The Elder Scrolls Online had a few announcements during Bethesda's E3 2016 conference last night.The first was that ESO has had "7 million players since launch" - a number game director Matt Firor later explained on the ESO website."Since we commercially launched at the end of Ma … | Continue reading
Relatively reliable gossip source Nerd Leaks reports that this year will see the release of Forza Horizon 3. Developed once again by Leamington Spa's Playground Games, the open-world racing sequel will be set in Australia, and will be released on 27th September for both Xbox One … | Continue reading
Pirates! Cars! Guns! Phil Spencer! Live from 5.30pm BST. | Continue reading
Dynasty Warriors and Hyrule Warriors developer Omega Force is making a new PS4, PC and Vita game based on the popular Berserk manga series.Described by Koei… | Continue reading
This year, we are once again posting daily bulletins from E3, rounding up all the news from the show. If you wish, you can receive them via email every morn… | Continue reading
Remember the Pip-Boy from the Fallout 4: Pip-Boy edition of the game? Bethesda just announced a better - and more expensive - Pip-Boy due out later in 2016.Unlike last year's Pip-Boy, The Pip-Boy: Deluxe Bluetooth Edition, which costs $350, comes with an integrated screen and its … | Continue reading
Did Bethesda just tease the new Wolfenstein? Probably.The following image popped up on-screen during Bethesda's E3 2106 media briefing:Of note: the entry below 2015 Wolfenstein expansion The Old Blood. What is New Colossus? It doesn't have a release date when all the other game n … | Continue reading
UPDATE 21/06/2016 11.38pm: The Doom demo has been extended indefinitely, developer id Software has announced."Due to popular demand, we're extending the #DO… | Continue reading
Dishonored 2's first gameplay footage has been revealed at Bethesda's E3 press conference tonight.Creative director Harvey Smith showed us several minutes of gameplay. This sequel is set 15 years after the original game and lets players choose between two playable leads: series s … | Continue reading
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim remaster, aka Skyrim Special Edition, is official and it's coming to PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 28th October.Most notably for console players the Skyrim remaster introduces mod support, and like Fallout 4 this will involve Bethesda cherry-pickin … | Continue reading
Fallout 4 developer Bethesda Softworks announced a new expansion entitled Nuka World, due this August.At the publisher's press conference Bethesda also teased the Vault-Tec Workshop, allowing players to build their own vaults. That's due in July.And next week Fallout 4 contraptio … | Continue reading
id Software has announced a new Quake game for PC called Quake Champions.It was described as an arena shooter by id Software's Tim Willits, and it will be fast - running at 120hz with unlocked frame-rates! But it will also have unique characters with different abilities and attri … | Continue reading
Prey 2 lives, and it's called Prey. Dishonored developer Arkane's Austin studio is now in charge.The game was announced by Arkane Austin's Raphael Colantonio on-stage at Bethesda's E3 showcase. It's the year 2032, and you're on an orbiting space station where you've been unwittin … | Continue reading
2K has revealed some new footage of its open-world gangster game Mafia 3 (via IGN).Set in New Orleans, we see more of the southern gothic period piece in action. Set in the 1960s, this crime caper follows mobster Lincoln Clay as he fights other, worse mobsters in the Big Easy.Maf … | Continue reading
Injustice 2 has premiered its first gameplay footage in the following trailer (captured by Gematsu based on a stream by developer NetherRealm Studios).We get to see such characters as Gorilla Grodd, Supergirl, Red Lantern Atrocitus, Aquaman and Black Manta duke it out. Based on t … | Continue reading
The Walking Dead Season 3 will star a teenage Clementine along with another new playable character when it premieres this autumn.Telltale teased the upcoming season on IGN Live moments ago. A brief video showed a slightly older Clementine, now missing a finger, along with a young … | Continue reading
Nintendo's not to be left out of today's rampant leak action: a hitherto unseen piece of concept art for the next Legend of Zelda game, which we will be hearing a lot more about at E3 this week, has surfaced.Nintendo Life spotted the image on Amazon's product page for the Wii U v … | Continue reading
Dice showed off all new gameplay footage of Battlefield 1 at EA's E3 2016 press conference moments ago.As seen in the latest trailer, there's plenty of new vehicles and weapons shown off. You can ride in a motorcycle sidecar, on a horse, or use a biplane to destroy a zeppelin in … | Continue reading
We've seen a tiny glimpse of Amy Hennig and Visceral's new Star Wars action adventure game due 2018.The game doesn't have a name but we know it's based on an original story and features new characters. Presumably the male character we glimpse is the central character, or at least … | Continue reading
The new FIFA has a story mode that lets you use a Mass Effect-style dialogue wheel.FIFA 17's story mode, called The Journey, sees you assume direct control… | Continue reading
Two-thirds of the way through its E3 press conference, EA likes to chuck in an "Indie". Last year it was Unravel, introduced by the world's most emotional human. This year, it's Fe, a new title from Zoink, the 20-person Swedish team behind Stick it to the Man, which is a brillian … | Continue reading
EA has again teased Mass Effect: Andromeda with a new teaser trailer, although firm fresh details are sparse. It was however our first look at the game's new Normandy-esque ship, rumoured to be named the Tempest.The game is designed around the question of how far humanity will go … | Continue reading
EA and Respawn have pushed live the official single-player Titanfall 2 trailer.It went live after a poor quality version was leaked earlier today.Here's the official blurb:Read more… | Continue reading
Telltale Games has revealed the first four screenshots of its upcoming Batman series due later this summer.The five-episode series will be available both digitally and as a physical disc on PC, Mac and consoles.Telltale's Batman will star Troy Baker (Tales From the Borderlands, T … | Continue reading
