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Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki has discussed the possibility of a fourth game in the series, and the idea of developing it as a more approachable prequel, similar to Yakuza 0.

A slew of leaks have revealed under-wraps details on Fortnite OG, the game's upcoming throwback season which is set to feature the battle royale's original map for a limited time.

Capcom says mods for its PC games can cause "reputational damage" thanks to content which causes offence to "public order and morals", resulting in a blow to the games' (and presumably the company's) images.

The Twitch app on Nintendo Switch will soon shut down.

Bloodborne Kart, the fanmade spin-off, finally has a release date.

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!

UPDATE 1/11/23: Destiny fans have criticised the statement from Bungie boss Pete Parsons describing the loss of around 100 employees as a "sad day", as more details on the impact of the studio's layoffs come to light.

Ubisoft's chief people officer, Anika Grant, is leaving the company at the end of this month after two and a half years working on its workplace culture and HR issues.

Lies of P director Ji Won Choi has provided a first glimpse of the game's forthcoming DLC, as well as confirmation a sequel is in the works.

Now that Paradox has, after much secrecy, revealed Everybody's Gone to the Rapture developer The Chinese Room as the new team working on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2, the information floodgates are open, and the studio's latest development update has unveiled a new fully voiced playable protagonist, Phyre.

Rollerdrome, the acclaimed (and ridiculously stylish) skater shooter from OlliOlli developer Roll7, is launching for Xbox Series X/S and Game Pass on 28th November.

Atari has entered into an agreement to acquire Digital Eclipse, the retro-focused studio behind the likes of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration and this year's The Making of Karateka.

UPDATE 5pm UK: Embark Studios has provided further details on its use of AI voiceover in The Finals, noting "making games without actors isn't an end goal for Embark" and that the use of AI text-to-speech is based on real voices.

Alan Wake 2 is one of the best-looking video games ever made. With beautiful lighting and intricate asset detail, it's a bit of a technical showcase, especially on PC with path tracing enabled. The PS5 release also looks brilliant, as I covered last week, with the similar visuals bereft of some path-tracing niceties and with some image quality issues. However, I didn't spend a huge amount of time looking at the differences between quality and performance modes. Meanwhile, review code for Xbox Series machines didn't arrive until launch, which raises a couple of key questions: does Series X match or improve upon PS5? Does Xbox Series S have the power to deliver a decent Alan Wake 2 experience?

Oh yes. It was the bit in the movie where you leap from one spar of a broken bridge to another, and try to avoid thinking of the drop beneath you. I buckled up. I checked the carabiner. I decided to trust the line. I leapt. I swung on the rope. And then--

A new report from the Carbon Trust, a UK-founded global consultancy which aims to drive positive climate change in businesses, has outlined best practice for the games industry to calculate its carbon emissions.

Xbox has announced the first set of games which will be added to Game Pass in November, including several day one releases.

Can you believe it, but yesterday marked 25 years since Grim Fandango first made its way into the world. Nope, nor can I!

Cliff Bleszinski, the creator behind the Gears of War series, has suggested the games get a God of War-style reboot. Oh, and that Xbox just needs to give him a call.

Staffordshire University has announced an investment of £2.9m into its esports facilities to support its dedicated esports degree.

Nintendo has added three more games to its retro library for Switch Online subscribers, each with its own spooky theme for Halloween.

Developer Remedy has shared more news about several of its upcoming releases.

Undertale creator Toby Fox has announced his next game, Deltarune, will be available to purchase once the fourth chapter is complete.

UPDATE 8.51pm UK: Veteran Destiny composer Michael Salvatori appears to have suggested he is included in yesterday's layoffs at Bungie.

Kratos and Nathan Drake will soon be able to flex their enormous strength on an all new PC store, as God of War and the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves collection are both coming to GOG.

RoboCop: Rogue City would have been the absolute biz back in 2005. This might sound like a criticism, and to a certain extent it is. But I mean it equally as a compliment to developer Teyon's work. The studio's latest licensed FPS following Terminator: Resistance is a fine example of a AA game, with an ambition that exceeds its budget, and a sincerity that helps power through no small amount of wonk. It's a decent shooter, a surprisingly involved policing game, and an authentic RoboCop experience. But as with all Teyon's games it lacks refinement, while it adheres too closely to the themes and plot points of the films to truly flourish as its own tale.

Ubisoft is "decommissioning" online services for a further 10 of its "older" titles, with the likes of Assassin's Creed 2, Splinter Cell: Conviction, and Trials Evolution all affected.

Bungie has reportedly told staff it will be delaying next year's planned Destiny 2 expansion The Final Shape, as well as the studio's upcoming Marathon reimagining.

UPDATE 4.46pm: Microsoft has shared the following statement with Eurogamer regarding "unauthorised" third-party accessories being used on Xbox consoles.

We'd been expecting a game to arrive that would practically demand that you upgrade your PC hardware, and it's not entirely surprising that it would be Remedy's Alan Wake 2. However, what we didn't expect was it would be support for DX12 mesh shader hardware that would be the dividing line between a good experience and a bad one. Practically, what this means is that there's bad news here for owners of vintage 2016/2017 Nvidia GTX 10-series Pascal hardware as Alan Wake 2 performance is pretty dire, even on the majestic GTX 1080 Ti. The lack of mesh shader support also means that AMD's vintage 2019 RDNA 1 cards also suffer, though not quite to the same degree.