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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After several years of silence, Little Devil Inside has resurfaced. You may need to cast your minds back to remember this one. Little Devil Inside first came to light - at least on Eurogamer - back in 2015, when the game achieved its Kickstarter funding goal, although trailers had floated about before then. Things then went quiet, before it popped back up in 2020 at a PlayStation 5 reveal event.... Read more ›
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A recent patch for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has caused more issues than it fixed, fans say.The game's most recent patch was released yesterday, with developer Rocksteady stating it would target "various crashes, progression blockers, connectivity issues and several server side improvements".However, there are now numerous reports online of players encountering more issues than before. "The recent patches screwed the game, for a lot of people," one reddit... Read more ›
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Hi-Fi Rush will skip the current Nintendo Switch and instead arrive on the console's currently-unannounced successor. That's according to a report from Insider Gaming, which states that the absence of a Switch version of the game in yesterday's Xbox multi-platform announcement was due to it launching on Nintendo Switch 2 instead. Whether Hi-Fi Rush could still eventually launch for the current Switch as well - perhaps at the same time?... Read more ›
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Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree will be available digitally only, even for the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S exclusive physical versions. A Shadow of the Erdtree Edition will be released, including both the base game and the DLC. However this will only be available physically on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S with the expansion an additional download not on the disc. PC editions are digitally only, while PS4... Read more ›
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Surprise! Dead Island 2 has popped up as part of the Xbox Game Pass subscription, despite not being listed by Microsoft when it revealed a list of late February Xbox Game Pass titles earlier this week. Dead Island 2 publisher Plaion has now confirmed the news, though in a blog post noted the game was "for Ultimate members". Users have noted that the game's PC version was not added to... Read more ›
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Arrowhead has taken aim at those Helldivers 2 squatters who were clogging up servers by remaining in a game even when they weren't actively playing.A new patch for the game has implemented a function that will now boot players back to the title screen if they have been idle for 15 minutes. This is something the community has been asking for a little while now, with many players reporting long... Read more ›
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Hello. One of my favourite pieces of writing about games, not that anybody asked, is from Sid Meier. It's the fourth, I think, of his 10 rules for game design. The first rules have laid out the scene: choose a topic you have passion for, define your axioms, refine your axioms. All good stuff. And then, suddenly:Double it or cut it in half.This is what really good film cuts are... Read more ›
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Xbox has announced a PlayStation release date for Sea of Thieves, its popular pirate live service game from British studio Rare. PlayStation 5 players will be able to wishlist the game beginning tomorrow, 22nd February, ahead of its launch on Sony's console on 30th April. A blog post from Microsoft tonight also confirms PlayStation dates for Pentiment (tomorrow, 22nd February) and Grounded (16th April) - the same as the dates... Read more ›
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A PlayStation 5 release date for the currently-Xbox console exclusive Hi-Fi Rush has found its way onto the internet. The Hi-Fi Rush PS5 launch date was today revealed to be 18th March, courtesy of a new trailer for the rhythm action game posted to Bethesda's Latin American YouTube channel. That video appears to have gone live a little earlier than planned, as it was soon taken offline by Bethesda -... Read more ›
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Paradox Interactive has announced a two-month delayed for Prison Architect 2, with the management sim sequel now due to release on 7th May as studio Double Eleven opts for "extra time to identify more bugs and further optimise the game". Prison Architect 2 - the sequel to the hugely popular 2015 original from developer Introversion Software (who sold the rights to Paradox in 2019) - was announced back in January,... Read more ›
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A beefy update headed to Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will add a wardrobe of new suits and unlock a fresh New Game Plus mode for Insomniac's enjoyable superhero adventure. Available on 7th March, the catchily-titled Update 1.002 will let you carry over your suits and unlocked abilities to a fresh save file, ready for you to play through the game again with a harder difficulty. Unlocks here will include Ultimate Levels... Read more ›
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Elden Ring's DLC expansion, Shadow of the Erdtree, finally has a release date: 21st June. FromSoft boss Hidetaka Miyazaki told Eurogamer this is the biggest expansion the company has ever worked on. The announcement comes with a new trailer you can watch below. Read more Read more ›
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Hidetaka Miyazaki didn't envision originating an entire genre. Yet such is the popularity of the Dark Souls games - right up to the more recent Elden Ring - that they've become collectively known in the gaming community as Soulslikes. That's shorthand for games with calculating combat, high levels of challenge and repeated death, though this is of course reductive of the awe and grim majesty Miyazaki's games evoke. Soulslikes are... Read more ›
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FromSoft boss Hidetaka Miyazaki has discussed the possibility of a Bloodborne remake, and the benefits of waiting for new hardware on which to revisit the beloved PlayStation 4 classic. "It is a title we hold very dear and just as much as our fans," Miyazaki told Eurogamer when questioned about the possibility of a Bloodborne remake. "It does make me very happy to see that there are still so many... Read more ›
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Nintendo's February Direct Partner Showcase has come and gone. This presentation was focused around third-party games so, as expected, there was no news on any homegrown Nintendo titles or the Switch 2's expected arrival in early 2025. However, the broadcast was still full of annoucements for games headed to Nintendo Switch from other publishers over the coming six months. Here's a roundup of everything which appeared during the 25-minute show.Fresh... Read more ›
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Today's just-finished Nintendo Direct included the surprise announcement of Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble, a new installment in Sega's spherical simian series. Launching exclusively for Nintendo Switch on 25th June, this new entry in the series features an online mode where up to 16 players can rush forth simultaneously across obstacles and towards each level's goal. It looks rather like Fall Guys! Another big change with Banana Rumble is the... Read more ›
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And just like that, my excitement for Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree DLC has gone from bubbling anticipation to a fever pitch scream; alongside a first gameplay trailer for FromSoftware's eagerly awaited expansion, publisher Namco Bandai has now shared a release date, confirming it'll be launching for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC on 21st June. But first that trailer, offering a full three-minute look at Shadow of the... Read more ›
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Mario vs Donkey Kong for Switch is a classic remake of the Game Boy Advance original, reimagining each stage in higher fidelity, turning interstitial stills into animated videos and even adding some additional content. Digital Foundry's John Linneman and Tom Morgan had the chance to play through the game on both platforms recently, summarising the differences between the two versions and the quality of the remake overall. The deliberate resemblance... Read more ›
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Monster Hunter Stories, Capcom's first - and surprisingly successful - stab at adapting the series' classic monster battling action into a family friendly turn-based RPG, is getting a Switch remaster sometime this "summer". Seperately, Capcom has confirmed it's coming to PS4 and PC too. Switch owners have, of course, already had a chance to sample the Monster Hunter Stories series when its accalaimed second outing launched on Nintendo's platform back... Read more ›
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Nintendo will add five classic Rare games to Nintendo Switch today, including SNES hit Killer Instinct and N64 great Blast Corps. In Japan, Nintendo Switch Online subscribers will also get Mother 3 - the third entry in the legendary Earthbound series which has never made it to the West. All of these games were announced in this afternoon's Nintendo Direct broadcast - though Mother 3 was only mentioned in the... Read more ›
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