After a stint in beta, Valve has opened up Steam Families to the wider public.Steam Families replaces both Steam Family Sharing and Steam Family View, giving users a one stop shop to manage who can access what and when.Up to five family members can be added to a user's Steam Family account, making for a total group of six maximum. These members can be managed from the Steam Client, mobile... Read more ›
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Game studio Odyssey Interactive is launching a playtest for its latest "crazy" project but it may not even release if players aren't into it.Byte Breakers, as it's currently known, is a 40-player Smash Bros-style Battle Royale. The studio shared a look at gameplay on social media alongside the playtest announcement.However, this is one of many prototypes the studio has developed as it aims to "find a blend of genres that... Read more ›
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The Borderlands film has made headlines for, sadly, not the right reasons recently. The adaptation based on Gearbox's games of the same name failed to capture the hearts (and wallets) of audiences on its August release, and was widely panned by critics.And, now, we have a better idea of just how much of a commercial flop the Cate Blanchett -fronted film actually was. According to film industry data website The... Read more ›
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Microsoft has laid off a further 650 Xbox staff, though no games have been cancelled or studios have been closed this time.The news was shared by CEO of Microsoft Gaming Phil Spencer in an internal memo obtained by IGN, with changes made to "organise our business for long term success".The layoffs follow the 1900 people who lost their jobs at the company in January this year. Read more Read more ›
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A fresh PS5 system software update is on the way that adds a new customisable Welcome Hub to the home screen.The Welcome Hub will be a tab on the home screen - like the store or individual games - which players can customise with widgets for a personalised experience. Essentially, it's a reworked version of the Explore tab previously only available in the U.S.Players in the U.S. will receive the... Read more ›
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I spent a good part of this morning trying to remember the precise artwork that Sauge, the heroine of Caravan SandWitch, reminds me of. With her baggy, almost plus four style trousers and bouncing quiff, she's relatively close to Tintin, but I had a twittering sense that there was something else at play too. Eventually, I remembered it: Emil and the Detectives, the children's adventure by Erich Kästner. More specifically,... Read more ›
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With Dragon Age: The Veilguard's October release looming ever closer, developer BioWare is continuing its slow and steady stream of blog-sized info-nuggets and teases - this time revealing a little about exploration, alongside news of a photo mode. As detailed in BioWare's latest blog post, The Veilguard will give players the opportunity to visit and explore places around Thedas that series veterans may have "heard whispers [of] in the past".... Read more ›
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Microsoft has announced it's bringing friend requests back to Xbox after more than a decade, with its new "friends and followers experience" set to go live for Insiders this week. Xbox hasn't had friend requests since 2013, when - as part of its transition from Xbox 360 to Xbox One - Microsoft introduced a social-media-style system making it possible to follow activity feeds without the need for explicit approval. If... Read more ›
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Starbreeze Studios has announced major changes to Payday 3's creative leadership team - with former game director Miodrag Kovačevićas "stepping away" from the role - as the co-operative shooter continues to struggle against the decade-old Payday 2. Back in February, Starbreeze admitted Payday 3 player activity was "currently at significantly lower levels than [it] would like", and a month later, CEO Tobias Sjögren was ousted from his role after the... Read more ›
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Midnight Society, the developer behind "vertical extraction shooter" Deadrop, has announced "significant" layoffs following studio co-founder Guy "Dr Disrespect" Beahm's admission of "inappropriate" behaviour with a minor earlier this year. Staff at Midnight Society began reporting job cuts on social media over the weekend, and now, in a statement shared with PC Gamer, the developer has confirmed "significant" layoffs. "Unfortunately, Midnight Society has faced multiple unexpected challenges in recent mo Read more ›
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Sony has revealed its PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium games for September.From 17th September, Extra members will be able to get their hands on:Premium members will also be able to access the following PS VR2 and games from the Classics catalogue: Read more Read more ›
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Yesterday Sony finally announced the long-rumoured PS5 Pro in a technical presentationn hosted by Mark Cerny. The console is a more advanced version of the PlayStation 5 that boosts its graphics capabilities, and even improves backwards compatibility with some PS4 games.Yet the biggest catch of all is its £700 price tag. What's more, with this being a digital-only console, the £100 disc drive add-on is required for physical games, not... Read more ›
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Dead Island 2 is getting a free update next month, which will include a new co-op horde mode known as Neighborhood Watch and New Game Plus."Taking place over the span of five fictional days, Neighborhood Watch sees a group of college kids - the Bobcats - defend their frat house from an approaching zombie horde," reads Neighborhood Watch's description. "Initially, you and your friends complete a variety of missions, setting... Read more ›
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If the recently-announced PS5 Pro is a little too pricey for you but you have been looking to get your hands on a PlayStation 5 at some point, there is a significantly cheaper option on the horizon.Sony is primed to start selling refurbished PS5 consoles, which it promises will be "as good as new" (although the company does note its refurbished products "may have minor cosmetic imperfections").While the PS5 Pro... Read more ›
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There are currently no plans to make Sonic Adventure 3 and continue the Sonic series from the Dreamcast days.Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka was interviewed by VGC and discussed the possibility of continuing the series, as well as a return of its much loved Chao Garden.Iizuka acknowledged the requests for the Chao Garden to make a return, but noted "it's part of the whole Sonic Adventure series game". Read more Read more ›
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Escaping from hell while bound to your nearest and dearest is always going to be somewhat chaotic, but a new Chained Together update is about to amplify that chaos even more.If you have no idea what I am talking about, Chained Together is a co-op sim that tasks players with climbing up and out of hell itself. This is made more difficult by the fact that you are chained to... Read more ›
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The team behind gaslamp fantasy survival game Nightingale is about to release its previously-promised big update, known as Realms Rebuilt.Earlier this year, Inflexion Games' CEO Aaryn Flynn admitted the studio was "not satisfied with where the game is at", and resolved to address this with an update towards the end of the summer.Now that time is almost here, with the studio's Nightingale: Realms Rebuilt update, which is set to go... Read more ›
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Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai is "so sorry" to players who have spent "hundreds or even thousands of hours" in the Nintendo fighting game.In the latest video of his Creating Games YouTube series, Sakurai discussed the importance of being mindful of the time players give to developers."There are plenty of people who have spent hundreds or even thousands of hours in Smash Bros., for example," said Sakurai. "I'm so... Read more ›
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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has got off to a strong start on Steam. In fact, it has become the most played Warhammer game in terms of peak concurrent player numbers on Valve's platform.At the time of writing, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has an all-time Steam peak of 225,690 players. In comparison, Total War: Warhammer 3 has an all-time peak of 166,754.Total War: Warhammer 3, which was released back... Read more ›
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Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater producer Noriaki Okamura has stated the development team would "rather come down on the side of 'too faithful'" than make big changes compared to the original game.During previews for the Snake Eater remake, a frequent criticism was the game felt outdated compared to modern stealth games and too few changes were made compared to the PS2 original.However, in a new "Production Hotline" video, Okamura... Read more ›
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