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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Humble Games, the publishing division of digital storefront Humble Bundle, says it has "made the difficult but necessary decision to restructure our operations" amid reports it has laid off all staff, but insists it is "not shutting down". Humble Games was formed in 2017, and has gone on to publish a significant number of acclaimed titles, including Stray Gods, Signalis, Slay the Spire, A Hat in Time, and Eurogamer's Game... Read more ›
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Amid of swirl of rumours suggesting Microsoft was prepping more Call of Duty for an imminent Xbox Game Pass release, the company has confirmed last year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will join on its subscription service this Wednesday, 24th July. As per Microsoft's announcement post, Game Pass subscribers will have access to all Modern Warfare 3 modes, meaning its single-player campaign, multiplayer, and its open-world Zombies experience. Modern... Read more ›
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Roblox's record on child safety has come under fire yet again, this time in a damning new Bloomberg report that details the scale of the issue faced by the game's developers, who are unable to keep all of its young players safe. Last year, Roblox itself reported 13,316 instances of child exploitation to US authorities, and responded to over 1300 requests from authorities for detail on predatory players. In the... Read more ›
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Helldivers 2 will receive its biggest update yet in August, bringing higher difficulty, greater mission variety, and more. Escalation of Freedom is the name of the update, which will arrive on 6th August. Details have been provided on the PlayStation Blog from social media and community manager at developer Arrowhead, Katherine Baskin. The update will also add new enemy types, including a favourite from the first game, and will make... Read more ›
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Cataclismo is the next game from Moonlighter developer Digital Sun and it's out now in early access. The game was previously shown at 2023's Humble Games showcase, as well as the Triple-i showcase back in April to generate plenty of interest. It's also published by Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse. Cataclismo is a twist on real-time strategy and tower defence, where players are tasked with building a fortress and defending... Read more ›
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Photos showing Lego's first wave of official Fortnite sets have popped up online, and feature a $99/€120 (roughly £76) Battle Bus set featuring an array of fan favourite characters as Lego minifigures. Physical Fortnite Lego sets had been widely expected ever since the launch of last year's Lego Fortnite mode, which acts as the centrepiece of the two brands' deep integration. Fortnite now hosts an array of Lego minigames made... Read more ›
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As players continue to struggle with the final boss of Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree, one savvy Twitch streamer has destroyed the boss in just one hit. To be honest, this was only a matter of time. While reactions to the DLC initially focused on its high difficulty - particularly the final boss - players have slowly found various methods of getting through the encounter. And this might... Read more ›
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The development team behind Assassin's Creed Shadows has apologised for elements in the game's marketing campaign so far that have jarred with some Japanese fans - and said the game will "keep evolving" as it heads towards launch in November. Ubisoft's statement, released via social media today in both English and Japanese, is fairly unspecific about what exactly it is apologising for - other than noting that "some elements in... Read more ›
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Reaction to yesterday's reveal of the Tesla Cybertruck in Fortnite has been swift from players and Epic Games' own developers alike. In a rare show of public disapproval, several Epic Games staff have taken to social media to give their personal takes on the addition of Elon Musk's car to the game. "Reminder that 1) Voting with your wallet works and sentiment on social media is a tangible factor," Fortnite... Read more ›
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Baldur's Gate 3's Patch 7 Closed Beta has been delayed until later this week. The patch was due to launch yesterday, but the development team at Larian noticed a last-minute bug causing passive rolls to stop working. "We're trying to figure out how we got here, so while we do that, we'll be pushing the Closed Beta back to later this week," reads a notice on Steam. Read more Read more ›
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Between WarioWare, NES Remix and Nintendo World Championship: NES Edition, Nintendo has a real thing for chopping its games into pieces. Tiny pieces, quite often. When it comes to Nintendo World Championships, the unwieldy name is easily the lengthiest single thing about it. For the rest of the game, it's, what, 10 seconds, 50 at a push? This is Nintendo doing TikTok, Nintendo in the editing suite. And it's fascinating.Nintendo... Read more ›
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Amid its push toward mobile and free-to-play titles and away from the "volatile" AAA space, Warner Bros. has announced the acquisition of MultiVersus developer Player First Games. MultiVersus - which has had an unusual, sometimes controversial development journey since the start of its open beta back in 2022 - is Player First Games' debut title. It finally recieved a full free-to-play this May after disappearing for over a year, and... Read more ›
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Developer NetherRealm has pulled the plug on its free-to-play mobile game Mortal Kombat: Onslaught, just days after the studio reportedly laid off its entire mobile team. Mortal Kombat: Onslaught, a character-collecting RPG featuring familiar faces from across the series, was announced back in October 2022 and arrived almost exactly one year later. It promised a "mobile-exclusive" story and "massive real-time group battles" for up to ten fighters. Nine months on,... Read more ›
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Just weeks after Microsoft's major Xbox Game Pass shakeup, a new report claims the company is mulling over a variety of additional subscription tiers in a bid to expand the service's reach further, including a tier offering access to the Game Pass catalogue exclusively via cloud gaming. That's according Windows Central's Jez Corden who, in a lengthy article discussing Game Pass' future, claims to have heard from sources that Microsoft's... Read more ›
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The internet was all in a flap last week after Microsoft promised to place Deadpool's pert posterior into the hands of a lucky few by way of a new limited edition controller. But if red spandex doesn't do it for you, there's now a second, complementary butt in town, courtesy of a bright yellow Wolverine-themed Xbox Wireless Controller. Both controllers (as you've probably already guessed) have been created to promote... Read more ›
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BioWare has revealed the voice cast for Baldur's Gate 3, which will feature four voice options for protagonist Rook. Alex Jordan, perhaps best known for making the sex noises in Baldur's Gate 3, is one of your Rook options. (He's also Mr Hands in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.) Alternatively, you can pick from Bryony Corrigan (as seen in Good Omens and The Goes Wrong Show), Erika Ishii (Valkyrie in Apex... Read more ›
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It's a packed DF Direct this week, with 15 discussion points over 135 minutes - but it's the state of play with Intel's 14th and 15th generation Core products I'd like to focus on this week. I highly recommend watching this video from Level1Techs to get some idea of the challenge facing Intel here - it seems that the most performant CPUs within the Raptor Lake line-up are exhibiting instabilities... Read more ›
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The Tesla Cybertruck is set to make its official video game debut tomorrow, in Fortnite. Many other games have featured Elon Musk's wheels before - but only via unofficial mods. The Cybertruck has been added by fans into Cyberpunk 2077, Rocket League, GoldenEye 007, and even Minecraft. Now, it's set to be ownable in a video game for real - years after memes spread online suggesting the Cybertruck looked like... Read more ›
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Twitch has reinstated former President Donald Trump's account, following a permanent ban in 2021 following the storming of the US Capitol building. It's unclear if this was specifically requested by the Trump campaign team. Eurogamer was provided the following statement from a Twitch spokesperson: "We reinstated former President Trump's Twitch channel," it reads. "We believe there is value in hearing from Presidential nominees directly, when possible. Trump is now the... Read more ›
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One of my favourite things in games is when the world wraps around. It's a simple kind of magic, and it's been there since the bright, fizzing days of the arcades, and yet I never even come close to getting tired of it. You race all the way to the right of the screen, and then - wow! - you're suddenly back at the very left. You run all the... Read more ›
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