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There’s a huge amount of chatter about exclusivity in the aftermath of Microsoft’s decision to port select titles to PlayStation and choppy waters in the industry at large. This year alone has seen thousands of game developers laid off, as the industry attempts to course correct following over investment during the coronavirus pandemic.

Ubisoft’s narrative tear jerker Valiant Hearts: The Great War first debuted to critical acclaim on the PS4 almost a decade ago, but it’s taken a long time for its successor to arrive. Developed by Old Skull Games, sequel Valiant Hearts: Coming Home launched exclusively for Netflix subscribers last year. It’s now finally available for the PS4, as of 7th March.

Deviation Games, the new studio partnered with PlayStation, has shut down just a few years after saying its Sony collaboration would bring "complete financial security." 

A demo for Stellar Blade went live last night, with many assuming it was shadowdropped by PlayStation to hype up its upcoming exclusive. However, it now sees that it was shared on the PlayStation store in error, as it was taken offline just half an hour later.

Deviation Games, a studio formed by former Call of Duty developers and in a partnership with PlayStation, has shut down. The company only opened in 2020 and did not release a single game, but was working on an unannounced PlayStation exclusive.

The Stellar Blade demo briefly appeared on the US PlayStation Store before it was pulled by Sony.

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It seems like the gaming industry, at least the traditional console-driven industry, is rapidly approaching some sort of inflection point. Xbox is bringing more of their games to other platforms, amid consistent speculation they may be stepping back from the console business, and PlayStation is hinting they may pursue a more aggressive PC release schedule even as PS5 sales continue to outpace the PS4. Meanwhile, one publisher after another announces deep layoffs and cancellations.

The biggest Xbox news of the year has undoubtedly been the ongoing speculation that the gaming giant is moving away from exclusives, planning to share more of its games with PlayStation and Nintendo. So far, this has already given us a multiplatform release of Pentiment, but we're also getting Grounded, Sea of Thieves, and Hi-Fi Rush on rival platforms.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is overflowing with content, including a wide variety of side quests to undertake as you work through its 50+ hour adventure. Some of these are given to you by returning characters, such as the lovable screwup, Johnny, who has found himself entangled in a whole new mess this time around.

Mobile gaming peripheral manufacturer Backbone has announced the Backbone One — Prestige Edition, a new special edition Backbone One mobile controller coming on March 19 through Best Buy Drops via the Best Buy mobile app.

It's bad news for anyone who was holding onto the hope that Persona 3 Reload might add in a female protagonist eventually, as it's now been confirmed that there's "no chance" of it happening. 

Poco has set the stage for a game-changer in the Indian smartphone market with the launch of its most budget-friendly 5G smartphone to date. The Poco M6 5G has now made its mark as an Airtel-exclusive offering, bundling in a one-time data package for Airtel prepaid users. Initially introduced to the Indian market in December 2023, this device boasts a MediaTek Dimensity 6100 plus SoC and a robust 5,000mAh battery with 18W wired charging support. This marks Poco's second foray into Airtel exclusivity, following the earlier introduction of the Poco C51 variant at Rs. 5999, which included a generous 50GB one-time mobile data offering.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake and the recently released second part of the remake trilogy, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, won't be coming to rival platforms.

Update: Well, here’s a weird one – apparently this update accidentally gave players access to Spider-Man 2’s developer debug mode. Insomniac is warning that entering debug mode could corrupt saves, although playing as normal shouldn’t cause an issue (you need to enter a button combination to activate debug mode). Needless to say, Insomniac will likely be patching up this whoopsie soon, but they may have opened up a bit of a Pandora’s box.

EA hasn’t always made it easy for gamers who want to dip into its catalog of PC classics, but that’s changing. The company has quietly brought its most popular legacy titles to Steam, some of which were previously exclusive to the EA app, its EA Play subscription, or through GOG.com.

When it comes to pure gaming power, two of the best systems the world has ever known are the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. Both platforms deliver brilliant 4K HDR performance, on top of terrific internal storage, great designs, and web-connected features.

More detailed delidded benchmarks of the Intel Core i9-14900KS CPU have been published by OCN member, Pakhtunov.

