Category: Gaming

A PS5 system update is due tomorrow that will finally add controller pairing across multiple devices. It means if you’re using your DualSense controller across more than one console – or for PC or mobile play, for instance – you will no longer need to pair it each time. This update was…

Alex Hernandez, the actor behind MindsEye protagonist Jacob Diaz, feared he may never work again following the game’s disastrous reception. Build A Rocket Boy’s game launched to major criticism due to its glitches and bugs, not to mention shallow gameplay. Yet with his face on the game’s cover art, Hernandez is intrinsically linked…

Ratatan, the spiritual successor to PSP rhythm platformer Patapon, releases this week in early access on PC. The game has been developed by veterans of Sony Japan Studio, known for both Patapon and LocoRoco among other games. In a livestream over the weekend, the developers revealed the launch timing as well as…

Legendary Weapons and items in Borderlands 4 are the key to successfully surviving your chaotic adventure around Kairos. In Borderlands 4, you can get Legendary Weapons and items through defeating main story or side mission bosses, in vending machines or through fishing (as well as other areas.) The catch? These are very rare drops, so…

Pokémon Legends Z-A is getting a DLC expansion post launch, dubbed Mega Dimension – and it features not one but two Mega Raichu evolutions. There’s very little to go on from the trailer – a seconds-long sizzle showing Hoopa opening a portal, followed by the two Raichu Megas, Mega Raichu X and Mega Raichu Y,…

Hello and welcome to the first in an almost certainly occassional series of features we’re tentatively calling The Big Question, in which, having failed to reach a decisive position on something we’ve been having fun chattering about in the office this week, we present it to you, the EG community, for further interrogation. Let me…

13th September 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, we’ve been banging our heads on Hollow Knight Silksong and trying to decide, for the most part, whether we love it or not. One moment we do, one moment…

Editor’s note: With the news that Nintendo is bringing back Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 for the Nintendo Switch 2 next month – and releasing a Super Mario Galaxy movie next year – we thought we’d resurface a lovely piece of retrospective writing on the original, from former Eurogamer Editor-in-Chief and Birdo superfan, Martin…

Nintendo has announced a rather unexpected Pokémon spin-off, Pokopia. Revealed during the 12th September Nintendo Direct, the new game is coming to Switch 2 in 2026 and is being developed by Koei Tecmo Games. In the game players are tasked with creating their own Pokémon paradise, with Ditto as the protagonist – albeit Ditto taking…

Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Past is getting the full remake treatment, as revealed at today’s Nintendo Direct stream. Unlike the HD-2D remakes of the original Dragon Quest trilogy previously released and revealed, Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined has a new hand-crafted 3D style that expands on the pixel art of the…

CD Projekt Red is still updating its sci-fi RPG Cyberpunk 2077, now releasing Patch 2.31 across PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Mac, and Switch 2. The patch updates AutoDrive so vehicles drive smoothly, overtake blocking vehicles, and won’t stop at traffic lights. There’s also an adjustment to Photo Mode so that poses work…

When developer and Itch Queer Games Bundle co-founder Taylor McCue awoke one morning in late July it was to panic online. Overnight and without warning, indie-focused storefront itch.io had indiscriminately de-indexed all titles tagged as NSFW from its browse and search pages, regardless of content or nature. Suddenly, thousands of games were far harder to…

Summer might be coming to an end, but The Sims 4 isn’t quite done holidaying yet. Its new getaway themed Adventure Awaits expansion arrives for all platforms on 2nd October, and ahead of its release EA has shared a first gameplay trailer, providing a better idea of what’s in store. A major new…

Mega Malamar has been announced for Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Eurogamer couldn’t be happier to see its favourite Pokémon get a glow up. Mega Evolution refers to when a Pokémon undergoes a temporary transformation to increase its power and alter its appearance. In the case of Malamar, its head tentacles have twisted together to resemble…

Nintendo’s lawsuit against accessory manufacturer Genki, which earlier this year debuted a mock-up Switch 2 unit before the console had actually been officially unveiled, has come to an end. Back in May, Nintendo filed a copyright claim against Genki, when it accused the manufacturer of “capitalising” on demand for Switch 2 news and giving “contradictory…

Japanese racehorse Haru Urara, who inspired a character of the same name in popular gacha game Umamusume: Pretty Derby, has passed away. Haru Urara was 29 when she passed. In human years, she would have been around 90 years of age. According to Japanese outlet Friday Digital, the cause of Haru Urara’s death was colic….

Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves has said he would love to reprise the role of Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2. Reeves spoke to IGN while promoting his new film Good Fortune, in which he plays an angel, fittingly. Apparently it’s funny. When asked by IGN whether he’d like to be in CD Projekt Red’s new Cyberpunk…

The second season of The Last of Us, which comprised seven episodes, has won its first Emmy. At this weekend’s Creative Arts Emmys, The Last of Us took home the award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series for the second season’s second episode, known as Through the Valley. To see this…

Bethesda has hidden a secret message in a social media post ostensibly marking Starfield’s second anniversary. It’s only 12 seconds long, and starts pretty much as you’d expect, but halfway through the video teaser, the music and visuals are interrupted, the black/blue palette is replaced by yellow and brown, and we see snippets of black…

Back in 1993, a little-known game called Doom came out. It wasn’t the first game to offer shooting in first-person, but it did popularise the genre. The games that followed became known as Doom-clones (often because they used the same engine), and it wasn’t until the likes of GoldenEye, Half-Life, Halo, and more developed the…

Amazon’s God of War TV series will commence filming in March 2026. That’s according to Nexuspointnews, which reports the filming of the series – which will follow Kratos’ “dangerous journey with his estranged son” to fulfil his wife’s dying wishes and “spread [her] ashes from the highest peak” – is finally slated to kick off…

82 per cent of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s Steam reviews may be positive, but it seems the adoration hasn’t been universal, with hundreds of Chinese-speaking players slamming Team Cherry for issues with the sequel’s translations. It’s been such a problem, in fact, that even though Silksong’s reviews are chiefly either Very or Overwhelming Positive when you…

Roblox is investing heavily in AI to assist users with game development, while also increasing the amount of money they can earn. The news comes as part of the Roblox Developers Conference, where the platform also unveiled its new TikTok-style Moments feed of short-form videos taken directly from Roblox games. Roblox now boasts an average…

Silksong is real. It’s finally here. I’ve played about seven hours of it already. Whether it’s exploring the first few screens of the world and happening upon Bone Bottom or plucking away at the first real test of a fight against Lace, the game uses the same formula as Hollow Knight and wields it to…

Two years on from FM25’s initial announce, we finally have our first proper look at actual gameplay from Football Manager 26, the game that supplanted it after FM25’s troubled and ultimately cancelled development. It’s only a brief tease for now: a one minute, 12 second trailer focusing on footage from the new match…

