The early access beta for Firewalk's 5v5 sci-fi shooter Concord has been extended.The beta - which was initially meant to wrap up last night - will now run until this evening, culminating at 8pm UK time on 15th July.This beta includes four maps to try out: Freewater, Star Chamber, Water Hazard, Shock Risk. It also has three modes: Clash Point, Trophy Hunt and Cargo Run. In addition, all 16 Freegunners... Read more ›
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A number of unannounced Disney projects have leaked online after 1.1TB of internal documents – "every message and file possible", according to the hackers – were reportedly compromised.Whilst Disney has yet to comment formally on the alleged hack, details from various internal files – including upcoming collaborations with Epic Games' Fortnite, and the Aliens: Fireteam Elite sequel we reported on previously today – have started to pop up on social... Read more ›
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The Independent Games Festival Celebration Days 2024 event is now live.From now until 20th July – that's next Saturday – "dozens of IGF-featured games and studios will be brought together in one massive event on Steam, with discounts on most of the games featured".Now, at the first-ever IGF Celebration Days Steam event, players can select from "80+ iconic indie games", including this year's IGF Awards finalists and winners. Read more Read more ›
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Details of an unannounced Aliens Fireteam Elite sequel have seemingly appeared online.According to an unsubstantiated report on Reddit – so please take all this with the usual bucket of salt for now – the third-person co-op shooter, codenamed Project Macondo, "is a new chapter in the Aliens: Fireteam Elite" and is expected to launch Q3 2025.Aimed at "18+ core gamers", the sequel will "improve upon the mechanics, atmosphere, and excitement"... Read more ›
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A rating for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom has popped up on ESRB, giving us a sneaky peek at what to expect when the game releases in September.The listing confirms the game is rated "E for everyone 10+" and features "no interactive elements" like microtransactions. It also confirms that as well as playing as Zelda, we'll also get to play as Link, too."This is an adventure game in... Read more ›
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Nexon's all-new free-to-play sci-fi shooter The First Descendant has clocked up 10m players in seven days.Marking the occasion, Nexon says the milestone "means everything to us", and thanked players for their "tremendous support and love"."10 Million Descendants!" the team exclaimed on social media. "We've reached 10 million Descendants in just seven days! Read more Read more ›
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In the last few days, I've gone from struggling my way through Elden Ring to mourning a youth that feels ever distant. And it's all thanks to a forgotten username and a closed-down email account. That doesn't sound very exciting, does it? Let's go back a bit. The simple truth is this: Elden Ring reminds me a lot of my teenage years playing EverQuest. EverQuest was the World of Warcraft... Read more ›
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Dying Light 2 developer Techland has requested that the majority of staff – including employees who work abroad – come into the office full-time or commit to a "hybrid" model.The studio says it needs people to come into the office "regularly to foster stronger connections".According to Polish site CD-Action, "regularly" equates to eight working days every two months. The outlet also alleges that line managers were given less than 24... Read more ›
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Star Citizen's Foundation Festival is now live, and anyone curious about the game can jump on and try it for free from 12-19th July.Developer Cloud Imperium says the festival – described as "a civic program in-lore aimed at strengthening community spirit" – is introducing an expanded "new player experience" that's available for new and returning players, "as well as a Guide System to connect veteran pilots with newcomers to aid... Read more ›
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Ubisoft's live-action Driver series has been cancelled.According to journalist Stephen Totilo, the production company behind the show, Binge, has closed down, taking the Driver series with it. Read more Read more ›
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Following its half-hearted, widely derided stab at an esports event in 2023, the International Olympic Committee has announced the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in partnership with the Saudi Arabian Olympic & Paralympic Committee, to be held in Saudi Arabia next year. Tethering its future esports success to a regime that's been widely criticised for its poor human rights record - which includes the criminalisation of homosexuality, fewer rights for women,... Read more ›
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80s movie favourite The Karate Kid is being turned into a 16-bit style side-scrolling beat-'em-up, and it's heading to PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and PC on 20th September this year. The Karate Kid: Street Rumble comes from GameMill Entertainment, the publisher behind Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, and is firmly setting its sights on the 80s era of Karate Kid rather than Netflix's Cobra Kai continuation - which has already spawned two games... Read more ›
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As an old person who's still not over the novelty of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles being allowed to be called the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the UK without anyone getting funny about the word "ninja", it'd be fair to say I'm a little behind on the franchise. So the news there's a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game out this October based on a movie I didn't know existed... Read more ›
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Following the recent release of AMD's FSR 3.1 image reconstruction and frame generation technology, developer Nixxes has updated its recent Sony PC ports to add support for the new version. We've tested it to discover what improvements it offers over the initial offering and how FSR 3.1 compares to other image reconstruction techniques from Intel and Nvidia. Has the gulf in quality between machine learning-based solutions and the compute-driven FSR... Read more ›
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Translators contracted from firms outside of Nintendo have complained about not being credited for their work on high-profile games from the Mario maker, including The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Super Mario RPG.Speaking with Game Developer, anonymous sources who worked for external translator agencies on Nintendo's projects said they had been left off credits. In addition, sources said they had been asked to... Read more ›
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Indika publisher 11 Bit Studios is donating $50k to support Ukrainian children impacted by Russia's devastating attack on Kyiv's Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital.The Polish studio said it was making the donation as "mere words would be empty without a meaningful act". Read more Read more ›
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Red Barrels has a new villain, map, trials, and rig for players brave enough to re-enrol in The Outlast Trials.As part of the first major update to the chaotic cooperative horror since it released in full earlier this year, new enemy Franco "II Bambino" Barbi is "the perverse son of New Orleans mafia don Salvatore Barbi, driven by craven entitlement, greed, and psychosexual violence fueled by his impotence and insecurities"... Read more ›
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A sequel to Journey to the Savage Planet is seemingly in development.While Journey to the Savage Planet's original developer Typhoon Studios was shut down back in 2021, it was reformed to become Racoon Logic that same year.At this time, the studio's head Reid Schneider said Raccoon plans to "build upon the Journey to the Savage Planet franchise in the future". And, it now seems that more word on the series'... Read more ›
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Nexon has responded to claims the iconography of The First Descendant is strikingly similar to icons found in Destiny 2.Earlier this week, players identified a surprising number of similarities between the icons and weapons used in the new free-to-play sci-fi shooter The First Descendant and Destiny 2.Responding to Forbes, which initially raised the issue, publisher Nexon said it is "taking the concerns raised seriously" and will "ensure that the imagery... Read more ›
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Three Starfy games previously only available in Japan have been added to Nintendo Switch Online for Expansion members. Densetsu no Starfy 1, 2 and 3 were all released on the Game Boy Advance between 2002 and 2004, but are now available globally on Switch. A fourth game came to Nintendo DS in 2006, which was followed by The Legendary Starfy on the same console - the only game in the... Read more ›
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