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TheGamer • 13th December 2024

Warframe: 1999 - Receiving The New Millennium With Rebb Ford

Warframe: 1999 is coming soon, and we’re excited to meet the colorful characters of The Hex while trying to find Doctor Entrati in the city of Höllvania, full of infested beings and malicious factions in conflict, as we explore the past and learn about the mysterious events that led to our present predicament. We couldn’t help but ask some pressing questions to Rebecca Ford, Warframe’s Creative Director. There was a lot to discuss — from the possible long-term effects on the Origin System to...

TheGamer • 9th December 2024

Game Of The Year Editor’s Pick, 2024 - Santi Leguiza

2024, what a year, am I right? I’m sorry you experienced all that, or happy that it happened, whatever fits better. No, I don’t care, keep it to yourse-you know what, let’s just talk about games. No, not your games. I mean, can you imagine caring about anything but my games? Since I’m never wrong, I’m sure we’ll agree on them. What do you mean by ‘every editor at TheGamer does their own GOTY list’? I wasn’t told about that. There’s no other editor but me, I’m the only editor, don’t be ridicul...

TheGamer • 29th October 2024

EVA 2024 - A Glimpse Into Argentina's Gaming Industry Future

It’s a cloudy afternoon and I find myself in a quiet office sitting down at a table with Florencia Fole and Marcos Ribatto Crespo, president and producer of the Asociacion de Desarrolladores de Videojuegos Argentinos (ADVA) respectively, and organizers of the Exposicion de Videojuegos Argentina (EVA) 2024, the biggest gaming industry event in Argentina. For over two decades, ADVA has been one of the major representatives of the Argentinian gaming industry, and the biggest supporter of the lo...

TheGamer • 26th July 2024

Heading To The New Millenium - Warframe: 1999 Interview With Ben Starr, Alpha Takahashi, And Nick Apostolides

In the Zen Room at the Tennocon 2024, as I’m getting familiar with the place, I hear to my right “Try these Santi, they’re amazing.” It’s none other than voice actor Ben Starr, best known for his role as Clive in Final Fantasy 16, who points at what might be the comfiest, coziest bean bag sofas I’ve ever sat on. We’re quickly joined by Alpha Takahashi (Hanako Arasaka in Cyberpunk 2077) and Nick Apostolides (Leon Kennedy in Resident Evil). Apostolides sits with a thump and says “We’re gonna have...

TheGamer • 10th July 2024

Gamescom Latam 2024 - Latin America Grows Together

The first Gamescom LATAM recently took place at the São Paulo Expo Exhibition & Convention Center in São Paulo, Brazil. With over 100,000 attendees from almost 70 countries, the event brought developers from all over the world together and had an especially strong presence of Latin American developers. At the convention, I spoke with several industry figures in an attempt to figure out what draws the Latam gaming industry to Brazil, and why it was the best choice to host the first-ever Gamescom...

TheGamer • 5th July 2024

Gamescom Latam 2024 Interview - BIG Dreams Become Even Bigger

One year on and I’m back at the BIG festival, but now, it’s called Gamescom LATAM, the first edition of this newly christened event. The last time I talked with CEO Gustavo Steinberg and Abragames President Rodrigo Terra, we discussed the origins of the event and what was on the horizon. Now, walking through the floors of the expo, I’m in awe of how big it's become. So I sat down with them once again, to talk about the changes from the past year and the accomplishments that the LATAM industry ha...

TheGamer • 4th July 2024

Gamescom Latam 2024 - Accessibility In Games And Its Place In Latin America

Something that surprised me during my journey through Gamescom LATAM was how accessible the São Paulo Expo venue was. Ramps could be found everywhere for easy access, and every panel on all the stages had a sign language interpreter. This compelled me to investigate whether the LATAM gaming industry can foster a better environment for developers on the accessibility front; fortunately, I was able to have a chat at the event with Christian Bernauer from AbleGamers Brasil, and Barrie Ellis from Sp...

TheGamer • 2nd July 2024

Gamescom Latam 2024 - Finding Growth Through The Pain With Pawel Sasko

It’s a characteristically hot day in Brazil, but I’m quite comfortable in gamescom latam 2024’s well-cooled press lounge. In front of me sits Pawel Sasko, associate game director at CDProjekt RED, and we find ourselves talking about what lies on the horizon for him after the launch of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. “Right now, I’m an associate game director for a new Cyberpunk video game, so I'm based in Boston with other members from the RED Team. We have moved from Europe to America to bu...