Daily Silksong News, a YouTube channel and Discord server that has been posting constant updates on Team Cherry’s action adventure game Hollow Knight: Silksong, has said farewell after 1694 days of uploads. The final video, which premiered as Hollow Knight: Silksong became available for sale and titled The End, the video featured a stop-motion skit…

When IO Interactive first announced it was uptaking work on what was then known as ‘Project 007’, the internet collectively cheered. There was one practically unanimous reaction: this is a match made in heaven. I agree – it really is. Except it isn’t. Except it is. Such is the strange, fluid nature of the Bond…

We’ve all heard the No Man’s Sky story by now: controversial launch followed by, as commenters often put it, the greatest redemption arc in the history of gaming. Somewhat remarkably, developer Hello Games’ exploratory space sim has now received almost forty major updates since its launch in 2016, all helping No Man’s Sky turn…

Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki Yoshida has asked players to stop sending harsh, non-constructive criticism to developers as it can be demoralising. Yoshida discussed the topic of dealing with feedback at a panel during PAX West last week. The MMORPG’s community is known for being particularly vocal, while Yoshida himself is in frequent…

The Cyberpunk 2077 team is teasing something for this Thursday, 4th September. A rather mysterious post has popped up on social media from President Rosalind Myers (that is to say, Cyberpunk 2077’s president of the New United States of America and former CEO of Militech). “Our great nation is once again facing a mounting cybersecurity…

Everwild’s executive producer has a new role at Xbox, following the cancellation of Rare’s long-in-development project. Amidst layoffs at Microsoft in July, Rare’s fantasy adventure Everwild was cancelled and a number of employees at the British studio lost their jobs. Now, as reported by VGC, the game’s executive producer Louise O’Connor has…

Overwatch 2 has “enacted” over 23,000 “actions” against cheaters after rolling out a new system to find and detect players who use mouse and keyboard in console lobbies, a practice known as ximming. While “enacted” doesn’t necessarily mean all 23,000 accounts were banned outright, Blizzard says that brings the overall total of banned accounts to…

The Mortal Kombat 2 movie was set to hit cinemas on October 24th, but it has now been delayed by several months to May 15th, 2026. According to Deadline, test screenings have been “strong”, but a busy October schedule is likely behind the decision to push back the release date to a more favourable mid-year…

Just months after revealing there’d be no more Stardew Valley updates until Haunted Chocolatier released, creator Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has confirmed that another update is coming to the fan-favourite farming sim. Addressing fans at the Stardew Valley Symphony of Seasons concert in Seattle, Barone himself took to the stage and revealed a “secret” to the…

30th August 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, Victoria searches for cats in Paris, Dom practises for Silksong on Shinobi, Ed enjoys the Rogue Prince of Persia, Marie calms herself by building ramen houses, Matt makes a…

Those of you looking to jump back into the platforming world of Playtonic’s Yooka-Laylee thanks to the spruced up version known as Yooka-Replaylee, I have good news. You don’t have much longer to wait. Yooka-Replaylee will be released across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch 2 on 9th October. It will retail…

Have you heard of a game called Hollow Knight Silksong? Silly question – the chances are you heard little else during Gamescom week. This near fabled sequel finally got a release date after several long years of development, and large parts of our gaming world erupted in response. The Gamescom queues to play Silksong were…

For those of you who enjoyed Elden Ring’s co-op spin-off Nightreign on release but now think meh, this is too easy, well buckle up buttercup. Bandai Namco and FromSoftware have announced a high-difficulty mode. It’s known as Deep of Night and it’s intended for seasoned players who have navigated through the Night many times, which…

Bioshock creator Ken Levine has stepped out from the shadows to remind the world about his next project Judas, the first-person action adventure game from Ghost Story Games, through a new dev blog. This post revealed a new feature called Villainy – a player-choice driven system that modifies who’ll become an antagonist throughout the game….

People say competition is a good thing, and in the world of video games it’s a phrase that history has proven correct over, and over, and over again. This has happened once more with Call of Duty, which has done a mighty U-turn in regard to its approach to paid cosmetics in the upcoming Call…

All of us who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s have had a decent amount of time to ponder what it is that really makes the video game ninja such a special thing. It’s the hard strikes and the proximity to magic, sure, but it’s also something else. A ninja moves with a particular…

Let’s kick off with a confession: I never really rated 2003’s Kirby Air Ride. I’m well aware that some regard it as a GameCube classic, but I’m not one of them. When a sequel, Kirby Air Riders, closed out the big Switch 2 blow-out Nintendo Direct, my reaction was rather apathetic. A sequel to that…

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot will appear in court in October in relation to the sexual harassment allegations that emerged back in 2020 against a number of employees. Back in June, three former senior Ubisoft employees received suspended prison sentences and fines after being found guilty of harassment. All three employees left the company…

Plenty of Left 4 Dead-style co-op hoard shooters have come and gone throughout the years. This includes the quickly forgotten spiritual successor to the Left 4 Dead series, Back 4 Blood and Remedy’s recently released attempt, FBC Firebreak. Remember FBC Firebreak? Anyone? Anyone? That one might still find an audience after planned updates, but it’s…

Silent Hill series producer Motoi Okamoto has called comparisons of the upcoming Silent Hill f to soulslike games “disingenuous”, insisting “a lot of these things we actually pulled from classic Silent Hill titles”. The comment comes as more and more footage emerges in the run-up to 25th September’s launch day. And while we already knew…

People are getting ready for Hollow Knight: Silksong in the very best way possible – by replaying the original, Hollow Knight, in record numbers. Ever since Silksong’s 4th September release date was confirmed at Gamescom last week, more and more people have been heading back into Dirtmouth, so much so that Team Cherry’s critically-acclaimed game…

23rd August 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, our away team returns from Gamescom and our home team recovers from Gamescom. What a week! Have you had your head turned by anything? More importantly, what have you…

Bungie CEO Pete Parsons has stepped down from his position after over two decades at the studio. Parsons has been much-criticised by fans and employees alike in recent years, in particular following multiple rounds of layoffs at the studio. In a public statement, Parsons said he’s “decided to pass the torch” – an ironic use…

The creator of Stardew Valley – Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone – has revealed he’s never made any money directly from in-game crossovers. Instead, Barone agreed to implement these updates because he’s a fan of the games, or thought players would like them. Barone shared a statement on X (formerly Twitter) soon after the announcement of a…

In case you hadn’t heard the many summon circle participants crying out in joy that their prayers had finally been answered, or the klaxons sounding far and wide, let me tell you the good news – Silksong has a release date! The much anticipated Hollow Knight follow up is set to release across Switch consoles,…

