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Final Fantasy XIV is truly a success story for the ages. After a disastrous launch back in 2010 – albeit one that still has its adherents to this day – producer Naoki Yoshida was brought on board to salvage the sinking ship. His solution was to revamp the entire FFXIV experience, turning it into something

The Sega CD is an oft-overlooked little marvel of a machine. You might know it better as the Mega-CD, since that was the name Sega gave to it in many regions around the world. Whatever you call it, the Sega CD is a CD-based add-on for the Mega Drive (or Genesis, depending on where you

What can be better than having a huge selection of top-class video games at your disposal? Free games are an excellent way for gaming enthusiasts to tap into tons of awesome gaming content without spending a dime. Aside from getting access to a wide range of games from different gaming genres, free-to-play games allow you

World War II is a conflict that sticks indelibly in the popular consciousness. Although this war was arguably just as morally grey as others, it’s clear that the Nazi party and Hitler represent villains towards which the world could unify in their hatred. That probably also explains why there are so many World War 2

The Best Games on Xbox Game Pass – Titles to Wrap Up Your 2021 Gaming Year Xbox Game Pass is a massive success, the subscription service, along with Microsoft’s xCloud gaming, is reshaping the gaming industry. Gamers can access hundreds of titles, and get day-one access to multiple games. The catalog varies wildly between Triple-A,

Ubisoft has come under a lot of criticism in recent years for its formulaic open-world map design. In most Ubisoft games, you start off uncovering just a small amount of the map, climbing towers and gradually revealing more of the game’s explorable area. This is true of Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed, Ghost Recon, Watch Dogs,

“Talent borrows, genius steals” is a quote most often attributed to famous wit Oscar Wilde, although he’s had so many quotes attributed to him that it’s hard to know which ones he actually said. His point was that if you’re smart, you’ll incorporate ideas from other sources into your work, but if you’re really clever,

The Call of Duty series presents an interesting paradox. To an outside observer, the franchise seems merely to tick along, with no particular instalment excelling or causing too much ire. On the other hand, the fanbase is very vocal and very opinionated (as, perhaps, one should expect from any fanbase), with each subsequent Call of

There’s no denying that the Grand Theft Auto series is a phenomenon. Across all of the games in the franchise, GTA has sold well in excess of 350 million units, with the vast majority of that number coming from sales of the astonishingly successful Grand Theft Auto V. Whether you love or loathe these games

How many times have you been playing a game and thought to yourself “I could do better than this”? It’s a statement that, for most of us, almost certainly isn’t true; while we like to fantasise about making our own games, the fact is that we don’t have even the most rudimentary knowledge about how

Here’s a staggering statistic: every year, there can be anywhere from seven thousand to ten thousand games released on Steam. With that many games pouring in (although many of them will, of course, be shovelware to a degree), it’s impossible to play everything, and so the huge, high-profile games often push their way to the

The next generation of console gaming is off to a great start. Whether it’s Sony’s sleek, space-age PS5 or Microsoft’s understated yet immensely powerful Xbox Series X, you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to great gaming experiences. Unfortunately, due to a worldwide chip shortage, it’s been hard for many consumers to actually obtain these