DICE fails to quell Star Wars Battlefront 2 controversy in reddit AMA

DICE's much-anticipated, and impressively civil, Reddit AMA (that's Ask Me Anything, sort of like a Q&A) for the controversial Star Wars Battlefront 2 has now occurred. Unsurprisingly, it wasn't the bringer of too many revelations.Battlefront 2's executive producer John Wasilczyk … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

How Fable Fortune survived the death of Lionhead

When Microsoft announced the shock closure of long-running developer Lionhead Studios back in March 2016, Fable Legends fell by the wayside. What most people didn't know at the time was there was another Fable game in the works at Lionhead, one that hadn't even been announced yet … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Watch: The evolution of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' desert map

Earlier this year, Brendan Greene tweeted out a few teaser images of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' upcoming desert map. Ever since then, he's been drip-feeding new information to eager fans, but a lot of details are still up in the air. What new weapons will be available? Will t … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Disney says free-to-play action-RPG Marvel Heroes is shutting down

Disney has announced that free-to-play Marvel Heroes is shutting down.Developed by Gazillion Entertainment, the Diablo-esque action-RPG first launched on PC back in 2013, and arrived on PS4 and Xbox One earlier this year under the somewhat streamlined guise of Marvel Heroes Omega … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Capcom shows off Resident Evil Revelations' Switch-exclusive features

Capcom has released a new video showing off some of the exclusive features you can expect to find in Resident Evil Revelations 1 and 2 for Switch, releasing on November 28th.Both games have made the transition to Switch with seemingly everything in tact. You'll get Revelations 1' … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Worms WMD wriggles onto Switch at the end of November

Team 17 has announced that Worms WMD, the latest entry in its enduringly popular turn-based multiplayer tactics series, will be launching on Switch on November 23rd.Worms WMD originally released on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 last year, marking the series' 21st anniversary. I … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Stardew Valley is getting new single-player content after all

In recent interviews, Stardew Valley creator Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has given the impression the top farming sim's single-player mode is effectively finished. Last month, in a reddit AMA, Barone said he had "no plans" for further single-player content, and talked about how di … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Counter-strike's new matchmaking system can tell if you've been naughty in other Steam games

Counter-strike: Global Offensive has a new matchmaking system which takes into account your behaviour across Steam - not just in CS:GO.Valve's new system assigns every player a hidden value, known as their Trust Factor. This score is derived from how you have played CS:GO - wheth … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

New Pillars of Eternity 2 trailer suggests activity afoot at Obsidian

There's been some movement in the Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire world, prompting a collective scratching of the heads about what developer Obsidian may be gearing up for.The movement is a new Steam Store listing and with it a new gameplay montage trailer showing various clips w … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Three-year-old This War of Mine gets a new series of DLC

It's been three years since powerful civilian war survival game This War of Mine put Polish developer 11 bit Studios on the map. To celebrate, a new series of Stories downloadable content will be released, starting today and continuing in 2018.The first of the Stories, Father's P … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Has Respawn fixed Titanfall 2 on Xbox One X?

As the Xbox One X game patches have come rolling in, it's been mostly good news for Microsoft and its new console. It's perhaps not been the 'true 4K' showcase many were hoping for and techniques like dynamic resolution are deployed to scale up current-gen 900p and 1080p games to … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Here's our first proper look at gameplay from thatgamecompany's Sky

Thatgamecompany has shown off an extended look at its upcoming social mobile game Sky, in a new video narrated by creative director Jenova Chen.The six minutes of gameplay, published by IGN, show what look like Sky's opening moments, where you wake alone, on a beach, and play as … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Night and the City

Editor's note: This week sees the re-release of L.A. Noire on PS4, Xbox One and Switch, and to mark the occasion we thought we'd return to Chris Donlan's piece on playing through the game - still one of the very best things ever published on Eurogamer, he'll hate me for saying - … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Jelly Deals: PS4 Pro with FIFA 18 and Crash Bandicoot for £299

A note from the editor: Jelly Deals is a deals site launched by our parent company, Gamer Network, with a mission to find the best bargains out there. Look out for the Jelly Deals roundup of reduced-price games and kit every Saturday on Eurogamer.As the week progresses, more and … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

StarCraft 2 Twitter account has a pop at Star Wars: Battlefront 2

While EA continues to fight Star Wars: Battlefront 2 fires ahead of launch this Friday, there are others who sniff an opportunity. In this case it's rival mega-publisher Activision Blizzard, whose StarCraft 2 Twitter account had a pop at Battlefront 2 overnight. Pop number one: " … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Super Bomberman R on Nintendo Switch gets another generous free update

