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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Nintendo has responded to concern over the inappropriate use of its characters online and said it would take "appropriate action" against anything that would make some players "feel uncomfortable". Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was recently questioned by a shareholder who said they had "come across cases on social media where Nintendo IP and games are used inappropriately". This "inappropriate" use of Nintendo's characters "poses the risk of damaging" the company's... Read more ›
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Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi says he's reluctant to work on a Final Fantasy game again as he's having too much fun playing Final Fantasy 14.At last month's Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that - after a period of Apple exclusivity - Sakaguchi's latest game, Fantasian, was finally coming to Switch under the banner of his former employer, Square Enix.It marks the first time Sakaguchi has worked for his former... Read more ›
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Sony has revealed a new range of figurines called "The Shapes Collection" that includes characters from God of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, and Ghost of Tsushima.Developed in partnership with toy company Spin Master, Sony says the "highly detailed figures deliver the interactive storytelling element of these titles in an all-new way, extending the gaming experience from digital to physical".The six-inch figures themselves "take inspiration from details in each game",... Read more ›
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A developer who worked on Rockstar's scrapped GTA 5 single-player Trevor DLC has discussed the project's cancellation and expressed regret it never saw the light of day. The existence of GTA 5 single-player DLC, in which fan-favourite character Trevor Philips would have taken a starring role, has been discussed previously, and fans have wondered for some time if they'd ever hear more on why it was never released - though... Read more ›
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Whilst acknowledging that game development has a "close relationship" with "AI-like technologies", Nintendo says it is focused on "delivering value that is unique to Nintendo and cannot be created by technology alone".When asked by a shareholder to expand on "Nintendo's initiatives using AI", Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said that although generative AI was undoubtedly a "big topic" across the games industry, he believed the company's "decades of know-how" was more... Read more ›
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A little less than a year since its debut, seasonal content for Capcom's dino shooter Exoprimal has come to an end. Or, as our Tom just said, it looks like it failed to meteor expectations, and is now set for extinction. "With the release of Title Update 4, all planned Exoprimal seasonal content is now complete," Capcom announced earlier today. This now means at the end of season four on... Read more ›
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Actor David 'The Hoff' Hasselhoff - known for his roles in 80s TV series Baywatch and Knight Rider, as well as his music career (I still get Jump in my Car stuck in my head from time to time) - is the new face of an initiative which aims to fight climate change with video games.It's called Make Green Tuesday Moves (MGTM). On the first Tuesday of each month, participating... Read more ›
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Ubisoft's sparkling new version of the beloved Beyond Good & Evil includes a touching tribute to Emil Morel, the veteran Ubisoft Montpellier developer who sadly died last year aged just 40. A bouquet of flowers can now be found lying on a bench in Hillys' centre, with an envelope marked simply by the letter 'E'. I've checked with Ubisoft to see if this addition is indeed a tribute to Morel... Read more ›
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Sony Interactive Entertainment will exhibit at Tokyo Games Show this year.The PlayStation maker's presence at the convention was confirmed along with the launch of the Tokyo Game Show 2024 visitor's site yesterday (4th July). Sony hasn't had a major presence at the Tokyo Game Show since 2019.As of yesterday, 731 exhibitors have been confirmed to be participating in Tokyo Game Show 2024, with the likes of Sega, Square Enix, Bandai... Read more ›
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The Japanese website for Sonic x Shadow Generations appears to be teasing another possible playable character. The Sonic Generations remaster includes both classic and modern Sonic characters, as per the original release, as well as a brand new campaign for nemesis Shadow the Hedgehog. Under the character section of the website all three characters are shown, along with a blank box with the words "coming soon". But who could it... 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 been playing over the past few days. This week, we bash our heads against Shadow of the Erdtree, we suffer for our evils in Baldur's Gate 3, and we enjoy the change in Diablo 4.What have you been playing?If you fancy catching up on some of the older editions of What... Read more ›
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Cut voice lines have been discovered for Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree's final boss. A dataminer discovered the lines in the game's internal files when comparing English and Japanese dialogue and shared to reddit. The lines themselves don't offer any groundbreaking insight, but it's certainly an interesting decision to cut the lines. Major spoilers for the final boss follow. Read more Read more ›
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Hello! Eurogamer is once again marking Pride with another week of features celebrating the intersection of LGBTQIA+ culture and gaming in all its guises. Today, Sharang Biswas explores the allure of the monstrous, from Mediterranea Inferno to Baldur's Gate 3. One bright Thursday morning, I walked into class and asked my NYU graduate students what they'd thought of the movie I'd recently assigned, FW Murnau's classic 1920's German silent film... Read more ›
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Netflix's nascent plans to produce a Horizon Zero Dawn series are "no longer moving forward", it's claimed, following the publication of a Rolling Stone report this week that detailed accusations of "bulling, manipulative and retaliatory behaviour" by its planned showrunner Steve Blackman. The report's allegations relate to Blackman's previous work for Netflix as showrunner on hit series The Umbrella Academy. Blackman has responded to the claims from 12 former colleagues... Read more ›
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What if you could double or even triple almost any game's frame-rate, just by installing a small program onto your PC? It has echoes of downloading additional RAM, but this is exactly what the app Lossless Scaling can now provide using frame generation technology. We're already familiar with the effects of frame gen with Nvidia's DLSS 3 and AMD's FSR 3, so how exactly does Lossless Scaling work by comparison,... Read more ›
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Hello! Eurogamer is once again marking Pride with another week of features celebrating the intersection of LGBTQIA+ culture and gaming in all its guises. Today, Dr Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston reflects on what learning more about their neurotype has taught them about gaming and queerness.This article is about coming out, though not in the way you might expect.Last year, following a period of burnout and a lot of conversations with neurodivergent... Read more ›
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Nintendo will no longer repair your Wii U anywhere in the world, the company has today said. The Japanese repair service for Wii U had still been running until this week, following the closure of customer service for the console elsewhere. But, as of yesterday, 3rd July, the company has now officially run out of spare parts. Nintendo's confirmation today via social media marks another closed chapter for Wii U,... Read more ›
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Nearly decade after its first announcement, Ubisoft's Watch Dogs movie has finally begun filming. An update from the Assassin's Creed and Far Cry publisher on social media last night showed a set photo with the caption: "Lights_Camera_Action.exe". Ubisoft has kept details of the film's plot close to its chest, and for years there seemed little movement on its plans to adapt its hacking-focused high-tech open-world franchise for the big screen.... Read more ›
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Today brings seven more NES games to Nintendo Switch Online, including the original Golf. Add in Donkey Kong Jr Math - which is surely no minus and unlikely to cause division - and you can see how the NES catalogue is mutiplying. The full list of new Nintendo Switch Online additions is as follows: Read more Read more ›
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Who is the face of Dragon Age? It's a simple question with a tricky answer because there's no obvious candidate. There's no Commander Shepard through-line running through the series. Each game has had a different protagonist. There's the Grey Warden in Dragon Age: Origins, Hawke in Dragon Age 2, and the Inquisitor in Dragon Age: Inquisition. And now there's Rook in Dragon Age: Veilguard. Heck, even the game's main companions... Read more ›
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