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Sony has announced its Access controller for PlayStation 5 will launch globally on 6th December.

From APB Reloaded to Life of Black Tiger and beyond, we've covered some real stinkers on Digital Foundry - hell, the Ghost of Phoenix Past even left us a hot, steaming gift of twelve horribly bad Phoenix games a few years back. I knew bad games - or so I thought. You see, while the unearthing of ET cartridges buried deep in a landfill in 2014 may have made headlines at the time, it turns out that the Nintendo eShop is becoming the landfill of the digital age. Every week, the shop is flooded with a selection of low-budget rubbish that would make Steam blush. However, I was not prepared for the journey I would soon take with The Last Hope: Dead Zone Survival and other 'games' produced by the junk factory known as West Connection Limited.

With just over a week left until Pikmin 4 releases, Nintendo has been ramping up its merchandising efforts for the series.

Three weeks ago I told myself I wasn't going to play Dota 2 again until a new patch comes out. After the exciting launch of what might be the biggest patch of all time, games had started to become stale. At the admittedly average level I play at, a lot of games are all but over by the 20-minute mark, if you lose the lanes, it's incredibly hard to win. This means fewer matches than ever will result in epic comebacks and close battles where Dota really shines and gives you the incredible sense of achievement that few other games can match.

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, the next game from Life is Strange and Vampyr developer Dontnod, will release on 7th November.

Destiny maker Bungie has won a lawsuit against a player who repeatedly harassed, threatened, and doxxed one of its employees.

Twitch recently unveiled its new Partner Plus programme that offers an improved revenue split, but streamers have now described to Eurogamer it as "anti-community".

Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has discussed the possibility of story DLC.

An array of retro classics are getting fresh releases from publisher Limited Run Games, with 20 titles confirmed via a showcase event streamed last night that featured numerous retro classics.

Xbox maker Microsoft has said it is "disappointed" to see the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launch a formal appeal to try and overturn this week's bombshell court decision.

Activision Blizzard is set to leave the US stock exchange's top 100 index this weekend.

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi has confirmed the origins of the series' name.

Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown, the latest instalment in the open-world racing series, has been delayed again, and is now due to arrive on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PC, and Switch in "early 2024". In better news, its long-promised closed beta begins later this month.

HBO's barnstorming live-action television adaptation of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us is gearing up for what could well be a very successful awards season, with the show now confirmed to have been nominated for a total of 24 Emmys.

Controversial game platform Roblox is adding support for Meta Quest VR headsets.

Sony has revealed its next batch of Game Catalogue additions for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers, which, as of 18th July, will include the likes of It Takes Two, Undertale, World War Z, The Ascent, and - for Premium retro fans - Twisted Metal 1 and 2.

EA's 2005 open-world racer Need for Speed: Most Wanted could be getting the remake treatment if a recent post from a voice actor on the original game proves to be accurate.

The Horizon Forbidden West team considered cutting flying from the game, because it wasn't sure the PlayStation 4 hardware could support it.

Xbox has today released a new voice reporting feature to combat toxicity in in-game voice chats while playing online.

Behaviour Interactive, the developer behind Dead By Daylight, has opened a UK studio in Truro, Cornwall.

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we react to this week's milestone court decision which clears the way for Microsoft's $68.7bn Activision Blizzard deal in the US, and potentially in the UK as well.

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has suggested a "new merger investigation" into Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard is not out of the question, following Microsoft's court case win against the US Federal Trade Commission yesterday.

There's currently a question mark hanging over the Xbox versions of Baldur's Gate 3. They are happening but they're held up by Xbox Series S, which is struggling to run split-screen co-op at an acceptable performance standard.

We might already be halfway through the last day of Amazon Prime Day 2023, but there are still many deals to uncover before the sale ends at midnight tonight.

PlayStation owners can claim a free trial of Apple TV+.

The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly "leaning toward" an appeal of yesterday's decisive court verdict that cleared the way for Microsoft to complete its Activision Blizzard acquisition in the US.

After 25 years with the studio, Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells is retiring from Naughty Dog.

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MythForce, Beamdog's cartoon roguelike, now has an official release date.

Assassin's Creed Codename Red, the upcoming Japan-set entry in Ubisoft's historical stabathon series, appears scheduled to launch in 2024.