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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Alex Nichiporchik, CEO of Hello neighbour publisher TinyBuild, has raised eyebrows during a keynote outlining potential uses of AI tools in the workplace, including the monitoring of employee Slack messages and meeting transcriptions to help identify "potential problematic players" - a discussion he has since insisted was "hypothetical". Nichiporchik (as reported by WhyNowGaming) was speaking at this week's Develop: Brighton conference, in talk titled 'AI in Gamedev: Is My Job... Read more ›
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If you've ever had the overwhelming desire to feel exactly what it would be like to shimmy up a wall in 9th-century Baghdad, help is at hand; a company has just announced a "haptic gaming suit" that'll be compatible with - and themed around - the upcoming Assassin's Creed Mirage. Haptics firm Owo's Mirage-themed tie-in has been created in partnership with Ubisoft and looks something like an extremely snug short-sleeved... Read more ›
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Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb, long one of the most recognisable presences on the Xbox team, has announced his departure from Microsoft after 22 years. Hryb has been with Microsoft since early 2001, initially serving as editor-in-chief for MSN Music before joining the company's Xbox division two years later. As a senior product manager for Xbox, Hryb was focused on helping shape the Xbox Live community experience - he credits himself... Read more ›
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Atari's 1979 arcade classic Lunar Lander is being reimagined by Dreams Uncorporated, the studio behind last year's striking Cris Tales, for release in early 2024. The original Lunar Lander (perhaps the most famous entry in a sub-genre that can be traced back as far as 1969) was exquisite in its compelling simplicity, requiring players to do nothing more than carefully park their lunar landing module at a fixed point on... Read more ›
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Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass Friends and Family preview will come to a close next month, on 15th August. Xbox Game Pass Friends and Family - which launched as a limited preview last September after months of speculation and rumours - gives up to five people access to all Game Pass Ultimate benefits at a significant discount compared to individual memberships. Sharing news of the preview's end with Eurogamer, a Microsoft... Read more ›
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Forspoken was one of the most promising early PS5 showings, revealed with death-defying parkour, wide-open landscapes and beautiful visuals throughout. At launch, the game was far less impressive though - a repetitive, empty game with surprisingly dated graphics despite its high budget. A dedicated patching campaign seems to have improved the title's plight, with reported visual and performance improvements in tow as of version 1.2. Have recent patches turned Forspoken... Read more ›
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Voice actors behind the hugely successful Genshin Impact say they have been waiting months to be paid. Several have taken the step of speaking out on social media to highlight the fact they are struggling without their pay cheques - while the gacha-driven game rakes in billions in revenue. Brandon Winckler, who voices key character Paimon, and Corina Boettger, who provides various additional voices, both took to Twitter to express... Read more ›
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Simogo's Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a game about "unravelling a big secret". A new trailer for the game was shown at the recent Annapurna Showcase, but with its abstract aesthetic it's difficult to ascertain exactly how the game will play. That was intentional, however. "We aim to try to raise questions, instead of answering them," said game director Simon Flesser. "We want to make viewers wonder, and think."... Read more ›
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PlayStation pasta is now available to purchase, for all your culinary needs. The pasta, which you can buy from British online supermarket Ocado, is a collaboration between Pasta Garofalo and PlayStation. It features the shapes of PlayStation's iconic controller buttons, and will set you back £2.60. This one isn't For the Players, it's For the Pestos! Read more Read more ›
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FC 24, the first game from EA Sports since it left the big FIFA licence behind, got off to a slightly awkward start with its first big reveal earlier this week, when its Ultimate Edition cover art took a bit of a ribbing from fans. There were a few questionable faces in there, admittedly, with Brazilian Womens' legend Miranda looking quietly terrifying up in the top left, and Ronaldino not... Read more ›
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The Last of us composer Gustavo Santaolalla has suggested that a new version of Part 2 is on the horizon. In an interview with Spanish site BLENDER, the composer alluded to an updated edition of Part 2, in which players will be able to interact with his character in Jackson. "In the new editions you can make me play certain themes," Santaolalla said of his banjo-playing cameo in the game(via... Read more ›
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Noctivagant is a word worth knowing. According to Penguin's beloved Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Words, it means "night-wandering", and there are quotes from T.C. Boyle and John Gardner to illustrate it. (We're also asked to compare with "divagate," which I'm delighted to discover means "to wander about, to take a side trip." Apologies for this divagation.) Anyway, noctivagant: it rules. I try to get it in print around once... Read more ›
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Insomniac has released Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart's PC specifications. Turns out, an SSD isn't actually needed. Ahead of the game's release on PlayStation 5, Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart was touted as a showcase for the capabilities of Sony's new console, and in particular the fast loading of its SSD. Indeed, creative director Marcus Smith stated in an official PlayStation video that the game's dimensional rift hopping "would not... Read more ›
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Microsoft previously forecasted that Starfield and Indiana Jones would sell 10m units on Playstation consoles, before deciding to make them both Xbox console exclusives. In court documents shared as part of the ongoing saga between the US Federal Trade Commission and Microsoft, the FTC said Microsoft had forecasted 10m sales on PlayStation for "both Starfield and Indiana Jones". Xbox's Tim Stuart said Microsoft had forecasted PS5 sales in order to... Read more ›
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The UK's Competition and Markets Authority has extended its deadline for a final decision on Microsoft's Activision Blizzard takeover bid. The regulator was expected to formally block the deal - as previously announced - on 18th July, but Microsoft has since submitted a "detailed and complex" proposal with changes in circumstances (thanks, GamesIndustry.biz). As such, the CMA will take another six weeks to consider the new submission, with this revised... Read more ›
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has seen its initial appeal against this week's Microsoft and Activision Blizzard ruling promptly denied. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, who presided over the main case, rejected the FTC's call for an appeal late last night. With this avenue now closed, the FTC has subsequently launched a new push for a "temporary pause" on Microsoft's $68.7bn Activision Blizzard acquisition, Reuters has reported, this... 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 found ourselves playing over the last few days. This time: sports, more sports, and sports.If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What We've Been Playing, here's our archive. My daughter calls this game Wii Sports, and I can never remember the actual name. So Wii Sports... Read more ›
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Antstream Arcade is soon to launch as the first third-party cloud gaming service on Xbox. Already available across PC and Android devices, Antstream Arcade offers 1400 classic games from Atari, Commodore, Sega, Nintendo and original PlayStation consoles available to stream - many on Xbox for the first time. The service is now available to pre-order on the Microsoft Store ahead of full launch on 21st July. Read more Read more ›
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I saw sides to Baldur's Gate 3 last week - at an event for the launch version of the game (due 3rd August on PC) - I didn't realise were there. I saw the game transform into a horror not far removed from Silent Hill, in an eerie Victorian-style hospital where nurses with rotten faces cooed around a grotesque surgeon who had scalpels for fingers and torture on his mind.... Read more ›
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It is, alas, almost time to bid a fond farewell to Henry Cavill's stoically sweary take on Geralt of Rivia in Netflix's The Witcher adaptation. He'll be hanging up his sword and locks of white in the upcoming Season 3 Volume 2, which Netlix is now teasing in a newly released trailer. Season 3 of Netflix's wonky The Witcher adaptation kicked off with five new episodes at the end of... Read more ›
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