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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is not only a fascinating retelling of one of gaming’s most beloved titles — it’s also among the most feature-rich games of this generation. From vast open areas to explore that teem with activities to densely populated cities and tense dungeons, there’s at least 100 hours worth of content to uncover here if you’ve got the time and energy to complete it all. As you work through the game, you’ll find that a surprising amount of this playtime sees you engaging with minigames, both to advance…

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth received an in-depth look at PlayStation's latest State of Play showcase, where publisher Square Enix announced that a demo for the game will be made available Wednesday on the PS5. The playable demo, currently available to download on the PlayStation Store, will allow players to take control of both the protagonist Cloud Strife and the antagonist Sephiroth in an early section of the game. Along with the announcement, Square Enix also debuted an 11-minute-long gameplay footage from the upcoming…

The games available are Daily Solitaire, The Daily Crossword, Angry Birds Showdown, Merge Pirates, Farm Land, Words of Wonder, Endless Siege, 8 Ball Billiards Classic, and Brain Out. In an effort to lure users to subscribe to its paid Premium service, Google-owned YouTube has rolled out a collection of mini-games — called “Playables”, offering more than 30 mini-games that can be played instantly, without the need for any downloads.The games can be played on Android, iOS and desktop.To begin, users can…

In September 2023, YouTube first announced that it was bringing gaming to its platform with its new Playables segment. It was considered a move back into gaming for Google after it stopped its Stadia gaming service in January 2023. After two months since it began testing the feature with a select group, YouTube Playables is finally here and it has been launched with more than 30 mini-games or arcade-like games. Some of the titles include Angry Birds Showdown, Brain Out, Daily Solitaire, The Daily Crossword, and more.…

Ranking all the best mini-fantasies within Final Fantasy As many of you may already know, Final Fantasy XVI will feature exactly zero minigames. That’s a fairly disappointing aspect of a game that’s not even out yet, so we believe an eulogy is due, right now. Much like the plots from the various games in the Final Fantasy series, most of the franchise’s awesome minigames also do not carry over from game to game. It’s time we take a look at the most memorable ones and perhaps hope Square Enix ports them all to Final…

Come on down to the Gold Saucer I don’t know if you’ve heard, but Final Fantasy XVI is coming out in a few months, and producer Naoki Yoshida has had a lot to say about it. Yoshida, along with director Hiroshi Takai, combat director Ryota Suzuki, and localization director Michael-Christopher Koji Fox had a very interesting chat with Destructoid. You really should go read it. But I’m a little more interested in something Yoshida said in an interview with Gematsu. During that interview, Gematsu’s Sal Romano asked whether…

Like a river full of salmon, my love runs deep Within my all-encompassing obsession with farming/community simulators, there is yet another obsession, like the layers to an onion: I cannot stop playing the fishing mini-games. My current Stardew Valley save is set on the fishing-friendly river farm, most of my Dreamlight Valley villagers give me a fishing bonus, and the aquarium was the first part of the museum that I completed in Animal Crossing: New Horizons by a country mile. In spite of my fascination with these mini…

Basketball Parry is back on deck Breaking noses, chucking Hadokens, and staring at a dancing array of tweety birds is all well and good, but what is a World Warrior to do on their downtime? Capcom’s Street Fighter 6 aims to answer that question, offering a selection of mini-games to enjoy while your shoulder resets. As glimpsed during last week’s pre-order trailer, Street Fighter 6‘s single-player World Tour mode will see the player’s custom character wandering the Street Fighter universe — training with Luke, chowing…

TODAY'S BEST DEALSAfter the perfection that was Kirby and the Forgotten Land released this last March, I thought we wouldn't see another Kirby game until at least next year. But apparently, Nintendo had other ideas in mind for the puffball's 30th anniversary. Kirby's Dream Buffet rolled out this week with hardly any preamble, which makes sense. It's a fun little multiplayer game that only costs $15 and allows up to four players to compete against each other on food-themed tracks. Various colored Kirbys work to beat each…

The Greatest Trailer in The History of Our Sport During its THQ Nordic Digital Showcase 2022 presentation, the publisher dropped a new trailer for its upcoming pro-wrestling title AEW: Fight Forever, which is currently in development at studio Yuke’s. The trailer, which contains far more “skit” than it does “gameplay” sees veteran announcer Tony Schiavone settle on the couch with the inimitable Dr. Britt Baker D.M.D, (I hope y’all did the little hand gesture), as the duo (pretend to) battle it out in All Elite…