FIF- sorry, EA Sports FC 25 has been officially unveiled, with England wonderkid Jude Bellingham this year's cover star. As usual, developer EA Sports has also outlined plans for a couple of big headline changes for the year - as well as a bucketload of little tweaks to go alongside them - but there are a couple of surprises. For one, FC 25 is going all tactical, with a new... Read more ›
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The development team behind EA Sports FC 25 - which launches this year on 27th September and hosts England star Jude Bellingham on its cover - isn't worried about a potential revival of the FIFA brand at another developer. FIFA itself has not been shy about wanting to rope in a new company to make a fresh football game with its branding, following the collapse of its long-running partnership with... Read more ›
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Xbox has revealed a new "Cheeky Controller" in a Deadpool design to celebrate the new Deadpool & Wolverine Marvel film, with a rather prominent behind. A peachy pair of these controllers will be part of the grand prize in a global sweepstakes, alongside other custom Xbox hardware - details of how to enter have been shared on social media site X. It's in Deadpool's fetching red colour and seemingly offers... Read more ›
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When Concord kicked off Sony's last State of Play recently, reception from the team on DF Direct Weekly was hardly positive. The presentation opened with a pre-rendered CG video with a level of graphical quality that far exceeded what was realistically possible from the final game, while Concord's actual gameplay reveal also struggled to escape comparison with Overwatch. That said, we did want to get to grips with the game... Read more ›
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Crocs has teamed up with The Pokémon Company to offer more official versions of its shoes. Following the Pikachu-themed Classic Clog released earlier this year, four more variants are due to arrive this year based on Gen 1 favourites Gengar, Charizard, Snorlax, and Jigglypuff. Each design features a Jibbitz charm to go with its colour scheme, as well as Pokéball logos on the straps. I hate them all. Read more Read more ›
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Nintendo's mysterious horror game - glimpsed last week via a brief and bizarre teaser trailer - is in fact a new entry in the Famicom Detective Club series. Emio - The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club will launch on 29th August, Nintendo confirmed today, showing off a first look at the game's artwork, featuring its creepy paper bag-headed villain. If you're unfamiliar with the retro adventure series, this is a... Read more ›
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England superstar Jude Bellingham makes the box art of EA Sports FC this year. Fresh from unpacking his bags after England's attempt at glory in the Euros, Bellingham was announced today as having taken the coveted cover slot. It's not a huge surprise. Bellingham also features on the EA Sports FC 25 Ultimate Edition cover, alongside football/product placement legend David Beckham and Spanish star Aitana BonmatÃ. Zinedine Zidane and Gianluigi... Read more ›
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If you've been hoping for another No Mans's Sky world refresh, today's your day. The exploratory space sim's latest update is all about bringing more variety to planets - and it's chucking in angry Starship Troopers-esque bug hunts and a flamethrower mech too. No Man's Sky's new Worlds Part 1 update owes at least some of its existence to the developer Hello Games' upcoming fantasy planet sim Light No Fire.... Read more ›
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Robot Entertainment has announced Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, the next in the popular orc-slaying series. Deathtrap brings four-player co-op, as well as a rogue-lite progression system and new heroes with unique abilities. Players will need to beat waves of enemies while coping with randomised buffs and debuffs, choosing from six War Mages. It's set for release in early 2025 across PC (Steam, Epic) and Xbox Series X/S. Read more Read more ›
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UK spending on video games plummeted by 29.4 percent during the first half of this year, while music and video sales grew. Physical game sales fell by 40 percent to £111.7m compared to the first six months of 2023, while digital download sales fell 23 percent to £236.9m. The numbers, reported by the Digital Entertainment and Retail Association (ERA), reflect a "soft new release schedule", according to its latest report.... Read more ›
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Sales of Resident Evil 7 on iOS have flopped, having been bought by under 2000 people. That's according to store data estimates from Appmagic, as shared by MobileGamer.biz. The free-to-start game has been downloaded 83,000 times since its release on 2nd July, meaning just 2.4 percent of players converted to the £15.99 paid version. In all, Resident Evil 7 on iOS has earned Capcom an estimated $28,140, though that doesn't... Read more ›
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A Microsoft team leader has emailed thousands of staff to protest the closure of a major internal group focused on promoting diversity, equity and inclusion within the company. The outgoing staff member blasted Microsoft's decision to cut their team amid a wider cooling in the corporate space to the need for diversity groups generally. A quote from the email first published by Business Insider claims that the team had been... Read more ›
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Rockstar's GTA+ subscription service could soon expand to include access to Switch versions of the company's games if a now-reverted recent update to its website is anything to go by. GTA+, which is currently only available through Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5, offers subscribers access to various GTA Online items and a "rotating assortment" of Rockstar Games - including Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy, Red Dead Redemption, and LA... Read more ›
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With the closure of Microsoft's Xbox 360 digital store looming, the company has announced a final batch of heavy discounts on earlier-gen titles, as well as the release of a new Xbox Series X/S dynamic background, inspired by the Xbox 360's much-loved "blades" dashboard design. Microsoft announced the impending closure of its Xbox 360 digital store last August, revealing it would no longer be possible to purchase games, DLC, or... Read more ›
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Supermassive Games' narrative-focused single-player Dead by Daylight spin-off, The Casting of Frank Stone, launches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on 3rd September. Announced last December, The Casting of Frank Stone's story begins in Cedar Hills, Oregon, in the summer of 1980, when a group of young filmmakers travels to an abandoned steel mill in order to shoot their horror movie, Murder Mill. Unbeknown to the teenagers, however,... Read more ›
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Xbox has revealed a whole flock of games arriving on Game Pass this month on day one of release. That includes Capcom's Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn, and Dungeons of Hinterberg, as well as todays' release of Flock. These join the likes of Journey to the Savage Planet, The Case of the Golden Idol, and Neon White that arrived earlier this month. Read more Read more ›
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Trials of Mana is among five games leaving PlayStation Plus in August, ahead of the release of forthcoming series addition Visions of Mana. Five games are now in the 'Last chance to play' collection on Sony's PlayStation Plus catalogue: NBA 2K24 Kobe Bryant Edition, Need for Speed Unbound, SpellForce 3 Reforced, Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed, and Trials of Mana. All five will leave the service on 20th August.... Read more ›
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 publisher Activision has made it clear that you cannot simply toggle off its upcoming game's much-hyped new "omnimovement" feature, which lets you sprint and dive in any direction. Speaking via the official Call of Duty podcast, Activision confirmed omnimovement was a permanent mechanic in the game and a "global system" across all of its modes - campaign, multiplayer and zombies. And no, there's no... Read more ›
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Dawntrail teases a swashbuckling adventure with newcomer Wuk Lamat, a Hrothgal on a quest to inherit the throne and become Dawnservant in Tural's Rite of Succession. You're on the precipice of something fresh and exciting, as you hop off the ship full of beans and raring to go. The first major city, Tuliyollal, gets the blood pumping with bombastic, big band music - kicking the bar high for the expansion's... Read more ›
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Larian has detailed what Baldur's Gate 3 players can expect from the seventh patch, due out in September. As previously reported, the patch will include mod support and, in a new post on Steam, the studio has given a brief look at what some creators have achieved in the Closed Alpha. But there are other additions coming too, including a much-needed tweak to split-screen play - dynamic split-screen mode -... Read more ›
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