A new VR multiplayer game has been announced by nDreams, the developer of Synapse, coming to PSVR 2 and Meta Quest. Frenzies is an arena multiplayer shooter with gameplay similar to Synapse, split into unpredictable five-round matches with names like Red Light, Green Light and Glitter Pig - it's unclear exactly what that one's about. Round types are both solo and team-based for an unpredictable experience (as the name suggests),... Read more ›
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Nintendo has posted an unusual and unexplained teaser video on its YouTube and social channels, for what appears to be a new horror project. The teaser features grainy footage of a figure in a trenchcoat wearing a paper bag on their head, with a smiling face drawn on it. Japanese text at the end of the video translates to "Smiling Man", while text accompanying the video simply states "#WhoIsEmio" -... Read more ›
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The maker of Pokémon-like monster fighter Palworld has founded a new company, Palworld Entertainment, designed to "accelerate the multifaceted global development" of the game and the brand's further expansion. Palworld Entertainment is a joint venture with investment from the game's developer Pocketpair and Sony, through its Sony Music Entertainment and Aniplex brands. The latter will stock new Palworld merchandise via Aniplex Online - which should be good news for anyone... Read more ›
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Rocksteady has delayed the release of Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League's second season.The second season was set to kick off tomorrow, 11th July. It will now start on 25th July."Thank you for your patience," the developer wrote in a short post on social media platform X last night. It did not give a reason for this delay Read more Read more ›
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Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka would love to make a Sonic RPG before he retires from Sega, though that's just a dream. Iizuka was interviewed by YouTube channel Good Vibes Gaming for a preview of the forthcoming Sonic x Shadow Generations and discussed whether he'd ever work on a Sonic RPG in future. "Personally, I really like role-playing games," he said. "The RPG game format is a lot of fun... Read more ›
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Microsoft has confirmed sweeping changes - including price increases - to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service in the run-up to October's release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which will include the removal of day one releases for its basic tier. As reported by Windows Central, which says Microsoft has now confirmed the details, the first big Game Pass change comes with the imminent closure of the $10.99/month... Read more ›
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As is now pretty much tradition, Sony's latest batch of PlayStation Plus catalogue additions for Extra and Premium subscribers have been leaked ahead of an official reveal, with Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion, Remnant 2, and more all reportedly on the way. That's according to ever-reliable leaker billbil-kun who, writing for Dealabs, says Sony will refresh its PlayStation Plus Extra catalogue on 17th July, adding the following titles: Billbil-kun... Read more ›
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Vampire Survivors, the minimalist survival RPG from developer Poncle, is joining Apple Arcade in August, along with Temple: Run Legends and Vision Pro update for Castle Crumble. Vampire Survivors has, of course, been available on iOS as a free-to-play release for some time, but its Apple Arcade version (Apple Arcade being Apple's £6.99/month game subscription service for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV) will be ad-free and include some paid... Read more ›
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If the absence of any positive Dead Space 2 remake news has been getting you down, there's at least one new way to get a bit of Necromorph in your life right now, even if it's probably not quite what fans were hoping for. EA's sci-fi horror series is the focus of a new Battlefield 2024 limited-time PvE mode, Outbreak, which is available to play now. Outbreak, described as a... Read more ›
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Assassin's Creed Shadows developer Ubisoft has owned up to including a historical re-enactment group's logo in artwork for its upcoming feudal Japan stabathon, and apologised for its use without permission. Fans spotted the flag of the Sekigahara Teppo-tai infantryman reenactment group in concept art on Ubisoft's website, and flagged (sorry) the matter to the group itself (thanks, Siliconera). Writing on social media, the re-enactment group's cannon chief said they contacted... Read more ›
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Lego fans of a certain age had a bit of a moment last month, when pizza delivery kid Pepper Roni - yes, from stone-cold 1997 classic Lego Island - popped up in a trailer for a new video game. The redheaded hero, last seen more than two decades ago, has been resurrected by the Lego Group for a cool cameo in Lego Tycoon: Tilted Towers - a game made for... Read more ›
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Total War: Pharaoh - Dynasties, the free and final addition to the war sim, now has a release date. The "expansion-sized addition" will include new map regions, new cultures, gameplay mechanics, and quality of life improvements. It's set for release on 25th July. You can check out more in the trailer below. Read more Read more ›
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Video game hardware spending in the US was down 40 percent in May compared to 2023, numbers company Circana reports.Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S sales all saw "double-digit percentage declines year-on-year" comparing figures up to May, "with Switch showing the most significant drop", according to the company's boss and industry analyst Mat Piscatella.PlayStation 5 was the top selling console in units and dollar sales in May. The console's... Read more ›
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An impressive new mod for The Witcher 3 lets players customise their own character and even wield magic as a sorceress. Modder nikich340 has been working on the Custom Player Characters mod for two-and-a-half years and it's now available on NexusMods (thanks IGN). The mod allows players to create a custom character instead of protagonist Geralt, choosing between a Witcher, a Witcheress, and even a Sorceress with a new magic... Read more ›
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Chinese and Russian Pokémon Go players have reported a brief window of regular gameplay this week - despite long-standing geo-blocking that typically makes the game inaccessible across most of these regions. Reports collated on top Pokémon Go reddit TheSilphRoad show players able to send in-game postcards from Beijing's Tiananmen Square, site of the 1989 student protest and massacre now subject to strict censorship by the country's government. For years, Pokémon... Read more ›
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Twitch streamer MissMikkaa has completed Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree with a dance mat controller. Fans of the streamer won't be surprised by this news, after Mikkaa previously not only completed the base game on a customised dance mat, but played two games simultaneously on dance mat and controller. Of course, the release of Shadow of the Erdtree means she's back at it. And, after a week of... Read more ›
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Following Microsoft's announcement it's teaming up with Amazon to bring Xbox games to Fire TV devices via cloud streaming, the initiative is now live for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Getting set up for console-free gaming with Fire TV is relatively straightforward; just download the Xbox app to a compatible device - Amazon's Fire TV Stick 4K and Fire TV Stick 4K Max are both supported - then sign in with... Read more ›
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Respawn Entertainment has announced Apex Legends' upcoming Season 22 will make significant changes to the free-to-play shooter's Battle Pass "experience", by releasing two Battle Passes per season instead of one, and then charging full price for each. As of Season 22, Apex Legends will ditch its current season-long Battle Pass in favour of two half-season Battle Passes - one launching at a season's start and another at its mid-point "split"... Read more ›
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In this week's DF Direct Weekly, we spend some time discussing the state of console performance and increasing importance of VRR (variable refresh rate) support for current-gen hardware in delivering a smoother, more consistent level of performance. We don't think VRR is being used as a crutch by game developers to mitigate wobbly frame-rates, but we do think that it's an excellent user tool in improving the overall performance in... Read more ›
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Players have identified a surprising numbers of similarities between icons and weapons used in new free-to-play sci-fi shooter The First Descendant and Destiny 2.Forbes writer Paul Tassi – who describes the similarities as "copy my homework without making it look like you copied it" – has put some of the more striking similarities together in a single image to illustrate just how similar they are.Forbes further suggests that some of... Read more ›
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