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 remaster, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and more. The likelihood of a Tactics remaster, however, was pulled into... Read more ›
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Assassin's Creed boss Marc-Alexis Côté has spoken on the discourse surrounding Assassin's Creed Shadows' co-lead character Yasuke, an African samurai.When Ubisoft unveiled Assassin's Creed Shadows in May, there was backlash directed at the inclusion of this historical character, with many overly-vocal individuals on the internet affronted by the game's supposed 'wokeness'.This discussion was amplified when controversial owner of social media platform X Elon Musk joined in. Replying to one user... Read more ›
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After the reveal of Astro Bot on PlayStation 5 at the recent State of Play, Astro's Playroom received an update adding iconic Bloodborne boss Lady Maria and an associated trophy. That's on top of Bloodborne costumes as a pre-order bonus for the new game. Of course, this led to speculation from Bloodborne fans that something was afoot. Alas, it appears that's not the case. "There's no secret meaning," Team Asobi... Read more ›
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I did not expect to be walking through a forest at eight this morning. Trees rising out of the sandy earth around me and forming a dense canopy overhead. Buildings poking through the mist. Gnomes or goblins of some kind. Oh god, they're shooting at me! Duck! Run! Get out of here!This is The Explorator, but it could have been something else - Parcel Corps, which combines Crazy Taxi and... Read more ›
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Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing over the past few days. This week it’s caverns, knowledge and doors.What have you been playing?If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We've Been Playing, here's our archive. Read more Read more ›
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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' original teenage protagonist Max Caulfield, now an adult. But the surprise return to Max's story immediately prompted... Read more ›
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The Internet has been devoted to cats since its very beginning. We’ve had cat focused forums, cat-themed flash games, art and even a website dedicated to pictures of cats in sinks, aptly named Cats in Sinks. Not to forget about I Can Haz Cheezburger and Nyan Cat. (Look I can’t list them all, we’d never get to the video game part.) The rise of social media has brought us accounts,... Read more ›
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We've seen some poorly optimised Unreal Engine games over the last few years, especially on console as developers try to implement new and impressive visual features within a limited performance budget. Ark: Survival Ascended, a UE5 remake of 2015's Ark: Survival Evolved, might just be the worst to date. In remaking Survival Evolved, originally an Unreal Engine 4 game, over to the new UE5, developer Studio Wildcard opted to tap... Read more ›
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Everywhere, the next project from ex-GTA producer Leslie Benzies, is getting a closed beta next week. It's a "zero-code toolset" for aspiring game developers to build experiences, or remix other people's, and share them with the community - a bit like Media Molecule's Dreams. The Builders Beta will launch on PC on 18th June and includes plenty for players to use, play and remix from a number of studios. Read... Read more ›
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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 Oxide Games Marc Meyer and Head of Ara for Xbox Game Studios Brian Stone have shared more... Read more ›
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Back in 2021, GamesIndustry.biz spoke to former PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan about his hopes for the future of the company. And he gave the following answer:"I would like to see a world where the games we make at PlayStation can be enjoyed by many tens of millions of people. Perhaps hundreds of millions. Right now success with the current console model, a really great PlayStation hit... you're talking 10 or... Read more ›
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Sonic Dream Team has received another update, adding additional levels and an endgame mission. The Apple Arcade exclusive was released in December last year, but developer Hardlight has continued to update the game ever since. Previous updates added the Sweet Dreams Zones as a bonus for completing the main adventure. This new update adds two new Acts to the zone, with new level features and new takes on missions. Read... Read more ›
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Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Konami's forthcoming remake, will have a visual filter to recreate the look of the original game. On the Xbox podcast, producer Noriaka Okamura discussed more about the game and confirmed the Legacy control style "applies a visual filter to more faithfully recreate the screen look of the original game". Konami has since confirmed to Eurogamer this visual filter can be applied to either control... Read more ›
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David Gaider, creator of Dragon Age and lead writer on the series' previous installments, has praised BioWare's reveal of new game Dragon Age: The Veilguard - the first title in the series he will not have had a hand in. Gaider left BioWare in 2016, two years after the launch of Dragon Age: Inquisition, after early work on the ill-fated Anthem. Now, the brains behind Dragon Age's world of Thedas... Read more ›
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Fans of the 1993 film Jurassic Park will be able to revisit many locations from Isla Nublar on Jurassic Park: Survival's release, but also some previously unseen spots. Jurassic Park: Survival was announced at last year's Game Awards. It's a single-player action-adventure coming from Saber Interactive in partnership with Universal, and will take place the day after the events of the film. The announcement trailer, which you can see for... Read more ›
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Grunn is a normal gardening game set in a mundane village, according to the Steam blurb. It is not at all weird and horrifying, not remotely a glimpse into the abyss. Moments after first arriving off the bus you won't find yourself trapped in the garden by a bridge with a rotten plank. You won't accidentally murder a magpie while chopping down tall grass. And you thoroughly won't be stalked... Read more ›
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FragPunk, the new hero shooter revealed at the Xbox Games Showcase earlier this week, will have a closed alpha test on Steam at the end of the month. The five-versus-five free-to-play online shooter is vibrantly stylised with a card-based twist, where players include shard cards in their loadout to modify the rules of gameplay. News of the alpha comes alongside an extended trailer you can watch below. Read more Read more ›
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Sony is rolling out the ability to join Discord calls from your PlayStation 5 without relying on the service's PC or mobile apps. This means you can now use the Discord tab in the PS5 Control Center to access a Discord server or DM group directly, and from there pick from the available voice channels to join. You might not see the option available today - Sony says it is... Read more ›
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The Banished Vault was one of last year's best, and possibly most difficult, games. It cast you as one of the last Exiles in space - a kind of monk - and tasked you with outrunning a universe-swallowing darkness known as the Gloom. But underneath, it was a game about maths. A game about careful space flight and fuel economy, and about planning many steps in advance to execute a... Read more ›
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If you're a yearly subscriber to the Eurogamer website, I've got a treat for you. You can now claim a free key for The Banished Vault on PC (on Steam). Hooray!The Banished Vault was one of our favourite games of last year. Chris Tapsell gave it five stars in his Banished Vault review. "Give The Banished Vault your real, undivided attention," he wrote, "and what it gives back is an... Read more ›
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