Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford has admitted his long-term hopes for Epic were "misplaced or overly optimistic", having previously predicted Steam could become a "dying store".For a bit of context, back in 2019, Pitchford wrote a lengthy post on social media discussing Gearbox's decision to make Borderlands 3 on PC a timed Epic exclusive. At this time, the exec said he believed Epic's "investment in technology will outpace Valve's substantially", and... Read more ›
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Brace yourself, Star Wars fans – early copies of Star Wars Outlaws are already out there, and some players have elected to livestream the game.This means spoilers will likely follow, so if you'd like to keep the surprises hidden, it may be prudent to update your mute list and/or stay off social media for a few days. Read more Read more ›
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Suspicious Developments' latest builds a witty, wonderfully generous adventure around a smart, rewarding, and endlessly imaginative turn-based tactics core.Tactical Breach Wizards starts with a bang - literally. Each mission, and even the game itself, begins with a flash of magic and the splintering of wood as doors are blown off their hinges with an endlessly satisfying boom. It's a stylish opener that never loses its air-punch thrill, a wonderfully cool... Read more ›
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Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing over the past few days. This week, we enjoy Delta Force coming back in a big way; we try out the new character creator for pretty Sims-like Inzoi; and we wince a bit as Skyrim shows its age.What have you been playing?Catch up with the older editions of this... Read more ›
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Amazon's latest crack at a Lord of the Rings MMO still needs to find its "hook".That's coming from Amazon Games boss Christoph Hartmann, who in conversation with IGN said the team doesn't "just want to go and do the same thing over" with its Middle-earth game."While it's tempting sometimes with an existing IP, that's not the point of doing it. You've got to find a fresh twist, and we're still,... Read more ›
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Has there been a more competitive time to release a video game? Possibly. Without resorting to blunt totting-ups of metascores and sales figures and some kind of dividing-by-gap-between-release-dates, it's not really something you can measure. One particularly rectangular section of my brain was tempted, mind, in the same kind of doomed endeavour as Civilization 7 designer Ed Beach trying to mathematically quantify whether his team was sticking to Sid Meier's... Read more ›
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When Supermassive Games' Directive 8020 arrives in 2025, it will have been three years since the studio's horror anthology series The Dark Pictures saw its last full release. This new sci-fi story, the studio's first foray into the future, is the fifth main game in the franchise (or sixth, if you count 2023's PlayStation VR spin-off). But that extra wait seems to have been put to good use, and ensured... Read more ›
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Starship Troopers: Extermination developer Offworld Industries has shared more on the new features coming to its bug-stomping 16-player co-operative FPS when it leaves early access and launches for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on 11th October this year. Extermination, which entered early access last May, casts players as members of the Deep Space Vanguard, an elite Special Forces branch of the Mobile Infantry whose job it is to... Read more ›
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Following the launch of Classic Marathon 1 & 2 earlier this summer, Classic Marathon Infinity is now available on Steam, meaning all three games in Bungie's acclaimed first-person sci-fi shooter trilogy have now made it to Valve's platform. Classic Marathon Infinity, which has been released on Steam with Bungie's blessing, comes from the team behind Aleph One - a fan-created engine based on the Marathon 2 source code. And as... Read more ›
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![The Callisto Protocol roguelike spin-off [REDACTED] gets October release date](https://times42.com/media/7/4/6/9001746_640x200.jpg "The Callisto Protocol roguelike spin-off [REDACTED] gets October release date")
[Redacted] - that roguelike set in the Callisto Protocol universe announced under the codename Project Birdseye, which we reported on earlier this year - has landed itself a release date.It will be coming to Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic on 31st October, Striking Distance Studios revealed today.Described as a "fast-action isometric roguelike", [REDACTED] will task players with fighting off monsters, reanimated corpses and more.... Read more ›
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If you are partial to a freebie (or two), you can currently get your hands on both The Callisto Protocol and Gigantic: Rampage Edition over on the Epic Games Store.The two games are available to claim until 29th August.After this time, the store will switch up its freebies, and offer interested patrons the ability to claim the Fallout Classic Collection and Wild Card Football up until 5th September (honestly, where... Read more ›
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Bloober Team creative director and lead designer for Silent Hill 2 Remake has confirmed the psychological horror game will take 16-18 hours to complete on average, but teased that it will take "more than 20 hours" for players to find "everything that [the team] put into the game and things we've hidden for you".In a message posted to X/Twitter, Mateusz Lenart hinted that even that kind of run time would... Read more ›
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Supermassive Games and Behaviour have given us all another look at The Casting of Frank Stone, the upcoming interactive horror game set in the world of Dead by Daylight.This latest peek at the game - which debuted at Gamescom - introduced "several unique and never-seen-before features in a Supermassive game".This includes a feature known as Cutting Room Floor, which allows players to go back to key story decisions, and then... Read more ›
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Black Myth: Wukong continues to attract record-breaking numbers of players, establishing itself as the most-viewed game on Chinese livestreaming platforms on its first day of release.According to Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad, that's a new record to go alongside its newly-minted accolade of being the most popular single-player game by peak concurrent users (PCCU) in Steam history.Ahmad also points out that this success isn't just limited to digital, either. Read... Read more ›
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Nintendo has confirmed it's shutting down Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp at the end of the year, shifting focus to a "paid version of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp" which will release "in the future".The current free iteration of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp - which has been running for seven years - will close at 3pm UK time on 28th November 2024. In a statement, the developer/publisher said it would share more... Read more ›
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Thunderful has confirmed A Lost in Random: The Eternal Die is on the way to Nintendo Switch, PC, and current-gen systems next year.Lost in Random: The Eternal Die will "introduce the next chapter in the eerie and twisted Lost in Random universe, with players adventuring at The Queen of Random through new riveting and beautifully crafted realms, immersive isometric combat and colourful creatures around every corner." Read more Read more ›
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As they like to do, the bundle building team at Humble has built up another bundle.This one is its Resident Evil Decades of Horror bundle, which comprises 11 games from the series, including every mainline instalment.The bundle's featured games are as follows: Read more Read more ›
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A sequel to Wilmot's Warehouse has been announced, sparking quite a bit of excitement from Eurogamer's deputy editor Chris Tapsell.It's called Wilmot Works it Out, and is all about "completing beautiful images and hanging them in your house", which sounds quite charming.According to the official blurb, Wilmot likes to relax after a day of sorting out all the bits and pieces at the warehouse by sorting out some puzzle pieces... Read more ›
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There will be a multitude of different endings to discover when Avowed releases next year.While at Gamescom, game director Carrie Patel was asked by IGN how many possible endings Obsidian's fantasy RPG will have. "Ooh, that's very hard to say," Patel replied, before adding: "I can tell you our ending slides number in the double digits, and you can end up with a lot of different combinations of them." Patel... Read more ›
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Ubisoft says it is "aware" of an issue that is impacting some Xbox players and preventing them from accessing their Ubisoft+ subscription.Players first began reporting the issue on social media, with the original poster saying, "every other subscriber I know has the same issue" with accessing Ubisoft+.The problem doesn't seem to be isolated to one particular console type or territory, and a thread on the Ubisoft subreddit has received over... Read more ›
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