Nintendo Direct for February 2024 Date and Time Confirmed for Later This Week

Several Final Fantasy 14 players took to the streets of Ul'dah to pay respects to the late Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama, with campfire vigils and outfits based on characters that Toriyama drew over his career. These vigils in Final Fantasy 14 are ongoing at the time of writing and are being held across several data centers, such as Aether and Crystal in North America.

During the March 6 Xbox Partner Preview showcase, Microsoft and Square Enix confirmed that Final Fantasy 14 will fully launch on Xbox Series X/S on Thursday, March 21. The Xbox Series X/S version of Final Fantasy 14 will arrive at a busy time for the game, as it will be sandwiched between the release of Patch 6.58 and a highly-anticipated panel for the upcoming Dawntrail expansion.

The creators of Yuzu, a popular open-source Switch emulator, have agreed to settle a lawsuit that will lead to a payout of $2.4 million to Nintendo, pending approval. Further, the settlement prohibited Yuzu and all related parties from distributing and developing its Switch emulator in its current form, and that Yuzu's websites and code repositories would be pulled.

Xbox has announced a new event that will be broadcast this Wednesday, March 6, offering previews of more than a dozen upcoming titles that are set to release on Xbox, Windows, and Game Pass. The live-streamed event, titled the Xbox Partner Preview, will give viewers a sneak peek into a variety of exciting new titles.

Using strategies they have a reputation for making, a Pokemon Scarlet and Violet player created one for taking down Venusaur the Unrivaled in a single strike, using their trusty Magikarp to land the finishing blow. The Pokemon Scarlet and Violet player posted their strategy on social media alongside a video clip of the battle.

The next high-end processor from Intel, the Core i9-14900KS, is confirmed by sources to have a staggering 6.2GHz boosted clock speed, making it the highest boost clock speed available on the market. The upcoming Intel CPU will also not be a cheap processor, as estimated figures will likely require some serious cash from consumers.

A Palworld player took to social media following a boss fight that ended when their Pal called Warsect brought the battle to an end with a punch that sent the Boss Pal Mossanda Lux flying into the distance. Following the release of the battle's finale, other Palworld players chimed in with similar Warsect battle stories.

In an interview that took place days before the launch of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, game director Naoki Hamaguchi stated that he had no idea during the game's development that Sephiroth would be included in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a DLC fighter. Hamaguchi also stated that none of the Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth development team had a clue at the time either, and claimed that he only found out when the public did.

With the end of February approaching, Nvidia pulled back the curtain on a PC app that combines the functions of both the Nvidia Control Panel and GeForce Experience. This new Nvidia app is available for PC users to beta test, with the only requirements being a compatible GeForce graphics card and the latest Nvidia Game Ready or Studio Drivers.

Microsoft has confirmed the first two games in their new push for more cross-platform gaming, with Pentiment and Grounded both set to release for Nintendo Switch.

Earlier this month, a barrage of rumors hit the web, giving a grim outlook on Xbox’s future in the console wars. The thoughts going around were that Microsoft was exiting out of consoles and would be bringing their first-party video game titles to competitor platforms. This turned out not to be exactly true, but we are finding out games like Grounded and Pentiment are heading to the Nintendo Switch. 

After many rumors, Obsidian Entertainment’s Pentiment is confirmed for Nintendo Switch, joining the likes of Grounded. Announced during the recent Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, it’s out on February 22nd for the platform. Check it out below.