In a bid to empower users with unparalleled customization, Google has just rolled out an innovative feature for its Gemini AI-powered chatbot. This latest addition allows users to finely tune the responses generated by the chatbot, offering a level of granular control never seen before.

While some reports suggested that the entire Trilogy would be exclusive to the PlayStation 5, that turns out to not be the case. The fact that Square Enix and Sony have an exclusivity deal for the franchise has frustrated many Xbox players who insist the games should also be made available on their console. While the latest release, , won't be played on a Series X|S any time soon, that doesn't mean the remakes won't ever land on Microsoft's consoles.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth producer Yoshinori Kitase says there would be crucial differences in the newly released sequel had it not been developed exclusively for PS5.

Microsoft's and Bethesda's Starfield isn't coming to PlayStation 5 anytime soon, according to journalist Jez Corden.

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Pre-orders for an unannounced PS4 collection of beloved post-apocalyptic PC S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games are currently live in Japan, indicating that the atmospheric shooters could be headed to console for the very first time. Spotted by the ever-watchful Gematsu, pre-orders are currently available at Japanese retailers like Biccamera, Neowing, and Rakuten Book.

Persona 3 Reload is getting an 'Expansion Pass', and Episode Aigis is going to be part of it. To be clear, Episode Aigis forms the additional story scenario that was present in Persona 3 FES on PS2. It was called 'The Answer' here in the West, while 'Episode Aegis' was its Japanese name.

It's been a long wait, but it looks like those recent rumours were true — Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut is now officially confirmed for PC. It'll be coming to Steam and Epic Games Store on 16th May, 2024. You can see it in action in the above trailer.

Update: The author of the original article from The Washington Post has clarified that the entire Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy is not confirmed to be completely exclusive to PlayStation. Said article was amended after we had reported on it.

The latest Gift Set from coincides with the release of the expansion, keeping the tradition that started with last year that sees a Gift Set release alongside a new expansion. This Gift Set is more like the first, as it includes two oversized foil cards and four booster packs, among other items, rather than featuring several exclusive cards like the D100 Gift Set for did.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth wouldn't have been the game it is if it wasn't a PlayStation 5 console exclusive, according to Yoshinori Kitase.

Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut is the next first-party PlayStation game to come to PC, Sucker Punch Productions and Nixxes Software have confirmed. It launches on May 16.

Don't expect any of the games in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake series, including the recently-released Rebirth, to come to Xbox, as Sony has secured the trilogy as a PlayStation console exclusive.

PlayStation's exclusive open-world action game Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut is set to arrive on PC later this year.

I’ve been playing a lot of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, which, as a self-proclaimed PC gaming snob, would have presented a problem for me in the past. After all, a console exclusive like Rebirth just doesn’t fit into my typical pattern of gaming, which oscillates between desktop at home and Steam Deck on the go.

A new Xbox Wireless Controller themed around the Fallout game series is now available in Xbox Design Lab.

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Much like Final Fantasy 7 Remake, the freshly released Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has its fair share of frankly jarring graphical issues. As noted in our review, the game as a whole can be very pretty — especially when you're looking out across the countryside or watching one of the title's many amazing cutscenes — but dig a little deeper, and it's certainly not what you'd expect from a PS5 exclusive.

The recently revealed Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance is out on PS5 and PS4 this June, when PlayStation players will get a chance to experience the demonic RPG, once exclusive to Nintendo Switch. Along with an extended cut trailer, Atlus has revealed the fancy physical editions fans can now pre-order for PS5 (PS4 pre-orders will be digital only).

Assassin's Creed Red, the next game in Ubisoft's popular series, is starting to sound like it's a lot closer to Assassin's Creed Valhalla — at least in terms of structure — than people might realise. This is according to an exclusive report from Insider Gaming, which suggests that the upcoming title is very much built upon the foundations of Valhalla and its core systems.

Atlus has announced that the Persona series has slid past 22 million copies sold, releasing a special Persona 3 Reload trailer, «Promise», to celebrate. It's an impressive milestone, one which demonstrates how vast the gulf between the various players in the space remains; Final Fantasy, for comparison, has sold more than 180 million units across its admittedly much more extensive catalogue, and Dragon Quest racking up some 88 million, with both IP owned by Atlus competitor and OG RPG publisher, Square Enix.

