PlayStation maker Sony is currently in talks to acquire FromSoftware, the developer behind Elden Ring, Dark Souls and Bloodbourne, as part of a buyout of its owner, the Japanese publishing giant Kadokawa. Read more Read more ›
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Ruthless villain, reluctant colleague and eventual friend and confidante, Miles Edgeworth has played many roles in Capcom's Ace Attorney series over the years, and with the fresh excavation of his Nintendo DS-era Investigations spin-offs, he can also add budding detective and even associate defence lawyer to the list as well. Indeed, it's a wonder that Phoenix Wright and the rest of the defence profession isn't surplus to requirements at this... Read more ›
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Microsoft is kicking off the cooler months with its next batch of Xbox Game Pass titles.Day one additions within September's first wave of games include Star Trucker, which is available today, as well as Age of Mythology: Retold and Train Sim World 5.Here is the full list of titles heading to Game Pass in the coming weeks: Read more Read more ›
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As a huge fan of both developer Supermassive Games' interactive horror marathons and publisher Behaviour Interactive's asymmetrical multiplayer Dead by Daylight, I thought The Casting of Frank Stone might have been a daydream I conjured during yet another sleepless night. Unfortunately, it's actually a drawn-out multiverse adventure with pacing as lethargic as I am.The game follows Supermassive tradition – as in the developer's 2015 cult hit Until Dawn and 2022's... Read more ›
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Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford has defended recent flops such as the Borderlands film and its Risk of Rain 2 DLC by comparing the company to one of the most highly-regarded bands of all time. Yes, The Beatles.Replying to a user who had commented on the developer's recent "judgement and shot calling ability", Pitfchford stated he was "going to keep making stuff" and subsequently brought the English rock band into the... Read more ›
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Hello! You might have spotted Eurogamer is 25 this week, and so alongside the first appearance of a few permanent micro-wrinkles and a sharp decline in people asking us for ID, we're marking the occasion with something special.Actually, it's several things that are special, as editor-in-chief Tom Phillips explained at the start of the week, but this one warrants a bit of explanation. Today marks the launch of the Eurogamer... Read more ›
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It takes a lot for an online shooter to stand out these days. Just ask Concord. But FragPunk's Shard Card system looks to be the twist needed to ensure it stands out above the rest. The game was revealed back at the Xbox Games Showcase in June, but is set for release next year across Xbox Series X/S and PC. In fact, it had a Steam alpha test in June... Read more ›
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Funcom - the developer behind Dune: Awakening - has admitted that getting the game ready for Microsoft's lower-powered Xbox Series S will be a "challenge".Speaking with Connor Makar from VG247, Dune: Awakening's chief product officer Scott Junior said "there's a lot of optimisations we need to do before we release on the Xbox". He noted this is "one of the reasons we're coming out on PC first".As revealed last month,... Read more ›
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Ex-Blizzard president Mike Ybarra believes "consoles will never die" and that failing companies are pushing "the narrative that fits for them".Ybarra replied to comments on X comparing Sony's focus on exclusivity and Microsoft's multiplatform approach for Xbox games."If your strategy is to win the living room, you need exclusive hits because winning is both a platform and games perspective," said Ybarra. "Sony knows how to make hits, and how to... Read more ›
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Hopoo Games, the studio behind Risk of Rain and Deadbolt, has announced it will be joining Valve to work on game development. The Seattle-based indie has cancelled its unannounced next project, a game named "Snail", as a result. In a statement posted to X, Hopoo Games described the news as "exciting", and said its small team would continue to make games "for years to come". Read more Read more ›
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Enotria: The Last Song, the "summer Soulslike" from Italian indie developer Jyamma Games, has been delayed indefinitely on Xbox - just weeks before its planned 19th September release - with the studio claiming Microsoft has "decided to ignore us" as it attempts to navigate certification. Enotria - a third-person action-adventure set in a sun-lit world inspired by Italian folklore - has had an erratic relationship with Microsoft's platform so far.... Read more ›
