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Activision has published a 25-page white paper exploring the impact of skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) on its multiplayer lobbies, determining that SBMM is better for all players. As spotted by indie game developer and consultant Rami Ismail, the report – which can be read in full on Activision’s official website – outlines an “amazing A/B test” […]
This summer, Epic Games finally gets its wish when, thanks to new EU regulations, it’s launching its own digital store on iOS and Android. And ahead of its arrival, the company has announced it’s removing Fortnite and other Epic games from what it calls “rent collector” competing stores, “even if those stores offer us […]
This console generation has given us a wealth of PC-style in-game graphics options, with PS5, Series X and even Series S usually offering at least a quality and performance mode. Developer Nexon Games’ latest effort, The First Descendant, goes a step further than most though, with this free-to-play Unreal Engine 5 shooter offering three core […]
Concord, the upcoming 5v5 hero shooter from Sony’s Firewalk Studios, is bucking the battle pass trend, with its developer telling players, “You own Concord, Concord doesn’t own you.” Firewalk Studios announced the news in a series of posts on social media, explaining Concord won’t have a battle pass because it “wanted to focus […]
It looks like Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is on its way to Xbox Game Pass next month. That’s according to leaker eXtas1stv, who previously correctly leaked that Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 would arrive on Game Pass on 24th July, which was officially confirmed yesterday. The leaker suggests the Crash […]
Sony has released its latest PlayStation 5 system software update, introducing shareable links so players can invite others to quickly jump into their multiplayer sessions. Sony first revealed it was working on shareable multiplayer links for PlayStation 5 back in May. And now, two and a bit months later, the feature (albeit seemingly […]
Helldivers 2 will receive its biggest update yet in August, bringing higher difficulty, greater mission variety, and more. Escalation of Freedom is the name of the update, which will arrive on 6th August. Details have been provided on the PlayStation Blog from social media and community manager at developer Arrowhead, Katherine Baskin. […]
Developer NetherRealm has pulled the plug on its free-to-play mobile game Mortal Kombat: Onslaught, just days after the studio reportedly laid off its entire mobile team. Mortal Kombat: Onslaught, a character-collecting RPG featuring faces from across the fighting series, was announced in October 2022 and arrived almost exactly one year later. It promised […]
The Tesla Cybertruck is set to make its official video game debut tomorrow, in Fortnite. Many other games have featured Elon Musk’s wheels before – but only via unofficial mods. The Cybertruck has been added by fans into Cyberpunk 2077, Rocket League, GoldenEye 007, and even Minecraft. Now, it’s set […]
According to Video Games Chronicle, the Nintendo Switch is the most long-lived of any of the firm’s home consoles – judged by the time taken before a replacement hit the shelves. The Nintendo Entertainment System aka Famicom previously held the record at 2,686 days and with Switch 2 still to arrive, the current-gen hybrid continues […]
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Warframe developer Digital Extremes has given us another peek at its upcoming free-to-play fantasy action-MMORPG, Soulframe. Back in July 2022, Digital Extremes unveiled its first new property since Warframe’s release back in 2013. Besides a 30-minute gameplay teaser this time last year, though, we’ve seen very little else, but today DE has given us a […]
There was some level of disappointment when the long-awaited Forza Motorsport finally arrived for review, as visual quality didn’t quite meet expectations – especially as promised features like ray traced global illumination didn’t arrive in the final game, while PC technical performance was troublesome. However, a short while ago, we learned from user LJT that […]
Pleasingly bizarre four-wheeled survival game Pacific Drive has officially sold 600K copies, and its developer Ironwood Studios has announced it’s celebrating that milestone with a series of content updates throughout the rest of this year. And the first of those updates is now live, offering a bunch of free additions, as well as a […]
The Mortuary Assistant is finally coming to all consoles on 2nd August, 2024 – two years to the day the influential indie horror hit PC. Called The Definitive Edition, the base game has been spruced up to include new haunts, bodies, embalming-only mode, and numerous stability and bug fixes. The Mortuary Assistant – Definitive Edition.Watch […]
Paramount+ has officially cancelled its divisive live-action Halo television series, with the recently broadcast second season set to be its last on the service. Season 1 of Paramount+’s Halo series aired back in 2022, nearly a decade after the project was first announced. It launched to a mixed reception, however, drawing criticism for […]
Ahead of the launch of Suicide Squad’s second season, Rocksteady has detailed the playstyle of Mrs. Freeze. We’ve known of her existence already thanks to a roadmap, but now her unique traversal abilities have been revealed in a new blog post for Season of Frozen Hearts, as well as more about the Frozen […]
It’s summer, the season of occasional sun (hello from the UK) and seemingly ceaseless video game discounts – and up next is Sony, promising price reductions on over 4500 digital titles during its newly launched PlayStation Store Summer Sale. PlayStation’s summer sale is now live and runs for the next four weeks, coming […]
When Concord kicked off Sony’s last State of Play recently, reception from the team on DF Direct Weekly was hardly positive. The presentation opened with a pre-rendered CG video with a level of graphical quality that far exceeded what was realistically possible from the final game, while Concord’s actual gameplay reveal also struggled to escape […]
Rockstar’s GTA+ subscription service could soon expand to include access to Switch versions of the company’s games if a now-reverted recent update to its website is anything to go by. GTA+, which is currently only available through Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5, offers subscribers access to various GTA Online items and a […]
Trials of Mana is among five games leaving PlayStation Plus in August, ahead of the release of forthcoming series addition Visions of Mana. Five games are now in the ‘Last chance to play’ collection on Sony’s PlayStation Plus catalogue: NBA 2K24 Kobe Bryant Edition, Need for Speed Unbound, SpellForce 3 Reforced, Destroy All […]
With Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s October launch on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC inching ever-closer, Activision Blizzard has announced a fresh set of dates for players’ diaries, confirming it’ll be hosting a multiplayer open beta this September, with those eligible for early access (which includes Game Pass subcribers) able to hop in one […]
Five couples got engaged at this summer’s Pokémon Go Fest, some of whom met through playing the popular smartphone game. The proposals took place at the event’s big weekend in Madrid – the year’s main European meetup for Pokémon Go fans, which Eurogamer recently attended. Happily, all players who popped the question […]
