Nintendo is running low on Wii U exclusives between now and the launch of NX next March, but the big N still has one trick up its sleeve with Paper Mario: Color Splash, which just received a 7th October release date.This latest entry in the Paper Mario saga sees Nintendo's portly … | Continue reading
Dragon Quest 7: Fragments of the Forgotten Past is coming to Europe and North America on 16th September, Nintendo revealed during an E3 livestream.This long-awaited RPG is a remake of the original Dragon Quest 7, which premiered on PSone back in 2000 but never made its way to Eur … | Continue reading
E3 is all well and good to get you excited about upcoming games, but if you want something new and exciting to play right now Io Interactive has you covered… | Continue reading
In order to celebrate its 30th anniversary, publisher Ubisoft will be giving away one free game a month for the next year.As part of its new Ubisoft Club promo, these games will be yours to keep forever, though you'll only have a limited time to download them. The first title on … | Continue reading
Monster Hunter Generations is getting a demo on 30th June, roughly two weeks ahead of its 15th July release.It sounds like a pretty hefty demo too, as it contains three main quests (hunting a Great Maccao, Malfestio, and a Nargacuga) that can be tackled either solo or in co-op (b … | Continue reading
BoxBoxBoy! is coming to 3DS on 30th June, Nintendo announced today during an E3 livestream.BoxBoxBoy! was revealed earlier this year upon its surprise launch in Japan under the title Boxboy! Mou Hitotako.To commemorate the western launch, the original BoxBoy! is now on sale for £ … | Continue reading
Nintendo has announced an all new action-RPG for 3DS entitled Ever Oasis.Directed by Secret of Mana director Koichi Ishii and developed by Grezzo, the studio behind the remakes of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask, Ever Oasis looks a bit like a Mana title. Co … | Continue reading
Double Fine Production has debuted the first pre-alpha footage of Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin, the PlayStation VR spin-off to its cult classic puzzle… | Continue reading
The new God of War will feature an all new voice actor in the leading role of Kratos. This time out it's Stargate SG-1 actor Christopher Judge.Judge recentl… | Continue reading
Gran Turismo Sport's unveiling, it's fair to say, left much to be desired. Polyphony's long-awaited PlayStation 4 debut was accompanied by an underwhelming build of this stripped-back racer, and it looked far from the delights we've seen in the likes of fellow PS4 exclusive Drive … | Continue reading
The God of War we saw unveiled at Sony's press conference was an unfamiliar one. Kratos is back, but he's now got himself a son and a massive beard. There's a new camera angle to consider and a story that might have something to say about fatherhood. And then there's the setting! … | Continue reading
A few hours of archived The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay footage from yesterday's Nintendo E3 Treehouse live stream are now available. The f… | Continue reading
The Sniper Elite series is famous for its gloriously gory X-Ray kill cams that show, in stomach-churning detail, the effects your bullets have on your unfortunate targets and specific parts of their anatomy.For Sniper Elite 4, Rebellion has pushed the bloody boat out, introducing … | Continue reading
Major UK retailers Amazon and Game have lowered the price of their Xbox One consoles following the announcement of the slimmer Xbox One S model at E3 this w… | Continue reading
After the action-heavy excess that was Resident Evil 6, fans have been clamoring for the series to return to its survival horror roots. The Revelations titles filled the gap between main entries in the franchise, and many expected the seventh game to follow a similar blueprint - … | Continue reading
Overwatch patch 1.0.4 has been released on PC and heroes Widowmaker and McCree have been nerfed. Blizzard has also announced that Overwatch has now passed t… | Continue reading
Microsoft's E3 media briefing was strong, I thought, although its impact was dulled by a pretty spectacular set of leaks that not only revealed the existenc… | Continue reading
Resident Evil 5 and 6 were full of guns. Resident Evil 7, not so much.The last two entries in Capcom's once survival horror series elevated their protagonists to near-superhero levels. Elite mercenary Chris Redfield ended up a zombie-fighting James Bond. Both game's stories featu … | Continue reading
Saints Row developer Volition has revealed the first gameplay of its upcoming open-world single-player only action game Agents of Mayhem.Project design director, Anoop Shekar, revealed plenty of Agents of Mayhem gameplay through IGN's live E3 coverage. Additionally, there's a sev … | Continue reading
Xbox One games will look "identical" on Xbox One S, Microsoft has said, despite the newer console's slight boost in processing power.Speaking with Eurogamer today at E3, Xbox planning lead Albert Penello stated that the additional CPU and GPU access granted to developers for Xbox … | Continue reading
Rock Band 4 is getting a substantial expansion this autumn entitled Rock Band: Rivals.Developer Harmonix said in a blog post today that Rivals will cost $29.99 (or your local equivalent) and add new modes, though it remained cagey on what exactly these are. But we do know asynchr … | Continue reading
I'm telling you, you can't take Chris Bratt and Ian Higton anywhere. There they are, at the biggest gaming event in the calendar, on one of the biggest firs… | Continue reading
During its E3 2016 media briefing, Microsoft announced the Xbox One S, which offers high dynamic range support for video and gaming, among other added features. Two of the games Microsoft said benefit from that technology are Gears of War 4 and Scalebound.Add Forza Horizon 3 to t … | Continue reading
Final Fantasy 15 is getting an arcade beat-'em-up spin-off called A King's Tale: Final Fantasy 15.Revealed during Square Enix's E3 livestream, this retro title is coming to PS4 and Xbox One on 30th September to coincide with the launch of Final Fantasy 15 proper.The bad news: It' … | Continue reading
Halo Wars 2 is an Xbox One and Windows 10 game, but unlike other Microsoft games such as Forza Horizon 3, it does not support cross-platform play.Halo Wars 2 is a real-time strategy game, with different control schemes for each platform. On PC you can, of course, play with a mous … | Continue reading
