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Diablo 2: Resurrected Patch 2.5 is now live - here's what's new
And Ladder Season Two kicks off next month.
Patch 2.5 is now live in Diablo 2: Resurrected.
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Twitch loses VP after revenue split controversy
Twitch has yet to announce who will take her place.
Twitch's senior vice president of global creators, Constance Knight, is leaving the company.
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Real Virtual Beauty aims to "increase diversity and representation of female characters in games"
"We hope that together, we can make real beauty a reality in digital worlds."
Women in Games, Unreal Engine's Education Team, game studio Toya, and toiletry brand Dove have partnered to create "a series of actions to increase diversity and representation of female characters in games, alongside supporting young girls with self-esteem education across the virtual world".
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Ninja Theory disputes claims it is using AI to replace voice actors
"Real actors are at the heart of bringing our stories to life."
Hellblade developer Ninja Theory has disputed claims that it uses AI technology to replace voice actors in its games, saying it only uses AI-generated voice work for "placeholder content".
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Check out this Metal: Hellsinger behind-the-scenes mini-documentary
Hell-o from the other side.
The Outsiders and Funcon have released a behind-the-scenes (BTS) video showcasing how the rhythm FPS came to be.
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PUBG Mobile's new anti-cheat system has "already seen a 50% decrease in cheating" during testing
"This is yet another step towards stopping players from using deceitful and unfair technology."
PUBG Mobile has released a new anti-cheat system that it says has already cut cheating by half.
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Feature | Top flight: what's the best video game jetpack?
Booster gold.
Life can be a lot less bother when you hover. Think of Exile, the 1988 marvel that cleverly crams an entire alien world and its belligerent fauna into the scrawny 32k memory of a BBC Micro. Chief among the game's chaotic pleasures is its nifty jetpack, empowering your stranded space captain to explore the hostile planet Phoebus and its clever tangle of interlocking physics systems.
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Digital Foundry | Deathloop comes to Xbox Series X - and not much has changed from its PS5 debut
But what about Series S?
Deathloop has finally appeared on Xbox Series consoles. The time-travelling caper from Microsoft-owned Arkane Studios debuted as a PS5 and PC release last September - a time-limited console exclusive owing to a pre-acquisition agreement with Sony. That original PS5 release had some flaws but has been patched since release with additional content, visual fixes, and a new 120fps graphics mode. But with a fresh start on new consoles, has Arkane finally delivered a properly calibrated version of their first-person adventure? Is this the definitive Deathloop experience?
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Sucker Punch unmasks Sly Cooper merch for 20th anniversary
This is not flirty chit-chat!
Sly Cooper developer Sucker Punch has lifted the lid on a new line of merchandise to celebrate the series' 20th anniversary.
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For those of you eager to hear more about the upcoming Super Mario Bros. movie from Nintendo and Illumination, there is good news.
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FBI investigate hacker allegedly behind Rockstar GTA 6 leak
UPDATE: 17-year-old arrested for alleged Rockstar hack.
UPDATE 23/09/22: City of London Police have arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire on suspicion of hacking.
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Ark: Survival Evolved and Gloomhaven are this week's free Epic Store games
DRL Simulator and Runbow up next.
A fresh batch of freebies has arrived on the Epic Games Store, with this week's offerings coming in the form of dinosaur survival adventure Ark: Survival Evolved and the video game adaptation of acclaimed board game Gloomhaven.
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"Play to win instead of playing to not lose."
A new initiative has been announced by Xbox, known as "Project Amplify".
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In a turn up for the books, all characters in Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope will have voices, something Ubisoft had previously said could not happen.
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Apex Legends studio speaks out over "increased harassment" of dev team
"We will take appropriate action to ensure the health ands safety of our team".
Apex Legends developer Respawn Entertainment has spoken out on what it calls a recent increase in "harassment towards members of our development team", warning those responsible that it will "take appropriate action to ensure [team members'] health and safety".
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Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann has a Return to Monkey Island cameo
You've got to be shipping me!
Neil Druckmann, the man behind the gritty The Last of Us games, has a cameo in the delightful, and comparatively very colourful, Return to Monkey Island.
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Feature | Dicebreaker Recommends: Sobek: 2 Players, a quick and nasty delight
Those aren't crocodile tears.
Dicebreaker Recommends is a series of monthly board game, RPG and other tabletop recommendations from our friends at our sibling site, Dicebreaker. This month, we look at a one of the best two-player board games released in recent memory.
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Valve's new Steam Charts page puts all its top games in one place
Pick of the crop.
Valve has introduced a new, live, charts page on Steam.
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Bungie files virtual controller patents following Destiny mobile rumours
Reportedly a NetEase collaboration.
Seven new patent filings from Destiny developer Bungie have been unearthed, predominantly all linked to virtual controls on touch-enabled devices, lending further credence to reports earlier this year that it had a Destiny mobile game in the works.
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Google has a cute top-down Zelda-like game that educates you on ancient Mesoamerica
Maya word it's adorable.
Google's Arts and Culture team has created a cute Zelda-like adventure for those looking to further their education on ancient Mesoamerica.
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Grand Theft Auto leak may be the work of multiple people, suggests GTA Forum
"This is a developing situation."
The GTA Forum, where this week's Grand Theft Auto leaks occurred, has suggested the leak may have been the work of more than one person.
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Feature | What we've been playing
A few of the games that have us hooked at the moment.
Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've found ourselves playing over the last few days. This time: trombones, pirates, and outer space.
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Eurogamer Newscast | How damaging are video game leaks?
As the industry rallies round Rockstar, and scorns a YouTuber.
This week on the Eurogamer Newscast we're discussing video game leaks, following last weekend's devastating hack of Rockstar Games which saw almost an hour of in-development Grand Theft Auto 6 footage spilled onto the internet and promptly dissected by the masses.
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Microsoft CEO "very confident" Activision Blizzard acquisition will be approved
"If this is about competition, let us have competition".
As Microsoft starts to feel more heat from regulatory bodies over its $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard, CEO Satya Nadella has said he's "very confident” the deal will go through.
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YouTuber who outed himself as behind "insider" posts admits chasing "clout" in new apology video
UPDATE: Ubisoft responds, saying it takes "these matters seriously and will manage accordingly".
UPDATE 22/9/22: Ubisoft has issued a statement to Eurogamer following this week's news that an "insider" Twitter account which leaked upcoming Assassin's Creed details belonged to a YouTuber briefed on said details by Ubisoft while under an embargo.
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Solium Infernum revival announced from League of Geeks
To hell and back.
Armello developer League of Geeks has announced its next project will be a revival of cult classic strategy game Solium Infernum.
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FIFA 23's full soundtrack is out now
Something to bop a header to.
One of the most integral parts to any good FIFA game, aside from the football, is the soundtrack.
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Dying Light 2's Bloody Ties story DLC gets another delay
Now arriving in November.
Developer Techland has announced another delay for Bloody Ties, Dying Light 2's long-awaited first chunk of story DLC, which is now expected to arrive on 10th November.
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A Pokémon and Ed Sheeran collaboration is happening, and it'll be out next week.
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PC players are rushing to find ways to download a popular Grand Theft Auto 4 mod compilation after it was taken down following a copyright infringement notice to the hosting site which provided access to the project.
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