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The hype train for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth already left the station with the surprise launch of a demo earlier this month. Before pulling into the final station on February 29, 2024, Square Enix is making a quick stop for Valentine’s Day. After all, what says love like subconsciously stealing the identity of a girl’s dead, but now not dead, boyfriend while also being oblivious to the affections of your childhood friend?

We have prepared a Guide explaining each step of the process of unlocking the new Epic Crafted Gear Recipes inside Gnomeregan. You'll need to get your hands on Pristine G-7 C.O.R.E. Processor, which this guide will walk you through, similar to the process of unlocking the Void Touched Gear in Phase 1. Gnomeregan Crafted Gear Guide

Looking for answers to all of the school and exam questions in Persona 3 Reload? Well, you've come to the right place. In this Persona 3 Reload guide, we're going to list all of the correct answers that you'll need to know if you want to reap the various benefits of being the brainiest kid in class.

Looking for information on all Social Links in Persona 3 Reload? In this Persona 3 Reload guide, we'll be detailing all of the game's Social Links — otherwise known as the characters that you're able to forge a friendship with. Some Social Links are unlocked automatically as the story progresses, while others require a bit more social maneuvering.

Alongside the launch of the new trailer for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, actor Owen Teague has revealed the research and training process that had to be undertaken to tackle the physical new role – including six weeks of ‘ape school’ and some intriguing animal encounters. Which was quite the challenge given that the cast were mostly new to motion-capture performance work.

Jagex Limited has been acquired for the fifth time in its 25-year history, prompting fans to joke through another corporate shakeup.

Have you suffered an “involuntary career event” recently? Perhaps you were a casualty of “corporate outplacing,” the unfortunate, yet ostensibly necessary result of your company “rightsizing.” Managers are running out of ways to say you no longer have a job. Layoffs in the first month of 2024 have left tens of thousands without jobs, with the tech industry alone cutting 32,000 roles. The way the bad news is delivered is more important than ever, as companies fear being canceled on social media after a poorly executed final conversation. Executives are using all kinds of euphemisms to avoid being straightforward with their employees.

Until Then is an indie game with unexpectedly profound things to say and a breathtaking art style set among Philippine-inspired landscapes. Don’t mistake its simplistic controls for a lack of substance—from its addictively mundane minigames to its meaningful look at healing from trauma. This game has the potential to stand among the classics in the narrative adventure genre.

Portal para Dalaran interviewed combat design leads Jade Martin and Rodney Pare about the upcoming Frostfire Hero Talent tree. New Hero Talent Reveals — Priest, Hunter, Druid, Mage

Back in 2014, California-based Night School Studio was set up by Disney and Telltale vets Sean Krankel (right) and Adam Hines (far right). The duo's debut was 2016's Oxenfree, with the company also releasing a mobile title based on hit television show Mr Robot that same year.

It’s been 19 years since The Office premiered on NBC and ruined my life. Not because I hate the show — I love all the good episodes and loathe all the bad ones — but because its massive, still-ongoing success has meant lots of sitcoms in the ensuing decades have adopted its mockumentary format. I’ve liked plenty of those shows, from the sitcom-y What We Do In the Shadows to the more straight-faced Cunk on Earth. But sometimes the limits of the format are more pronounced than the benefits. That’s how I’ve felt about Abbott Elementary lately, and its third season premiere continued to make me wish that the cameras were not a character in the show.

Usually, when you’re planning what movie to watch on Valentine’s Day, a few genres come to mind: romantic comedies, period romances, or tear-jerker dramas. That’s all fine and dandy — but some of us want a splash of horror in among the romance, something a bit quirkier and edgier to wash down those candy hearts.

