Category: Gaming

Another PlayStation State of Play took place tonight, giving as a peak at what’s to come on the PS5 and PS5 Pro. The event was stacked with new trailers, including some reveals of entirely new games we’ve not seen before. Sony even remembered the PS VR2 exists! Whether you’re here to double check what you’ve […]

Dune Awakening has surpassed Elden Ring Nightreign on Steam’s Top Sellers chart, one day before its early launch for Deluxe and Ultimate Edition owners. Only Counter Strike 2 seems able to keep the Survival MMO at bay. The game previously hit a concurrent player peak of 37,889 during a closed weekend beta, initially limited to […]

The Chief Legal Officer and Chief Financial Officer at MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy have left the company, a week before the game’s release. Writing on LinkedIn, former CLO Riley Graebner said he was “proud” of what the team has accomplished during his time there, stating that during his tenure the company had “doubled” […]

I feel like I’m about to say something unforgivable. I played a couple of hours of Mario Kart World recently, including a good amount of time with its new features like Knockout Tour and the open world, and came away having only had, well, quite a nice time. There were moments of hilarity – mostly […]

Giant Skull, the studio founded by Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and God of War 3 game director Stig Asmussen last year, has signed a deal to create a new single-player action-adventure set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Asmussen announced his departure from Star Wars Jedi developer Respawn Entertainment back in […]

A new trailer for the Switch 2 Welcome Tour has been released, showing off 20 mini games and 14 tech demos that’ll be playable to those who pick the game up alongside their Nintendo Switch 2. Games shown include a timed survival game in which you pilot a little space ship and dodge spiked balls, […]

Eagle-eyed Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 players have spotted a new feature on the weapon selection menu. Right at the top there now sits advertisements promoting premium weapons and skins, so players get exposed to ads for microtransactions in-game. As some players point out, it’s not an advert in the classic sense, and no […]

Nvidia’s RTX Remix is a remarkable tool that allows game modders to bring state-of-the-art path traced visuals to classic PC games. We’ve seen Portal RTX from Nvidia already, along with the development of a full-on remaster of Half-Life 2 – but I was excited to see a community of modders take on 2004’s Painkiller, enhanced […]

Kinetic Games has confirmed Phasmophobia’s next content drop, Chronicle, will release on 24th June, and it’ll be its “biggest update yet”. As well as introducing a “total overhaul” of how evidence is collected, the team said Chronicle will expand investigations with three new evidence types, a completely redesigned Journal, reworked levelling and progression, a refreshed […]

Nacon, new custodians of the WRC series, has gotten into the sim racing game with a new direct drive racing wheel and accessories under RevoSim branding it announced last year. The wheel base, rim, load cell brake and accelerator form the RS Pure bundle, which looks to compete with the likes of the Fanatec Gran […]

Kojima Productions really is determined to make sure we don’t forget Death Stranding 2 is almost upon us. Alongside a musical world tour, a themed PlayStation 5 controller, plus all that chatter about a Death Stranding movie and anime, the studio has now confirmed it’ll be streaming a Death Stranding 2 panel event next […]

Elden Ring Nightreign will receive another patch next week to make improvements for solo players. FromSoftware’s multiplayer spin-off has already received a day one patch that brought balance adjustments. And there’s more to come. Next week, patch 1.02 will be released, adding an automatic revival effect once per Nightlord battle for solo expeditions. Further, the […]

Following EA’s decision to pull the plug on its Black Panther game and close the studio making it, the publisher has insisted the move doesn’t reflect a change to its partnership with Marvel, and confirmed it still has “at least three” additional Marvel games in development. Little had been revealed of EA’s Black […]

A new game was released yesterday on Steam depicting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, claiming to be “officially recommended by the Russian Military”. The free-to-play Squad 22: ZOV is a tactical shooter from developer SPN Studio and publisher Zarobana Entertainment and is the only release from either company. The game has been widely reported as Russian […]

The heroes in a half shell are back, and this time they’re pressing right up against your eyeballs. That’s thanks to their debut VR outing, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City, which is coming to Meta Quest 3 and SteamVR sometime next year. Empire City is the work of Cortopia Studios – which […]

The co-CEO of MindsEye developer Build a Rocket Boy has suggested the game’s negative reaction so far has been paid for in a “concerted effort” against the studio ahead of its release. MindsEye is an upcoming action-adventure thriller from former GTA producer Leslie Benzies, which is being published by Hitman studio IO Interactive. It is […]

With a little over a week to go until Switch 2’s arrival, some customers are already claiming to have received their consoles – but anyone hoping to play ahead of release are apparently out of luck, as units reportedly won’t function without a day one update. As spotted by IGN, YouTuber Ali Almarzooqi […]

There’s a moment in one of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Pat Hobby stories that I think about quite a lot. Pat Hobby’s a character Fitzgerald came up with when he was knocking about Hollywood and trying to make money writing for the movies. As a result, Hobby is a somewhat desiccated scriptwriter himself. Over the course […]

Developer CD Projekt RED has uploaded a generous batch of Switch 2 Cyberpunk 2077 footage last week – 37 minutes of direct 4K capture to be exact – giving us an early glimpse at the state of its docked 30fps quality mode. Since it releases on 5th June as a Switch 2 launch title, […]

The Last of Us’ second season has now come to an end, with a gritty episode which delved further into the themes of grief and revenge. Please note, there will be spoilers for The Last of Us – both the show and the game – below. Image credit: HBO I never thought this last episode […]

We should all know by now that Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons feature a mouse sensor, but we’ve also just learned that Nintendo’s new system will also support USB mice, too. As shared in a video by Koei Tecmo, and transcribed by VGC, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition producer Michi Ryu showed off how a mouse […]

The RTX 5060 is here, finally completing the 50-series lineup that debuted five months ago with the 5090. The new “mainstream” graphics card is far from cheap at $299/£270, but ought to offer reasonable performance and efficiency while adding the multi frame generation feature that’s exclusive to this generation of GPUs. However, the 5060 also […]

NetherRealm has confirmed there will be no more additional story chapters or characters “from this point on”. In a statement posted to X/Twitter, the studio said that despite “hearing players’ requests for continued game support of Mortal Kombat 1”, “there will not be additional DLC characters or story chapters released”. It will, however, “continue to […]

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time has had an unexpectedly strong start for a sequel to a fairly obscure 13-year Nintendo DS game. And developer Level 5 has now thanked fans for their enthusiasm, pledging to release free DLC in response to its “global success”. The Girl Who Steals Time, for […]

While Switch 2 may have dominated Nintendo headlines in recent weeks, we still have some Game Boy-flavoured news for Nintendo Switch Online. Nintendo has added four more games to its Game Boy Classics library for Switch Online members today, promising “adventures, puzzles and space combat galore”. These four games are: Survival Kids Gradius the Interstellar […]

