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Dishonored dev Arkane Studios nearly made Thief 4 and a Blade Runner game

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Redfall and Deathloop developer Arkane almost worked on Thief 4 and a Blade Runner game before it made the first Dishonored.

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Paralives feels like the perfect tranquil tonic to the chaos of The Sims

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Paralives gets off to a lovely start. We fade up to see the camera tracking a moving train as it winds serenely across a bucolic landscape. Slowly it moves in for an aerial view and the roof pops off, revealing the guard inside. And this…

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Star Citizen tops $1 billion crowdfunding milestone as "$5000 JPEG" spaceship you cannot use yet goes on sale

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It's official: Star Citizen, Cloud Imperium Games' multiplayer sci-fi sim, has now topped $1 billion in crowdfunding.

Sunday, May 24

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One of horror's most iconic characters is finally coming to Dead by Daylight just in time for its tenth anniversary

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Friday the 13th's Jason Voorhees is finally joining the ranks of Dead by Daylight.

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As 007 First Light's first 13 minutes leak online, IO Interactive drops official footage of the opening mission

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IO Interactive has shared a portion of the opening mission from its upcoming James Bond game, 007 First Light, after footage leaked online over the weekend.

Saturday, May 23

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Destiny 2 players share their memories and reviews - positive and negative - as Bungie calls time

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Bungie fans are battling it out on Destiny 2's Steam page, where unhappy fans are mounting a negative review campaign, and supporters are doing their best to mitigate it.

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Former CEO Bobby Kotick claims lawsuit against Microsoft's acquisition of Activision was only filed to help Embracer

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Ex-Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has claimed that a lawsuit opposing Microsoft's acquisition of the Call of Duty maker for $67.8bn was allegedly designed to "help pave the way for Embracer to increase its foothold in the California…

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A bittersweet farewell to Destiny 2, one of the best - and worst - games I've ever played

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So, Destiny 2 is dying and it might take most of Bungie with it. I have spoken at length about how a continued prioritisation of the bottom-line over a loyal playerbase, and forward-thinking staff, has ravaged the very soul of the game.…

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What we've been playing - "I'd like to shout out a fun game you can only really do on the road"

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Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie enjoys digital characters' musculature; Connor goes on a trip and discovers he's possibly the nosiest person around…

Friday, May 22

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We know precious little about Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3, but the trilogy lead just confirmed one of the series' most controversial characters is coming back

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We don't even have an official name for the third entry in the Final Fantasy 7 Remake series yet, but already trilogy lead Naoki Hamaguchi is starting to tease what we're going to see in the game when it finally gets revealed.

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Call of Duty 2026 is a new Modern Warfare, and Infinity Ward promises it'll be a "definitive" entry

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We already know a few things about this year's Call of Duty game. Earlier this year, Activision confirmed that the game would skip PS4 and Xbox One (something that wasn't true for last year's Black Ops 7). There were also rumours that the…

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Price rises? What price rises? Nintendo reportedly ramping up Switch 2 production, aiming to produce 20 million consoles by March 2027

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Nintendo is looking to produce a frankly eye-watering 20m Switch 2 units by the end of the current fiscal year (March 2027), per a report from Bloomberg.

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Don't worry, GTA 6 is still planned for November, marketing push will begin this summer

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I know, I know, whenever you see a GTA headline at the moment, you're expecting a new trailer, right? There is currently a huge swathe of the internet obsessed with the idea we're going to get GTA 6 price and its third trailer any day now.…

Bungie reportedly eyeing up "significant" layoffs, no plans for Destiny 3: what happens after Destiny 2's final update in June?

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Overnight, Halo and Destiny developer Bungie announced the end of content updates for live service shooter Destiny 2. Nearly nine years after launch, and after a myriad of content updates and monetisation changes, the developer has called…

"It emulates and it replicates, but it doesn't innovate" - Troy Baker isn't afraid of 'AI art', because he doesn't believe it can ever actually exist

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Troy Baker is one of the most well known actors in video games, with credits ranging from Batman's Joker to The Last of Us' Joel, and many more in between. Along with starring roles in established franchises such as the lead in Indiana…

Thursday, May 21

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Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 4 gets a release date, as devs suggest we could get even more factions after launch

