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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Dragon Age: Dreadwolf fans should be looking forward to seeing more of BioWare's long-awaited next chapter in its fantasy role-playing series, but there's now confusion over exactly what might be shown at this year's Summer Game Fest. Chatty games journalist Jeff Grubb has discussed Dragon Age's appearance during the upcoming Geoff Keighley-fronted livestream a couple of times this week, hinting that while "Dragon Age" was there, "Dragon Age Dreadwolf" would... Read more ›
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Fallout's showrunners say they want to get the second season of Amazon's adaptation out as soon as it is possible.The first season of Fallout made its debut back in April, with all episodes releasing on Amazon Prime in one go. Soon after it was released, the show received scores of praise across the industry. Our own Fallout review called it "a lovely, if blood-spattered, surprise", while Fallout's original creator Tim... Read more ›
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A little over a year since I stepped into Punchdrunk's astonishing interactive theatre experience The Burnt City, the company has reopened its doors in Woolwich, London, for a vastly different production.For those who don't know Punchdrunk, the company behind uniquely explorable, interactive and almost video game-like productions such as The Drowned Man, Shakespeare retellings such as Sleep No More and Doctor Who spin-off The Crash of the Elysium, the outfit... Read more ›
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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 big" in length."We just want to put people's minds at ease that the idea that this... Read more ›
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Where there is tea, there is hope. I have always appreciated this sentiment. Often when things are feeling overwhelming and I can’t quite get my thoughts in line, I will put the kettle on. It's a simple ritual, but there is something incredibly soothing about the whole process. The selection of which leaf - something that changes depending on the time of day - and finding the perfect mug to... Read more ›
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Naoki Yoshida, Final Fantasy 14's producer and director, has addressed fan fears of recurrent problems impacting the launch of the next expansion Dawntrail, stating there's "almost no chance" of server congestion. Speaking to Eurogamer at a preview event for Dawntrail, Yoshida discussed improvements to servers since the launch of previous expansion Endwalker, as well as the impact of the recent DDoS attack. "It was a source of great inconvenience for... Read more ›
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It's about time the Scions of the Seventh Dawn had a holiday, right? After the adventures of A Realm Reborn and its four expansions - the latest of which took them to the moon and beyond - the heroes of Final Fantasy 14 deserve some sun. And so they land in Tural, with its crystal waters, sandy beaches, lush jungles, and low poly tacos. Between its vibrant setting, its graphical... Read more ›
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I still remember it well: I was at EGX 2015 in Birmingham, and one game turned my head like a doorknob. It wasn't one of the blockbusters, or one of the games with a showy booth, but a much smaller game on a couple of screens, nestled among many others. On that screen was what looked to me like a pixel art fairytale. A person with a crown sat on... Read more ›
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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 week's PlayStation State of Play, however, when Concord was confirmed to be a 5v5 first-person shooter -... Read more ›
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UK high street chain GAME will no longer offer Xbox All Access to new subscribers beginning later this month, Eurogamer can confirm. Xbox All Access, which lets you pay for an Xbox Series X or S console via 24 monthly installments, is available through only a handful of partner retailers globally, and just three in the UK. GAME is by far the largest chain to have supported the subscription, but... Read more ›
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The team at Keen Games has released its second update for Enshrouded, known as Melodies of the Mire.As you may have surmised from the name, this rather chunky update introduces musical instruments into the game, including lutes, harps, drums, and flutes. Players will be able to learn how to craft instruments from a new NPC, Valory of the Silverstrings. More instruments will be added further down the line.In addition to... Read more ›
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Having a new F1 game release annually creates a real challenge to innovate - to truly rework its visuals and features - and so with F1 24 we have a more iterative entry this time around. With that being said, there are key upgrades. In particular F1 24 brings entirely reworked tracks, with fan favourites like Silverstone and Circuit de Spa - and more - getting major overhauls compared to... Read more ›
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Pokeverse - a Pokémon convention partnered with the Make-a-Wish foundation and that featured the original voice of Ash Ketchum from the Pokémon TV series - has been labelled as a disaster on a scale with Glasgow's infamous Willy Wonka rip-off experience. Speaking to Eurogamer today, attendee BintuRina - whose social media posts describing her experience have since gone viral - said the event lacked proper planning and care for its... Read more ›
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It looks like The Last of Us Part 2 will be one of the next Sony games to make its way to PC.According to reliable leaker Billbil-kun of Dealabs, development on a PC release of Naughty Dog's sequel is complete. In fact, work on this port was allegedly tied up as of November last year.Billbil-kun speculated Naughty Dog was refraining from announcing this PC port for now, in order to... Read more ›
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Forget Elden Ring DLC, the only thing I'm excited about this week is my hands-on with the PlayStation VR2 version of Skydance's Behemoth. OK, that's a lie, I am still excited about Shadow of the Erdtree, but playing Behemoth on PSVR2 was the first time that I'd felt truly thrilled by an experience on Sony's headset in what feels like an age. While Behemoth is also set to land on... Read more ›
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FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki has discussed the size of Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree and the desire for players to experience the same sense of discovery as that of the base game. Previously, Miyazaki described Shadow of the Erdtree to Eurogamer as the studio's "largest expansion" ever: "In terms of pure surface area, you could think of something larger even than Limgrave in the base game," he said. Following... Read more ›
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Flock - the sky-based shepherding game from Richard Hogg and Hollow Ponds described as an "ode to the joy of flight and discovery" - has landed itself a release date. Flock will be arriving across PC via Steam, PlayStation and Xbox next month, on 16th July. It will also be available day one on Game Pass. You can check out Flock's release date trailer, which has been styled as a... Read more ›
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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 Taiwan alongside an Xbox Series X/S version of the sequel, which was previously announced by Microsoft at the... Read more ›
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Destiny 2's climactic expansion The Final Shape is now available, bringing to a close 10 years of storytelling - but launch issues have meant many players missed key narrative moments. A string of issues plagued last night's The Final Shape launch, which Bungie has now apologised for. These began with the game's usual traffic issues whenever a big update lands, but continued with further problems that saw players kicked out... Read more ›
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A month after its early access launch, Supergiant Games has released a second patch for Hades 2.As with its first patch, this update does not add any new content to the game, with its focus remaining on things such as bug fixes, general gameplay fixes (many of which were inspired by community feedback) and numerous tweaks to Daedalus Hammer upgrades. For example, Marauder Wallop has been removed from the game... Read more ›
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