TheGamer • 4th June 2024

Warframe Interview: Megan Everett Sheds Some Light On Jade Shadows

Warframe is releasing its next major update, Jade Shadows, on June 18, which introduces its 57th warframe, Jade, and a new cinematic quest to tell the tale of the Stalker. This villainous figure has shown up in several key moments and preyed upon players since the game's early days, making it a formidable foe to our Tenno protagonist. Of course, after eleven years of history within an ever-growing universe, many questions arise every time a new cinematic quest is released. We sat down with Di...

TheGamer • 7th December 2023

Game Of The Year Editor’s Pick, 2023 - Santi Leguiza

Hey! How’s it going? No, it’s fine, I don’t care. But you should! These are my favorite games of the year 2023, and they’re all great, but some are greater than others. That’s how rankings work, yeah. Why should you care, you ask? Because I’m right, which means others are wrong, which is hilarious if you ask me. Do I sound like a total jerk? Perhaps, but if my coworkers are entitled to their own controversial opinions on this matter, why shouldn’t I too? With a fun single-player mode and o...

TheGamer • 12th July 2023

How Latin America Rises In The Gaming Industry - BIG Festival 2023

Drinking soda in the business area of the BIG Festival, I can see journalists, representatives of different government departments, game developers, and other colorful folks, all walking around making acquaintances, all flocking to Latin America to make it happen. The place is full of vibrant energy, and folks can enjoy hundreds of indie games on display. The BIG Festival is the biggest gaming event in Latin America, with a mixture of publishers like Nintendo, Atari, and Riot Games attending...

TheGamer • 5th July 2023

Ramen, Emotions, And RPGs - Interview With Takashi Tokita At BIG Festival 2023

At the Brazil Independent Games Festival in Sao Paulo, the biggest gaming expo in Latin America, I find myself across the table from Takashi Tokita. Though his affable demeanor doesn’t waver as we make polite small talk, I strain to keep myself together as the director of classics like Chrono Trigger, lead designer in Final Fantasy 4, and participant in at least a dozen other iconic RPGs compliments my Sonic The Hedgehog sweater before we take a picture. But despite the undeniable coolness of...

TheGamer • 23rd August 2022

Destiny 2's Green Subclass Is All About Peering Into The Matrix

Destiny 2's upcoming expansion will feature a new subclass for your guardian, involving green-colored psychic abilities that will help you to travel through the city of Neomuna. Taking different shapes and forms that will suit your class of choice, this is the fifth subclass added to the game, on top of the already known Solar, Arc, Void, and Stasis. During the latest Destiny 2 showcase, Bungie shed some light on the upcoming expansion, called Lightfall, and the new subclass this one introduc...

TheGamer • 23rd August 2022

Destiny 2 Announces A Collaboration Event With Epic Games Store Release

A new and shiny collaboration event begins today between Epic and Destiny 2, as part of the latter's release on the Epic Games Store platform, involving games like Fortnite and Fall guys. Announced earlier during Bungie's Destiny 2 showcase, this news was partly leaked a few days ago by a dataminer on Twitter, and the confirmation elaborates further into this curious event. The crossover will cover both cosmetic additions on each one of the games involved, a new game mode in Fortnite, and oth...

Fanbyte • 8th December 2021

Interview: Warframe Sets Its Future in Motion with The New War

Warframe “The New War” releases next week. With it comes the long-awaited climax of the game’s years-long story arc, alongside a mission that forces the Tenno to face their most dangerous enemies: the Sentients. The final showdown will presumably bring numerous conflicts across the Origin System, showing how the many characters that inhabit the surprisingly deep Warframe narrative will join forces to overcome the cosmic threat.

We attended a preview event that showcased several things this expa

Gfinity • 17th September 2021

Final Fantasy XIV: 8th Anniversary Birthday Cake, The Rising 2021 Event

The 8th Anniversary of the critical-acclaimed MMO Final Fantasy XIV is here, and the celebrations already started! Square Enix is kicking it with numerous events both in-game and in real life, with The Rising Seasonal event coming next, and a new video showing the creation of a birthday cake, made by former Great British Bake Off star Kim-Joy.