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Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 4 has a release date, and happily for fellow DoW fans it's not too far away. The excellent-looking RTS sequel will launch on 17th September this year, with a fancier Commander Edition also getting you access a…

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PlayStation's dynamic pricing experiment, and Sony's lack of transparency about it, reportedly might violate European law

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Sony's recent dynamic pricing experiment on the PlayStation Store, which offers different game prices to different people, might violate European law, a new report has found.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced director has teased more on cut modern-day sections - and it got me thinking

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First things first: this thing is real. After three long years of rumours, reports, and leaks, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake was revealed back in March and we got more details about what it actually is in April. The remake,…

Black Flag Resynced is the shonkiest Assassin's Creed in years, but therein, I think, lies its charm

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"I want food that don't make me sick, I want walls that hold back the wind. I want a good life." Edward Kenway's introduction to piracy isn't inspired by dreams of wealth or a longing for glory. He simply wants to live comfortably, out of…

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"Honestly difficult to imagine a path forward with it" - licensed Paranormal Activity horror game "technically done for good", says Mortuary Assistant creator

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The solo developer of horror hit The Mortuary Assistant has told Eurogamer that his officially licensed Paranormal Activity game, Paranormal Activity: Threshold, "is technically done for good".

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It's not just PS Plus Essential getting a price hike: Premium and Extra tiers are now more expensive too

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Following Sony's carefully worded PlayStation Plus price increase announcement earlier this week, the company has confirmed what everybody already expected but what it hadn't yet said out loud: it's not just PS Plus Essential going up in…

Xbox hires analyst who said games were losing the attention battle with gambling, crypto and porn as chief strategy officer in another leadership revamp

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Microsoft's newly appointed gaming boss Asha Sharma has made more leadership changes at Xbox, this time hiring a handful of executives to help lead the company that include an industry analyst who said games were losing the attention war…

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Co-op is definitely the worst way to play Subnautica 2, but as a big old sea-wuss, I really don't care

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Confession time: I never actually finished the original Subnautica. It’s not that I didn't love its clever mix of sandbox survival and structured narrative; it's just that I'm a massive wuss when it comes to the sea. Or what lies beneath,…

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Subnautica 2 dev apologises for telling combat-seeking players to "go play Sons of the Forest or something"

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Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds has poured cold water on hopes it will add more ways to defend yourself in the popular underwater survival game and potentially fight off dangerous fish.

Wednesday, May 20

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Ubisoft confirms new Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Ghost Recon games are coming before April 2029

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Ubisoft has outlined its future slate of releases in its latest earnings report, confirming the next Assassin's Creed will launch before the end of its 2028-2029 financial year. That's in addition to new Ghost Recon and Far Cry games.

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Quantic Dream's multiplayer game Spellcasters Chronicles is being shut down and the studio reorganised, but Star Wars Eclipse is unaffected

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Quantic Dream, the developer of Detroit: Become Human and Heavy Rain, is closing down its MOBA-with-flying game Spellcasters Chronicles, which only launched in early access in February this year.

"Honestly? We botched it" - Kickstarter apologises for its criticised adult content rules, and for betraying its "f*ck the establishment spirit"

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Crowdfunding website Kickstarter - a place many video game projects have originated - has issued an unflinching apology after 'botching' new guidelines it released last week. The changes had sought to tighten the rules around adult…

Surreal narrative match-3 game Titanium Court has sold over 25,000 copies, giving designer AP Thomson enough time to peacefully work on his next game

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Many indie games are finding success as larger publishers and studios try to navigate a difficult market, but Titanium Court stands out as a particularly special and unique one. After a relatively quiet launch a month ago, it's now sold…

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"We overlooked the potential offense and harm" - the studio behind popular multiplayer game Party Animals has now cancelled its AI video competition entirely

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Last week, Recreate Games apologised after an AI-generated video competition for its popular casual brawler Party Animals drew significant criticism from its community. Now, it's cancelled the competition entirely.

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"Whoa what a wild reaction" - Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi reacts to backlash after praising an AI-generated FF6 remake trailer

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Earlier this week, Final Fantasy legend Hironobu Sakaguchi praised an AI-generated trailer for a hypothetical remake of FF6, sparking some backlash, before being told to "please stop" by SaGa creator Akitoshi Kawazu, another Square veteran…