It’s a kung fu kind of week on the Epic Games Store, thanks its latest headline freebie: developer Sloclap’s acclaimed Sifu, which arrives alongside several other free titles for mobile and PC. In total, Epic is giving away three free games across PC, Android, and iOS this week, and they’ll be sticking around […]

Earlier this month, Microsoft bumped up the prices of its entire range of Xbox consoles, first-party video games, and most (or in the US, all) of its accessories. It comes a few weeks after Nintendo revealed a £396 Switch 2, with £75 copies of its own first-party fare in Mario Kart World, and a few […]

Following last week’s PlayStation Plus catalogue additions for May, Sony has announced its next batch of departures, with Monster Hunter Rise and more all leaving the service in June. In total, PlayStation Plus’ newly updated Last Chance to Play section confirms six titles are currently scheduled to be removed from the service next […]

Microsoft has sided with Epic in its feud against Apple, claiming the iPhone maker has “stymied” the company’s efforts to launch its Xbox mobile game store. Back in May last year, Microsoft announced plans to release a new Xbox mobile game store. At this time, the company envisioned it to be ready for release by […]

Developer Shift Up has quietly announced its acclaimed sci-fi hack-and-slash adventure Stellar Blade is getting a sequel – and it looks like it’s due to arrive before the end of next year. Shift Up shared the news as part of its recent investor presentation, tucking mention of a Stellar Blade sequel away on […]

Nintendo will be present at Gamescom 2025, having skipped the event last year. The company confirmed it would be returning to the annual German event, which is the highest attended gaming convention in the world, in a post on social media. “Mark your calendar in red: Nintendo will be back at @gamescom in 2025,” Nintendo’s […]

Craig Mazin, the showrunner behind HBO’s acclaimed live-action TV adaptation of The Last of Us, has confirmed the team is working to a four season plan, insisting there’s “no way” the narrative can be wrapped up in three seasons. This isn’t the first time the magic number four has been floated in regard […]

On this day 10 years ago I was at CD Projekt Red while The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released. I’d arranged to be there for three days to see what a moment like this would be like from the inside. I was there the day before release, the day of release, and some of […]

Early access for Fantasy Life i on Xbox Series X/S version has been delayed. After dropping an unexpected head’s up about a possible delay earlier today, developer Level-5 has now confirmed that today’s early launch on Xbox Series X/S will not go ahead as planned due to an “ongoing technical issue on Xbox’s end”. FANTASY […]

Stop me if you’ve heard this before. We say “uncanny”, but in Germany it’s “unheimlich”. The unheimlich was a big deal for people like Freud, and it’s hard not to love the term, just a little bit. Unheimlich means, well, it means uncanny – weird, eerie, unsettling. But more specifically, it translates as “unhomely.” Unhomely. […]

A new report alleges that Marathon developer Bungie is in “chaos” after the studio was forced to admit that an external artist’s work has been used within upcoming game Marathon without consent. Forbes claims morale at the studio is in “free fall” right across the organisation, with one source telling the outlet “the vibes have […]

Just a year after release, Activision is “streamlining” and ending support for Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile, ceasing all seasonal content. In a statement, the developer said while it understood “this news may be disappointing”, the mobile shooter had “not met [its] expectations with mobile-first players like it has with PC and console audiences.” Call […]

Switch 2 won’t support Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) on TVs after all, despite Nintendo previously suggesting it would. The Mario maker today set the record straight in a comment to Nintendo Life, acknowledging that VRR would only be available when playing Switch 2 in handheld mode. An earlier, now-removed statement on Nintendo’s […]

Stellar Blade will release on PC on 11th June, but its availability on Steam has been blocked in over 120 countries, surprising even the game’s developer. Shift Up shared news of the release on social media, but a number of fans responded with Steam screenshots showing the game is unavailable in their region. Shift Up […]

Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick has talked a little more about the publisher’s recent decision to delay the release of Grand Theft Auto 6 into May next year, saying the game was pushed back to ensure developer Rockstar could ‘achieve its creative vision with no limitations’. GTA 6’s release was narrowed down to “fall” […]

EA has detailed a new in-office working policy that will see all local employees return at least three days a week, and largely phase out remote roles. The changes mean any employee living within a 30-mile radius will be required to commute at least three days a week under a new hyrbid policy. […]

Ubisoft says it has postponed several of its “biggest productions” currently in development in order to grant them more time in the oven, after previously delaying Assassin’s Creed Shadows in order to provide further polish. Exactly which games these are was not named by Ubisoft during its financial results broadcast today, though […]

Sony has said it is considering further price hikes for its products, in response to an expected 100bn yen (£513m) impact from US tariffs. Speaking to investors today following the release of its latest financial results, the PlayStation 5 maker said it had three months of PS5 consoles stockpiled in the US, but […]

With each passing generation, technology enjoyers around the world breathlessly await the arrival of a new id Software game. While the id of today is far removed from its origins, the mission remains the same – to produce beautiful, state of the art visuals at blistering frame-rates. The studio’s latest work is no exception. […]

Last year’s Silent Hill 2 Remake was stellar for many, many reasons, and composer Akira Yamaoka’s gorgeous reworking of his nearly 20-year-old original soundtrack was undoubtedly one of them. So when you tell me the whole thing is being released as a fancy £125 six-disc vinyl edition, my power to resist – even as […]

With the cry of gulls, GTA 6 returns to us. We’re back in Rockstar’s spin on Florida and we’re here for, what exactly? A story trailer? Well, it’s complicated. And those birds are a decent way into the complications, as it happens. I write to inform you that there are birds in three of the […]

Careful, Doom fans – details of Doom: The Dark Ages have leaked ahead of its release next week. As posted to the Gaming Leaks and Rumours subreddit, some players have received their discs ahead of the 15th May street date, which means details are popping up all over the place now, including information about the […]

Almost 200 Overwatch developers working at Activision Blizzard have unionised, joining the Communications Workers of America (CWA) after the “overwhelming majority” of workers signed up. A wall-to-wall unit – now known as The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild-CWA (OWGG-CWA) – the union includes game developers across all disciplines, including design, production, engineering, art, sound, and quality assurance. […]

For those of you thinking of firing up Revenge of the Savage Planet this weekend – and why wouldn’t you; it’s available for no additional cost for Game Pass subscribers on PC and Xbox, and I had a blast with its predecessor – a little PSA: co-op doesn’t work if you’re appearing as offline. Try […]

10th May Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve been playing. This week, Jessica writes a last entry before casting off into the world of freelance journalism – you are a star, Jessica, and we’ll miss you – Bertie ponders his variable […]

Devil May Cry director Hideki Kamiya has revealed he’d “love” to remake the first game in Capcom’s classic hack-and-slash series, acknowledging the aging original “really does feel like a 24-year-old game design” after all this time. Back in December, Kamiya confirmed he’d entered into a new partnership with Capcom – the publisher he […]

