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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Lego fans of a certain age had a bit of a moment last month, when pizza delivery kid Pepper Roni - yes, from stone-cold 1997 classic Lego Island - popped up in a trailer for a new video game. The redheaded hero, last seen more than two decades ago, has been resurrected by the Lego Group for a cool cameo in Lego Tycoon: Tilted Towers - a game made for... Read more ›
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Total War: Pharaoh - Dynasties, the free and final addition to the war sim, now has a release date. The "expansion-sized addition" will include new map regions, new cultures, gameplay mechanics, and quality of life improvements. It's set for release on 25th July. You can check out more in the trailer below. Read more Read more ›
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Video game hardware spending in the US was down 40 percent in May compared to 2023, numbers company Circana reports.Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S sales all saw "double-digit percentage declines year-on-year" comparing figures up to May, "with Switch showing the most significant drop", according to the company's boss and industry analyst Mat Piscatella.PlayStation 5 was the top selling console in units and dollar sales in May. The console's... Read more ›
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An impressive new mod for The Witcher 3 lets players customise their own character and even wield magic as a sorceress. Modder nikich340 has been working on the Custom Player Characters mod for two-and-a-half years and it's now available on NexusMods (thanks IGN). The mod allows players to create a custom character instead of protagonist Geralt, choosing between a Witcher, a Witcheress, and even a Sorceress with a new magic... Read more ›
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Chinese and Russian Pokémon Go players have reported a brief window of regular gameplay this week - despite long-standing geo-blocking that typically makes the game inaccessible across most of these regions. Reports collated on top Pokémon Go reddit TheSilphRoad show players able to send in-game postcards from Beijing's Tiananmen Square, site of the 1989 student protest and massacre now subject to strict censorship by the country's government. For years, Pokémon... Read more ›
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Twitch streamer MissMikkaa has completed Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree with a dance mat controller. Fans of the streamer won't be surprised by this news, after Mikkaa previously not only completed the base game on a customised dance mat, but played two games simultaneously on dance mat and controller. Of course, the release of Shadow of the Erdtree means she's back at it. And, after a week of... Read more ›
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Following Microsoft's announcement it's teaming up with Amazon to bring Xbox games to Fire TV devices via cloud streaming, the initiative is now live for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Getting set up for console-free gaming with Fire TV is relatively straightforward; just download the Xbox app to a compatible device - Amazon's Fire TV Stick 4K and Fire TV Stick 4K Max are both supported - then sign in with... Read more ›
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Respawn Entertainment has announced Apex Legends' upcoming Season 22 will make significant changes to the free-to-play shooter's Battle Pass "experience", by releasing two Battle Passes per season instead of one, and then charging full price for each. As of Season 22, Apex Legends will ditch its current season-long Battle Pass in favour of two half-season Battle Passes - one launching at a season's start and another at its mid-point "split"... Read more ›
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In this week's DF Direct Weekly, we spend some time discussing the state of console performance and increasing importance of VRR (variable refresh rate) support for current-gen hardware in delivering a smoother, more consistent level of performance. We don't think VRR is being used as a crutch by game developers to mitigate wobbly frame-rates, but we do think that it's an excellent user tool in improving the overall performance in... Read more ›
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Players have identified a surprising numbers of similarities between icons and weapons used in new free-to-play sci-fi shooter The First Descendant and Destiny 2.Forbes writer Paul Tassi – who describes the similarities as "copy my homework without making it look like you copied it" – has put some of the more striking similarities together in a single image to illustrate just how similar they are.Forbes further suggests that some of... Read more ›
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Publisher Paradox Interactive has delayed Cities: Skylines 2's console release once again.The game was initially slated to arrive on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 alongside PC in October last year. However, this date got moved to spring, before getting bumped back again to October of this year. At this time, the team said it had been "struggling to get Cities: Skylines 2 to the necessary level of optimisation for a... Read more ›
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Piranha Bytes, the Embracer-owned German studio behind the Gothic, Risen and ELEX series, has reportedly shut down. The embattled publisher Embracer had been seeking a buyer for Piranha Bytes as part of its vast and brutal swathe of cost-cutting that saw multiple studios shut and more than 4500 people lose their jobs - though ultimately was unsuccessful. Job losses at Piranha Bytes were first reported at the end of last... Read more ›
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Okami was a "huge failure" in terms of initial sales, director Hideki Kamiya has said. Had it been more successful, its developer Clover "would have probably continued" - rather than shutting down the following year. Kamiya discussed the development of Okami with Ikumi Nakamura for the YouTube channel of her new studio Unseen. The pair worked together for the first time on the Zelda-like adventure game. Okami has received plenty... Read more ›
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Transformers: Galactic Trials will feature "exciting rogue-lite combat".In a departure from the typical Transformer treatment – most of the dozens of Transformer games to have released over the last 20 years or so have been shooters or RPGs – this Transformer adventure will feature 10 racing circuits for Autobots and Decepticons to race against in "both vehicle and bot form".Check out the action in the trailer below: Read more Read more ›
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Tasking us all with bringing some order back to the universe, Nintendo has announced its next Switch Online trial for members.From today (8th July) until 14th July, those interested can take Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope out for a spin as part of their subscription. The full game is available during this time.We were rather taken with Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope on its release in 2022, with... Read more ›
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A fan-made anime adaptation of Elden Ring has received its first teaser trailer and it looks awesome. Created by Steins Alter, the teaser is already on X but will soon be viewable on YouTube too. The full short is set to be released in autumn on YouTube and while it will be just five minutes long, it looks like an impressive version of the full game - and its DLC.... Read more ›
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More than a decade on from the release of BioShock Infinite, the team working on a successor is now "ramping up". That's according to senior cinematic designer Jeff Spoonhower, who took to LinkedIn to highlight more than 30 positions now open at 2K Cloud Chamber, the Montreal-based studio tasked with crafting a fresh entry in the beloved BioShock series. Work to continue the BioShock series has been ongoing over the... Read more ›
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Pokémon Go has dropped a gigantic hint it will add Gen 8's game-changing Dynamax mechanic in the not-too-distant future. The tease, which takes centre stage in the game's new 8th Anniversary artwork, shows a Dynamaxed Wartortle alongside the eight generation's trio of Starter Pokémon: Grooky, Scorbunny and Sobble. Last month, Pokémon Go director Michael Steranka suggested to Eurogamer that a long-awaited release of the franchise's eighth generation would come with... Read more ›
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Rogue Company has scrubbed all mentions of Dr Disrespect from the game.The free-to-play multiplayer live-service shooter – which was heavily promoted by Guy "Dr Disrespect" Beahm – hadn't been updated in over a year.But within weeks of the news that Beahm had allegedly been sending sexually explicit messages to a minor via Twitch, developer First Watch Game and publisher Hi-Rez Studios had updated the game to remove all content affiliated... Read more ›
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The latest free-to-play RPG from the Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail team has reached an impressive milestone, less than a week since it made its debut.Zenless Zone Zero has seen 50m downloads since its release on 4th July, MiHoYo announced over the weekend."A city that once only existed in the hopes and dreams of the dev team has never been as buzzing with life as it is now. Your... Read more ›
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