A number of unannounced Disney projects have leaked online after 1.1TB of internal documents – “every message and file possible”, according to the hackers – were reportedly compromised. Whilst Disney has yet to comment formally on the alleged hack, details from various internal files – including upcoming collaborations with Epic Games’ Fortnite, and the Aliens: […]
In the last few days, I’ve gone from struggling my way through Elden Ring to mourning a youth that feels ever distant. And it’s all thanks to a forgotten username and a closed-down email account. That doesn’t sound very exciting, does it? Let’s go back a bit. The simple truth is this: Elden Ring […]
Dying Light 2 developer Techland has requested that the majority of staff – including employees who work abroad – come into the office full-time or commit to a “hybrid” model. The studio says it needs people to come into the office “regularly to foster stronger connections”. According to Polish site CD-Action, “regularly” equates to eight […]
Ubisoft’s live-action Driver series has been cancelled. According to journalist Stephen Totilo, the production company behind the show, Binge, has closed down, taking the Driver series with it. Newscast: Does the loss of day one launches make Xbox Game Pass pointless?Watch on YouTube “We are no longer moving forward with our partnership with Binge for […]
Following its half-hearted, widely derided stab at an esports event in 2023, the International Olympic Committee has announced the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in partnership with the Saudi Arabian Olympic & Paralympic Committee, to be held in Saudi Arabia next year. Tethering its future esports success to a regime that’s been widely criticised […]
Following the recent release of AMD’s FSR 3.1 image reconstruction and frame generation technology, developer Nixxes has updated its recent Sony PC ports to add support for the new version. We’ve tested it to discover what improvements it offers over the initial offering and how FSR 3.1 compares to other image reconstruction techniques from Intel […]
If you just can’t get enough of those Epic Games Store freebies, here’re some more for your list; Epic has revealed an upcoming twosome of arcade management action and Welsh folklore horror when its latest batch of free titles arrives next week. And, before that, grid-based, turn-based deckbuilder Floppy Knights is currently available to […]
Sony has opened up the early access beta for its upcoming 5v5 sci-fi shooter Concord to all PlayStation Plus users. Initially, this beta access was only going to be available to those who had already pre-ordered the game (you can find out more about the editions available and pricing in Matt’s story here). Those in […]
By now, you’ve probably heard of massive Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London, given the struggles it’s faced in the run-up to release. There’s one last hurdle for players to overcome, however, with developer Team Folon having now confirmed it’ll be necessary to downgrade Fallout 4’s next-gen version to play it – a process thankfully […]
A new VR multiplayer game has been announced by nDreams, the developer of Synapse, coming to PSVR 2 and Meta Quest. Frenzies is an arena multiplayer shooter with gameplay similar to Synapse, split into unpredictable five-round matches with names like Red Light, Green Light and Glitter Pig – it’s unclear exactly what […]
Microsoft has confirmed sweeping changes – including price increases – to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service in the run-up to October’s launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which will include the removal of day one releases for its overhauled basic tier. As reported by Windows Central, which says Microsoft has […]
Video game hardware spending in the US was down 40 percent in May compared to 2023, numbers company Circana reports. Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S sales all saw “double-digit percentage declines year-on-year” comparing figures up to May. Switch saw the most significant drop in spending, which Circana’s boss and industry analyst Mat Piscatella […]
Following Microsoft’s announcement it’s teaming up with Amazon to bring Xbox games to Fire TV devices via cloud streaming, the initiative is now live for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Getting set up for console-free gaming with Fire TV is relatively straightforward; just download the Xbox app to a compatible device – Amazon’s Fire […]
Transformers: Galactic Trials will feature “exciting rogue-lite combat”. In a departure from the typical Transformer treatment – most of the dozens of Transformer games to have released over the last 20 years or so have been shooters or RPGs – this Transformer adventure will feature 10 racing circuits for Autobots and Decepticons to race against […]
Summer Games Done Quick 2024 is over for another year, raising £1.9m ($2.5m) for the charity Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. That brings the speedrunning organiser’s lifetime total to a staggering £40m/$51m across all its events for charities like AbleGamers, Doctors Without Borders, Organisation for Autism Research, Malala Fund, National Women’s Law Center, and Prevent […]
A classic adventure built in the early days of the multimedia gaming era, Riven is a beautiful first-person puzzle game that asks players to slowly unravel the mysteries of its unusual world. A sequel to the similarly celebrated Myst, Riven boasted arguably the most detailed pre-rendered backgrounds to date when it was released in […]
The success of Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty DLC was only possible due to the base game’s “negative reception”. That’s according to senior quest designer Paweł Sasko, who acknowledged that if the original game’s 2020 release hadn’t been “as negative as it was”, “it couldn’t have been possible” for expansion Phantom Liberty to have “worked significantly […]
Beyond Good and Evil’s 20th Anniversary Edition is a near perfect remaster for fans of the 2003 original, with this cult classic’s visuals improved over the previous HD release from 2011. Almost every texture, shader, and material upgraded with a new asset – making for an often satisfying side-by-side comparison. Added to that, current-gen […]
Nintendo’s Switch 2 won’t be hit by the same component shortages that blighted the launch of other recent consoles and led to months of product scarcity and scalping. Speaking to investors this week, Nintendo said it had now “resolved” the issue which had seen it unable to manufacture enough Switch 1 hardware […]
A developer who worked on Rockstar’s scrapped GTA 5 single-player Trevor DLC has discussed the project’s cancellation and expressed regret it never saw the light of day. The existence of GTA 5 single-player DLC, in which fan-favourite character Trevor Philips would have taken a starring role, has been discussed previously, and fans have […]
Netflix’s nascent plans to produce a Horizon Zero Dawn series are “no longer moving forward”, it’s claimed, following the publication of a Rolling Stone report this week that detailed accusations of “bulling, manipulative and retaliatory behaviour” by its planned showrunner Steve Blackman. The report’s allegations relate to Blackman’s previous work for Netflix […]
Hello! Eurogamer is once again marking Pride with another week of features celebrating the intersection of LGBTQIA+ culture and gaming. Today, Dr Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston reflects on what learning more about their neurotype has taught them about gaming and queerness. This article is about coming out, though not in the way you might expect. Last […]