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond has received its official ESRB rating, sparking hope that release date news is on the way soon. Now updated on the US eShop, Metroid Prime 4 has received a Teen rating, with animated blood and violence. In the UK, it has a provisional PEGI 12. These ratings are the same as…

Path of Exile 2 developer Grinding Gear Games had previously and optimistically said a 1.0 full release might happen this year. GGG gave it a 65 percent chance of happening when I spoke with the studio in March. But those ambitions have now been ruled out. Speaking after a presentation for the incoming Third Edict…

Way back in 2016, I downloaded and played the first Nioh public alpha. Team Ninja, the veteran action game developers behind Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive, working on a game that took inspiration from Dark Souls, was too much of a perfect idea to ignore. Within 10 minutes of playing that alpha – which…

It’s Gamescom Opening Night Live time, and that means Geoff Keighley’s back and ready to dish out loads of gaming news and information. As part of the presentation, Keighley and the crew behind Opening Night Live took to the stage with brand-new trailers, announcements, reveals, and more, kicking off this year’s Gamescom event in Germany….

Hollow Knight: Silksong looks increasingly likely to be shown off in some form this evening at Gamescom Opening Night Live. Show host and producer Geoff Keighley tweeted a selfie while wearing a red nose, heavily pointing towards the game showing up at ONL tonight. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings…

Movement, meaning and mindfulness combine in Giant Squid’s latest, a game of free-form expression and flow. What do we actually mean, when we call a game rewarding? I reckon typically it’s one of two things. First you have games that reward you for playing them well: rewards are given in return for achievement or superlative…

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have released a brand new trailer for the upcoming Pokémon Legends: Z-A, plus detailed how the new Link Battles work. As the trailer below shows, the Z-A Battle Club is welcoming new entrants to take part in its four-player battles, with the goal being to defeat as many of your…

In news unlikely to surprise you, modders have already rolled back the “downgraded game experience” introduced with Wuchang: Fallen Feathers’ latest patch, 1.5, for PC players. While the Steam rating was already ‘mixed’, players have wasted no time sharing their dismay, complaining in Steam reviews that the developers “sacrificed the original game’s vision to appeal…

Most of us don’t decide our lifelong-career when we’re nine years old – but then again, most of us aren’t Tony Hawk. Born in San Diego, California in 1968, an elementary school age Tony was first drawn to skating while watching his 21-year-old brother. “I was nine years old and my older brother was skating…

Animal rights campaign group PETA is calling on Nintendo to remove Mario Kart World’s Cow’s nose ring. In a statement, PETA said no real-world cow would sport Cow’s “goofy grin” if they were forced to wear a ring, “a tool of cruelty that causes lasting pain and discomfort”, and wrote to Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa…

It’s been 22 years since the last home console F-Zero game (not counting the handheld spin-offs and 2023’s F-Zero 99), but with the launch of Nintendo’s Switch 2 we finally got a chance to revisit the GameCube’s outstanding F-Zero GX. Despite some wonky controls, it’s a game that still stands up today. No wonder Nintendo…

When you think of skateboarding games, what is the first thing you think of? For me, it’s the music – whether it was being introduced to the impeccable drum work of Josh Freese in The Vandals’ Euro-Barge on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1, trying to get my voice as high as 3 Inches of Blood’s…

If you simply can’t get enough authentic firefighting video games, publisher Aerosoft has got some great news: Emergency Call 112 – The Firefighting Simulation 3 is coming to PC, PS5, and Xbox Series consoles, and is in development at crenetic. The PC version is set to arrive first, initially in Early Access, with Aerosoft saying…

Everyone loves Vampire Survivors, the budget-priced, super moreish bullet-hell game from Poncle. The game has seen various updates and expansions since its initial release in December 2021, and now the game is shedding its digital clothes and heading into the real world thanks to a board game. Details on Vampire Survivors: The Board Game are…

Sony has announced the line-up of games coming to the PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue this August. Available to PS Plus Extra and Premium members, these new additions include Mortal Kombat 1, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Sword of the Sea, Earth Defense Force 6, and Unicorn Overlord. Sword of the Sea launches day one into the PlayStation Plus…

The Switch 2 hasn’t been flush with new releases, I think it’s fair to say, but Nintendo has offered up a nice lot of games in its Nintendo Classics games portal. The next GameCube game to arrive has been revealed, and it’s the wonderful Chibi-Robo! Classic GameCube games are an exclusive feature of the Nintendo…

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers has today received a new patch on PC, offering improved performance and much-needed balance adjustments to tweak some of its infuriatingly cheap difficulty. As a result, the rougher edges of the Soulslike are being smoothed out, allowing the more unique elements of the game to shine through. Initially, Wuchang didn’t sit well…

The head of Riot Games’ anti-cheat team Phillip Koskinas has confirmed why you can’t have Battlefield 6 and Valorant running at the same time. Yes, it involves a clash between EA’s Javalin anti-cheat and Riot’s Vanguard anti-cheat. Posting on X (formerly Twitter), Koskinas wrote: “Vanguard is compatible with Javelin, and you don’t need to uninstall…

ASUS’ Xbox-branded ROG Ally – perhaps the closest we’ll get to an official Xbox gaming handheld anytime soon, if recent reports are true – launches this October, says a reliable leaker. Specifically, it’s claimed ASUS is targeting a 16th October European release date for the Xbox ROG Ally and its beefier-specced sibling, the…

Powerwash Simulator 2 Developer: FuturLab Publisher: FuturLab Platform: Played on PC Availability: Out 2025 on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox I’ve got quite into rug cleaning videos recently. You may have seen them on YouTube and TikTok: the most horrendously filthy, black, infested rugs are sloshed with an inordinate amount of water and soap, and scrubbed with…

After celebrating the launch of its digital library earlier this year, the preservation-focused Video Game History Foundation has expanded its publicly available collection with the full run of Computer Entertainer, described as “one of the first American video game magazines”. Computer Entertainer might not be an immediately recognisable name this side of the…

Microsoft has announced the first batch of games coming to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service this August. Below are all the new games coming to Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game Pass Standard in the coming weeks. Available now: Rain World (Cloud, Console, and PC), via Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass, Game…

RTA, Japan’s biggest charity speedrunning event, has confirmed there’ll be no Nintendo games present at this year’s show due to Nintendo’s strict rules around the use of its products. This year’s RTA in Japan marathon runs from 9th-15th August, and promises dozen of speedruns throughout the week, with all proceeds going to Doctors…

It turns out there’s more to Microsoft’s 40th birthday celebrations for beloved UK studio Rare than just an ugly controller. Xbox has now outlined its full anniversary plans, which include an Evercade cartridge collection, a four-disc vinyl soundtrack, Sea of Thieves bits, and more. These days, Rare is best known for Sea of…

