EA has finally pulled back the cover on the details of next week's Battlefield 6 update, patch 1.3.1.0., revealing new content, improvements, a new map, weapons, Battle Pass, and ranked battle royale quads, too. Read more Read more ›
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Yoko Taro has dropped a sneaky tease that a new Nier game may be on the way.In a surprise appearance at the Nier: Orchestra Concert in London earlier this month, director Taro invited fans to applaud as loudly as they could to ensure the Square Enix president – who was reportedly also in attendance – knew there was an appetite for a sequel.According to someone there that night, "the room... Read more ›
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Once again, Helldivers 2 has raised its concurrent player cap, this time to 800,000 players.Arrowhead Game Studios' CEO and Helldivers 2's creative director Johan Pilestedt confirmed the cap had been increased over the weekend whilst thanking the "studio of ~100 devs" for their "amazing achievement"."I'm really happy and proud of the [Arrowhead Game Studio] team for an amazing achievement, the servers handled all Helldivers 2 players this weekend without problem,"... Read more ›
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Greetings, VR pals! I'm turning this week's episode of Ian's VR Corner up to Eleven with a look at the newly released Quest exclusive, TV tie-in title, Stranger Things VR!From developers Tender Claws, Stranger Things VR is a dark and arty look into the minds of some of Hawkin's most famous residents as you inhabit the body of the shows mysterious villain Vecna. But is it any good? Find out... Read more ›
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Joel Fagliano has always thought about puzzles. His father was an avid solver of the famed New York Times Crossword and would photocopy it every weekday for his son to solve on the train to school. When Joel was in 10th grade he started designing his own puzzles, submitting them to the NYT's crossword editor, Will Shortz. "They were... quite bad," he jokes. But Shortz offered him feedback and when... Read more ›
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Halo co-creator and Battlefield game director Marcus Letho has left EA.Letho – who had been heading up Seattle-based Ridgeline Games, an EA studio dedicated to the Battlefield franchise – has seemingly scrubbed all mentions of Battlefield and EA from their social media bio, as well as updated their LinkedIn to state they've now left EA.As spotted by "Battlefield connoisseur" DANNYonPC and Insider Gaming, Ridgeline Games currently has no job openings... Read more ›
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Baldur's Gate 3 has been nominated across five categories at the Gayming Awards.Taking to social media, Larian confirmed its fan-favourite RPG has been nominated for Best LGBTQ Character, Authentic Representation, Gaying Magazine Readers' Award, Industry Diversity Award, and Game of the Year.Indie adventure game Thirsty Suitors pulls up right on Baldur's Gate 3's coattails with four nominations, whilst Final Fantasy 16 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom... Read more ›
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Rainbow Six Siege's creative director seemingly doesn't have any plans for a sequel.Talking at today's Siege Invitational 2024 in Brazil, Alexander Karpazis said that having watched other live services games "go through sequels" and "just completely drop the ball", the team would rather "build up" the fan-favourite shooter instead of making a new one."The idea of switching engines to something that can be off-the-shelf ready simply doesn't answer the needs... Read more ›
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Indie dev Firenut Games has confirmed its upcoming "dark horror adventure game", Shines Over: The Damned, will be coming "exclusively" to PS5 later this year.With no name, no weapons, and no teammates, you will be forced into a "mysterious and terrifying world" with nowt but your trusty dog for company, who will "guide you through this dark world".You can check out the brief announcement teaser below: Read more Read more ›
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Once Human – a multiplayer open-world supernatural survival game coming to PC and mobile devices – is running a fresh beta test from 28th March, 2024."Once Human is an SCP-inspired multiplayer open-world survival game, where teams of players use firearms and supernatural abilities to survive against the unknowable and powerful Aberrant creatures that threaten the last remnants of mankind," teases a press release. "Players must band together to unite survivors,... Read more ›
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If you like the look of Dying Light 2: Stay Human but have yet to pull the trigger, I have good news – for one weekend only, Techland is letting PC players jump into the game for free.Showing off the "Reloaded Edition" in "all its glory", the free trial runs from now until 6pm UK time (10am PT / 1pm ET / 7pm CET) on Monday 26th February, and includes... Read more ›
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Some say that Skull and Bones has spent over a decade in development, so just how good is the final release? Well, Ubisoft says it's a game of quadruple-A quality no less, but in our opinion it's very much a mixed bag. There are elements to commend it from a technical point of view, but equally, it falls short in so many ways. Originally conceived as an off-shoot of the... Read more ›
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Ubisoft has teased its future plans for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, saying the acclaimed Metroidvania will be getting new content and modes in free updates starting "soon". Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown enjoyed significant critical acclaim when it launched back in January - Eurogamer's Christian Donlan called it a "real delight...that revels in both its genre and its own heritage" in his four star review - and... Read more ›
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Microsoft is reportedly preparing to launch a new white, digital-only version of its top-end Xbox Series X console in "June or July" this year. An "adorably all-digital" Xbox Series X refresh, planned for a 2024 release, first surfaced as part of a mammoth leak of official Microsoft documentation during last year's court battle with the FTC. However, Xbox boss Phil Spencer later insisted "so much has changed" since many of... Read more ›
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If you didn't get chance to get stuck into No Man's Sky during its free weekend last week - or if you did and want to do it all over again - developer Hello Games is announced its exploratory space sim is free to download and play again right now because it proved so popular last time. In its announcement for free weekend round two, Hello Games says its first... Read more ›
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Xbox is running a giveaway competition in collaboration with Palworld, where one lucky person can win a custom Xbox Series X and controllers featuring the titular Pals.The giveaway was announced by Xbox over on X (née Twitter), alongside what I assume is a mock-up of the final design. The console features the game's cover art and logo, while the four controllers bundled with it come in four different colours with... Read more ›
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SteamWorld Build publisher Thunderful said the game "fell slightly short of expectations", as its company restructure is "off to a good start". The game was the latest in the SteamWorld series that turned to strategy and base building gameplay, and was released at the start of December last year. During the company's latest financial reporting, Thunderful CEO Martin Walfisz put the blame on genre choice not being suited to the... Read more ›
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Western Earthbound fans were crushed earlier this week when Nintendo revealed Mother 3 was on its way to Switch Online - but only in Japan. The Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase earlier this week revealed a host of games still on the way to the Switch later this year, but the Japanese version of the showcase additionally included the Game Boy Advance game Mother 3 as part of the expansion pass.... Read more ›
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Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has failed to meet publisher Warner Bros' expectations.During a financial call, Warner Bros. Discovery's chief financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels said Rocksteady's recent release had "fallen short of our expectations" (thanks, IGN).The executive did not share any sales figures for Suicide Squard: Kill the Justice League during this call, but admitted it had left the company with a "tough year" ahead when it comes to... Read more ›
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What if AMD produced a desktop graphics card that effectively mirrored console GPU specifications? Would such a product guarantee console-level performance in the PC space, or is it the case that there are already console-equivalent GPUs currently available that already do the job - and if so, how much do they cost? It's been known for a while now that AMD's Radeon RX 6700 10GB (the non-XT) model has startling... Read more ›
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Inflexion is prioritising an offline play mode for Nightingale. This follows on from player feedback, with many questioning the developer's decision to make Nightingale online-only on its early access release earlier this month.In an update on Steam, the Nightingale team said its vision was always to "create an interconnected series of Realms, with the idea of allowing for co-operative exploration in mind - a universe bigger than a single Realm... Read more ›
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