Ubisoft's upcoming feudal Japan-set Assassin's Creed game now has a final name: Assassin's Creed Shadows. Previously, it was known only under its working title, Assassin's Creed: Codename Red. Shadows will get a full reveal later this week, on Wednesday 15th May at 5pm UK time. Read more Read more ›
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An unopenable door in Super Mario 64 - thought impossible to pass through without the use of mods - has finally been prised open. The door in question can be found within the game's infamous penguin level - you know, the one where you definitely didn't yeet the baby penguin off the mountain. There, a log cabin can be found with a door that opens outwards - but that's impossible... Read more ›
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FromSoftware has revealed a new enemy type from Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree. "The abandoned and tragic who forage beneath the umbra pray for the embrace of a new master," reads a new social post promoting a pre-order of the game, along with an image of a new enemy with a glowing, bulbous head. Yes, it's a tiny snippet, but fans are already speculating on this new enemy... Read more ›
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Today I learned Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert is working on a new game, which he describes as "Classic Zelda meets Diablo meets Thimbleweed Park". Well, hello there!Work on this project actually started several months ago, but it only came to my attention this afternoon thanks to TimeExtension. I have since done more browsing, and come across some posts on Terrible Toybox, as well as Gilbert's own Mastodon page.Now, admittedly... Read more ›
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A number of "experimental" changes have been made to Manor Lords to tweak the balance, including reduced ale consumption. Ahead of the weekend, the game's solo developer Greg Styczeń released a Steam blog post detailing a tonne of changes, which are available now for open testing. The update fixes a number of commonly reported issues, including "None" people spawning and not working; the game being stuck at the summary screen... Read more ›
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Sony has added another game to its ongoing trials catalogue over on PlayStation Plus Premium.Those subscribed to the service's Premium tier are now able to give The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered a whirl. This particular trial offers the chance for users to experience two hours of the game.Once those two hours are then up, those that wish to continue on with the story will need to fork out... Read more ›
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Pokémon Go developer Niantic has released a new mixed-reality experience, as the next step in its virtual pet franchise Peridot. Named as Hello, Dot, it's available to download now for free from the Meta Quest store, a year on from the launch of Niantic's Peridot game for smartphones. Hello, Dot is the speedy product of three months' work as the Peridot team shifts focus, following the launch of a recent... Read more ›
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Fans of EA Sports FC have responded angrily after EA altered a perceived issue with FUT rewards providing "unintended results". As part of the game's Weekend League, players have a chance to win special versions of certain players, which this past weekend included Kylian Mbappe who's considered the best player in the game. EA doesn't release the odds of receiving specific players, but Mbappe and other top players appeared to... Read more ›
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A trademark for what looks to be a new Doom game has resurfaced after originally being filed by Bethesda back in January, as the suggestion of a reveal in a few weeks' time now swirls. The pending trademark, filed in the US, is titled "IDKFA" - a well-known cheat code used in the Doom series. This isn't the first we've heard of a new Doom game being in development. A... Read more ›
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The release of Hades 2 in early access last week has given the original game a nice little player boost.Over the weekend, the first Hades game managed to beat its own concurrent player record on Steam, with 54,240 taking on the mythological rogue-like dungeon crawler over the last 24 hours. That's 16,491 more concurrent players than Hades' previous record of 37,749, which it set four years ago.Despite this boost, Hades... Read more ›
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Indika, unhelpfully for a desperately devout Orthodox nun in early 19th Century Russia, is in communion with the Devil. Or maybe she just isn't as piously pure of thought as she'd like to believe. In the slippery, shifting world of Indika (I'm talking about developer Odd Meter's wonderfully confounding platform adventure now, not the character - brace yourself for some back-and-forth there), disorientating, uneasy ambiguity reigns over all.Which isn't to... Read more ›
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Square Enix is "aggressively pursuing" a multiplatform strategy, including "Nintendo platforms, PlayStation, Xbox, and PCs". The company's new medium-term business plan was shared today alongside its latest financial report, and follows news of both a review of its development system and the abandonment of £112m of in-development projects. The multiplatform strategy is part of a move to "diversify earnings opportunities" and aims to allow more customers to "enjoy our titles... Read more ›
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There is a Star Wars mod for Helldivers 2 out there and it looks brilliant.The mod in question was shared over the weekend by ToastedShoes, whose name you may recognise from that PC Pokémon mod for Palworld. And, while they say it brings Clone Wars to Arrowhead's shooter, there is something about it that makes me think of Battlefront 3, and what that could have been. Hmm...Anyway, I will bring... Read more ›
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Memory is one of the mind's greatest mysteries. There's no consensus on how it works or what memories even are. I once read about how a memory could simply be a recollection of the last time you thought about that memory. It struck me as being a very sorrowful idea, and one that combines neatly with a personal belief: true death is when the last person who remembers you dies.... Read more ›
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Fan-favourite WWE fighter CM Punk is returning to WWE 2K24 for the first time in a decade.Punk marks his return as part of the ECW Punk Pack alongside Terry Funk, Sandman, and The Dudley Boyz, Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley.Players can also expect MyFaction Content which includes an ECW Paul Heyman Manager Card and unspecified MyFaction Superstar Cards when the pack drops on 15th May for all platforms. Read... Read more ›
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Let's great straight to it - Penny's Big Breakaway is one of the best platform games I have ever played. I thoroughly enjoyed my experience with this game to the point that even months on from its original release date, I still think about and play it regularly. It's the kind of game where within the first few minutes, you instantly know you'll be playing and replaying for years to... Read more ›
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After burning incredibly brightly for a short while, it feels like Content Warning's star might be dimming rather quickly now. One minute there were a million TikToks and streams about it, and the next... well, people seem to be moving on pretty fast. Faster than they did with the game's inspiration, Lethal Company at least.Talking about Lethal Company, this week's featured flatscreen to VR mod for Content Warning has been... Read more ›
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Players and content creators have hit back at Marvel Rivals for a playtest terms of service contract that prohibits players from making "statements that are detrimental to the reputation of the game".As shared by former professional eSports player and Twitch streamer Brandon "A_Seagull" Larned, the contract "signs away your right to negatively review the game".In section 2.1 of the agreement – subtitled "Non-Disparagement" – content creators are obliged to "agree... Read more ›
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Steam representatives are informing some Helldivers 2 players that the game's publisher, Sony, pulled it from sale in regions where PSN is not available, not Steam itself.Earlier this month, Sony 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 players on PC, but due to issues at launch,... Read more ›
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PlayStation has reportedly formed a new studio consisting of former Deviation Games devs.Deviation Games' co-founder, Jason Blundell, is also rumoured to be part of the new studio.As posted to the Gaming Leaks and Rumours subreddit, former Deviation dev Michael Anthony wrote on LinkedIn: "Hey, I hear that a lot of previous Deviation Games employees have setup their own studio at Sony working on an undisclosed new IP. Read more Read more ›
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