For those Steamier players among us, I have some whip-cracking good news for you. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is now Steam Deck Verified. The studio has released a hotfix, which will include those optimised Steam Deck settings (a quick note from MachineGames: “When running the game on Steam Deck, the ‘Texture Pool Size’ […]

Alien: Rogue Incursion, the action-horror adventure from developer Survios, is ditching its headset requirements and getting a non-VR release on PS5 and Steam this September. Alien: Rogue Incursion initially launched for PSVR 2 and PCVR last December, putting players into the big clompy boots of ex-Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks as they – alongside […]

A Death Stranding 2: On the Beach themed PS5 controller will launch alongside Kojima’s forthcoming sequel. The controller has been designed by Sony and Kojima Productions, and features the insignia and motto of Drawbridge in vibrant orange against the black base. It will be available to pre-order from 22nd May on the PlayStation Direct store […]

A year and a half after Microsoft finally bought Activision Blizzard for $69bn, the US Federal Trade Commission’s continuing attempts to block the deal might finally have come to an end after the 9th Circuit Court denied the agency’s attempt to appeal a 2023 lower court decision. The FTC has been battling Microsoft’s […]

EA won’t be raising the price of its games, as the company aims to “deliver incredible quality and exponential value for our playerbase”. During the company’s latest earnings call, EA CEO Andrew Wilson responded to a question on whether it would be following the likes of Nintendo and Xbox in raising the price of its […]

EA has confirmed its next Battlefield game is still on track to launch before next April, with a full reveal due this “summer”, following several months of invite-only playtests. EA CEO Andrew Wilson shared the news of Battlefield’s imminent reveal as part of the company’s Q4 and financial year 2025 earnings report. “As […]

Bungie has failed to dismiss a lawsuit which alleges it plagiarised elements of Destiny 2’s original campaign from a sci-fi story posted online. A US federal judge has now ruled that the lawsuit should continue, as Bungie has been unable to provide satisfactory evidence to have the case tossed out. […]

At first blush, the Nacon Revolution X Unlimited might look like ‘just’ another pro-grade Xbox controller to rival Microsoft’s oft-recommended Elite Series 2, but the inclusion of Hall Effect sticks, a screen and some unique PC features could help it become one best PC controllers we’ve tested. That said, it does have its weak points […]

UPDATE 2.12pm: Genki has responded to Nintendo’s legal complaint, saying it is “taking it seriously”, and is “proud of the work [it has] done”. “You may have seen that Nintendo recently filed a lawsuit against us. We’re taking it seriously and working with legal counsel to respond thoughtfully,” the statement said. “What we can say […]

To mark its fourth anniversary, developer Housemarque has announced a free PlayStation 5 Pro upgrade to Returnal, promising to give a superb PS5 game a resolution boost of up to 2.5x on Sony’s Pro hardware. The exact phrasing of “up to 2.5x” does suggest a form of dynamic scaling is in play, which I’ll […]

Half-Life 3 is not just in development, but it’s now “playable, end-to-end”. That’s according to Valve insider Tyler McVicker, who posits the eagerly-anticipated sequel could be announced as early as this summer (Q3), with a possible release before the end of 2025, probably winter (Q4). We already had strong evidence – if no specific confirmation […]

As fans come to terms with the GTA 6 delay – from creating countdowns “that are cheaper than therapy” to pleas to “calm ourselves” – at least one person is delighted by the news: Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 actor, Luke Dale. Dale, who portrayed Hans Capon in the game, took a glass-half view on the […]

I’ve written for seven years about just how much I enjoy typing and gaming on mechanical keyboards, so it’s perhaps not surprising that I tend to ask a lot of companies to send over their latest and greatest options. Today I’m rounding up 10 keyboards that I’ve tested this week (!), from feature-focused gaming boards […]

As anyone who’s played PowerWash Simulator will tell you (your mileage may vary), it’s got some of the best lore since FromSoftware went all enigmatic about a king/dragon/wizard with a big hat on the back of a spell scroll. Amid all that squirting, it brought us mysteriously missing cats, dodgy politicians, golden age Hollywood […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has congratulated Sandfall Interactive for its new RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, calling it a “shining example of French audacity and creativity”. Sandfall’s game released last week to widespread acclaim. It sold 500k copies in its first day, which then grew to 1m copies within three days. “1m copies and to […]

It’s been six long years since Hollow Knight sequel Silksong was confirmed to be in development, and fans – starved of much in the way of news – have managed to reach such a frenzy of anticipation in that time, it’s a wonder the whole thing didn’t end in mass spontaneous combustion. Some of […]

Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown has been played by over two million people, Ubisoft has announced, while hinting at more from the franchise to come. The Lost Crown, released in January 2024, was the first new game in the series since 2010’s middling The Forgotten Sands, arriving alongside The Rogue Prince of Persia from […]

Microsoft has shared its financial earnings for the third quarter of its 2025 fiscal year, and there’s good news for Xbox – with gaming revenue up, despite hardware revenue continuing to fall. As a whole, Microsoft made $70.1bn in revenue during Q3 and saw a net income of $25.8bn, marking a 13 and […]

It’s safe to say that The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered is proving to be a pretty popular release for Bethesda. Recent sale reports suggest that it has already clocked up over four million players and that includes my video pal, Jim Trinca, the host of the video that this post is about. While this […]

A year after laying off five percent of its workforce – impacting 670 employees – EA has reportedly cut more than 300 additional jobs, as part of what it called “select changes” at the company. The move has also seen the publisher cancel a number of in-development projects, said to include a new Titanfall […]

The voice artist behind The Witcher 3’s Yennefer of Vengerberg has told Eurogamer that she doesn’t know yet if her character will return in CD Projekt’s in-development The Witcher 4. Work on The Witcher 4 ramped up in earnest last November, following several years of pre-production. Now, over 400 staff at CD Projekt […]

Developer Larian Studios has officially bid a fond farewell to Baldur’s Gate 3 following April’s massive Update 8 patch, and with the team now focusing on the future, company boss Swen Vincke has shared a little more on why it ultimately decided against releasing a paid DLC expansion for the acclaimed RPG, calling it […]

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s Nintendo Switch 2 Edition has been beaten by a player with early access to the company’s unreleased console. Japanese speedrunner Ikaboze recently attended one of Nintendo’s Switch 2 hands-on events, held in Tokyo, and used his familiarity with the game to beat Ganon with no fancy […]

Oblivion Remastered’s shadow drop surprised no-one given that it was among the worst kept secrets over the last few weeks, but what did surprise was the sheer extent of its visual overhaul. Described by creative director Todd Howard as keeping the bones – the core logic – of the original 2006 game intact, it’s […]

A Call of Duty fan had a run-in with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) after trying to get a “replica explosive device” Monkey Bomb onto a plane in the US earlier this year. The figurine – styled on the in-game version which is used to distract enemies – was showcased online after the organisation shared […]