As Steam and Itch.io continued to grapple with recent pressure by payment processors to withdraw NSFW games from their platforms, Mastercard has moved to distance itself from the ensuing censorship controversy, insisting it has not “required restrictions of any” game. But Valve says otherwise, pointing to a Mastercard rule saying the company can refuse…

The Silent Hill fandom is seemingly split once again, this time over Silent Hill f’s “soulslike” combat. As more and more teasers and footage pop up online in the run-up to 25th September’s launch day, fans are getting stuck into all the new gameplay. But while we already knew the combat would have a “heavier…

Cloud Chamber, the studio tasked with reviving the decade-dormant BioShock series, has reportedly failed an internal review with 2K Games execs, resulting in a leadership shakeup. Anonymous sources speaking to Bloomberg said it was the game’s narrative, in particular, that apparently failed to impress, and was “identified as an area in need of improvement [that]…

Nintendo has warned Switch owners in Japan not to let their consoles get too hot or too cold. Spurred by the high temperatures in some parts of Japan, Nintendo posted a statement to Japanese social media informing players that by playing in “high-temperature environments”, the device’s temperature, too, may rise, potentially causing “malfunctions”. Nintendo Switch…

Battlefield 6 fans won’t have to worry about a deluge of out-of-place cosmetics and crossover skins, according to head of Respawn and Battlefield Studios Vince Zampelli and general manager Byron Beede. Speaking to Eurogamer, Zampelli discussed the importance of sticking to the core visual identity of Battlefield as far as cosmetics are concerned. “I think…

Nintendo is changing the price of its original Switch console – including its OLED and Lite models, as well as “select” accessories – in the US later this week. Price changes will come into effect on 3rd August, the company announced today, citing “market conditions”. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie…

For all the talk of taking Battlefield back to its roots, Battlefield 6’s multiplayer is actually pretty bold. Typically the formula has been instantly recognisable to FPS fans: bombastic action, giant team sizes, and a polyamorous partnership between boots-on-the-ground, vehicular, and aerial warfare. But while the moment-to-moment is as fun as it ever was –…

According to Battlefield 6 head Vince Zempella, the upcoming military FPS will not be coming to the Switch 2. Sorry, Nintendo fans. In an interview with Eurogamer, Zempella confirmed that EA “doesn’t currently” have plans to bring the game to the Switch 2, and that Battlefield Studios is currently focused on PC, PlayStation and Xbox….

Apex Legends has announced Showdown, the 26th season of Respawn’s Battle Royale, which introduces a brand new permanent game mode called Wildcard, a new progression system and more quality of life updates. Additionally, Caustic and Bangalore get some love and Elite weapons join the game. There are also a couple of ranked updates on the…

Have you ever gone on a nice hike with your friends, but then suddenly oh no! The climb is tougher than you expected. You must work together to make it to the summit, but now your tummy is rumbling and you don’t have enough food. You turn to your friend, who once looked just like…

Those keen to get their hands on Xbox’s recently announced handheld consoles ROG Ally and Ally X may be able to preorder the devices as of next month. According to the ever reliable Dealabs, preorders will go live on 20th August. That’s the day Gamescom kicks off, with the convention in Cologne running between 20th…

Sony has announced the three monthly games coming to PS Plus in August, available for Premium, Extra, and Essential subscribers. The three games, available from 5th August, are: Lies of P (PS4, PS5) Day Z (PS4) My Hero One’s Justice 2 (PS4) Lies of P is absolutely the biggest draw here, the popular Pinocchio-inspired soulslike…

Laura Bailey, who portrayed Abby in Part 2, has called Kaitlyn Dever “phenomenal” following The Last of Us’ second season. The Last of Us Part 2 (the game) initially released back in 2020, and Bailey went on to win the Best Performance accolade at the Game Awards for her portrayal of Abby. Now, another actress…

It doesn’t sound like Bob Odenkirk wants to play nicely with Nintendo’s moustachioed Jack of all trades Mario. Speaking with Eurogamer’s sister site IGN at San Diego Comic-Con, Odenkirk said that he would, err, “kill” Mario, which sounds quite extreme. Mario Party Switch 2 May Be Fun, but Is It Just an Overpriced Gimmick? Watch…

Team Fortress 2’s summer update is here, ushering in “major changes”, including 10 new community-created maps, the summer 2025 Cosmetic Case – which contains 23 new community-contributed items – four new community-contributed taunts, and 14 new – say it with me – community-created Unusual effects. All cosmetic and taunt cases will grant summer 2025 Unusual…

Surprise! A new Friday the 13th-themed video game is on the way. As spotted by BloodyDisgusting, Horror Inc.’s Robbie Barsamian revealed that not only was a new movie on the cards, but a game – this one a prequel – was also in development. When I say Barsamian gave us nothing else, I do mean…

Former DreadXP and Critical Reflex alum Ted Hentschke has teamed up with Jakub Bałuszek-Sobolewski to form Black Lantern Collective, a new publisher dedicated to horror games. Described as an “all-new indie publisher leveraging the passion and expertise for established horror savants to bring a curated collection of chills, thrills, and unease to the freaky masses”,…

Krafton has acquired 100 percent of Last Epoch developer, Eleventh Hour Games. Krafton said it was a “strategic acquisition” that aims to expand the global player base, bolster live service capabilities, and demonstrate commitment to the action RPG genre, but stressed “the team behind Last Epoch will continue to work on the game, scale development…

Today, the UK’s new Online Safety Act comes into effect, with the aim of making the internet safer – especially for children. It will apply to all “search services” and services that allow users to interact with one another, including social media, video-sharing platforms, and of course – video games. While it’s a UK law,…

Cyberpunk 2077 is a massive game – and now it’s finally out on Mac. Nearly five years on from its original release, CD Projekt Red has delivered a version of the RPG epic for Apple Silicon Mac computers, promising ray tracing support and advanced MetalFX features. So how does the sci-fi adventure hold up on…

2XKO developers at Riot Games have confirmed that the upcoming 2v2 fighting game will have a cool feature in its closed beta that should allow for a wave of competitive tournaments to flourish before its full release. This feature is offline play, confirmed by executive producer Tom Cannon on the 2XKO Discord. Now that may…

Forget eight inches of Shadow the Hedgehog; forget 22 inches of Solid Snake (until you’re alone at least), and behold the terrifying majesty of Grounded 2’s 10-foot ant plushie/gaming chair hybrid, which Microsoft is currently giving away to promote its upcoming sequel. Grounded 2 is, of course, the follow-up to Obsidian Entertainment’s well-received…

