Sony has backtracked on its plans to enforce mandatory PSN linking for Helldivers 2 players on Steam, following immense backlash from its community.On Friday, the publisher announced Helldivers 2 players on Steam would soon be required to link to a PSN account for safety and security. This, it said, was always going to be a requirement for players on PC, but due to issues at launch linking was made optional.This... Read more ›
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Steam is refunding players with hundreds of in-game hours in Helldivers 2 after publisher Sony and developer Arrowhead told PC players that in order to keep playing after next month, they would have to link to a PSN account.One player managed to secure a Steam refund despite having played Helldivers 2 for 90+ hours by simply submitting a refund request with the message: "Sony has retroactively changed how the game... Read more ›
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Vicarious Visions – the Activision studio now known as Blizzard Albany and perhaps best known for supporting the development of Destiny 2 and several Call of Duty titles, as well as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 – pitched a 3D Donkey Kong game to Nintendo.DK Vine reports that a Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze sequel – which has been heavily rumoured for some time now given Kong hasn't been... Read more ›
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TIGA, a trade association for the UK video games industry, is calling for an independent games tax credit to support game development.As part of a 10-point manifesto, TIGA proposes that the UK industry launch an independent games tax credit (IGTC), a new "National Games Accelerator" to enable more start-ups to scale up, and a video games investment fund to create "2660 additional game development jobs by 2028."TIGA's Manifesto – based... Read more ›
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I love a spot of virtual tourism, me. During the pandemic, I would scratch my travelling itches with some nice big sessions on Google Earth VR, where I would retrace my steps from holidays of old or explore new places I've always wanted to go.But those little imaginary expeditions pale in comparison to being able to actually wander around fully realised virtual worlds as a tourist, which is basically exactly... Read more ›
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A Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 art book has leaked online, confirming the delayed game by Saber Interactive will include a PvP mode.YouTuber prdalien0 shared a full flick through the book, giving us a detailed dive into the game's various modes and customisations months ahead of Space Marine 2's scheduled release in September 2024.As well as confirming that the PvP mode will be Marine x Marine "only" and showing off... Read more ›
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As Helldivers 2 is pulled from sale in 177 countries following the disastrous rollout of mandatory PSN linking, Ghost of Tsushima developer Sucker Punch wants you to know that PSN is not required if you want to play the Director's Cut's singleplayer campaign on Steam.As spotted by wccftech, the studio responded to a now-hidden Twitter/X message to the studio, assuring players that a PSN account is "not required to play... Read more ›
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Helldivers 2 has been pulled from sale in 177 countries as its PSN linking requirement rolls out in countries where PSN is not available.Developer Arrowhead said this linking requirement was made optional when the game released at the beginning of February due to technical issues. However, that initial "grace period" for Helldivers 2 players on Steam is now over, and on Friday, Helldivers 2's publisher Sony announced that players on... Read more ›
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"Role-playing games are only 50 years old. We're still inventing them every day. That's what's really exciting about it. We haven't found the boundaries of it yet, if there are any. We're still pushing out. That's what keeps me doing this stuff, years after most of my peers have retired or passed on."Do you believe in fate, that there's an invisible force steering us through our lives and that we... Read more ›
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Respawn has dropped a new teaser for the next season of its free-to-play battle royale, Apex Legends.The trailer shows off what to expect when season 21, Upheaval, drops next week, and gets us up close and personal with "the embodiment of disruption", new Legend Alter. You can check out the action for yourself in the trailer embedded below: Read more Read more ›
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Moon Studios has outlined the changes coming to the first patch for its early access dark fantasy action RPG, No Rest for the Wicked."This patch brings significant CPU and GPU performance improvements (especially when it comes to traversal and “heavy” areas), keyboard control remapping, a new mouse/keyboard control scheme, increased inventory stacks, chest inventory access at vendors / crafting, bows using stamina, earlier housing access, Quality of Life and 45+... Read more ›
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Resident Evil 9 "should be revealed pretty soon and release next year".That's according to horror leaker Dusk Golem, who posted the news to Twitter/X yesterday."I have good news/rumours to deliver on Resident Evil 9," Dusk tweeted at the time. Read more Read more ›
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Wales Interactive has confirmed two free content updates are on the way for Maid of Sker spin-off, Sker Ritual in its latest roadmap overview.The round-based co-op survival FPS released as an early access title back in October 2022, and as a full 1.0 game just last month on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. Now, in an update to players, developer Wales Interactive says there's a new map on the... Read more ›
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Paladin Studios has shut down.The indie studio – established in the Netherlands in 2005 – announced the closure earlier this week, saying its "quest [had] come to an end" and 45 people, "each and every one of them a brilliant mind and kind heart", have lost their jobs."For almost 19 years, we have poured our hearts and souls into creating games that make you smile," the team said in a... Read more ›
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The originally well-received Helldivers 2 now has a "mixed" review score on Steam following over 100,000 "mostly negative" review bombs from PC players unhappy about having to sign into Sony's PlayStation Network to keep playing.Developer Arrowhead said this linking requirement was made optional when the game released at the beginning of February due to technical issues. However, that initial "grace period" for Helldivers 2 players on Steam is now over,... Read more ›
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It's time for another episode of Inside Eurogamer, the podcast that's exclusively for Supporters and which takes you behind the curtains here to understand why we do the work we do, and some of the things we've learnt about doing it. Today we're on trend talking about streaming. I say on trend but I don't think I've been on trend about anything, ever. Fortunately for me, other people have been.Remember... Read more ›
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It was Digital Foundry's John Linneman who first made me see the truth. The truth, in this case, being that Crackdown, the deliriously great open-world blaster, is not a platform game so much as it's a climbing game. Crackdown casts you as a supercop in a city in which you can race up skyscrapers as easily as if you're tooling down the street in a sportscar. Crackdown is all about... Read more ›
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It looks like Nintendo's got something unusual brewing: a new listing for a previously unannounced Switch game titled Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, has been spotted on the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) website. Helpfully, the ESRB - which has rated the game 'E' for 'Everyone' if you're curious - has some extended details on Nintendo's new titled, describing it as a "collection of 2D challenges and platformer games in... Read more ›
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Apex Legends: Upheaval releases on Tuesday 7th May, 2024 and is the 21st season of the ever-evolving battle royale. Alongside the arrival of the first villainous Legend to hit the games since Revenant in 2020, there are plenty of new and returning additions that promise to turn this season on its head including a revamped Broken Moon and Solos mode returning for a limited run.First things first, let's talk about... Read more ›
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In the wake of the massive success of the Fallout TV series, Fallout 4 has received a free next-gen upgrade for PC, PS5 and Series X/S that aims to bring the nine-year-old game up to modern standards. The prospect of native PS5 and Series games is tantalising but unfortunately the update arrives with a number of issues - and even at its best the result is somewhat underwhelming. The patch... Read more ›
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