Horror as a mode or genre encompasses a vast range of styles and approaches from the quiet and creepy to the over-the-top splatterfest. As a self-confessed horror fan, I’m generally pretty open-minded when it comes to different iterations of the form. The one exception to this, however, is the seemingly ubiquitous ‘YouTube’ horror game which relies almost entirely on jump scares and is mostly pitched towards overly performative streamer reactions. That being said, there are some excellent games within this rough genre, with the Amnesia series and Alien: Isolation standing supreme so I was hoping to be pleasantly surprised by Evil Nun. In the end, what I got was perhaps the very definition of an empty streamer experience.

No matter how often the argument resurfaces, we aren’t really running out of movie stars — especially not as far as fandom is concerned. There are still plenty of actors out there with devotees who eagerly track their faves from project to project. Jenna Ortega has built that kind of following, from her child-actor phase as a Disney TV stalwart to playing young Jane on Jane the Virgin, the title role in Netflix’s Wednesday, and one of the new crop of knife-fodder-to-be in the Scream reboot series. Her fans have been vocal about the excitement of seeing her take on more adult, more independent, and more ambitious roles. But they’re going to have an interesting time figuring out how to swallow her new movie, Miller’s Girl.

The popular streaming platform Twitch has recently issued its eighth ban to Amouranth, a well-known streamer boasting over 6 million followers. Surprisingly, the community's reaction has taken a light and humorous tone. Many members express a prevailing belief that Amouranth's return to Twitch will be swift, giving rise to playful banter and jokes about the expected predictability of her reappearance on the platform.

A Final Fantasy 14 fan determined to solo the MMO under self-imposed restrictions akin to Old School RuneScape's Ironman rules thought they were beaten when reaching a trio of once-optional 24-man raids that's become mandatory to progress the story quest.

Anticipated mobile gacha game, Love Live! School Idol Festival 2 Miracle Live finally had its release date announced on Twitter. The very same post confirmed the game will only be live for about three months.

A Harvard College graduate trying to win a seat on a prestigious alumni council won backing from one of the school's most famous dropouts: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. Sam Lessin, a venture capitalist who once worked at Zuckerberg's social media giant, began campaigning last month for the Board of Overseers — a group that counsels university leadership on plans, priorities and strategic initiatives. Lessin said Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, would join him on a Zoom call Friday to discuss his effort to get on the overseers ballot as a write-in candidate. 

Are you tired of long-running live service games with no end in sight? Well, Bushiroad’s Love Live! School Idol Festival 2 MIRACLE LIVE! isn’t just getting a global launch date; it’s also getting a global closure date, at the same time.

This news is a bit of a bummer but quite amusing at the same time! Bushiroad and KLab Games dropped one-of-a-kind news, the global launch date of Love Live! School Idol Festival 2 along with its end of service date. Probably the first time in the history of video games ever, the announcements of the launch of a title and its EOS have been dropped together.

Jujutsu Kaisen’s second season just wrapped up this past December, earning the series its second Anime of the Year nomination at this year’s Crunchyroll Anime Awards after taking home the award back in 2021. The story of Yuuji Itadori, a physically gifted high schooler turned jujutsu sorcerer (think exorcist) in training, has struck a chord among anime fans and discerning critics alike. In her review for Polygon, Chingy Nea went so far as to champion Jujutsu Kaisen’s first season as “the first shonen about modern humanity.”

Imagine waking up in the dead of night with nothing but a sign pointing you to a “graduation examination center.” It sounds like a typical school thing, right? But wait, there’s a twist – it’s not your regular cap-and-gown ceremony; it’s a test for your life! That’s what you face in the suspenseful world of Truth Of Blood: Thriller Otome – an interactive thriller story game that’ll keep you on the edge of your seat.

Like most queer people who went to high school in the early 2000s, I lived for the lesbian romance of But I’m A Cheerleader and combed through other women-led movies like Charlie’s Angels and Josie and the Pussycats for queer subtext. And yet somehow, I missed out completely on a lesbian spy comedy called DEBS, written and directed by Angela Robinson (The L Word, True Blood).

