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Call of Duty veteran announces new studio BulletFarm
David Vonderhaar making co-op game based on new IP.
Former Call of Duty: Black Ops design director David Vonderhaar has established BulletFarm, a new AAA game studio, following his departure from Treyarch last summer.
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Persona 3 Reload datamine points to The Answer expansion being reinstated as DLC
A Merciless discovery.
Fans are hopeful that expansion The Answer will come to Persona 3 Reload after dataminers discovered references to DLC.
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Children face social pressures to spend money in games, study suggests
"If you don't play with anyone, you kind of have nothing to talk about at school."
A study conducted by Norwegian researchers has suggested children feel increasing social pressure to spend money in games.
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Nintendo sues Switch emulator creator for facilitating piracy "at a colossal scale"
Claims latest Zelda pirated a million times.
Nintendo is suing the creators of Switch emulator Yuzu, and claims more than 1m copies of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom were pirated ahead of its release.
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Feature | GTA 6 looks stellar - and it could be a huge moment for disability representation
Lester Crest cannot be the only person with a disability in the GTA world.
The greatest gaming event of 2023 was the GTA 6 reveal trailer. I am still thinking about it now. Rockstar has mastered the art of making the gaming world pause for a few minutes to experience something lavish and mind-blowing. Their games encourage grandiose thinking. I want this new version of Vice City’s map to be the biggest in history, even though I’m currently exhausted of massive open-world games.
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Supporters | Five of the Best: Card games within games
Aces.
Five of the Best is a weekly series for supporters of Eurogamer. It's a series that highlights some of the features in games that are often overlooked. It's also about having your say, so don't be shy, use the comments below and join in!
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Inside and Limbo studio's long-in-the-works third game resurfaces in new concept art
But it remains as mysterious as ever.
It's been over seven years since Limbo and Inside developer Playdead first began teasing its mysterious third project, and now - nearly five years since Eurogamer last had cause to write about a sneaky bit of concept art for the game - the studio has shared a handful of new images, confirming (in case there was any doubt) the project is still alive and well.
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Life is Strange: True Colors studio Deck Nine lays off 20% of staff
Blames "worsening market conditions".
Deck Nine Games, the studio behind Life is Strange: True Colors and last year's The Expanse: A Telltale Series, has announced it's laying off approximately 20 percent of its total workforce, blaming "the game industry's worsening market conditions".
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Skull and Bones' first season of live-service content, Raging Tides, is here
With battle pass, new events, more.
Skull and Bones, the oft-delayed pirate game from Ubisoft that finally arrived earlier this month following almost a decade of development, has released its first season of post-launch content on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC - introducing, among other things, new world events, new contracts and bounties, plus a battle-pass-style progression track.
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EA's F1 24 gets May release date on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC
Plus pre-order bonuses announced.
F1 24, the latest instalment in EA's annual racing series, is launching for PlayStation 5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and PC (via Steam, Epic, and the EA App) on 31st May.
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Sora-ly missed.
Publisher NIS America has confirmed a western release for action-RPG Reynatis, which was revealed during the Japanese version of last week's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase.
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Roundup | Everything announced during Pokémon Presents 2024
Z-A! Go! TCG Mobile! More!
Happy Pokémon Day 2024! This year's celebrations have been capped off with a relatively short Pokémon Presents livestream, showcasing what's in store for the franchise this year and beyond - including Pokémon Legends: Z-A.
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Digital Foundry | Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster is another Nightdive triumph
Tested on PC, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and last-gen consoles.
The release of Doom in 1993 changed the industry forever - and in its wake, developers scrambled to bring their own visions to life in first-person. Star Wars: Dark Forces is one such game, created in a genre completely different to nearly every other product developer LucasArts would release, but it nonetheless became one of the most interesting and inspired Doom-adjacent shooters of its day. Now, thanks to Nightdive Studios, Dark Forces has emerged from its DOS prison with a new remastered version for all modern platforms, complete with new high-res assets and a host of other improvements.
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First PlayStation Plus Essential game for March leaks
Sifu yourself.
As has become tradition, we have a PS Plus Essential game leak for the month ahead.