ack in March, Diablo 4 became the first Activision Blizzard title to join Xbox Game Pass post-Microsoft’s acquisition of the publisher, and it looks like the floodgates are finally starting to open; Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is reportedly set to hit the subscription service this August, with more Activision games coming “very soon”. […]
Hello! Eurogamer is once again marking Pride with another week of features celebrating the intersection of LGBTQIA+ culture and gaming in all its guises. Today, Florence Smith Nicholls explores experimental escape room Memoirscape and its tale of queer love in the 80s. “This room is very gender.” We’re in a teen bedroom – the exact […]
Somehow I’d missed hit horror movie franchise A Quiet Place was getting a video game adaptation (it turns out I’m just deeply inattentive), but barely a month after its re-reveal, a fresh look at its alien-evading action has come our way – and it definitely shows potential, assuming you’ve got the constitution for a […]
Microsoft has announced the next selection of titles headed to Xbox Game Pass over the coming weeks. Included in the lineup are sci-fi adventure Journey to the Savage Planet, Neon White, and Tchia. Originally launched as a Stadia exclusive, Journey to the Savage Planet was the debut game from Typhoon Studios – a […]
Parkitect is an absolute treat, a theme park management sim in the classic Rollercoaster Tycoon mould, but with more than a few fresh ideas of its own. It was a joy on PC, and it’s finally console-bound, heading to Xbox and PlayStation this Wednesday, 3rd July. Parkitect is the work of developer Texel […]
Xbox owners will soon be able to get their hands on Poppy Playtime Chapter 1: A Tight Squeeze. “Chapter 1 brings players into the abandoned Playtime Co. Factory as a former employee returning to find out what happened to the employees who vanished,” reads the official blurb. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. […]
Listen up, Tarnished – Elden Ring worldbuilding writer George R. R. Martin has given his strongest hint yet that the critically acclaimed game may be getting its own “feature film or TV” spin-off. Whilst Hidetaka Miyazaki has only teased that he and FromSoftware would be open to a live-action adaptation, Martin goes just that little […]
Praydog’s UEVR mod is absolutely astonishing. The fact that I could use it to instantly give current internet darling Chained Together a fully playable VR mode just blows my mind. This incredible mod injector doesn’t work perfectly for every Unreal Engine 4/5 game (I wanted to do Still Wakes the Deep this week but it’s […]
Ubisoft has laid off 33 members of its Ubisoft Toronto staff. In a statement to press, Ubisoft said the layoffs were part of a “targeted realignment” necessary to ensure it can “deliver on its ambitious roadmap. Newscast: Why are there so many games industry layoffs?Watch on YouTube “Ubisoft Toronto has decided to conduct a targeted […]
Saber Interactive has cancelled the public beta test for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 in order to “prepare for the full launch”. Citing that running a beta now “would take the development teams away from preparing for the full launch”, the team acknowledged “this is disappointing news for some of you”, and offered the limited […]
After a long (and in my case, slightly impatient) wait, Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse – the third and regrettably final season of Telltale Games’ episodic point-and-click adventure series – will be getting the remaster treatment on 14th August this year. Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse originally released back in 2010, […]
A live-action Street Fighter movie is set to hit a screen near you in 2026. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the new film based on the fan-favourite fighting game is slated to release on 20th March 2026. Newscast: With the death of Keystone, will Xbox give up its streaming console plans forever?Watch on YouTube […]
Amazon has unveiled the latest fist of games it’s making available for Prime members to download and keep as part of its regular monthly offerings, with July’s titles set to include Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition and Cat Quest 2. In total, six titles are available for Prime members in July, with the full […]
Capcom has announced its digital showcase – Capcom Next – will take place next week. The broadcast will last for 25 minutes, and provide us with updates on Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (which is slated to release next month, on 19th July) and Resident Evil 7’s move to iPhone/iPad and Mac. The highlight of […]
PC-playing survival horror fans, I have good news for you. The original version of Resident Evil is now available to purchase via GOG, with “even more blood, graphic violence and gory scenes than the worldwide monster hit version on PlayStation”. This PC release is fully compatible with Windows 10 and Windows 11, and promises new […]
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration – the acclaimed Atari-themed interactive museum from developer Digital Eclipse – is adding 39 new games later this year in an expansion detailing further events in the company’s eventful history. Atari 50’s Expanded Edition introduces two new timelines to the existing game, starting with The Wider World of […]
High-profile streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm has been ousted from Midnight Society, the game development studio he co-founded in 2021, after new allegations relating to his much-publicised Twitch ban surfaced late last week. Beahm was permanently banned from Twitch in the summer of 2020 – a year into a two-year exclusivity contract […]
The pre and post launch hype behind Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC has been impossible to ignore, but has it managed to convince any of you ‘never-Souls’ players to finally give the game a try? The oft-mention difficulty curve of the Souls series can be an instant turn off for some. I mean, […]
Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco has “called out” Elden Ring fans struggling with the dfficulty by suggesting they “level up your Scadutree Blessing”. In a brief message posted on social media platform X, Bandai Namco US said simply: “This is a suggestion”. Shadow Of The Erdtree Review – 40 HOURS IN ELDEN RING’S LANDS OF […]
I always get lost in games like Elden Ring and Dark Souls. The impossible architecture, the improbable geography and the way that the levels twist and turn and fold back in on themselves really muddles my head and stops me from being able to visualise the locations properly. Put me in those same places in […]
Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC has fallen to a “mixed” user rating on Steam after players logged their disappointment with difficulty and the PC version’s performance issues. An aggregate score of almost 15,000 players has seen the critically acclaimed DLC stumble on PC, and whilst most players comment favourably on the game’s stunning […]
The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red – which long held the record for the best-reviewed RPG expansion for Blood and Wine – has congratulated FromSoftware for its “stellar work”. Acknowledging that Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree has stolen the accolade after eight years of riding high, The Witcher team said that whilst it […]
A little over a month after the arrival of its Nebraska DLC, American Truck Simulator has set its sights on a new destination, with SCS Software announcing Iowa – AKA the Corn State AKA the Hawkeye State – as the latest expansion in the works for its vehicular trundling sim. Since launching back […]
