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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Viewfinder is a puzzle game built around a single moment that I will simply never tire of. Here's how it works. You see a bridge. You lift your camera and take a picture of the bridge. You take the picture you now have in your hand - the bridge - and then hold it up elsewhere in the world, maybe where there's a gap in the ground between you and... Read more ›
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New handheld gaming consoles, such as future versions of the Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck, will need to have replaceable batteries by 2027, the EU has said. This comes as part of new regulation laid out by the Council of the European Union which aims to "regulate the entire life cycle of batteries" to ensure they are "safe, sustainable and competitive". The idea is batteries are easier to replace and... Read more ›
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The planets in Star Wars Outlaws will be hand-crafted rather than procedurally generated, and equivalent in size to two "zones" in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. Developer Massive Entertainment - with publisher Ubisoft - proudly claimed the game was the "first ever open-world Star Wars game" on its reveal at last month's Xbox and Ubisoft showcases. Since then, fans have speculated just how big and open this world will be. Read more Read more ›
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Andrew Witts, former lead multiplayer designer on Halo Infinite, has rejoined former Halo developer Bungie to work on new project Marathon. Witts has a strong track record in multiplayer design, having previously also served a year at Epic Games on Fortnite, and over two years at Ubisoft on Rainbow Six Siege. During his time at Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries, Witts led the multiplayer design of all the game's modes... Read more ›
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The creator of standout PSP rhythm game Patapon has revealed a spiritual successor is in development called Ratatan. The game was announced at BitSummit and is being helmed by Patapon creator Hiroyuki Kotani, with audio by original Patapon musician Kemmei Adachi. Not much is known about Ratatan just yet (including release platforms), though it will include roguelike elements and up to four player multiplayer. Read more Read more ›
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Fable's narrative lead, Anna Megill, has moved on from Playground Games. Megill - whose impressive CV includes story-rich games such as Control, for which she was also narrative lead, Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, and Ubisoft's upcoming Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – announced they had joined the project back in July 2022 but says "the time feels right for new challenges"."Friends, I have news. In August, I'm stepping away from... Read more ›
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Sonic the Hedgehog maker Sega plans to remake and reboot more of its classic Sonic titles. That's according to Sega president and COO Yukio Sugino, who, in a new interview with Famitsu, acknowledged that "in parallel" with new projects, the developer is also considering rebooting and remaking older instalments in Sega's "flagship IP". "Of course we have to do new things, but not all IPs are the same for new... Read more ›
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Legendary castle sim, Stronghold, is getting a definitive edition that will include an "entirely new" 14-mission campaign. The game will be "carefully rebuilt using the source artwork, remastered music, [and] returning voice talent" and is being developed by the "veteran developers of the first entry in this legendary series". You can check out the new look in the video teaser below: Read more Read more ›
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Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed that Microsoft has reached an agreement to "keep Call of Duty on PlayStation". In a tweet posted a few moments ago, Spencer said: "We are pleased to announce that Microsoft and PlayStation have signed a binding agreement to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard." "We look forward to a future where players globally have more choice to play... Read more ›
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Team Fortress 2 has beaten its own concurrent user record, clocking up 258,997 players earlier this week. Whilst that may not sound impressive given the PUBG: Battlegrounds' record-breaking peak currently sits at a hefty 3.2m players, it's important to note that even though TF2 is widely considered one of the greatest shooters of all time, it's just about to turn 16 years old. According to SteamDB, the game has never... Read more ›
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Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Group has acquired the Montreal-based studio, Turbulent. Turbulent and Cloud Imperium have been collaborating together on Star Citizen since 2012. The acquisition means that Cloud Imperium now has over 1100 people "around the world working on its ambitious projects", including Austin, Frankfurt, Los Angeles, Manchester, and Montreal, and all 189 Turbulent employees will "remain in place". The studio's current management team will also remain in... Read more ›
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The Tomb Raider 2013 reboot trilogy by Crystal Dynamics was a statement of intent - a shot aimed directly at Nathan Drake and the Uncharted series. Whilst Lara Croft was hibernating, Naughty Dog may have had free reign to set a new standard for creating cinematic action-adventure narratives, but maybe true legends like Lara will always endure? Crystal Dynamics reboot made the smart decision to present us with a pre-iconic... Read more ›
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Video game mental health charity, Safe in Our World, has released a new interactive journal designed to help people track their mental health and engage with self-care. Entitled Sidekick – and created specifically for people in the gaming community – the journal aims to be "a physical resource for mental well-being" and includes 140 pages containing a variety of free journaling pages and "games-themed activities and prompts, designed to be... Read more ›
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Payday 3 requires an always-online game connection, even if you're playing alone. That's according to a recent Payday 2 livestream with Almir Listo, Starbreeze's global brand director, who confirmed the news whilst fielding questions from fans about the upcoming shooter. You can watch the answer yourself at the 9m 17s point in the video below: When asked if Payday 3 will have "an offline mode, like playing solo", Almir replied:... Read more ›
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Bethesda Studios' studio design director, Emil Pagliarulo, has revealed that they "simply can't" give away any details about Starfield, confirming that only Bethesda boss Todd Howard "is authorised to talk publicly about unreleased game information". In a Twitter thread, Pagliarulo acknowledged that while fans "have tons of questions" and they were "humbled" by the interest in the highly-anticipated title, neither they nor anyone else on the team is able to... Read more ›
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Cyberpunk 2077 is sitting at a "very positive" aggregate score on Steam for the first time. Courtesy of a recent run of "very positive" reviews from Steam users – around 8000 or so – 79 per cent of 550,000+ Steam players who have stopped by to rate it since the RPG released back in December 2020 have left a thumbs-up. "Cyberpunk 2077 Steam reviews are now sitting at "Very Positive"... Read more ›
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Dragon Quest Treasures is now available on PC via Steam, including Steam Deck. Up until now, this latest instalment of the long-running RPG series – which boasts "improved graphical fidelity and framerate" – had been available exclusively on Nintendo Steam. Check out the action in the newly-released trailer below: Read more Read more ›
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The teenager charged with hacking and then blackmailing a string of companies, including Uber, Nvidia, and GTA 6 developer Rockstar, has been deemed unfit to stand trial. 18-year-old Arion Kurtaj – who was 17 when, as part of the Lapsus$ hacking group, they leaked dozens of assets taken from the then-unannounced Grand Theft Auto 6 – is standing trial for 12 offences, including three counts of blackmail, two counts of... Read more ›
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has had what may be its final attempt to block Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard denied. Just hours after US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, who presided over the main case, rejected the FTC's initial motion to appeal against this week's Microsoft and Activision Blizzard ruling, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals had similarly shut down a request for emergency relief. "The motion for... Read more ›
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It took Geometric Interactive a while to find the insect in Cocoon, though it's perhaps more accurate to say that the insect found Cocoon, pupating of its own accord from the texture of this delightful but oh so eerie top-down puzzle-platformer. "When I joined the studio, the demo was just like, 2D pixels with blocks," says Erwin Kho, art director. "The little character that you're moving around was a white... Read more ›
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