Glen Powell is a god damn star, and soon Netflix’s Hit Man will be here to prove it. The new sort-of romantic comedy from School of Rock director Richard Linklater got its first full trailer on Monday, along with a release date. Hit Man played festivals last year, but it won’t be hitting Netflix until June 7.

The newest puzzle is available from the games section and today's answers shouldn't be too difficult for most fans of the word-grouping game. Unlike other days many of today's seem to make sense right away and most word groups don't seem to mix well with the other categories, making today's answers a bit easier than most.

Nobody is surprised that Palworld turned into a big hit. Gamers love Pokémon, guns, and surviving. It should come as no big surprise that a game that competently mixes those elements is doing well.

January 1st, 2024 saw one of the most devastating earthquakes in recent Japanese history — the most damaging and powerful one since the famous Tohoku Earthquake in 2011. At 7.6 in magnitude, the earthquake caused a lot of structural damage, along with loss of life and injury. While it is easy to get depressed just thinking about the situation, one mangaka is using his voice to encourage and comfort.

If a ‘price to performance’ gaming laptop is what you are after, you will be pleased to learn that the MSI Katana 15 has dropped back to its lowest price of $1,199.99 on Amazon. There were occasions when the portable powerhouse was hovering around the $1,215 to $1,249 mark, but now, the latest deal becomes a significantly sweeter option for those who wish to replace their desktop with something that they can carry around with them at school, or their favorite coffee shop.

UK Parcel firm disables AI chat after poetic bot critiques customer service; AI flags patients pre-surgery alcohol risks, outperformed diagnosis codes; California community unveils AI tech to prevent School shootings; Mark Zuckerberg's open source AGI sparks concerns among experts- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look.

The growth of artificial intelligence means young people should be learning how to think critically and have good judgment, rather than developing coding skills, according to one of New York's top bankers. “I'm not sure, if I was advising my kids, that learning how to be great coders is going to matter in 10 years,” Centerview Partners LLC co-founder Blair Effron said in an interview with Bloomberg TV's David Westin. “What will matter is: Do you have judgment? Do you have an ability to think critically and ask questions that need to be asked?”

There are laptop deals for various purposes such as work or school, so it only makes sense that you should invest in a gaming laptop if your primary goal is to play the best PC games. If you want the best of the best, it’s highly recommended that you take advantage of HP’s offer for the HP Omen 16. From its original price of $2,000, it’s down to $1,500 — it’s still not what you’d call affordable, but it’s actually a steal when you consider the power under its hood. You’ll have to act fast if you want the $500 in savings though, as the bargain may be gone as soon as tomorrow.

Nightingale wasn’t always a shared-world survival crafting RPG. Though it’s always retained its gaslamp fantasy flair during its nearly five years in development, at one point, Nightingale could have been an MMO. That change came from the natural progression of developer Inflexion’s preferences and vision, but much more has changed because of consistent, constructive feedback from thousands of players during closed alpha playtests over the last year.

In their quest to complete just one tab of Old School RuneScape's herculean item collection log, one MMO player has robbed the members of a notorious cult of racists 500,000 times and looted an impressive collection of chickens, shrimp, daggers, axes, and much, much more. 

In my bedroom, I have a drawer lovingly dubbed my «drawer of sentimentality.» There's a hat signed by various members of my favorite bands of a 2010s Warped Tour, tickets to some of my favorite movies, sticks from my last year on drum line in high school, and cards. Birthday cards, Christmas cards, «just because» cards, ones I got for graduating high school, ones I got for graduating college – So. Many. Cards. I struggle to throw cards away with personal greetings. I struggle to throw out anything that means something to me, even more than a decade later, so my sentimental stuff lives in a single drawer to keep me in check. 

My sister introduced me to Homestar Runner via Strong Bad Email #48 “Ghosts.” That was back in 2002, and I remember spending the rest of the evening watching everything else on the site. Then, I watched basically everything that The Brothers Chaps, Mike and Matt Chapman, put on the site from then on. Homestarrunner.com became as much of a friend to me as any of the actual humans who surrounded me during my high school days.