A Polish development studio has come under fire for expecting employees to agree to mandatory sauna sessions. In a now viral LinkedIn exchange, Spectrum Studio creative director Jacek Piórkowski approached narrative designer and writer Aleksandra Wolna about working for his studio. Wolna replied to state Piórkowski had previously approached her about a job, and she […]
With one hand FromSoftware giveth (a goat-horse in a more opportune location, for instance) and with the other it taketh away; Elden Ring’s newly released 1.12 update has introduced a bug that can break things on Steam Deck – but FromSoftware says it’s investigating. As detailed on the developer’s social media feed, leaving […]
Still Wakes the Deep is the Dark Souls of Walking Simulators. Or is it? Jim Trinca, who recently reviewed Still Wakes the Deep for VG247, has opinions about the new game from The Chinese Room. Specifically about how he thinks it could be a much better game without the monsters. He doesn’t want to get […]
Ubisoft has pulled its beloved action-adventure Beyond Good and Evil from a number of digital stores, prompting speculation that its previously announced remaster is set to launch very soon. Beyond Good and Evil’s 20th Anniversary Edition – a remaster of the original 2003 game – was confirmed to be in development last November, […]
Banana has taken Steam by storm recently, yesterday knocking Baldur’s Gate 3 out of the top 10 most popular games on Valve’s platform (in terms of peak concurrent players). In Banana, players click on the image of a banana – or simply leave the software running – to eventually get a banana dropped […]
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Sumerian Six gets two things right immediately as far as I’m concerned. One, it lets you punch a bunch of Nazis in a pulpy 1930s setting, and two, it’s the kind of old-school, sight-cone-dodging stealth-tactics game I’m a sucker for. These things don’t come around too often, being a niche within a niche and all, […]
Recent data states Rockstar’s GTA trilogy has hit a combined total of over 30m downloads on Netflix. Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City, and San Andreas made their way onto the service in December, following earlier reports that Netflix had been in talks with Rockstar to licence a GTA game as part of an attempt […]
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios has donated $4311 (£3397) to the Save the Children charity after Helldivers chose morality over manslaughter earlier this week. Arrowhead CCO and Helldiver 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt confirmed the donation after Helldivers players chose to save the trapped survivors – which turned out to be thousands of sick […]
Wizard With a Gun developer Galvanic Games is closing down. In a statement posted to the Seattle-based studio’s social media channels, president and founder Patrick Morgan said the announcement was made with “a heavy heart” and the “irony of spending a decade building [their] ideal team, only for it to end after [the team’s] most […]
The rumoured Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is reportedly real, according to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier. Rumours of a remaster of the cult PS1 classic began back in 2021 after an infamous Nvidia leak included a list of datamined yet-to-be-announced games – including Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy 9 alongside the now-released Chrono Cross […]
Life is Strange: Double Exposure will support and respect whichever ending you chose in the original Life is Strange game, developer Deck Nine has said as part of an extended look at its upcoming sequel. Announced last week during Summer Game Fest, Double Exposure continues the story of the Life is Strange series’ […]
Xbox has announced a release date for Ara: History Untold. The upcoming turn-based historical strategy title is set to launch on 24th September. On its debut, it will be available for Windows PC and Steam. The Xbox published title will arrive on day one for PC Game Pass, as well. In addition, president of developer […]
League of Geeks – the studio behind Armello, Jumplight Odyssey, and Solium Infernum – has announced it’s going into “hibernation for the foreseeable future”, following its decision to cut 50 percent of its workforce at the end of last year. Back in December, the studio said it had been affected by a combination […]
On its release, Avowed will include a third-person gameplay mode. Developer Obsidian confirmed this little nugget of information earlier this week, as part of an Xbox podcast. While debuting new footage from the studio’s upcoming RPG, Avowed director Carrie Patel casually stated: “Yes, we do have third-person.” “A lot of the footage we’re going to […]
With Destiny 2’s The Final Shape expansion now here, officially bringing the ten-year Light and Darkness saga to a close, developer Bungie has turned its attention to the future, sharing more on what’s next for its live-service shooter – including a tease of the mysterious Codename: Frontiers, whatever it may be, coming next year. […]
Considering E3 is dead, an awful lot of it happened over the weekend and quite honestly, it feels like this weekend contained some of the best video game ‘showcases’ in quite a long time. Summer Game(s) Fest kicked everything off with a bang, but that was followed up by a surprisingly brilliant Xbox Showcase, a […]
Tonight, Microsoft announced a trio of new Xbox Series X/S consoles, including a digital-only Xbox Series X. In part, these seemed similar to the consoles seen in leaked plans released into the public domain in error last year that awkwardly trumpeted an “adorably all-digital” future for Xbox – something Microsoft’s Phil Spencer later […]
This year’s Summer Games Fest bonanza might have been a bit of a flaccid affair, but the indie showcases continue to knock it out of the park. Following strong showings from Day of the Devs and Devolver, Wholesome Direct has now stepped up with its own offering, this one explicitly focused on games at […]
The rumours were true: Bandai Namco has confirmed that Dragon Ball Sparking Zero will indeed release in October – 11th October, to be exact – and it will feature a day one season pass. Bandai Namco also took the opportunity to announce four different editions – standard, digital-only deluxe, ultimate, and premium. While all will […]
MultiVersus has only been fully launched a week, but already there’s an oasis of leaks – and player excitement – mapping out much of what’s already set to arrive in the game next. Warner Bros’ free-to-play platform fighter is designed as a nexus point for characters and franchises to come together and beat each […]
Silent Hill 2’s original creators “didn’t want to make the same thing again” when it came to Silent Hill 2 Remake, causing Remake developer Bloober Team to push back on some of their suggestions. In an interview with Famitsu, Silent Hill 2 Remake producer Motoi Okamoto – who joined Konami in 2019 to revive the […]
Yooka-Laylee, the Banjo-Kazooie-inspired platform collect-’em-up from developer Playtonic Games, is getting a bit of a spruce-up for PC and unspecified consoles by way of a newly announced (and dubiously named) remaster, Yooka-Replaylee. The original Yooka-Laylee launched back in 2017, garnering modest acclaim – Eurogamer called it a “gentle, irreverent platformer let down by […]
