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One of the special things about games, and a thing that I have always struggled to articulate, is that the good ones, the really good ones, take you deep. Have you ever noticed how small a TV screen or a computer monitor actually is? Let alone the dinky grotto skylights of a Game Boy or a Vita. These screens take up such a small portion of your overall vision, unless you're crowded in really close. But when the right game comes along, the rest of the world just irises out. You don't see the border of the screen. You don't even really get a meaningful sense of its flatness anymore. A good game draws you deep inside.

Valve has asked Steam Deck owners to stop sniffing the fumes which come out of the handheld's vents.

Swedish production company Studios Extraordinaires and developer Fallen Leaf have announced a TV and film adaptation of Fort Solis.

Nintendo has said the nature of Link and Zelda's relationship in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is open to interpretation, after months of discourse on whether the two characters are dating or not.

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!

Earth has a space junk problem. With each new rocket launch, or decommissioned satellite, we add more detritus to high orbit. Already satellites sometimes collide and one day, or so I've read, there'll be so much flotsam up there we'll be earthbound; unable to launch new spacecraft through a prison of shrapnel. Anyway, I'm no rocket scientist, but this does seem an apt metaphor for today's games market. Back in the day there were few enough new indies that games like Super Meat Boy, Crimzon Clover or FTL went straight to the moon. Today we're blessed with so many launches that it's hard to spot the gems among the debris.

Following the ESA's announcement that E3 is no more, developers and industry figures have been sharing their memories of the event as they wish it farewell.

Lost save files for Baldur's Gate 3 on Xbox continue to be an issue, despite an Xbox console firmware update earlier this week meant to address the problem.

UPDATE 13/12/23: Fortnite Festival looks to be getting instrumer controller support sooner than expected, based on a tease from peripheral manufacturer PDP.

Originally written earlier this year when it was announced E3 was cancelled for the forseeable future, we're republishing our fond memories of E3 now it has been confirmed the event is sadly gone for good.

It's looking increasingly unlikely Starfield will have the quite same kind of longevity as its Bethesda RPG stablemates, but that isn't discouraging the studio from continuing to tinker with the space adventure's core - and one intriguing addition Bethesda has now confirmed is that "new ways of traveling" are coming at some point in 2024.

It's been five years since David Szymanski and New Blood Interactive's critically acclaimed retro FPS Dusk first emerged - effectively heralding start of the 'boomer shooter' resurgence as it did so - and to celebrate the occasion, a special "HD remaster" has been released as free DLC.

UPDATE 12/12/23: Following yesterday's reports that Free Radical Design - the studio set up in 2021 specifically to work on a new TimeSplitters game - had been closed, studio owner Plaion (a subsidiary of the beleaguered Embracer Group) has made the news official.

It's all a bit Doom-y at the moment, what with the seminal first-person shooter having just celebrated its 30th anniversary this past weekend. And with perfect timing, original Doom designer John Romero has released Sigil 2, the follow-up to his 2019 unofficial Doom episode, which is available now as a free download for consoles and PC.

UPDATE 5pm UK: Hype Train Digital has confirmed to Eurogamer why it changed the developer on Steam for The Wild Eight from Fntastic to Eight Points.

Disney has spoken about Knights of the Old Republic Remake as the fate of the game remains unclear.

A ransomware group named Rhysida has claimed it hacked Marvel's Spider-Man 2 developer Insomniac Games, and posted files it managed to gain access to as proof. Sony has since told Eurogamer it's investigating the situation.

Bandai Namco has announced a demo for Tekken 8 will be available for PlayStation 5 players from 14th December.

The Electronic Entertainment Expo is officially no more.

It's more than fair to say that Bandai Namco has been on a bit of a winning streak as of late. Its impressively vast library of popular anime licences, paired with the release of heavy hitters like Elden Ring and Armored Core VI, have resulted in a string of profitable and, more often than not, critically well received games. Elden Ring DLC notwithstanding, Tekken 8 is set to be Bandai Namco's next big release - but what have the development team learned from Tekken 7's release to ensure the sequel's success?

ZeniMax Workers United-CWA has won a tentative agreement which will allow union members to guide the company's use of AI in the workplace.

Atlus has released a new video with the developers of its forthcoming game Metaphor: ReFantazio, providing new details on how it adapts gameplay ideas from the Persona series.

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom producer Eiji Aonuma has responded to fans' hopes of a traditional linear Zelda game, saying he believes games with a strict path are "games of the past".

Epic Games has won its antitrust case against Google, after the jury gave its verdict yesterday.

This article contains Final Fantasy 16 spoilers.

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Fntastic, the developer behind controversial Steam Early Access launch The Day Before, has shut down with immediate effect.

Every week, I like to choose one specific topic to discuss from the latest edition of DF Direct Weekly - and there's certainly an embarrassment of riches to choose from in another vast episode. We sat down to film our 141th show the morning after The Game Awards, and despite the usual downplaying of expectations from Geoff Keighley, the 'wurld prm'ears' came thick and fast. For this blog though, it's actually a supporter question that prompts this article. DF Supporter Julian Sniter asked us whether upscaling technologies like AMD's FSR and Epic's TSR are making it harder for us to 'count pixels' and ascertain native resolutions. The answer is yes, but the more verbose answer is that upscaling technologies have evolved at least twice since we first started image quality testing - and it's more difficult now than ever.

Epic Games is still keen for its rapidly-growing gaming metaverse to include characters from the world of Nintendo - but it has also acknowledged that securing characters from the Mario maker in Fortnite has proven extremely difficult.

The original creators of Jet Set Radio are involved with the series' new games announced last week.