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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Grand Theft Auto 6 could contain generative AI, according to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick.Speaking at the Paley International Council Summit on 7th November, Zelnick highlighted AI's potential in game development, specifically for NPCs (as reported by Inverse).Interactions between players and NPCs are normally scripted, which Zelnick described as "generally not very interesting". Using AI to generate dialogue trees and add variety could make the interactions "really interesting and fun", he... Read more ›
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The new Pokémon animated series is set to launch in the UK on the BBC in December. Pokémon Horizons: The Series marks the biggest shakeup for the franchise in over 25 years, after main protagonist Ash Ketchum ended his journey earlier this year. It will be available on BBC iPlayer and CBBC, though there's no specific release date just yet. Read more Read more ›
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Broken Roads, the upcoming narrative-driven cRPG from developer Drop Bear Bytes, has been delayed. The game was set to release in just a few days time, on 14th November. However, the developer has now announced it has delayed the game at the last minute to "allow for additional polish time". More work is needed to make sure Broken Roads isn't broken on release, essentially, with the help of more QA... Read more ›
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This year's BBC Children in Need kicks off with a dedicated TV live show devoted to video games, set to air on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer tomorrow, Friday 10th November at 7pm. The show will see celebrities and gaming fans compete to raise money for Children in Need charities, and celebrate the impact of video games as a force for good. Game On! For BBC Children in Need will... Read more ›
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Sony has now sold 46.5m PlayStation 5 units. That's according to its latest financial earnings report, where hardware sales for the last quarter were 4.9m - a Q2 record for a PlayStation console. As previously reported in August, Sony had then sold 41.7m units. Sony stated these sales were in-line with expectations and a 25 percent increase on PS4 units sold in the equivalent period (Q2 FY17). Further, the 4.9m... Read more ›
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There's a joke among Yakuza fans that Kazuma Kiryu will never truly be gone. At 90 years old he'll be hauling himself out of the retirement home to beat some poor sod's face in, before heading to the nearest pocket circuit club to race miniature cars against children. Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name feels like it's aware of the joke - in part because it's... Read more ›
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Starfield's protagonist is silent, but that wasn't always the case. Sam Coe's voice actor Elias Toufexis has revealed he recorded lines as the voice of the male lead, while Cissy Jones did so as the game's female protagonist. In a recent post on X, formerly Twitter, Toufexis said both he and Jones "worked for months" providing dialogue for the main player character. But, as we all know to be the... Read more ›
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The soundtrack for upcoming release Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth has leaked online, following the release of Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name yesterday.The files, which are circulating online, were found in the data of Gaiden, which has a "special trial version" of Infinite Wealth included.Gaiden has already broken the series' concurrent peak player count on Steam, as recorded by SteamDB, with 9743 players jumping in on launch day.... Read more ›
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Video games are not strangers to museums and galleries. Over the last few years games have landed in places like the V&A and the MoMA. But it's still relatively rare to have games sharing the same space as other artworks, let alone for a gallery to ensure they're playable for the audience, just like they are in their living rooms. Merging the art world with the video game world comes... Read more ›
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A long time ago, in a press release that now seems far, far away, mobile game maker Zynga announced arena squad shooter Star Wars: Hunters for Nintendo Switch and smartphones. But in the years since, Star Wars: Hunters has been repeatedly delayed, with an original 2021 launch window turning into 2022, then 2023, and now - as of last night - 2024. In a statement issued to X, formerly Twitter,... Read more ›
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 has now sold over 5m copies. Sony announced the sales milestone today as part of its most recent financial results, prompting developer Insomniac to share the news more widely on X (formerly Twitter), alongside a rather pleased-looking Kraven the Hunter gif. "Thank you to our incredible community for supporting us and helping us reach this milestone!" the developer wrote, as Kraven 'Whooped' below. Read more Read more ›
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Sony has halved the number of live service games it plans to release by March 2026 from 12 to six. Back in February 2022, Sony stated it aimed to launch over 10 new live service games. The news came days after it acquired Destiny developer Bungie Now, however, it seems plans are being scaled back to ensure each live service game's quality, as Sony president, COO and CFO Hiroki Totoki... Read more ›
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Unannounced football game Lego 2K Goooal! has leaked yet again, this time with official artwork via a listing on the PlayStation Store. It's the first time we've got an impression of how the game will look, with fantasy Lego characters such as a knight and a pirate with a peg-leg, and what looks like a dragon flying through the sky. The artwork was spotted on the PlayStation Store and shared... Read more ›
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Tired of having to explain yourself every time your friends catch you firing up Hosiery Party: Wet Potato Frenzy on Steam? Well, there's some good news: Valve is reportedly readying a feature that'll let you mark specific games as "private" so you can hide your more unusual tastes from other users while still maintaining a public profile. At present, Steam's privacy settings don't support the kind of granularity needed to... Read more ›
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As part of its latest earnings call, Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav has outlined the company's plans to transform its biggest gaming franchises from traditional console and PC releases into "always on" live service games. Zaslav made the comments during his opening remarks to investors, in which referred to several of the company's franchises - Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Batman, and Mortal Kombat - as $1bn gaming properties. Mortal... Read more ›
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As reports of a Switch successor continue to build momentum, despite carefully phrased rebuffs from Nintendo, the Mario maker has said it'll continue to release titles for its current console "without being bound by the traditional concept of the platform lifecycle." Nintendo made the statement (thanks GameInformer) as part of its latest earnings report - in which it also confirmed Switch sales have now surpassed 132m units - writing, "Switch... Read more ›
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Time Splitters developer Free Radical is reportedly the latest team to be affected by Embracer Group's sweeping restructuring programme, with the studio said to be facing closure. Free Radical's history is a long one and complicated one; the studio was founded in 1999 by a number of ex-Rare developers, and quickly made a name for itself with the much-loved TimeSplitters FPS series. In 2009, after several difficult years, it was... Read more ›
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Chucky the doll will be the next Killer added to hit multiplayer horror Dead by Daylight. Yesterday, developer Behaviour Interactive teased a forthcoming announcement, showing a rack of knives with one missing. Fans quickly speculated Chucky was on the way, and now we know they were right - he'll be added in the next chapter on 28th November. Check out the trailer below. Read more Read more ›
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This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we share our hopes and fears for Nintendo's now-officially confirmed The Legend of Zelda live-action movie.The internet has leapt upon the announcement to suggest various names for Link, but who can you really see in the role - and can it not be Tom Holland, please? And definitely not Mark Wahlberg as an aged Link from the future. We also discuss the Zelda film's... Read more ›
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Persona 5 Tactica was playable via Steam this afternoon, nine days before its official launch.It looks like alert emails from Steam went out notifying fans of the game's release, prompting some to download it and begin playing.The mishap was fixed about 20 minutes later, after which the release date went through a rollercoaster of changes, including 31st December 1969, before ending up (correctly) on 17th November, 2023. Read more Read more ›
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