The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin has revealed the show’s second season will be shorter in terms of episode count than the first, but there is a reason for that. Speaking with Deadline, Mazin confirmed the second season of The Last of Us will comprise seven episodes, with one of those episodes being “quite […]
It looks like Sony’s recently revealed 5v5 sci-fi shooter Concord will take a leaf out of Helldivers 2’s wildly successful live-service playbook and launch with a relatively modest price tag of £35. Concord, the debut game from Sony’s FireWalk Studios, was announced with only minimal detail last May. More was revealed during last […]
Octopath Traveler has been rated in Taiwan for both PlayStation 4 and PS5. While the sequel is already available on Sony’s consoles (as well as Switch and PC), the first game was released on Switch, PC (Steam), and Xbox One, but not PlayStation. As spotted by Gematsu, Octopath Traveler was rated in […]
Hitman 3 is headed to Meta Quest 3 via a VR version that adds dual-wielding, and features a new cel-shaded art style. Officially titled as Hitman 3 VR: Reloaded, the project is being worked on by Leeds-based studio XR Games in collaboration with original developer IO Interactive. Its addition of dual-wielding […]
Coffee shop games have left me hot and cold over the last couple of years. Coffee Talk, with its endearing fantasy characters and sumptuous soundtrack, remains the pinnacle of this growing genre for me, with Necrobarista coming a close second, thanks mostly to its striking bookshop setting and considered meditation on death and the afterlife […]
While Naughty Dog may currently be best known for its post-apocalyptic The Last of Us series, with multiple remasters and an award winning TV series under its belt, it won’t be like this forever. That’s according to studio head Neil Druckmann, who additionally told the LA Times Naughty Dog currently has a number of games […]
“Something big is going on behind the scenes” at Starfield. That’s according to players who have been poking around in Steam’s backend. By monitoring the updates made to the Steam files via SteamDB, some players claim that Bethesda has made more changes in May than March and April combined. Starfield: May Update developer video.Watch on […]
Skald is a propulsive throwback RPG that exudes grisly character, though its commitment to tradition holds it back in a genre rife with competition. Skald: Against the Black Priory is without question the retro-est game I have played. The recent spate of boomer shooters and PS1-era survival horrors are mere whippersnappers in this 8-bit RPGs […]
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Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft will debut on Netflix on 10th October, 2024. The streaming giant confirmed the news earlier today with an all-too-brief teaser – I’m afraid it’s less than a minute long – which you can see embedded below: Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft | Date Announcement | NetflixWatch […]
This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we look back on the start of this year’s June hype cycle, the period formerly known as E3, now a potpourri of other events and announcement livestreams. PlayStation got the ball rolling last night with its latest State of Play broadcast, which included a look ahead at its […]
It’s a dangerous thing, toying with people’s gaming memories, because they’ve often welded to our sense of self and who we are. They’re not impartial any more, if they ever were. These memories are a powerful thing to appeal to, and a smart way for a game to get attention, but it’s also dangerous ground […]
Redfall’s final ever update has been released, marking an end to Arkane Austin’s work on the game – and indeed the now-shuttered studio’s work in general. Known as version 1.451.3.0 – a nod to video games’ ongoing 0-4-5-1 easter egg, which dates back almost 30 years – this update adds features such as […]
Sony has called the PlayStation 5 its “most profitable generation to date”. During this morning’s business segment meeting and investor presentation, the company revealed its PS5 generation had hit $106bn in sales. It is close to catching up with its predecessor the PS4, which generated a total of $107bn sales for the company. […]
Amazon has unveiled its Prime Gaming lineup for June, along with the usual monthly bonuses for Prime members. This month’s collection features seven free titles that Prime members can download and keep forever. The most popular of which is Star Wars Battlefront 2, supported by six indie titles including Genesis Noir and Mythforce. The full […]
Mario Kart’s Blue Shell (officially, the Spiny Shell) is one of the most iconic items in video game history. It’s also one of the most controversial. A mainstay of the series since Mario Kart 64, the Blue Shell is a laser-guided missile targeted at the player in first place. It is near-unavoidable, and completely unavoidable […]
Xbox Game Studios has reportedly signed a deal to publish the first project from Hundred Star Games, the new studio established by Rocksteady co-founders Sefton Hill and Jamie Walker. Hill and Walker announced their departure from Batman Arkham studio Rocksteady in October 2022, and Hundred Star Games was founded the following April. However, […]
Another week, another episode of DF Direct Weekly (hence the name) and this episode was actually split into two recording sessions. Normal filming occured on Friday morning, but at around 3pm, Ascendant Studios in association with Enduring Games, finally released its AMD FSR 3 frame generation upgrade for Immortals of Aveum. Initial testing from myself […]
“When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” I don’t know who first said these words, but they have given me great comfort over the years. I truly believe memories can be treasure, and often the most precious treasure there is. Pine Hearts Developer: Hyper Luminal Games Publisher: Little Nook […]
Larian Studios’ Swen Vincke has opened up about crunch culture at the studio, acknowledging that the team did, at times, “have to do a bit of crunch” when “things happened that [the studio] didn’t foresee”. In the Q&A Vincke hosted after his address at the Digital Dragons conference in Poland, Vincke was asked if the […]
This piece contains spoilers for Halo: Reach. In the pantheon of platform exclusives, few loom so large as Halo. Since it was launched by Bungie in 2001, Microsoft’s first-person shooter series has spawned no less than 15 games, alongside endless volumes of novels, comics, art books and a TV adaptation. It’s also provided […]
A Mortal Kombat YouTuber and modder is accusing Warner Bros of “threatening to destroy” his YouTube channel. In a lengthy statement on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, ToastedShoes – an Australian YouTuber with 800K subscribers and 1.7m followers on TikTok – claims he has received an “Intellectual Property Infringement Notification” directly […]
Skull and Bones – Ubisoft’s extraordinarily long in the works (and not particularly good) open-world pirate adventure – is getting a free week-long trial next week, and it’ll coincide with the launch of the live-service game’s second season of post-launch content. When Skull and Bones released in February – some 11 years after […]
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League might not have done the numbers Warner Bros was expecting, but developer Rocksteady continues onward with its post-launch plans, with its imminent Season 1 – Episode 2 update introducing new enemies, new gears, and more. Season 1 – Episode 2 is a mid-season update for Kill the […]
With Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, Sayonara Wild Hearts developer Simogo weaves together interlocking puzzles, infinite timelines, and supernatural mischief with only minimal clumsiness. Lorelai and the Laser Eyes unfolds like an origami star. The more you play Simogo’s logic puzzle game, the more unexpected complexity you find folded in it, flattened neatly into an […]
Nintendo’s Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remake has added lines confirming villain-turned-companion character Vivian is transgender after references relating to her gender identity were removed in the original 2004 English translation. In The Thousand-Year Door’s original Japanese release, Vivian – one of three villainous Shadow Sisters – is deliberately misgendered by various characters, […]
Nintendo has made its first acquisition in two years. The company has entered a deal with embattled Swedish games company Embracer to purchase Shiver Entertainment, a studio responsible for porting the likes of Mortal Kombat 1 and Hogwarts Legacy onto Nintendo Switch. On the deal’s completion, which is “pending satisfaction” of all relevant customary closing […]
Less than 18 months after it was first rolled out, Tesla is allegedly pulling Steam support from its vehicles. Back in December 2022, Tesla confirmed games like Cuphead, Sonic, and Cyberpunk 2077 could be played as part of a native beta Steam app in the company’s S and X models. To see this content please […]
I love Uatu, the Watcher. I love to reference him in conversations. I like to use him in elaborate Marvel-themed analogies when winning arguments. I love to put him in articles, although he often gets edited out. Uatu is one of my favourite Marvel characters. I am Uatu 4 Life. Now, if you play Marvel […]
Assassin’s Creed Shadows pre-orders are “looking very strong”. That’s according to notable – and often accurate – leaker Tom Henderson, who claims that “no one in the know [at Ubisoft] is disappointed” with the number of pre-orders the highly-anticipated action-RPG has secured so far. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings […]
Year three, at least, and I continue to play Dark Souls very, very slowly. Actually, that’s not true. Sometimes I play in frantic bursts. At others I let it lie for months and months with no progress at all. I’m still relatively early on, deep in a dungeon that looks like the inside of someone’s […]
In news that should be of no surprise to anyone given Fortnite’s all-consuming nature, post-apocalyptic RPG series Fallout will soon be making an appearance in the battle royale game. Fallout is, of course, currently enjoying a bit of a renaissance thanks to Amazon’s recent live-action TV adaptation, making it a prime target for […]
Rockstar Games and publisher Take-Two Interactive have narrowed GTA 6’s release window from the previously announced “2025” to “fall” of next year. Take-Two shared the news during its Q4 2024 earnings report, saying it was “highly confident that Rockstar Games will deliver an unparalleled entertainment experience”. “Our expectations for the commercial impact […]
Ubisoft has cancelled its upcoming free-to-play shooter The Division Heartland, as it moves to refocus its resources on “bigger opportunities”. The Division Heartland was announced for PC and consoles back in May 2021, when it was original set to launch within a vague “2021-22” release window. Since then, it’s resurfaced intermittently, and an […]
Customer service jobs in supermarkets feel like a rite of passage in the UK. They offer an instructive and character-shaping congregation of work-placed nightmares. Whether it’s the repeat shoplifters with odd nicknames, chancers who believe the warehouse should have every out-of-stock item available within seconds, or just the complainers unhappy that you’ve had the audacity […]
Paradox Interactive has announced it’s parting ways with Prison Architect 2 developer Double Eleven after nine years on the popular management series, saying it “could not find a commercial agreement that worked for both parties”. Double Eleven first became involved with Prison Architect after it was hired to port the game to consoles, […]
Be warned: this piece contains spoilers for Dragon Age 2. As someone with South Asian heritage, I’m typical in that family is an essential part of my life story. I grew up amidst cousins and aunts, weddings and birthdays, weekly visits to my uncle and great uncles after school, and weekend drives with my grandmother […]
Sony and Lego are collaborating on a “well-known” IP, and rumour has it, it’s Guerilla’s Horizon franchise. Earlier today, noted leaker Kurakasis suggested that “Sony is preparing something in collaboration with Lego”, adding that it was “related” to a well-known series and that an announcement is “expected soon”. Digital Foundry takes a deep dive into […]
Marathon, the 1994 video game that marked Halo and Destiny developer Bungie’s first foray into the world of first-person sci-fi shooters, is – as Bungie previously said it would be – now available on Steam for free. And the remaining two titles in the series are due at a later date. Marathon Classic, […]
When Minecraft smashed down like a meteor all those years ago, the idea of chopping down trees in games – to make wood to make shelter – felt excitingly new. Before then, games weren’t particularly concerned with the mundanities of survival, presumably in the name of what they thought was fun. Games were for extraordinary […]
A Highland Song, the acclaiming hiking adventure from 80 Days and Heaven’s Vault developer Inkle Studios, is tempting players back into its rolling Scottish hills with its free new Harmony update, introducing new stories, new music, and more. A Highland Song, which launched late last year on Switch and PC, tells the story […]
Closing in on four years since Microsoft’s Perfect Dark reboot was announced, and a year since it was reported that “little meaningful progress” had been made on the project since its unveiling, it’s now being claimed the reboot remains in “a very rough state”. That’s according to journalist Jeff Grubb who, while discussing […]
There’s a distinct whiff of hedgehog over in the world of mobile gaming today; not only has Sega just unveiled the Fall Guys-like Sonic Rumble, the very excellent Sonic Mania Plus is now available on iOS and Android via a Netflix subscription. Starting with Sonic Rumble, it’s being developed in conjunction with Angry […]
Arkane Austin – one of four studios closed as part of a shock announcement by Microsoft earlier today – was reportedly working on a major update for its embattled vampire shooter Redfall that was set to introduce an offline mode this month. That’s according to IGN’s Wesley Yin-Poole, who reports Arkane Austin was […]
Sony is giving all Playstation and PC players limited-time access to three Destiny 2 expansions – The Witch Queen, Beyond Light, and Shadowkeep – ahead of The Final Shape’s arrival in June. Additionally, Destiny 2’s current expansion, Lightfall, is available to PlayStation Plus subscribers. The promotion, which Sony is calling Expansion Open Access, […]
Nintendo has officially discussed Switch 2 for the first time, and laid out a rough timetable for when we’ll see the much-discussed but still under-wraps console publicly unveiled. A message from Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa, posted this morning to social media platform X, confirms we’ll hear of Switch 2 “this fiscal year” […]
Supergiant’s first ever sequel may feel very comfortable and familiar, but Hades’ best weapon remains the power of surprise. Sequels are always difficult, I imagine. How to capture the core brilliance of a thing and build on it? What to add, what to remove? I’ve always loved Sid Meier’s rule of thirds for Civilisation games: […]
