A roundup of mysterious, paranormal and strange news stories from the past week.
Category: News
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Genshin Impact Luna 7 brings us the first playable Hexenzirkel as things take a turn in Sumeru
HoYoverse just wrapped up a new Genshin Impact Special Program, where the developer revealed everything there is to know about the game’s next major update. Truth Amongst the Pages of Purana, or as its friends call it, Luna 7, was unveiled as part of the showcase. Read more
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"I sense immense expectations": Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's director on ending the remake trilogy and DLC
Final Fantasy 7 is the game that never seems to end. That's not just because the original PS1 release is filled with things to do, it's because of the subsequent follow-ups that came as part of the Final Fantasy 7 Compilation. It's also because of the whole remake thing that Square Enix has been doing over the past few years, with the third part, Revelation, due out next year. And as hard as it might be to believe, according to director Naoki Hamaguchi, this really will be the end. For the remake trilogy, at least. More or less.
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The Sunday Papers
Sundays are for looking back at the week and honestly just thinking, yeesh, what are you doing, working in an industry that’s succumbed so deeply and so wilfully to moral decay. The publishers sold to executioners. The naked attempts at thought manipulation. The constant, miserable hum of distrust and paranoia produced by a technology that even bedroom modders, once the poster children of earnest DIY enthusiasm, are now using to cut corners and mislead players. God, it's awful.
Thus, in honour of my dire need to spend this weekend thinking about something else – hopefully that being enough time to reset and rediscover some of the medium’s lingering pleasures – here are some quality reads from the past week, absolutely none of which concern games.
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Xbox UK and Europe console price hikes revealed – and it's even worse than we expected
Xbox has finally revealed the price hikes recently rolled out across its hardware, and Xbox consoles in the UK are now between 34 and 49 percent more expensive than they were last month. Read more
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Still no clearance to bring dead Thai vlogger home from Georgia
Still no clearance to bring dead Thai vlogger home from Georgia
The Foreign Affairs Ministry is still awaiting clearance from police investigators in Georgia, in eastern Europe, to return the body of Thai Youtuber Hlun Solo to Thailand for funeral rites.