Publisher Paradox Interactive has delayed Cities: Skylines 2's console release once again.The game was initially slated to arrive on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 alongside PC in October last year. However, this date got moved to spring, before getting bumped back again to October of this year. At this time, the team said it had been "struggling to get Cities: Skylines 2 to the necessary level of optimisation for a... Read more ›
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Piranha Bytes, the Embracer-owned German studio behind the Gothic, Risen and ELEX series, has reportedly shut down. The embattled publisher Embracer had been seeking a buyer for Piranha Bytes as part of its vast and brutal swathe of cost-cutting that saw multiple studios shut and more than 4500 people lose their jobs - though ultimately was unsuccessful. Job losses at Piranha Bytes were first reported at the end of last... Read more ›
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Okami was a "huge failure" in terms of initial sales, director Hideki Kamiya has said. Had it been more successful, its developer Clover "would have probably continued" - rather than shutting down the following year. Kamiya discussed the development of Okami with Ikumi Nakamura for the YouTube channel of her new studio Unseen. The pair worked together for the first time on the Zelda-like adventure game. Okami has received plenty... Read more ›
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Transformers: Galactic Trials will feature "exciting rogue-lite combat".In a departure from the typical Transformer treatment – most of the dozens of Transformer games to have released over the last 20 years or so have been shooters or RPGs – this Transformer adventure will feature 10 racing circuits for Autobots and Decepticons to race against in "both vehicle and bot form".Check out the action in the trailer below: Read more Read more ›
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Tasking us all with bringing some order back to the universe, Nintendo has announced its next Switch Online trial for members.From today (8th July) until 14th July, those interested can take Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope out for a spin as part of their subscription. The full game is available during this time.We were rather taken with Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope on its release in 2022, with... Read more ›
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A fan-made anime adaptation of Elden Ring has received its first teaser trailer and it looks awesome. Created by Steins Alter, the teaser is already on X but will soon be viewable on YouTube too. The full short is set to be released in autumn on YouTube and while it will be just five minutes long, it looks like an impressive version of the full game - and its DLC.... Read more ›
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More than a decade on from the release of BioShock Infinite, the team working on a successor is now "ramping up". That's according to senior cinematic designer Jeff Spoonhower, who took to LinkedIn to highlight more than 30 positions now open at 2K Cloud Chamber, the Montreal-based studio tasked with crafting a fresh entry in the beloved BioShock series. Work to continue the BioShock series has been ongoing over the... Read more ›
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Pokémon Go has dropped a gigantic hint it will add Gen 8's game-changing Dynamax mechanic in the not-too-distant future. The tease, which takes centre stage in the game's new 8th Anniversary artwork, shows a Dynamaxed Wartortle alongside the eight generation's trio of Starter Pokémon: Grooky, Scorbunny and Sobble. Last month, Pokémon Go director Michael Steranka suggested to Eurogamer that a long-awaited release of the franchise's eighth generation would come with... Read more ›
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Rogue Company has scrubbed all mentions of Dr Disrespect from the game.The free-to-play multiplayer live-service shooter – which was heavily promoted by Guy "Dr Disrespect" Beahm – hadn't been updated in over a year.But within weeks of the news that Beahm had allegedly been sending sexually explicit messages to a minor via Twitch, developer First Watch Game and publisher Hi-Rez Studios had updated the game to remove all content affiliated... Read more ›
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The latest free-to-play RPG from the Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail team has reached an impressive milestone, less than a week since it made its debut.Zenless Zone Zero has seen 50m downloads since its release on 4th July, MiHoYo announced over the weekend."A city that once only existed in the hopes and dreams of the dev team has never been as buzzing with life as it is now. Your... Read more ›
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An issue with Final Fantasy 14 on Xbox is still not resolved, despite maintenance over the weekend. Director and producer Naoki Yoshida last week offered his "sincere apologies" for issues discovered in new expansion Dawntrail, including transition freezes on Xbox. On Saturday the game was down for maintenance and, in a follow up post, Square Enix noted it had "taken preliminary steps" to address the issue but it's still not... Read more ›
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Summer Games Done Quick 2024 is over for another year, raising £1.9m ($2.5m) for the charity Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.That brings the speedrunning organiser's lifetime total to a staggering £40m/$51m across all its events for charities like AbleGamers, Doctors Without Borders, Organisation for Autism Research, Malala Fund, National Women's Law Center, and Prevent Cancer Foundation.Running 24-hours a day from 30th June to 6th July in Minnesota – and broadcast... Read more ›
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Sega has dropped a fresh trailer for Atlus' new RPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio.Revealed at a panel at this weekend's Anime Expo 2024, the new teaser gives "viewers an early peek at the turbulent events that kickstart the player’s journey in Metaphor: ReFantazio". You can check it out below:The video description simply says: "Fight for the truth, awaken your resolve, and enter the tournament for the throne." Read more Read more ›
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2K is working on an unannounced remake.That's according to the LinkedIn page (via MP1st) of a motion capture animator who has been working at 2K for the last two and a half years.Among the games you'd expect to see on the resume of a developer working at 2K Games – 2K25 WWE, NBA 2K25, that upcoming Mafia game, and the highly-anticipated new BioShock game, to name but a few –... Read more ›
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Manor Lords' publisher has hit back at claims the game is an "interesting case study in the pitfalls of early access", stating that assuming games can continue "endless growth" "causes so much trouble in the games industry".Responding to a post on LinkedIn from Hinterland CEO Raphael van Lierop, Tim Bender – who heads up publisher Hooded Horse – responded with a lengthy post of their own, suggesting that "if this... Read more ›
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DefiantX producer Mark Rubin has told players it's "okay to move on" if the game "isn't for you", but disputed claims the game was "rushed out" to avoid releasing at the same time as other big games.Responding to an X/Twitter post in which a fan suggested the shooter was "rushed out because of GTA 6 and Call of Duty Black Ops 6", Rubin – who has previously worked on Call... Read more ›
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A classic adventure built in the early days of the multimedia gaming era, Riven is a beautiful first-person puzzle game that asks players to slowly unravel the mysteries of its unusual world. A sequel to the similarly celebrated Myst, Riven boasted arguably the most detailed pre-rendered backgrounds to date when it was released in 1997. And now it's back, stunningly realised in full real-time 3D via Unreal Engine 5, playable... Read more ›
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Hello! Eurogamer's latest week of features celebrating the intersection of LGBTQIA+ culture and gaming is almost at an end, but to wrap things up, we've once again spoken with some of our favourite creators, conferred among the team, and even delved into the Eurogamer archive to spotlight just a few of our favourite queer and queer-positive games. Hopefully you'll find something you enjoy here, or be enouraged to further explore... Read more ›
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Guess what, Tarnished? We've all been saying Elden Ring DLC's "Scadutree" incorrectly.According to VaatiVidya's fascinating video Amazing Secrets in the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, scadu is derived from ancient English and is pronounced "sha-doe" rather than "ska-doo"... which, let's face it, makes much more sense given the DLC's subtitle.Jump to 510s/8m30s on the video below to hear the correct pronunciation for yourself: Read more Read more ›
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The success of Cyberpunk 2077's Phantom Liberty DLC was only possible due to the base game's "negative reception".That's according to senior quest designer Paweł Sasko, who acknowledged that if the original game's 2020 release hadn't been "as negative as it was", "it couldn't have been possible" for expansion Phantom Liberty to have "worked significantly better at launch"."Phantom Liberty worked significantly better at its launch because we completely changed the production... Read more ›
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