Classic features such as taking enemies hostage as a "meat shield" and duelling with the chainsaw attachments on Lancer assault rifles won't be in Gears of War: E-Day at launch. According to a developer blog from The Coalition, it wasn't possible to build these features out for launch because this prequel was built from scratch, rather than on the bones of previous Gears of War titles.

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The FF11 trial follows in the FF14 trial's footsteps.

As Final Fantasy 7 fans will know, it's 'Gainsborough' because 'Aerith Gainsborough'.

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You know, I'm something of a rodent scientist myself.

Whatever it takes to stave off that pricey upgrade for a few more years.

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Just last week, Marathon's developers laid out a new roadmap for the game that'd bring PvE and deathmatch modes to the game, but now Game Director Del Chafe has reassured fans that the extraction mode will not be sunsetted.

Oh!Ware on Steam slaps a little Slay the Spire onto a 5000-year-old game.

Blizzard might have plans to bring long-requested classes to the spinoff MMO.