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Respawn adds abandon penalty to Apex Legends' Arenas mode
UPDATE: Temporarily removed after players were unfairly punished.
UPDATE 26/05/21: Apex Legends' new abandon penalty for Arenas is off to a pretty bumpy start, as the feature has been temporarily disabled after it accidentally punished some innocent players.
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Chaos Wastes, the free expansion for Warhammer Vermintide 2, will arrive for PlayStation and Xbox consoles next month.
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Konami nabs Atalanta exclusive for PES from next season
Forcing EA to come up with a fake name.
Konami has secured a genuine exclusive on Atalanta from next season, forcing EA to come up with a fake name, badge and kits for the Italian club.
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PUBG's getting two new maps and a Miramar remaster
Fried and tested.
That's right, PUBG is getting another batch of fresh maps this year, as the dev team has unveiled its 2021 dev plan - and it includes two brand new locations along with a remaster for Miramar.
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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's first update in two years leaves fans wondering if it will ever get DLC
On track.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has today received a small patch which fixes a couple of minor issues. It's the first update for the game since January 2019.
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Sony "exploring the mobile market with some wonderful PlayStation franchises"
Uncharted territory.
Sony has confirmed its big PlayStation push into mobile gaming, saying: "please stay tuned."
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Echtra Games ceases work on Torchlight 3
Better to burn out...
Echtra Games has ceased work on action RPG Torchlight 3.
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Feature | Odd Realm is Dwarf Fortress for people who can't keep houseplants alive
A colony sim for the inattentive.
Odd Realm is an early access colony management game, like Dwarf Fortress and Rimworld, in which you play a semi-interventionist deity looming over a square mile of dirt and issuing divine orders to a growing population of simulated people. You have the power to designate tasks for them to complete, tracing out where your villagers should mine, what they should build, choosing which seeds they should plant and which trees should be felled, until they're so self-sufficient you can sit back and observe them, like some omnipotent, hovering pervert.
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Cloudpunk's getting a neon-drenched life-sim spin-off and its "sequel-sized" DLC is out now
Available on PC.
It's a busy day for developer Ion Lands; not only is its gorgeous Blade-Runner-esque delivery thriller Cloudpunk's "sequel-sized" paid DLC, City of Ghosts, now available on PC, the studio has announced a new cyberpunk-themed life-sim spin-off too.
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Romantic metal-detecting adventure The Magnificent Trufflepigs out next week on PC
From Everybody's Gone to the Rapture lead designer.
The Magnificent Trufflepigs, a romantic first-person metal-detecting adventure from Andrew Crawshaw, lead designer on The Chinese Room's Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, now has a release date and will be making its way to PC next Wednesday, 2nd June.
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Valve reportedly working on a "Switch-like" handheld gaming PC
Potentially for release later this year.
Valve is reportedly readying to enter the hardware market once more, this time with a new "Switch-like" handheld gaming PC that could potentially launch by the end of the year.
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Axiom Verge 2 delayed again, now expected in latter half of 2021
Plus, original's making-of documentary now free.
Axiom Verge 2, the sequel to developer Thomas Happ's acclaimed retro-styled Metroid-a-like, is delayed again, and is now expected to launch in the latter half of this year.
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There's a Sonic the Hedgehog 30th anniversary livestream this Thursday
Showcasing "projects, partnerships, and events".
Wondering what Sonic's been up to lately? Well, it looks like Sega's poised to reveal all in a 30th anniversary livestream for the prickly blue icon, scheduled to take place this Thursday.
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Pigeon dating sim Hatoful Boyfriend to be delisted from iOS, Android, PS Store in June
Beaking news.
Remember bird dating sim Hatoful Boyfriend? It's hard to forget, to be honest, but if you haven't yet bought it on iOS, Android or the PlayStation Store then your time is limited, as the game is being delisted from these platforms at the end of May.
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Here's 15 mins of Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground gameplay
Not those Eternals.
Focus Home Interactive has released 15 minutes of Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground gameplay.
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Virtua Fighter is back - and it's back very soon
Pai to win.
