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Anime fans around the world wasted no time in paying respect to Akira Toriyama, the prolific mangaka of Dragon Ball, who passed away in the past week due to a blood clot in the brain. With modern anime and games so heavily influenced by the prolific series, Final Fantasy 14 fans were no exception. 

It will take decades for the world to fully unpack all the ways Akira Toriyama shaped our culture. The legendary artist and author, whose death was publicly announced Thursday, was a pioneer in manga, comics, anime, and video games, and his work formed a foundation for everyone in those industries who followed him.

It’s not unheard of for games to feature nods to other games and eagle eyed players of The Sims 4 have noticed a less-than-subtle reference to Final Fantasy XIV’s Shadowbringers expansion in the latest Sims 4 Stuff Pack, Crystal Creations. 

This upcoming indie action RPG is perfect for fans of classic SNES games, as well as those who love cozy life sims like Stardew Valley.

I had over two weeks to play Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and I spent most of the last seven days asking myself: Do I say that I loved this game, or that I hated it? It’s time to put pen to paper and the truth is, I still haven’t decided. I did love this game; I did hate this game. My waking hours not spent on my day job — over 90 such hours, by the time I saw credits — were nothing but this game. “A Lot” is a reductive but justified way of describing it, in every sense of that phrase.

A Disney Dreamlight Valley player made an awesome tribute to British rock band Queen. Known for its customization features, Disney Dreamlight Valley has given many players the tools to personalize their avatars and homes. All while befriending the many Disney characters scattered around the map.

Final Fantasy 14 recently added a new furnishing item that hearkens back to the iconic square grapes from Endwalker’s original release. The Labyrinthos Grape Lamppost outdoor furnishing, added in Patch 6.55, lets Final Fantasy 14 players immortalize the meme outside their homes and Island Sanctuary forever.

A hidden detail in can either be a touching tribute or a disparaging defamation, depending on how it's interpreted. includes many secrets spread throughout its urban sprawl. Night City is a big place, with corporate towers and residential megabuildings all stacked on top of one another. Night City also has a lot of lore, outlining its politics, geography, and of course, its gangs, mercs, and police, in great detail.

Final Fantasy XIV has spurred plenty of memes over the years, though none seem to be as beloved to the community as the low-poly Grapes of Endwalker. Now, in Patch 6.55, you can have your own low-poly Grape tribute through a new lamppost furnishing.  

Baldur’s Gate 3 was released in early access in October 2020, delighting fans eager to get their hands on the highly anticipated game. For Larian Studios forum user Solfalia, it was exceptionally meaningful: Solfalia wrote that his father got him into gaming, and, in particular, they shared an affinity for Baldur’s Gate 2, Divinity: Original Sin, and Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Retroware has officially announced the Programancer developed The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest, a side-scrolling action game based on the questionable Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest. It’s coming to PC, Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox sometime in 2025.

The forthcoming Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will be a tribute to the late Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is crammed full of memorable, moving stories. At least one of those stories extends far beyond the Forgotten Realms into the real world too, as a fan has revealed the heartfelt tribute that developers Larian included to their father - a long-time CRPG player - diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Back in the early access of Baldur's Gate 3, a player by the name of Solfalia wrote a heartfelt thank-you to Larian Studios. His father had been recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and it was unlikely that he would be able to play the full game: «This is more than an Early Access for me, it's another adventure I can go on with my old man and make some good memories.»

Baldur's Gate 3 includes an incredibly touching tribute to a player's father living with Alzheimer's.

A Baldur’s Gate 3 writer has reflected on Larian Studios’ decision to include a tribute in the game to a fan’s father who has Alzheimers, and said they’re “really happy we got to honour the mighty mindflayer hunter.”

With countless different endings and around 100 hours per playthrough, Baldur's Gate 3 is jam-packed with rooms, lines of dialogue, and characters that players might miss. However, one player has shared their especially meaningful experience with one of the game's lesser-known NPCs, and their story is now resurfacing thanks to a recent post from a developer.

The Doctor's new TARDIS, which debuted during the 60th anniversary specials, is full of impressive details, and in the new issue of SFX magazine, we get an exclusive tour. 

Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute will launch for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam on April 25, 2024 in Japan, City Connection announced. The PlayStation 5 version is newly announced.

has introduced a seasonal event called, which allows your character to farm and earn Tribute Tiers for different rewards. Different resources within Sanctuary that directly contribute to your holiday gifts will only show up for a limited time. Anyone looking to get Tribute Tiers for special prizes during the event must scour their map for the right materials.

Baldur's Gate 3 director Swen Vincke has shared his Game Awards acceptance speech in full, after he was cut short at the ceremony last week.