The Outer Worlds 2, the upcoming sci-fi FPS by Obsidian Entertainment will now be sold at $70 dollars, rather than the planned $80. This follows a statement by Microsoft confirming the U-turn earlier today. Those who have already purchased the game at the $80 price point on Steam will have the purchase refunded and re-bought…

Fresh Battlefield 6 details have emerged from a reliable leaker ahead of its big trailer reveal tomorrow, including word the latest instalment of EA’s beleaguered shooter series is eyeing up an October release date and an €80 price tag on consoles. That’s according to Dealabs’ consistently reliable Billbil-kun, whose sources claim Battlefield 6’s…

Familiarity stalks you at every turn in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, a competent, cool and pretty soulslike with a nice twist on death but few true surprises. Comfort meals. Everyone has a go-to dish they eat when they just need a shot of nostalgia or the proverbial warm hug – a bowl of soup, say, or…

As of next year, the Pokémon series will have been around for 30 years. As Nintendo and The Pokémon Company begin to transition to properly adult care of this venerated franchise, one thing is becoming abundantly clear: Pokémon still appeals to audiences of all ages. Some fans (like yours truly) have been attached to the…

It’s been five years since artist Alexander “Red888guns” Berezin’s efforts to reimagine the grim world of Fallout as a 3D Doom-style shooter had us wondering what a more substantial version of their vision might look like. And finally we have an answer thanks to a newly shared, and stunningly atmospheric, Fallout: Bakersfield trailer. …

Today is clearly the day Atari and Namco have sealed their reunion with pursed lips and probing tongues. Following the announcement of a new Namco-themed expansion for the excellent Atari 50 interactive museum thing, the pair (along with third wheel Plaion) have cuddled up to unveil an extremely yellow Pac-Man edition of the Atari…

The director behind ICO and Shadow of the Colossus believes the days of creating new and innovative gameplay mechanics “has already passed”. In an interview with To a T and Karamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi earlier this year, Fumito Ueda praised To a T, commending Takahashi for “not relying on unique gameplay mechanics”. Talking to…

Microsoft is no longer selling or renting movies and TV shows. The change came about abruptly earlier this week, with a FAQ update on both the Xbox and Windows pages confirming that as of 18th July, “Microsoft has stopped selling new movie and TV content”. “Existing customers can continue to access their previously purchased content…

It’s officially Warframe weekend, what with developer Digital Extreme’s tenth TennoCon live event now here, and it’s brought plenty of news about exciting things to come. Including, it turns out, a native Switch 2 version of the free-to-play sci-fi shooter – just as soon as Digital Extremes can get a developer kit from Nintendo,…

As you’re likely aware, we’re living in a sort of live service hell. Hell for gamers as the desperate claws of releases new and old clutch at what little spare time and money they have. It’s hell too for the developers, who pour their time and passion into a game hoping that it has a…

Sucker Punch’s upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive Ghost of Yōtei is getting its own official popcorn bucket, but it’s proven so popular it has already sold out online. The bucket itself was available to pre-order from AlamoMart, and is shaped like a traditional Japanese rice basket. It was released for pre-order to coincide with Alamo Drafthouse’s…

Remedy has announced the content and update plan for its three-player co-op Control spinoff, FBC: Firebreak. “It has been approximately four weeks since we launched FBC: Firebreak. During that time, we have released four patches that improve the game and partly address your feedback. Now that the game is live, our community plays a big…

The grey, uncomfortably moist British summer is finally here and Epic is celebrating the occasion – well, the season – with the launch of its Epic Store Summer Sale. But there’s more, seeing as Thursday also marks a fresh batch of new freebies, which this week includes Civilisation 6. Starting with those freebies,…

Following yesterday’s cheeky teaser trailer, the Mortal Kombat 2 movie’s ready for its full reveal, with two-and-a-half minutes of silliness, a little bit of splatter, and plenty of Johnny Cage. A follow-up to 2021’s mildly diverting live-action Mortal Kombat movie was announced all the way back in January 2021, with Jeremy Slater –…

Valve has introduced new – and worryingly vague – guidelines aimed at the adult-only game development community, forbidding content that may “violate the rules and standards” set by credit card companies, internet network providers, and more. It’s not precisely clear when Valve introduced this latest rule stipulating what developers “shouldn’t publish on Steam”,…

EA Sports FC 26’s hype machine has officially been switched to its ‘on’ position, with a first trailer – featuring a smattering of gameplay from this year’s iteration – and plenty of promises around “innovations powered by community feedback”. That’s alongside confirmation of a 26th September launch on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, and PC. …

Santa Ragione – the acclaimed indie studio and publisher behind the likes of Saturnalia, Mirror Moon EP, and Mediterranea Inferno – has accused Apple of yanking one of its titles from the App Store without “clear justification”. In a statement provided to Eurogamer, Santa Ragione co-founder and director Pietro Righi Riva revealed the…

Destiny 2: Edge of Fate launches later today, but thanks to the opportunity to pre-load the expansion ahead of time, players have been able to hop into the title screen. It’s there that longtime Destiny fans were welcomed with a blast from the past. This nostalgia bomb comes courtesy of a music track that plays…

If you were previously excited about the impending arrival of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War’s Definitive Edition release, there are now two additional reasons to be excited. Firstly, it’s out very soon on the newly announced date of 14th August, and secondly, there’s a nice chunky discount if you own the Anniversary edition of…

If you’re eager to know what’s new in EA Sports FC 26, your day is almost here; EA is giving its latest football iteration the full reveal treatment later this week. And it’s also unveiled this year’s Ultimate Edition cover star, so you got something to look at while you wait. More specifically,…

Ken Levine has revealed his upcoming game, Judas, will be an “old-school” and “traditional” single-player adventure. It’s been 11 years since BioShock Infinite, and on the surface, Judas seems to be a BioShock game in all but name, with gunplay and elemental powers in an offbeat alternate universe setting. And while that is essentially what…

Summer Games Done Quick 2025 has closed, raising $2,436,614 – £1.8m – for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. Thousands of people stopped by the week-long event held in Minnesota, with “many more” watching via the charity’s Twitch channel as participants took on some of the most popular speedruns including Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Balatro, Super…

IO Interactive has confirmed it is “addressing” Hitman: World of Assassination issues on Nintendo Switch 2. While no specific time scales were provided for when players can expect an improvement to the Switch 2 launch title, the team is reportedly “working on some of those performance issues right now” and continue to do so “over…

Resident Evil Survival Unit was only unveiled last week, but already franchise owner Capcom is pulling back the curtain to give us our first look at the mobile strategy game. Survival Unit is being co-developed by Aniplex Inc and Joycity Corporation, with Capcom working in “close collaboration” with the studios to “ensure authenticity and quality”….

