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Former Xbox executive Peter Moore has said his team "encouraged the console wars" during his Xbox 360-era tenure - as a way to drive competition between Microsoft and Sony.
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What Remains of Edith Finch gets free PS5 upgrade, but not if you have the PS Plus version
Swing and a miss.
Last night, a free upgrade for What Remains of Edith Finch was officially confirmed during Annapurna's recent showcase. This was following rumours the game would be getting Xbox Series X/S and PS5 versions earlier this month.
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PlayStation 5 sales largely flat, as game sales fall
No change yet to ambitious console forecast.
Sony is still to see its promised accelaration in PlayStation 5 production, the company's latest financial results show.
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Steam is making developers clean up their in-store graphics
New guidelines will take effect from 1st September.
Valve is introducing new rules on what developers can include in their graphical asset capsules.
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Capcom has announced that Resident Evil Village will receive a free update of accessibility options alongside its long-awaited Winters' Expansion DLC and Gold Edition in October.
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Delayed Smash Bros. Minecraft Steve and Alex amiibo coming September
Block off your calendar.
The delayed Smash Bros. amiibo for Minecraft's Steve and Alex now finally have a release date.
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Fired Assassin's Creed creative director now at Tencent
Ashraf Ismail left Ubisoft in 2020.
Former Assassin's Creed creative director Ashraf Ismail has returned to the games industry with a new role at Tencent, two years after being fired by Ubisoft.
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Elden Ring's pacifist turtle pope wins modded battle royale
It's a Miri-c-el.
A modder created a battle royale between all the creatures in Elden Ring, and the pacifist turtle pope won.
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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: dogs, time, and emergent gameplay in the garden.
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Alicia Vikander no longer Lara Croft, as Tomb Raider movie series sits in limbo
Bidding war for rights begins.
Things are not looking great for the sequel to 2018's Tomb Raider film adaptation, which starred Alicia Vikander as a young Lara Croft searching for her father on the island of Yamati.
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Turns out the Nier: Automata secret church was a mod all along
Mystery solved.
We have a conclusion! The secret church in Nier: Automata that's been puzzling players all week has been confirmed to be a mod.
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Looks like Marvel's Avengers is adding beachwear skins
UPDATE: Thor you should know these are now confirmed.
UPDATE 29/7/22: Square Enix has now confirmed its summer set of swimwear costumes for Marvel's Avengers, after the skimpy outfits leaked online last week.
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Feature | Dicebreaker Recommends: Bloodborne: The Card Game, the best way to unplug from Elden Ring
Soulsboards.
Dicebreaker Recommends is a series of monthly board game, RPG and other tabletop recommendations from our friends at our sibling site, Dicebreaker. This month, the team go on the hunt in one of the best video game board games around - Bloodborne: The Card Game.
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Frogwares remaking Sherlock Holmes and Cthulhu crossover The Awakened
Crowdfunding campaign launching "soon".
Frogwares, the developer behind last year's investigatory open-world adventure Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One, has announced it's remaking Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened, a Lovecraft-themed crossover the studio originally released back in 2007.
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Here's everything shown at the Annapurna Showcase
Thirsty Suitors! Hohokum! Brand new game reveals!
Tonight was Annapurna Interactive's second annual showcase, revealing what's to come for the publisher over the next few months.
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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide delayed to November on PC, Xbox "shortly after"
To "get you the best possible game".
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - the promising co-op shooter/melee hybrid from Vermintide developer Fatshark - has been delayed again. It's now due for a PC release on 30th November, with the Xbox Series X/S version arriving "shortly after".
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August's Xbox Games with Gold include Saints Row 2 and Monaco
Plus Calico and ScourgeBringer.
As is the monthly tradition, August brings a fresh batch of titles for Xbox Games with Gold members, with the service's next four offerings now confirmed to be Saints Row 2, Monaco: What's Mine is Yours, Calico, and ScourgeBringer.
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PlayStation reveals DualSense-inspired Backbone One iPhone controller
With PS Remote Play in mind.
Sony has unveiled the new Backbone One PlayStation Edition, an officially licensed iPhone controller created with PS Remote Play in mind.
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Video | Ian catalogues 25 purrfect Easter eggs found in Stray
Half Life, Skyrim, Untitled Goose Game, Back to the Future and much more!
The gorgeous cyberpunk world of kitty-simulator Stray may be full of hungry Zurks, but it seems there was still enough room left over for developer BlueTwelve Studio to include a huge amount of Easter eggs.
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Digital Foundry | Halo Infinite campaign co-op beta tested - and it's superb fun
Plus: we tested the PC version on Steam Deck too.
Seven months after launch, Halo Infinite continues to evolve with 343 Industries embarking on an extended beta testing period for campaign co-op. This is a crucial feature for a Halo title, desperately missed on the game's debut - and clearly a challenge for the developer. After all, Halo has transitioned from a linear shooter into an open world experience, with a vast degree of freedom for the player - and the notion that up to four players can travel the map doing whatever they please wouldn't really make sense. 343's solutions are constrictive - but they do work - and overall impressions are favourable.
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Goat Simulator 3 - which, in a fine example of a joke gone wildly out of control, is actually the direct sequel to the original Goat Simulator - has been given a release date and will be launching for PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5 on 17th November.
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Xenoblade Chronicles will continue beyond 3
Good to Noah.
The Xenoblade Chronicles 3 team has assured us that there is still plenty of life left in the series.
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Eurogamer Newscast | What do Rockstar's changes really mean for GTA6 and the games industry?
And what's the deal with Nier's secret door?
This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we're discussing Rockstar, and how its internal improvements may also change its games and the wider games industry.
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Minecraft responds to fans unhappy with new reporting system
"This may not be the answer some of you were hoping for."
Minecraft Java Edition's new update is here, and developer Mojang has responded to players who still aren't happy with its Player Reporting system.
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Obsidian's Grounded gets a full release this September
Time to touch grass.
Two years since its launch in early access, Obsidian's garden survival adventure Grounded is finally getting a full release on 27th September.
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Amazon has announced its August Games with Prime line-up
StarCraft: Remastered! Recompile! ScourgeBringer!
Amazon has announced the free games available as part of its August Games with Prime lineup.
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A year later, A Better Ubisoft says none of its demands have been met
"We believe as strongly as ever that management must engage with us."
A year ago today, the "A Better Ubisoft" group penned an open letter in solidarity with Activision Blizzard workers which also called out Ubisoft's own management for its handling of misconduct scandals in the past.
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Life is Strange is getting its first tie-in prose novel, titled Steph's Story.
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Yesterday, EA had its big gameplay reveal for FIFA 23 which showed off all the fancy current-gen features in action.
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Asmodee pulls Pandemic from Nintendo eShop, disables online multiplayer in Catan
Both playable offline for existing owners.
Publisher Asmodee Digital is pulling its Pandemic game from the Nintendo eShop, and is disabling online multiplayer in its Switch version of Catan.
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