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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A demo has been released for retro survival horror game Crow Country. From the developer behind Snipperclips and Tangle Tower, this is quite the change of pace. Its aesthetic is part Final Fantasy 7 and part Resident Evil 1, with polygonal characters, 3D environments reminiscent of pre-rendered backgrounds, and classic survival horror gameplay. Check it out in the trailer below. Read more Read more ›
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A modder has created a tool which takes assets from Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas and makes them compatible with Fallout 4's Creation Engine.Yes, I'm one of those Fallout: New Vegas fans who wishes we could get a shinier, updated version of the game. And I'm one step closer to that dream thanks to bololo11's FNV to FO4 mod.The script can convert most models and plugins from both Fallout... Read more ›
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Staff at UK developer Media Molecule have today been told to expect job losses, with around 20 staff expected to be laid off. That's around 15-20 percent of the overall studio, GLHF reported, adding that staff were told the news at an internal meeting held this morning. Eurogamer has contacted PlayStation for comment. Read more Read more ›
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A drink driving game which was available on the Nintendo Switch eShop has been pulled from sale, after it initially used a PEGI 3+ rating. Need for Spirit Drink & Drive Simulator was released for the Switch on 15th October, and contains gameplay of a "hapless professional driver tasked with delivering alcoholic beverages to various celebrations, all while battling the perils of abysmal roads and your very own addiction to... Read more ›
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A Skyrim fan has recreated the game's map in Age of Empires 2. The strategy game includes a mode where players can build their own custom maps and campaigns. That's exactly what reddit user Grouchy_Bluejay4511 has done, creating all of Skyrim as a custom map. Read more Read more ›
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A fresh trailer for PlayStation shows some of its most popular video game characters enjoying a game of football. Joel and Ellie (shown briefly enough that you could mistake them for Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey) ride on horseback into a giant footy stadium and throw the match ball to waiting players. Platforming mascot Astrobot assists with the pre-match coin toss, while Kratos and Atreus watch from the stands, the... Read more ›
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Diablo 4 players believe they've made a breakthrough discovery in the hunt for a non-existent secret cow level. As reported back in June, players have been seeking a secret cow level in the game, something that began as an urban myth in the original Diablo but was acknowledged by Blizzard in later games. Blizzard has so far denied the existence of a cow level in Diablo 4, with general manager... Read more ›
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Respawn's recent updates to Titanfall 2 have fans convinced the developer is teasing something for the game's seventh anniversary.Last month, Respawn fixed matchmaking in the game, all while adding hidden references to the release dates of Titanfall, Titanfall2, and Apex Legends.The evidence of a planned surprise for players has grown bigger, and fans now believe the studio will have some news for the Titanfall series on 28th October to mark... Read more ›
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European police have "taken down" the gang of ransomware attackers responsible for 2020's high-profile Capcom hack, which saw confidential employee information and details on a swathe of upcoming games splashed across the internet. The Ragnar Locker ransomware group was arrested at a string of addresses across the continent, in raids conducted last week in Czechia, Spain and Latvia, Europol has said. Action against the group began on 16th October with... Read more ›
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Knuckles, Shadow and Rouge are coming to the Sonic the Hedgehog Lego sets. The Lego and Sega collaboration was officially revealed back in April and released in August, featuring cute figures of Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Robotnik. Now, three other popular figures are on the way - as teased in a new social media post by Lego. Read more Read more ›
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Since he was about seven years old, Mark Vanhoenacker has liked to imagine his own city. "Its location changes occasionally, as does its name. But no matter where I draw it or what I call it, it's the same city to me." Vanhoenacker is a British Airways pilot, and the author of two of my favourite books. The first, Skyfaring, is a glorious hymn to flying, and to doing a... Read more ›
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There's a lot to love about the ThunderX3 Core, a gaming chair that mixes a professional appearance with serious lumbar support, good adjustability and a premium price point. We were sent a sample of the £339 black PU leather version ahead of its launch - a design that avoids being too stereotypically 'gamer' in its aesthetics (which may be a preference to some - myself included), and instead guns for... Read more ›
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If you've somehow missed out on developer Dennaton Games' classic Hotline Miami series - or are just looking for another excuse to revisit its woozily eccentric mayhem - you might like to know both games are now natively available for Xbox Series X/S and PS5. It has, somewhat unbelievably, been over a decade since Hotline Miami first dropped jaws and quickened pulses with its breathless, blood-soaked top-down ode to violence,... Read more ›
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Another instalment of Microsoft's occasional Xbox Partner Preview digital showcase will air this Wednesday, 25th October. As usual, the Xbox Partner Preview will focus exclusively on third-party offerings - ranging from indie games to "familiar favourites", as per Microsoft's announcement - with proceedings set to get underway this Wednesday at 6pm BST/1pm ET. Microsoft has already confirmed appearances from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Studio Wildcard's... Read more ›
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The developers of the latest King Kong game say they were given just one year to build the game from scratch, with the harsh timeline mandated by publisher GameMill Entertainment. Last week, Skull Island: Rise of Kong released on PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and Xbox with little marketing fanfare, but garnered attention for its poor quality, especially for a game for a licensed franchise. In a new report from The... Read more ›
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I know it is hard to believe, but 2024 is nearly upon us. In fact, 10 weeks today is 1st January (welp!). In anticipation of our next lap around the sun, Awesome Games Done Quick has released its full schedule for 2024's charity speedrun event in January. Taking place between 14th and 21st January (both online and, in a change from recent years, also in person in Pittsburgh), the event... Read more ›
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Stand by, Fallout fans - there's only a few months left for you to stay in your bunkers before the Amazon Prime Fallout TV series debuts in April next year. A brief teaser video posted to X, formerly Twitter, reveals the Fallout series release date: 12th April 2024. (Of course, this date is written in the American style, so 4/12/24. But good news, it isn't debuting next December.) Read more Read more ›
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Lords of the Fallen, the new Soulslike from Hexworks and CI Games, has sold 1m copies in 10 days. The game was released on 13th October across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. To compare, Neowiz's puppet Soulslike Lies of P reached 1m sales in under a month across the same platforms, though is additionally available on Xbox Game Pass (undercutting that sales figure). Read more Read more ›
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Sony has shifted more than 2.5m copies of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 in just 24 hours. The eye-catching total makes the Spidey sequel Sony's fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game ever - referring to releases made by the company's own studios. That ginormous launch means Spider-Man 2 hit the 2.5m copies milestone faster than any God of War, Uncharted or The Last of Us. It's also faster to that total than Spider-Man 1.... Read more ›
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What's scarier than a 10-foot tall, indestructible Xenomorph lurking about and stalking you to your death? Yes, you guessed it - Thomas the Tank Engine.Modder Matt Filer has given us exactly that, with a new mod he released earlier today. This also marks the first mod which swaps the Xenomorph out for something else, Filer says, which is quite surprising. Alien: Isolation seems like the perfect fodder for this kind... Read more ›
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