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Mods, buns, and one big sign If you follow any account tangentially related toFinal Fantasyor the MMORPGFinal Fantasy XIV, you may have seen some recent ruckus about a billboard. Maybe about role-players, nightclubs, or a wall of cat-girls. It’s been a heck of a few days in the world ofFinal Fantasy XIV. But for those who maybe don’t play, or aren’t so plugged into the community, we’ve put together an explainer of what is going on with that billboard....

Through gratuitous violence While theAssassin’s Creed IVmain story focused on a protagonist who was concerned about the pirate life and accumulating wealth, the single player DLC explores a more moving subject — social justice. Of course, such a noble concept could only be achieved through stab stab stab stab stab. “Freedom Cry” follows Adewale, Edward Kenway’s right-hand man, 15 years afterBlack Flagtakes place. Now an assassin, he sets out to liberate slaves from Haitan cities and plantations....

The nextAce Combatis set to come out on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on October 11 in North America and October 14 in Europe.Assault Horizonisn’t just going to be the same oldAce Combatas the series takes on a new gameplay system that makes it look like it will be the best in the series yet. The new story is penned by Jim DeFelice, a New York Times’ bestselling military author....

When all else fails, make something cheaper and people will buy it. It’s some human disease that we are all afflicted with to some degree — the cheaper an item is, the more our sense of bargain hunting convinces us that we should obtain the item “just because” it is so cheap. This is, in fact, the only reason anyone owns a copy ofSneak King. Hot on the heels of the news that the PS3 version ofAlone in the Darkwill have “improvements” on the original 360 version,EB Gameshas listed the upcoming release at $29....

Eyes up, crewmate The officialAmong UsTwitter page has shared a cryptic teaser about an upcoming collaboration, and eagle-eyed fans of a particular space shooter have gathered that it could be referring to Bungie’sDestiny 2. A message reading, “HMMM found an incoming message about some Impostors that might be hiding among a certain fireteam very soon…” was posted tothe game’s Twitter accounton February 21, but had no further information included. Various silhouettes were also featured in an image that accompanied the tweet and the phrase “Eyes up, crewmate....

Have you been keeping up withBaldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition? The official website for the game has worth-seeingnew information, although some of you will only need a release date: for Windows, it’s September 18. Available as a direct download, the game will be $19.99; pre-purchasing cuts $2 off the price and allows you to pre-loadEnhanced Edition. iPad and Mac versions are simply dated for September, while the Android launch date hasn’t been revealed yet....

Steamworks support coming in a separate update The originalBorderlandswas one of the notable titles affected by theshutdown of GameSpy Technologyat the end of May, but 2K said it would eventually use Steamworks in an effort to keep multiplayer going. That’s still coming in a future update. For the time being, Gearbox Software has removed SecuROM copy protection fromBorderlandsand its DLC. Folks who bought the game outside of Steam can also now import their copy....

It’s colorful, at least Ubisoft has shown off a trailer for their upcoming animated show,Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix. I would have been more excited for a game, but that’s just me. This is not that. It is not a sequel toBlood Dragon.It’s a showthat is coming to Netflix this Fall. Far Cry 3: Blood Dragonwas astandalone expansiontoFar Cry 3that, in a rare move for Ubisoft, looked like it was made by people having fun with their work....

It was only a few weeks ago that we had Tyrone Rodrigues, President of Nicalis, publisher of eShop versions ofCave Story,VVVVVV, andNightSkyonSup Holmes. We commanded Tyrone to tell us about everything he was working on, and given the amount of info he dropped on us, I figured he was good for his word. But the bastard was holding out on us. Fromthe sounds of it, Nicalis is also working on bringing Daisuke “Pixel” Amaya’s super-blue shmupGuxtto 3DS as well....

Punch him out in a super fashion Today’s contest features a PSVR copy of workout titleBoxVR! Alright nerds, let’s face the music — we could all use a little more exercise in our lives. Sure, sitting on the couch and getting our Dew and ‘Ritos on kinda rules, but we gotta take care of our bodies a little bit. No, I’m not suggesting any of us go outside, or get a gym membership, or be an insufferable douche who won’t shut up about crossfit....

A living knightmare In today’s contest you may win a Steam copy ofKnight Club +! Let’s hop straight into this one:Knight Club +hit Steam a few weeks ago, improving upon the original game with new mechanics, levels, characters, and balance changes. With great power comes great giveaways! Grab your Members Only jacket and join the competitive multiplayer titleKnight Club! Extree extree, read all about it! KNIGHT CLUB +Is a casual 2-4 player action platform-fighting game that brings traditional fighting game elements into an unlocked, free form movement playstyle....

In a world… Oh, what would the world be like without the overly-dramatic movie announcer voice? A much sadder place, I think. And here we have it helping to outline the plot ofDead Space Aftermath, the new direct-to-video animated feature based on the popular videogame franchise available on DVD and Blu-ray January 25th, 2011. I loveDead Spaceand as much as I want more of it, all of this side stuff is really wearing me out....

Yay free Most of the people I know who boughtDragon Age: Inquisitionare still playing it. Proof positive that the lengthy single-player experience isn’t dead, and not every game needs to be multiplayer. Wait a minute,Inquisitionhas multiplayer too. Uh, this is awkward. So anyways, if you’re still playingthatmode, BioWare has added a free update to the game that mixes up the map a bit. Now you can randomly find wildlife roaming around each arena, which will help you and attack you at will....