After an agonisingly long hiatus Sega's much-loved fighting series Virtua Fighter is back, with a remaster of the most recent game coming to PlayStation 4 next month.
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Horizon Zero Dawn sequel Forbidden West will take centre stage in a new State of Play livestream this Thursday, 27th May at 10pm UK time.
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Feature | Our best value mechanical keyboard pick is 60% off right now
UPDATE: Now up to £52, which is still a good deal.
UPDATE: The price algorithm seems to have noticed the number of sales, and the keyboard's price has drifted higher over the past hour or two. As of the time of writing, it's at £52, which is still comfortably below the previous best price we've ever seen for this board but not quite as good as the £36 we spotted originally. Original article continues below:
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Epic v Apple trial ends, Tim Sweeney tweets about chicken
Unless it goes to a-peel.
It's a trial that began with teens flooding the public phone line, gave us debates over the appropriateness of a naked banana, and asked the eternal question "what is Eurogamer?" Yes, the Epic Games v Apple antitrust trial has now concluded, and after three weeks of remarkable discussions the decision over who won rests with a federal judge.
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Pokémon Go fans peer into loot box-style egg rarity system with surprising results
What's really happening in the game's new tiers.
Two months ago, Pokémon Go added a tier system to its loot box-style eggs, which for the first time gave some visibility to the chances of their contents.
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Digital Foundry | How well does Mass Effect Legendary Edition run on last-gen consoles?
Three games, four consoles and two modes tested.
We've already covered Mass Effect Legendary Edition as it presents on Xbox Series consoles and PlayStation 5, with some very favourable results across the board - but the fact is that it's actually a project built around the last generation consoles, leveraging 'back compat plus' features to improve the showing on the new wave of machines. So how does the game look and run on the consoles it was actually designed to run on? The answer? It's actually quite dependent on which of the two quality modes you choose.
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8 years later, J.J. Abrams' Portal movie "finally on the rails"
Hole new world.
A movie version of Portal is back on track, Star Trek and Lost director J.J. Abrams has said, nearly a decade after we first heard of its existence.
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Elder Scrolls Online's next-gen update delayed by a week
"In an abundance of caution…"
Bethesda has delayed Elder Scrolls Online's next-gen update by a week.
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Feature | When the arcade came home: a short oral history of the Neo Geo
The future is now.
Sega and Nintendo stole the headlines in the 90s, but SNK stole the imaginations of a generation with its exquisite Neo Geo machine, a console that fully delivered on the promise of arcade quality video games in your own home: it was, after all, an arcade machine you could effectively put under your own TV.
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Mini Motorways' acclaimed minimalist road-building strategy comes to Steam in July
And a Switch version launches next year.
Mini Motorways, the acclaimed road-building strategy sim from developer Dinosaur Polo Club, is coming to PC and Mac via Steam on 20th July, with a Switch release to follow early next year.
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Team Ninja reportedly working on Nioh-like Final Fantasy spin-off for PS5 and PC
Official reveal rumoured for June.
Square Enix is reportedly collaborating with Nioh developer Team Ninja on an action-focussed Final Fantasy spin-off for PS5 and PC titled Final Fantasy Origin.
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American Truck Simulator gets official multiplayer support in latest experimental beta
Also heading to Euro Truck Simulator 2.
American Truck Simulator now has official - albeit experimental - multiplayer support, courtesy of developer SCS Software's latest open beta build, meaning digital truckers need truck the lonely trucking life no more.
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Amanita Design's surreal space adventure Samorost just got a free 'enhanced' edition
Available now on iOS, Android, Mac, and PC.
Amanita Design has given its much-loved point-and-click space adventure Samorost a surprise spruce-up in the form of a free new 'enhanced' edition release on PC, Mac, iOS, and Android.
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"Management - myself included - have a responsibility to act as role models."
Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has released a lengthy statement meant to lay out the progress he says his company has made since last summer's devastating reports of sexual harassment and toxic working environments within various teams across the business.
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343 updating Halo 1 in The Master Chief Collection to match the original Xbox version's visuals
Bug hunt.
343 is finally updating Halo: Combat Evolved in The Master Chief Collection to match the original Xbox version's visuals.
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