The latest Pixel Feature Drop is here, and with it comes several improvements for the Pixel smartphone and smartwatch. Some of these new features are exclusive to the Pixel family, while others will be generally available on Android or Watch OS in the future.

According to new online murmurings, one of Sony's premier PS4 exclusives will soon be announced for its overdue PC port. Ghost of Tsushima has yet to make the jump from console to computers, but it's always been expected the open world action game would join other first-party efforts. If some new hearsay is to be believed, we could get an official announcement very soon indeed.

Rise of the Ronin may not be first-party project, but its download size certainly fits the bill. Following on from the enormity of fellow PS5 exclusive Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (which sits at a whopping 145GB!), Team Ninja's action RPG with eat up a considerable chunk of your console storage. As reported by the ever-reliable PlayStation Game Size, Ronin weighs in at not-too-crazy-but-still-crazy 96.3GB.

V-Color has announced its brand new OC R-DIMM Octo-Kit DDR5 memory for AMD WRX90 platform which features up to 768 GB capacities & 7200 MT/s speeds.

And in the beginning there was… Final Fantasy. Or at least that’s how I remember it, anyway, with the seventh outing on the classic grey box completely changing the way many of us thought about games. All these years on, and it’s still happening, which makes this big takeover for the PLAY #38 Final Fantasy special a really (ahem) fantastic one.

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Helldivers 2's dynamic warfront is being conducted almost exclusively by a single D&D-style game master named Joel, but the co-op shooter's explosive launch has gotten so big that Joel needed "emergency" reinforcements of his own within developer Arrowhead Game Studios.

Microsoft has announced its next Xbox Partner Direct scheduled for Wednesday, March 6th, at 10am PT / 1pm ET.

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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the second reimagined remake of Square Enix’s 1997 PlayStation RPG, is finally out. It’s available exclusively on PlayStation 5 for $69.99 from most retailers, except at QVC. The online seller has copies of the game, and is willing to part with them for $20 off if you happen to be a new shopper.

Dragon Raja, the stunning open-world cyberpunk MMORPG powered by Unreal Engine, is turning four this month.

Oppo announced its new F-series smartphone in the mid-range category with some eye-catching features. The Oppo F25 Pro 5G was officially launched yesterday, February 29, 2024, with a powerful MediaTek Dimensity 7050 chipset. The smartphone comes with attractive colour options that users can pick based on their style and preferences. Additionally, Oppo is offering amazing launch offers for smartphone buyers to enjoy discounts on their newly launched devices. Know more about the Oppo F25 Pro 5G in terms of its price, specs, offers, and more.

Garena Free Fire MAX Redeem Codes for March 1: A plethora of events have been introduced in Garena Free Fire MAX in recent weeks. Events such as Moco Store, Love Wheel, and Chaos Royale offer players an opportunity to get their hands on exciting and exclusive in-game items such as weapons skins, diamonds, grenade skins, clothing items, gloo walls, bundles, tokens and more. While most of these items do not aid in winning battles, they make your character stand out from the crowd. Now, a new event is live in Garena Free Fire MAX called the Buddy Mart. Check out the details below.

It’s been a minute since we’ve had a solid discount on the PlayStation 5, but Best Buy has the first big deal of the year. Right now you can pick up the Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 bundle for just $449.99 (was $499.99). This bundle includes a copy of the game and the newer, slim version of the disc-based PlayStation 5. At its regular price, this bundle already saves you the $69.99 cost of buying the game on its own. And, with Best Buy’s $50 off sale on top of that, it’s effectively paying you to play Spider-Man 2.

Director Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi films have “always looked incredible,” we wrote in our review of Dune: Part Two, and if you feel quite the same way, you’re definitely going to want to put your eyeballs on The Art and Soul of Dune: Part Two.

PS5 Slim deals have been hard to come by so far, but in the last week, we've seen that $499 MSRP start to waver a little. The full cost of the console was slashed by multiple retailers a few days ago, dropping down to $449.99 for a full $50 off. Today, though, Best Buy has done one better. 

