Having been officially revealed in a very un-fanfare-y way this weekend, a Valve developer has given us all an extra peek at a prototype of the studio's hero-shooter Deadlock.The video itself was spotted by social media account Gabe Follower, which regularly keeps us up to date with titbits of Valve-related news (clue is in the name, really).As you can see in the embedded post below, the prototype footage for Deadlock... Read more ›
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Xbox is expanding its accessibility range with new accessories, including the Xbox Adaptive Joystick and 3D printable thumbstick toppers. The Xbox Adaptive Joystick, due out next year, is a singular joystick with two triggers and four face buttons, essentially acting as half a controller that can be used with either hand, or other body parts. The buttons are completely remappable using the same UI as the existing Xbox Adaptive Controller.... Read more ›
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Black Myth: Wukong has had a hand in breaking yet another new record.Over the weekend, Steam surpassed 37 million concurrent users for the first time in its history. As you can see in the image below, on Sunday 25th August, Valve welcomed a whopping 37,240,223 of us onto its platform.The main driving force behind this latest record? Yes, Black Myth: Wukong, which itself broke records earlier in the month by... Read more ›
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Considering its huge success during its first week, it's no surprise that modders are already busy tinkering with Black Myth: Wukong. Mods so far range from small tweaks to new character models, though perhaps the most inevitable of all was adding Dragon Ball Z's Goku as the main character. Both Black Myth: Wukong and Dragon Ball Z are based on the Chinese novel Journey to the West, and both The... Read more ›
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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle wasn't playable at Gamescom 2024 - but that didn't stop MachineGames' upcoming adventure leaving a huge impression on the preceedings nonetheless. Of course, attendees could head over to Bethesda's heaving showfloor stand and watch a hefty slice of gameplay - the same presentation Eurogamer had an early chance to report back on last week. But the real talk in Gamescom's halls was on the... Read more ›
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PlayStation multiplayer shooter Concord has suffered a terrible launch on Steam, where just 660 people played concurrently over the weekend at the game's peak. The last 24 hours have seen this number falling further still - now, with a daily peak of just 267 players. Concord is also available on PlayStation 5, of course, though it doesn't seem to have made a huge impact there, either. Looking through Sony's PlayStation... Read more ›
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I've always thought there was something presumptuous about hero shooters. Building an entire game around a bunch of characters I'm expected to like purely on vibes is a big ask. Even BioWare, with its decades-long legacy of character-driven storytelling, recently got dinged for assuming players would immediately buy into Dragon Age: The Veilguard's new party in the game's misguided initial trailer.Sure, Blizzard got away with it back in 2016. But... Read more ›
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A new Nintendo Direct broadcast will air tomorrow, Tuesday 27th August, at 2pm UK time. For those across the pond, that's 7am Pacific, or 10am Eastern. Lasting roughly 40 minutes, the show will feature upcoming games and announcements for Nintendo Switch, from both major third-party developers as well as indie studios. Just don't expect any news on Nintendo's own games - such as the upcoming Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom -... Read more ›
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Gamescom 2024's Opening Night Live was a lacklustre event - but one announcement changed everythiong. As the event moved into its final few minutes, new footage of the extremely promising Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was shown, with an announcement that the game arrives in December, followed by a PlayStation 5 launch in Spring 2025. It signals a clear intent from Microsoft for Xbox to embrace a multi-platform future... Read more ›
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If nothing else, I've had a wonderful time playing Sabacc. The new variant, Kessel Sabacc, invented for Star Wars Outlaws is infinitely moreish, a simple card game that takes elements of Blackjack and Poker and a few others, and blends them into an eminently snackable bit of video game gambling. In the simplest terms, four players are each dealt a hand of two cards and take turns, through three rounds,... Read more ›
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Amazon has dropped a free 18-minute behind-the-scenes peek at the making of the first season of Amazon Prime's Fallout TV show."Good morning, Vault Dwellers!" the team announced on the show's Twitter/X account. "Please enjoy this new 18-minute look at the making of Fallout Season 1. For Your Consideration."You can check it out via the video below: Read more Read more ›
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Here at Digital Foundry, we've already gone into depth on Black Myth: Wukong's high-end PC experience, with 'full RT' (ie path-traced) lighting - but the fact is that the vast majority of the audience will be using mainstream-level PC hardware. Thankfully, the game can scale and we've put together some optimised settings for you that allow you to enjoy a beautiful experience without being short-changed from the maxed out experience...... Read more ›
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More Call of Duty Black Ops 6 footage has leaked online, this time purporting to be from its multiplayer mode.Whilst the videos were eventually removed by the uploader themselves rather than a copyright claim, the footage - reportedly from the PC version - gave thousands of fans a sneaky peek before going offline.As you may well expect by now, dozens of mirrors are popping up faster than Activision can take... Read more ›
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Good news, shooter fans - Deadlock finally officially exists.Even though Valve's hero shooter amassed a concurrent player peak of over 16,000 earlier in the month, Valve still wouldn't admit it existed. Overnight, however, it's finally been added to Steam. Read more Read more ›
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Heroes of Might & Magic, Ubisoft's long-running turn-based strategy series, is returning for an eighth mainline instalment in 2025, just in time to celebrate the series' 30th anniversary. Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era - which will be the first new core series entry in nearly a decade - serves as a prequel to the entire fantasy saga, exploring its origins across a non-linear campaign as players journey to... Read more ›
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MySims, the unexpectedly decent The Sims spin-off that first hit Nintendo platforms back in 2007, is reportedly heading to Switch "soon". MySims, in case you're unfamiliar (which would be perfectly understandable given that it's now a frankly upsetting 17 years old), initially released on Nintendo Wii and DS. Developed by Dead Space studio EA Redwood Shores, it presented players with a vaguely Animal Crossing-like take on The Sims which successfully... Read more ›
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Those lucky enough to secure a ticket to visit Nintendo's museum are in for a bonus treat: all eligible tickets will include a portrait of their Mii character.As anyone accepting a museum ticket must have a Nintendo account in order to accept and use it, Nintendo is automagically customising tickets with each account holder's Mii."If tickets are assigned, upon entry to the museum, each visitor will receive a play ticket... Read more ›
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Diablo 4's March of the Goblins event is making a return next week.Blizzard hosted a March of the Goblins event across both Diablo 4 and Diablo Immortal in June as a thank you "for being part of the Diablo community through another year of fighting back the demonic forces of Hell". And it seems the event was so successful Blizzard is bringing it back again.From 27th August to 3rd September,... Read more ›
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It was looking a bit touch-and-go for real-time stealth-tactics fans after developer Mimimi Games shut up shop following last year's superb Shadow Tactics. But thankfully it seems there's more than a little life left in the genre, what with the imminent arrival of the promising Sumerian Six and now this: a new Goya-inspired stealth-tactics adventure from The Game Kitchen, the studio behind the wonderfully moody Blasphemous series. The Stone of... Read more ›
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Obsidian is targeting 30fps on Xbox consoles for its fantasy RPG, Avowed.In conversation with the Iron Lords podcast, Obsidian art director Matt Hansen said the studio is "core targeting 30 frames per second, bare minimum" for the upcoming release, adding since "it's a first-person, single-player game, you don't necessarily need that 60 frames".Explaining further, Hansen said this will allow the Avowed team to "get a lot juicier with VFX and... Read more ›
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