Nintendo Switch exclusive Super Bomberman R gets a chunky free update full of new stuff to download today.The generous selection of new features includes a Grand Prix mode which publisher Konami said is designed for "future esports initiatives". It's a 3v3 versus mode with a coup … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Dedicated servers return to Call of Duty: WW2

Dedicated servers have returned to Call of Duty: WW2.Developer Sledgehammer moved to P2P servers after the game suffered from troubling online issues.The P2P servers brought annoyances such as host migrations. This meant that if the host quit the game, the match would freeze whil … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Arms 4.0 releases tomorrow, and will introduce a new character

Arms - Nintendo's best game of 2017 and I won't hear otherwise, thank you very much - is getting another significant update tomorrow, with version 4.0 introducing an all-new character, a new stage, a new element and a new mode. All gratis, of course. We don't know too much about … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Far Cry 5 boss shows pitch for new game about a misplaced space teddy

Far Cry 5 director Dan Hay has pitched a potential new game project, featuring a misplaced space teddy bear, during his developer lecture at the British Aca… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Rainbow Six: Siege free to play this weekend

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege will be free to play this weekend on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.Players will be able to download and access the full version of Rainbow Six: Siege for free during the weekend. The complete game will also be on sale for up to 50 per cent off fro … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Making our own adventures in Dragon's Dogma

The fantasy world of Dragon's Dogma is pretty darn unremarkable isn't it? It's a collection of Google image results. You want a griffin? Here's one exactly as drawn on a fantasy novel cover from when you were a kid. Cyclops? Just like the one in The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. Ther … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Dataminers unearth an updated version of PlayUnknown's Battlegrounds' desert map

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' 1.0 update - that's the one with the long-promised vaulting and climbing - is out now on test servers, and dataminers have uncovered new details, including an updated desert map and a few new vehicles, within.Battlegrounds' version 1.0 hit PC test s … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Fortnite Battle Royale's latest update adds deployable mid-level launch pads

Fortnite's new 1.9 update is now live, bringing with it a sizeable number of tweaks and improvements. Its most notable addition, however, comes to Battle Royale mode in the form of new placeable mid-level launch pads, enabling you to spring into the air, re-deploy your glider and … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Kingdom: New Lands dev patches wonky Switch version, updates icon, makes trailer about new icon

Publisher Raw Fury has released an update to Kingdom: New Lands' wonky Switch version, fixing game-breaking bugs and adding a new, significantly less minima… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Hollow Knight on Switch has been delayed until early next year

Developer Team Cherry has announced that the Nintendo Switch port of Hollow Knight, its beautiful bug-themed Metroidvania, will now release early next year.A Switch version of Hollow Knight was first announced all the way back in January, when Team Cherry revealed that the game's … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Nintendo and Universal in talks for animated Mario Bros. movie

Two decades on from Nintendo's last attempt, it looks like there's going to be a new Super Mario Bros. movie.This time around it'll be an animated film, from Minions and Shrek studio Universal Animation.That's according to a new Wall Street Journal report, which claims both Ninte … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Russia uses game screenshot to try and claim US is working with ISIS

The Russian Ministry of Defence has released an image it claimed showed US forces covering the retreat of so-called Islamic State fighters. Proof, it said, of collaboration between the two sides.The only problem? The image is actually from a video game named AC-130 Gunship Simula … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Total War is getting a Viking-inspired spin-off next year

The first of the Total War Sagas, Thrones of Britannia, will be released next year. It focuses on the years following the Viking Invasion of Britain in 866 AD.The campaign itself begins in 878 AD, as Norse invaders construct settlements in the lands they once pillaged, while vari … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Rime developer addresses Switch performance issues

Puzzle adventure Rime launches on Switch this week - today in North America, on Friday in the UK - but there are concerns surrounding its performance on Nintendo's handheld.Previews have shown the game to sometimes display a choppy frame-rate, and include long loading times. When … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

FIFA 18 patch stamps out popular FUT AI "exploit"

Last week we reported on an "exploit" FIFA 18 players were using to beat the FIFA Ultimate Team AI on the hardest difficulty for the maximum FIFA Coins reward possible.While the "exploit" was hardly a 'press a button to win' situation, it was effective. It involved shielding with … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Jelly Deals: The Evil Within 2 gets its price slashed this week

A note from the editor: Jelly Deals is a deals site launched by our parent company, Gamer Network, with a mission to find the best bargains out there. Look out for the Jelly Deals roundup of reduced-price games and kit every Saturday on Eurogamer.It's been a bit of a year for Bet … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Call of Duty: WW2 dev delays microtransactions to focus on fixing online issues

