Final Fantasy XVI

The Legend of Zelda, Baldur’s Gate 3 and COCOON Lead Finalists for the 24th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

The finalists for the 24th Annual Game Developers Choice awards, the leading peer-based video game event celebrating the industry’s top games and developers, have been revealed.

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  • The finalists for the 24th Annual Game Developers Choice awards, the leading peer-based video game event celebrating the industry’s top games and developers, have been revealed.
  • The Game Developers Choice Awards are uniquely positioned as the leading video game awards that are nominated by, voted on, and decided by video game developers within the industry.
  • Any video game that was released and made publicly available during the 2023 calendar year is eligible for free nomination for the 2024 Game Developers Choice Awards.
  • As in years past, the Game Developers Choice Awards will be live-streamed alongside the Independent Games Festival Awards on the official GDC Twitch channel .

Final Fantasy XIV fans fear the game's new colonial storyline – here’s why they don’t need to

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

The game’s producer, Naoki Yoshida, announced the expansion at the end of July 2023 during an official fan festival.

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  • The game’s producer, Naoki Yoshida, announced the expansion at the end of July 2023 during an official fan festival.
  • He explained that the story will begin with playable characters being invited to the New World.
  • These concerns about the way in which Latin American history and culture will be reflected in the game are understandable.

Final Fantasy’s track record

    • When asked about the absence of non-white characters, he stated that this was because the game world was based on medieval Europe.
    • Whether intentional or not, this white washing of European history ignores the continent’s racially diverse past – a misconception historians are already struggling to counter.
    • While it’s still too early to tell, Final Fantasy XIV’s story has a track record of taking the historical realities of imperialism seriously, despite its fantasy setting.
    • Like many other games in the series, the plot of Final Fantasy XIV centres around a struggle against the oppressive expansion of an empire.

Changes for Stormblood

    • The game’s second expansion, Stormblood, draws attention to the ways in which local elites have sometimes collaborated with imperial rulers.
    • This is an aspect of imperial history that historians such as Tanja Bührer are keen to analyse.
    • It demonstrates that imperial relationships are not simply static interactions between colonisers and the colonised.
    • Fordola Lupis is an antagonist in the story who serves the Garlean Empire after her home nation, Ala Mhigo, is annexed.

DoorDash Launches Summer of DashPass, Offering Thousands of Savings, VIP Experiences, and Exclusive Drops for the Biggest Savings Event Yet

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Starting June 15th, DoorDash is kicking off its fourth annual Summer of DashPass – five jam-packed weeks of thousands of exciting member-only offers from nearly 200,000 stores nationwide.

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  • Starting June 15th, DoorDash is kicking off its fourth annual Summer of DashPass – five jam-packed weeks of thousands of exciting member-only offers from nearly 200,000 stores nationwide.
  • Plus, throughout Summer of DashPass, consumers will have several chances to win exciting experiences and exclusive items.
  • Through exclusive goodies, awe-inducing experiences, and all kinds of savings to fuel a season’s worth of new stories – the best summer ever is on the horizon.
  • Sign up for DashPass here to ensure you can access Summer of DashPass and other exclusive perks.

Latest PlayStation Showcase Is a Celebration of Gaming Innovation and Legacy, With Numerous Game Reveals, First Details on Project Q Device, and an Extended Look at Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today delighted fans with a PlayStation Showcase packed with exciting content and impressive new game reveals.

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  • Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today delighted fans with a PlayStation Showcase packed with exciting content and impressive new game reveals.
  • The Showcase also offered the first look at the new Project Q device for playing PS5 games via Remote Play and PlayStation’s first official wireless earbuds.
  • Meanwhile, Arrowhead Game Studios took gamers back to a beloved cooperative sci-fi shooter world with Helldivers 2, releasing this year.
  • Fans also got major updates for highly anticipated titles like Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Street Fighter 6, and Final Fantasy XVI.

Global Gaming Market Report 2023: Increasing Proliferation of Mobile Phones is Expected to Propel Growth

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

DUBLIN, May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Gaming Global Market Report 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • DUBLIN, May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Gaming Global Market Report 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The gaming market research report is one of a series of new reports that provides gaming market statistics, including the gaming industry's global market size, regional shares, competitors with a gaming market share, detailed gaming market segments, market trends and opportunities, and any further data you may need to thrive in the gaming industry.
  • The increasing proliferation of mobile phones is expected to propel the growth of the gaming market going forward.
  • The regions covered in the gaming market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa.