It looks like Star Wars: Galactic Racer will release on 6th October, 2026. Read more Read more ›
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After shutting down The Crew's servers at the end of March, Ubisoft has reportedly started removing the open-world racer from owners' libraries and revoking their user license. Ubisoft delisted The Crew - which would otherwise be celebrating its tenth birthday later this year - from digital storefronts last December, with the publisher announcing it would be permanently shutting the game's servers down on 31st March 2024. And that didn't just... Read more ›
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Possibility Space, the studio founded by State of Decay producer Jeff Strain, has reportedly shut down - with Strain attempting to blame the closure on confidential leaks by studio employees. Strain - who co-founded Guild Wars developer ArenaNet before establishing State of Decay developer Undead Labs in 2009 - announced the formation of Possibility Space in October 2021, describing it as a "modern kind of game studio, where we are... Read more ›
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Following the recent price hike for EA Play, as well as price bumps for other video game subscription services over the last year, Rockstar's GTA+ is getting more expensive too. GTA+ initially arrived as a Grand Theft Auto Online-focused subscription service when it launched for consoles in March 2022, providing members with a regular selection of monthly rewards, including GTA$ and special vehicle upgrades. In November 2023, however, it expanded... Read more ›
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It looks like PS5 players can't wait to don tricornes and raise anchor; Sea of Thieves is currently experiencing "longer wait times that normal", according to developer Rare, thanks to a "high volume" of new players joining the game as part of today's freshly launched PS5 Closed Beta. Sea of Thieves' Closed Beta is open to anyone that pre-orders the PlayStation 5 version ahead of its launch later this month,... Read more ›
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Larian's Baldur's Gate 3 has been celebrated for the performances of its voice cast, who received several performance nominations for this year's BAFTA awards and which last night won the coveted Best Game award. However, on the red carpet, the game's actors detailed the darker side of their success thanks to the rise in AI and voice cloning. Amelia Tyler, who was nominated for best performance for her portrayal of... Read more ›
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A new update for Tomb Raider 1 - 3 Remastered has given Lara Croft an outfit worthy of Scary Spice. Sing it with me, 'When tomb become one!'This leopard print ensemble, which you can see in full below, was originally conceived during the development of Tomb Raider 2's Golden Mask expansion. However, it never made the final release.Now, thanks to Tomb Raider 1 -3 Remastered's second update, we can all... Read more ›
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Fallout fans are scratching their heads over a plot point mentioned in the new hit TV show's sixth episode - which some say contradicts the game series' established lore. Bethesda director Todd Howard has previously said the Fallout TV show is canon - and set after the events of the games released so far so as not to interfere. But the TV show's sixth episode includes a set date for... Read more ›
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There's a little game coming out next year you may have heard of. It's called GTA 6, and it's the next entry in Rockstar's prolific, rather chaotic and often debauched Grand Theft Auto series.Last year, the studio finally released its first GTA 6 trailer, which soon broke YouTube records and became the most viewed video in 24 hours (that wasn't a music video), hitting an astonishing 90m in its first... Read more ›
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User-generated content, or UGC, has been a continued source of discussion recently, particularly when it involves minors doing the creating and, in some cases, earning off the back of it.Last week saw Roblox Studio head Stefano Corazza raise eyebrows with his comments on Roblox's openness to allow under-18s to publish and earn money from games on the platform. Roblox takes a significant cut of this, and pays those creators with... Read more ›
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Back in September of 2023, the European Union officially designated Apple a "gatekeeper" under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), stipulating that it must open its App Store on iOS in a number of ways, including adding the ability to "side-load" apps from the web rather than the store, to have other storefronts available, and more.If you've been even vaguely following the issue, you'll know this is all of particular interest... Read more ›
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Her character in Barbie may not control the railways or the flow of commerce, but soon Margot Robbie herself will. Well, sort of.The actress' production company LuckyChap Entertainment is set to produce the upcoming Monopoly movie from Lionsgate and Hasbro. So, soon enough, Robbie will kind of have control of at least Kings Cross, Marylebone, Fenchurch Street and Liverpool Street (assuming she is playing the standard British version, rather than... Read more ›
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Hello! Our game of the week is Botany Manor. I've been looking forward to it since I played the demo, but, in truth, I've been looking forward to Matt Wales' review even more. Matt knows plants - he gets them and appreciates them on the kind of level I aspire to deeply.I was struck by something he wrote in his Botany Manor review - that plants are, inherently, a bit... Read more ›
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Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing over the past few days. This week: action heroes, dice, and old haunting grounds.If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We've Been Playing, here's our archive.We don't think about genres the right way. I am sure of this. Shooters? Metroidvanias? Fine. All fine.... Read more ›
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Three more SNES games have been added to the Nintendo Switch Online catalogue today, including early Mario title Wrecking Crew '98. In Japan, a different selection of titles have been made available, meanwhile - including Marvelous: Mōhitotsu no Takarajima, the first game directed by the now-legendary Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma. Here are all three SNES games now available via Nintendo Switch Online: Read more Read more ›
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Stellar Blade's developer has asked players to "go easy" on the game's demo, with some players racking up over 50 hours of playtime. The demo for the forthcoming action game was released on 29th March with progress carrying over to the main game. As such, some players have been mining the demo for experience to level up main character Eve before they get to the full game, due out on... Read more ›
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This year's BAFTA Games Awards winners have been revealed, with this year's big victor - perhaps unsurprisingly - being Larian Studios' hugely acclaimed Baldur’s Gate 3. Baldur's Gate 3 took home a total of five BAFTAs, coming tops in the categories for Narrative, Music, and Best Game. It was also named EE Game of the Year - the only category to be voted for by the general public - and... Read more ›
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If you've been eying up your teetering games backlog and thinking to yourself, "You know, this games backlog isn't anywhere near teetering enough!", the Epic Games Store has you covered. It's just announced The Big Con and Town of Salem 2 will be its next freebies, from 18th April. The Big Con is a comedic, crime-filled road trip adventure set in the 90s (it has a squiggly, day-glo art style... Read more ›
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Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs is making the jump from Google's ill-fated Stadia platform to PlayStation 5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch, and Steam on 9th May. Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle - which launched on Stadia back in 2020, minus its Chomp Champs subtitle - offers a 64-player battle royale twist on the classic arcade series' familiar pill-popping, ghost-dodging action, challenging players to be the last Pac-Man... Read more ›
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Amazon is expanding April's previously announced Prime Gaming subscription offerings with two additional Fallout titles, both available now via its Luma game streaming service, to celebrate the launch of its live-action Fallout TV show. First up is Bethesda's classic post-apocalyptic open-world RPG, Fallout 3, which is available in Game of the Year Edition, meaning players can settle in for a whole pile of stuff, seeing as it includes all five... Read more ›
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Yes, it is happening. Fallout 4 is finally getting that promised next-gen update, bringing the wasteland experience up to a silky smooth 60fps with increased resolutions on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.This update, which is free, includes native applications for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/ S, Performance mode and Quality mode settings, as well as stability improvements and fixes.Those playing Fallout 4 on PS4 and Xbox One, meanwhile,... Read more ›
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