The fifth and final season of Netflix’s live-action The Witcher show is in production, and we’ve finally had a peek at Liam Hemsworth in the titular role. The Witcher and House of the Dragon site, Redanian Intelligence, which shared the shot, said it’s been “quite a trick” getting a shot of the actual Hemsworth, as […]

26th April Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve been playing. This week, Tom P has been loving his time in Cyrodiil, Victoria has been playing with dragons, and Tom O has been mostly just wandering about. Content warning: The Split Fiction […]

GOG has announced a fresh wave of additions to its Preservation Program, including Capcom’s classic RPG Breath of Fire 4, which returns to PC after an absence of over 20 years. Breath of Fire 4, if you’re currently drawing a blank, follows the adventures of a young man named Ryu (who usefully has […]

Ubisoft has finally given an update on its plans to add an offline mode into The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest, which it first confirmed back in September 2024. This decision was prompted by the acrimonious situation with Ubisoft’s original The Crew game, which was shut down and nuked from orbit, removing […]

Unknown Worlds has shared a first in-game look at Subnautica 2, as part of a new developer video charting the highly anticipated underwater survival sequel’s “road to early access”. Subnautica 2 (actually the third game in the acclaimed series, following 2021’s standalone Subnautica expansion Below Zero) was confirmed to be in the works […]

Microsoft has launched its Xbox cloud gaming app on newer LG smart TV models, allowing you to stream games directly from its servers. All you’ll need is an Xbox Game Pass Utimate subscription and a Bluetooth controller. And a compatible LG TV, of course. This isn’t the first time Microsoft has […]

Sony is bringing back those nostalgia-laced classic PlayStation console backgrounds for PS5 this week. If you cast your mind back to December, you will recall Sony rolling out a console update for the PS5 which added a range of custom sounds and startup options to make the console experience more akin to the likes of […]

Laura Bailey, who played Abby Anderson in The Last of Us Part 2, believes HBO made the right call changing several key points in the TV adaptation. Please note, there will be spoilers for The Last of Us below. 9 Exciting 2025 Open-World Games We Can’t Wait to Play. Watch on YouTube Earlier this week, […]

After years of leaks, Bethesda’s Oblivion remaster is finally here and it’s already going down a storm – if its place at the top of Steam’s best-sellers list is any indication. However, Bethesda has now shared one bit of potentially disappointing news, confirming there’ll be no official mod support for its fancy new Oblivion. […]

Pedro Pascal, who plays Joel in HBO’s The Last of Us adaptation, has shared his thoughts on the shocking events from this week’s episode. Please note, there will be major spoilers for The Last of Us below. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings Eurogamer: The death of consoles is inevitable […]

This one’s a touch delayed – we didn’t attend either the New York or Paris reveal events – but Nintendo arrived in London on April 11 to showcase Switch 2 and Digital Foundry was invited. And by and large, we like what we see. Yes, there’s a certain degree of continuity and familiarity moving from […]

A masterful sequel to one of the genre’s most beloved games, but it carries an ink stain that’s hard to ignore. Over 20 years ago, SNK blew the world away with Garou: Mark of the Wolves. Since then, Fatal Fury has become a relic of the past, loved only by those with wrinkles on their […]

Fortnite’s all-new Star Wars season, Galactic Battle, will launch on 2nd May, 2025. Announced at this week’s Star Wars Celebration in Japan, Chapter 6 Season 3 will feature weekly gameplay content, a Star Wars-flavoured battle pass, and culminate “in a live end of Season narrative event”. Fortnite Galactic Battle Teaser Trailer.Watch on YouTube Whilst Fortnite […]

Dying Light 1: Stay Human’s Patch 22 – the spring update – is now live, improving co-op, offering “creative control” over Villedor’s looks, and introducing new rewards in Tower Raid. The latter is particularly interesting given it should now be easier to claim rewards, such as exclusive skins and 27 new weapons, including 24 Elemental […]

It looks like Assassin’s Creed Shadows is coming to Nintendo Switch 2. Whilst a number of third-party developers have confirmed ports for Nintendo’s highly anticipated upcoming console, up until now, there’d been no word of a Switch 2 Assassin’s Creed Shadows edition… well, not until PEGI let it slip, anyway. Eurogamer’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows review, […]

19th April Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve been playing. This week, Tom has been persevering with Avowed, and Bertie has been both redesigning a mansion every day, with little success, and sucking up second-hand enthusiasm. What have you been playing? […]

Nintendo has finally detailed how US tariffs will impact the launch of Switch 2, and confirmed price rises for an array of console accessories “due to changes in market conditions”. A new set of Joy-Con 2 controllers, for example, will now cost $95, an increase of $5. The Switch 2 Pro controller and Switch […]

Thoughts might be turning toward PowerWash Simulator 2 – and developer FuturLab has now shared a fresh look at its recently announced hose-’em-up sequel – but the original also just got another free update, letting hardened sprayers unload their nozzle somewhere new. Starting with PowerWash Simulator 2, FuturLab’s latest trailer provides a whistlestop […]

We already knew it was coming, but Playdate – the cute boutique handheld console with the crank – has just announced its second second of games, and one of those is a brand-new project from the massively acclaimed studio behind FTL and Into the Breach. As announced during Playdate’s latest showcase, FTL developer […]

In anticipation of Doom: The Dark Ages imminent arrival, Microsoft has unveiled a selection of limited edition Xbox accessories, including a wireless controller sporting the sleek, blood-spattered hues of the Doom Slayer. Starting with the controller, its body, buttons, and directional pad are all chest plate green, while its right thumbstick has been […]

Following months of Xbox Insider testing, all Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can now stream a “select” number of their owned games to Xbox Series X/S or Xbox One consoles, without needing to install them first. It’s one of several Xbox features launching in April. Microsoft first discussed giving Xbox players the ability […]

Former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida is being immortalised in pixel form thanks to Bionic Bay. Bionic Bay is an upcoming “precision-puzzle platformer” that casts players as a scientist. It’s coming from developers Mureena Oy and Psychoflow Studio, and is all set in an “ancient bio-mechanical world” which has been “hand-crafted pixel by pixel to create […]

Canadian Switch 2 pre-orders – which were originally set to go live on 9th April before Nintendo announced a last-minute delay – will reportedly now begin next week. Nintendo slammed on the brakes last Tuesday, just a day before Canadian Switch 2 pre-orders were set to begin, saying it was making the move […]

FromSoftware’s seminal action-RPG Dark Souls now has seamless co-op, courtesy of the modder behind similar co-op overhauls for Elden Ring and Dark Souls 3. Modder Yui initially made headlines through their work on Elden Ring, stripping away some of its co-operative faff so players could adventure and battle bosses together seamlessly. A similar […]

EA’s Star Wars strategy game, confirmed to be in the works back in 2022, has been given a title – Star Wars: Zero Company – and a first bit of artwork ahead of a full reveal this weekend. Star Wars: Zero Company is a collaboration between EA’s Respawn Entertainment and developer Bit Reactor, […]

