Few developers can - even after all this time - get you quite so swept up in their enthusiasm as Peter Molyneux. It's an enthusiasm that has, famously, got him into trouble in the past, when passion and promise have failed to meet reality by quite some margin - with players often caught in fallout. So it's hard not to be sceptical when it comes to 22 Cans and Molyneux's... Read more ›
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Marathon has concluded its first weekend of Cryo Archive, thrusting its player base (and all their good gear) into a challenging new map to explore and conquer. With new activities comes feedback, and Marathon's game director has acknowledged a few key requests that are up for discussion internally. Read more Read more ›
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Dragon's Dogma 2 was a very special RPG even if some its bones could've used more work and the New Game Plus loop span its wheels without extra end-game content to give it juice. Still, like the original, it gained a dedicated following, so it's not surprising to read two years later folks asking for a Dark Arisen-like DLC. Now, Capcom has celebrated its second anniversary, but we're left with... Read more ›
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A common conversation in recent years, especially among the old guard, has been how legacy video game franchises are struggling to get younger players to care in the long run. Even some of the developers behind renowned series are starting to worry, and the latest to chime in is Final Fantasy 14's Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida, who is "sorry to say" that many incoming players to the esteemed RPG series may... Read more ›
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Arc System Works has announced a flashy major update for its long-running fighting game Guilty Gear Strive, overhauling the game and adding a new selection of characters. All the while, Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8 seem to be struggling, courtesy of recent patches. Read more Read more ›
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Pearl Abyss has detailed a rather chunky patch for Crimson Desert, after its launch last week was marred by multiple issues and AI controversies. Read more Read more ›
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Nintendo is set to launch a new Switch 2 model in Europe that will allow owners to replace the battery. Read more Read more ›
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Two Pearl Abyss developers have claimed Crimson Desert was developed in a troubled environment, characterised by an inverted management hierarchy and leaders who "don't acknowledge anyone who doesn't share their exact mindset". Read more Read more ›
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The first major balance patch for Slay the Spire 2 dropped just two days ago (Friday 20th March), but developer Mega Crit has already had to address the feedback to the recent beta patch, reminding us that this beta balance pass "was the first of many to come over the next one-two years". Read more Read more ›
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Minecraft World, a new £50 million theme park based on Mojang's seminal sandbox world, will open at London's Chessington World of Adventures next year. Read more Read more ›
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Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has responded to claims its latest game used AI to generate images, admitting "2D visual props were created as part of early-stage iteration using experimental AI generative tools", but claims it had always intended to replace them before release. Read more Read more ›
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Resident Evil series executive producer, Jun Takeuchi, has written to Resident Evil players across the world, thanking "all the fans who have supported us along the way since the release of our first game on 22nd March, 1996 - exactly thirty years ago today. Read more Read more ›
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HBO has cast The Last of Us season 3's Seraphites, Yara and Lev. Read more Read more ›
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"I'm interested in your view," he begins, with that recognisably deep voice of his - and so it is that our conversation starts like a maths problem. Try this: consider that a voice recording has been heard at the beginning of many video game trailers for 16 years, and that some of those trailers have been watched millions of times. That's a vague set of variables but, ballpark, how many... Read more ›
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Surprise! Minecraft Dungeons 2 is coming to PC via Xbox and Steam, PS5, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, and Xbox Series and Game Pass later this year. Read more Read more ›
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Fans believe they've spotted signs of AI-generated art and AI-generated translation in Crimson Desert. Read more Read more ›
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Microsoft has lost another two long-serving members of its senior team: corporate VP of partnerships, business development, and marketing, Lori Wright, and general manager of gaming AI at Xbox, Haiyan Zhang. Both announced their departures on LinkedIn. Read more Read more ›
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Happy birthday Game Boy Advance! It's been 25 years since Nintendo's handheld line-up bound into the world of proper 16-bit technicolour. Two and a half decades later, with a whopping 81.5m units sold, the diminutive machine is the stuff of legend. Its library is vast, home to many of video gaming's most iconic series - and it also managed to birth a whole bunch of series that would go on... Read more ›
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Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie discovers he's not as good at Slay the Spire 2 as he would like to be; Connor continues to fall to the Dark Side and embrace his inner troll; and Marie realises that older games really were more challenging. Read more Read more ›
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Lawyers for Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds' newly reinstated CEO Ted Gill are reportedly pushing for Krafton to be found in contempt of a recent court ruling after the publisher confirmed a May early access release for the highly anticipated underwater survival sequel without consulting Gill. Read more Read more ›
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