PlayStation maker Sony is currently in talks to acquire FromSoftware, the developer behind Elden Ring, Dark Souls and Bloodbourne, as part of a buyout of its owner, the Japanese publishing giant Kadokawa. Read more Read more ›
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You thought the summer showcase festivities were over but - wahoo! - there's still one more to come: Nintendo Direct. The showcase will begin today (18th June) at 3pm UK time, and run for around 40 minutes.I'll be covering all of the announcements from the show live, right here, keeping you up to date in case you can't watch it. But you can also watch the stream here and chat... Read more ›
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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, and they feel especially rare now after the genre suffered a major blow last year... Read more ›
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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 to introduce "higher-end" titles to its mobile-focused gaming catalogue.In January, it was subsequently reported that the... Read more ›
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This week's DF Direct Weekly is what you might call a 'come down' episode. After the highs of the Sony State of Play, Summer Games Fest and the best Xbox Showcase in years, we take things a little more slowly - though we do spend a fair amount of time looking at Ubisoft Forward. While the gaming content gets plenty of commentary, it's actually the quality of the live streaming... Read more ›
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EA's top execs earned $60m in the fiscal year 2024, despite the company laying off hundreds of employees. In particular CEO Andrew Wilson earned just under half that number himself - $25.6m - and was praised for executing on "key strategic and operating objectives". Those objectives include reorganising the business into EA Entertainment and EA Sports; "optimising our portfolio, investments and resources in support of our strategic priorities and growth... Read more ›
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As horror locations go, an oil rig is a doozy. It's remote, isolated, claustrophobic on the inside and not much better on the outside, what with its thrashing storms and merciless seas. But for all its bleakness, there's warmth and life, a last bit of humanity and light at the edge of the world - and Still Wakes the Deep, the latest from Dear Esther and Everybody's Gone to the... Read more ›
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Nintendo has announced the date and time for its next Direct showcase.Those wanting to hear more about what the Mario maker has in store over the coming months can tune in on 18th June, at 3pm. The Direct will be available to watch on Nintendo's YouTube channels.The company has not laid out specifics for what we can expect during tomorrow's broadcast, merely stating it will be "focused on Nintendo Switch... Read more ›
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Baldur's Gate 3 will receive official mod support in a forthcoming patch, which Larian CEO Swen Vincke said will be a handover moment to players. Speaking at BAFTA's An Evening with Baldur's Gate 3 after the game received multiple wins at this year's awards, Vincke discussed development of the game and Larian's long term support. "One of the big things for us, and the one that we're really working towards... Read more ›
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Fallout has seen a renewed spike in popularity following the release of Amazon's TV adaptation. However, despite this, Bethesda doesn't feel under pressure to rush a new game out to placate fans.Speaking with YouTuber MrMattyPlays, Todd Howard acknowledged that the Fallout series is probably at its most popular, with the franchise boasting some record player numbers over recent months. Howard went on to state the studio gives "a lot of... Read more ›
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Publisher Saber Interactive has today given us a look at the upcoming release, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead. This narrative-driven horror game is inspired by the film series, which includes two John Krasinski-directed releases as well as an upcoming prequel spin-off. It was first announced to be in the pipeline back in 2021, however at this time all we had was a logo and the promise of an original... Read more ›
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Todd Howard has shared more about Bethesda's future DLC plans for Starfield. Speaking with YouTuber MrMattyPlays, the Bethesda exec spoke about the studio's "annual story expansion" approach. When further asked about his comment and whether Bethesda was taking this approach with Starfield, Howard replied: "I would say we want to, more or less, yeah. How long that continues? Hopefully a very long time." He then added the studio was already... Read more ›
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Pieces Interactive, the developer behind the recent Alone in the Dark reboot, has been shut down by Embracer. The developer's website now reads "thanks for playing with us" and the dates 2007-2024. "Our last release was the reimagining of Alone in the Dark," it concludes (thanks IGN). Embracer acquired Pieces in 2017 after working on a number of Titan Quest projects. The Swedish conglomerate has closed a number of developers... Read more ›
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One of those rare clarifying moments in my life came when I was told that the whale in Moby Dick didn't symbolise anything. Or rather, it didn't symbolise any one single thing in a fixed and coherent way. The whale might symbolise a handful of things, and those things might contradict one another and you'd just have to live with it. Also the whale was simultaneously a whale - no... Read more ›
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Lords of the Fallen publisher CI Games is gearing up to release a sequel in 2026. The announcement comes from a filing from CI Games, shared by Polish site Bankier, which also confirms Epic will have the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the sequel on PC. Elsewhere, the rights to publish and distribute the game worldwide "on all other platforms, including the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S platforms for... Read more ›
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Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree is out soon, and in anticipation developer FromSoftware has asked that people are considerate with what they post on social media to avoid any spoilers.Greeting its many Tarnished players (it was recently announced Elden Ring has now shipped 25m units worldwide) the team wrote: "With the release of the expansion of Elden Ring, Shadow of the Erdtree, please be mindful of spoilers for... Read more ›
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Elden Ring creator Hidetaka Miyazaki is "still in the process" of creating his "ideal fantasy RPG", despite the huge success of the game and the previous Souls games. When interviewed by PC Gamer, Miyazaki discussed the influence of tabletop games on his work. "You might say that trying to capture that excitement of those old tabletop games and game books was one facet of making Elden Ring," he said. "But... Read more ›
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Join me as I pull six things you can do to prepare for playing Shadow of the Erdtree from Emma's recent Elden Ring DLC preview. These are practical tips from someone who's played the game so if you want to hit the ground running (away from terrifying beasts) this is something you'll likely want to watch. Shadow of the Erdtree promises to be a challenge for those who have already... Read more ›
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Dragon Age: The Veilguard is set 10 years after Dragon Age: Inquisition.In a Q&A session held on Discord and relayed by Shinobi602, the team confirmed several hitherto unknown aspects of the highly anticipated sequel, including the news that The Inquisitor will "definitely be part of the story".We also learned a little more about how the game will be unfold, including news that, unlike Inquisition, there will be no power mechanic... Read more ›
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Plus FromSoft is happy to "consider ideas like that with our future games".Elden Ring creator Hidetaka Miyazaki is okay with you playing Elden Ring in co-op – even if you're using mods to buddy up "beginning to end".In an interview with PC Gamer, FromSoftware president Miyazaki was asked his thoughts on the modding community's efforts to tweak Elden Ring's features, including the Seamless Co-op mod that permits players to team... Read more ›
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Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games has banned over 600 accounts after players used "multiple exploits" to "cheat and exploit" the game.In a brief but firm statement about the issues, senior director of player relations Will "Soulcrusher" Leverett said the team had now completed an investigation, resulting in over 600 suspensions and the removal of "the illicitly gained aUEC from the Star Citizen ecosystem"."We've completed an investigation into multiple exploits... Read more ›
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