It's fun to get swept along by new-game fever - especially when the game is as pleasant a surprise as id Software's robust Doom reboot - but the tide of enthusiasm can carry you to some regrettable places. Don't, as I did, make the mistake of thinking that this would be a perfect … | Continue reading
With all the hullabaloo around id Software's shockingly sterling Doom reboot, folks have been revisiting previous Doom titles. One such series fanatic, YouTuber Corpseflesh, even set a new world record for blazing through 2005's Doom 3 in record time.Playing through the game's ea … | Continue reading
A training video Sega put out in 1996 for rookie video game testers has been released to the internet at large by the production company behind it, Green Mill Filmworks.The 28-minute "trainumentary" was filmed at Sega of America's office in Redwood City, California and boy does i … | Continue reading
Android games will make like Steam with the upcoming Google Play Early Access. It works exactly as you'd expect, with in-development titles marked as E… | Continue reading
Capcom is providing a heaping dose of fan service in Monster Hunter Generations by adding the iconic armour from Ghosts 'n Goblins to its upcoming 3DS-exclu… | Continue reading
Hitman's first Elusive Target went live over the weekend, giving players one - and only one - chance to eliminate a certain target. As it turns out, 53 per cent were able to successfully complete the mission.That includes our very own Ian Higton. Regrettably, it does not include … | Continue reading
Hard Reset Redux, the remastered version of Flying Wild Hog's shooter debut, will launch on PS4, Xbox One and PC on 3rd June.This will mark Hard Reset's console premiere, as the original 2011 game was a PC-exclusive.Since Hard Reset's launch, Flying Wild Hog has gone on to make S … | Continue reading
Earlier this month Koei Tecmo release an alpha demo of Team Ninja's third-person combat game Nioh to much acclaim. It was downloaded by over 850k people and survey results show that most really enjoyed it. However, its punishing difficulty was criticised by players in Asia, while … | Continue reading
Blizzard may unveil a new Overwatch hero called Sombra on Monday, who may even be Pharah's mother - a former agent of Overwatch whose whereabouts have never been explained. Sombra appears to have a long-range weapon and there's speculation she may play a support role.NeoGAF membe … | Continue reading
Halo 5's Forge map creator is coming to Windows 10 as a standalone free download later this year.Dubbed Forge - Halo 5: Guardians Edition for Windows 10 (that's the full title), this PC port will include some enhancements like support for 4k resolution and mouse & keyboard contro … | Continue reading
After a fairly long wait, we've finally got a chance to play Gran Turismo on PlayStation 4 - and it's more than a little underwhelming. Kazunori Yamauchi has said GT Sport offers a level of innovation not seen since the first Gran Turismo. Having played it for 30 minutes before t … | Continue reading
Gran Turismo Sport, Polyphony Digital's debut on the PlayStation 4, will come out later this year with a release date in the UK of 18th November.The new game, which looks to act like a Prologue to a full-fat Gran Turismo, features 137 premium cars and 19 locations. It includes a … | Continue reading
CD Projekt Red has released a video showing off the brand new Toussaint region from upcoming Witcher 3 expansion Blood and Wine.A two-minute tour of the vast new land (the size of No Man's Land) shows us a sun-drenched Southern France-inspired region untouched by war. We see the … | Continue reading
Remember TimeSplitters Rewind, the fan remake of the classic shooter series? It's still being worked on.TimeSplitters was thrust back into the public eye this week when it emerged that Dambuster Studio had included two levels from TimeSplitters 2 in Homefront: The Revolution.Damb … | Continue reading
Total War: Warhammer is full of elephants.If you've played Rome: Total War, you have to remember the first time you encountered the Carthaginians. Here you'd been, building proper Roman armies, with swords and shields and bows and arrows, designed to defeat nations with fewer res … | Continue reading
Sega Classics on Steam now support modern console controllers.A new patch was released for Sega's emulator this week and it lets you use the PlayStation 4 (using custom DS4 Windows drivers available online), Xbox One and Steam Controller.If you've got old controllers, perhaps PC … | Continue reading
He'd never tell you this himself, but poor Ian was up until 3am last night putting together a video explainer on how to get started in Fallout 4's latest DLC, Far Harbor (leaving out that 'u' made me hurt typing it as much as it did you reading it, trust me).Why did Ian do this t … | Continue reading
Dying Light studio Techland announced in Poland this week it is working on two new games. I spoke with CEO Paweł Marchewka at the conference Digital Dr… | Continue reading
