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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Activision Blizzard has laid off around 50 staff from its esports division.The layoffs come amid news of the company's record sales of Diablo 4 which helped propel its net bookings to a whopping $2.46bn. The layoffs, as reported by The Verge, affected around 50 employees in Blizzard's esports department, with one employee stating the layoffs were "a complete shock". Read more Read more ›
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Baldur's Gate 3 recently made headlines when it was reported the game would have 17,000 ending variations. It's a claim that comes from an interview with one of the game's lead writers by YouTuber Fextralife, and related specifically to the differences which might flavour the more general core paths to the game's ending. Lead writer Adam Smith has now shed further light on these variations, and further confirmed they don't... Read more ›
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Netflix's controversial crackdown on password sharing has, in the short term at least, provided the streaming service with a new subscriber boost. Subscriptions were up by 5.9m since March, BBC News reported, presenting a far rosier picture than the losses faced this time last year. In a statement, Netflix said it had seen a "healthy conversion of borrower households" into paid accounts, and that the number of account cancellations in... Read more ›
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Blizzard will host another Diablo 4 Campfire Chat on Friday in the wake of the game's recent update. As we reported yesterday, Blizzard has updated the game ahead of the launch of its first season later today. However, fans are disappointed with changes made, particularly the nerfs made to the game's Sorcerer class. Read more Read more ›
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Activision Blizzard's latest financial report has arrived, and while it's good news for the company as a whole, Blizzard in particular has had a stellar quarter, surpassing $1bn USD in net booking for the first time evern thanks to the launch of Diablo 4. In its second quarter earnings report for the latest fiancial year, Activision Blizzard announced 50% year-over-year growth in net bookings, with the company amassing $2.46bn compared... Read more ›
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Blizzard is taking its first tentative steps away from Battle.net exclusivity, starting with the launch of Overwatch 2 on Steam this August and the promise of more games on the way. Battle.net has been at the core of Blizzard's games since its release back in 1996, and the studio's PC titles have remained exclusively available to purchase through the platform in the years since, making it one of the few... Read more ›
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Three Yakuza games are among the latest titles to leave Sony's PlayStation Plus subscription service, and will disappear later this month. The 'Last Chance to Play' collection has been updated with 10 more games set to leave the service on 15th August. Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, and Yakuza Kiwami 2 are the (chronologically) first three games in the series, so if you're looking to make a start on your karaoke... Read more ›
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On the 18th of January 2022, Microsoft announced its plans to acquire Activision Blizzard King, kicking off an enormous process mired in complex, yet often highly entertaining legal proceedings. 546 days later - and counting - we now seem to be approaching the end of this epic. As I write this, the deadline for completing the deal has been shifted to October 18th, but with the FTC's various attempts to... Read more ›
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Microsoft and Activision Blizzard have extended the deadline of their proposed merger until 18th October this year. The self-imposed deadline was originally 18th July (yesterday), after which Microsoft would owe Activision Blizzard a $3bn fine. It seems this has been renegotiated, as Xbox boss Phil Spencer dropped news of the new deadline on Twitter. Read more Read more ›
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I've always loved the Pikmin series' setting, and the suggestion that these tiny creatures are hiding somewhere out there in our world, overlooked but only just out of sight. And I love the idea that despite living around us, in our homes and gardens, between mud-caked plant pots and heavy-headed dandelions, that Pikmin require people with a slightly different - indeed, alien - point of view to uncover them, spend... Read more ›
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I'm a big fan of Sonic Boom. I know, that might be controversial. Sonic fans have long debated which Sonic CD soundtrack is best between the Japanese and American releases. For the opening at least, I've always loved the American version: Sonic Boom. The chugging electric guitars! The earworm vocal harmonies! The key shift from verse to chorus! Japan's You Can Do Anything is a funky 90s bop that just... Read more ›
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The recently-announced Baten Kaitos 1 and 2 HD Remaster looks set for PC, according to a new ratings board listing A remaster of the GameCube RPG series were revealed back in February, with a 15th September release date subsequently announced in June. At this time, the remasters were only confirmed as coming to Nintendo Switch. Read more Read more ›
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PowerWash Simulator may feel like a sleeper hit, but veteran UK developer Futurlab knew early on it had something special on its hands. A brilliant blend of compulsive yet cosy gameplay, PowerWash Simulator sounds an unlikely concept - and yet it has found a legion of fans who don't want to stop playing. Now, with the successful launch of its first paid DLC - based on Spongebob Squarepants - safely... Read more ›
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The US Supreme Court has denied the latest effort by a group of gamers to block Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition. In December last year, a group of 10 gamers teamed up to file a federal antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft. The case aimed to argue that Microsoft's acquisition of Call of Duty maker Activision would "foreclose rivals, limit output, reduce consumer choice, raise prices, and further inhibit competition". In March, a... Read more ›
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Blizzard has released patch notes for Diablo 4 ahead of the game's first season launch, including a whole host of bug fixes and balance changes. Scrolling through the hefty patch notes there are a number of buffs and debuffs across all classes, but the biggest impact is on the Sorcerer that's been nerfed. That's due to a reduction in bonus damage for the Devouring Blaze skill, a popular choice for... Read more ›
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Five of the Best is a weekly series for supporters of Eurogamer. And if you didn't know, there's a free trial currently running, so that can be you too! FOTB is a series about highlighting some of the features in games that are often overlooked. It's also a series about you having your say, so don't be shy, use the comments below and join in!Oh and you can find our... Read more ›
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an evolution. From the world of 2017's Breath of the Wild, Nintendo has created something richer and more malleable through a grander story, an expanded map, and the ability to build countless contraptions to torture innocent Koroks. Fifty hours in, I'm yet to even start any story-related adventure, and I'm more interested in dressing Link in cute outfits. Does that make... Read more ›
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Pokémon Sleep, the new Pokémon-themed sleep tracker app for iOS and Android, is now available to download in Europe. It's been something of a long road to Pokémon Sleep's release - the app was first announced back in 2019, when it was expected to launch the following year - but it's now finally here, giving users tools to track the length and quality of their sleep, and - crucially, given... Read more ›
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Although Pikmin as we see them today are just a series of funky, little guys, their original concept was a bit darker in nature.In the latest instalment of Nintendo's Ask The Developer series of interviews, Pikmin creator Shigeru Miyamoto spoke alongside former series directors Shigefumi Hino and Masamichi Abe, as well as programmer Yuji Kando and designer Junji Morii on the origins of the series. Hino revealed initially the team... Read more ›
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Brace yourself: EA Sports has been at the proper nouns cupboard again. This year, EA Sports FC 24 - the replacement for FIFA 24 - is bringing a range of off-pitch enhancements, which I will smash through with as much combined detail and swiftness as is appropriate below. But on the pitch, having played quite a few games of standard, one-on-one friendlies against an old friend-slash-rival, I'm not sure it... Read more ›
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