Robert Prince III – best known as Bobby Prince, the man behind the iconic score of the original Doom game – has died aged 81. Read more Read more ›
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10-year-old fighting game Killer Instinct is getting a "free anniversary update" later this year. The surprise patch will not only include a balance update and improved matchmaking, but it will also bring 4K support for fans playing on Xbox Series X/S, too. "Our friends Iron Galaxy are back!" the official Killer Instinct Twitter/X account tweeted. "And together, we’re bringing you Killer Instinct's free 10th Anniversary Update later this year –... Read more ›
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Surprise! Turns out that the hooded figure that's recently been stalking the Overwatch community lately is none other than John Cena. That's right – as part of its marketing plan to get us hyped for Overwatch 2's next update, Invasion, John Cena has been working with developer Blizzard to "interrupt" the streams of some of the community's biggest content creators with ominous warnings about what's coming up in next month's... Read more ›
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Thieves have stolen over $300,000 (£235.3K) worth of trading cards from Gen Con 2023. As spotted by our friends over at Dicebreaker, the alleged theft occurred at the Indiana Convention Center on Wednesday 2nd August, the day before the show opened. According to police reports, the suspects acquired the cards whilst exhibitors were setting up for the event. "[Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department] detectives are seeking the public’s help in identifying... Read more ›
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We already knew that highly-anticipated D&D role-player Baldur's Gate 3 was doing well on Steam – it had racked up an impressive player peak of more than 472,000 people in its first day on sale – but it's now one of Steam's most-successful games ever. According to SteamDB, as of this morning (Sunday 6th August) Baldur's Gate 3 has broken into Steam's top ten most played games. It has amassed... Read more ›
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Over the decades I've been playing video games, I've flown spaceships made of futuristic alloys and bubbles of energy, and I've flown spaceships hammered together from wooden planks, chunky metal bolts and flapping sailcloth. I've flown ships that extrapolate believably from the design of the International Space Station, and I've flown ships that are basically steam trains with an attitude problem. But not till Noctis, somehow, have I flown a... Read more ›
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The Metal Gear series has topped 60 million sales. That's according to a new update posted on the official Konami website which reveals that the revered stealth series – which launched in 1987 – hit the milestone in the run up to June 2023. As spotted by VGChartz, that's compared with 57.7m units sold in September 2021, and 59.3m units sold back in November 2022, intimating that 700,000 Metal Gear... Read more ›
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Destiny 2 developer Bungie has revealed plans to shake up how players progress in its upcoming expansion, The Final Shape. In a "State of the Game" update posted to the official website, game director Joe Blackburn confirmed that as well as addressing "a number of player feedback items over the past few months", the team would be "rolling out something very new and different in Season 23". "While there's always... Read more ›
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Bandai Namco Europe has seemingly let slip about two more characters coming to Tekken 8's roster. Yesterday, the official EU website was seemingly updated to add two news stories to its Tekken 8 mini-site revealing the new additions. Shortly thereafter they were taken down again, but not before eagle-eyed players were able to grab a screenshot. Yes, this could be an elaborate hoax – there's no way to be sure,... Read more ›
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Blizzard is banning players who use the "seasonal exploit" in Diablo 4. That's according to players on the game's subreddit, who report that players tempted to disconnect and transfer non-seasonal items to a seasonal character are finding out the hard way that Blizzard has a zero-tolerance policy for the exploit. "My friend got banned today," wrote u/SaintCharlie in a thread entitled "PSA - Blizzard IS INDEED banning people for the... Read more ›
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Last week, players using Cheat Engine in Tekken 8's network test leaked part of Tekken 8's roster. And this week, Bandai Namco is banning people from making videos about it. Right now, it's unclear if Bandai Namco is issuing strikes to suppress inaccurate data or because the details are correct, but whatever the reason, the publisher is seemingly issuing copyright strikes against YouTubers discussing the leaked roster. Tekken 8's now... Read more ›
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Gran Turismo movie star David Harbour has revealed that by filming "real" racing sequences rather than relying on "green screen boxes" in the upcoming movie has enhanced his performance. Talking to Sky News, Harbour – who plays Jack Salter in the movie – said that whilst it may be tempting and "cynical" to believe that most viewers wouldn't know the difference between CGI and real racing scenes, by having real... Read more ›
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I love Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's new Hyrule Field theme, with the warmth of its full chords and then that gorgeous single synth note that always feels like it's just emerging, like the first rays of morning but sustained. It's not exactly a melody, but a held note that colours your gameplay with something lovely and almost lyrical, without leaving you stranded in lonely super-silence between piano notes. I... Read more ›
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Baldur's Gate 3 is already off to a spectacular start, having now sailed passed the half a million concurrent players mark on Steam after a huge first day, but developer Larian isn't resting on its laurians; the studio has just released its first hotfix for the wildly ambitious RPG which, among other things, takes aim at that nasty save-preventing bug. Larian acknowledged the save issue and offered some preliminary solutions... Read more ›
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Developer Gunfire Games' procedurally generated shooter Remnant 2 has been a hit, garnering positive reviews and selling over 1m copies in the space of the week. And amid all that excitement (not to mention some cheeky sneakery) Gunfire has now released its first major patch, targeting performance, stability, and various quality of life improvements. Introducing Remnant 2's new update on its website, Gunfire explains, "We've made our initial pass on... Read more ›
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Acclaimed martial arts adventure Sifu is nearing the end of its journey; developer Sloclap has announced the game will be getting its last-ever content update on 7th September. Sifu has, of course, been around for a while at this point, having launched for PS5 and PC via the Epic Games Store back in February last year. It made the jump to Xbox and Steam this March, bringing its acclaimed third-person,... Read more ›
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Do you have the power to raise and control the undead? This is the question RuneScape 3’s new Necromancy skill asks its players.Necromancy is the 29th skill to be released into RuneScape 3, and arrives three years after the last, Archaeology. It’s not just a skill though - Necromancy is the first new combat style to ever be released in RuneScape after 22 years, and more akin to a new... Read more ›
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An update to Gran Turismo 7 will add in the Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 '18 car as seen in the forthcoming Gran Turismo film. Update 1.36 will go live on 7th August (8am UK time) and includes the car as part of a free gift campaign until 28th September. A new livery will also be added that recreates the GT-R as seen in the film. Read more Read more ›
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The next Pokémon Presents will take place next week. On 8th August at 2pm UK time, we'll be treated to 35 minutes of Pokémon news and updates. You can watch on the Pokémon YouTube channel. Read more Read more ›
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It's hard to ignore this week's big release because everyone's talking about it. And before I talk about it, I want to quickly flag up the wonderful Venba, a game that tells a story through cooking, and makes me very hungry just reading about it. Emad was really taken with it in his Venba review. But back to the big game, the whopper which, if you're me, you've waited several... Read more ›
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Call of Duty will now alert players in real time if a cheater is removed from the game. The addition to the game's Ricochet cheating system comes as part of the newly released Warzone season five. If Ricochet removes a problem player from the game, the kill feed will immediately notify players in that lobby. Read more Read more ›
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