Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection and 2 classic JRPGs come to Xbox as Square Enix doubles down on its “multiplatform strategy approach”

Update: Confirmed! As part of Microsoft’s Tokyo Game Show stream, Square Enix confirms that the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection, alongside Trials of Mana and Legend of Mana, will be available on Xbox Series X|S and Game Pass today.Original Story: Square Enix could be gearing up to release its Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection on the Xbox store – marking yet another possible launch to come from its previously outlined plans for a multiplatform strategy.Eagle-eyed fans have spotted an advertisement on the Xbox Series X dashboard for the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection, ahead of any official announcement from Square Enix. It’s not an entirely unsurprising revelation, however – after all, the studio recently unveiled that it aims to “shift from quantity to quality” as it “aggressively pursues a multiplatform strategy” for its future game releases.The company’s approach includes “Nintendo platforms, PlayStation, Xbox, and PCs,” in the hope of creating “an environment w…

Mass Effect 5: Everything we know so far about the new BioWare adventure

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While we know that Mass Effect 5 is definitely in development at BioWare, we only really get any vague updates or info on the game around N7 day – aka November 7. With Dragon Age: The Veilguard being the next game to come out from BioWare, we imagine it will be quite the wait for the next Mass Effect game. We know that the team is thinking hard about canon debates, and also added that “development has been proceeding very well” in a recent blog post. However, amid nearly 700 layoffs at EA, BioWare is reportedly focused on releasing Dragon Age 4 while Mass Effect 5 remains in pre-production.We have had some concept art, and a pair of teaser trailers, but realistically details on what the new Mass Effect game will be are pretty light. What we do know is that the next Mass Effect game looks set to be a follow…

Director of critically panned game adaptions clowns on Borderlands movie’s $90m flop, only to cancel his next game adaption after crowdfunding just $850

Last month, controversial director Uwe Boll – best known for a string of not-great-at-best video game movie adaptations – took aim at the Borderlands movie’s commercial failure. Unfortunately for Boll, what went around has come around, as he’s been forced to cancel the crowdfund for his new movie after drawing in just $850 of his $2.5 million goal.After the Borderlands movie made just $8.8 million against its $110+ million budget during its opening weekend, Boll – who has secured multiple Golden Raspberry nominations for his video game adaptations – decided to gloat. “My movies were rated R and made more money than this,” he said on social media (via PC Gamer), noting Borderlands’ drop from an R rating to PG-13.Putting aside the fact that Borderlands scraped to nearly $30 million by the time it left theaters and that none of Boll’s movies have had that kind of turnaround, it seems that the Postal director might have been a bit premature in his mockery. Last week, he kicked off a crowdf…