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Blood and Truth first VR game to top UK physical chart
You sound like you're from Lahndaaan.
Cor blimey! Cockney gangster game Blood and Truth was the best-selling boxed game in the UK last week. It's the first time any VR game has topped the chart.
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John Romero's free, unofficial fifth Doom episode Sigil is finally here
Adds 18 single-player and multiplayer levels.
Sigil, legendary designer John Romero's "unofficial spiritual successor to The Ultimate Doom's fourth episode", has, after a few minor setbacks, finally been released into the world.
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Feature | Kids is a horror game that doesn't look like a horror game
Augh.
Kids looks like a physics toy, an arty, knockabout playful thing. There are cartoon crowds. There's a cartoon black hole. You run a finger or a cursor over the stuff on the screen and see what happens.
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Kojima outlines key Death Stranding milestones
"In Jan 2016, Death Stranding only existed in my brain."
Death Stranding developer, Hideo Kojima, has revealed the milestones he considers key to bringing both his studio - Kojima Productions - and his ambitious, mysterious game to life.
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Here's what's coming to Hitman 2 in June
"Expect new gameplay opportunities that will change the way you play."
IO Interactive has detailed what's coming up for Hitman 2 over the next month.
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Download Minecraft: Story Mode now before it's delisted later this month
"We'd recommend checking you have all the episodes downloaded!"
Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series, Season 1 and 2 are being delisted at the end of the month, which means even if you've legitimately purchased the episodic game, you won't be able to download - or re-download - any missing chapters after 25th June 2019.
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Niantic discontinues support for Pokémon Go on Apple Watch
Pokémon Gone.
Bad news for Pokémon Go fans who play via their Apple Watch - Niantic is discontinuing support of the smartwatch app from 1st July, 2019.
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Celeste's free DLC will contain over 100 levels
Still no release date, though.
Celeste creator Matt Thorson has revealed Celeste's upcoming DLC will contain over 100 new levels but has still yet to confirm when the free content will be available.
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Earthbound 64 or, as it was known in Japan, Mother 3, never saw the light of day. But new footage showing the game in action gives us a hint at what might have been.
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Academics create the first psychological test for gaming disorder
Better than Halo?
Academics in the UK, China and Australia have created the first psychological test for gaming disorder.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare doesn't have Zombies mode
"We're trying to create an authentic, realistic feeling world."
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare doesn't have the long-running and popular Zombies mode, developer Infinity Ward has confirmed.
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Mortal Kombat 11 reveals Shang Tsung gameplay, confirms Sindel, Nightwolf and Spawn as DLC
And it sounds like Ash Williams and Terminator are coming, too.
NetherRealm has announced a raft of DLC characters coming to Mortal Kombat 11.
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Before Fable, there was Wishworld
And I would have loved to have played it.
Tracing the origin of Fable is a fun thing to do. Project Ego, the codename for Lionhead's fabulous role-playing game, is well-documented. But what is not well-documented is the game that came before it: Wishworld.
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You can play a demo of Devil Engine's unreleased DLC right now via a cheat code
The key to Ignition.
Devil's Engine, developer Protocult and publisher Dangen Entertainment's outrageously enjoyable shmup, is getting a sizeable DLC add-on later this year that'll introduce new stages, new ships and new music. The best thing, though? If you own the original, you can play a demo right now by inputting a cheat code.
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Myst dev's surreal sci-fi adventure Obduction is currently free on GOG
But you'll need to hurry.
If you're in the market for a good, solid freebie - and I assume you are, given that you've already read the headline - then you've come to the right place. Myst developer Cyan Worlds' enjoyable sci-fi mystery adventure Obduction is currently free on GOG until tomorrow, 1st June.
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Feature | You're never really outside in a video game, are you?
Skybox-mindedness.
One of the more pleasantly creepy things I like to think about when playing video games is that, even when you're outside, you're never really outside. Take Animal Crossing, as outsidey - as outdoorsy - a video game as I have ever played. In the classic original you look down on the landscape from a sweet parental distance and it's all green grass and trees and the occasional rock. Man, when the fireworks go off on certain, special evenings, you can see them reflected in the pond - in the sky above but in the water below. What could be more outside than that?
