It looks like Star Wars: Galactic Racer will release on 6th October, 2026. Read more Read more ›
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Few game ideas will turn your head quicker than one about abducting people and murdering them. It's an idea that courts controversy for the shock factor that comes with it, in order to stand out, and that's not necessarily a bad thing if handled right. I don't mind it here because Life Eater is a genuinely interesting indie game and not a tasteless cash-grab. Nonetheless, it's still an uncomfortable premise... Read more ›
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According to a new survey by the Game Developer Collective, 70 percent of developers have concerns about the sustainability of live service games. For the survey, 600 developers were interviewed between February and March this year and defined live-service games as online games featuring frequent updates and in-app purchases. As shared by Game Developer, 39 percent of participants had mild worries about live-service business models, while 31 percent were very... Read more ›
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Nintendo's next Indie World Showcase - the cooler, more rebellious sibling to the average Nintendo Direct - will air today, Wednesday 17th April, at 3pm UK time. That's 10am Eastern time or 7am Pacific time, if you live across the pond. Nintendo has said to expect around 20 minutes of updates on indie games headed to Switch over the remainder of this year. Will this include the highly-anticipated Hollow Knight... Read more ›
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Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two has announced it will lay off five percent of its 11,000-strong workforce - equating to around 550 people - and cancel multiple in-development projects. The company said the move was the next stage in its ongoing restructuring plan, which began in February.In a new filing, Take-Two said it expects to incur between $160m and $200m in total charges as a result of this restructuring program,... Read more ›
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There are 25 games leaving the PlayStation Plus subscription service next month, including some of the best Final Fantasy games. They are: Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 8, Final Fantasy 9, Final Fantasy 10 and 10-2, Final Fantasy 12: The Zodiac Age, and Final Fantasy 15: Royal Edition. There's also spin-off World of Final Fantasy. The 25 games will all leave on 21st May and includes the brilliant Abzu, The... Read more ›
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In 1997, Diablo was everything to me; I thought about it at school, at family dinners, netball practice, recess. Even when I was allowed to play it on my dad's Gateway 2000, I wanted more. And the only place to get more Diablo, back then, was on the Diablo website. Yes, there were fan sites packed with cheats and the same gifs - but what I wanted was a pure... Read more ›
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CD Projekt's official mod editor for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is now available for playtesting on Steam - albeit initially only to select registrants - ahead of its full release "later this year". The editor, formally known as The Witcher 3 REDkit, is described as a "comprehensive modding tool" that's based on the same tools used by CD Projekt to create to Wild Hunt in the first place, and... Read more ›
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Larian Studios didn't so much smash last year's Baldur's Gate 3 out of the park as launch it straight into orbit, collecting countless Game of the Year awards and even a few BAFTAs along the way. But while the studio has made it clear it has no interest in returning for a Baldur's Gate 4, Dungeons and Dragons owner Wizard of the Coast is definitely onboard for more, and is... Read more ›
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Hades 2, the hugely anticipated follow-up to developer Supergiant Games' acclaimed 2020 rogue-like dungeon crawler, is almost upon us - albeit initially as an early access release - but ahead of its arrival, Supergiant is hosting a technical test, and sign-ups are officially now open. Supergiant announced a second Hades was in the works at the tail-end of 2022, this time promising a new protagonist in the form of the... Read more ›
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Amazon's Fallout TV show has - a few minor controversies aside - been a hit with fans since arriving last week; but while the show has covered plenty of the video games' post-apocalyptic basics - from Pip-Boys and Power Armour to Vaults and Vault-Tec - not everything made the cut, and its creators have now explained they deliberately held back some "iconic" stuff, including Deathclaws, to better do them justice... Read more ›
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Machine learning-based image reconstruction has evolved into a genuinely game-changing technology - and what sets this apart from other PC features is that users can effectively mod improved versions of Nvidia DLSS and Intel XeSS into games with existing support, simply by swapping a .DLL file in the install directories. With that in mind, we wanted to use this unofficial modding technique to give a preview of sorts for the... Read more ›
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Sony's unannounced but widely-expected PlayStation 5 Pro should run games at 60fps with ray-tracing, upscaled to 4K resolution using the console's fresh PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) technology. This is Sony's preferred standard for PS5 Pro, The Verge reports, though Sony will also allow games to boast of being PS5 Pro "Enhanced" while offering lower frame-rates if they still offer a boosted maximum resolution on Pro compared to how the... Read more ›
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Xbox has announced the next wave of games coming to Game Pass in late April. It begins today with the release of Harold Halibut across cloud, PC and Xbox Series X/S. "A visually arresting, warm-hearted tale of a gofer searching for his purpose, Harold Halibut flounders amongst endless fetch-quests and waffle," reads our Eurogamer Harold Halibut review. Then later in the month the subscription service will receive the likes of... Read more ›
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Nintnedo has announced that the next Indie World Showcase will take place tomorrow.Airing on Wednesday, 17th April on YouTube, the show will last for around 20 minutes, the company said. Starting at 3pm UK time, the showcase will cover a number of announcements and updates for a variety of indie games, all of which will be coming to Nintendo Switch this year.Will we finally hear something more about Hollow Knight... Read more ›
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Apex Legends developer Respawn has told fans it will not change the game to block certain characters and cosmetics from being played during the Esports World Cup in Saudi Arabia this summer, despite concerns over how the country might censor the battle royale's diverse character roster. Earlier this month, the Esports World Cup social media feed announced the Apex Legends had "[entered] the arena", stating only the "best will compete... Read more ›
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Baldur's Gate 3 players who have modded their games are seeing references to a popular NPC character that suggests they were once set for full-on companion status. The Overexplained Interaction Options mod allows you to see which of your party members will approve or disapprove of conversation options, and was originally uploaded to Nexus Mods last year. Over time, players have been using the mod as they progress into Baldur's... Read more ›
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Last night it was revealed that Keanu Reeves will be the voice of Shadow in the forthcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 3 film. The news quickly spread across social media, with users sharing memes of Shadow, Cyberpunk 2077 and more in celebration. Thing is, the first Sonic film foreshadowed (get it) Keanu Reeves' involvement way back in the first film. Sort of. Read more Read more ›
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Doug Cockle, the gravelly voice of Geralt in CD Projekt Red's Witcher video games, has shared his thoughts on the Netflix series.Speaking with YouTube channel Behind the Voice, Cockle said there were some "choices" made in the writers room for the Netflix adaptation he didn't understand, but appreciated "we have to give different mediums their space".The actor noted the show is a "different medium from the games", which themselves are... Read more ›
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The Collector's Edition of Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree comes with 18 inches of impalement. The edition, priced at £224.99, includes the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, the soundtrack, a hardcover art book, and a statue of new nemesis Messmer the Impaler that's 18 inches tall. Notably, this edition does not actually include the original Elden Ring game, unlike other versions. Read more Read more ›
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Yep, you're herring me right. Hot on the heels of yesterday's o-fish-al Eurogamer review, I'll be diving into the first 90 minnows of Harold Halibut on the Xbox Series X for you in today's live stream!If, like me, you've been reeled in by the game's stunning, handcrafted visuals but want to know whether the gameplay is any good before you pike it up, you have come to the right plaice.From... Read more ›
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