Final Fantasy XVI will soon be getting a new weapon on PS5 in the form of the Brave Blade. The weapon, which was first seen in Final Fantasy V, is currently available as a pre-order bonus for the PC version of the game, although PS5 players have been reassured that the weapon will also be available for them in the future.

When will the Brave Blade come to Final Fantasy XVI on PS5?

The Brave Blade will be available for PC players when the game is released on September 17. Square Enix has said that “it will be added to the PS5 version at a later date,” although they haven’t clarified exactly when that “later date” will be.

Other PC pre-order bonuses include the Cait Sith Charm (Gil Boost Accessory) and the “Sixteen Bells” Orchestrion Roll. Both of these are already available in the console version. The charm was available to PS5 players who pre-ordered the game. Meanwhile, the Orchestrion Roll was available as a promo code from a Taco Bell promotion.

The PC version of Final Fantasy 16 will finally be available more than a year after the game’s release on PS5. However, staggered releases may become consigned to history as Square Enix aims to “aggressively pursue a multiplatform strategy that includes Nintendo platforms, PlayStation, Xbox, and PCs.” The aim is that more players can enjoy its major franchises and AAA titles.

FF16 director Hiroshi Takai also told GamesRadar+ that “I think it’s possible – probably even likely” that future Final Fantasy games could see a day-one release on multiple platforms. However, he did add that “the team in charge of each project gets to decide its own policy, so this is just my personal opinion.”

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Disney Dreamlight Valley Dapper Delights update patch notes

The Disney Dreamlight Valley Dapper Delights update will also introduce new content for the main game and A Rift in Time DLC. All players will get Tiana (The Princess and the Frog) as a new character, as well as Tiana’s Palace restaurant and Tiana’s Meal Stall. There’s a new Star Path inspired by the Roaring Twenties, new content in Scrooge McDuck’s Store, and more additions to the Premium Shop.

Those who have purchased the A Rift in Time DLC will be able to finish the storyline with the release of Act III – “Treasures of Time” while Jafar will finally be added to the valley as a new character.

The Dapper Delights update will go live on August 21, 2024, complete with crossplay for all platforms. Now PS5 and PS4 players will be able to visit their friends’ valleys on other platforms. You can see the full patch notes below:

• A new character! Revel in the magic of cooking as you welcome Tiana from Disney’s The Princess and the Frog to the Valley, alongside new Friendship Quests and unique new items.
• A new restaurant! Tiana’s Palace is open for business, providing villagers a new spot to grab a meal with friends.
• A new stall! Visit Tiana’s Meal Stall to purchase delicious meals, rotating daily.
• A new Star Path – also named Dapper Delights! – makes a statement with a new Dream Style for Donald Duck and clothing, hairstyles, makeup, and furniture, inspired by the Roaring Twenties.
• A new Signature Bundle in the Premium Shop! Ariel’s Royal Bundle offers a wide range of customization items inspired by Disney’s The Little Mermaid, including a Dream Style for Ariel, a House Style inspired by Prince Eric’s village, and clothing items and furniture that exudes opulence.
• Weekly rotations to look forward to! Keep an eye out for new optional items in the Premium Shop (alongside some returning favorites), as well as new, weekly DreamSnaps challenges and rewards.
• New shipment alert! Scrooge McDuck’s Store has received a new batch of goods for sale, including new clothes!
• A new type of furniture! Keep an eye out for future furniture that allows you to interact with it to gather random villagers for a photo op.
• If you previously purchased the Nefarious Tool Set or Skeletal Tool Set from the Premium Shop, you will receive a complimentary, matching Royal Hourglass skin for these sets. These Royal Hourglass styles will be included as part of these two tool sets, moving forward.

NEW CONTENT (EXPANSION PASS OWNERS):

• Return to Ancient’s Landing for Act III – “Treasures of Time” – which is the final act of Disney Dreamlight Valley: A Rift in Time!
• Jafar makes his way from Eternity Isle to the Valley, opening the door to new Friendship Quests and new unique items!
• Bring a touch of unpredictability to Scramblecoin with the new Jafar figurine, which changes its movement with each turn it spends on the board.

