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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Developer Rocksteady have detailed Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's initial post-launch plans, confirming the Joker will arrive as a playable character in a free content update accompanying the game's first "season". As per Rocksteady's latest Insider video, all Suicide Squad seasons will be themed around a different DC character, with the Joker kicking thing off when Season 1 arrives in March. The Joker - well, a Joker technically, seeing... Read more ›
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CD Projekt has confirmed it's "considering" multiplayer elements for its Cyberpunk 2077 sequel during an update on the studio's current development plans - which also included word it's aiming to start the production phase for its next Witcher game this year. That's according to CD Projekt CEO Adam Badowski, who touched on the Cyberpunk 2077 follow-up - officially codenamed Orion - in an interview with Reuters. While Badowski "would not... Read more ›
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The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered released last week, giving players a native-PS5 version of Ellie and Abby's harrowing experiences. Along with this rerelease, developer Naughty Dog included some extra bits and pieces to entice players back, such as its roguelike survival mode No Return (see first video below). However, the extra that piqued my interest most when I dived back in this weekend was the game's Lost Levels.... Read more ›
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A new update to Monster Hunter Rise on Steam which adds Enigma DRM has caused the game to no longer run on Steam Deck.Patch 16.0.2.0 rolled out earlier today, and players on Steam Deck immediately reported the game would no longer launch after updating the game.In the patch notes, Capcom said it had removed collaboration content and made some changes to "system data". After doing some digging into Monster Hunter... Read more ›
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It's been just over a year now since Microsoft delivered its first Developer Direct - and back in the day I called it the "best games show we've seen in years". After its latest episode, I stand by those words and more than that, I also believe it's the perfect way to debut a big new game. I don't think they get much bigger with the hugely promising Indiana Jones... Read more ›
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The day the 3DS and WiiU eShop closed was a bitter one for me. For ages I'd been hovering over the trigger for Ace Attorney 5 and 6 (or Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice, to give them their full titles), hoping they'd go on a decent sale, only to miss them altogether when the eShop closed.I had previously played... Read more ›
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It was inevitable - someone has already made a Pokémon mod for Palworld on PC.YouTuber ToastedShoes shared a snippet of the mod in action over on X, showing himself running around as Ash Ketchum while riding, hunting, and setting Pokémon to work.All of the Pals have been swapped for Pokémon models, and even the other NPCs have been given a makeover. If you ever wanted to see Misty holding a... Read more ›
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Palworld developer PocketPair has said it has "no intention" of being found legally at fault for any similarity between it and any other popular pocket monster franchise. Speaking to Automaton, PocketPair boss Takuro Mizobe said the game had cleared legal reviews and no action had been taken against the project (thus far). "We make our games very seriously, and we have absolutely no intention of infringing upon the intellectual property... Read more ›
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Wrestling series WWE will make its yearly return in March, publisher 2K has announced. WWE 2K24 coincides with the 40th anniversary of WrestleMania, and 2K also revealed a special edition of the game which will celebrate the event. The different editions have separate release dates, with the special editions available three days before the standard on 8th March.The standard edition cover features Cody Rhodes, while the deluxe edition cover has... Read more ›
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Palworld is a bit different on Xbox compared to Steam in part because of Microsoft's certification process. Over on the Palworld Discord server, the game's community manager Bucky clarified that the versions of Palworld are "not the same between Steam and Xbox", as in Steam v1.2 and Xbox v1.2 are different even though the version numbers are the same. "There seems to be some confusion that Steam and Xbox are... Read more ›
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi reckons chocobo smell like horses. Chocobo are the giant yellow birds seen across the Final Fantasy series as steeds for various characters. So when Hamaguchi was asked by Game Informer if they smell bad, he replied: "It might be similar to a horse". To be honest, I would've assumed they smell more like a chicken, but a horse certainly makes sense. The real... Read more ›
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A marketing campaign designed to promote recruitment in the British Army using a custom-made Fortnite map looks to have been taken offline. Social media posts and a slickly-produced trailer for the British Army recruitment drive have now been removed, Eurogamer has spotted. Their so-far unexplained disappearance follows a backlash to the campaign, which was set to centre on a new Fortnite experience and be promoted by high profile influencers. Read... Read more ›
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Master Chief actor Pablo Schreiber has said he will stake his reputation on Halo's next season being better than the first. The first season of Paramount's Halo adaptation received mixed reviews on its release in 2022. Many lamented the show's direction, with it veering away from the source material in many ways. This not only included seeing Master Chief without his iconic helmet numerous times over, but also watching the... Read more ›
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Palword lets players capture NPC humans in a tiny ball - and then sell them on the black market. Yes, there's an even darker element to Palworld beyond just "Pokémon with guns". If you thought capturing creatures and squishing them into tiny balls was inhumane, just wait. In Palworld players meet various human NPCs, some of which can be fought in battle. And, as streamer Coney, found out, they can... Read more ›
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"Pokémon with guns" game Palworld has just blasted through yet another sales milestone - of 5m copies sold in three days. The extraordinary launch and success of Palworld comes on top of the game's arrival for Xbox, including via Game Pass. There's no word yet on how many more players have also joined in with the game using Microsoft's subscription. On Steam, Palworld has earned itself the distinction of becoming... Read more ›
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Palworld is now the sixth game to ever hit more than a million concurrent players on Steam.Palworld – described as "Pokémon with guns" – has been breaking records left and right all weekend, and it has now sold more than four million copies since it released in early access on Friday on Steam and Xbox Series X/S.All weekend, the monster-collecting survival game has been climbing the charts, and not only... Read more ›
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Xbox owners have once again hit back at Microsoft for "very disappointing" advertisements.This time, the full-screen advertisements – which players currently cannot opt-out from – were to raise awareness about last week's Developer Direct showcase."The Xbox consoles are not and never were advertised or sold as a subsidised device, but the ads are sure making it feel like one," posted one irate player. "This feels akin to getting an Amazon... Read more ›
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Industry insider Shpeshal Nick believes Final Fantasy 16 is coming to Xbox Series X/S.Talking on The Infinite Podcast, Nick didn't claim to know when the hitherto PlayStation 5 console exclusive would make the jump to Xbox-flavoured consoles, but given Final Fantasy 16's PS5 exclusivity doesn't expire until June 2024, you probably shouldn't expect it any sooner than Q3 2024 at the earliest. Read more Read more ›
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Remember the days where you'd hear about an amazing new game, only available in Japan? And when we'd eagerly await news on a North American and European release? I'm trying to channel that kind of excitement into this piece about Ys X: Nordics - the latest entry in Falcom's long running Ys franchise. Put simply, it's one of the most enjoyable game experiences I had in 2023, it is almost... Read more ›
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It's never a good sign when you're promised review code for a game that then never appears. Especially when your subsequent emails chasing it up are ignored, even though you can see multiple content creators on YouTube publishing first impressions pieces about the game before launch.That's exactly what happened in the case of Bulletstorm VR though. I was down to review the game for the site but without any access... Read more ›
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