Amazon's Tomb Raider "huge, huge task", but things are "going well"

Development on the upcoming Tomb Raider game from Crystal Dynamics and Amazon is “going well”.
Amazon announced it would be working alongside Crystal Dynamics on the next Tomb Raider game back in 2022, when it said it would provide its “full support” to the team as it works on “the biggest, most expansive” series entry to date.
Since then, details have been pretty sparse for the upcoming release. In fact, all we really know right now is that it is being made in Unreal Engine 5 and will have “mind-bending puzzles to solve” and a “wide variety of enemies to face and overcome”.

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Square Enix to "further deepen the relationship with Xbox gamers", says Final Fantasy 14's Naoki Yoshida

Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki Yoshida has said Square Enix would like to “further deepen the relationship with Xbox gamers” following the release of the MMORPG on Microsoft’s console.

The game’s arrival on Xbox was announced at the Final Fantasy 14 Fan Fest in Las Vegas last year, where Xbox boss Phil Spencer took to the stage. It then released on 21st March, with latest expansion Dawntrail being the first to release alongside PC and PlayStation.

Speaking to Eurogamer at Gamescom, Yoshida noted players have been “waiting a long time for the Xbox release” but it’s had “a really strong response” with communities growing on the platform.

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Two-thirds of female players still report being harassed when playing online

Two-thirds of female players still report being harassed when playing online.
In a report entitled “Why gaming still has a women problem”, Sky News reflected on the propensity of misogyny and hatred against women in gaming spaces, particularly on Discord and in multiplayer games.

‘It’s scary to be a woman in gaming’: Two thirds of female players report being ‘harassed online’

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