Sony has raised the price of PS5 once again, with increases in the UK, mainland Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The PS5 Digital Edition will now cost £40 or €50 more, and will sell for £430/€500, up from £390/€450. The price hike was announced in the early hours of this morning, via […]

Meet DMZ: Nuclear Survival, a new PVE and competitive PVP multiplayer open-world survival crafting game set in a post-apocalyptic world after a nuclear war. It’s coming “soon” in early access so that the “brand-new, ambitious, and highly flexible” game can grow alongside its community. It’s thought the game – which hasn’t indicated a price, but […]

Phasmophobia developer Kinetic Games has outlined what’s coming up in the first event of 2025, Cursed Hollow, when it launches on 17th April. Fans can expect “new bone-chilling challenges and secrets to uncover”, as well as a number of “exciting changes from previous events” including new reward categories, daily map rotation – nine of which […]

Split Fiction’s full original soundtrack is now available to stream. Featuring original works by Swedish musicians Gustaf Grefberg and Jonatan Järpehag, the soundtrack – which Grefberg called “as fun as it gets” – is available on all the usual platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, Apple, and Amazon. Split Fiction PS5 Gameplay – Zoe & Ian Play […]

12th April Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve been playing. This week, Bertie takes the plunge in The Last of Us Part 2 and enjoys a mobile game that isn’t Slice & Dice, and Tom Orry is outsmarted by his son. […]

Baldur’s Gate 3’s enormous final content update – which has been undergoing public stress testing for a good few months now on PC – finally has a release date, and is launching for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC next Tuesday, 15th April. Patch 8 was unveiled last November, with developer Larian Studios […]

Here’s a small but notable detail that might have passed you by amid the chaos of information that’s spiralled out of last week’s Switch 2 reveal: the souped-up Switch 2 Edition of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild won’t include any of its paid DLC. That perhaps isn’t a huge surprise […]

Who can resist a round-up, eh? And there was more than enough to love about tonight’s Triple-i Initiative showcase, which returned for its second year with a quivering heap of indie-focused announcements and reveals. We got a release date for 11 Bit Studio’s fascinating The Alters, for starters, as well as one for SloClap’s football […]

Behold, your irregular Star Citizen funding update is here, with the news Cloud Imperium Games’ controversial space sim has now raised over $800m – despite there still being no hint of a version 1.0 release date some 12 years after its original Kickstarter campaign. Star Citizen’s previous major milestone arrived last May, when […]

Naughty Dog has confirmed HBO’s acclaimed live-action adaptation of The Last of Us is getting a third season, even before the highly anticipated season two has aired. The Last of Us’ TV debut in 2023 was met with huge critical acclaim and brought in record numbers of viewers, so it wasn’t much of a […]

Every once in a while, we like to test out the latest mechanical keyboards, seeing where the industry is going and what new features or design elements have arrived to tempt you away from your current keyboard. Whether you’re new to the concept of mechanicals or you’re a long-time user, you should find some interesting […]

Amid speculation Nintendo might be considering a Switch 2 price hike following last week’s announcement of significant US trade tariffs, one analysis firm has told Eurogamer it expects the company to stick with its previously announced $450 launch price in the US – as it predicts Switch 2 will become the fastest-selling console ever. […]

Nintendo has pushed back at suggestions Switch 2’s price – which has already left some fans reeling – was influenced by early US trade tariffs. But it admits the latest round of tariffs introduced by US president Trump last week are “something we’re going to have to address”. When Nintendo unveiled Switch 2 […]

Nearly 18 months after a Death Stranding movie adaptation was confirmed to be in the works, the live-action project has reportedly got itself a writer and director – with A Quiet Place: Day One’s Michael Sarnoski at the helm. That’s according to Deadline, which says Sarnoski – whose other directorial credits include 2021’s […]

A new expansion for the Dead by Daylight: The Board Game is on the way. The Lightbringer Expansion – slated to release sometime in Q3/autumn this year – introduces three new Killers and four new Survivors, as well as new perks and “horrifying abilities”. Xbox currently has more first-party games coming to PlayStation 5 this […]

Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney has snuffed out reports that a Fortnite movie is the “next” video game to get a silver screen adaptation. Sweeney was responding to a tweet from movie industry insider Daniel “DanielRPK” Richtman, who’d suggested in a since-deleted post that whilst some studios had already “passed” on a Fortnite movie, the […]

Rise of the Ronin developer Team Ninja has “sincerely apologised” for “inconveniences” with its Steam port. In a brief statement posted to X/Twitter, Team Ninja confirmed that it was “investigating reported issues” with the game and is preparing a patch to “fix or improve some of this issues”, which is expected to go live on […]

Physical copies of OG Switch games upgraded for Nintendo Switch 2, like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Metroid Prime 4, will seemingly ship with original Switch 1 cartridges. That’s according to a Nintendo support representative in the UK, who reportedly confirmed in writing that the Switch 2 “enhanced” editions themselves will […]

5th April Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve been playing. This week, Bertie gets his starchiest white shirt on and descends into the corporate purgatory of The Stanley Parable, cleansing himself in the nearest river in between, while Tom O both […]

What better way to start winding down from a busy week of Switch 2 news than with a look at the ever-adorable Kirby and the Forgotten Land, now strikingly remixed as part of an expanded edition coming to Nintendo’s new console later this year? ‘Go outside!’ you might suggest, or ‘Lie on my face […]

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which represents all major gaming companies in the US, has responded to US president Donald Trump’s sweeping trade tariffs, saying the measures will “have a real and detrimental impact” on the games industry. Trump imposed wide-reaching trade tariffs earlier this week, with some of the highest levies targeting […]

The Last of Us Part 1 made it to PC in somewhat disastrous fashion, though later upgrades did improve the game substantially. Today marks the release of The Last of Us Part 2, and we were interested to see whether porting specialists Nixxes were able to deliver a better experience on launch – and how […]

Nintendo’s post-Direct Switch 2 info-dump has been full of juicy little details, and the nuggets keep on coming. It now appears, for instance, that Nintendo’s newest console will be making things a little easier for the avid screenshot sharers and gameplay clippers out there. Switch 2, just like the original Switch, features a […]

Amid all the excitement of Switch 2’s big news bonanza, Nintendo has quietly confirmed some physical releases on the console won’t have any game data on the included game card. Nintendo is referring to these physical releases as game-key cards and, unlike standard game cards, they’ll only contain a download “key”, rather than […]

The Sims 4 might be tootling along merrily, but it’s now over ten years old and fans are getting increasingly impatient for clarity on what’s next for the franchise – particularly given EA’s somewhat confounding communications on the matter. Amid all this, extensive footage of EA’s new The Sims “game concept” have now surfaced online, […]

If you’re a fan of locomotives and fiendish deck-building strategy roguelikes, you’ve probably long been in the grip of developer Shiny Shoe’s massively acclaimed Monster Train. So you’ll likely also be thrilled to hear its previously announced sequel finally has a release date – and is coming to PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch on […]