Call of Duty: WW2's microtransactions were due to go live today, 14th November, but have been delayed so developer Sledgehammer can prioritise sorting out the game's troubling online issues.The game's microtransaction currency, dubbed COD Points, will now go live on 21st November … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Beamdog may be making a new Planescape: Torment RPG

Is Beamdog making a new Planescape: Torment game? Not an Enhanced Edition, as the small Canadian studio has done for Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale and even Planescape: Torment, but an actual new game. A few new clues suggest so.The clues come from a short documentary about Beamdog … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Super Mario Odyssey glitch lets Cappy kill Mario

Cappy, Super Mario Odyssey's cute companion character, can accidentally kill off the game's hero. It's not on purpose (probably), but it can be done. Twitter user DefinitivNichtSacha posted video footage - embedded below - last night of how to do it.First off, you'll need to Capt … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 review

In the back of any good comics shop, past the towers of Funko Pop vinyl figures and BB-8 bobbleheads, you will find the good stuff: longboxes stuffed with back issues. Serious collectors know that the chances of finding anything valuable in a longbox are extraordinarily slim. But … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

There's a Hitman TV series in the works at Hulu

Fox and Hulu are teaming up to create a Hitman television series, according to Deadline.The pilot script is to be written by Derek Kolstad, creator and writer of the John Wick films, with the intention to stick as closely as possible to the mythology of the Hitman games - somethi … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Jelly Deals: Double Fine and Daedalic titles in this week's GOG sale

A note from the editor: Jelly Deals is a deals site launched by our parent company, Gamer Network, with a mission to find the best bargains out there. Look… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

The new Pokémon movie includes a moment which is freaking fans out

This year's new Pokémon movie takes some huge liberties. It's a reboot of the series' anime origins focusing on the relationship between Ash and Pikachu (and which, shamefully, introduces new companions to replace Brock and Misty).All this was known. That said, there's a moment i … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Sounds like Microsoft's revamped Xbox Avatars won't launch until next year

It sounds like Microsoft's new and improved Xbox Avatars won't be out until next year.The new 2.0 avatars were expected to launch on Windows PCs this autumn and on Xbox One a little later. However, when asked on Twitter if the new Xbox Avatars would still turn up before the year' … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Shooty Fruity will squeeze out in time for Christmas

VR splatfest Shooty Fruity is coming to PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on 19th December.Shooty Fruity challenges players to complete day-to-day supermarket shifts, while fending off mutant fruit with a large arsenal of weapons including grenades, C4 launchers, shotguns … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Pokémon Go reveals tie-in to upcoming Ultra Sun and Moon

Despite its success, Pokémon Go has always remained relatively separate from the main Pokémon series. The mobile phenomenon has boosted sales of Pokémon's mainline games, but never really had much to do with them. Until, that is, now.Now, you can dress your character in clothing … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Star Wars Battlefront 2 review

DICE goes big in a Call of Duty-baiting package that's as maddening, uneven and spectacular as the Star Wars films themselves. | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

EA slashes Star Wars Battlefront 2 hero costs after fan furore

After a day of outcry, upset and what's shaping up to be reddit's most downvoted comment ever, EA has responded to the fallout from Star Wars Battlefront 2's progression system, slashing hero costs so players can get their hands on characters such as Darth Vader and Luke Skywalke … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Project Hospital is a "fresh" indie take on Bullfrog's Theme Hospital, minus the Bloaty Head

Developer Oxymoron Games has announced Project Hospital, a hospital-themed management sim that's quite a lot like that game what Bullfrog did back in the 90s.Oxymoron isn't being shy about comparisons to Theme Hopsital, however. "Do you remember when building a hospital was the h … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Wolfenstein 2's remaining season pass story episodes now have release dates

Bethesda has announced releases dates for the three remaining episodes in Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus' story-based season pass DLC, The Freedom Chronicles.Each new episode lets you experience Wolfenstein's Nazi occupation of America through the eyes of different resistance fi … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Jelly Deals: Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon Fan Editions down to £32

A note from the editor: Jelly Deals is a deals site launched by our parent company, Gamer Network, with a mission to find the best bargains out there. Look out for the Jelly Deals roundup of reduced-price games and kit every Saturday on Eurogamer.If you're planning on picking up … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Xbox One X UK launch sales match Nintendo Switch, beat PlayStation 4 Pro

Xbox One X is off to a positive start, with a UK launch week sales total which matched that of Nintendo Switch earlier this year.Better yet, Microsoft's Xbo… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

PS4 online multiplayer drops PlayStation Plus requirement for five days

For five days this week PlayStation 4 online multiplayer will not require PlayStation Plus. Now if only the Call of Duty: WW2 servers would work...It means online multiplayer will be open to all PS4 users from Wednesday 15th November, 10am GMT, through to Monday 20th, 10am GMT.Pl … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago