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Blizzard's new Warcraft mobile game is free-to-play "tower offence" Arclight Rumble
Closed beta due to launch "soon".
Back in February, Activision Blizzard revealed its long-running Warcraft franchise would be heading to mobile this year - and we now know exactly what form it'll take thanks to the official reveal of free-to-play "tower offence" game Warcraft Arclight Rumble for iOS and Android.
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Here's a quick look at Sonic Prime on Netflix
Bolt from the blue.
Netflix has released a new trailer for its upcoming kids shows, giving us a new look at Sonic Prime.
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EA announces FIFA cross-play test
Finally on the ball.
EA has announced plans for a cross-play test to be held within FIFA 22 for all players on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Stadia.
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Digital Foundry | The PS5 VRR update: tested and discussed by Digital Foundry
Is variable refresh rate support a game-changer for PS5?
This past week and some 18 months after the launch of the PS5, support for Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) technology has finally landed on the Sony console. This feature has been on Xbox and PC for years, where it's been key to smoothing out uneven frame-rates, reducing judder and eliminating screen tearing - so VRR on PS5 brings some level of parity across platforms. But just how good is the PS5 implementation - where does it succeed, and where does it fall a bit short?
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Mother 3 producer discusses lack of western release
"Quite a challenge."
Nintendo cult classic Mother 3 still hasn't reached the west, and now its producer has been asked why.
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Xbox reveals May's upcoming Game Pass titles
Trek to Yomi! This War of Mine! NHL 22! And more!
Xbox has detailed the new games that will be making their way onto Games Pass over the coming month.
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There are now 2400 playable games on Valve's Steam Deck
Almost 1300 are verified.
Valve now has almost 2400 games playable on its Steam Deck handheld.
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Crystal Dynamics, Eidos will break even until new games released, Embracer says
Square Enix financial data shows slim operating income.
Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Interactive will sit around "breakeven" point for the next two years, soon-to-be-new owner Embracer has said.
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Last month, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier tweeted that Blizzard was coming out of its "dry spell" and was set to release "a bunch of new games", with an accompanying link to tonight's mobile Warcraft announcement. Here, Schreier stated that this particular game was "one of two" mobile Warcraft projects in development.
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Global chip shortage will continue into 2024, says Intel boss
Impact on consoles and PC cards will drift on.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger believes the global chip shortage will continue into 2024.
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Podcast | What it's actually like being a game publisher
With No More Robots founder Mike Rose.
A publisher's perspective: we haven't had one of those on the Eurogamer Podcast yet, not until today! And publishing is an area there are many misconceptions about. Are they goodies, are they baddies? We just don't know! And how does signing a game, and marshalling it out of the door, work?
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Nintendo Switch Sports streamer breaks TV, discovers Joy-Con straps are there for a reason
Wii tried to warn you.
Last week, Nintendo issued a warning for parents, asking them to ensure that their children always stand far enough away from the TV screen to avoid hitting it, and far enough away from others to avoid any unintentional fisticuffs.
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Streamer mods Fisher Price controller to play Elden Ring
Child's play.
Elden Ring has now been played with a Fisher Price controller.
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Recommended | Nintendo Switch Sports review - online or local, it's a treat
Happy campus.
Oh, I remember this. Move the sofa. Push back the chairs. And then every game begins with something that takes me back almost 40 years, to Music and Movement at infants school. Find a space, reach out your arms to make sure you don't touch anything and knock anyone over. You're ready. Just the thought of this is enough to bring back the smell of every school hall that has ever existed: floor polish, dust, feet.
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Italian voice actor spoils Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 details
Now he's goron dunnit.
An Italian voice actor may have dropped a big spoiler for the Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel.
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Supporters | Off Topic: I want Netflix to spend all its money on game shows
You've been Bamboozled!
Trying to launch a new game show must be like trying to launch a new chocolate bar: absolutely terrifying. The established ones are thoroughly established indeed - they have survived changing trends, changing tastes, changing decades. If a game show (or a chocolate bar) is successful it becomes part of the fabric of life, part of the unquestioned background clutter of the world. That sounds like a difficult thing to achieve.
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May's PlayStation Now line-up is here, and is the last of its kind
It's the final countdown.
Sony has announced its PlayStation Now lineup for May, the final one of its kind ahead of the move to Sony's new-look subscription service next month.
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Tomb Raider studio will continue Perfect Dark work despite being sold by Square Enix
Taking the Initiative.
Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics will continue to assist with the development of Microsoft's big budget Perfect Dark reboot, despite the company being sold by publisher Square Enix.
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Digital Foundry | DF Direct Weekly on PS5 VRR, Steam Deck's 40Hz upgrade and 900W next-gen GPUs
Plus: what's the deal with Sony's PlayStation Preservation Group?
It's been a barren few weeks for gaming and technology news, but it looks like things are finally picking up! John, Rich and Alex share initial findings on PlayStation 5 VRR, discuss Valve's new 40-60Hz display support for Steam Deck... and what to make of the PlayStation "Preservation Group"?
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Square Enix sells off western studios and IP - including Tomb Raider and Deus Ex
To Embracer Group for just $300m.
Square Enix has sold off its western studios and over 50 intellectual properties to Embracer Group for just $300m.
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Feature | BIOTA is another metroidvania I didn't know I wanted.
Back to mine.
BIOTA is an indie metroidvania, and for some reason it's really gotten to me. I really love it. I love the range of colour palettes you can select, at least one of which gives the game's sci-fi horrors a sort of holiday ice cream chic. I love the chunkiness of the art. I love the chugging chiptune soundtrack. I love the fact that the whole thing is set on an asteroid.
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Leaked images suggest the next Forza Motorsport is coming to Xbox One after all
Right now, the racer has only been confirmed for Xbox Series S/X.
Two leaked screenshots, reportedly of the next Forza Motorsport game, have popped up online.
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Dying Light 2's DLC will "surprise people"
And it can be started "right after Aiden arrives in The City".
Techland has opened up about what players can expect from Dying Light 2's upcoming story-driven DLC packs.
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"We know that it can be complicated for some people."
Dead Cells co-developer Evil Empire has opened up about new accessibility options coming to the fan-favourite indie.
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Video | This new mod lets you play Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus in VR
It's a bit of all Reich.
Flat screen to VR modder Helifax has just released a new mod that brings full 6DOF VR to Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.
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The original Forza was briefly available to buy online yesterday
"...and it’s 4K on Series X & One X."
The original Forza Horizon game was briefly available to buy from the Xbox store yesterday.
While there's no official word on whether or not the game's return to the Xbox store was intentional, the racer has already been removed again, albeit not quite before some gamers managed to buy and download it (thanks, VGC).
YouTuber Jamie Moran was even able to play it on their Xbox Series X and share the footage, stating on Twitter: "The First Forza Horizon game popped up again in the store. Such a fun game, it still holds up really well and it’s 4K on Series X & One X."
https://twitter.com/JamieMoranUK/status/1520557268399501312The game's sudden and unexpected reappearance six years after it was removed from sale has some fans speculating that it may be making a return. Without official word from the developer or Microsoft, however, we can only chalk this up to a mistake for now.
The latest game in the series, Forza Horizon 5, has seen more than 10 million players since launch. The impressive milestone means Playground's racing game has enjoyed the biggest first week in Xbox and Game Pass history.
Forza Horizon 5 looked like a hit even before it came out, when nearly one million people were already playing via early access on PC and Xbox ahead of the 9th November street date.
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Psychonauts 2 is Double Fine's "highest-rated and best-selling game to date"
Former art director's tweets hints at sales of at least 1.7 million.
Psychonauts 2 is Double Fine's "highest-rated and best-selling game to date".
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Narrative-driven game festival, LudoNarraCon, is back next week
The digital show features 42 exhibiting games and 56 panellists.
Fellow Traveller's LudoNarraCon is back on 5th May.
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Feature | The joy of Toads, and the fight for East Sussex's World Championships
A hole new world.
Pass by a pub in Lewes, East Sussex's quaint county town, and you'll likely hear the low, rhythmic clunk! of brass hitting lead. Pause for a moment - perhaps peer in a dusty window - and you might catch the glint of metal as heavy brass coins arc hopefully through the air to land, several feet away, on the soft, sloped surface of a small table. Clunk! This is Toad in the Hole, or just toads, a pub game that's a cross between darts and tiddly-winks. As sure as you'll find Harvey's on tap, you'll see a toads table tucked away in most Lewes drinking establishments - as well as in those among its many surrounding villages.
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Feature | The enduring allure of Rollercoaster Tycoon
Having a wheee.
I have no memories of the fateful day in 1999 I bought Rollercoaster Tycoon. I don’t remember what got me interested in the game. I get nauseous as soon as I get on a bus, so it’s safe to say I’m not a theme park fan. I do remember having an obsession with the hypercapitalist, cool America style of Disneyland Paris, forever dangled in front of me by ads that would run at the end of Disney movie VHS tapes. But Rollercoaster Tycoon needed no specific branding to appeal. It just has you, right from its box illustration with the rollercoaster whizzing just out of view, the bright logo with its pleasant rollercoaster-esque bend. Rollercoaster Tycoon screams fun before you’ve even started it (even literally, on the back of the box).
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