Eidos-Montréal, the Embracer-owned studio currently providing support on Microsoft’s Fable reboot, is laying off “up to” 75 members of staff, saying it doesn’t “have the capacity to entirely reallocate them to our other ongoing projects and services.” News of the layoffs – which follows 97 job cuts at Eidos-Montréal last year – was […]

Just weeks after an “amazing” Baldur’s Gate 3-themed Stardew Valley mod drew praise from Larian Studios co-founder Swen Vincke, it’s been targeted by Dungeons & Dragons company Wizards of the Coast’s lawyers and hit with a DMCA takedown. The Baldur’s Village mod released earlier this month after more than a year in development, […]

Riven developer Cyan Worlds has cut its staff count by half. In a statement posted to social media, the Washington studio – perhaps best known for the Myst series – said “despite its best efforts”, “industry conditions” had forced it into a “tricky spot [where] the month-to-month realities of game development in 2025” left it […]

Take-Two Interactive boss Strauss Zelnick has revealed why the publisher is keeping Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto 6’s release date such a closely guarded secret. In an interview with Bloomberg, Zelnick acknowledged the fervor for GTA 6 is “the greatest anticipation [he’s] ever seen for an entertainment property”, but said that whilst some publishers reveal their […]

We’ve received a continuous stream of reports over the last few months suggesting there’s a problem with PlayStation 5: VRR support has an issue where game performance can be interrupted by a continuous, obvious stutter that manifests every eight seconds. Various theories have been shared and discussed online, covering a range of displays and firmwares […]

Blizzard is reportedly considering dropping the “2” from its squad-based first-person shooter sequel, Overwatch 2. A leak purporting to share details of the shooter’s 16th season not only gives us an early peek at what’s coming in the new season – as well as a Gundam collaboration – but also claims Overwatch 2 skins will […]

If you’ve been itching for an excuse to get back out on the road again – by which I mean to sit in front of the computer playing American Truck Simulator again – there’s some good news. Developer SCS Software has announced its latest state expansion – this one providing access to the highways […]

There’s a moment in the latest MindsEye trailer, released today alongside the news of its midsummer release date, that feels distinctly familiar. As some wonderfully billowy explosions roar, muscle cars tear through traffic and machine guns thunder on, a helicopter drops low over the action, sun setting melodramatically in the background. And the reflection of […]

Spring is officially here and the Epic Games Store is celebrating the occassion with a two-week long, seasonally appropriate Spring Sale. But bargain hunters can also pick up Epic’s latest selection of free weekly games, which are available to download now. As is customary, Epic latest freebies are available for seven days – […]

The first Nintendo Direct of this year has just taken place! The March 2025 Nintendo Direct was broadcast just days before the highly anticipated Switch 2 Direct, which will reveal more about the successor to one of the best-selling consoles of all time next week. The surprise Direct was only announced 24 hours before it […]

It’s been exactly ten years since Pillars of Eternity thundered out into the world, and developer Obsidian Entertainment is celebrating the occasion with a new patch and the announcement it’ll be adding turn-based combat to the acclaimed old-school RPG. “Coming later this year,” the studio wrote in a post on its forums, “Watchers […]

Sony has announced the next batch of monthly titles coming to its PlayStation Plus subscription service. As of 1st April (not fooling), PlayStation Plus members across all subscription tiers will be able to get their hands on the following three titles: RoboCop: Rogue City | PS5 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre | PS4, PS5 Digimon […]

As part of its latest financial earnings report, developer CD Projekt has shared progress updates on its numerous Witcher and Cyberpunk projects, as well as confirmed a partnership with Saudi-back mobile developer (and new Pokémon Go owner) Scopely to create a game. As far as the Scopely project goes, there’s not much to […]

The second season of HBO’s The Last of Us is almost upon us, and finally more about Catherine O’Hara’s new character has been revealed. O’Hara’s casting was announced in February of last year, although at this time who she was playing remained a mystery. There were rumours her character was called Gail, and these have […]

A mod putting a playable approximation of GTA 6’s map into GTA 5 has run into trouble after Rockstar owner Take-Two issued a copyright removal request to its creator’s YouTube channel. The mod, developed by Youtuber Dark Space, was an effort to bring GTA 6’s map to life in GTA 5 by building […]

As Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM continues development on its espionage follow-up C4, staff have described the friendly competition with rival projects from developers who have since left the studio in the wake of messy lawsuits. Key team members from ZA/UM left in 2021 prior to multiple lawsuits filed against the studio, which have since been […]

An analyst who claimed Final Fantasy 16 had sold 3.5 million copies has apologised, insisting the figure was an estimate and not confirmed sales. Toyo Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda has since revised the firm’s report to emphasise the figure derived from its own estimates and was not informed by Square Enix’s own numbers. Final Fantasy […]

If the thrill of bopping Monster Hunter Wilds’ base game menagerie is starting to fade, you’ll no doubt be wanting to know what’s next for Capcom’s latest mega-hit. And following a couple of previous teases, the publisher has now confirmed it’ll be fully detailing Wilds’ first major content update next Tuesday, 25th March. […]

Hey everyone, I’m very sorry to say that this week is Katharine Castle’s last at Eurogamer – and in games journalism as a whole! – as she’s heading off into the world of game development. A veteran journalist and critic, Katharine joined us last year after a long stint at our sister […]

Another week is upon us – and that means more Epic Games Store freebies, with the likes of Jurassic World Evolution 2 currently available for nowt. But things are a little bit different this time around; starting today, Epic is introducing weekly free games to its mobile store – available worldwide on Android devices […]

YouTube personality and kinetic artist Joseph Herscher has created a real life Lego Mario Kart race track in his home using everyday items such as books, handheld weights and tupperware. Herscher – who has over seven million YouTube subscribers and prides himself on being able to build Rube Goldberg machines, chain reactions and “other completely […]

You know how the old saying goes: you wait 25 years for a The Sims competitor and then three come along at once. Lo-fi delight Tiny Life is already out in early access, and cosy contender Paralives arrives later this year. But first, there’s South Korean development giant Krafton’s InZoi – an ultra-slick, mega-budget spin […]

Pokémon Go developer Niantic has discussed the game’s future following its impending sale to Monopoly Go maker Scopely, which is owned by the Saudi-backed Savvy Games Group, in a deal worth $3.5bn. In a lengthy video interview with veteran Pokémon Go YouTuber TrainerTips, senior product director Michael Steranka discussed several of the main concerns […]

Fans of developer Argonaut’s warmly remembered 3D platformer Croc: Legend of the Gobbos are in for a blast of nostalgia; after a bit of a delay, its previously announced remaster has been given a release date, and is launching for PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch on 2nd April. Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, […]