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There's a Sea of Thieves tabletop RPG on the way
From Mongoose Publishing.
Not content with merely being a video game, a series of novels and comic books, a selection of torsowear for the discerning lady and gent, and also a cup, Rare's piratical multiplayer adventure Sea of Thieves will soon be a tabletop RPG, courtesy of Mongoose Publishing.
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Official E3 website listing points to new Darksiders game reveal at this year's show
Supposedly taking franchise "in a fresh direction."
Darksiders 3 has only been out six months, but further evidence has surfaced pointing to a new entry in the apocalyptic action series being revealed at this year's E3.
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Out on Xbox One, PS4, and Switch.
Seminal RPG series Baldur's Gate is 20-years-old, and developer Beamdog will soon be bringing enhanced editions of the Baldur's Gate series and other Dungeons & Dragons classics to consoles in celebration - and we now what they look like and when they're due.
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Digital Foundry | Nioh 2 hands-on: how Team Ninja polishes and refines its winning formula
Alpha code reveals a solid 60fps mode plus an impressive HDR upgrade.
Nioh is returning for PlayStation 4 owners in the form of a brand new sequel and this week's alpha test reveals a game that carries over much from the original, while delivering some welcome refinements. And just like the first game, it's a tough-as-nails action game, borrowing liberally from the Dark Souls formula while offering its own unique features. While the code we're looking at today is flagged as alpha, you'd never know from looking at it - it's already polished and refined to the point where it feels almost like a shipping product.
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Harry Potter mobile game maker defends child-choking scene which asks you to wait or pay money
"I don't think being in a perilous situation is unique to our game."
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery's infamous scene which asks you to pay money or wait while your child avatar is strangled by a magic plant has been defended by developer Jam City.
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Nintendo has added a virtual reality mode to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, compatible with its recent Labo VR goggles. How does it work? Read on.
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The PS4 now has a BT Sport app
Just in time for the Champions League final.
BT Sport has launched an app for the PlayStation 4.
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Feature | The Fallout New Vegas post-game we never got to play
Legate go.
After hours trekking across the wasteland, swatting away bloatflies and squashing hordes of ghouls, the end is in sight. Or at least Hoover Dam is. It's the intimidating final stage of Fallout New Vegas, and no matter your path until this point, you'll have to pick a side and fight an explosive battle to irrevocably change the fate of the Mojave.
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Cultist Simulator dev reveals "elegant, melancholy" occult library follow-up, Book of Hours
And more Cultist Simulator DLC arrives today.
Cultist Simulator developer Weather Factory has unveiled Book of Hours, its "elegant, melancholy" RPG follow-up set in an occult library - alongside the two remaining pieces of its planned Cultist Simulator DLC, releasing today.
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Larian is teasing something with a 3 in it - and it looks like Baldur's Gate 3.
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BioWare finally unveils Anthem's much-touted eight-week Cataclysm event
Adding new loot, locations, missions, and more.
Despite being loudly trumpeted as the cornerstone of BioWare's post-launch content plans for Anthem, the long-awaited Cataclysm update has, to date, largely remained a mystery. With tonight's Cataclysm livestream over, however, a whole lot more is now known.
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EA details key gameplay changes for FIFA 20 before it's even announced the game
And explains why they weren't patched in for FIFA 19.
EA has taken the unusual step of revealing key gameplay changes coming to FIFA 20 before it's even announced the game.
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Respawn shares first details of Apex Legends' Season 2
Plus, new limited-time event coming next week.
Respawn Entertainment has offered first details on Season 2 of its well-received battle royale shooter Apex Legends, and there are signs that the developer has addressed many of the complaints levied against Season 1's "dull" Battle Pass.
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Bungie will be giving the world a first taste of what life after Activision looks like for Destiny 2 next week.
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