Nintendo has revealed seven new Amiibo as part of its Super Mario series.These include newcomers Waluigi, Daisy, and Boo, along with old favourites like Wario, Rosalina, Donkey Kong, and Diddy Kong in new positions.The new series of figures will launch on 4th November.Read more… | Continue reading
The Resident Evil 7 demo currently available on PS4 for PlayStation Plus subscribers isn't actually part of the full game.Capcom confirmed this to Eurogamer earlier today, where it was also confirmed that the full game will star a different lead character than the man in the demo … | Continue reading
For all the high-profile negativity surrounding Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's reveal trailer, the game's campaign actually looks pretty interesting.In taking Call of Duty into space, developer Infinity Ward has changed the standard Call of Duty campaign in some meaningful ways … | Continue reading
Despite various rumours and wishful thinking over the years, there will be no female version of Link in the latest Zelda game.When asked why this much talked about option wasn't implemented in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, producer Eiji Aonuma told Gamespot that Ninten … | Continue reading
Early on in Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you are treated to a sweeping overview of your surroundings. It is a visually stunning moment unlike anything else in the series: a bold statement of intent and an open invitation to explore the vista before you. Fields and forests stretch o … | Continue reading
Sony has secured exclusive early access to the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered campaign on PlayStation 4 - but you have to pre-order one of the more expensive versions of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare to get it.As already announced, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastere … | Continue reading
NieR: Automata, the highly anticipated sequel to Cavia's peculiar action-RPG from 2010 has received a new trailer at E3 2016.Now slated for an "early 2017" release, NieR: Automata follows the exploits of androids 2B, 9S and A2 as they battle evil robots in a world devoid of human … | Continue reading
Nintendo's new Zelda is named The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.A gorgeous, huge overworld is the new star of the game - and the many ways which Link can now interact with it. He can cut trees to form bridges, cook ingredients with recipes, roll boulders down mountains to s … | Continue reading
Although Sony's approach to its E3 press conference had structural similarities to its rival's showing this year, the tone of the thing could not be more different. With those glossy, reflective interstitial graphics, racing games, and execs wearing leather jackets, everything Mi … | Continue reading
Buried on Microsoft's E3 2016 Xbox One press USB are screenshots for a Bulletstorm Remaster we had no idea about. Hidden on purpose or a mistake?Wes uploaded the screenshots from his Xbox USB.The screenshots show a crisper and clearer Bulletstorm to the one released on PC, PS3 an … | Continue reading
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In theory Resident Evil 7 is easy to appreciate. After a series of increasingly action-focused entries trying to capture the magic of Resident Evil 4 - and… | Continue reading
Rebellion has just announced a 14th February 2017 release date for Sniper Elite 4, which puts it within a month of the other sniping game I confuse it with, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3.Sniper Elite 4 was expected towards the end of this year (so was Ghost Warrior 3 until yesterday), … | Continue reading
An enhanced remaster of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim releases on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC this October. This new Special Edition is the first we've seen of this series on console to date - it's a native 1920x1080 production, and based on trailer footage so far, it's also see … | Continue reading
Sony has announced a bespoke PlayStation VR gun controller peripheral for a new virtual reality game called Farpoint.The gun is white and tubular with a glowing Move tracking bobble on the nozzle and various buttons and a thumbstick around the frame. The frame bends all the way a … | Continue reading
"Removing barriers... Innovation and the latest technology... delivering the world's most powerful console is something we absolutely want to do... the mo… | Continue reading
E3 2016 bulletins: MondayE3 Monday normally starts slowly, a period of downtime during which the Americans in LA are asleep, the Europeans are listlessly scrolling through their phones having been woken up by jetlag, and the rest of the world is arguing about what will be in the … | Continue reading
It starts with a console unveiling and it ends with a console unveiling, and between all that is one of Microsoft's most interesting E3 conferences in years. This is a year for subtle messaging and huge thunderbolts - and pulling everything together is games, games, games. Fighti … | Continue reading
At a Microsoft showcase event at E3, I had a chance to play Capcom Vancouver's Dead Rising 4 on Xbox One and captured the gameplay.In the video, below, you can see me, as series star Frank West, tear up over 1000 zombies with a multitude of weapons in Willamette, Colorado. I use … | Continue reading
Battlefield 1's multiplayer modes leave out two key World War 1 countries: France and Russia.British, German, Austro-Hungarian, Italian, Ottoman, and American factions are playable in Battlefield 1, according to the game's official Twitter account.But some fans have questioned wh … | Continue reading
PlayStation VR is getting its very own Batman game by Arkham series developer Rocksteady.As revealed at Sony's press conference tonight, Batman: Arkham VR will launch in October, ostensibly to coincide with PlayStation VR's just announced 13th October release date."Rocksteady is … | Continue reading
The exciting Sony-Hideo Kojima partnership has produced fruit: a new game called Death Stranding. It stars Norman Reedus from The Walking Dead.Death Stranding was unveiled at E3 by Hideo Kojima who introduced an unsettling trailer he said was running in real time.In the trailer, … | Continue reading
Sony's final E3 press conference surprise is, as rumoured, a new Spider-Man game.What the reports hadn't got right is that it is being developed by Insomniac, not inFamous studio Sucker Punch.It still seems like early days - there's no release date or even window. Here's the teas … | Continue reading