Assassin’s Creed’s new Animus Hub – the project formerly known as Assassin’s Creed Infinity – is threadbare and relatively ignorable at launch, but that’s fine. Incorporated into Assassin’s Creed Shadows – it is essentially the game’s start menu – the Animus Hub lets you scroll through a list of Assassin’s Creed games, […]

A fresh version of Nintendo’s iconic GameCube controller looks to be in development for Switch 2, fans think. The evidence here comes from a recent FCC filing for a Switch 2 controller with an oddly-located product label – that matches the location of the product label on a GameCube controller. […]

15th March Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve been playing. This week, Bertie realises he has a soft spot for Hell-based games, as he dives into Doom Eternal while also still paddling around in Diablo, and Tom Avowed revitalises his Avowed […]

Early last year, the first widely available multi-gig broadband was announced for the UK market, offering download speeds up to 1.6Gbps over the Openreach FTTP network. As an irredeemable nerd who gets overexcited at the prospect of a download progress bar reaching heretofore unseen speeds, I knew that I had to try it out to […]

Actress Ashly Burch has responded to the leaked AI Aloy footage, which made the rounds earlier this week. The footage in question showed a Sony employee engaging with an on-screen AI version of the Horizon lead. The employee asked the AI Aloy a number of questions, such as “how are you”, to which the character […]

Grand Theft Auto 5 on PC has finally received the RT upgrades to achieve feature parity with the current generation console versions, almost three years since they arrived on Xbox and PlayStation consoles. The wait was worth it as scalability is impressive and the game also includes the ability to toggle ray traced global illumination […]

Fireproof Games – the studio behind eerie puzzle box adventure The Room and its equally stellar sequels – has announced a launch date for its paranormal VR mystery Ghost Town. It’s coming to Meta Quest on 24th April, with a PCVR/PSVR2 release due later this year. Ghost Town, if you’re unfamiliar, whisks players […]

Intel’s Arc B580 graphics card impressed us a few months back, thanks to genuinely decent performance with plenty of VRAM at a mainstream price, but we never got around to reviewing the even cheaper B570 model – until now. That might not be such a bad thing though, as it’s meant that we could spend […]

Half-Life 2 is getting a “cutting-edge ray tracing” overhaul courtesy of Nvidia’s RTX Remix modding tools, and there’s a playable demo coming on 18th March ahead of a full release. As Nvidia explains it, RTX Remix is a way to “modernise classic games, enhancing their visuals while preserving the core gameplay that makes them […]

Psychological RPG Disco Elysium is set to come to mobile devices courtesy of original studio ZA/UM in a “reimagined” form. The aim of this adaptation is to make the game accessible for mobile devices and playable in short bursts. “We intend to captivate the TikTok user with quick hits of compelling story, art, and audio, […]

Ubisoft has some good news for Steam Deck owners looking to sink into Assassin’s Creed Shadows later this month: after previously saying the game wouldn’t be compatible with Valve’s gaming handheld, it’s now done a bit of a U-turn. Back in February, as part of a lengthy tech Q&A, Ubisoft revealed Assassin’s Creed […]

With March now at the mid-way point, Sony has revealed the latest titles joining its PlayStation Plus game catalogue for Premium and Extra subscribers – with the highlight undoubtedly being Ubisoft’s superb Price of Persia: The Lost Crown. The Lost Crown might be the most eye-catching of the lot, depending on your taste, […]

Far from cribbing Overboard’s homework, Expelled! is a tighter, more focused detective story that really makes the most of its replayable timeloop structure. The arrival of a new Inkle game is always cause for celebration in my books, but I’ll admit I was somewhat surprised when Expelled received ‘An Overboard Game’ as an addendum. Previously […]

Blizzard’s big convention BlizzCon is skipping 2025, but will return in full strength next year. Fans had hoped BlizzCon would return for 2025 – the event’s 20th anniversary – after it also didn’t run in 2024. Indeed, the fact there won’t be a 2025 convention too means BlizzCon will miss two years on […]

Microsoft is reportedly aiming to release its next-gen Xbox Series X/S successor in 2027, with a much-rumoured handheld Xbox arriving later this year. That’s according to Windows Central, which reports an Xbox Series X/S successor has been greenlit “all the way up to [Microsoft] CEO Satya Nadella” and is now “fully in production”. […]

Remedy has released a free content update for its Control Ultimate Edition. The update – which includes access to Dr Yoshimi Tokui’s Guided Imagery Experience featuring a certain Hideo Kojima – is arriving first for those on PC (Steam and Epic Games Store, with GOG to follow later) today. It will then be available to […]

Forza Horizon 5 players will require a Microsoft account to play the racer on PS5. On launch of the game, you’ll be asked to sign in with your Microsoft account – “sometimes referred to as the Xbox Live services that are a part of your Microsoft account” – and link it to your PlayStation Network […]

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach will cost £70/$70/€80 for the standard edition and $230 for the collector’s edition, according to a new leak, with “several physical editions” also teased. What, exactly, that collector’s edition includes has yet to be detailed, but noted leaker billbil-kun believes it’ll be available in the US and Europe, even […]

Released in late 2023, Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Volume 1 was a promising but ultimately frustrating, buggy, and visually lacklustre effort from Konami. However, the good news is that improvements have been made, with version 2.0 taking aim at several key issues on console and PC. It’s a relief to see, because it’s […]

Buckle up, ghost-hunting fans – Phasmophobia’s Bleasdale House has had a terrifyingly good makeover. The farmhouse – one of the first maps to launch with the hit horror in 2020 – gets a whole new look with 10th March’s update. With 21 rooms spread across two floors and an attic space, developer Kinetic games said, […]

The battle to reboot Capcom’s Resident Evil franchise for the big screen is over, and Sony has been crowned the victor. But while the ink may still be fresh on the deal, Sony’s wasting no time: it’s already confirmed its new Resident Evil movie hits cinemas on 18th September 2026. Word of a […]

I tried to play Blades of Fire like a game I already knew, and I suffered for it. I died, over and over again in MercurySteam’s new action-adventure, the same studio behind Metroid Dread and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, and it wasn’t until I began to get on board with just how pig-headedly and stubbornly […]

Frogwares’ Kickstarter campaign for The Sinking City 2 is now live, and has smashed through its crowdfunding target in less than a day – raising over £140K at the time or writing. As part of its crowdfunding drive, Frogwares has shared new The Sinking City 2 details – confirming the Lovecratian sequel to […]

Monster Hunter Wilds has had the biggest physical launch of any PS5 game released in Japan so far. According to the latest sales figures from Japanese magazine Famitsu, Monster Hunter Wilds sold 601,179 physical copies in its first week – so not including digital and PC sales. While this is higher than other physical sales […]

Until Dawn remake studio Ballistic Moon has reportedly “effectively closed”, amid claims only a handful of employees “at most” remain – none of them developers. Ballistic Moon, which is based in the UK, confirmed a round of redundancies last year, saying it had made the “tough decision to significantly scale down our team […]

