PlayStation maker Sony is currently in talks to acquire FromSoftware, the developer behind Elden Ring, Dark Souls and Bloodbourne, as part of a buyout of its owner, the Japanese publishing giant Kadokawa. Read more Read more ›
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Developer RageSquid has unveiled Descenders Next, an extreme-sports-focused sort-of-sequel to 2018's acclaimed downhill biking hit Descenders, which is aiming to be "the only extreme sports game you'll ever need" when it comes to Steam and Game Pass sometime in 2025. The original Descenders was all about exhilarating mountain biking across a procedurally generated world. Descenders Next, though, is doing something a little bit different, expanding its scope to include as... Read more ›
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The less said about gaming on the new wave of ARM-based Windows laptops, the better. Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite has severe driver issues resulting in generally poor performance and while the PRISM CPU translation layer allowing x86 code to run on ARM looks impressive, no support for AVX instructions means many games won't even load. Let's be generous and say that gaming support on 'Windows on ARM' hardware is a... Read more ›
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There's now a release date for A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, the upcoming video game tie-in to the Emily Blunt-starring post-apocalyptic horror movie franchise. The Road Ahead, which looks to tell its own original story within the world of the franchise's three films (and counting), will launch for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 17th October. Fans of the film series will recognise its creepy... Read more ›
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Here's a chance to win a decidedly different piece of gaming gear - one designed not for you, but for your cat. Ahead of Cat Quest 3's launch for PC via Steam, PlayStation, Switch and Xbox this Friday, 8th August, the game's publisher Kepler Interactive has put together a feline care package for your furry companion - complete with a pirate ship bed, toys and more. All you need to... Read more ›
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Sony's Playstation VR2 PC Adapter is set to go on sale from tomorrow but, before you go rushing off to buy one straight away, in my experience, getting the PS VR2 working on PC isn't nearly as easy as it should be.I was planning on having a review on the site ready for launch, but it turns out the PS VR2's Sense Controllers are very flakey when it comes to... Read more ›
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Microsoft has announced its next lineup of titles headed to Xbox Game Pass over the first half of August, and it's headlined by Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy. Is this one game? Is this technically three? Regardless, get ready to play (or replay) Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped on cloud, console and PC from this Thursday 8th August. Coming to Xbox Game Pass... Read more ›
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If you know your Cat Quest, probably all I need tell you about Cat Quest 3 is that it's more of the same, only this time with pirates. Which is to say, it's a treat. But if you've not yet played developer TheGentlebros' pun-obsessed series of super-casual, ultra-streamlined open-world action RPGs, I guess I have some explaining to do.The original Cat Quest released back in 2017 and was immediately heralded... Read more ›
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Bean-based battle royale Fall Guys now exists within Fortnite, with fresh courses built by developer Mediatonic. The addition of Fall Guys as a permanent part of the Fortniteverse comes after Epic Games acquired Mediatonic back in 2021, and after extensive layoffs at the British firm last year. For a limited time, you can play Fall Guys within Fortnite's battle royale, via an enormous obstacle course currently floating above the map.... Read more ›
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Fans of Konami's original Silent Hill 2 have been sceptical of Bloober Team's forthcoming remake, but its CEO Piotr Babieno has called for fans to trust the studio. Bloober is known for developing psychological horror games, but despite its confidence in the remake fans have been less forgiving in their criticism of trailers shown so far. "I am dreaming that gamers will trust us," Babieno told Rolling Stone, "but I... Read more ›
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Inflexion Games, the studio behind gaslamp fantasy survival game Nightingale, is "not satisfied with where the game is at". That's according to CEO Aaryn Flynn, who spoke alongside art and audio director Neil Thomson in a particularly candid video discussing what's next for the early access game. Since its release into early access six months ago, Inflexion has focused on quality of life changes, bug fixes, and adding in the... Read more ›
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I'm not sure how funny Buster Keaton movies are these days - I assume there are moments that still work as pure gags. But these films of his remain wonderful, because Keaton was kind of the Tom Cruise of his age - or rather Cruise, who namechecks Keaton often in interviews - is the closest thing we have to the original. Keaton's gags were almost always stunts, dangerous, brilliant, clearly... Read more ›
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Sales of Square Enix games have dropped compared to last year, despite the high profile release of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. According to its latest earnings report, the company's overall net sales dropped by 18.4 percent year-on-year for the most recent quarter. This is driven in part due to a decline in sales of new games. By comparison, the same quarter in 2023 saw the release of Final Fantasy 16... Read more ›
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The remake of cult classic Lollipop Chainsaw will now arrive a couple of weeks earlier, on 12th September here in Europe and in America. Lollipop Chainsaw RePop, as this new version is titled, was previously announced as launching on 26th September, for Nintendo Switch, PC via Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. After some initial confusion, developer Dragami Games has now made clear that RePop is a remaster of... Read more ›
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Chatty gun game High on Life is set to be turned into an animated TV series, with Curb Your Own Enthusiasm's JB Smoove signed on as producer. Smoove starred in High on Life game as Gus, one of the game's talking fish/guns, and Deadline reports there's a "good chance" he'll reprise the role in the upcoming animated series as well as producing the project. High on Life launched in December... Read more ›
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With just a couple of weeks to go until the release of Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft has shared a post-launch content roadmap which, among other things, confirms appearances by Lando Calrissian and Hondo Ohnaka will be part of the game's paid Season Pass. Star Wars Outlaws launches on 30th August, and owners of its Season Pass bundled into (the game's £95 Gold Edition and £115 Ultimate Edition) immediately gain access... Read more ›
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Monster Hunter Wilds might not be out until next year, but Capcom has given the hype handle a tiny crank with the release of three videos detailing some of the mechanial additions and refinements players can expect to see when this latest series instalment shows up in 2025. Video number one, titled Basic Mechanics Overview, whizzes through some of the most fundamental aspects of Monster Hunter gameplay before introducing Wilds'... Read more ›
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Forthcoming action-RPG Phantom Blade Zero developer S-Game says that as it believes in "making our game accessible to everyone", it has not "ruled out any platforms".Confirmation came via the studio itself, which took to social media to clarify its stance after several media outlets reported an unnamed developer said "nobody needs Xbox".S-Game has distanced itself from the comments, saying they do not represent "S-Game's values or culture". Read more Read more ›
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It's another packed edition of DF Direct this week, with our latest thoughts on Star Wars Outlaws, impressions on Nobody Wants To Die and the Visions of Mana demo plus a look at how ray tracing is being introduced into the next wave of EA Sports titles. However, the focus for this piece is on the release of a new technical preview for AMD's Fluid Motion Frames technology - AFMF... Read more ›
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God of War studio Sony Santa Monica is developing its first new IP in over 20 years.As spotted by a member of ResetEra, a developer at Sony Santa Monica mentioned they've been working at the studio "looking after the entire character development pipeline on their new IP".In the "about" section of their LinkedIn profile, a developer supervising character development said they were "thrilled to be back" at Santa Monica after... Read more ›
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The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom continues to look brilliant in this latest trailer from Nintendo that gives you a whistlestop tour of its version of Hyrule. From Hyrule Castle to Gerudo Desert and Kakariko Village, the upcoming Switch game will let Zelda see all the sights, plus hang out with Gorons, Deku Scrubs and both flavours of Zora. As well as fast travel points, Zelda will also be... Read more ›
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