Taking the Mickey. The Walt Disney Company hasannouncedit’s acquiring a $1.5bn USD stake in Epic Games as it launches a multi-year partnership to create an “expansive and open games and entertainment universe connected toFortnite”. This new Unreal Engine-powered “persistent universe” will “interoperate” with Fortnite to offer a “multitude of opportunities for consumers to play, watch, shop and engage with content, characters and stories” from across Disney’s vast IP portfolio. Explicit mention is made of Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and Avatar, with users able to “create their own stories and experiences, express their fandom in a distinctly Disney way, and share content with each other in ways that they love....

Including file size, the pre-load date, and details on special editions and pre-order bonuses. For everything else, check out oureverything we know about Final Fantasy 7 Rebirthpage. According to dataminerPlaystationSize on X(formerly Twitter), it releases at12am. We’ll update this page when we know for sure what time Rebirth releases in each timezone. That’s a pretty huge download size, so it’s no wonder the physical version has two discs! We’ll update this page when we know official details of more precise Rebirth pre-load times....

On remakes, side quests, and Tekken. “We talk about Final Fantasy as being a toy box,” he continues. There’s a dinosaur here, you’ve got your football here and your baseball here. And there are so many different things to play with and have fun. And that to me, that’s what Final Fantasy is." Remaking the game for a modern audience, then, is a mammoth undertaking. But why remake this game in the first place?...

Keep an eye out for large Pals! Lucky Palsare the larger variants of the typical Pals you’ll occasionally encounter inPalworld. SincePalworlddoesn’t currently have Pals with alternative colouring, Lucky Pals areessentially the shiny variantsfor this game. Along with being quite big, every Lucky Pal has theLucky Passive Trait. The more Pals there are, the more likely you are to encounter a Lucky Pal. (Or you’ll randomly encounter one having a paddle like how I found the Lucky Lamball below....

Including how to get the Cake ingredients. You have tomake a Cakeif you wish to breed Pals inPalworld. Plus, baking a Cake will take a good amount of time. (Seriously - it will take a while.) After the Wheat has grown, harvest it, and now it’s time to use the Mill. The Berry Plantation is unlocked at Level 5 and costs two Technology Points to build. It’s 50 Gold Coins per Milk....

The best ways to increase Pal SAN. Without further ado, we’re here toexplain Sanityandhow to increase Pal Sanity in Palworld. You will usually get a notification warning that a specific Pal’s SAN has dropped too low. How to increase Pal Sanity in Palworld These arethe best ways to increase Pal Sanity in Palworld. Use the prompted command and then select ‘Pet’ to stroke your Pal. We recommend doing this at least once a day if you want to keep your Pals at their best....

Queen’s Blood sucker. But all I can think about is playing more cards. The originalFinal Fantasy 7had plenty of minigames, but not a card game. Perhaps even too much. So how does it work? Players curate a deck of 15 cards all based on the monsters fought throughout the game. These cards have a power number, a number of pawns, and a Tetris-style shape. The game is played on a board consisting of three lanes with players beginning at opposing sides....

The top places for your next Palworld base. The best base locations in Palworlddepend on what you want your base to be. Without further ado, here are our picks forthe best base locations in Palworld. We recommend taking a Fire-typeFlying Mountwith you such as Vanwyrm to get around quickly and safely. If you’re looking for a place to build a base forSulfur Farmingthen this is the one for you. This area is mostly flat which makes it easier to lay out several structures for your base....

And how to get hold of the Glintstone Kris. The characterSelleninElden Ringis a sorceress who was banished from theAcademy of Raya Lucaria. Here you have to enter the cellar and kill the mini-boss calledPumpkin Head. Then initiate the door and you’ll meet Sellen who reveals that she is willing to teach yousorcery. Accept her offer and then find Azur. Find Azur at Mt. He is located inMt. Gelmir, north of theHermit Village....

Years back I knew someone who was really into lucid dreaming. They had never actually had a lucid dream, but that inevitably only made them more into it. They read books on lucid dreaming and probably attended symposia on lucid dreaming. Reader, like my friend I have never had a lucid dream. But I imagine it’s a bit likeInfinite Craft, the latest online window game from Neal Agarwal. We are all lost now....

UPDATE: Software update now rolling out globally. Well, it’s now live for the rest of us. The original story continues below. New Share Screen interactions in the form of pointers and emoji reactions will also be available. Pointers, meanwhile, will allow viewers to highlight objects and areas as a way of providing guidance. I am sure this will only ever be used with the best intentions. The DualSense controller (including Edge) is not getting neglected during this beta....

UPDATE: Full list confirmed! UPDATE 2.20pm:Microsoft has confirmed the next batch of Xbox Game Pass games. As we reported earlier, Resident Evil 3, PlateUp! and Madden NFL 24 will all be joining the service this month. Other games also coming include A Little To The Left and Return to Grace. Here is the full list of titles coming to Game Pass with this wave. The original story continues below. ORIGINAL 10....

For some most famously perhaps there are faceless, buxom nurses lurking in the rust-encrusted corridors. For others, flames tower around them, leeching the air of all light and hope. For Anita, sticky notes daubed with crude insults are layered like feathers on every surface. It’s kind of beautiful in a dark, melancholic, effed-up way. I didn’t feel that way halfway through, mind. The Short Message’s, well, message, isn’t subtle. So off to the abandoned apartment building Anita goes, with nowt but her phone for company....