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Thatcher's TechBase - the Doom WAD in which players must descend to the Tenth Circle of Hell to thwart the return of "one of humanity's greatest threats" - has been yanked from Bethesda's new in-game mod browser after being reported for "real-world politics". Thatcher's Techbase initially released back in 2021, but developer Jim Purvis recently decided to take advantage of Bethesda's new community-published mod support - which launched for PC... Read more ›
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Xbox boss Phil Spencer has admitted he's made "the worst" decisions "passing" on some of gaming's biggest franchises over the years, including Bungie's Destiny and Harmonix's Guitar Hero.In an interview called "Story Time with Phil Spencer" at PAX West over the weekend, Spencer opened up about the games that mattered most to him over the years, including Bungie's 2014 sci-fi shooter, Destiny, in his list."There's so many mixed emotions and... Read more ›
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It's hard not to talk about Sumerian Six without summoning the spirit of the sadly now defunct Mimimi Games. Sumerian Six might technically owe its existence to the real-time, sight-cone-dodging stealth-tactics classics of the 90s – think Commandos and Desperados – but Mimimi's wonderful genre refinements, seen in the brilliant likes of Shadow Tactics and Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew, are in ample evidence as developer Artificer's rip-roaring, globe-trotting, Nazi-bashing... Read more ›
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The official social media accounts for Tony Hawk Pro Skater have been freshened up ahead of the series' upcoming 25th anniversary - and it's got some fans very excited.Whilst news that YouTube, X/Twitter, and Facebook are getting a commemorative banner may not sound all that newsworthy, interestingly, all images now boast a new 2024 copyright notice, suggesting Activision has recently renewed the copyright of the series… and that's the bit... Read more ›
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Another gigantic DF Direct Weekly arrives today (well, on Saturday if you're signed up to the DF Supporter Program) and amongst topics as diverse as the latest PS5 Pro rumours and Tom Morgan's impressions of MGS Delta and the Silent Hill 2 remake, we have our own thoughts on the Black Myth: Wukong Xbox drama. Why hasn't it appeared on Microsoft's consoles? Is there really some kind of PlayStation exclusivity... Read more ›
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It's Eurogamer's 25th birthday this week, and to celebrate, we're going to play something like pass the parcel with you. We want you to share your favourite memory of Eurogamer in the comments below, then we'll randomly pick a person at the end of the week to be our winner. They will win a brand new Switch OLED: Monster Hunter Rise Edition that's been kindly provided by Nintendo.Note the emphasis... Read more ›
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Rocksteady staff have told Eurogamer of redundancies at the studio, following the underperformance of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. The company's QA department has seen its size almost cut in half over the past month, Eurogamer understands, from 33 team members to 15, with poor sales of Suicide Squad directly cited as a reason for its "restructuring". The job losses extend outside of QA, too. One staff member posting... Read more ›
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25 years ago this week, two brothers from Brighton helped set up a website about video games. They based the fledgling operation in their parents' converted garage and named it Eurogamer - a spin-off of a Quake 2 tournament they used to run, EuroQuake. By the time I joined, in 2010, Eurogamer was a household name in the global games industry, and that small garage-based gang had grown into a... Read more ›
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That ever growing pile of video game statue memorabilia is getting bigger.First4Figures is releasing both a Big Boss statue based on Metal Gear Solid 3 and a Metroid Prime Samus Gravity Suit statue.The Big Boss statue is "inspired by the poignant ending of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, where Big Boss salutes at The Boss' grave as a final tribute to his mentor". This, First4Figures says, symbolises Big Boss'... Read more ›
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Nintendo has updated its guidelines for content creators, strengthening its right "to object" to any content it deems "inappropriate".Nintendo's "game content guidelines for online video and image sharing platforms" were updated earlier today (2nd September). Whilst the company says it is "humbled every day" by the loyalty and passion of its fanbase, it nonetheless reminds all content creators that they need to adhere to "basic rules", and "reserves the right... Read more ›
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