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Pokémon Legends Z-A announced, goes futuristic in 2025
The return of Kalos and Mega Evolution, as Gen 6 takes the spotlight.
The Pokémon Company has announced Pokémon Legends: Z-A, a new Nintendo Switch (and Switch 2?) game to launch in 2025.
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PlayStation Studios head confirms projects cancelled in wake of layoffs
"Growth itself is not an ambition."
PlayStation Studios head Hermen Hulst has confirmed that some projects have been cancelled in the wake of layoffs across Sony Interactive Entertainment.
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Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket heading to mobile this year
With immersive digital cards.
A digital version of the Pokémon Trading Card Game is heading to mobile later this year.
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Fortnite adds Lego pirate survival, obstacle course mini-games today
Sea for yourself.
Fortnite's partnership with Lego continues today with the launch of two family-friendly mini-games: Lego Raft Survival and Lego Obby Fun.
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Breaking | Sony laying off 900 PlayStation employees, London Studio to close in its entirety
"The industry has changed immensely."
Sony is to lay off 900 people, equating to eight percent of its workforce. This reduction will see PlayStation Studios' London Studio close in its entirety, plus reductions made within Sony's Firesprite studio. There will also be reductions in various functions across SIE in the UK
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Official Elden Ring webcomic out next month
Another Tarnished rises.
A brand new Elden Ring manga webcomic will be released at the end of March.
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Developers concerned about Apple Arcade future - report
"I got the sense they didn't really know where they were going with it all."
A number of developers have said they are concerned about the future of Apple Arcade, with one person stating there is "the smell of death" around the mobile game subscription service.
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Cities: Skylines 2 dev says "biggest regret" is missing mod support as it continues to fix game
"We are aware we have a mountain to climb."
The "biggest regret" of the developer behind Cities: Skylines 2 is the game's ongoing lack of modding support, Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen has said.
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Final Fantasy 7 Remake ending dialogue patched, four years after release
Fans miss the steel sky.
Four years after its initial release, Square Enix has patched Final Fantasy 7 Remake to amend one of Aerith's lines at the very end of the game.
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Pentiment director blames "bug" as former Xbox console exclusive runs better on PS5
San Andreas fault.
Former Xbox exclusive Pentiment currently runs smoother on PlayStation 5 than on Xbox Series X/S, fans have realised - prompting the game's director to blame the situation on a "bug".
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UPDATE: Director now referencing mobile game.
UPDATE 27/2/24: Yoko Taro has dropped another hint towards the future of Nier.
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Watch today's Pokémon Presents livestream here
In black and white.
Happy Pokémon Day! Today is the annual celebration of the Pokémon franchise, and once again there is a special Pokémon Presents livestream set to air - promising "exciting news".
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Long read | Who is qualified to make a world? In search of the magic of maps
"You're travelling with your imagination..."
Shortly after David Gaider was born, his parents bought a set of 1971 encyclopaedias to freeze-frame the world as it was when he entered it. He still remembers the maps they contained: his first atlas. But there are two moments in Gaider's life when a gift of maps leads to adventure. In the second, he's older, and already working at the job we know him best for. He was a lead writer at BioWare.
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Ark: Survival Ascended's The Center map remaster delayed indefinitely
Just days before its planned release.
Ark: Survival Ascended developer Studio Wildcard has announced it's indefinitely delaying the release of the dinosaur survival remaster's enhanced The Center expansion, just days before its planned 28th February release.
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Monsters, Inc's Sulley and Mike join Disney Dreamlight Valley this week
As part of free Laugh Floor update.
Disney Dreamlight Valley's first major content update of 2024 arrives this Wednesday, 28th February, introducing Monsters, Inc.'s Sully and Mike Wazowski to the village - and ahead of its arrival, developer Gameloft has detailed everything this week's free patch will bring.
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Stardew Valley's long-awaited 1.6 update gets March release date on PC
Coming to consoles "as soon as possible".
Stardew Valley is celebrating its eighth anniversary today (yes, I couldn't believe it either) and developer Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has marked the occasion by announcing a release date for his beloved farm-life sim's eagerly awaited 1.6 update - which is coming to PC on 19th March, with a console and mobile release to follow "as soon as possible".
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