26 Jun 2014

We Asked The FFXIV Team: Which NPC Would You Romance?

Back at E3 we got the chance to sit down with Naoki Yoshida and Koji Fox to get some info on a whole bunch of different topics. However, there was one question we asked that wasn’t put into those write-ups and it’s something we also asked the members of the Community Team.
25 Jun 2014

Eyes On: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Open-world seems to be the buzzword at this year’s E3. The ability for players to explore a vast foreign landscape with little to no inhibition is certainly a juicy prospect – one that it seems that Polish Studio CD Project Red couldn’t ignore. Their latest installment in The Witcher series of games will be featuring
25 Jun 2014

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Microsoft Press Conference E3 Gameplay Demo

It isn’t often that you can’t find something on the internet, but if you try to find an unaltered version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Gameplay Demo from the Microsoft Xbox E3 Press Conference, you’d be hard pressed to find once without the hullabaloo of games journalism plastered all over it. So for your
17 Jun 2014

The Lore Train: E3 2014 Interview With Fernehalwes

Last week in LA we made some time to sit down with Michael-Christopher Koji Fox AKA Fernehalwes in an attempt to shrink ourselves down and enter a submarine like vessel that would be able to explore his brain and get answers for all of our Final Fantasy XIV related questions. However, the machine we were going
17 Jun 2014

Lorecast 3: E3 2014 Interview With Fernehalwes

At last week’s E3, we were able to sit down and talk with the almighty lore ahriman himself, Michael-Christopher Koji Fox aka Fernehalwes! Spoiler warning! We talk about the Second Binding Coil a bit! Listen in as we go over the Q and A! You can read the full write up here. https://media.blubrry.com/ffxiv/gamerescape-podcasts.s3.amazonaws.com/ffxiv/lore/lorecast3.mp3Podcast: Play in new
16 Jun 2014

Aetheryte Radio 66: E3 2014

We wrap up almost all of our Final Fantasy XIV coverage at this year’s E3 in a single podcast. The missing piece of the puzzle? Our interview with Fernehalwes that our live listeners got a sneak peak of! We’ll be posting that interview along with a brand new Lorecast episode tomorrow! Please look forward too
16 Jun 2014

E3 Day 2: Meetings, Meetings, Meetings…and a Batmobile?

The thing about Day 2 at E3 is that its just like Day 1 in every way – except that its 4 hours longer, with 4 times as many meetings, and 4 times as many people. Despite that, we were able to fight our way to the front of lines and get a taste of
15 Jun 2014

Eyes On: Metal Gear Solid V

Last week at E3 we got to watch a demo of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. While I wouldn’t consider myself a “hardcore” fan of the series, I have enjoyed the time I’ve spent with the games- even if the story is a bit difficult to comprehend at times. What I saw at E3 looked
13 Jun 2014

Aetheryte Radio E3 Special Live From Balmung!

On June 14th at 3:00 PM EST we’ll be hosting our coverage of this year’s E3 live from our new studio on Balmung! We’ll be broadcasting to Twitch, but we also welcome anyone on Balmung to come join us while we give you the latest from LA!
12 Jun 2014

Hands On: Super Smash Bros.

At this year’s E3 we visited the Nintendo booth and got our hands on the brand new Super Smash Bros. on both the Wii U and 3DS! Read on for our impressions!
12 Jun 2014

E3 2014 Interview With Naoki Yoshida Part 2

What? Part 1 wasn’t enough? You want more information out of Yoshida from this year’s E3? … OK, no problem!
12 Jun 2014

Letter From the Producer XV at E3: Notable Highlights

On Tuesday, Final Fantasy XIV Producer/Director, Naoki Yoshida sat down with the community team at E3 and discussed some of the things to look forward to in patches 2.3 and 2.4. Some of the notable highlights included: New emotes for hug and slap No immediate plans for DoH and DoL relic tools, but considering for future Status
12 Jun 2014

E3 2014 Interview With Naoki Yoshida Part 1

This time last year, Final Fantasy XIV wasn’t even out yet. Now, a year later, it has over two million players with information about an expansion trickling down every so often. We had a chance to sit down with Naoki Yoshida to talk to him about some of the most recent announcments as well as
11 Jun 2014

Arkham Knight’s Batmobile at E3

Today, we had a chance to visit the enormous Warner Bros booth in the halls of E3. The highlight? Probably the Batmobile. Shown above in it’s Pursuit Mode, it’s clear what message they are trying to say. Be The Batman. That being said,  the Batmobile wasn’t the only chip thing to be seen at the
11 Jun 2014

E3 Day 1: What’s On The Show Floor

The official Day 1 of E3 has come and gone and being the first day that the convention show floor was open there was a lot to see and do. The big players: Nintendo, Ubisoft, Square Enix, EA, Activition…they all had enormous booths with enormous lines with the world’s premier media at their front lines.
11 Jun 2014

FFXIV E3 Trailer: A Realm In Peril

A new trailer has been released at E3 for Final Fantasy XIV. No, it’s not a trailer for 2.3, but it gives us a closer look at what we can expect when we battle the Lord of Levin! And… who’s that at the end? [youtube=http://youtu.be/0MI_iEOm4Jw]
10 Jun 2014

New English Trailer for Tales of Xillia 2

As GamerEscape’s resident Tales fanatic, there are two games I am most hoping to see more news about at this year’s E3: Tales of Hearts R and Tales of Xillia 2. Sure, both of these games have been out in Japan for quite some time, but seeing new English language trailers for either game is enough to
10 Jun 2014

PlayStation Vita E3 Trailer, What’s Coming Next

The PlayStation Vita has been the butt of more than a few jokes since its release. Currently in a distant second to the Nintendo 3DS and struggling to even match sales numbers with the PSP, the Vita’s reputation isn’t exactly a glowing one. Even during Sony’s E3 conference last night, the Vita got little more
10 Jun 2014

E3 Day 0: Sony Press Conference Highlights

Last (but not least) on our list of E3 Day 0 media briefings was Sony.  While focused on games, unlike Microsoft Sony had some hardware and entertainment to discuss as well.  That said, the games were front and center and took up all but maybe 20 minutes of the nearly 2 hour briefing.  The first
10 Jun 2014

Square Enix Officially Announces Final Fantasy Type-0 and Final Fantasy Agito in North America

It’s a busy day at E3 for Final Fantasy – not only do we have the much-anticipated Patch 2.3 Live Letter from the Producer broadcast from the Square Enix booth for XIV, we also had several announcements for new additions to the franchise. Today, Square Enix announced FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0™ and FINAL FANTASY AGITO™ for release in