Ghost Town – the spooky, 80s-set VR puzzle-adventure from the studio behind the acclaimed The Room series – is a genuine treat, and one that’s poised to shake off its former Meta Quest exclusivity very soon. Developer Fireproof Games has announced Ghost Town’s paranormal delights will be available on PC via Steam VR from…

RimWorld is boldly going where no acclaimed sci-fi colony sim with a weird cannibalism obsession has gone before: up a bit. RimWorld is leaving the ground behind and heading into space for the first time in its new paid Odyssey expansion, which launches today on PC. Core to Odyssey’s heft of new stuff…

Ghost of Tsushima’s gorgeous PlayStation 5 sequel Ghost of Yōtei is inching ever-closer to release, and ahead of its October arrival, developer Sucker Punch has shared its best look yet at what the revenge-soaked open-world action-adventure will bring – including, it turns out, a lo-fi beats mode for a more soothing saunter through Ezo. …

WipEout is one of the original PlayStation’s most important games released during the launch period – its style, speed and challenge made a strong statement against the competition. The game received many sequels over the years including three installments on PlayStation and ports to other platforms – but now, WipEout is available to buy on…

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered team has released a new patch, with those who are part of the Steam Beta getting first dibs. This patch, known as update 1.2, addresses a number of fixes for areas such as quests, gameplay, and performance. It also adds the ability to customise your difficulty settings even further…

July is here in a waft of warmth (your meteorological mileage may vary), meaning a fresh batch of games has arrived for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers. And it’s a pretty exciting month, with CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk 2077 making its service debut, alongside the likes of Planet Zoo and Life is Strange studio…

Activision has pulled the PC Game Pass version of Call of Duty: WW2 offline while it investigates an unspecified “issue” some reports claim is a remote code execution exploit that’s left some players grappling with app pop-ups, PC shut downs, and even screens full of pornography. Call of Duty: WW2 made its PC…

I’ll never forget CES 2017. The year before I started at Digital Foundry, Razer stole the show with a triple-screen gaming laptop prototype called Project Valerie. Eight years on, I’m using a similar setup to spearhead Eurogamer’s deals coverage for Prime Day, and it’s every bit as fun and functional as I’d hoped back then….

Apple is appealing the €500m (£429m) fine it received from the European Union in April over the restrictions it places on app developers wishing to use alternative purchase methods, insisting the punitive measure is “far beyond what the law requires”. The European Union hit Apple with the fine after accusing the company of…

The Pokémon Go team has shared a new piece of artwork for the mobile game’s 9th anniversary, hinting that a few familiar faces may be joining very soon. This artwork reveals Paradox Pokémon – which first appeared in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet – could well be heading to Pokémon Go. Paradox Pokémon are a special…

5th July 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 puts his feet up and ponders the effect our changing mindsets have on the games we play; Ed finally gets Death Stranding, and finds himself falling for it;…

Games have a singular power that I don’t believe any other medium has. Try this: has the meaning of a screenshot ever changed for you the longer you played a game? Have you ever experienced the feeling of looking at a screenshot early on and not understanding it, and then, many hours later, looking again…

Audiophile headphones don’t have to be super-expensive, as Meze proved with the 99 Neos we reviewed last year. Now the 99 Classics are here, offering a step up in materials – walnut earcups and a spring steel frame – and a subtly different sound signature in exchange for a higher £269/$309 price. The walnut earcups…

Hello! All this week, as you might have noticed, Eurogamer has been celebrating Pride with another series of features exploring the intersection of queer culture and gaming. As ever, it’s been a pleasure and a privilege to have so many wonderful people share their stories on the site – a massive thanks to Keza…

It’s usually the dogs. Every Souls player knows how infuriating they can be as enemies, leaping from behind corners, gnashing their jaws, surprising players before swiftly removing a decent chunk of their health. If you’ve played Bloodborne, you’ll know what I mean. That comparison is how I started a preview of Lies of P before…

It’s been a devastating week for the games industry as hundreds of employees have lost their jobs at Xbox as a result of a round of layoffs across parent company, Microsoft – layoffs that have totaled in excess of 9000. It’s been a depressingly regular story in the video games industry over the past few…

Mario Kart World will be featured at Summer Games Done Quick 2025. Games Done Quick, for those unaware, is a series of charity video game marathons, which promise “high-level gameplay” from those with a lot more skill and patience than I have. Summer Games Done Quick 2025 will run from 6th – 13th July, with…

Sega president and CEO of Sega America and Europe Shuji Utsumi has admitted live-service games are the company’s biggest challenge. Live-service games dominate playtime, but at present Sega does not have a competitive offering in this space. In an interview with The Game Business, Utsumi stated: “One of the biggest challenges is the GaaS [Games…

Soon, the fairies will be upon us thanks to The Sims 4’s imminent Enchanted by Nature expansion. But before all that, EA has laid the foundations for its impending pixie dust explosion with a free content update – introducing the likes of glass walls and rooftop plants – that’s available to download and muck…

Mecha Break is out at last and its initial reception on Steam has been strong. The game has shot past 132,000 concurrent users as of writing, which isn’t too shabby by any means. However, while plenty of people are playing it, initial reviews are mixed. The reason is thanks to one thing: Microtransactions. Hordes of…

As I leave my little granite box of power generators, fabricators, refineries, and a bookcase – my humble, frequently extended base-for-one in Dune: Awakening – I reflect on the ritual I perform. Check that my equipment has enough durability left, fill a literjon with water, pack a stilltent. I clamber up a sheer rock face,…

July and the sizzle of summer are finally upon us. And as ever, a new calendar month means a fresh batch of Xbox Game Pass titles, which this time include the likes of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Little Nightmares 2. Microsoft has so far…

Nintendo has suggested it’s preparing to raise prices across a significant number of Switch products in Canada – including consoles, games, and even Nintendo Switch Online memberships – blaming what it calls “market conditions”. More specifically, Nintendo has said pricing for the Switch family of systems and products in Canada will “change” due…

Capcom has released an update for Monster Hunter: Wilds which has fixed a shader compilation problem on PC, causing high CPU loads and horrendous performance issues. The title 2 update, which is out now, alters the game so shader compilation occurs upon the game’s initial launch, rather than during gameplay. It’ll take some time, but…

The developer behind A Short Hike has shelved development on an RPG but is releasing it as a demo, allowing players to enjoy it nonetheless. Adam “adamgryu” Robinson-Yu started Untitled Paper RPG back in 2016, saying, “I was nostalgic for the old style of Paper Mario and thought – well, I make games, why not…

Players have hit out at The Alters developer 11 Bit Studios after AI prompts were discovered in both subtitles and flavour text in the game, intimating routine use of large language models (LLMs) without disclosure. Since January 2024, Valve has required games that use pre- or live-generated AI to divulge this as part of the…