Following backlash from its community, Sony has overturned plans to enforce mandatory PSN linking for Helldivers 2 players on Steam. On Friday, the publisher announced Helldivers 2 players on Steam would soon be required to link to a PSN account for safety and security. It said this was always going to be a requirement for […]
“Role-playing games are only 50 years old. We’re still inventing them every day. That’s what’s really exciting about it. We haven’t found the boundaries of it yet, if there are any. We’re still pushing out. That’s what keeps me doing this stuff, years after most of my peers have retired or passed on.” Do you […]
Respawn has dropped a new teaser for the next season of its free-to-play battle royale, Apex Legends. The trailer shows off what to expect when season 21, Upheaval, drops next week, and gets us up close and personal with “the embodiment of disruption”, new Legend Alter. You can check out the action for yourself in […]
Apex Legends: Upheaval releases on Tuesday 7th May, 2024 and is the 21st season of the ever-evolving battle royale. Alongside the arrival of the first villainous Legend to hit the games since Revenant in 2020, there are plenty of new and returning additions that promise to turn this season on its head including a revamped […]
There’s something mysterious brewing over at Nintendo; a new listing for a previously unannounced Switch game, called Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, has been spotted on the US’ Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) website. Helpfully, the ESRB – which has rated the game ‘E’ for ‘Everyone’ if you’re curious – has a few […]
If, like me, you haven’t been paying that much attention to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night since the buzz around its release started to fade, you might be surprised to see developer ArtPlay has just shared a brand-new post-launch roadmap – providing a date for the game’s final two Kickstarter stretch goals – some […]
Larian Studios has warned of a further – if hopefully short – delay for the Xbox Series X/S and North American PlayStation 5 versions of its fancy Baldur’s Gate 3 physical Deluxe Edition, caused by unspecified “production issues”. Baldur’s Gate 3’s Deluxe Edition was unveiled last December promising an assortment of appealing tat, […]
Lego Fortnite, the survival crafting experience found within Fortnite itself, is adding a huge new Star Wars mode this Friday, 3rd May. The permanent addition comes as part of a Star Wars celebration across all four of Epic Games’ main Fortnite modes: battle royale, Lego Fortnite, Rocket Racing and Fortnite Festival. But […]
Sony has revealed a new PS5 feature that’ll let players generate shareable links enabling others to quickly jump into their multiplayer sessions without needing to be PSN friends first. Once the feature arrives – at some point in “the coming months”, according to Sony – players will be able to create links either […]
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Diablo 4’s fourth season of post-launch content, Loot Reborn, arrives on 14th May and promises to be the dungeon-crawler’s “biggest gameplay update yet”. As per Blizzard’s lengthy announcement, Season 4: Loot Reborn is a little different to previous seasons; as well as delivering the expected limited-time seasonal content, it permanently overhauls “many core […]
We’re in the middle of a bit of a monitor revolution that comes around once every few years, as new panel types take hold and wow the crowds. That’s certainly the case in 2024 with a slew of new monitors based around Samsung’s third-gen QD-OLED panels. We’ve been focusing on the 32-inch 4K 240Hz offerings, […]
Vampire Survivors – still vampire-free before you ask – has surprise-launched its brand-new Laborratory update – a “hyper realistic holiday themed” update so mindblowingly spectacular, developer Poncle is even going as far as to herald it a “AAAA” release. The free Laborratory update (yes, with two ‘r’s) plunges players deep into the dark […]
I didn’t realise this while I was recording the video, but this week’s VR Corner subject, ConVRgence was made by the same developer as another game that I previously featured in my Corner, Paradox of Hope. ‘Monkey-With-a-Bomb’, as the solo studio is called, released Paradox of Hope in Early Access exactly two years ago this […]
Escape from Tarkov developer Battlestate has released a second statement after it u-turned on a decision to lock an “exclusive” PvE mode to its €300 Unheard Edition following player feedback, saying it is “very sorry that fans and the game community in general are experiencing these feelings”. In the statement posted to Reddit, COO Nikita […]
Escape from Tarkov developer Battlestate has u-turned on a decision to lock an “exclusive” PvE mode to its €300 Unheard Edition following player feedback, but insists it is not reneging on its promise to give End of Darkness edition owners “all subsequent DLCs” because “PvE gamemode is not DLC”. Late yesterday (26th April), Matt reported […]
Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has pushed out another update for Stardew Valley. Update 1.6.6 addresses a number of bugs and some balance, gameplay, and translation issues, including restoring the ability to give your spouse crap flowers – the cornerstone of every healthy relationship, of course – and resolving an evaporating raccoon. 5 Ways Stardew Valley Makes […]
Escape from Tarkov developer Battlestate has drawn fan ire after unveiling a €250 (€300 after tax) special edition that, alongside special advantages some are calling pay-to-win, contains an exclusive co-op PvE mode that won’t be made available to those that bought a previous edition promising access to “all subsequent DLCs”. The tactical online […]
It mightn’t be a huge surprise to hear – given we’re talking about one of Steam’s most wishlisted games in recent times – but solo developer Slavic Magic’s Manor Lords is off to a flying start; the medieval city builder/strategy hybrid is currently Steam’s best-selling title and its fourth most played game just hours […]
Bulletstorm and Outriders studio People Can Fly has brought development of its struggling Project Dagger to a close after concluding its commercial potential was “unsatisfactory”. Project Dagger, which People Can Fly previously described as a new action-adventure IP, had been in development for around three and a half years, and was initially set […]
Blizzard has revealed it won’t be hosting its annual BlizzCon fan convention in 2024, but says the long-running event – first seen in 2005 – may return “in future years”. BlizzCon has, of course, had a bit of a bumpy ride in recent times, taking an extended hiatus as Blizzard navigated health and […]
The man arrested for sending death threats to Nintendo – which resulted in the cancellation of Nintendo Live Tokyo earlier this year – has reportedly been charged by Japanese police. As reported by Japanese newspaper Kyoto Shimbun (thanks VGC), the 27-year-old man, a resident of Hitachi city in Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture, has been […]
Disney Dreamlight Valley is stuffing the glitter cannons and oiling its gates as it readies to welcome two new guests, with Daisy Duck and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit both now confirmed to be joining the exuberant village life sim next Wednesday, 1st May. Daisy arrives as part of the free Thrills and Frills […]