While you’re here, you can check our Moonfire Faire 2021 guide, our useful Leveling guide, and if you want to get started, we have a Combat Mechanics gui

Gfinity • 23rd August 2021

Warframe's Upcoming Showcase Offers First Look At Nidus Prime

Warframe’s Tennocon 2021 is over, and it left a lot of juicy reveals and announcements for the upcoming content. Not only a new Prime warframe was revealed, but also the future expansion The New War was revealed, with 30 minutes of gameplay.

Attendants also set a new in-game peak concurrency record for the franchise during the TennoLive Relay event, with hundreds of thousands of global players simultaneously sharing an experience together, which sent Warframe into Steam’s Top-Ten Highest Ever P

Gfinity • 23rd July 2021

Warframe - Tennocon 2021 Attendance Breaks Records On Steam And Twitch

Warframe’s Tennocon 2021 is over, and it left a lot of juicy reveals and announcements for the upcoming content. Not only a new Prime warframe was revealed, but also the future expansion The New War was revealed, with 30 minutes of gameplay. Due to the exciting content showcased, the number of viewers passed half a million, breaking several new records for the beloved franchise.


Warframe players set a new in-game peak concurrency record for the franchise during the TennoLive Relay event, with

Gfinity • 19th July 2021

Warframe: The New War - Overview, Details, And Release Date

Warframe’s Tennocon 2021 left a lot of juicy reveals and announcements for the upcoming content. The future expansion called The New War was revealed, with 30 minutes of gameplay showing what would be part of the climax of the current story arc, which started almost three years ago. But what is exactly The New War? We got your back.

The name “The New War” refers to both the upcoming expansion and the name for the current story arc. This war starts as the Lotus, the leader of the Tenno faction,

Gfinity • 17th July 2021

Warframe Tennocon 2021: Reveals, Announcements, And The New War

Warframe’s Tennocon 2021 is over, and it left a lot of juicy reveals and announcements for the upcoming content. Not only a new Prime warframe was revealed, but also the future expansion The New War was revealed, with 30 minutes of gameplay. If you wanna catch up on all this news, we got your back!

A new Prime Warframe was released, this time the enhanced version of Nidus, the infested warrior. Now sporting a golden section and several new tentacles, this Prime Warframe for sure will be a great

Gfinity • 2nd July 2021

Warframe Tennocon 2021: Event date, Showcased Content, And What Reveals To Expect

Warframe’s annual convention, the Tennocon, is right around the corner and set to begin later this month on July 17th, in a fully-digital format. A lot of speculation about the possible showcased content was talked about, and while nothing can be confirmed yet, we have a few good guesses, for sure.

Sisters of Parvos and Yareli

The next Story Update, The Sisters of Parvos, will release soon, and while a lot of it was already revealed, such as the new weapons and the new water-based warframe Yar

startmenu • 8th June 2021

Santi Leguiza's Year in Games | Winter Spectacular 2020 —

March 19th. My country officially started lockdown. The uncertainty about our future, the misinformation, and the raw, animal fear that the pandemic brings with it terrorised everyone. That’s exactly the situation we were in when Animal Crossing: New Horizons arrived in my life, which of course, is one of the most ridiculous ironies, and I couldn’t be more thankful for that. From collecting butterflies to crafting furniture of different colours and going through the many interactions with my fel

TheGamer • 18th April 2021

Pokemon Are Coming To McDonald's Happy Meals In The UK

Pokemon Are Coming To McDonald's Happy Meals In The UK in a new collection, celebrating the 25th birthday of the franchise. This is showcasing a promotional collection of cards due to the 25th anniversary of the franchise, after a disastrous turn of events in past February in the US McDonald’s version of this same event. Scalpers had raided stores to get their hands on this product. While there's no official statement, sharp fans spotted a detail in the current Happy Meal box.

The official McDo

TheGamer • 17th April 2021

Pokemon Go To Get Limited-Time Shiny Smeargle In New Pokemon Snap Crossover

Pokemon Go celebrates the upcoming release of the spinoff video game New Pokemon Snap, by showing Pokemon inspired in this game more frequently. This crossover event will also bring a twist on the Snapshot mechanic of the game, which will show a higher rate of appearance of Smeargle and the possibility of it being its shiny version. The event will be a very limited one, lasting only three days at the end of the month.

As it was announced on the official page, the event will showcase Pokemon ins