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Yusuke Naora (FFXV art director) Resigns From Square Enix

This news comes from his Twitter account translated by a NeoGaf user. Yusuke Naora of Square Enix has resigned from his post as Art Director.

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_-EDMIX-_3188d ago

Well that sucks, he did a wonderful job on all of the final fantasies that had modern steampunk type settings.

I might be stretching but I wonder if this indicates that Final Fantasy 16 is going to be set in a universe similar to Final Fantasy 9, 12 etc.

Becuzisaid3188d ago

It would definitely be interesting to see if they could pull off an old school style final fantasy - art style, not gameplay. Those days are basically gone I think for the main numbered series. I have such high regard for ff9 though that I can't see any final fantasy to be able to top it.

_-EDMIX-_3188d ago

It would surprise me if the theme of the next Final Fantasy is going to be similar to the older titles or Final Fantasy 9 or 12.

I don't know if they'll do a high-tech modern version again in a while.

I think people need to remember that Final Fantasy 15 was still supposed to be Final Fantasy 13 versus. For all we know Square did not want to make 2 high tech modern final fantasies back-to-back and may want to return to an older style.

I love both styles.

Gamefan793188d ago (Edited 3188d ago )

I've been around along time thru various game changes. Atari to nes to snes to psx to now. True, the old style RPG's are over. I'd love to see ff16 have a big open world with towns and people to talk to. To me, ff13 and up are too much action. They don't have the same feel to the story. We need a branching story and put the role back into roleplaying. You need action but not all action. 13 didn't even have towns, smh

_-EDMIX-_3188d ago

Wouldn't that be crazy if he went to SEGA go to work on the Atlus series of RPGs like shin Megami tensei or persona?

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Rematch is "chasing credibility" but not realism like rival EA FC

Pocket Tactics sits down with Rematch’s creative director, Pierre Tarno, to discuss why Sloclap moved away from Sifu to chase something new.

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Sony Faces Class Action in the Netherlands Over Allegedly Inflated PlayStation Store Prices

Mass Damage & Consumer Foundation in the Netherlands has filed a class action against Sony for inflating PlayStation Store prices.

dveio1d 20h ago (Edited 1d 20h ago )

My personal opinion:

Manufacturers and publishers have indeed inflated the industry.

From $700 million development costs for games like Call of Duty, to digital (store) prices for games and DLCs, online multiplayer fees on consoles (why can you play Helldivers 2 online for free on PC but not consoles?) or still preventing sell/lend digitally purchased games.

Sometime in the future, this bubble will collapse.

They should know better, but they just can't help themselves and suck even the last penny out of our wallets.

BeHunted1d 17h ago

Because Sony knows people will be forced to pay those prices for single player and multiplayer games, not everyone prefers PC gaming. Sony also has a monopoly on PlayStation digital games. In 2019, they stopped allowing retailers and game key sellers to sell PlayStation digital games, making them available only through the official PlayStation Store

anast1d 20h ago

The Dutch gov. wants a piece of the pie.

Eonjay1d 19h ago

They should be suing the individual publishers increasing the prices to $80 instead of suing the store. There are plenty of publishers still selling game for like $50 with much success (like E33). But this proves that the publishers are the ones setting the prices.... so again nothing changes because they aren't even going after the main offender. How is suing Sony going to make Microsoft not charge $80 for the next COD? Sony being the number one store in the market doesn't mean that publisher have to charge us an arm and a leg. Again the industry is laughing at us because consumers never get real representation. Just these fake platitudes that are meaningless.

BeHunted1d 17h ago

"How is suing Sony going to make Microsoft not charge $80 for the next COD"

Because Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly, I can purchase Call of Duty at a huge discount from CDKeys or other gaming retailers. The only way to purchase digital PlayStation games is through the PlayStation Store.

djl34851d 16h ago

Weird, I swore GoW, Stellar Blade, Horizon Zero Dawn, TLoU, etc. were on the steam store....uh.....

BeHunted1d 13h ago (Edited 1d 13h ago )

@djI3485

I'm talking about PlayStation games that you can only purchase on PlayStation. I can purchase Steam and Epic games from 3rd party retailers and key stores.

"Sony to stop selling full-game download codes at retailers"

https://www.videogamer.com/...

Killer2020UK1d 17h ago

About time. There is zero fair reason why digitally distributed products that you cannot recoup any value when you want to dispose of them, should be priced higher than that of physical copies that entail all of the costs and the benefits of owning.

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Cancelled Batman Game Featuring Damian Wayne Character Designs Surface

"Project Sabbath" was a cancelled Batman game by WB Games Montreal where Damien Wayne was set to take on the mantle of the Bat.

Terry_B3d ago

Its time Damian ...and his mother too & how his son came to be will be a big part in a background story of a Batman movie, series or game.

-Foxtrot3d ago

I'd have rather seen Terry than Damian especially to see what they could have done with Terry in the Arkhamverse

excaliburps2d ago

No, WB doesn't want anything fun since suits want live service garbage for max revenue. LOL!

Shame. If we are getting any Batman games like these, it'll be years away.

LordStig1d 14h ago

YES! make an Arkham game with Terry as Batman and call it Batman Beyond Arkham.

Green-Smurf1d 22h ago

Damian doesn't follow his dad's code. He kills

Babadook71d 21h ago

Not to be confused with Damon Wayans.

jznrpg1d 21h ago

I’m not a big superhero fan but I do enjoy the Batman and SpiderMan games. Too bad this one got cancelled. WB has been mostly shite live service.

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