Since its inception, The Sims has been all about stepping away from your real life and creating your very own virtual one. Four games and countless expansions later, The Sims includes just about every detail you could hope for when piecing together your Sims, their home, and the surrounding neighborhood. So much so that the in-game items are now starting to spill back out into the real world. The Sims 4's Crystal Creations Stuff Pack releases today, and the jewelry you make within it can be yours to wear outside of the game too.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's physics are hilarious. That becomes very apparent very quickly, as it's ridiculously easy for Cloud and the gang to cause chaos wherever they go, sending objects flying all over the place.

Square Enix is known for bringing its Final Fantasy games to PC at some point, so what's happening with Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth? Is the game actually coming to the platform?

Don't worry - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's swimsuits aren't exclusive to Costa del Sol and can actually be unlocked and used in the open world after beating the game.

GamesRadar+ can exclusively reveal that Modiphius, the studio responsible for tabletop adaptations of Star Trek, Fallout, and more, is working on a Discworld TTRPG.

The games joining the PS Plus roster for March have been revealed, and there are four new titles coming if you've got an active subscription. Sifu, Hello Neighbour 2, EA Sports FC 23, and Destiny 2: The Witch Queen are set to arrive on the service on March 5. This also means it's time to say goodbye to the last batch as well. 

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Microsoft’s Xbox Series X rarely goes on sale, so if you’ve been waiting for a discount before you purchase the console, here’s your chance. From its original price of $499, it’s down to $449 from Walmart for savings of $50. We expect the offer to catch the attention of a lot of gamers, so we don’t think the available stocks will last long. If you don’t want to miss this opportunity, you need to add it to your cart and push through with the checkout process as soon as you can.

A 25-year-old ongoing mistake in the franchise is finally being corrected, all thanks to the upcoming release of a new game. The special Pokémon Presents event, held on Pokémon Day 2024, served as a stage for several announcements. Many of the live-service games in the series, such as,, and had news shared about incoming additions. On top of that, Nintendo also announced two new titles:, and a new game called .

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Wrath of the Mutants has been announced for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. The game was previously an arcade only exclusive, and this marks the first time it will be available on console, GameMill Entertainment has stated. The beat-em up allows for solo players to go through the game themselves, or team up in four player co-op.

Shenzhen, February 28, 2024 — OnePlus, a global tech brand, in partnership with acclaimed global interactive entertainment brand HoYoverse, today launched the OnePlus 12R Genshin Impact Edition during MWC.

On paper, Saint Maud and Love Lies Bleeding don't sound like they have very much in common. Other than both being directed by Rose Glass, the former is a quiet horror-esque tale about a nurse who slowly loses her grip on reality after a terrible workplace accident, while the former is a violent, '80s-set romance-thriller packed full of synth-pop anthems.

The Sims 4’s classic HUD layout has been updated with a new feature in the form of a cart icon. Rather than going through the hassle of closing your game to browse the shop, this mechanic allows you to get exclusive packs in-game during your usual Sims binge season.

The Halo TV series’ previous episode left off with Reach under siege, and with Master Chief and the rest of the Spartans doing their best to protect what’s left of the planet. But based on Polygon’s exclusive new clip from episode 5, Chief and his team aren’t out of hot water yet.

Here are the latest games leaving PlayStation Plus as we look at the list of departures for March 2024. There’s a small cluster of favourites being yanked from Sony’s more premium tiers, including a recent Bethesda open world horror and arguably one of the best indie gems of the past decade.

ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive from the two-part BritBox series based on the classic Agatha Christie mystery story. The series is set to debut exclusively on BritBox on Friday, March 1.

One of the biggest draws of the Road House reimagining is the acting debut of MMA fighter and former UFC champion Conor McGregor. However, as he tells Total Film in our new issue, which features Road House on the cover, this is by no means the first film offer he's received. 

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Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max gained immense popularity due to its camera capabilities and integration of a new tetraprism camera which offered 5x optical zoom. Now, Apple has been rumored to include the tetraprism camera in its upcoming iPhone 16 Pro variants too. That means, both of this year's iPhones, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max, will pack these cameras. Check out what the latest leaks have said about the upcoming Apple iPhone 16 series.

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