Last night brought a first look at Tales of Kenzera: Zau, a personal project from Abubakar Salim — the voice of Bayek in Assassin's Creed Origins and star of HBO's Raised by Wolves.

For a lot of people, including myself, Kevin Conroy was the Batman. A lot of you might've known him from the Arkham Trilogy—I myself was first introduced to him via Justice League: Unlimited. He was the voice of Batman for over three decades before he died after a short battle with cancer in November last year, age 66. As spotted by Eurogamer, a tribute has been added to the Batman: Arkham Trilogy, though it's only presently confirmed to be on the Nintendo Switch version. Gamingbible editor Ewan Moore posted a screenshot of the tribute on Twitter, which reads: «In memory of Kevin Conroy.»

Fans have spotted a tribute to Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy in the Arkham Trilogy on Switch.

Last week, the Batman: Arkham trilogy zipped onto the Nintendo Switch at long last, bringing Kevin Conroy's turn as the iconic Dark Knight to the world of handheld. There is one extra addition to the game, with, with Warner Bros. Games adding a tribute in his memory to the end credits. following his passing in November 2022.

I'm 40 years old (that's somewhere around 260 in gamer years) which means I grew up in the '80s and '90s, the height of what we now call retro-gaming. And I've got my bona fides - I grew up playing a classic old school Atari console, much like the Atari 2600 that LEGO has recreated as a building set complete with cartridges, controllers, and even some buildable characters from some of the most iconic Atari games, which is currently on sale for Cyber Monday.

Last night's episode of pro wrestling show AEW Dynamite featured a match called the "Like a Dragon Gaiden street fight presented by Sega," and folks, it was even wilder than that name suggests.

An indie developer is paying tribute to his late daughter with an incredibly heartfelt action RPG inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and Earthbound.

Matt LeBlanc has broken his silence on the death of his longtime friend and costar Matthew Perry.

The new ROG Maximus Z790 Hero Eva-02 Edition motherboard from Asus isn't notable for its wealth of hardware features or even the fact that it's been customised with a full blown tribute to the 1990's anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. It's garnered more news than most motherboards do thanks to one simple typo.

The creators of Friends have shared a touching tribute to Matthew Perry, following his death. The 54-year-old was best known for playing Chandler Bing in the long-running sitcom, which ran for 236 episodes. 

Remedy made sure to remember two dearly departed collaborators in the credits of Alan Wake 2.

It looks like a late developer from Marvel's Spider-Man 2 studio Insomniac has been honoured in the Spidey sequel in the form of a sweet mural in the virtual Central Park. 

The unlikeliest comics crossover of 2023 is halfway through its four-issue run, and it's turning out to be a good deal of blood-soaked fun. 

In essential Naughty Dog-adjacent news, Catherine and Hannalee Pervan, mother-daughter duo and co-owners of the One House Bakery (Benicia, California), have crafted a horrifying monument to the iconic Clicker. Famed as the relentless fungal zombies in The Last of Us series, we'd bet this bread one, slathered in butter, probably tastes pretty good.

A skilled Tomb Raider fan has reimagined the series' second game as a 3D side-scroller.

has added a new car as a tribute to famed rally driver Ken Block: the Quadra Type 66 «Hoon.» This particular variant of the Quadra Type 66 has been modified for rally driving, boasting a powerful engine and excellent handling both on and off-road. It also comes with mounted machine guns and armor plating for vehicle combat, making it an excellent choice for cruising the lawless streets of Night City.

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer has paid tribute to PlayStation boss Jim Ryan following the news that the Sony executive will retire from the Japanese gaming giant next year.

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty may have added an in-game tribute to a Chinese fan who sadly passed away before the DLC's release. 

CD Prokekt Red added a reference to the late rally driving and racing game legend Ken Block in Cyberpunk 2077's Update 2.0 after he passed away in January 2023.

Sheldon Menery, the co-founder of the Commander Rules Committee for Magic: The Gathering, is getting his own MTG card. This comes after Menery passed away earlier this month, with the card celebrating the lasting legacy he leaves behind on the series.

Verdansk is gone but not forgotten.

We can all agree that Corpse Bows are probably the worst enemy in Diablo IV. There's nothing more infuriating than being 360 No-Scoped by one of these infernal amalgamations of bone from off screen.

Starfield, Bethesda’s new open-world space RPG has garnered immense praise and positive reviews from both critics and players alike for its detailed stories and impressive scale. Players have enjoyed exploring the expansive universe that Bethesda has crafted, with hidden items and Easter eggs lying around every corner in a chest, dead NPC or just hiding in plain sight. Various players have discovered one bittersweet item, in the form of a note, put in by the developers as a tribute towards a certain gamer, Alex Hay, who had posted on Reddit in early 2023 that he wouldn’t likely be able to play due to his lung cancer and told members of r/Starfield to enjoy the game on his behalf.

