PlayStation 5 Pro vs PC. Last week, my X/Twitter timeline was packed with value comparisons presented with an increasing level of mania. Is the latest Sony console so overpriced that a PC may actually offer more for your money? From my perspective, there are a couple of ways you can look at this. Firstly, are the costs of console gaming rising so much that a gaming PC is no longer... Read more ›
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Microsoft has revealed the second wave of Xbox Game Pass titles for September. Read more Read more ›
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The next game from the My Time At Portia developer is a confirmed Switch 2 release. Read more Read more ›
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Sundance audience award-winning documentary The Remarkable Life of Ibelin - which tells the story of quadriplegic World of Warcraft player Mats Steen - is set to debut on Netflix next month.Norwegian gamer Steen battled the degenerative disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and passed away in 2014 aged 25. However, during his 25 years, he touched many lives via his World of Warcraft avatar, Ibelin."Unbeknownst to his relatives, Steen was able to... Read more ›
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Fortnite fans still in the European Union can now play Epic Games' battle royale on iPad. The Epic Games Store - and through it both Fortnite and Fall Guys - are now available on Apple's tablet, following their relaunch on iPhone in the EU and on Android phones worldwide last month. In a briefing to press attended by Eurogamer last month, Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney said he had "no... Read more ›
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Backwards compatibility is a key reason AMD will be the chip manufacturer for Sony's PlayStation 6 console.As reported by Reuters, AMD and Intel were the final two contenders in a bidding war to manufacture the computer chip for Sony's next console.However, AMD ultimately won the bid - with the need to provide backwards compatibility for previous consoles reportedly a major factor. Read more Read more ›
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Overwatch 2 is making its way to Xbox Game Pass today, 17th September, bringing some exclusive benefits with it.These include six hero skins (Cardboard Reinhardt, Turtleship DVa, Cyberdragon Hanzo, Street Runner Genji, Bee Mercy, and Cleric Lifeweaver), 30 Mythic Prisms, an additional 10 percent XP boost and access to select Overwatch 2 Shop cosmetics from the free-to-play game's past three seasons.Game Pass users will need to link their Battle.net account... Read more ›
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Sony has revealed 10 games leaving its PS Plus subscription service in the coming weeks.As listed on the service's Last Chance to Play tab, the following titles are all set to leave PlayStation Plus soon:This marks another occasion PlayStation is removing one of its console exclusives from the service, with LittleBigPlanet 3 being published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Earlier this year, Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West were also... Read more ›
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Nvidia boss Jensen Huang has discussed the advantages of AI, and said it was now a key component for the advancement of graphical capabilities. "We can't do computer graphics anymore without artificial intelligence," Huang said, speaking recently at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology conference (via SeekingAlpha). "We compute one pixel, we infer the other 32. I mean, it's incredible," Huang continued. "And so we hallucinate, if you will, the... Read more ›
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Capcom has released a chunky update for Dragon's Dogma 2, which adds a number of features, including a new casual mode.This casual mode has reduced inn fees and also cut the cost of Ferrystones, while players will now expend less stamina when dashing outside of battle. Also, a notable boon: when playing in casual mode, Pawns will recover from the dreaded Dragonsplague without that devastating calamity occurring. This is even... Read more ›
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Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has asked fans to not mod "anything offensive or inappropriate" into the PC release of the game.Speaking to PC Gamer, Final Fantasy 16 director Hiroshi Takai was asked about goofy mods he'd like to see in the game, but Yoshida stepped in to answer instead. And it's clear he's protective of the team's work."If we said 'It'd be great if someone made xyz', it... Read more ›
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If (like me) you found developer Ironwood Studios' wonderfully weird four-wheeled survival game Pacific Drive just a bit too exhausting when it launched earlier this year, now might be the time to go back: its new Drive Your Way update introduces a whole bunch of custom difficulty settings and presets to make things easier - or masochistically more difficult, if you prefer. With Pacific Drive's new update installed, players can... Read more ›
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EA has shared early first details for the next instalment in its Battlefield series, confirming the multiplayer shooter will be returning to the modern era for its next outing, and that the unpopular Specialists system has been jettisoned for good in favour of more traditional classes. That's according to Respawn head and Battlefield boss Vince Zampella who, in conversation with IGN, teased a back-to-basics approach for the series' next outing... Read more ›
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With the first anniversary of Cities: Skylines 2's disastrous launch approaching, publisher Paradox Interactive has announced further delays to the game's DLC as developer Colossal Order focuses its efforts on completing the "crucial" assets editor. Colossal Order initially delayed Cities: Skylines 2's DLC last November, amid significant criticism of the game's performance. As a result, its Beach Properties Asset Pack was moved from its original 2023 release date to Q1... Read more ›
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nDreams, the VR-focused developer behind the likes of Far Cry VR and Synapse, has confirmed restructuring and redundancies that could affect up to 17.5 percent of its workforce. The UK studio, which was founded in 2006, currently consists of four teams - nDreams Studio, Orbital, Near Light, and Elevation - employing around 250 people between them. That means upward of 40 staff could lose their jobs as nDreams' redundancy process... Read more ›
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Lego Fortnite, the survival crafting experience found within Fortnite itself, is getting ready to welcome players to an all-new mode known as The Lost Isles.This is only the second Lego Fortnite expansion that includes a battle pass (the first being Star Wars in May).On its debut, the Lost Isles will introduce players to five new blocky environments to explore: Beach, Plains, Jungle, Mountains and Floating Islands. While the beach is... Read more ›
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Yes, Valve is still working on an anticheat for its new shooter, Deadlock.A developer for Deadlock - the hero shooter Valve wouldn't admit existed even after it had hit a concurrent player peak of over 16,000 last month - first confirmed on the game's Discord server that it was working on anticheat back on 11th August.Since then, the development team has dropped several updates saying it "certainly considers [cheating] a... Read more ›
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A new DF Direct Weekly arrives today and it's essentially two hours of myself, Oliver Mackenzie and Alex Battaglia revisiting the Mark Cerny reveal for PlayStation 5 Pro in the light of broadcast quality footage made available to the press after the event. It's a chance to reassess the introduction of the new hardware by being able to actually see the difference, with the blurry haze of YouTube compression artefacts... Read more ›
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Which is it? Which is the game you absolutely shouldn't miss? This is precisely the wrong question, I think, but it's taken me a long time to arrive at that decision. For my first few hours, my first few days, it felt like exactly the right question. It felt like the only question.UFO 50 is a collection of 50 new games that look like very old games - games that... Read more ›
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Police have arrested nine Italian nationals thought to be selling counterfeit retro games and consoles for a video game trafficking ring estimated to be worth almost £42m (€50m / $55.5m).The pirated material included 12,000 counterfeit "Nintendo, Sega, and Atari" consoles holding 47m fake versions of retro games like Mario Bros., Street Fighter, and Star Wars.As reported by the BBC, Turin police confirmed the devices - which were using non-certified electronics... Read more ›
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