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Here are all of tonight's Game Awards nominees
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The 2022 Game Awards are here.The ceremony, a several-hour long celebration of video games and their surrounding communities, also serves as a promotional vehicle for upcoming games: much of the Awards' runtime is devoted to trailer reveals and game announcements.

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Square Enix's new secret game wasn't a Parasite Eve remake as many fans of the Final Fantasy developer had believed, but instead a story-driven NFT art project called Symbiogenesis, due for release in Spring 2023.Naturally, gamers went on a web-rampage.As news broke of the first proper Square Enix NFT game, fans took to Twitter and vented.

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Square Enix has just released an AI-powered remaster of one of its most revered video games, "The Portopia Serial Murder Case."But don't get too excited.According to journalists and hundreds of angry gamers, it absolutely stinks - specifically because of the new AI.On Steam, the game client of choice for PC Gamers, "Portopia" sits at an embarrassing "Very Negative" rating, with only 13 percent of the over 350 reviews being positive.

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From the botched launch of Cyberpunk 2077 to the botched launch of the remastered GTA trilogy, over the last couples of years gamers have experienced a few, well, botched launches.Here's a graphical error that doesn't quite derail the entire gaming experience - but is pretty funny nonetheless.

The 8BitDo SN30 Pro has repeatedly been called one of the best controllers for playing retro console games, particularly those originally made for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)-which makes sense, since its design is based on the SNES controller.Now that controller works much better on Apple platforms like the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV thanks to new firmware updates from 8BitDo.

Play along to the music from over three decades of Final Fantasy titles in Theatrhythm Final Bar Line.Square Enix If you were to ask me what game I was playing at any time over the past 25 years, odds are that Final Fantasy would be in the title.I love its stories, characters, and world-building, but the most endearing and memorable aspect of the series has always been its music.

The Game Awards 2022 has come and gone, recognizing this year's biggest achievements in gaming as well as showcasing some huge previews and reveals.God of War Ragnarok won big with 6 awards, but Elden Ring managed to steal the show by winning Game of the Year and Best Game Direction.Some of the night's most exciting reveals included trailers for Death Stranding 2 and Hades 2, as well as the final trailer for Final Fantasy 16, which now has a release date of June 22, 2023.