Ubisoft has detailed the exact moment you’ll be able to begin pre-loading and then playing the long-awaited Assassin’s Creed Shadows. The twice-delayed Assassin’s Creed Shadows is finally set to arrive on 20th March, in just 15 days. Ahead of then, pre-loading is available right now on Xbox Series X/S – where it weighs […]

Dotemu and Guard Crush Games, the studios behind 2020’s widely acclaimed beat ’em up sequel Streets of Rage 4, are teaming up again for something a little bit different: Absolum, a fantasy themed side-scrolling brawler with rogue-like elements that’s launching this year. Absolum aims to combine “thrilling arcade beat ’em up action” with […]

Knights in Tight Spaces expands on every part of the Fights in Tight Spaces template, but an abundance of new ideas swamps the clarity the original game had. I’m torn because in theory, I should love Knights in Tight Spaces. It’s got everything I like. The guts of the game are carried over from Fights […]

If you’ve spent anytime at all plopping stuff down in 2019’s wonderfully soothing minimalist city builder Islanders, there’s a fair chance you’ve been won over enough that a sequel is potentially quite exciting indeed. So brace yourself: publisher Coatsink has announced Islanders: New Shores, and it’s coming to PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC this […]

LA Noire boss Brendan McNamara is back within GTA developer Rockstar, as the head of the newly-acquired and retitled studio Rockstar Australia. Rockstar announced today it had bought McNamara’s Sydney-based developer Video Games Deluxe, following a decade of close collaboration on various Rockstar re-releases. It was Video Games Deluxe – […]

Valve has partnered with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) to offer over 50 discounted games with 10 percent of proceeds going to the children’s charity. The sale – running from now until 7th March, 2025 – includes games like Railbound, Summer House, and Before Your Eyes, with 10 percent […]

Capcom is “investigating” an issue that’s impeding progress for some players in Monster Hunter Wilds. Players are reporting that in Main Mission: Chapter 5-2 A World Turned Upside Down, a key NPC is not spawning where they should, essentially blocking all further campaign progress. Eurogamer’s Monster Hunter Wilds review.Watch on YouTube “Hunters, we are currently […]

PlayStation’s recently cancelled Twisted Metal game was reportedly a battle royale. As spotted by MP1st, the abandoned game – known internally as Project Copper – allegedly blended third-person shooting mechanics alongside the vehicular combat the series is known for. Twisted Metal Season 2 | Official Teaser | Peacock Original.Watch on YouTube How do we know […]

Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles 2 is scheduled to be released in North America and Europe on 5th August, 2025. To celebrate, Sega’s dropped an all new story trailer – which you can see below – and confirmed that players who pre-order the Digital Deluxe Edition can “play up to five days […]

Warframe has been getting increasingly, delightfully weird over the last couple of years, leading up to last year’s time-travelling, NPC-romancing blast back to 1999. And things are about to get even wilder when developer Digital Extremes invites players to start kicking boy band butt in its new Techrot Encore update, arriving on 19th March. […]

PUBG: Blindspot, the first proper PUBG spin-off, is a bit of an oddity. Despite the Steam page for its Next Fest demo saying the game was “inspired by PUBG: Battlegrounds”, and has a dinky little PUBG sticker above its logo to prove it’s part of the wider PUBG universe, it’s pretty clear from the second […]

Velan Studios, the team behind the sadly ill-fated Knockout City, has announced its PlayStation-published pitch-black FPS Midnight Murder Club is launching into PC and PS5 early access on 13th March. And as an added incentive to make a purchase, up to five friends can play for free. Midnight Murder Club sets players loose […]

Pokémon Presents arrives each year on the 27th February to celebrate the original release of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green in Japan and give fans a glimpse of what The Pokémon Company is up to. This year we finally got a look at Pokémon Legends Z-A gameplay, as well as the brand-new Pokémon Champions mobile […]

Eternal Strands, the well-received action-RPG from Dragon Age boss Mike Laidlaw’s Yellow Brick Games studio, has shared its latest roadmap, promising – among other things – free DLC created in collaboration with Final Fantasy concept artist Yusuki Mogi and, separately, No More Heroes studio Grasshopper Manufacture. Eternal Strands, if you’re in need of […]

Pokémon Go’s next season will be named Might and Mastery, and focus on the Legendary kung fu bear Kubfu. That’s according to in-game imagery added to the app’s files this week, as spotted by Pokéminers. Banner art for the new season shows its title and also includes a pair of fists, hinting at […]

If your Sims 4 nights have been lacking a certain criminal frisson for the last 11 years, things are about to get a whole lot more exciting. Over a decade after its release, The Sims 4 has finally added the series’ iconic burglar as part of its latest free update. The burglar was, […]

Come for the clowns and cavemen, stay for the zombie capitalism. One of the great magic tricks of the Two Point management games concerns how the series tackles subjects that a lot of people struggle to agree on. You know, like healthcare and education. And yet, with a few chirpy cartoon characters wandering around, a […]

Just weeks after laying off the “majority” of its staff, developer Phoenix Labs has announced it’s shutting down its free-to-play Monster Hunter-style action game, Dauntless. Dauntless’ fast-paced take on the Monster Hunter formula received a warm reception when it launched into PC early access in May 2018, but it struggled to maintain that […]

A former boss of Amazon Games has detailed why the company couldn’t compete with Valve’s Steam platform for PC sales. Ethan Evans was VP of Prime Gaming at Amazon until September 2020, and in a recent post on LinkedIn he detailed how Amazon “failed multiple times to disrupt the game platform Steam”. “We were at […]

The pace of PS5 Pro US sales has “fallen behind” that of the PS4 Pro. That’s according to games industry analyst Mat Piscatella, who used Circana data to conclude that whilst the PS5 Pro enjoyed a solid start, January 2025’s hardware spend in the US was 45 percent lower when compared to the same period […]

Good news, ghost-hunting fans – Phasmophobia’s genre-defining voice recognition feature is coming to consoles. Although PC players have long been able to experience the horror game with the added stress of voice recognition, the October console release shipped initially without the feature. Watch Aoife, Ian, and Zoe tackle the recent update in Phasmophobia together.Watch on […]

21st February Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve been playing this week. This week, Tom O chickens out of the Dead Space Remake because it made his baby gate scary, which is an odd thing to type; Tom Phillips reunites with […]

Marvels Rivals, which has been a huge success for publisher NetEase since its launch last year, reportedly almost didn’t make it to release. It’s claimed the company considered cancelling the project because its CEO objected to paying Disney for the use of its characters. That’s according to a new Bloomberg report detailing NetEase […]

Netflix has joined the Sifu film project, adapting Sloclap’s kung-fu roguelike for the big screen. The project was first revealed in 2022, with Story Kitchen producing – that’s the company behind other video game adaptations like the Sonic the Hedgehog films, the forthcoming Tomb Raider and Streets of Rage adaptations, and more. As Deadline has […]