2023 is almost over, and there’s certainly an argument to be made that it may be one of, if not the best year in video games. That’s based on the number of quality games released over the last 12 months, of course, not the record-breaking number of layoffs - another area where it might also be a “winner.”
]]>Forspoken for really cheap in Black Friday is great, actually.
]]>Square Enix and Luminous Productions have released a video showing off the first DLC for Forspoken, In Tanta We Trust.
]]>Story DLC is coming to Forspoken in May. Titled In Tanta We Trust, it is a prequel to the main game.
]]>Forspoken may have had a budget of over $100,000,000, according to the LinkedIn page of a former member of the Luminous Productions team.
]]>An update for Forspoken was released yesterday and features Quality of Life updates, new settings, and graphical improvements.
]]>Square Enix has announced it will merge its wholly owned subsidiary Luminous Productions into the company on May 1.
]]>One of Forspoken's original writers has said that the final version of the game is completely different from what he originally pitched.
]]>Roughly three weeks since launch, Forspoken is already on sale for less than £30 at online retailer Coolshop. You can even get free shipping!
]]>Luminous Productions has released a patch for Forspoken on PC and promises more updates are coming.
]]>Across Frey’s quest to defeat the corrupted Tantas of Athia in Forspoken, she gathers many different kinds of resources to brew potions, craft items and improve her powers and equipment.
]]>If there’s one thing Forspoken teaches us about Frey it’s that she loves cats. Lucky for her, there are plenty of feline friends to meet around Cipal, and that relationship nets her one of the cuter types of collectibles hidden around Athia: Poppets.
]]>As you approach the climax of Forspoken, Frey takes back control of her destiny and is allowed to choose the ending of her story. Will she take the left-hand portal and step up as the protector of Athia, or take the right-hand portal back to Earth, her cat Homer and the city of New York?
]]>Hidden across the massive open world of Athia is a varied array of awesome cloaks and necklaces, each imbued with ethereal magical powers, that Frey can find and add to her growing collection in Forspoken.
]]>The hostile realm of Athia can be an unforgiving place, so here are a few handy Forspoken tips from my time with the game that will hopefully help you find your feet fast.
]]>Forspoken is all about casting huge, dazzling spells as you take on fantasy monsters in fast-paced, explosive combat. Frey has a deceptively massive roster of spells at her disposal, which only grows as you progress through her engaging story in the realm of Athia.
]]>A demo for Forspoken releases for PC today, a few weeks after PS5 players were handed the trial.
]]>So, the verdict for Forspoken is in, and it’s looking… dubious. The game, the latest tite from the developers behind Final Fantasy 15, made a lot of promises before it launched; whether it was claiming to solve the tricky proposition of open world fatigue, or making a point of pushing the PS5 as hard as possible, Forspoken had a lot to say before it launched.
]]>Forspoken’s ending has leaked online. Square Enix is attempting to take down clips, but like a sailor bailing water from a sinking boat, new clips keep on flooding the internet. If you want to remain spoiler-free, be careful!
]]>Forspoken shows the best and worst of the Luminous Engine’s tech, mixing kinetic combat with dazzling particle effects and janky set pieces.
]]>A new video providing a first look at Forspoken running on PC has been released, along with details on the PC specs and features.
]]>Better make sure you have some space on your PS5 if you're planning on playing Forspoken, because the file size isn't exactly small.
]]>The Forspoken demo has received a pretty mixed response, but a recent interview with the creative director has made it clear the final game will be different.
]]>Forspoken is one of the most highly-anticipated games of the year, and though it’ll see a launch on PC, all eyes are on the PlayStation 5 version of the game more than anything else. Why? Because it’s one of the few non-Sony first-party titles that’s being treated as something of a new-gen exclusive; a game that has the potential to show off what that imposing PS5 hardware can do.
]]>Are you sick of open world games? Are you tired of chasing down collectibles, clearing icons on maps, and completing filler content for no other reason than ‘the game told you to’? Are you sick of the Ubisoft-ification of world maps; the icon clusters, the roaming NPCs, the go-here-do-this quest line repeated ad nauseam? Then maybe, just maybe, Forspoken is for you.
]]>If you're a regular on this site, you will know how I feel about Forspoken; I've been quite vocal on it to date. When I got to play the game in 2021, I noted that it’s an exceptional advert for the PS5. We said it's probably one of the most misunderstood games yet to launch in our Alternative Game Awards of 2022.
]]>Open world games are good and everything, but sometimes they’re just too much. Whether you’re 100 hours into Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and only about 30% through the game, or chasing around Far Cry 6 clearing all the icons off your map, there’s just something about open world games that’s getting tiresome these days. Maybe it’s the proliferation of them – open world games are pretty much the biggest genre out there, right now – or maybe it’s the dwindling nature of our collective attention span. Either way, we’re finding it harder and harder to care.
]]>Right. We all know Forspoken as the game that’s been perpetually delayed, that’s been laughed at for its dumb trailers, and that’s been sort-of left out to die. That’s a fair comment, right? A cursory look at any of the popular gaming message boards, or at social media, will instantly tell you that Forspoken is no-one’s most anticipated game. It’s a curio, at best. A game people are gleefully watching, expecting it to fail, at worst.
]]>Forspoken went viral in August. But probably not for the reason the developers and publishers at Square Enix would have wanted. A video was released on the game’s social media account that immediately caught the ire of the internet’s biggest meme-lords. Pastiches riffing on the game’s dialogue ran the gamut – there was God of War, Yakuza, Doom, Devil May Cry, and some people even said it came off like a Joss Whedon joint (ouch).
]]>A brand new trailer for Forspoken was released today, bringing alongside it a wave of cringe via the protagonists’ description of the wacky situation they’ve found themselves in. In fact, this bad boy can fit so much cringe in it, that the internet has gathered round and have begun the age-old practice of memeing it to death, creating their own snarky takes on the video across social media.
]]>Square Enix has announced it has moved the Forspoken release date to early 2023.
]]>Forspoken was first unveiled way back in June 2020, and when we first got a look at the game – which was previously known as Project Athia – players were instantly divided. Some thought it looked great; like a playable version of the Agni's Philosophy tech demo we saw developer Luminous Productions put out years ago. Others thought it looked like a cynical cash-in on a famously troubled engine.
]]>Forspoken is one of the most highly-anticipated games of the year, coming to both PC and PS5 as a console exclusive.
]]>PlayStation held its first State of Play event of 2022 on March 9, and the vast majority of the titles we saw announced or teased hailed from Sony's development partners in Japan.
]]>Square Enix has announced a delay for Forspoken which was slated for release in May.
]]>There's going to be quite a lot to digest at this year's Tokyo Game Show, and Square Enix wants to make sure you're primed and ready to learn more about chaos before the event kicks off from October 1.
]]>Coming to PS5 and PC is Square Enix's Forspoken, previously known as Project Athia, and during the PlayStation Showcase, we were given a proper look at in-game footage.
]]>Square Enix will hold its E3 2021 showcase today, and you can watch it right here with us.
]]>Forspoken is the name for Luminous Productions' Project Athia.
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