Dave the Diver’s In the Jungle DLC has been delayed to 2026. We saw our first peek of In the Jungle at The Game Awards 2024. Described as a new story DLC for the underwater exploration/sushi restaurant management game, the brief teaser confirmed at the time that In the Jungle will launch at some point…

Oh look, more Battlefield leaks. Despite requiring participants to sign an NDA before they can get involved, players continued to share all manner of stuff last weekend, including clips of gameplay, factions, gear customisation options, its battle royale mode, and its single-player campaign. Today, it’s Rush mode. 18 minutes of it, to be precise. It…

Cast your mind back a year or so ago, and you might remember Helldivers 2 being in a bit of a funny old place. On the one hand, it was a huge critical and commercial success; on the other, it was being review bombed into oblivion thanks to Sony’s mandatory PSN nonsense. Eventually, all…

Betting sponsorships are being introduced into tier one Valorant and League of Legends esports, Riot Games has revealed. This announcement came in the form of a lengthy post by John Needham, head of publishing and esports at Riot Games. In it, Needham justifies the inclusion of sports betting as part of the company’s desire to…

Monster Hunter Wilds is not having a particularly good time of it over on Steam; thanks to ongoing performance issues and a perceived lack of meaningful content updates, players numbers are routinely dipping below those of the now seven-year-old Monster Hunter World, and recent reviews have tipped the game into Overwhelmingly Negative territory. Amid all…

Yesterday, Sony announced that PlayStation Plus is getting some big games to celebrate the service’s 15th birhtday. One of the big additions to the subscription service is Diablo 4. You can read our four star review of Blizzard’s latest take on the ARPG at the link if you’re keen to know more about the intricacy…

It’s a big year for Dying Light; the open-world zombie series is celebrating its tenth anniversary, and developer Techland is marking the occasion with a variety of projects. That includes a newly detailed audio and visual refresh for the series’ debut instalment, which arrives in a free update – titled Dying Light: Retouched –…

Palworld: Tides of Terraria is out now, an expansion blending the third-person survival game and the popular sandbox. Tides of Terraria adds fishing, salvaging, three new islands, missions, and the Pal Trust system to Palworld, the latter allowing you to build bonds with your gaggle of cute comrades. On top of all this, Terraria-themed enemies…

There’s some bad-ish news if you’ve been eagerly awaiting developer Nightdive’s System Shock 2 remaster on consoles. The studio has been forced to delay the remaster’s PlayStation 5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and Switch release, but – good-ish news time – only by a couple of weeks as it seeks to remedy…

Futuristic racer Fast Fusion will receive an update later this week, adding new tracks and a new rendering mode without upscaling. As Digital Foundry reported, the Switch 2 launch game actually renders at a low image resolution but uses the console’s DLSS equivalent to upscale the image. Put simply, the game has been criticised for…

Previously unseen concept art purportedly showing character designs from Warner Bros. Games Montreal’s cancelled Batman: Arkham Knight follow-up Project Sabbath has surfaced online, showing further glimpses of a beardy Bruce Wayne, Damian Wayne, and more. Whispers of Project Sabbath’s existence first emerged back in 2016, with Batman: Arkham Oranges developer Warner Bros. Games…

If you’re eager to devour any piece of Battlefield 6 news you can get your hands on, you’re likely feeling down now that Summer Game Fest season has come and gone without a single mention of the highly-anticipated shooter. Following the conclusion of a fairly controversial Battlefield Labs playtest that look place at the end…

Footage of the next Battlefield game is once again popping up online, this time of its single-player campaign. Despite requiring participants to sign an NDA before they can get involved, playtest players continue to find a way to share all manner of things, from clips of gameplay to factions, gear customisation options, and details of…

Hollywood producer, director, and screenwriter Adi Shankar has acquired the rights to Duke Nukem. Shankar – who developed both the Castlevania and Devil May Cry animated shows for Netflix – told Esquire he has “video games in production”, and has been approached with “different IPs and companies that want to work with [him]”, as well…

Sega is launching a new store in Tokyo, Japan: Sega Store Tokyo. Sega didn’t share any specifics when it announced the news on social media, but the new store is expected to open in Shibuya’s Parco department complex, near the official Capcom store, a Pokémon Center, and Nintendo Tokyo, too. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds – Official…

Splitgate 2 developer 1047 Games has laid off a “small group of valued staff”. In a statement posted to LinkedIn, the studio said that while it continues to “perfect” Splitgate 2, it was “redirecting resources to build the best game for our players”. It did not clarify just how many developers were impacted, but co-founders…

It’s already been a lengthy journey for developer Toby Fox’s Undertale follow-up Deltarune. The first of its seven planned chapters originally launched in 2018, and there are still three more to go – but we now know fans won’t have too long to wait until the saga continues. According to the most recently released…

Borderlands 4 will include an optional combat radar, following intense pleas from the community. In a lengthy social media thread by Randy Pitchford, the Gearbox CEO broke down the thought process behind the navigation and combat design in Borderlands 4, concluding the thread by revealing the team managed to add in a combat radar last…

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time – the sequel to developer Level 5’s 2012 Nintendo DS life sim and RPG thing – is getting a bunch of free DLC, which we already knew. What we weren’t previously aware of, however, is that its DLC will include an open-world roguelike mode. It’s…

Embracer Group has reduced its workforce by over 1800 people in the past year. The Swedish conglomerate today released its annual report (thanks Game Developer), detailing the internal headcount of each of its departments. By comparing with the previous annual report, we can estimate the workforce reduction over the past financial year. The company’s PC…

EA’s free-to-play Skate reboot is officially gearing up to launch into early access this “summer”, narrowing down its previous “2025” release window. But first, it’ll receive its “biggest playtest update” yet, which will be made available to all registered Insiders starting on 2nd July. This latest iteration of Skate was formally unveiled in…

Raised by Wolves creator Aaron Guzikowski is penning an animated film set in the world of Death Stranding. Last month, the game’s creator Hideo Kojima casually confirmed a Death Stranding anime was in the works, separate from the previously announced live-action film. Now, we have more details on the project, thanks to Deadline. The publication…

Just a day after its launch, the Gex Trilogy – which bundles together the cult-classic 90s platformer Gex and its two sequels – has officially been deemed a success. And publisher Limited Run Games is celebrating the occasion by reinstating a conspicuously absent audio feature that should please European series fans no end. …

What’s the most you’ve ever spent on a computer mouse? For the vast majority of people, the amount probably doesn’t exceed £20 – and even for PC gamers, the most popular mice tend to fit into that £20 to £40 window, like the £38 Logitech G502 or £18 Razer DeathAdder. Add on wireless, or high-end…

It’s now been five years since Ubisoft’s beleaguered Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake was originally revealed, and a little over a year since the publisher last popped up to remind us all the project was still alive. But here we are again, 12 months on, with another brief update, this time letting…

