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Digital Foundry | Shadow Warrior 3: a great game let down by frustrating technical issues
And there's no native app support for current-gen consoles.
Nine years on from Flying Wild Hog Studios' first reboot of the Shadow Warrior franchise, it's all change with the third series entry. Protagonist Lo Wang's voice is different, the gameplay itself has evolved and crucially - from a Digital Foundry perspective, at least - the engine technology powering the experience has moved on.
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Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment studio head David Polfeldt is "perfectly at peace" leaving Ubisoft
"I don't think I'm the right manager for what the studio has become."
The managing director of Ubisoft subsidiary Massive Entertainment, David Polfeldt, is leaving the company.
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Lost Ark team is still working to control the MMO's bot problem
"We are working on internal tools to make it much more difficult for bots to enter the game."
Smilegate is still working to control bots and "illegitimate accounts" in its fan-favourite MMO, Lost Ark.
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This Elden Ring fan created an iOS app to help players track quests
"I wrote my very first app to solve what I think is a big accessibility barrier."
An Elden Ring fan has released an iOS app to help players track their quests.
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EA, Gearbox, and Microsoft protest "anti-LGBTQ+ efforts" in Texas
"Discrimination is bad for business, bad for employees, and bad for families."
EA, Gearbox, and Microsoft have added their voices to a letter asking governor Greg Abbott to "abandon efforts" to vilify parents helping their transgender child access "medically necessary, age-appropriate healthcare in the state of Texas".
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Gran Turismo 7's latest patch is out now
"Thank you for your continued support and please continue to enjoy Gran Turismo 7!"
Patch 1.06 is out now for Gran Turismo 7.
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Feature | Why it's time for a Daredevil game
Notes on the man without fear.
This piece contains SPOILERS for Spider-Man: No Way Home and Hawkeye, episode 6.
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Dead Space remake is launching "early" 2023
Confirmed during audio-focused dev livestream.
There've been a few whisperings concerning the release date of EA's Dead Space remake in recent weeks, but now the publisher has moved to bring the rumours to a halt by giving the sci-fi horror rejuvenation an official "early" 2023 release window.
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Gran Turismo 7 was series' fifth-biggest launch in UK
And also its most expensive.
Gran Turismo topped the UK boxed game charts this week, knocking Elden Ring from pole position, but digital sales have now emerged painting a fuller picture.
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While Indiana Jones may be a famed treasure hunter, many of his fans have been left disappointed by the amount of gold they will have to shell out on Pinball FX's latest Indy-inspired DLC.
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Incredible Elden Ring art created in Dreams
Beautiful nightmare.
Elden Ring has a stunning, dark fantasy aesthetic and now it's been recreated in Dreams.
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Elite Dangerous console users prepare to retire their ships, following update cancellation news
"It's been real Commanders."
Yesterday, Elite Dangerous developer Frontier Developments announced it had cancelled all future content and updates for PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
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After years of waiting, For Honor fans are finally getting crossplay.
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Halo Infinite unsupported on Steam Deck due to anti-cheat
Including campaign mode.
Microsoft has detailed which of its Xbox Game Studios games are supported on Valve's new Steam Deck handheld - and which won't work at all.
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Microsoft asks you to switch to Xbox's energy saver mode
Which also now downloads game and system updates.
Microsoft has called upon Xbox users to switch their consoles onto Energy Saver mode.
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Elden Ring boss beaten with an actual banana
An appeeling method.
Yes, you read that headline correctly: a boss in Elden Ring has been beaten using an actual banana.
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Call of Duty: Warzone is coming to mobile
"An all new AAA experience."
Following multiple rumours, Activision has announced it is bringing Call of Duty: Warzone to mobile devices.
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Microsoft ID@Xbox Showcase set for next week
Indie games incoming.
Next week will see a new ID@Xbox Showcase event.
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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: shadows, more shadows, and lovely scrolling.
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Pokémon Go will suspend gameplay in Russia, Belarus
Plus other Niantic games Ingress and Pikmin Bloom.
Pokémon Go will suspend its gameplay in Russia and Belarus for the foreseeable future, developer Niantic has now said.
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Ubisoft resets passwords after "cyber security incident"
"No evidence" user information accessed.
Ubisoft has initiated a company-wide password reset after it detected a "cyber security incident" last week.
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Feature | Dicebreaker Recommends: Jaipur, a mean, lean card game for two
Muscling in for the maharaja.
Dicebreaker Recommends is a series of monthly board game, RPG and other tabletop recommendations from our friends at our sibling site, Dicebreaker. This month, it's Jaipur - one of the team's picks for the best two-player board games around.
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DrDisrespect settles legal dispute with Twitch over 2020 permanent ban
"No party admits any wrongdoing."
Enormously popular streamer DrDisrespect, aka Guy Beahm, has settled his legal dispute with Twitch, with neither party admitting to any wrongdoing.
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Overwatch 2 closed beta launching next month, registrations now open
As Blizzard 'decouples' PvP and PvE modes.
When last we heard from Overwatch 2, Activision Blizzard was making noises to suggest we might not see it until 2023; now, however, the publisher has announced plans to 'decouple' Overwatch 2's PvP features from its PvE systems in order to get the team-based shooter sequel into players' hands sooner via a series of betas scheduled to run throughout 2022.
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Lost Ark's March update out now, adds limited-time racing event and first PvP season
Plus new story and end-game content.
After a bit of a tease earlier this month, Lost Ark's big March update is now here, introducing the previously confirmed new end-game raids and story quests, alongside a couple of additional treats, including a limited-time Arkesia racing event and its first PvP season.
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As we rapidly approach the first anniversary of Super Nintendo World's grand opening to the public at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka, Nintendo has announced (on this most blessed of Mario Days) that the Los Angeles version of its theme park will open next year.
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Elite Dangerous cancels Odyssey expansion and all future content on consoles
Focus will now be on PC version.
Frontier Developments will no longer be releasing new content for its long-running space sim Elite Dangerous on Xbox and PlayStation, and development on the console version of its poorly received Odyssey expansion has ceased.
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Video | Eurogamer Newscast: PlayStation State of Play digested
Not Dino Crisis! Not Final Fantasy Tactics! Turtles!
This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we're sharing our thoughts on last night's big PlayStation State of Play event.
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Feature | Everything announced in Sony's PlayStation State of Play
Exoprimal! The DioField Chronicle! Valkyrie Elysium! More!
The PlayStation State of Play is finished! In case you missed it, here's everything announced during the broadcast, including all the trailers.
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Digital Foundry | Elden Ring: the last-gen analysis - can the older consoles still cut it?
Or do you need to upgrade to PS5 or Series X?
The dust has settled after Elden Ring's release and now there's a moment to check out the last-gen versions - the state of PS4, Xbox One, Pro and One X, and fundamentally, to see if any of these consoles can deliver a decent experience. With current-gen console stocks thin on the ground, do you really need to upgrade? Bearing in mind the discourse surrounding Elden Ring performance, the prospects may not seem great but as it happens, of the four last-gen renditions available, PS4 Pro and Xbox One X aren't bad, the base PS4 is acceptable - and it's only Xbox One S that must be avoided.
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