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Newscast | Xbox Partner Preview showcase discussed
Alan Wake! Solid Snake! Like A Dragon: Animal Crossing!
This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we discuss this week's Xbox Partner Preview showcase, which featured around a dozen intriguing titles coming to Microsoft's console in the near-ish future.
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Back to the Future cruises into PowerWash Simulator next month
Where we're going, we'll need a hose.
PowerWash Simulator developer FuturLab has announced the next expansion pack for the game, a Back to the Future collaboration, will release on 16th November.
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Apex Legends Season 19 launch date confirmed, Conduit abilities explained
Plus a revamped Storm Point map and cross progression - finally!
Apex Legends: Ignite, the 19th season of the ever-popular battle royale, will explode onto our screens with the brand new Legend Conduit next Tuesday, 31st October. The massive in-game storm at Storm Point has now cleared the map and things look a little different to how we remember it, meaning there's plenty of new areas to explore as you fight to survive.
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Amazon Prime Gaming November titles include Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
This is not the remake you are looking for.
Amazon has announced the games Prime Gaming members can claim for November.
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Unity's controversial Runtime Fee policy was "rushed out", says report
"F*** you, we're not paying."
A new report on Unity's recent fee changes claims the policy was "rushed out" and driven by Unity and IronSource's battle with rival tech company Applovin.
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Digital Foundry | Alan Wake 2 on PlayStation 5 - Remedy raises the bar for visuals yet again
Plus: how the console experience stacks up against PC at its best.
Earned across decades of development, Remedy Entertainment has a stellar reputation for pushing game technology to new heights. From the physics-driven mayhem of Max Payne 2 to the ray-traced brutalism of Control, and of course the volumetrics-heavy wilderness of Alan Wake, each major Remedy release has pushed visual boundaries on its host hardware. Alan Wake 2 is no exception: this is a top-flight technical treat that pushes modern systems hard, with often extraordinary visual results.
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Alan Wake 2 developer Remedy will add a New Game Plus mode to the game after it launches, which will add a harder difficulty mode and a new "alternative narrative".
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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater remake in-engine footage receives mixed reaction
But Snake himself approves.
At last night's Xbox Partner Preview showcase we finally saw in-engine footage of Konami's Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater remake for the first time, but it received a mixed reaction from fans.
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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth has a whole Animal Crossing side mode
Book a ticket at Dondoko Airlines.
At Microsoft's Xbox Partner Preview showcase last night, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth kicked proceedings off with a new trailer revealing one of the new side hustles.
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Feature | Let's discuss Marvel's Spider-Man 2
And what could come next.
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 released last week, to widespread praise and some truly bumper sales. In the first 24 hours alone, an incredible 2.5m copies were sold, making it Sony's fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game ever.
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Diablo 4's first expansion looks to be Lord of Hatred, datamine suggests
Focus on Mephisto.
It looks like Diablo 4's first major expansion will be called Lord of Hatred, and focus on Prime Evil Mephisto.
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Payday 3 developer apologises for silence following disappointing launch, delayed patches
"We know it sucks to keep hearing the same thing."
Developer Starbreeze has apologised to Payday 3 players for recently being "quiet", and admitted it was "not easy to communicate when we have not been able to offer any updates" on the game's delayed patches.
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Nintendo has announced that Super Mario Bros. Wonder is Europe's fastest-selling Super Mario game ever.
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Here's everything featured in the Xbox Partner Preview showcase
Spooky oil rigs! Haunted granny! More!
Microsoft's Xbox Partner Preview showcase might have an exceptionally rubbish name, but don't let that fool you into thinking it's not worth a watch! Tonight's latest instalment was a pretty decent offering all-round, that, while perhaps not exciting as such, did at least have some interesting reveals. There was first footage of Konami's Metal Gear Sold 3 remake, a new game from PowerWash Simulator developer FuturLab, and more. And if you're looking for a summary of it all that won't take up 30 minutes of your time, then read on.
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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture studio's oil rig horror Still Wakes the Deep debuts gameplay
Coming to PC and consoles "early" next year.
