As a lover of medieval history and swords, I was attracted to Manor Lords from the very first time I heard about it. Manor Lords is a city builder strategy game that has you fostering a thriving medieval village and ushering it into a new dawn filled with trade, farming, and - of course - at least one Manor. After picking it up for myself and getting fully into the... Read more ›
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Content Warning - the Lethal Company-style co-op horror game that tasks players with filming their friends doing scary things to become famous on SpöökTube, and which shot up in popularity following an April Fool's Day promotion - has just received its first big update.This update adds in a new map for wannabe content creators to make their way around, as well as 13 new monsters. Yep, more weird and wonderful... Read more ›
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The required PC specs for Hellblade 2: Senua's Saga have been revealed and it looks like you'll need a beefy machine to have it running well. The game is a graphical showcase, but will only run at 30fps on Xbox Series X/S consoles. On PC this can be increased, but you'll need to use DLSS 3, FSR 3, or XESS 1.3 to achieve this. At the least, all players will... Read more ›
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Today brings Fortnite's biggest Star Wars crossover yet, with new content from the galaxy far, far away in all of the game's four main modes. Access to play most of this content is free, including Lego Fortnite's major new Star Wars world, but there's also more than £60 of new cosmetic items to splash your cash on, should you fancy. In terms of skins, there's a new version of Luke... Read more ›
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May the fourth be with you! Microsoft has announced a free five hour gameplay trial for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.This trial was announced as part of Xbox's long-running Free Play Days promotion, which is available for all Xbox Game Pass Core and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members.However, unlike other Free Play Days additions, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's five hour gameplay trial will be available to all Xbox players. Read more Read more ›
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A year after the release of Redfall and some players are still awaiting promised DLC. The Bite Back Edition, costing £99.99 and still available on the Xbox store, includes the Redfall Hero Pass that promises "two future heroes". The content for this edition is also available separately for £29.99. However, Bethesda is still yet to deliver this DLC (as spotted by Kotaku), following the game's release on 1st May last... Read more ›
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One of the hallmarks of a great studio - I'm deciding this as I type it, but it definitely sounds legit - is that they can take on surprising themes and topics and genres and still feel like themselves. This week's game of the week had to be a Roll7 joint, and while I could have picked literally any of the team's games - they never made anything that was... Read more ›
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Helldivers 2 publisher Sony has today announced that players on Steam will soon be required to link to a PlayStation Network (PSN) account. And, the news isn't going down well.The PlayStation maker said this linking requirement was only made optional on launch due to technical issues. However, that initial "grace period" for Helldivers 2 players on Steam is now over.In a new post, Sony explained that, starting 6th May, new... Read more ›
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The Knuckles TV show has set a streaming record for Paramount+ on its opening weekend. The Sonic spin-off show starring Idris Elba in the titular role debuted last weekend on 26th April and, over that weekend, amassed over 4m hours streamed. It is also the most watched kids and family title ever on Paramount+. "The Sonic the Hedgehog fans came out in full-force," said Jeff Grossman, executive vice president, programming,... 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 we've gone with a bit of a theme: matchmaking. We've pulled on some of our most memorable matchmaking experiences from games we loved. Can you remember any of yours?If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We've... Read more ›
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If, like me, you haven't been paying that much attention to BloodStained: Ritual of the Night since the buzz around its release started to fade, you might be surprised to see developer ArtPlay has just shared a brand-new post-launch roadmap - providing a date for the game's final two Kickstarter stretch goals - some five years after leaving early access. It's now been a little under nine years since Bloodstained:... Read more ›
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A little under a month after Nintendo successfully brought an end to open-source Switch emulator Yuzu, the company has managed to wipe out 8,535 Yuzu forks - containing code from the original emulator - all at once with a single DMCA takedown notice. As reported by TorrentFreak, the culling occured after Nintendo filed a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notice with GitHub earlier this week, in which the company specifically... Read more ›
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Larian Studios has warned of a further - if hopefully short - delay for the Xbox Series X/S and North American PlayStation 5 versions of its fancy Baldur's Gate 3 physical Deluxe Edition, caused by unspecified "production issues". Baldur's Gate 3's Deluxe Edition was unveiled last December promising an assortment of appealing tat, including a double-sided map, cloth patches, a mind flayer poster, stickers, a soundtrack, a digital art book,... Read more ›
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Ubisoft's Tom Clancy-adjacent free-to-play shooter XDefiant has - after several delays last year - been given a release date, and launches for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on 21st May. XDefiant - a 6v6 mash-up of Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, and The Division - was initially revealed as Tom Clancy's XDefiant back in 2021, but Ubisoft later announced it was dropping the prefix following criticism from Tom Clancy fans... Read more ›
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As the season of summer showcases creeps ever closer, THQ Nordic has announced its annual digital event will be returning this August with a look at its upcoming games, including the Gothic 1 remake and Titan Quest 2. Specifically, the THQ Nordic Showcase 2024, as it's imaginatively being called, airs from 8pm BST on Friday, 2nd August - or 9pm CEST/12pm PDT/3pm EDT if you live elsewhere - and will... Read more ›
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SteelSeries' Arctis Nova Pro Wireless is more than a good gaming headset for all consoles plus PC - it's our current top pick overall, beating out names like Corsair and Logitech, thanks to its combination of sound quality, comfort and convenience. This week SteelSeries announced a hardware revision to that DF-favourite design, with a tweak to the placement of the internal mics needed for the headset's ANC functionality, as well... Read more ›
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It's getting cold in here, so put on all your clothes. So says Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead, which has just debuted its latest Warbond: Polar Patriots.The game's next premium Warbond is set to arrive on 9th May, and offers up a number of new weapons, armour and capes (including one called Dissident's Nightmare, which sounds, erm, yeah...). All of this upcoming clobber looks suitable for the Star Wars planet of... Read more ›
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This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, following the announcement of a new Batman Arkham game for Meta Quest VR headsets, we talk about the future of superheroes in video games. At a time when superhero films feel at risk of real burnout, could similar happen in the video game space as well? And are we already seeing that, with repeated flops such as Marvel's Avengers, Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad:... Read more ›
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Shadow of the Erdtree will be Elden Ring's only piece of DLC, but that doesn't mean more Elden Ring isn't on the way in future. Creator Hidetaki Miyazaki was interviewed by Chinese outlet Zhihu (spotted by YouTuber Ziostorm), where a few new snippets of information have been revealed. Potential spoilers and speculation follow. Read more Read more ›
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I was stunned this morning to read about the sudden closure of award-winning British studio Roll7 by parent company Take-Two, as I'm sure so many of you are. It hasn't been officially confirmed by either company yet but there are reports out there and people talking in all-but-confirmation tones on social media. It seems beyond doubt.But it was barely a blink of an eye ago - November 2023 - I... Read more ›
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