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Octopath Traveler 0 breaks from the original’s format. Instead of playing through eight individual character stories, you create your own character who assists the main heroes as they experience the events unfolding in Orsterra. The game’s structure is vastly different: while you can choose which storylines to follow and in what order at first, the main story quickly becomes linear. Branching paths act as extended introductions to larger, self-contained arcs that feel like separate games, each with its own ending credits.

Square Enix had previously shared the expected resolution and frame rates for Octopath Traveler 0 on various consoles and PC. At the time, it wasn’t clear if those targets applied to both docked and handheld modes on the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. Now, after playing the complete game on most platforms, I’ve been pleased with some versions and underwhelmed by others.

The Move Canbus Hatsune Miku Edition, nicknamed “Miku Canbus 2,” will be released in Japan on December 10, 2025, and it’s quickly becoming known as one of the most elaborate official collaborations with Hatsune Miku this year.

Once December arrives, people everywhere begin preparing for Christmas. This usually involves putting up decorations and Christmas trees, listening to holiday music, and generally embracing a more cheerful spirit.

We’ve all heard it – or maybe even said it ourselves – right before jumping into a game. Whether it’s the start of a Warzone match or a Diablo raid, someone often declares, “Alright, it’s showtime.” But it’s more than just a way to signal the start of play. It’s a mental shift – the moment you switch from relaxing to fully focusing on performing. It’s when you get serious, concentrate, and prepare to use the skills you’ve worked so hard to develop. It’s a universal sign that practice is over, and the real challenge is about to begin.

Bungie, the company that originally made Halo, has been facing some transitions lately. They recently lost their CEO and are now focusing more on their Marathon franchise, though development hasn’t been easy. Despite this, they’re still supporting their popular game, Destiny 2. The new Renegades expansion lets players experience a ‘lightsaber’-like weapon called the Praxic Blade. Getting it requires completing the Fire and Ice quest, which includes some tricky puzzle sections involving orbs.

Valve’s new Steam Frame headset is the company’s first device powered by an Arm processor. To allow it to play games designed for Windows, it uses an open-source program called FEX. It’s now been revealed that Valve wasn’t just using FEX, but actually started the project and has been the main driving force behind its creation. Valve engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais shared this information in a recent interview with The Verge.

A document submitted to Brazil’s competition authority reveals that if PIF were to buy EA, it would own a controlling 93.4% of the company. Silver Lake would have a 5.5% stake, and Affinity would own just 1.1%. Because PIF already invests heavily in both Silver Lake and Affinity, this deal would give it even greater control over EA.

As Time Extension pointed out, a character named Derek Turnbow (played by Jake Connelly) was shown playing the classic arcade game Ghosts ‘n Goblins, originally released by Capcom in 1985, despite the scene suggesting he was playing the NES version.

The new version 1.4 update, titled ‘Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree,’ is now available on Steam. We plan to release it on other platforms soon.