It’s no secret that the Polygon staff loves to read. We’re genre agnostic, with tastes spanning categories such as mystery, science fiction and fantasy, literary fiction, romance, and even nonfiction, and we love manga and comics, too. But we’re also sympathetic to how hard it is to find time to do it. By the time the workday is over, you might be too exhausted to consume words on the page — or maybe you’re a parent, working hard to take care of yourself and your family. It also can be difficult to focus, with endless emails, texts, and social media notifications taking up brain space or needing immediate attention.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet arrived a little less than half-baked and buggier than any of the franchise’s previous mainline entries. But for all of the glitches, frame rate dropping, and straight-up crashes that plagued players as they first began exploring the Paldea Region, the promise of new DLC content gave many hope that the games would get some much-needed polish in due time.

Tekken 8 is the next entry in one of gaming's longest-running storylines, with the Mishima family's successional feud stretching back three whole decades, but the series is still introducing all-new fighters after all this time. 

Looking for the best microwave for your family to save time and energy? Microwave ovens have become an integral part of modern kitchens, offering convenience and versatility for a variety of cooking tasks. In this comprehensive analysis, we will explore the features and specifications of different microwave ovens from popular brands, catering to diverse household needs. Remember that microwave ovens benefit users through their being energy efficient as well as versatile as you can put them to a huge number of uses, each with a special setting. 

In September 2023, the eccentric, larger-than-life folks cast for Season 10 of reality TV show 90 Day Fiancé were revealed. Among them was now-30-year-old Kentucky resident Clayton, matched with 26-year-old Anali of Peru. While it wasn't immediately obvious, it's since become abundantly clear that Clayton is a hardcore Old School RuneScape player – a 20,000-hour type of hardcore player. The MMO's community pounced on the news back in November, and after a new episode which aired on January 7, Clayton's story has once again become a legendary meme factory. 

Old School Runescape players are on another level, man. The game's flooded with zero-sum games where the house always wins: yet compared to the person who gathered 1 million of the same crappy fish, this is small pennies. Despite this, I'm still somehow surprised whenever somebody goes so far out of the way just to prove a point.

When Old School RuneScape player IcarusLives made a new character on the MMO, they had just one plan in mind: farming. Their new Ultimate Ironman account, locked out of trading with other players or even banking their own items, would be a Farming-only skiller account – already a catastrophic commitment in and of itself. Their new name? Is Farmer. Beautiful.

One of the biggest ironies for AEW Fight Forever is that the game was in production for so long that not everyone within the game is the same as they were when development started. For example, multiple members of the game’s roster are now not a part of the title, like Cody Rhodes and Jade Cargill. Then, in the case of Toni Storm, she’s not exactly the “same person” she was when work started on her character model. We’ll explain as we show you the reveal video for Toni Storm while you watch a narration by Toni Storm!

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Outside of a brief internet cafe dalliance back in the early 2000s, I haven't played much RuneScape, either in its modern or old-school forms. But maybe I should, because Old School RuneScape continues to generate tales of triumph, tragedy, fantasy cop-befuddlement, and jaw-dropping luck.

There's no denying that Hogwarts Legacy was one of the biggest games of last year, with millions of Harry Potter fans jumping at the chance to enrol in that iconic wizarding school and unravel a mystery decades before The Boy Who Lived was even born.

Amongst all the laptop refreshes, monitor reveals and general CES 2024 tomfoolery, occasionally a product stands out as something a little bit different. Lenovo might be known more for its laptops and pre-built desktop machines than its peripherals, but today it announced a new proof of concept keyboard and mouse that may well be an indicator of how our wireless accessories might work in the very near future. 