IMPROVEMENTS (AVAILABLE TO ALL PLAYERS):

EDIT MODE, FURNITURE & WARDROBE:

• Added a search filter to the Furniture and Wardrobe menus.
• Added the ability to mark items as “Favorites” or “Hidden” in the Furniture and Wardrobe menus, adding these items to relevant new categories and surfacing favorite items to the top of these menus.
• Added the ability to save custom outfit presets, making it easy to switch between full outfits.
• Added a “new item” tag to items in the Wardrobe and Furniture menus.
• Added new sorting options to the Wardrobe and Furniture menus.
• Added the ability to remove all furniture from a room at once, resetting a room.

PHOTO MODE:

• Added 2 new full body Avatar poses to Photo Mode.

ACTIVITIES:

• Added a toggle to the Settings menu that replaces fishing and timebending button presses with a “hold button” prompt.
• Added a toggle to the cooking menu that turns off the “results” screen and animation while cooking, speeding up the cooking process.

REMY’S SPECIAL DELIVERIES:

• Increased the base number of Wrought Iron rewarded for requests to 6, while increasing the max reward to 15.
• Reduced the amount of Wrought Iron required to craft certain tables and chairs.
• Increased the amount of Wrought Iron rewarded for completing Stitch’s big order.
• Reduced the number of pies needed for the pie-eating contest.
• If you’ve unlocked Remy’s Special Deliveries, keep an eye out for a message in your mailbox from Remy, detailing the above changes and gift you some Wrought Iron for your troubles. This will be available until mid-September.
• Adjusted the “Wrought Iron -> Iron Ingot” crafting recipe to appear only after the completion of the first Remy’s Special Deliveries quest to limit confusion.

PREMIUM SHOP:

• Implemented various UI improvements.

OTHER:

• Belle’s character model has been reworked to better capture the magic of her character!
• Cross-platform play is now supported on PlayStation consoles.
• Continued optimizations to reduce crash rates on all platforms.
• Reduced loading times on player profiles, with a particularly pronounced effect on Valleys that have a high number of placed objects.
• Adjusted the schedules of critters in the Valley to provide more accessible windows for finding some of the rarer animal companions.
• Adjusted villager schedules to allow players to visit their favorite characters any time of day. During periods when villagers would have been previously inaccessible, they will now be found taking it easy at home.
• Adjusted the default sprint button on gamepad to Left Bumper to allow for more comfortable use of the game camera. We are investigating further improvements to gamepad user experience for a future update, so please stay tuned!

TOP CHANGES AND BUG FIXES:

• “Village Project: Timeless Treasures” quest: Fixed an issue in which the Timebending Table would be missing from the player’s inventory.
• “What’s Left Behind” quest: Fixed an issue in which some players were unable to pick up the Orb of Remembrance.
• “Diamond in the Rough” quest: Fixed an issue in which some players were unable to pick up the Jewel of Time.
• “My Kingdom for a Scroll” quest: Fixed an issue in which Scrooge McDuck’s chest would not spawn.
• “A Deal with Ursula” quest: Fixed an issue in which some players were unable to place the fourth crystal on its pedestal.
• “A Restaurant Makeover” quest: Fixed an issue in which some players were unable to enter Chez Remy during this quest.
• “The Sundial” quest: Fixed an issue in which the required gears would not register as found.
• “The Sundial” quest: Fixed an issue in which players on Apple Arcade platforms were unable to catch the sun core item if they had no gamepad connected.
• “An Alarming Development” quest: Fixed an issue in which players on Apple Arcade platforms were unable to catch the alarm clocks if they had no gamepad connected.
• “The Tower” quest: Fixed an issue in which removing the final Swirling Sand would not be properly registered.
• “Does Not Compute” quest: Fixed an issue in which the required beach area would be inaccessible.
• “Flying Metal Nuisance” quest: Fixed an issue in which sandstones could block the player from progressing in this quest.
• “Trouble in Paradise” quest: Fixed an issue in which flowerpots could block the way into Daisy Duck’s house.
• Fixed instances in which a small portion of game progress could roll back after a crash.
• Fixed an issue in which a visual bug would show an incorrect Moonstone value until the player rebooted the game.
• Fixed an issue which would occasionally cause Vanellope to appear as invisible.
• Fixed an issue in which doors would occasionally disappear when placed in the player’s house.
• Fixed an issue in which the player would be unable to glide while the energy bar is yellow.
• Fixed an issue in which some players did not receive Gold Edition or expansion pass rewards in their in-game mailbox.
• Fixed an issue in which some macOS users would encounter online services errors.
• Fixed an issue which caused coffee tables to be difficult to grab in Edit Mode.
• Fixed an issue in which multiple different versions of the Oswaldian Trolley Tracks had the same name.
• Fixed an issue in which it was unclear what tasks needed to be completed to satisfy daily challenges in The Boutique.
• Fixed an issue in which a bookshelf could become stuck if placed in front of the interior door of the Avatar’s house.
• Fixed an issue in which some players were unable to pick up books dropped from their inventories.
• Fixed an issue in which some memory orbs could become unreachable under the sink in Remy’s house.
• Fixed an issue in which the Miracle Fishing Bait buff would last for longer than intended.
• Fixed an issue in which placed popcorn buckets would occasionally disappear.
• Fixed an issue where some clothing would not resize to character’s Avatar.
• Fixed an issue in which the “remove the small night thorns” duty would not progress.
• Various additional bug fixes relating to audio, visual, localization, gamepad control, and user interface issues, in addition to stability improvements.

