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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Undersea Soulslike Another Crab's Treasure now has a release date, as announced at today's Nintendo Direct. The game is set for release on 25th April across Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC and - in an additional reveal - PS5. Further, the game will be available at launch on Xbox and PC Game Pass. Check out the new trailer below. Read more Read more ›
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Following last week's long-rumoured announcement Microsoft is bringing four of its previously Xbox-exclusive first-party games to Switch and PlayStation 5, we've finally got officially confirmation of the first two games making that multiplatform leap: Obsidian's historical narrative adventure Pentiment comes to Switch tomorrow, 21st February, while inch-high garden adventure Grounded arrives 16th April on Nintendo's platform. Starting with Pentiment, it cast players as Andreas Maler, a master artist who Read more ›
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Nintendo will hold its next Direct showcase today, Wednesday 20th February at 2pm UK time. This showcase will last around 25 minutes, and feature games coming to Nintendo Switch in the first half of 2024 from Nintendo's publishing and development partners. Hit refresh on this page at 2pm and you will be able to watch it below! So, what do we expect? Well, it might be easier to say what... Read more ›
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Pirates! Such an evocative word! But if it's swashbuckling tales of derring-do you're after, of sea monsters and high seas adventuring, of buried treasures on distant shores and smuggling escapades by the light of the moon, there are other, better ways to fulfil that classic pirate fantasy, because Skull and Bones' take is, regrettably, a bit of a bore.It begins, though, as all good adventures often do, in the midst... Read more ›
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Xbox boss Phil Spencer has addressed lingering questions around the company stance on physical media following last year's leaks of an "adorably all-digital" Xbox Series X refresh, saying Microsoft continues to be "supportive" of the medium, and insisting "getting rid of physical, that's not a strategic thing for us." An all-digital (and distinctly cylindrical) new Xbox Series X design first surfaced as part of a mammoth leak of official Microsoft... Read more ›
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Five of the Best is a weekly series for supporters of Eurogamer. It's a series that highlights some of the features in games that are often overlooked. It's also about having your say, so don't be shy, use the comments below and join in!Oh and if you want to read more, you can - you can find our entire Five of the Best archive elsewhere on the site.Games have always... Read more ›
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I'm never quite sure whether I'm doing the right thing in Last Epoch, yet as I float around as an undead vacuum cleaner - hoovering up my enemies' health bars while my minions keep them distracted - I know that I'm at least having a good time.I've opted for a lich build, and thanks to the flexibility of Last Epoch's skill trees, I've been able to dip into other subclasses... Read more ›
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Elden Ring aficianados, it's finally almost time to unclench! Just shy of two years since the launch of FromSoftware's magisterial open-world action-adventure, publisher Bandai Namco has confirmed it'll be sharing more on the game's eagerly awaited DLC, Shadow of the Erdtree, later today, with early rumours pointing to a June launch. But first the confirmed stuff; over on its social media channels, Bandai Namco has formally announced Shadow of the... Read more ›
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Lady Gaga is coming to Fortnite, having famously once asked what "Fortnight" was all about. Her arrival in the game marks something of a full-circle moment for the global music megastar, after her social media post in October 2019 simply asking "What's Fortnite" went viral. Five years on, Lady Gaga's account reposted her original message today with an image of her upcoming in-game character model, and the correction: "*fortnite". The... Read more ›
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Two new photos from the upcoming Borderlands film have been released.The photos, shared by People, both feature the Academy Award-winning Cate Blanchett - with some very enviable red hair - as infamous outlaw Lilith.The first photo shows Lilith on her own, looking pretty close to her in-game character. Read more Read more ›
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Everywhere developer Build A Rocket Boy has confirmed a round of layoffs at the company, which was founded by ex-Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies in 2016. An unconfirmed number of job losses were first reported yesterday by PCGamesN. Now, the studio has confirmed "the removal of a number of roles globally" in a statement to Eurogamer. Build A Rocket Boy is headquartered in Edinburgh, though also operates offices in... Read more ›
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Microsoft has announced the next wave of titles headed to Xbox Game Pass, which are set to be added to the subscription service over the tail end of February. This includes the excellent Tales of Arise, the epic role-playing game from Bandai Namco's Tales studio that originally launched to a warm reception back in 2021. "There are missteps and a few bumps along the way, but this soft reboot of... Read more ›
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The other day I read an old interview with Hidetaka Miyazaki, the FromSoftware director behind Dark Souls and Elden Ring, and it seems particularly relevant here. "I'm a huge masochist, so when I make games like these… this is how I want to be treated," he said. "'I want to be killed this way!' That's how I make it! It's just that sometimes other people don't understand it; it's for... Read more ›
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Few outside of Nintendo foresaw how huge last year's Super Mario Movie would turn out to be. It was a proper blockbuster phenomenon, and a reminder that when it comes to video game characters, the Mushroom Kingdom remains home to the most universally recognisable cast around. Still, it doesn't feel like chance that Nintendo seems to have smartly scheduled its subsequent year of Switch game launches with follow-up adventures for... Read more ›
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Sony is expected to launch a souped up version of the PlayStation 5 later this year, analysts have suggested. A new CNBC report notes that there was now "broad concensus in the game industry that Sony is indeed preparing a launch of a PS5 Pro in the second half of 2024," quoting Tokyo-based games analyst Serkan Toto. However, the report cautions that Sony is unlikely to see a large uptick... Read more ›
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The Need for Speed team is celebrating the franchise's 30th anniversary with another year of live service content for its most recent release, Unbound."Surprise! We're still here," developer Criterion Games shared in a new blog post, where it detailed Need for Speed: Unbound's year two roadmap. "NFS turns 30 this year, and with that huge legacy, we couldn't stand idle. However, this year will be a bit different from the... Read more ›
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The clever beings at PowerWash Simulator developer FuturLab know just how to keep us coming back for more. Not content with tasking us all with scrubbing Tomb Raider's Croft Manor or the Seventh Heaven bar from Final Fantasy 7, it is now setting us the challenge of cleaning up the grimdark universe of Warhammer 40K.The PowerWash Simulator Warhammer 40K Special Pack will launch later this month, on 27th February across... Read more ›
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Cult 90s sci-fi film Starship Troopers has had a bit of a renaissance of late, which has been attributed to the releases of Helldivers 2 on PlayStation and PC.According to online TV ratings tracker Television Stats, the 1997 release has seen its viewership stats, Wikipedia rank, and IMDB rank all see a significant rise over recent days.A quick browse through social media will see several posts linking this renewed interest... Read more ›
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There's no room for mistakes in Assassin's Creed Mirage's new Full Synchronisation Challenge mode, which arrives in the game via a fresh update due today. The option essentially lets you try a permadeath run of the full game, which will end if main character Basim dies or commits any illegal actions (ie. killing civilians) that would normally see you kicked out of the Animus. Full Synchronisation Mode will become available... Read more ›
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A new Pokémon Presents digital event will broadcast next week, on Tuesday 27th January at 2pm UK time. That's 9am Eastern or 6am Pacific. The showcase will contain "exciting news", a post on social media today teased, without going into further detail. We're expecting to hear from The Pokémon Company on what the next Pokémon project to launch will likely be - and while it feels too early for a... Read more ›
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