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Team17 U-turns on controversial Worms NFT project following intense backlash
Will now "step back from the NFT space".
In light of the intense criticism following yesterday's news that Team17 was launching an "environmentally friendly" Worms NFT project, the publisher has announced it will no longer be going ahead with its plans.
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The Pokémon Company has released the Pokémon DP Sound Library.
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Journey, Skyrim and Spider-Man developers announce new studio Gardens
How will it grow?
A new studio named Gardens has been announced from the developers of Journey, Skyrim and Spider-Man.
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Recommended | Pokémon Legends: Arceus review - budget bare-minimum, or the series' purest form?
Pocket Monster Hunter.
It's a strange kind of punishment, being a long-term player of Game Freak's collective Pokémon works. To have played all these games as they came out is to be forever tormented by the series high of Pokémon's early gems. For many these are all-time video game highs: deep, vast, iconic giants, games that launched and subsequently bottled the lightning of a generational craze. Continuing on beyond them means suffering a kind of constant haunting by the hypothetical, the what-if world where the studio is given the time and budget and technical talent it so obviously needs - and that the Pokémon Company, owner of the highest-grossing media franchise of all time, can so obviously afford.
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Recommended | Vagante review - a hidden gem, but watch out for the arrow traps
Spellunky.
For a genre defined by unpredictability, roguelikes often sound staggeringly boring. These are games for initiates, cast in the image of celebrated forebears - you at least have to know what Rogue is, whereas a first-person shooter speaks for itself. They are also firmly systems-led to the point of dryness. As such, their marketing materials tend to read like anatomical checklists, the same vital organs passed from developer to developer.
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Recommended | Windjammers 2 review - tasteful revival of a cult classic
Here we go.
Tinkering with the classics is always asking for trouble. There's the legion of fans to satiate, the details you daren't deviate from, the difficulty in making meaningful additions. Tinker with a cult classic and you're really asking for trouble, those details sacrosanct as scripture to its dedicated followers while any changes are subject to intense scrutiny - so it's with some delight I can report that Windjammers 2, the follow-up to Data East's dearly beloved Neo Geo action sports classic, pulls the trick off handsomely.
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PlayStation plans to launch more than 10 live service games before March 2026
Bungie? Last of Us? Horizon?
Sony will launch more than 10 new live service games over the next four years, it has said - just days after announcing its $3.6bn Bungie buyout bid.
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Video game composers have music sold as NFTs without permission
HitPiece platform under fire.
Video game composers have had their music sold as NFTs without permission.
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Phil'sosophy and fridges.
The pesky fridge door in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy that never, ever, closes was inspired by long-running gags from Modern Family and Its Always Sunny In Philadelphia, its creative director has now revealed.
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Shovel Knight devs reveal New Project: Mina The Hollower
Cute but deadly.
The next game from Yacht Club Games, the developer famous for Shovel Knight, has been revealed: a brand-new project known as Mina The Hollower.
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EA seemingly backtracks from earlier NFT enthusiasm
"Right now it's not something that we're driving hard against."
EA boss Andrew Wilson has said that the FIFA and Apex Legends publisher is not currently looking to get into the NFT business.
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Cyberbang 2069 visual novel expands on Cyberpunk 2077 romances
Yes, you can bang Keanu.
Cyberbang 2069 is a visual novel based on CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 that expands upon its romances.
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PS5 sales hit 17.3m, but hampered by chip shortages
The chips are down.
Sony has now shipped 17.3m PS5 consoles, according to its latest earnings report.
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EA admits Battlefield 2042 flopped, but would have been less than 10% of annual revenue anyway
"Some of the design choices did not resonate with everyone in our community."
EA has commented on the failed launch of Battlefield 2042, the latest instalment in its flagship shooter franchise which arrived late and with numerous problems.
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Xbox celebrates Black History Month with diverse initiatives
Twitch also highlighting Black Brilliance.
Xbox is celebrating Black History Month with a number of initiatives.
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Feature | Playing Spelunky for the first time: a friendly interrogation
Mine craft.
Imagine a world in which you have never played Spelunky. I bet many of you can't. For Chrsitian Donlan, it's impossible. Like so many of you, he's been passionately playing the series for years.
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Valve dates Steam sales and events for first half of 2022
Plus, games can now be discounted every 28 days.
Steam's current Lunar New Year sale might be nearing its end, but there's plenty more on the horizon for discount hunters - as Valve has now revealed in its newly released schedule of Steam sales and events for the first half of 2022.
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Danny Trejo is guest starring in OlliOlli World
Which launches next week on PC and consoles.
OlliOlli World, the ambitious new entry in Roll7's acclaimed skateboarding series, is just a week away from release, and the developer is marking the final countdown to launch with news that Hollywood star Danny Trejo will be making an appearance in-game.
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Shadow Warrior 3 gets March release date
Wang's out.
Having been punted clear of its original 2021 launch window last October, Shadow Warrior 3 finally has a release day, with developer Flying Wild Hog now confirming it'll be whipping its Wang out on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC from 1st March.
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Video | If not exclusivity, what does Sony get from buying Bungie?
It's the Eurogamer Newscast.
Hello and welcome to another special episode of Eurogamer's Newscast, as another two huge acquisitions shake the video games industry. Sony is buying Bungie for $3.6bn, of course, but let's not forget the beloved Wordle has also been snapped up by the New York Times.
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New York Times buys puzzle game phenomenon Wordle for seven-figure sum
Will "initially" remain free.
Free browser-based puzzler and cultural phenomenon Wordle has been purchased by the New York Times for an undisclosed seven-figure sum.
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Destiny 2 and future games to remain multiplatform.
Sony has today announced it will buy Destiny maker Bungie for $3.6bn.
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Don't shoot the messengers.
The highly anticipated Bloodborne demake is out today, complete with a brand-new launch trailer.
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CrossfireX headlines Xbox Game Pass titles for February
Contrast! Ark: Ultimate Survivor! The Last Kids on Earth!
Microsoft has revealed the latest titles to be making their way to Xbox Game Pass this February.
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Developers of Team17-published games slam Worms NFT plans
"We will not be working with them on future titles."
Indie developers with games published by Team17 have reacted in fury to yesterday's announcement of Worms collectible NFTs.
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Mason Greenwood reportedly dropped from FIFA 22 following rape allegations
EA yet to officially comment.
Mason Greenwood has reportedly been dropped from FIFA 22 following rape allegations.
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Blizzard has announced the unthinkable: the Horde vs. Alliance factional divide in World of Warcraft is being relaxed. As in, soon you will be able to invite an Alliance character to your Horde instancing party and vice versa. No longer are we to be enemies! Now we shall be... ugh... argh... gah.... I can't quite say it... Friends.
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Battlefield 2042 Season One pushed back to summer
Improvements coming in March.
DICE has pushed back the start of Battlefield 2042's Season One until "early summer".
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Feature | Why don't games play around with time more?
Tick tock.
I am a lonely little probe, sent deep into space, for there's a menacing anomaly on the space-time horizon and I must investigate it. I have journeyed for hundreds of years. Are my creators still alive, is their civilization still alive? For I exist outside of their cycles of life and their experiences of time. I last. It's why I was sent here. I drift, listening and scanning planets to hear what they have to say. And sometimes they speak back.
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Resident Evil 4 VR update adds accessibility options for comfort
First post-launch update.
An update for Resident Evil 4 VR on Oculus Quest 2 adds more accessibility options.
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