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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Fancy a chance at winning an Xbox Series X console, LG 34" UltraWide QHD curved monitor and three months of Game Pass Ultimate? Today sees the launch of EE's new Broadband Made for Gamers bundle and, to celebrate, the phone and internet provider has the above prizes available if you answer a very simple question below. To help you answer, it may be worth knowing that EE recently enlisted a... Read more ›
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Valve is expanding Steam's already teetering tower of built-in features with a new background gameplay recording and sharing system that's available in beta now. As detailed on Valve's Game Recording beta page, Steam's new suite of console-like video features begin with two distinct recording modes. A Background Recording mode continuously saves gameplay to a preferred drive - users can set duration and storage limits - while an On Demand Recording... Read more ›
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Remember Microsoft's Xbox cloud gaming device, codenamed Keystone? The one that got announced in 2021, was cancelled in its original form a year later, then showed up on Phil Spencer's shelf after that, bamboozling everyone? Well if you've ever wondered what it could have looked like in more detail, a newly surfaced patent might have some answers. The patent in question was originally filed with the US Patent and Trademark... Read more ›
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Returning to Elden Ring two years on, the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion gives us a fresh chance to reassess developer FromSoftware's work and see how the game now runs on PS5, Series X, Series S and PC across the new Shadow Realm map. The original game's launch exhibited a string of performance issues on PC and consoles, so the hope is that this expansion offers a fresh opportunity to... Read more ›
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Capcom's slapstick zombie series Dead Rising is being reanimated, with a Deluxe Remaster version of the 2006 original launching for unspecified platforms at an unspecified release date. Created created by Keiji Inafune of Mega Man fame, Dead Rising's first outing took the basic premise of George A. Romero's horror movie classic Dawn of the Dead - which is to say, zombies in a mall - and gave it a fresh... Read more ›
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Dragon Age creator and BioWare veteran Mark Darrah has discussed some of the reasons why big-budget games seemingly take so long to make - and why some projects are announced so long before they're ready to release. Darrah, a veteran of BioWare back to the original Baldur's Gate, previously headed the Dragon Age franchise and returned to work on the upcoming entry Dragon Age: The Veilguard as a consultant. Speaking... Read more ›
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Sony has announced next month's PlayStation Plus games, and headlining July's PS Plus lineup is shooter-looter Borderlands 3."The humour is even more annoying, the guns even more amazing and Gearbox's shooter is more divisive than it's ever been," reads Eurogamer's Borderlands 3 review.Joining Borderlands 3 on PS Plus next month is ice hockey's NHL 24 and social deduction game Among Us. Here's the full rundown: Read more Read more ›
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PC-playing survival horror fans, I have good news for you. The original version of Resident Evil is now available to purchase via GOG, with "even more blood, graphic violence and gory scenes than the worldwide monster hit version on PlayStation".This PC release is fully compatible with Windows 10 and Windows 11, and promises new rendering options as well as other Quality of Life improvements, such as improved cutscene timing, an... Read more ›
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As Elden Ring players struggle with the high difficulty of Shadow of the Erdtree, the most popular mods since release focus on easing the challenge. Over on NexusMods, plenty of new mods have already been uploaded since the launch of the Elden Ring DLC last week, ready for PC players to enter the Land of Shadow. Many of these mods provide a save file to ensure players are ready for... Read more ›
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It looks like Conan the Barbarian and T-1000 from the Terminator series may be coming to Mortal Kombat 1.According to dataminer Interloko, six more characters will be coming to NetherRealm's fighter, likely as part of the next DLC pack, as well as two arenas and five new announcers.Leaked Mortal Kombat 1 characters from Interloko's datamining efforts are: Read more Read more ›
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Ubisoft platforming mascot Rayman was once featured in the files of Beyond Good & Evil, as shown in the game's just-released 20th Anniversary Edition. Launched yesterday - after previously being made mistakenly available last year - BG&E's Anniversary Edition includes an extensive behind the scenes archive of artwork, early gameplay videos and making-of footage. After spending a couple of hours trawling through it last night, I can confirm it's a... Read more ›
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Playground Games is delisting Forza Horizon 4 from online stores at the end of the year, due to "licensing and agreements" with the game's partners.On 15th December, Forza Horizon 4 will be removed from digital storefronts on PC and Xbox. This includes Xbox Game Pass.The upcoming delisting means the new Series and Festival Playlist that started earlier this week, and which runs until 22nd August, will be the last. After... Read more ›
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FromSoftware is well known for adding seemingly useless items or places in its games to get fans speculating about lore and Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree is no different. But there's one particular location that has fans stumped: the Scadutree Chalice. This is a named location found after beating a specific boss, but it appears to serve no purpose. What could it be? Spoilers follow. Read more Read more ›
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Even if the series wasn't stuck in development hell I would still say this: if any game is its own sequel, it's Beyond Good & Evil. With the news last week that we're getting a remaster with a bit of extra stuff in it, I went back to the original - almost the original, the Xbox 360 port that still runs on my Series X - to play the game... Read more ›
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A patch for Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree has been released that revises the scaling of the Shadow Realm Blessings. The DLC includes this new scaling system to boost the attack and defence of both your character and your spirit summons, by collecting Scadutree Fragments and Revered Spirit Ashes respectively. Now the scaling has been revised so that the effects are greater for the first few levels, before... Read more ›
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Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - the acclaimed Atari-themed interactive museum from developer Digital Eclipse - is adding 39 new games later this year in an expansion detailing two more periods in the company's eventful history. Atari 50's Expanded Edition adds two new timelines to the existing game, starting with The Wider World of Atari. This features 19 playable games, eight new video segments, plus "new interviews, vintage ads, historical... Read more ›
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Following a series of allegations from former Twitch employees last week, high-profile streamer Guy "Dr Disrespect" Beahm has admitted he was permanently banned from Twitch in 2020 after exchanging "messages with an individual minor back in 2017" that "leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate". The allegations first surfaced last Friday, when Twitch's former account director of strategic partnerships, Cody Conners, claimed an unnamed person had been banned... Read more ›
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Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed - THQ Nordic's promising remake of legendary designer Warren Spector's flawed but lovable 2010 platform adventure - will launch for PlaYStation, Xbox, Switch, on PC, on 24th September this year. The original Disney Epic Mickey, developed by Spector's Junction Point Studios, launched for Wii back in 2010 - plunging Mickey Mouse into a wonderfully inventive, and surprisingly dark, world of corrupted theme park attractions and long-forgotten... Read more ›
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Through the magic of emulation, it's now possible to play a selection of classic PS2 games in native PS5 apps as part of the PS Plus Premium offering. For context, the first crop of emulated PS2 classics appeared with the new PS Plus tiers back in 2022, but the games came with major issues that made them hard to recommend, including PAL/NTSC compatibility problems, flawed scaling options and delivery in... Read more ›
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Released alongside the GameCube in 2001, Luigi's Mansion was judged warily by Nintendo fans before launch, but has become a bona fide classic - one that saw two eventual sequels, on 3DS in 2013 and Switch in 2019. With Switch 2 on the horizon and relatively few games in the pipeline, Nintendo has decided to release an enhanced conversion of the second game, Dark Moon, with HD visuals and other... Read more ›
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