Convincing images of the new Xbox One Slim console - called the Xbox One S - have leaked. They show a black-bottomed and white-topped box with an Xbox One controller on top - a handy size gauge. Apparently the console is 40 per cent smaller, has a 2TB hard-drive and supports 4K v … | Continue reading
EA has shown off FIFA 17's new story mode, dubbed The Journey, in a dramatic trailer. The new mode lets you lace up the boots of the Premier League's newest, most promising star - a man named Alex Hunter - as he prepares to make his first league appearance. Who he plays for is up … | Continue reading
The leaky E3 pipe sprays another: Microsoft will apparently release Xbox One exclusive, ReCore, this autumn. ReCore was also listed for Windows 10 earlier in the year - presumably this date applies to that version too.The European release date is listed as 16th September, and the … | Continue reading
Skyrim HD! Wet 2! Rogue Warrior 2! Live from 3am BST. | Continue reading
Mass Effect! Star Wars! FIFA! Andrew Wilson! Live from 9pm BST. | Continue reading
The ongoing narrative regarding Chinese mobile giant Xiaomi is that while it makes amazing phones, it's never going to expand into the West due to fear of c… | Continue reading
SgtLewis247, we've never properly met. But I think I love you. If I ever see you in real-life, I'll run towards you to take you in both arms and give you the firm embrace normally reserved for long lost friends - we'll hold each other like two people who have been through so much … | Continue reading
This is going to be a weird one. As we head into E3 2016, the console games industry is undergoing seismic shifts that will change its course radically and forever. But there's a good chance the tip of this looming iceberg will barely break the glossy surface of the annual promot … | Continue reading
It feels strange to say it again so soon, but E3 is nigh once more. As per usual, the rumour mill has been working full tilt in the run up to the conference, even if this year's rumours have been dominated by what won't be at the show as much as what will. Nonetheless, we've mana … | Continue reading
Yesterday Doom developer id Software told us it has plans to spruce up the game's barebones multiplayer (a feature of the game id outsourced to developer Certain Affinity before taking the reins post-launch) and already that's starting to happen - if only just.A new update has be … | Continue reading
Actor Kit Harington, best known as Jon Snow in Game of Thrones, will play the villain in the upcoming Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare."Kit is an amazing talent, and the consummate pro," said developer Infinity Ward's narrative director Taylor Kurosaki. "Our story is about an epic … | Continue reading
Black Desert Online is one of the most interesting MMOs to come along in some time. It first caught our attention due to the startlingly realistic character creator, which lays legitimate claim to being the best in class - but it's a compelling game in its own right, thanks to en … | Continue reading
It's real, then, in case there was ever any doubt. Confirming what's been known in considerable detail for some time, Sony has acknowledged the existence of a new, more powerful PlayStation 4, choosing to do so via a glib admission in a Financial Times interview timed to clear th … | Continue reading
You might have heard the one about Blizzard pulling a lot of X-rated fan-made Overwatch content off the internet recently. But did you know just how much of it is out there? I thought I did, but oh man it is really quite something - even after Blizzard's supposed nerfing of all t … | Continue reading
Halo Wars 2 will be available to try next week, a leaked Xbox Store listing suggests.The Halo Wars 2 open beta is listed for release on Monday, 13th June, and will last a week, until 20th June.Monday is when Microsoft will hold its annual E3 press conference. The beta will presum … | Continue reading
Epic Games' MOBA Paragon goes into open beta 16th August. That means you won't need to buy into any Early Access programmes to play it - it will be free on PC and PS4. You do not require PlayStation Plus. The cheapest way in right now is a Paragon Founder's Pack for £16 on PS4 an … | Continue reading
The final episode of Dreamfall Chapters, Book Five: Redux, will be released 17th June. A stirring teaser trailer was released that shows a montage of scenes from the game.From 17th June, then, the full Dreamfall Chapters series will be available. This began a year-and-a-half ago … | Continue reading
When it comes to video games, World of Warcraft is probably my biggest cultural blind spot. I'm aware of how significant Blizzard's MMO is and how much it's impacted lives across the world (who isn't) but beyond that, I'm a babe lost in the woods. Or maybe that should be a Tauren … | Continue reading
Just six weeks ago, the notion that Nvidia's GTX 970 replacement could offer Titan X-level performance seemed like a product of wishful thinking. But the GTX 1080's comprehensive takedown of Nvidia's previous GPU flagship was so overwhelming that what many thought was fanciful th … | Continue reading
If you leave too many Overwatch games while they're in progress you will incur a 75 per cent XP penalty. Blizzard explained how the system works on the Overwatch forum.You're considered a 'leaver' if you leave a game after the 'Assemble Your Team' phase and before the match ends. … | Continue reading
Torment: Tides of Numenera's release date has been pushed back to Q1 2017, developer InXile has announced. Also, an as yet unannounced publisher is on board.The new Torment release date is nearly three years after the record-breaking Kickstarter campaign optimistically planned. T … | Continue reading
One of the most exciting powers of VR is the power to make developers see things afresh. Edge of Nowhere is hardly an enormously experimental title - Insomniac's first Oculus outing is a traditional action-horror game about an expedition to the South Pole that goes terribly awry … | Continue reading
The best-selling games in US retail for the month of May have been revealed by analyst company NPD Group and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End has come out on top.The NPD Group's Liam Callahan noted that it had better first month sales than any game in the franchise after Uncharted 3 "w … | Continue reading
Valve has released a new piece of software. No, it's not Half-Life 3. Sorry. But it is a tool that allows folks to create VR environments.Out now on Steam Early Access, Destinations Workshop Tools lets users create and share their own VR locales on the Destinations Workshop.It us … | Continue reading