Nintendo has announced a Donkey Kong Bananza direct for later this week. It’ll be taking place on Wednesday, 18th June at 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm UK time. According to the official Nintendo App where it was announced, the Donkey Kong direct will last only 15 minutes. We’ve seen little bits of Donkey…

Industrious Switch fans have started compiling a fan-made list that tracks which Switch 1 games have seen an improvement – or a decline – in performance when running on their new Nintendo Switch 2 consoles. So far, over 350 games have been submitted and over 150 of them comprehensively categorised, recording what performance changes players…

Another day, another Red Dead rumour, but this one comes from John Marston himself – or, at least, the actor who brings him to life, Rob Wiethoff. In his latest Red Dead Redemption livestream, as spotted by F4D3broboi on Reddit, Wiethoff was very excited indeed about an upcoming announcement. And while he was coy about…

Nier: Automata producer Yosuke Saito and director Yoko Taro have denied that any of their character designs were restricted for Western audiences. As spotted by Automaton, the developers were compelled to comment after a mistranslated Japanese-to-English subtitle intimated Nier: Automata had been subjected to censorship from Square Enix to meet global standards. GODDESS OF VICTORY:…

Summer Game Fest saw its peak viewership jump 89 percent year-over-year, making 2025’s show the biggest to date. Between YouTube, Twitch, and X/Twitter, the 6th June livestream topped 50 million views collectively, setting a new record for the show organised and hosted by Geoff Keighley. We’ve Played Resident Evil Requiem! – RE 9 Hands-On Impressions.Watch…

Video game archival is a noble act, especially in this day and age where always-online games vanish when their servers are turned off, or when niche but beloved games disappear alongside the services they’re locked to. There are libraries of indies locked to Apple Arcade, the PS Vita, and elsewhere, never to be played again;…

Sony president Hideaki Nishino has stated the company is open to adjusting the price of PlayStation Plus in the future, as the company aims to “maximise profitability”. The comments come as part of a discussion between Sony CEO Hermen Hulst and president Hideaki Nishino on PS Plus and the company’s future. Discussing Sony’s subscription service,…

The Sims 4 is striding purposefully into the verdant splendour of summer with a new nature-loving expansion, which also happens to mark the return of fairies as a playable Sim-type. In fact, for all its talk of the natural world, EA’s Enchanted by Nature expansion reveal suggests fairies – last seen in The Sims…

A Silent Hill remake has just been announced during Konami’s Press Start showcase. The game will be created by Bloober team in collaboration with Konami. As of writing, the only confirmed is that the game is “in development”. The brief reveal trailer was paired alongside the Silent Hill 1 intro theme, further confirming that this…

Days after announcing a “tentative agreement” had been reached with key video game companies, US actors union SAG-AFTRA has suspended its nearly year-long strike, instructing members to return to work on productions that fall under its Interactive Media Agreement. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, which represents around 160,000…

Summary: Mario Kart World offers neat twists on the classic Mario Kart formula, but its open-world ambitions are somewhat let down by some classic Nintendo quirkiness. I find the idea of a new Mario Kart being the showpiece of a new console launch rather odd, if I’m being honest. Don’t get me wrong, I adore…

Splitgate 2 game director Ian Proulx has apologised for causing “division in the community” following his controversial Summer Game Fest appearance, in which he wore a MAGA-style “Make FPS Great Again” hat while onstage. Proulx’s Summer Game Fest segment last Friday almost immediately drew criticism from viewers; some felt using the high-profile platform…

Early access life sim InZoi will be releasing on Mac this August, the team has announced. Those interested in picking up InZoi via Mac are able to pre-order now, with the site touting a 20th August release date. “Let your imagination lead the way,” the team wrote on social media, sharing the news. InZOI: 12…

Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream – the stealth adventure that’s been eliciting all sorts of oohs and ahhs thanks to its lovely looks and impressive motion capture – finally has a release date. It’s coming to PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on 15th July, with a demo available now. Eriksholm is the work…

For years, the rule in Hollywood was pretty simple: familiarity but with a twist. Cheers, but it’s in a coffee shop, and everyone’s in their twenties. Lost, but it’s in LA with Joseph Fiennes. Sure, this didn’t always work – I still think fondly of you, FlashForward – but it worked a lot of the…

Sunless Sea and Mask of the Rose developer Failbetter Games has unveiled Mandrake, its very first project away from the Fallen London universe. It’s a rural life sim set in a “world of old, wild powers” where horticulture is forbidden, and it’ll eventually be making its way to PC. Taking inspiration from British history…

A new A Plague Tale game is on the way: Resonance. A teaser popped up prematurely on Focus Entertainment’s Threads account before it was quickly deleted… if not quite quickly enough for someone to grab a copy of it first and post it to reddit, of course. Resonance A Plague Tale Legacy Reveal Teaser.Watch on…

If you’re the sort who just can’t seem to resist the soothing rhythms of turnip planting and interior design, you’ve come to the right place. This year’s Wholesome Direct – which marks the fifth anniversary of the showcase – has now aired, unleashing a fresh wave of cosy games to stick on your wishlists….

Developer IO Interactive is developing a co-op mode for Hitman: World of Assassination. Announced last night, this mode is still relatively under wraps, but does feature two names you may recognise: Stone and Knight. These two popped up in the Hitman Sniper mode. On this co-op mode’s release, players will be able to pop into…

Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest might have brought the glitz, glamour, and bombastic reveals, but we’re not done yet. Indie enjoyers also have plenty to look forward to, thanks to another strong showing from Day of the Devs, which this year was full of old friends. Over the course of an hour, we got a…

Tencent has acquired a 15.75 percent stake in Arrowhead Games – the development studio behind Helldivers 2 – for $80m. Tencent has previously founded or acquired shares in a variety of video game companies, including a new gaming venture with Ubisoft Games, total ownership of Riot Games, a major ownership position for 10 Chamber, and…

With the weekend finally in sight (we just need to make it through this year’s Summer Geoff Fest first), it’s all change on the Epic Games Store. A fresh set of freebies is now available to download and keep, and one of them is Arkane Studios’ ultra stylish Deathloop. Epic’s latest free games…

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered team is gearing up for the first patch since its release earlier this year. Actually, it is working on two patches at the moment, with those who are part of the Steam Beta getting first dibs. The first of these two patches will focus on “quests, major bugs and…

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…

No Man’s Sky is boldly going where no nine-year-old exploratory space sim has gone before: Switch 2. Developer Hello Games has announced a free launch-day update that’ll bring significant upgrades compared to the original Switch release, including enhanced visuals, multiplayer, and more. That’s in addition to a major update for all platforms arriving today. …

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”…