It’s funny how a few years can change things. At one point in time, the Harry Potter franchise was one of the biggest and most profitable media series in the entire world. Then, things started to change after the main series wrapped up its main book line and movie adaptations. First, they tried to do spinoff movies based on an entirely different wizarding period, which heavily backfired on them. That’s not even mentioning what happened with series creator J.K. Rowling. But then, in 2022, things changed with the arrival of a certain video game you might have heard of: Hogwarts Legacy.

For only the second time in seven years, a lucky player has claimed one of the rarest MMO drops ever: a 1-in-100 million gem in Old School RuneScape. 

Wordle 922 answer for January 8: Wordle players have enjoyed a good start to 2024 with straightforward answers on most days. While January 4's answer was quite puzzling, the rest of the Wordle puzzles have had relatively easy answers such as LUNGE, AGING, and TWIRL. Today is another such instance where the Wordle 922 answer can be guessed without too much fuss! That said, new players can find it a bit difficult to guess in the limited number of attempts, especially without hints. But worry not! We've got your back. If you wish to avoid breaking the winning streak, check Wordle 922 hints, and clues here and scroll down to the very end if you'd like to view the answer to today's puzzle.

Hewlett Packard is kicking off 2024 with all new Spectre x360 14- and 16-inch, and Omen Transcend 14-inch laptops. And since they're all powered by Intel's latest Meteor Lake processors, AI is a major feature in every model. But that won't mean Windows Copilot is in charge of it all, as HP feels cloud-based AI isn't the best solution for privacy or power efficiency.

To my mind, the aesthetic of Games Workshop's original tabletop wargame Warhammer Fantasy Battle can be summed best by a Monty Python quote. It's the bit in Holy Grail where a commoner says he can tell Arthur must be a king because «he hasn't got shit all over him.»

The upcoming year on television is full of exciting new shows to jump into, whether it’s The 3 Body Problem, Shōgun, The Veil, or Manhunt. But once you get into all the returning shows, the 2024 lineup gets daunting. Sure you can start House of the Dragon, Silo, or Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power with just one season of homework to catch up, and shows like True Detective: Night Countryand Orphan Black: Echoes you can jump into with no previous knowledge of the series — but what happens when a show’s going into its fourth or fifth season. How do you know if the commitment is worthwhile?

OpenAI boss Sam Altman will not appear at the CES trade show in Las Vegas next week. But the generative artificial-intelligence fever his startup set off last year will be on full display as gadget makers race to find consumer uses for the technology.

The intro cinematic for Persona 3 Reload has been released by Atlus, and it's as bold and stylish as fans of the series have come to expect.

Our individual Game of the Year articles allow our lovely team of writers to share their own personal PS5 and PS4 picks for 2023. Today, it's the turn of editor Sammy Barker.

Have you or someone you know been a victim of fraud? If so, that's not unusual. The UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported a rise of 25 per cent in the number of fraud offences in 2021 compared to 2020 in the UK. Representing over 40 per cent of all crimes against individuals, fraud is the most common crime in the UK.

An undergraduate engineering degree costs a lot of money: about $44,072 for a state school, $144,524 for a private one. To recoup that cash, you’re going to want to attend one of the schools whose graduates earn the most. 

Hexworks’ Lords of the Fallen has a lot going on, from the different classes and abilities to shifting between Axiom, the Land of the Living, and Umbral, the Land of the Dead. In a new feature by IGN, we’re also introduced to the three schools of magic – Umbral, Radiant and Rhogar. Each requires a catalyst to wield.

Over the course of our month long coverage of Lords of the Fallen, we’ve dived deep into the Umbral/Axiom dual realm mechanic, went over some vital combat tips, and talked about the ways in which the developers at Hexworks are aiming to innovate upon the standard Soulslike formula. But one important element that we’ve only briefly touched upon has been the magic system of the game. And so, let’s correct that oversight and breakdown how magic works in Lords of the Fallen.

Punch Club 2: Fast Forward is the long-awaited sequel to the 2016 management sim. While the core of Punch Club’s systems remain the same, Punch Club 2 adds some depth by tying different fighting schools into various jobs you work throughout the game.