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Fortnite's battle royale mode has always been about escaping the storm. Now, it's asking you to run towards one.

EA has confirmed a number of FIFA Ultimate Team trader accounts have been hacked via phishing techniques.

FAR: Changing Tides now has a release date of 1st March and is available to pre-order.

I've been lucky enough to test out a bunch of weird and wonderful tech, but I don't always get a chance to share my discoveries in a full review or roundup. That's why this column exists, to highlight bits of tech that might not fit elsewhere but nonetheless deserve a mention. Enjoy!

I've been lucky enough to test out a bunch of weird and wonderful tech, but I don't always get a chance to share my discoveries in a full review or roundup. That's why this column exists, to highlight bits of tech that might not fit elsewhere but nonetheless deserve a mention. Enjoy!

I've been lucky enough to test out a bunch of weird and wonderful tech, but I don't always get a chance to share my discoveries in a full review or roundup. That's why this column exists, to highlight bits of tech that might not fit elsewhere but nonetheless deserve a mention. Enjoy!

Welcome to Will vs Weird Tech, a semi-regular feature in which we take a look at some of the most interesting objects to have passed through our Bristol HQ over the past few weeks - stuff that doesn't fit neatly within our regular round-ups of the best gaming peripherals or our reviews of the latest CPUs and GPUs, technology that's doing something a little different.

Welcome to another of our pieces looking forward to 2022. Today: the crucial question of hardware accessibility.

Console manufacturers should collaborate on cross-platform bans and the ability to block other users, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said.

Days Gone director Jeff Ross recently called Sony's decision not to greenlight a sequel "weird" after its sales success.

Two Los Angeles police officers were fired for playing Pokémon Go instead of responding to a robbery in progress, newly-released documents have revealed.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has been asked how his company's relationship with Activision has actually changed, after he previously told Microsoft staff he was "evaluating all aspects" of Xbox's relationship with the troubled Call of Duty publisher.

Images from the PS4 release of Horizon Forbidden West have leaked online.

Microsoft's Xbox Series X and S are outpacing sales of previous Xbox console generations - despite the fact that supply has been unable to meet demand.

Over the weekend, developer Techland attempted to stir up some additional excitement for the impending arrival of its parkour-infused open-world zombie sequel Dying Light 2 by claiming players would likely need to set aside "at least 500 hours" to fully complete the game. The statement perhaps didn't have quite the desired effect, however, drawing ire from skeptical fans, and the company has now offered further clarification, saying the game should only take around 20 hours to beat at its most fundamental level.

Following a few vague teases (and some decidedly more specific teases) that Sam "Serious" Stone was prepping to return for another bout of explosive FPS action in the near future, publisher Devolver Digital has finally revealed all. A new standalone expansion for Serious Sam 4, titled Siberian Mayhem, comes to Steam on 25th January.

What would a Paradox Interactive game be without a ceaseless avalanche of accompanying paid DLC? Well, today is not the day to find out as the publisher has announced Cities: Skylines' upcoming Airports expansion - which comes to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC on 25th January - will be accompanied by a four-strong batch of supporting paid DLC.

Hello! We're going to start the year off with a handful of pieces looking forward to 2022. Sometimes we'll be looking at trends we've spotted or themes that will probably be continuing to define things in games for a while. Sometimes we'll just be thinking about things we've enjoyed and where they could lead. Have a lovely new year all!

It's a new year and I've got a whole bunch of interesting people lined up for the Eurogamer Podcast already. Last year was great, relaunching the show, and the six episodes we've had should really give you an idea of where I want it to go. (Remember to check out the episode with departing editor-in-chief Oli Welsh if you haven't already, and then chase it with the Martin Robinson episode, because he's our new editor-in-chief.)

We've known it's coming for some time. Initial press and controller imagery from Sony was swiftly augmented by leaked specifications, now fully fleshed out via an announcement from Jim Ryan himself at CES 2022, along with more details from the PlayStation Blog. PlayStationVR 2 is now official and it's looking hugely exciting. In fact, from our perspective, high-end VR gaming in general needs a shot in the arm in a world where the mobile-based Oculus Quest 2 reigns supreme and the success of PlayStationVR 2 is our best chance of this happening.

Paramount will reportedly become the latest company to license its media empire to Epic Games for use within Fortnite.

This article has been updated and amended to ensure Eurogamer's full compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR). - 10/01/2022

UPDATE 10/1/22: Over the weekend, details of a new Armored Core game turned up on the internet, apparently originating from a consumer survey. At the time, only text details were posted. Now, a series of screenshots have leaked as well.

Take-Two, owner of Borderlands publisher 2K and Grand Theft Auto maker Rockstar, has announced it will purchase mobile games giant Zynga for around $12.7bn - making it the most expensive video games acquisition of all time.

I am repeatedly drawn to games with strong visuals, and Wytchwood was no exception. In its very first moment, you wake up as a witch, herself a plump figure with what looks like a pot for a head, in a hut that looks like it comes straight out of a fairy tale pop-up book. Everything from your bookshelf to the cauldron bubbling away on the hearth looks slightly two-dimensional, and yet the setting seems to be teeming with life.

Twitch is hitting back at content creators for streaming TV shows on their channels.

An Xbox version of real-time strategy Age of Empires 4 looks like it's currently in testing within Microsoft.

E3 will not be held in its traditional in-person form this year, its organiser the ESA has confirmed.

Half-Life: Ray Traced is a new attempt to get hardware accelerated ray-tracing working in Valve's first-person shooter classic - and you should be able to play it yourself later this year.

A YouTuber has created an adapter for the PlayStation 5 DualSense controller allowing it to be played with one hand.