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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In the recently released Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker is unable to perform the 'Wakanda Forever' salute. The Wakandan Embassy is included as an Easter Egg in the game and if Miles Morales stands outside, a prompt appears to perform the iconic salute. When Peter does the same, there's no such prompt. Read more Read more ›
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Get ready for friendships to be ruined all over again! Mario Party 3 is coming to Nintendo Switch Online as part of its expansion pack offerings. The Nintendo 64 classic will be making its debut later this week, on 27th October. "According to legend, when friends and family gathered around a Nintendo 64 system to compete in Mario PartyTM 3, fun times were bound to follow," the trailer teases. Fun... Read more ›
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Cities: Skylines 2 released last night and a record number of players for the series played the game on Steam - albeit to a mixed response.Publisher Paradox Interactive previously admitted the game had "not achieved the [performance] benchmark" it wanted. Despite that, the sequel reached a concurrent peak of 104,697 players, surpassing the original's record of 60,386 concurrent players (as recorded by SteamDB).Steam reviews for Cities: Skylines 2 are mixed... Read more ›
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I can still remember the first time I met Snake. I was at university, and the person in the next room from mine had a PS1. I remember seeing loads of legendary games for the first time sitting on their couch as their PS1 sat upside down - it was one of those with the wonky laser. Snake, though? Snake was special. I hadn't played games in a while, so... Read more ›
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For the last few months, I've had my eye on this gorgeous set of cans from Focal, whose wired headphones are lauded by audiophiles - so when the legendary French firm announced the brand new Dune variant of their wireless, noise cancelling £699/$799 Focal Bathys, I just had to get my hands on them.In this brand new sandy colourway, the Bathys looks excellent. It's perhaps a left-field colour for headphones,... Read more ›
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Sony's new PlayStation 5 disc drive add-on, used with the upcoming PS5 Slim console, will require an internet connection to install. The detail is listed on boxes for the new PS5 Slim which have begun popping up in the wild ahead of its November launch in the US. "Internet connection required to pair Disc Drive and PS5 console upon setup," the box warns, in photos shared online today. Read more Read more ›
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One month after launch, Payday 3's PC player count has dropped to around 10 times less than that of its predecessor, Payday 2.Payday 3's released was marred by server issues which left players unable to access the game during its launch weekend, something which developer Starbreeze blamed on a third-party matchmaking service.While these issues have been resolved, players are still finding other problems with the game technically, and with its... Read more ›
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Counter-Strike 2 players are being banned for moving their mouse too quickly. The game uses the Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC) System to identify when cheats or hacks are being used and will issue an immediate ban for bot-like behaviour. That includes spinning around too quickly, which is all to do with your DPI. Read more Read more ›
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Bethesda and Todd Howard announced Elder Scrolls 6 when they did because of fan demand, or in the words of Skyrim's lead designer Bruce Nesmith, because "the pitchforks and torches were out". Nesmith, who has been part of Bethesda Softworks on and briefly off since the 90s and has worked on Skyrim, the Fallout series and Starfield, said the studio took "years of hits for not talking about Elder Scrolls... Read more ›
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Konami's new Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 1 only launched yesterday, but already there's a mod to boost its versions of Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 up to 4K. Fans were left disappointed by the base game only offering 720p resolution on PC for these games - following earlier confusion in which Konami initially stated all games would "target" 1080p on all platforms other than Nintendo Switch. In... 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 you can find our entire Five of the Best archive elsewhere on the site.Books and films may be able to show us a future, but... Read more ›
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As much as keyboard tech has moved on a lot in the last few years, there's still been a quiet corner of the industry dedicated to the old school. Dig a little down the rabbit hole and you'll find Unicomp, a manufacturer in Lexington, Kentucky dedicated to making modern recreations of the legendary IBM Model M 'buckling spring' keyboard using the same tooling (and many of the same employees) that... Read more ›
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Microsoft details its earnings for the first quarter of its 2024 fiscal year, pointing to a record-breaking Q1 for Xbox gaming revenue, despite a 7% drop in hardware sales. Over the course of Microsoft's Q1 2024, which runs from July to September, Xbox generated $3.9bn USD in gaming revenue - equating to a 9% year-on-year increase - which the company attributed to strong performance from first-party titles and Game Pass.... Read more ›
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Annapurna Interactive has published some very, very good games since its formation in 2016, and 12 of those titles will soon be bundled onto a single Switch cartridge; the only catch - and it's admittedly quite a big one - is that it'll cost you an almighty $200. The region-free Annapurna Interactive Deluxe Limited Edition Collection, as the mega-priced cartridge is officially known, is being released in collaboration with video... Read more ›
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Nintendo has released strict new guidelines for the smaller-scale competitive tournament scene, outlining exactly what it will permit - with caps on everything from competitor numbers to ticket prices - before organisers must apply for an official license from the company. As detailed in its new Community Tournament Guidelines - which were initially published by Nintendo of Japan before appearing in locally adjusted form on Nintendo of Europe's website earlier... Read more ›
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Nightdive Studios' remaster of cult hit shooter Star Wars: Dark Forces has been given a release date and is launching for PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch on 28th February next year. Announced back in August, the Star Wars: Dark Forces remaster is being made in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games, and sees the 1995 first-person shooter - which follows mercenary Kyle Katarn as he undertakes covert operations to thwart the Empire... Read more ›
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Marvel's Spider-Man for PlayStation 5 lands pretty much exactly where we hoped it would. Insomniac Games has delivered another new game for the console that pushes back technological boundaries, which a denser, richer representation of New York City, expanded to include Brooklyn and Queens, while the core rendering itself features dramatic improvements in ray traced reflections, along with the introduction of RT reflections on bodies of water. Meanwhile, the studio... Read more ›
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Twitch streamers can now simulcast on any platform. That means streaming simultaneously on Twitch as well as competitor platforms like YouTube and Kick. It's a move that will help streamers grow their viewership both on and off the platform, even while Twitch develops further tools to aid with growth like the recent Discovery Feed and Stories. Read more Read more ›
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Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol 1 launches today, and fans have already found references to the games they expect to be featured in Konami's still-to-be-announced Vol 2. As a reminder, this initial collection is centred around MGS1, 2 and 3. But back in June, Konami's website appeared to suggest a future Vol 2 would continue by including MGS4, 5 and Peace Walker. Now Vol 1 is released, that's exactly... Read more ›
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Suika, also known as Watermelon Game, released globally last week, and a new update has added English language support.If you've not heard of Suika already, think of it a casual game which plays a bit like 2048 or Threes. Instead of numbers, however, you combine round fruits within a set amount of space. The aim is to make a massive watermelon (which is pronounced suika in Japanese).The game was first... Read more ›
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