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Last Tuesday, loads of Linux users—many running packages released as early as this year—started reporting their devices were failing to boot. Instead, they received a cryptic error message that included the phrase: “Something has gone seriously wrong.”

The cause: an update Microsoft issued as part of its monthly patch release. It was intended to close a 2-year-old vulnerability in GRUB, an open source boot loader used to start up many Linux devices. The vulnerability, with a severity rating of 8.6 out of 10, made it possible for hackers to bypass secure boot, the industry standard for ensuring that devices running Windows or other operating systems don’t load malicious firmware or software during the bootup process. CVE-2022-2601 was discovered in 2022, but for unclear reasons, Microsoft patched it only last Tuesday.

Multiple distros, both new and old, affected

Tuesday’s update left dual-boot devices—meaning those configured to run both Windows and Linux—no longer able to boot into the latter when Secure Boot was enforced. When users tried to load Linux, they received the message: “Verifying shim SBAT data failed: Security Policy Violation. Something has gone seriously wrong: SBAT self-check failed: Security Policy Violation.” Almost immediately support and discussion forums lit up with ​​reports of the failure.

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Once Human's maintenance is now complete, and the F2P open-world shooter is back online with a plethora of QoL improvements and optimisations, including a desperately-needed revision to vehicle handling.

Whilst players received a bundle of Stardust and health-related items to make up for the downtime, Once Human's long-promised controller and Steam Deck support is still nowhere to be seen (although, confusingly, the "controller" in-game item remains in place).

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Whilst players received a bundle of Stardust and health-related items to make up for the downtime, Once Human's long-promised controller and Steam Deck support is still nowhere to be seen (although, confusingly, the "controller" in-game item remains in place).

In terms of Memetics, you can now pick up memetic specialisation memory fragments in the wild and trade them between players. All memetic fragments will be destroyed at the end of the season – which is in a couple of weeks time – and cannot be sent to Eternaland, so be mindful of that.

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Moon Studios has outlined the changes coming to the first patch for its early access dark fantasy action RPG, No Rest for the Wicked.

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"This patch brings significant CPU and GPU performance improvements (especially when it comes to traversal and “heavy” areas), keyboard control remapping, a new mouse/keyboard control scheme, increased inventory stacks, chest inventory access at vendors / crafting, bows using stamina, earlier housing access, Quality of Life and 45+ bug fixes," the team explained in the patch notes, saying the patch "celebrates" the game's two-week anniversary.

Given the long, long list of performance improvements and optimisations, Moon Studios has now revised its recommended PC specs for the RPG, the updated version of which is available below:

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Moon Studios has outlined the changes coming to the first patch for its early access dark fantasy action RPG, No Rest for the Wicked.

"This patch brings significant CPU and GPU performance improvements (especially when it comes to traversal and “heavy” areas), keyboard control remapping, a new mouse/keyboard control scheme, increased inventory stacks, chest inventory access at vendors / crafting, bows using stamina, earlier housing access, Quality of Life and 45+ bug fixes," the team explained in the patch notes, saying the patch "celebrates" the game's two-week anniversary.

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