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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Palworld developer Pocketpair has laid out a roadmap of improvements for the early access game. In the short term, the studio will be addressing critical issues such as bugs and a persistent loading screen. Other improvements will include key configuration and the AI of Pals. Further down the line, new elements like PvP, end-game Raid Bosses, and a Pal Arena for Pal PvP will be included. Plus, new islands, Pals,... 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 throw a... Read more ›
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Acclaimed management game Arcade Paradise is getting the VR treatment, and in the run-up to its release on Meta Quest, developer Nosebleed Interactive has shared a closer look at how the whole thing will play once you've shoved your head into its lovingly grimy recreation of 1993. As in the 2022 original, Arcade Paradise VR challenges players to turn their family business - a run-down laundrette - into a thriving... Read more ›
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Sam Barlow - the developer behind acclaimed investigative FMV adventures Immortality, Telling Lies, and Her Story - has announced he's working on two new horror titles, including a third-person survival horror said to be for old school Barlow fans "that played Silent Hill: Shattered Memories back in the day." Listings for Barlow's next two projects, to be developed at his Half-Mermaid studio, initially surfaced on Steam. However, as was the... Read more ›
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As Fortnite continues its apparent mission to feature all other video games within itself in some capacity (until presumably it then puts itself in itself including all the other video games within), developer Epic Games has confirmed Metal Gear Solid's Raiden will soon be joining the battle royale line-up courtesy of a new premium skin. Fortnite, which is currently a month into Chapter 5 Season 1, released its first major... Read more ›
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A little over thirteen months after its grand unveiling, Death Stranding 2 could be readying for another big reveal - with a new leak claiming more information on Hideo Kojima's sequel, including its full title, will be shared in the next few weeks. That's according to ultra-reliable leaker billbil-kun who, writing on Dealabs, claims Death Stranding 2 will get a fresh showing within the next 15 days - possibly during... Read more ›
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Genshin Impact has been review bombed and its official Douyin (TikTok) account has lost nearly 1m followers after the recent version 4.4 livestream announced that three only dollops of Intertwined Fate material will be gifted to players during the game's Lantern Rite event.Before the 4.4 livestream, Genshin's official Douyin account had 9.35m followers, but as of writing, it's down to 8.41m.Lantern Rite is a yearly event in Genshin Impact that... Read more ›
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You might have heard about it. Palworld is utterly gigantic, the first big mega-hit of 2024, and potentially the biggest game we'll get all year, at least in terms of sheer popularity and players. And certainly in terms of the controversy and conversation around it at launch.If you're yet to hop on board and wondering about what you're missing, you can relax. Palworld is big and controversial; it is also... Read more ›
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The Ace Attorney games provide some of the most captivating storytelling in gaming. Set in crime scenes and courtrooms, these titles revolve around defending clients while trying to solve cases in abbreviated and eccentric legal proceedings. 2019 and 2021 saw a selection of these portable games released for home consoles, and now to start 2024 we have the final mainline titles hitting PS5, Series X/S and Switch with Apollo Justice:... Read more ›
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Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth in name alone implies certain themes. Greed. Exploitation. Instability. Appropriate topics for a series (once known as Yakuza, RIP) that so often has our heroes struggle to protect innocence in Japan's criminal underbelly. But Infinite Wealth isn't just a story about excess, it embodies that overabundance with an almost untrackable number of things to see, do, and level up - easily making for the series'... Read more ›
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Dragon's Dogma 2 director Hideaki Itsuno has weighed in on fast travel in video games. His thoughts? Travelling the traditional, 'long' way itself isn't boring. It's more about whether the game you are playing is interesting enough to keep you entertained while you travel. "Travel is boring? That's not true. It's only an issue because your game is boring. All you have to do is make travel fun," Itsuno told... Read more ›
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Nintendo has revealed new transformations in its forthcoming game Princess Peach: Showtime!. As previously reported, the Switch game will allow Peach to transform into a number of different roles, all part of an elaborate stage show presentation. Newly unveiled are Ninja Peach and Cowgirl Peach - check out the trailer below to see all the roles in action. Read more Read more ›
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I suck at Tekken. Even as someone who considers themselves to be well versed in the fighting game community's language and terminology, I've always found Tekken to be uniquely impenetrable when compared to its contemporaries.Whether it was due to the wealth of poorly explained legacy mechanics brought over from previous entries, the unnecessarily abstruse instructions in a character's already dauntingly large movelists, or the franchise's weird disdain for tutorials in... Read more ›
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Union membership numbers in the UK have risen significantly, following a tumultuous period in the video game industry (which still continues today). The Game Workers branch of the IWGB union - which aims to "end the institutionalised practice of excessive/unpaid overtime" among other goals - told The Observer it saw its membership numbers increase by almost 50 percent between December 2022 and the end of last year. In October 2023... Read more ›
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Developer Teyon has released a major update for RoboCop: Rogue City, adding New Game Plus and more. New Game Plus will allow players to redo their RoboCop shenanigans, but this time with all of those hard earned skills and Auto-9 upgrades from the first time around. This will provide the "full 'invincible robotic law enforcement officer' experience", the developer said. RoboCop: Rogue City's New Game Plus can be unlocked by... Read more ›
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PlayStation head of indies Shuhei Yoshida has suggested Palworld could be on its way to PlayStation. Yoshida responded to the official Palworld account on X (formerly Twitter) to congratulate the team on its huge success. When a fan requested a PS5 version be released as soon as possible, Yoshida replied with a simple "yes" and tagged Jingwen Zhu, PlayStation's partner development executive for China and Japan, in the post. So... Read more ›
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The Pokémon Company's former chief legal officer Don McGowan said he is "surprised" Palworld has "got this far". McGowan, who served as the company's chief legal officer between 2008 and 2020, spoke to GameFile about Pocketpair's recent release, which has dominated the gaming landscape over the last few days (most recent figures state Palworld has sold 6m copies since its early access launch on Friday). "This looks like the usual... Read more ›
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The Embracer-owned studio Piranha Bytes, developer of the Gothic, Risen and Elex games, has acknowledged it's in "a difficult situation" as it faces potential closure. An announcement from the studio on X (formerly Twitter) states "don't write us off yet" as it aims to "do whatever it takes" to find a partner for its next project. It's unclear what this next project will be, but this statement suggests it won't... Read more ›
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League of Legends developer Riot Games has announced it's laying off 530 employees - roughly 11 percent of its total global workforce - saying it's making the decision as it refocusses on "fewer, high-impact projects to move us toward a more sustainable future." In a statement addressing players on its website, Riot - which laid off 46 members of staff in January last year - wrote, "For most of our... Read more ›
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With a sequel now just months away, developer Ninja Theory has temporarily slashed the price of its acclaimed action-adventure Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice to a mere £2.49 on Steam, meaning you can currently pick up one of 2017's best games for less than the price of an unspecified hypothetical object costing £2.50 or above. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, if you clicked on this story because you can't resist a bargain and not... Read more ›
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