Developer Frogwares' Lovecraftian horror sequel, The Sinking City 2, is launching 18th August on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. Additionally, an hour-long The Sinking City 2 demo is now available on Steam. Read more Read more ›
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George Fan is the creator of Plants vs Zombies, alongside fascinating, playful, elegant games like Octogeddon. He's also seen as having created the best ever GDC talk, "How I got my mom to play through Plants vs Zombies." It's a beautiful bit of applied thinking about game audiences and tutorials. More recently, he's been working on a game called Hardhat Wombat. I've been playing a build for the last few... Read more ›
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Footage has been published showing a pair of LAPD cops ignoring police calls to instead drive around and play Pokémon Go while on duty. The video, which was published by 404media following public records requests, shows the car being driven erratically as the officers race to catch a Snorlax and then a Togetic - the evolved form of Togepi. The two cops talk excitedly about catching Pokémon while, in the... Read more ›
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Disney's CEO Bob Iger is reportedly being pushed to acquire a major video game publisher, such as EA. That's according to Bloomberg (paywall), which stated Iger's deputies are keen for the exec "to consider a bolder transformation of Disney from gaming licensee to gaming giant". This could be done through the acquisition of a major publisher, with EA being specifically cited by the publication. But while Iger's advisors are suggesting... Read more ›
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Freed from his tenure as a US talk show host, Gavin and Stacey star James Corden yesterday teamed up with controversial boss Bobby Kotick to host a townhall meeting for Activision Blizzard employees. The internal event, held days before Microsoft is expected to finally close its $68.7bn takeover of the company, was not available to view publicly, but Windows Central has reported on what was discussed. Kotick reportedly reminisced about... Read more ›
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A new update for Diablo 4 - released on 17th October alongside Season of Blood - will bring a major change to the way damage is calculated. Previously, Critical Strike Damage and Vulnerable Damage were calculated separately, meaning players could use skills with these attributes to pile on huge amounts of damage. Now, Critical Strike Damage will be capped at 50 percent and Vulnerable Damage at 20 percent as part... Read more ›
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Stardew Valley is bringing its first concert tour to London in April next year.Festival of Seasons will begin in February 2024, touring North America and Australia before it reaches London. The programme has been curated by Stardew Valley creator (and composer) Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone, and will showcase music from the game performed by local chamber orchestras.The show will be divided into four sections, to represent the four seasons, and fans... Read more ›
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Forgive the surprise, but 80s action movies haven't typically made for the smoothest transitions to modern video games. Predator had Predator: Hunting Grounds, for instance, "a naff waste of great material". Terminator had Terminator: Resistance - "generic and boring". The infamous Aliens: Colonial Marines was admittedly followed by Alien Isolation and the enjoyable enough, fun-flamethrowing-with-friends of Aliens: Fireteam Elite, but still. When RoboCop: Rogue City was announced and subsequently delayed... Read more ›
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Minecraft players have launched a petition demanding developer Mojang ends its annual mob vote - in which the community gets to vote on a new creature to be added to the game - saying the process 'leaves fantastic ideas on the cutting room floor' and only serves to highlight Minecraft's anaemic content release cycle. Mojang has now revealed all three mobs that'll be put to the vote ahead of a... Read more ›
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Minecraft players have launched a petition demanding developer Mojang ends its annual mob vote - in which the community gets to vote on a new creature to be added to the game - saying the process 'leaves fantastic ideas on the cutting room floor' and only serves to highlight Minecraft's anaemic content release cycle. Mojang has now revealed all three mobs that'll be put to the vote ahead of a... Read more ›
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Rocket League developer Psyonix has announced the game will no longer support player-to-trading as of 5th December this year, as the studio moves to "align with Epic's overall approach to game cosmetics and item shop policies". Trading was first introduced to Rocket League back in 2016, giving players the opportunity to exchange cosmetics dropped at the end of matches - perhaps unwanted items or duplicates - with other players or... Read more ›
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Four years after its debut, developer Teyon's Terminator: Resistance is set to receive a Complete Edition on Xbox Series X/S - bundling together the base game and Annihilation Line DLC (which was previously unavailable on the console) - for release on 27th October this year. Terminator: Resistance made its debut back in 2019, whisking players away to a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles - some 31 years after the events of Terminator:... Read more ›
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Classic WW2 real-time stealth-tactics series Commandos is being revived for a sixth entry, Commandos: Origins, and it's coming to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S sometime next year. Commandos, if you're unfamiliar, first made a splash back in 1998 with launch of developer Pyro Studios' first series entry, Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines - which challenged players to guide a six-strong team of commandos, each with their own distinct abilities, behind... Read more ›
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Sony has unveiled new "smaller" version of its PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Digital consoles, which will launch this November in the US, and arrive alongside an optional disc drive attachment for purchasers that wish to upgrade their digital-only machine at a later date. The newly unveiled machines are said to mark a 30% volume compared to previously version of PS5 (and weight reduction of 18% and 24% for the... Read more ›
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Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle is getting an updated look as it makes its way from Google's beleaguered cloud gaming service Stadia to PC and consoles. Earlier today, Bandai Namco announced Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs for PlayStation 5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC (via Steam). This revamped edition of the game will offer the same chaotic, chomp-tastic, 64-player shenanigans as its former Stadia exclusive days, but... Read more ›
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Following the confirmed existence of a Lego and Animal Crossing collaboration last week, Lego has revealed there are five sets which will be released in March 2024.The sets range from a small scene depicting a birthday party for villager Julian, made up of 170 pieces to a slightly larger 535-piece recreation of Nook's Cranny and Rosie's house. Other sets that will be available are Bunnie's Outdoor Activities, Kapp'n's Island Boat... Read more ›
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The year is 1200 BC and, in bronze age Egypt, Pharaoh Merneptah is worried about his legacy. His maniac son Seti is set to inherit the kingdom, but Ramesses is building support to the north east. Canaanite generals are poised to take advantage of any sign of weakness in the Egyptian ranks, and to the north, in modern Turkey, the Hittites are in a desperate battle for survival. There's a... Read more ›
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It has been just shy of two years since Meta announced that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas would be coming to Quest 2, but we still don't have a release date or even a release window for this upcoming VR port. And sadly for those eager to hear more, this is seemingly not something we should expect to hear any time in the near future. Instead, Meta is remaining remarkably... Read more ›
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Ubisoft has claimed it is "on the right path" to improving its workplace culture, three years after reports of numerous and serious allegations of sexual harrassment.In summer 2020, allegations of sexual assault and harassment were made against a number of senior and veteran employees including Assassin's Creed Valhalla creative director Ashraf Ismail, Splinter Cell and Far Cry creative director Maxime Béland, and former editorial vice president Tommy François.Speaking at GamesIndustry... Read more ›
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Today is World Mental Health Day. This annual event is all about raising mental health awareness, with the aim to drive positive change for everyone's mental wellbeing. And, not that there ever needs to be an excuse to talk about mental health at any time of the year, but it is also a good opportunity for us to do just that - talk about mental health. I have lived with... Read more ›
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Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom takes us back to the same Hyrule we were first introduced to in Breath of the Wild, albeit with a few tweaks - not least its airy sky islands and dark and sinister Depths. But while those inclusions expanded the map, there were some omissions as well. Most obviously, just where did all of that Sheikah tech, that was so instrumental to Breath of the... Read more ›
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