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Riot Games was reportedly developing a Smash Bros. style fighter set in the League of Legends universe, but pulled the plug on the project earlier this year after perceiving Warner Bros' Smash-inspired MultiVersus to have been a commercial failure.

UPDATE 10/7/24: Following yesterday's PlayStation Plus leak, Sony has formally unveiled the games joining its Extra and Premium catalogue in July. And while everything is pretty much as expected, Sony's announcement does round out the list a little, confirming a few more titles for Extra subscribers as well as July's Premium games.

Apple has been feeding iPhone and iPad owners a steady diet of big-budget console ports, from Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 4 and Death Stranding to this month's tentpole release of Assassin's Creed Mirage. Mirage is the last of Apple's game announcements from the iPhone 15 event last September, and promises a fully-fledged version of what is a good-looking and technically accomplished AC title. That said, it comes with somewhat muted expectations given the inconsistent technical quality of those prior iPhone releases. How does Mirage fare on iPhone hardware, and what lessons can we take from the recent spate of console ports - including Capcom's new rendition of Resident Evil 7?

A new VR multiplayer game has been announced by nDreams, the developer of Synapse, coming to PSVR 2 and Meta Quest.

Nintendo has posted an unusual and unexplained teaser video on its YouTube and social channels, for what appears to be a fresh horror project.

The maker of Pokémon-like monster fighter Palworld has founded a new company, Palworld Entertainment, designed to "accelerate the multifaceted global development" of the game and the brand's further expansion.

Rocksteady has delayed the release of Suicide Squad Kill the Justice League's second season.

Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka would love to make a Sonic RPG before he retires from Sega, though that's just a dream.

Five of the Best is a weekly series for supporters of Eurogamer. It's a series that highlights some of the features in games that are often overlooked. It's also about having your say, so don't be shy, use the comments below and join in!

Microsoft has confirmed sweeping changes - including price increases - to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service in the run-up to October's launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, which will include the removal of day one releases for its overhauled basic tier.

Vampire Survivors, the minimalist survival RPG from developer Poncle, is joining Apple Arcade in August, along with Temple: Run Legends and Vision Pro update for Castle Crumble.

If the absence of any positive Dead Space 2 remake news has been getting you down, there's at least one new way to get a bit of Necromorph in your life right now, even if it's probably not quite what fans were hoping for. EA's sci-fi horror series is the focus of a new Battlefield 2024 limited-time PvE mode, Outbreak, which is available to play now.

Assassin's Creed Shadows developer Ubisoft has owned up to including a historical re-enactment group's logo in artwork for its upcoming feudal Japan stabathon, and apologised for its use without permission.

Lego fans of a certain age had a bit of a moment last month, when pizza delivery kid Pepper Roni - yes, from stone-cold 1997 classic Lego Island - popped up in a trailer for a new video game.

Total War: Pharaoh - Dynasties, the free and final addition to the war sim, now has a release date.

Video game hardware spending in the US was down 40 percent in May compared to 2023, numbers company Circana reports.

An impressive new mod for The Witcher 3 lets players customise their own character and even wield magic as a sorceress.

Chinese and Russian Pokémon Go players have reported a brief window of regular gameplay this week - despite long-standing geo-blocking that typically makes the game inaccessible across most of these regions.

Twitch streamer MissMikkaa has completed Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree with a dance mat controller.

Following Microsoft's announcement it's teaming up with Amazon to bring Xbox games to Fire TV devices via cloud streaming, the initiative is now live for Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.

Apex Legends' upcoming Season 22 will make significant changes to the free-to-play shooter's Battle Pass "experience", developer Respawn Entertainment has announced, by releasing two Battle Passes per season instead of one, and then charging full price for each.

In this week's DF Direct Weekly, we spend some time discussing the state of console performance and increasing importance of VRR (variable refresh rate) support for current-gen hardware in delivering a smoother, more consistent level of performance. We don't think VRR is being used as a crutch by game developers to mitigate wobbly frame-rates, but we do think that it's an excellent user tool in improving the overall performance in a relatively small number of titles… and its importance is increasing.

Players have identified a surprising numbers of similarities between icons and weapons used in new free-to-play sci-fi shooter The First Descendant and Destiny 2.

Publisher Paradox Interactive has delayed Cities: Skylines 2's console release once again.

Piranha Bytes, the Embracer-owned German studio behind the Gothic, Risen and ELEX series, has reportedly shut down.

UPDATE 8/7/24: Following its vague 'summer' tease last month, Nintendo has now announced exactly when Basketball is coming to Switch Sports. And, that day is soon. In fact, it's tomorrow for those in the US.

Okami was a "huge failure" in terms of initial sales, director Hideki Kamiya has said. Had it been more successful, its developer Clover "would have probably continued" - rather than shutting down the following year.

Transformers: Galactic Trials will feature "exciting rogue-lite combat".

Tasking us all with bringing some order back to the universe, Nintendo has announced its next Switch Online trial for members.

A fan-made anime adaptation of has received its first teaser trailer and it looks awesome.