Last Flag, a third-person hero shooter that launched just two weeks ago, is halting production. Read more Read more ›
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Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has discussed the company's strategy of experimenting with generative AI, as detailed in today's announcement of NEO NPCs - a new prototype project from Ubisoft designed to let video game characters respond with custom responses to players' speech input. Speaking at a press briefing for the NEO NPC project held at GDC this week in San Francisco, attended by Eurogamer's Chris Tapsell, Guillemot likened Ubisoft's experimentation... Read more ›
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Flat2VR Studios is a new developer dedicated to turning flatscreen games into VR experiences. The studio was born from the Flat2VR community, comprising modders who have created unofficial VR versions of games like Half-Life 2 and Doom, which have received millions of downloads. The team is working on its first licensed VR game port, though the title remains a mystery for now. It's tentatively planned for late 2024 or early... Read more ›
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Here's something to tide you over until Bungie releases its rebooted Marathon: there's a freeware fan revival for the 1994 FPS known as Classic Marathon, and it's coming to Steam "soon".This project is from the same team that brought us Aleph One, an open source engine built for current systems based on the Marathon 2 source code (meaning you can access Marathon, Marathon 2 and Marathon Infinity elsewhere, but not... Read more ›
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Unity and Convai, a company which provides generative conversation AI software, will release Project Neural Nexus, a demo game which showcases Convai's "smart" NPCs and Unity's Muse Behavior tool, later this year.Here's how Convai describes the game on its website: "Step into the world of Neo City, a cyberpunk theme city where danger lurks at every corner. You wake up at a hotel and are being chased by the police... Read more ›
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Janky. That's the word that springs to mind when I think back to the games I used to play – Alone in the Dark among them – as a kid. Along with the fixed camera angles and tank controls were the bugs and the glitches and all that lovely jank, as much a part of survival horror's storied beginnings as Resident Evil's "itchy tasty" memo.Pisces Interactive's reimagining of 1992's Alone... Read more ›
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Microsoft has revealed its next batch of Game Pass titles for March and into the start of April.Notable additions to this wave include Diablo 4 (Console and PC), which arrives on 28th March, and The Quarry (Cloud and Console) which turns up tomorrow, 20th March.Diablo 4's upcoming Game Pass debut is part of Microsoft's "promise to offer Activision Blizzard games" on the subscription service, following its acquisition of the Diablo... Read more ›
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On Xbox, Final Fantasy 14 will have its own currency for service fees and optional item purchases. The MMORPG will arrive on Xbox consoles on 21st March following its open beta, with Square Enix releasing further details on the launch in a new Lodestone blog post. Not only is Game Pass required to play the game in full, but FFXIV Coins will be required to make purchases - a new... Read more ›
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Denuvo developer Irdeto has announced a watermarking feature for its anti-piracy software which will make it easier for developers to track down the source of leaks.The product, called TraceMark for Games, was announced at GDC yesterday. TraceMark can be used to mark builds of games both with visible or invisible watermarks, each with a unique ID which can then be traced back to the source. It's intended to be used... Read more ›
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Something Wicked Games has reportedly laid off "most of" its staff, according to a handful of people impacted.The studio, which was founded in 2022 by Fallout 76 lead Jeff Gardiner and Obsidian veteran Charles Staples, is currently working on its debut game Wyrdsong, described as an RPG with preternatural and occult themes.As reported by Game Developer, on Friday, Something Wicked's senior animator Eric Webb said the studio "had to lay... Read more ›
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"The beautiful thing about what Black Panther did was it essentially showed there can be heroes that look like me," says Abubakar Salim. "The feeling I had when watching was I wish I had this when I was a kid, because it shows to me, as an actor, I don't have to be the best friend of the cop, or the buddy character. I can actually be a hero. "If... Read more ›
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Sand Land, the video game adaptation of Akira Toriyama's beloved manga series, now has a demo on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PS4, and Steam, ahead of it full launch in April. Sand Land is set in a post-apocalyptic desert world where water is in short supply. Players take on the role of Beelzebub, AKA the Fiend Prince, as his rag-tag team of adventurers sets out on a quest to... Read more ›
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Valve has launched Steam Families, a streamlined, enhanced version of its existing household sharing tools which is available now in beta form. Steam Families combines and replaces features previously available through Valve's Steam Family Sharing and Steam Family View tools, and creates a way for up to six family members to share a combined games library, consisting of titles (including owned DLC) from across each member's individual libraries, that anyone... Read more ›
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GOG has announced a new partnership with Amazon Luna that'll let its customers play the games they own across a range of supported devices via cloud streaming, starting "soon". As detailed in its announcement post, GOG's cloud gaming partnership means it'll be possible to play supported GOG purchases across iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and Fire tablets, with no download required beyond the Luna client. Games can be played using any... Read more ›
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A new fan mod for Dark Souls 3 has been released offering a complete overhaul of the game that promises "a retelling of the Dark Souls universe". Named Dark Souls: Archthrones, it's been created by Archthrones Team and is available on NexusMods for free. The team comprises concept artists, writers, programmers, composers, and voice actors within the Souls community, according to its description. Interestingly, it takes its cue from Demon's... Read more ›
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You may remember that we relaunched the Digital Foundry merch store for Black Friday last year, with a host of DF-adjacent designs for shirts, mugs, hoodies, posters and stickers. Today, we're happy to announce our first wave of new designs for 2024 - expertly modelled by Rich and Alex in this week's DF Direct show - plus the return of a fan favourite. Our two new designs are right there... Read more ›
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Songs of Silence, the upcoming strategy game from Chimera Entertainment, will launch in early access on Steam in May.The game will have a Kickstarter campaign before it enters early access, which Chimera said "allows us to bring fans into the development process", in a press release, while also providing extra funding to get the game ready for early access.The announcement of dates for Songs of Silence's Kickstarter and Steam early... Read more ›
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As is becoming tradition, this is a quick public service announcement to make you aware of spoilers for Dragon's Dogma 2 now spreading online ahead of the game's launch later this week. Leaks have sprouted from early copies repeatedly being livestreamed online over the past few days, as well as details of the game's various trophies and achievements. While we won't go into any specific details here, this is your... Read more ›
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The poker-themed roguelike Balatro has sold 1m copies in its first month. Publisher Playstack announced this milestone earlier today, with CEO Harvey Elliott stating the team is "incredibly grateful for the support and enthusiasm from players worldwide". "The game's success is a testament to the quality and creativity that the indie sector can deliver, proving that even in uncertain times, innovative games can thrive," Elliott said. "We extend our deepest... Read more ›
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AI may seem like something of a dirty word at the moment, but 62 percent of studios are using AI at some point during game development. That's according to a new report by game engine maker Unity, which reveals that more and more development studios are adopting AI tools to make time and efficiency savings. In 2022 the average time to launch for games was 218 days; now it's 304... Read more ›
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Leaked specifications for Sony's unannounced PlayStation 5 Pro console have been posted online, and show the upgrades present in the souped-up console expected to launch later this year. Eurogamer understands these specifications - first reported on YouTube by Moore's Law is Dead - to be legitimate and sourced from Sony's own internal developer network, to which numerous partners have access to. The specs have since been reported on and also... Read more ›
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