Ever wondered what it'd be like to be stranded on a North Sea oil rig with nothing for company but a otherworldly horror teetering the edge of all logic and reality? Well, would you believe it, there's a game just for you; it's called Still Wakes the Deep and first gameplay has just debuted.
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PowerWash Simulator dev reveals Velocity spiritual successor Ikaro: Will Not Die
And it's coming to PC and "consoles".
FuturLab, the developer behind nozzle-tweaking masterwork PowerWash Simulator, has unveiled neon-streaked action-adventure Ikaro: Will Not Die, which the studio describes a spiritual successor to its acclaimed Velocity series.
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Ark: Survival Ascended out today on PC, console release delayed to November
And there's finally some gameplay footage.
Ark: Survival Ascended - the Unreal Engine 5 remake of dino-survival hit Ark: Survival Evolved - is surprise-launching onto PC today, 25th October. However, developer Wildcard has announced a further delay for the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 versions, with both now due to arrive some time in November.
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Konami's Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater remake gets first gameplay trailer
Also features "in-engine" footage.
If you've been eagerly awaiting fresh news on Konami's Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater remake (or perhaps apprehensively awaiting, given how things are going elsewhere), you're in luck: first gameplay has now been shared as part of the latest Xbox Partner Preview showcase.
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Amnesia: The Bunker ups the terror with hardcode Shell Shock update, out today
Also adds new custom mode.
Frictional Games is celebrating the spooky season with a free update for its acclaimed WW1 horror Amensia: The Bunker, designed to make the already traumatic experience even more terrifying. And if your nerves are up to the challenge, the Halloween Update launches today.
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Detective Pikachu solves the case of a missing flan in new animation short
The solution is a bit Farfetch'd.
The Pokémon Company has released a new short animation in which Detective Pikachu investigates who stole a flan from his human sidekick's fridge.
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PlayStation 5 dashboard updated to show streamable games
New icon spotted.
Sony has added a new icon to the PlayStation 5 UI to indicate which games can be streamed.
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In the recently released Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker is unable to perform the 'Wakanda Forever' salute.
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Cities: Skylines 2 fans complain of performance woes, after developer admits it missed target
Player numbers hit series record, as Paradox releases optimisation guide.
Cities: Skylines 2 released last night and a record number of players for the series played the game on Steam - albeit to a mixed response.
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N64 classic Mario Party 3 coming to Nintendo Switch Online
Chairmen of the board.
Get ready for friendships to be ruined all over again! Mario Party 3 is coming to Nintendo Switch Online as part of its expansion pack offerings.
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Feature | I'm glad to have the MGS games on Switch, but Konami needs to take better care of its heritage
Crying Wolf.
I can still remember the first time I met Snake. I was at university, and the person in the next room from mine had a PS1. I remember seeing loads of legendary games for the first time sitting on their couch as their PS1 sat upside down - it was one of those with the wonky laser. Snake, though? Snake was special.
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Digital Foundry | Focal Bathys review: sublime audio and a whole lot of style
For fashionable folk with pots of money.
For the last few months, I've had my eye on this gorgeous set of cans from Focal, whose wired headphones are lauded by audiophiles - so when the legendary French firm announced the brand new Dune variant of their wireless, noise cancelling £699/$799 Focal Bathys, I just had to get my hands on them.
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Sony's new PlayStation 5 disc drive add-on, used with the upcoming PS5 Slim console, will require an internet connection to pair the device during its installation.
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Payday 3 Steam player count flagging as fans await first patch
2013's Payday 2 still has 10 times as many players.
One month after launch, Payday 3's PC player count has dropped to around 10 times less than that of its predecessor, Payday 2.
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Counter-Strike 2 players banned for moving mouse too quickly
Check your DPI.
Counter-Strike 2 players are being banned for moving their mouse too quickly.
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Elder Scrolls 6 revealed so early due to "pitchforks and torches"
Yours truly, angry mob.
Bethesda and Todd Howard announced Elder Scrolls 6 when they did because of fan demand, or in the words of Skyrim's lead designer Bruce Nesmith, because "the pitchforks and torches were out".
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