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Planet Coaster 2, the sequel to the popular theme park management game, now has a confirmed release date of 6th November 2024.

Black Myth: Wukong is one of the most interesting console games I've seen in a while. There's a clear PC focus, with the PlayStation 5 version featuring a trio of awkward graphics modes - none of which quite hit the target. I also get the sense it's a game tailor-made for the PlayStation 5 Pro, assuming that the features of the hardware are put to good use. Using the PC version of the game, I decided to look at 'BMW' on a number of fronts. Could the resources of the standard PS5 be better utilised for smoother gameplay? To what extent would PS5 Pro be a game-changer? And what of Series S: if Game Science had issues with the PS5 version, can Microsoft's junior Xbox hack it?

Ballistic Moon's Until Dawn remake is set to release on PC this October. Ahead of this, the studio has shared its PC requirements for the upcoming teen-horror.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has today received its ninth patch, which brings "substantial performance improvements" on PC and removes Denuvo DRM.

Flappy Bird, the infuriating mobile game, is set to make a return later this year.

Hoyoverse has confirmed Xbox players will not need to purchase a Game Pass subscription in order to access Genshin Impact's online multiplayer mode.

After a stint in beta, Valve has opened up Steam Families to the wider public.

Game studio Odyssey Interactive is launching a playtest for its latest "crazy" project but it may not even release if players aren't into it.

The Borderlands film has made headlines for, sadly, not the right reasons recently. The adaptation based on Gearbox's games of the same name failed to capture the hearts (and wallets) of audiences on its August release, and was widely panned by critics.

Microsoft has laid off a further 650 Xbox staff, though no games have been cancelled or studios have been closed this time.

A fresh PS5 system software update is on the way that adds a new customisable Welcome Hub to the home screen.

I spent a good part of this morning trying to remember the precise artwork that Sauge, the heroine of Caravan SandWitch, reminds me of. With her baggy, almost plus four style trousers and bouncing quiff, she's relatively close to Tintin, but I had a twittering sense that there was something else at play too. Eventually, I remembered it: Emil and the Detectives, the children's adventure by Erich Kästner. More specifically, those airy, bendy, thick-lined ink illustrations by Walter Trier. Retro and modern all at once, as art struck on the cusp of the 1930s often was. Cheerful and spirited, filled with a headlong sense of derring-do. It's a perfect fit.

With Dragon Age: The Veilguard's October release looming ever closer, developer BioWare continues its slow and steady stream of blog-sized info-nuggets and teases - this time revealing a little about exploration, alongside news of a photo mode.

Microsoft has announced it's bringing friend requests back to Xbox after more than a decade, with its new "friends and followers experience" set to go live for Insiders this week.

Starbreeze Studios has announced major changes to Payday 3's creative leadership team - with former game director Miodrag Kovačevićas "stepping away" from the role - as the co-operative shooter continues to struggle against its decade-old predecessor Payday 2.

Midnight Society, the developer behind "vertical extraction shooter" Deadrop, has announced "significant" layoffs following studio co-founder Guy "Dr Disrespect" Beahm's admission of "inappropriate" behaviour with a "minor" earlier this year.

Sony has revealed its PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium games for September.

Yesterday Sony finally announced the long-rumoured PS5 Pro in a technical presentationn hosted by Mark Cerny. The console is a more advanced version of the PlayStation 5 that boosts its graphics capabilities, and even improves backwards compatibility with some PS4 games.

Dead Island 2 is getting a free update next month, which will include a new co-op horde mode known as Neighborhood Watch and New Game Plus.

If the recently-announced PS5 Pro is a little too pricey for you but you have been looking to get your hands on a PlayStation 5 at some point, there is a significantly cheaper option on the horizon.

UPDATE 11/09/24: Epic Games has confirmed cross-play across all PC storefronts is a requirement of its games store for all multiplayer games.

There are currently no plans to make Sonic Adventure 3 and continue the Sonic series from the Dreamcast days.

Escaping from hell while bound to your nearest and dearest is always going to be somewhat chaotic, but a new Chained Together update is about to amplify that chaos even more.

The team behind gaslamp fantasy survival game Nightingale is about to release its previously-promised big update, known as Realms Rebuilt.

Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai is "so sorry" to players who have spent "hundreds or even thousands of hours" in the Nintendo fighting game.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has got off to a strong start on Steam. In fact, it has become the most played Warhammer game in terms of peak concurrent player numbers on Valve's platform.

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater producer Noriaki Okamura has stated the development team would "rather come down on the side of 'too faithful'" than make big changes compared to the original game.

Noteable games analyst Piers Harding-Rolls of Ampere Analysis expects the PS5 Pro's sales to follow a very similar trend to those of the PS4 Pro, even with that rather high price tag.

There's bad timing, and there's your former company president going on a podcast and telling game developers – caught up in the worst period of mass layoffs in the history of video games – to go "drive an Uber or whatever," the very same day you announce a £700 console in the middle of a cost of living crisis.

In the last article I wrote for Eurogamer, I wondered how Sony would tackle the challenge of marketing a premium version of the PlayStation 5 when the standard PS5 - arguably - already commands a premium price-point which hasn't shifted substantially since its launch four years ago. The answer was surprisingly straightforward: users love 60fps performance modes, so why not serve that up with enhanced quality comparable to today's 30fps fidelity modes? It's an elegant solution for presenting a higher-end piece of hardware without making the standard model look lacking.