Why do all spaceships have to be horizontal? Nevermind the practicality or anything like that, I want to explore space in something a little more vertical. A silo, a tower, perhaps. Or maybe even a ship that is just one very, very long ladder a la Snake.

City Connection has announced side-scrolling action shooter Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC (Steam). It will launch in 2024 worldwide.

With so many to sample year-to-year, there aren’t many games I stick with on a long-term basis. There are a few exceptions to that sweeping statement, though, and I count both Final Fantasy XIV and Baldur’s Gate 3 as my current ride-or-dies. And as I’m lost venturing further into the weeds of Faerun, I’m still keeping up with my FFXIV dailies. So what happens when we combine both?

Starfield includes a bittersweet tribute to a long-time fan who never got to play the game.

Starfield includes a heartfelt tribute to – and from – a fan who died before the game was released.

Bethesda Game Studios added a sweet tribute in Starfield dedicated to a fan who passed away before the game's release.

I suspect players are going to be finding little references and additions in Starfieldfor some time to come, but they've already found the one most likely to make me cry. Bethesda has slipped in a tribute to Alex Hay, a long-time fan of games like Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, and the Fallouts who died of cancer several months ago, and whose disappointment at not being able to make it to Starfield's release date was preserved in his viral Reddit thread from earlier this year.

Starfield contains an in-game tribute to a fan who sadly passed away before the game's launch.

In the shadow of Starfield, it seems like the Baldur's Gate 3 hype train might finally be beginning to slow, but its own legacy is just beginning. Larian Studios' success seems to have surprised even the developers themselves, with the studio's lead writer paying tribute to the giants upon whose shoulders they stood to get here.

The wrestling world is in mourning and paying tribute to Bray Wyatt after the former WWE Champion passed away at the age of 36.

episode 1 ends with “For our friend Ray,” an homage to the late actor Ray Stevenson who portrayed Baylan Skoll in the Disney Plus series. But what does “For our friend Ray” mean? And do we know how Ray Stevenson died? Here’s what you need to know.

Ahead of Starfield's launch, game director Todd Howard has paid tribute to Bethesda's hits of the past.

A Baldur’s Gate 3 fan has shown their appreciation for the game by blowing up a significant portion of it. It seems that developer Larian Studios is a fan of solving problems with explosives, as the company’s official Twitter account shared the vid, giving the whole world ideas about solving problems with barrels full of magical dynamite.

It’s hard to imagine that we’re finally almost ready to receive Starfield. Developers are likely still making some adjustments. But the game is nearing its release fast, and it’s easily one of the biggest anticipated titles of this year. While we’re still waiting for that launch date, one developer behind the game looks back at the time spent creating this title. Recently Emil Pagliarulo took to Twitter and offered a tribute to a developer that had recently passed away. 

Starfield lead designer and writer Emil Pagliarulo has spoken about one of the game's quests which he says he's "really psyched for players to experience". The quest was created with Eric "Ferret" Baudoin, who was also working as a senior designer on Starfield before he sadly passed away in October last year.

Baldur's Gate 3's lead writer has paid tribute to the two previous games developed by BioWare in the D&D series, and says he hopes that Larian Studios has made its original developers proud.

For sports fans, one of the most important days of the year before the new season begins is when they find out their team schedule. It might sound like a basic thing, but it’s a big deal for sports fans. Your team’s schedule is the “preview” that can help you know just how well your squad will do and, potentially, what games you might want to shoot for ticket-wise. Due to the “ambiance” of the moment, many teams like to do some “fun things” to announce the schedule, and the Chicago Bulls are no different. They went really retro with their schedule announcement and have laid out a challenge that many teams will have to step up to.

Twin Peaks, the beloved mystery serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, has been the inspiration for several video games since the show first premiered in 1990. From Deadly Premonition and Alan Wake to Kentucky Route Zero and more, countless games have paid homage to the cult classic TV series centered on Special Agent Dale Cooper’s investigation into the murder of high school girl Laura Palmer in the quiet town of Twin Peaks, Washington.

Garena Free Fire redeem codes for August 6: Garena Free Fire, the popular multiplayer battle royale game has been developed by 111 Dot Studios. The virtual battle royale game is known for its amazing layout and engaging gameplay that involves 50 players playing a 10-minute round. Those who survive till last become winners. The players here need to acquire in-game characters and items for their survival. These items and characters can be bought via in-game currency i.e., Diamonds. Players can acquire diamonds either by spending real cash or there are some alternative methods like daily redeem codes that are released by the game itself. The developers have issued a set of FF daily redeem codes that you can use to get rewards and diamonds. This will help you to build your armory, without having to spend actual money.