Lords of the Fallen has reached the final stage of its free content roadmap, as developer Hexworks acknowledges the technical difficulties that hampered the game’s launch last year. Master of Fate, as the modifier is known, will allow players to randomise seven different aspects. Choosing to randomise enemy spawns and loot drops alongside […]
Steven Ogg, who played Trevor Philips in Grand Theft Auto 5, has revealed he “shot some stuff” for a DLC that would have continued the character’s adventures, now working as an undercover agent for the FBI, but it “just disappeared and [Rockstar] never followed up on it.” As those with long memories might […]
El Paso, Elsewhere – the ultra-stylish “neo noir” motel-in-hell shooter from developer Strange Scaffold – is getting the movie treatment following its acclaimed release last year. El Paso, Elsewhere takes players into the bowels of a reality shifting Texan motel – and across the boundaries of hell itself – as they hunt down […]
Microsoft’s indie-focused ID@Xbox digital showcase is back next Monday, 29th April, with news on Life is Strange developer Don’t Nod’s Lost Records: Bloom & Rage and more. This year’s ID@Xbox Digital Showcase kicks off at 6pm BST in the UK (that’s 10am PT), promising “lots of indie goodness” including “epic trailers, fresh gameplay, […]
Helldivers 2 is “suffering a minor outage” that is affecting progress tracking. Developer Arrowhead confirmed the issue on social media earlier today, announcing that the team was “looking into the issue”. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Helldivers 2’s Report for Duty trailerWatch on YouTube “Helldivers! Our galactic war systems […]
Fallout fever continues to grip the world, with Fallout 4, New Vegas, and Fallout 76 all seeing a resurgence in popularity, and the latter breaking its own concurrent user record on Steam years after it first released. As noted in SteamDB, the 2018 action RPG – which debuted on Steam in 2020 – has hit […]
Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy may play the villain in Far Cry 7. According to leaker j0nathan – who has successfully leaked Ubisoft details before, including accurate reports of Assassin’s Creed Mirage ahead of release – Cillian Murphy could be following in the footsteps of Better Call Saul’s Michael Mando and Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito by […]
Take-Two has successfully defended itself against a lawsuit in which a tattoo artist claimed the publisher had used their copyright without permission when recreating the likeness of Lebron James’ tattoo in NBA 2K. Yesterday, Friday 19th April, a jury in Ohio returned the verdict that Take-Two had not infringed on tattoo artist Jimmy Hayden’s copyright […]
As the calendar continues its ceaseless onward march, Epic has announced its next batch of weekly Epic Games Store freebies, which this time look very much like Cold War shooter Industria and post-apocalyptic RPG bundle Lisa: Definitive Edition. Both games are free to add to your Epic Games Store library starting Thursday, 25th […]
Telltale Games’ long-in-the-works The Wolf Among Us 2 has resurfaced with new screenshots following last year’s delay, with the studio saying it’s “been heads down” on the project. The Wolf Among Us 2 – again set in the world of Bill Willingham’s Fables comics – was originally announced back in 2017, but development […]
You’d think after launching Stardew Valley’s massive 1.6 update, creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone would want to catch his breath; but nope – Barone has just casually tossed out a new patch that, among other things, adds 40 new mine layouts for players to explore. Barone confirmed a new update was on the way […]
With the world of Dungeons & Dragons now officially behind it, Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has confirmed it currently has two new projects in development, both based on its own IPs, which studio founder Swen Vincke has described as “our best work ever.” Vincke revealed Larian was exploring two new games […]
Dwarf Fortress – the hugely influential, dizzyingly expansive colony sim that’s been in development for over 20 years – has just released its roguelike Adventure Mode over on Steam, albeit initially in public beta form. Adventure Mode gives players an alternate way of exploring Dwarf Fortress’ ludicrously in-depth, procedurally generated worlds – specifically […]
Braid: Anniversary Edition (or Braid, Anniversary Edition as it’s officially styled) has been delayed by two weeks. The remake is now set to launch for PlayStation, Switch, and PC on 15th May, with Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One versions arriving a day later, on 16th May. Developer Jonathan Blow revealed his time-manipulating […]
CD Projekt’s official mod editor for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is now available for playtesting on Steam – albeit initially only to select registrants – ahead of its full release “later this year”. The editor, formally known as The Witcher 3 REDkit, is described as a “comprehensive modding tool” that’s based on […]
Amazon’s Fallout TV show has – a few minor controversies aside – been a hit with fans since arriving last week; but while it’s covered plenty of the video games’ post-apocalyptic basics across its eight episodes – from Pip-Boys and Power Armour to Vaults and Vault-Tec – not everything’s made the cut. And its […]
If you’ve been itching to dive into World of Warcraft’s new subterranean expansion The War Within, there’s an opportunity to do so ahead of release, with beta testing sign-ups now open. The War Within, which was announced during last year’s BlizzCon, marks the first instalment in World of Warcraft’s new three-part Worldsoul Saga, […]
The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has called for the games industry to do more to protect developer jobs and prevent further layoffs. Citing “more than 8,700” job losses this year alone, the IGDA said that “the gravity of this situation and its impact on the industry cannot be overstated”, and called for studio leaders […]
Gun Interactive has confirmed a fix for Texas Chain Saw Massacre’s latest Victim is on the way. Addressing players via its social media channels and the game’s subreddit, Gun revealed that issues regarding Virginia’s skill tree and her unlockable cosmetics should be resolved when the patch rolls out on 16th April. The Texas Chain Saw […]
After shutting down The Crew’s servers at the end of March, Ubisoft has reportedly started removing the open-world racer from owners’ libraries and revoking their user license. Ubisoft delisted The Crew – which would otherwise be celebrating its tenth birthday later this year – from digital storefronts last December, with the publisher announcing […]
Following the recent price hike for EA Play, as well as price bumps for other video game subscription services over the last year, Rockstar’s GTA+ is getting more expensive too. GTA+ initially arrived as a Grand Theft Auto Online-focused subscription service when it launched for consoles in March 2022, providing members with a […]
The BAFTA Games Awards 2024 winners have been revealed, with this year’s big victor – perhaps unsurprisingly – being Larian Studios’ hugely acclaimed Baldur’s Gate 3. Baldur’s Gate 3 took home a total of five BAFTAs, coming top in the categories for Narrative, Music, and Best Game. It also won the EE Player’s […]
Amazon is expanding April’s previously announced Prime Gaming subscription games with two additional Fallout titles, both available now via its Luma game streaming service, to celebrate the launch of its live-action Fallout TV show. First up is Bethesda’s classic post-apocalyptic open-world action-RPG, Fallout 3, which is available in its Game of the Year […]
