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Final Fantasy XIV 4.0 “Stormblood” Notes Revealed

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Final Fantasy XIV‘s long-awaited expansion, Stormblood has been released today for players who pre-ordered the content. It comes with new areas,  jobs/classes and also a major 4.0 update that changes many aspects to the game and how a lot of the classes work. Square Enix has now officially revealed all of the exact changes that will be made to the gameplay elements when it comes to the classes, housing, FATEs and more.

The 4.0 update adds two new major cities with Rhalgr’s Reach and Kugane, also added are new areas like The Fringes and The Lochs. Square has also increased the reward players receive by discovering new areas by giving them more experience points than before. Patch 4.0 has also increased the level cap to 70 for players who have the Stormblood expansion. it will still be 60 for players who do not.

Square Enix has also added new job specific quests for every class in the game and players are required to be level 60 before partaking in these missions. FATEs are having a small change too, in addition to new FATE content, some of them will offer extra experience bonuses depending on when players participate in them. Players will also now be able to complete certain scenario quests that will enable to them to increase the speed of their various ground mounts and will be changed depending what area a player is in.

New player jobs have been introduced to the game with the update. These two new jobs are the Red Mage and the Samurai, both of them being under the category of DPS or Damage-Per-Second. The Red Mage is a class that utilizes magic at a long range but can also come up close with a blade  to perform combos on enemies. The Samurai is a fast, close range DPS job that will utilize a Katana as its weapon.

In addition to the new jobs, Square has also made minor and major changes to class-based abilities for jobs that already exist in the game. For instance, the Paladin job has its tanking stance, “Shield Oath” changed from level 40 to level 30. The White Mage will now gain their healing ability “Cure III” at level 40 instead of level 42. There are changes for all of the game’s jobs and they can be accessed here. 

Final Fantasy XIV Patch 4.0 is currently out but players will need to have the Stormblood expansion to experience most of the new content. Players who do not will still see the class changes and other aspects like the new job gauges for their various roles. The Stormblood expansion will officially be released on June 20, and players who pre-ordered can play right now.

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Sony Has a “Monopoly” on the High-End Japanese Gaming Market, According to a US Senator

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The never-ending saga surrounding Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has a new participant.  Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from the state of Washington, said some things about the subject that were hard to understand.

The senator, whose remarks were reported on by ResetEra, spoke at a Senate finance committee hearing on “the president’s 2023 Trade Policy Plan,” which we are sure was quite interesting.

Senator Cantwell said that she had been told that Sony “controls a monopoly of 98% of the high-end game market” despite the fact that “Japan’s government has allowed Sony to engage in blatant anti-competitive conduct through exclusive deals and payments to game publishers, establishing games that are among the most popular in Japan.”

This 98% statistic is highly deceptive because it ignores PC, Nintendo, and mobile games and instead refers to Sony’s adoption rate over Microsoft in Sony’s native country of Japan, a fact that shouldn’t surprise anyone who is even somewhat familiar with the video game business.

What can we do to rectify these problems and create a level playing field, she said of US Trade Representative Katherine Tai after charging Japan’s Federal Trade Commission with improperly failing to look into this purported “exclusionary conduct”?

It is absurd to claim that Sony has a monopoly on the Japanese video game market, as Luke Plunkett of Kotaku correctly points out, “because Sony doesn’t even have a 98% share of the market for the God of War series, a title they own, as Steam is getting 30% of every sale on PC.”

It goes without saying that we can’t expect elected officials to be experts in every field, but this is a visible step at a time when the ongoing attempt to buy the company is at a very important point.

Is it significant that Microsoft, along with Nintendo, maintains its headquarters in Redmond, Washington—Senator Cantwell’s district—or that Microsoft has given Cantwell more than $500,000 over the past two decades?  Let us leave that up to you.

 

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Eating trash, Pizza Possum destroys the PS5

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Pizza Possum is an arcade action game in which you, a possum, attempt to consume as much trash as you can without being discovered.  It is a web-based sequel to the anarchy simulator Untitled Goose Game.It will eventually be available on the PS5.

We couldn’t help but notice that the possum in the title doesn’t look like the cute Australian possum that comes out at night to visit people.On the other hand, it looks like the horrible North American opossums are the ones that will attack trash cans and cause general chaos.Even though we think the second choice was better in terms of theme, we prefer the first one and are happy to explain why.

Your thoughts on Pizza Possum?  Does it possess the necessary mass appeal to successfully skitter along the back fenceline while setting the dog off in the process?

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The Mercenaries, a free piece of DLC for Resident Evil 4 Remake, launches on April 7

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Resident Evil 4 is now out, and the excellent remake can be bought right away.Even though you probably plan to play it all this weekend, you can take comfort in the fact that The Mercenaries, Resident Evil’s almost-required challenge mode, will be available as free DLC on April 7.

The mode’s exact details are still unknown, but if it’s anything like previous versions, you can expect some pretty hard tasks to test your skills.

You’re stumped about something? If you are still debating whether to purchase Resident Evil 4 Remake, be sure to look at our exhaustive guide for the answer or our in-depth review. Are you spending this weekend playing Resident Evil 4? Are you anticipating The Mercenaries?

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