It looks like Star Wars: Galactic Racer will release on 6th October, 2026. Read more Read more ›
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This year's Pokémon World Championships will culminate at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Pokémon Company made the announcement this weekend, at the Europe International Championships, which were held in London. The event sees the very best Pokémon players battle it out with Pokémon cards, and in video games including Pokémon Go, Pokémon Unite and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Next up for this year's tour is its North... Read more ›
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Yuji Naka, co-creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, has returned to social media after an extended hiatus to accuse Dragon Quest producer Yu Miyake of lying during Naka's insider trading trial last year. In March 2023, Naka pleaded guilty to insider trading following his arrest in November 2022. He was then sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail and multiple fines totalling just under £1m; he was later given a suspended sentence.... Read more ›
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Larian, the developer behind hit role-player Baldur's Gate 3, has said it will likely follow the same early access release model for its unannounced next project. In an interview with GameFile, Larian's director of publishing Michael Douse said early access was "the only way to do it now" to ensure the project grows alongside and in response to player feedback. "This is the only way to do it now, especially... Read more ›
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This War of Mine developer 11 bit studios has revealed Frostpunk 2's beta will be live from 15th April until 22nd April, 2024.The beta access period will launch at 6pm UK time (7pm CEST, 1pm ET, 10am PT) on PC and run for a full seven days, giving players the chance to sample the sandbox mode, Utopia Builder Preview.Whilst the final game will be available in a selection of languages,... Read more ›
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Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Studios has recommended players experiencing continual crashes should "let the game rest for a while" whilst the team looks for a fix.In a message posted to the game's Discord server and then later to its subreddit, community manager Twinbeard confirmed that a hotfix was coming, but couldn't commit to a time – or even a day – when it may be rolled out. Read more Read more ›
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Apple has loosened its App Store restrictions to permit more emulation software.In an update posted at the end of last week, Apple confirmed it will now permit "retro game console emulator apps", although the app designers are "responsible for all such software offered in [their] app", "including ensuring that such software complies with [...] all applicable laws".It's thought Apple has made the change in response to growing pressure from users... Read more ›
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Howdy, Helmet-heads! Thanks to a Bank Holiday Monday and a lengthy trip to the Elder Scrolls Online 10-Year Anniversary Celebration, this week's episode of VR Corner is something of a rush job, I'm afraid. Still, something's better than nothing, right?And this something is pretty cool to be fair, because master modder Luke Ross has just updated his R.E.A.L. VR mod so that it now works with Horizon Forbidden West Complete... Read more ›
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Xbox is reportedly the "number one platform for Diablo 4 players".Whilst the franchise has long been associated with its dedicated PC fanbase, an email sent from Xbox president Sarah Bond this week intimates that the most recent release, Diablo 4 – which was acquired by Microsoft as part of its $68.7m acquisition of Activision Blizzard, of course – is most popular on the Xbox console system even though the RPG... Read more ›
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Larian Studios' publishing director, Micheal Douse, has commented on the recent wave of current industry layoffs, calling the mass redundancies "avoidable" and suggesting "none of these companies are at risk of going bankrupt".Talking to Game File (£) and spotted by PC Gamer, Douse didn't hold back, stating his belief that some companies made mass layoffs because "everyone else is"."[The layoffs] are an avoidable fu*k-up," Douse said. "That's all they really... Read more ›
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A few weeks back, I read that the National Videogame Museum in Sheffield has created a virtual exhibition to record the role Animal Crossing: New Horizons played in the early days of COVID lockdown. Oh gosh, those weird, terrifying days! Hunting for toilet roll, struggling to handle my daughter's homeschooling with lessons over Skype and whatnot, worrying about elderly relatives and not-so-elderly relatives and friends. I can close my eyes... Read more ›
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Xbox has established a new team dedicated to video game preservation and forward compatibility.That's according to Windows Central, which today published a report stating that Xbox president Sarah Bond had recently written to Xbox staff to reaffirm the company's commitment to hardware development – which will be welcomed news for many Xbox fans – and a plan to "future-proof" Xbox's digital libraries to "build on Xbox's strong history of delivering... Read more ›
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Bungie is ready to give us another glimpse at Destiny 2's next expansion, The Final Shape.With Into the Light set to launch for all players on 9th April, Bungie has announced that on the same day, it will host a Developer Gameplay Preview stream for The Final Shape, which will include a "behind-the-scenes look at new gameplay reveals"."In The Final Shape, Guardians will pursue the Witness into the Pale Heart... Read more ›
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Rumour has it there'll be "news" about Ubisoft's Splinter Cell remake at this year's Ubisoft Forward showcase in June.After Ubisoft confirmed its Forward show will be "live from LA" on 10th June 2024, fans noticed that Ubisoft Toronto had prepared for the announcement by switching up its Facebook header and profile images to that of Sam Fisher's instantly-recognisable night vision goggles.As spotted by Twitterer MauroNL (thanks, PC Gamer), the change... Read more ›
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Call of Duty: Vanguard sold over 30m copies.That's according to the LinkedIn profile of a strategic consultant working with Roughmint Consulting who – as part of their role as a "social media strategist" for Activision – helped "to co-develop strategy designed to acquire new players for FPS Call of Duty Vanguard, selling 30 million copies"."People forget that those commenting on the internet are, for the most part, a very self-similar... Read more ›
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Gears 6 will reportedly be announced on 9th June 2024.That's according to The Verge, which purports that the next instalment of the fan-favourite shooter will be confirmed at an Xbox Showcase reportedly scheduled for that day.Whilst neither the sequel nor the showcase have been formally confirmed as yet, The Verge reports that Microsoft is "in the middle of planning for its big summer showcase [...] set to take place on... Read more ›
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Shift Up CEO has confirmed free updates and a new game plus mode will be coming to Stellar Blade.In an interview with Ruliweb (thanks, Push Square), CEO Kim Hyeong-tae said that whilst DLC plans had yet to be fully "determined", free updates will bring new skins for Eve.Hyeong-tae also confirmed that there will be no microtransactions, too. Well. Ish. Read more Read more ›
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A new investigation into developer Deck Nine - best known as the current steward of Life is Strange, a series celebrated for its inclusivity - has painted a picture of a studio where toxicity, hate speech, harassment, crunch, bullying, and abusive leadership has been able to fester as a result inaction from senior management. The lengthy report from IGN's Rebekah Valentine, based on testimony from over a dozen current and... Read more ›
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After mistakenly being put live for 30 minutes on the PlayStation Store in March, the Stellar Blade demo is now finally available for anyone to try. It's a one-hour slice of the full release, due on the 26th of April - an effort that sees South Korean studio Shift Up make its first foray into AAA console development. And remarkably, the turnout is great: a slick Unreal Engine 4 action... Read more ›
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Doesn't time fly? It feels like only yesterday I was being ushered into a darkened booth during a bustling E3 2012 to watch a behind closed doors gameplay demo of the newly-announced MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online. Here I am now though, some 12 years later, looking at the game again for the game's 10th anniversary - a milestone that will also be celebrated in-game over the next year, spanning... 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, we're mixing it up a bit with a GDC-based indie preview special, highlighting several game demos we tried out in late March (And also it's just me, Chris - hello!).If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What... Read more ›
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