*cking World's Alex Lawther is gearing up to take on a Xenomorph or two, having nabbed the lead role in FX's upcoming Alien TV series – and he won't be doing it alone. The Black Mirror star will be joined on screen by Samuel Blenkin, who recently appeared in the fifth season of Charlie Brooker's aforementioned sci-fi series.