31 Dec 2018

Gamer Escape’s Top 5 Reviewed Games of 2018

As the final hours of 2018 tick down, it’s about that time again for us to take a look back at my little corner of the Gamer Escape empire! In our continuing efforts to make Gamer Escape the only website you need to visit for all of your gaming needs, we have again grown the
10 Dec 2018

Monster Hunter: World Receiving Expansion and The Witcher 3 Event

[youtube=https://youtu.be/R3IhVe2_3GE] Today, Capcom announced that Monster Hunter: World will be receiving a new, massive DLC expansion in the form of Iceborne. The expansion, which arrives in Autumn of next year will feature new quest ranks, locations, monsters, moves and gear. Iceborne will also feature a brand new narrative which takes place following the story of
6 Sep 2018

PAX West 2018 Hands-on: Dauntless, and a Look at the Ostian Repeaters

While out at PAX West last weekend I had the chance to check out Dauntless: a free-to-play co-op action RPG currently in PC open beta from Phoenix Labs. I wasn’t completely unaware of the game going in. After all, several friends of the site such as Mr. Happy and Ethys are Dauntless partners and so
7 Aug 2018

FFXIV Patch 4.36 Notes

Patch 4.36 brings a host of additions and refinements to the realm, including the Monster Hunter: World collaboration, in which players can confront a mighty Rathalos. A variety of rewards are on offer, including a brand-new mount. Across the sea, the exploration of Eureka continues in the ice fields of Pagos. Join forces with your
24 Jul 2018

Aetheryte Radio 114: More Sparkly than Xenedra’s Plants

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnudvQW1L_4] What have YOU been up to? We’ve been playing through some Heaven on High and raising Sparkly Plants. We also discuss our E3 interview, The latest Live Letter (45), Fanfest and it’s complications, and the Monster Hunter cross over events in both games! Square Enix’s voting contest for the upcoming “best of” style sound
12 Jul 2018

Final Fantasy XIV Comes to Monster Hunter: World August 1st

[youtube=https://youtu.be/VxywHrLB9iU] A new trailer landed today, showing the full scale of the collaboration event between Final Fantasy XIV and Monster Hunter: World- on the Monster Hunter: World side. Not only will players battle a Behemoth, but Cactuars as well. And if you were wondering if there was going to be anything else, like event armor?
9 Jul 2018

Monster Hunter: World Arrives August 9th on Steam

[youtube=https://youtu.be/-0l0B7NDTAU] We knew that when Monster Hunter: World was first announced, that the game would be seeing release on PC. Today, Capcom has announced that the game will finally be released next month on August 9th. The PC version, like the console version, will receive future updates with new content and gameplay. Updates and fixes
17 Jun 2018

E3 2018 Interview With Naoki Yoshida and Masayoshi Soken

During our time at E3 this year, we had a chance to sit down with Final Fantasy XIV Producer/Director Naoki Yoshida as well as Sound Director Masayoshi Soken who was in town for the Eorzean Symphony Orchestra Concert (more on that coming soon). Be warned, our first questions are a spoiler for Patch 4.3. If
11 Jun 2018

Monster Hunter Coming to Final Fantasy XIV

[youtube=https://youtu.be/dq8CKCQZNMk] As part of Square Enix’s E3 presentation, it was announced that there will be a Final Fantasy XIV and Monster Hunter collaboration event coming this summer. The trailer (above) shows a Palico and Rathalos from Monster Hunter making its appearance in Hydaelyn. More details about this collaboration will be revealed during the E3 Live
1 Feb 2018

Review: Monster Hunter World

The long running Monster Hunter series by Capcom is finally back on home consoles and more beautiful than ever. In addition to the graphical improvements, Monster Hunter World boasts a wide array of changes to the classic formula. How do they stack up? Let’s find out.
26 Jan 2018

Fans Recreate FFXIV Developers in Monster Hunter: World

Capcom’s Monster Hunter: World launches today and players have already started to explore the New World. A few of them are even doing so while looking like Final Fantasy XIV’s Naoki Yoshida and Masayoshi Soken! Using the character creator in game, two people on Twitter were able to come up with characters closely resembling the
19 Jan 2018

Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XLI Translation and Summary

The last Letter from the Producer LIVE before Patch 4.2 is here- and we’re positively Dancing Mad over the details! Final Fantasy 4.2 Rise of a New Sun will arrive on Januarty 30th with a 24 hour maintenance before hand. Now, let’s get into all of the exciting details! The following translation of the Live
29 Sep 2017

Review: Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite launched last week and we’ve been working our way through its story mode, and battling against others online. How does this latest entry in the popular mash up fighting series stack up against its predecessors? Let’s take a closer look!
30 May 2017

Memories of Vana’diel: Players

In our final installment of Memories of Vana’diel, we’re sharing Final Fantasy XI memories from you, the players! To read more about our Memories of Vana’diel project, please see our previous post here. You can see memories from the Development and Community Team here. You can see memories from Community sites, figures, and podcasts here.
7 Aug 2016

FFXI Development Team Reddit AMA

Towards the tail end of July, the FFXI Development Team titans Producer Akihiko Matsui and Director Yoji Fujito stopped by Reddit to field some questions from the masses.
21 Sep 2015

Letter From The Producer LIVE TGS 2015

This past weekend at the Tokyo Game Show, Naoki Yoshida took to the stage, and the internet to talk about some of the things players can expect from Patch 3.1 which now has a name! As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness, Patch 3.1, is set to arrive in early November. During the presentation, we received
10 Jun 2014

E3 Day 0: Xbox Press Conference Highlights

E3 kicked off E3 with its media briefing early this morning.  Unlike last year where Microsoft was introducing its new Xbox One console, this year the focus was exclusively on games.  No hardware news (although they independently have recently announced the new non-Kinect Xbox that is being released for $399) and no non-gaming media (music,
17 Jan 2013

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Gets Dates For Demo And Release

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu_9T67R87M&feature=youtu.be] Capcom has confirmed today that Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will be arriving on March 19th for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U for North America and March 22nd in Europe. The game will be available both at retail and digitally for both systems. A demo will be released on February 21st for both systems.
12 Dec 2012

The December Version Update Arrives!

Starting to get cabin fever? Well, fear no more! Now that the December version update has hit Vana'diel, what better way is there to beat the winter cold than grabbing your swimsuit and diving into the challenging new waters of the Salvage battlefield ...
2 Oct 2012

Discontinued Achievements in FINAL FANTASY XIV: ARR (Updated)

As previously announced on this space, spearfishing will be phased out upon the release of A Realm Reborn, and the existing fishing system revamped. The list of achievements that will become unattainable has been amended to reflect these forthcoming changes.   Learn more about content that will be removed from the game.