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'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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Dinosaur-based action titles used to dominate the gaming industry. Turok and Dino Crisis demonstrated the joys of combining modern military hardware with Triassic-period beasts, but in recent times dinosaur action has all but died out. Capcom's Exoprimal is something of a revival then, a co-op third-person action title that offers dynamic combat with hordes of raptors, tyrannosaurs, triceratops and other ancient reptiles. It's an eye-catching blend of third-person action titles,... Read more ›
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Microsoft has announced the next wave of games coming to its Xbox Game Pass service. From today, 18th July, subscribers will be able to get their hands on Techtonica, Toem and The Cave. Tomorrow then sees the arrival of recursive puzzle-adventure Maquette, which we called an "admirable debut effort" in Eurogamer's review last year. Read more Read more ›
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Over the past 20 years, video game developers have treated us to many cautionary AI stories with which to prise apart and comprehend today's burgeoning ChatGPTapocalypse. There's ECHO, with its baroque maze of surveillance chambers that spawn clones based on the player's activities. There's Observation, in which you are the AI - an eerie and thoughtful portrayal of a space station computer trying to figure itself out, while saving a... Read more ›
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It's been a difficult year for Twitch so far. The Amazon-owned streaming platform is continuously evolving and offering new products and tools for streamers, but it never seems to quite get things right. Take revenue split for instance. At present, Twitch offers streamers a 50/50 revenue split in comparison to 70/30 on rival platforms. Yet the introduction of a new Partner Plus programme with a higher split has been met... Read more ›
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