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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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. At the time, the studio said it had been affected by a combination of "rapidly rising operation costs, a worsening AUD/USD exchange rate, poor early access sales [of starship management... Read more ›
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Valve is being sued for £656m by a UK digital rights campaigner, who claims the company is rigging the PC games market and deliberately "shutting out" competition through Steam. The accusations have been made in a collective action claim filed with the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal by digital rights activist Vicki Shotbolt. As per an accompanying website encouraging people to join the claim, the suit alleges Valve's conduct "amounts to... Read more ›
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The next musical stars to join Fortnite are Metallica, via an all-encompassing arrival set to land across the game's various modes. Most obviously, Metallica will headline the game's next Fortnite Festival season - the Rock Band-esque mode made by Harmonix. Not only will Metallica's four members be unlockable as skins in the mode's next Festival Pass, but tomorrow's game update notably adds a new competitive way to play Festival: Battle... Read more ›
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June's additions to the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium games catalogue have been revealed, and it's a pretty strong line-up, introducing the likes of Monster Hunter Rise, Crusader Kings 3, Anno 1800, and Football Manager 2024. In total, June brings adds ten titles that'll be accessible to both PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers, and all are available to download starting next Tuesday, 18th June: There's some good stuff coming... Read more ›
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While chatting with Guerilla's narrative director James Windeler shortly after my time with Lego Horizon Adventures, I was reminded that Horizon Zero Dawn's signature robo-dino creatures have already had ties to Lego for some time. "The story goes that we prototyped the first machines in Horizon Zero Dawn from Duplo," he said, "so it's always been a part of the studio."The reality of course is that the relationship between Horizon... Read more ›
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Elden Ring has now shipped an impressive 25m units worldwide.Elden Ring's social media account shared these latest figures on X. "We have come a long way together," it wrote. "We are ever thankful for your passion and support."On its initial release back in February 2022, Elden Ring was an immediate hit. In just over two weeks, it had shifted 12m copies, with publisher Bandai Namco and developer FromSoftware describing these... Read more ›
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Yes, F-Zero 99 was a cute diversion after Nintendo's high speed racing series seemingly went into hibernation, but fans are still waiting for that next proper F-Zero game to arrive. It turns out, though, we didn't need Nintendo after all. Solo developer Aaron McDevitt has developed Aero GPX, a futuristic racer that's F-Zero in all but name. Grands prix of 30 colourful characters? Rollercoaster tracks? A banging electro-rock soundtrack? Check,... Read more ›
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Results of a Capcom poll designed to find out its players' most beloved games and characters have been published, and Dino Crisis fared pretty well overall.When those taking part were asked if there were any Capcom franchises they would like to see get either a sequel or a new game, the Dino Crisis series came out on tricera-top, with 80,769 votes. "Please remake Dino Crisis or release a sequel. I... Read more ›
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