Square Enix will produce extra stock of the coveted Final Fantasy 15 Ultimate Collector's Edition in a bid to meet demand.The special edition originally sold out within minutes when it went on sale last month - despite costing £189.99.Now, Squenix will manufacture another 10,000 … | Continue reading
Built with CryEngine technology, Homefront: The Revolution is undoubtedly a visually arresting game - but sadly, one where performance leaves a lot to be desired, on console at least. It's a shooter with lofty goals; an open-world design with dynamic lighting and weather, and top … | Continue reading
There's a new Fire Emblem game out - the first since 2013's Awakening - which would be reason to celebrate if it all weren't so confusing. Because, in truth, there are three new Fire Emblem games out, with Intelligent Systems fantasy-flecked strategy RPG split across Birthright a … | Continue reading
In Fire Emblem, there's one command that conquers all - one simple instruction that defeats the sharpest sword, an expertly aimed arrow or the most brutal of axes. Your forces might be diminished, your very best soldiers lying limp on the battlefield never to return, but you can … | Continue reading
UPDATE 23/5/16: Last week, Apple told a Palestinian developer that his indie adventure game was not a game. This week, after the case became public, the ele… | Continue reading
Homefront: The Revolution ends with a message from its chief developer to players acknowledging the game's troubled development.Before the credits roll the player is presented with a message from Hasit Zala, studio head of Dambuster."Homefront the revolution has been in developme … | Continue reading
Fallout 4's Far Harbor DLC is out today, but to access it you need to do a bit of this and that. Thankfully, Eurogamer's Ian Higton has worked it all out and created a cool little video guide for your viewing pleasure.There may be spoilers ahead.To get going, you need to have com … | Continue reading
King's Quest - Chapter 1: A Knight to Remember is now free on Steam, PS4, PS3, Xbox One and Xbox 360.It used to go for £6.99 / $9.99. Buying the whole King's Quest Complete Collection costs £23.99 / $29.99 and comes with an extra epilogue. If you don't care about that last bit, y … | Continue reading
Epic Game's free-to-play MOBA Paragon will be offering an open beta weekend from 26th-30th May on both PS4 and PC.To participate all you need to do is register by 25th May at paragon.com.Paragon has been in closed beta for the past couple of months, and players can pay $19.99 (ab … | Continue reading
The most popular thing on Reddit this afternoon was this gif of rocks sliding in Uncharted 4. Look at 'em go!People are losing their collective s*** over this incredibly detailed physics simulation. So what's going on here? We asked our Digital Foundry expert John Linneman to she … | Continue reading
Doom speedrunner DraQu has set a new record for id Software's FPS reboot with a new run today ending in 89 minutes and 56.42 seconds.Granted they're playing on the game's easiest setting, I'm Too Young to Die, and it's an any per cent run - meaning they don't go out of their way … | Continue reading
Doom player and YouTuber Zero Master has bested id Software's latest shooter on its hardest difficulty setting without dying.That's actually a requirement for Ultra Nightmare mode, which is essentially the game's incredible challenging Nightmare difficulty with permadeath enabled … | Continue reading
Someone has bested all of Dark Souls 3's challenges on its hardest setting - i.e. the seventh New Game Plus playthrough - without using weapons.Indeed, you can watch Twitch streamer TolomeoR brave the game's second half in the stream below. He finishes the run at around the 3.30 … | Continue reading
Last year, Metal Gear Solid publisher Konami said it would help fund a new prosthetic limb for a double amputee gamer.25-year-old James Young, who lost an arm and a leg in 2012 when he was dragged underneath a London tube train, was chosen as the recipient.Now, BBC Three has rele … | Continue reading
Table Top Racing: World Tour, the Micro Machines-inspired racer from WipEout co-creator Nick Burcombe, comes out on PC on 26th May.The PC release follows the game's launch on PlayStation 4 earlier this month. According to developer Playrise Digital, it's already been downloaded m … | Continue reading
There's a lot to the Far Harbor add-on for Fallout 4 - and via a new video, below, we learn about much of it.There may be spoilers ahead.Let's start with the new companion: Longfellow. Bethesda likens him to Quint from Jaws. That is, he's not very friendly. But he acts as your gu … | Continue reading
Xbox One has long been known as the home of top games such as Halo, Forza and Gears.Now, Xbox One can also be known as the home of top computer operating system Windows 95.Specifically, what you'll see below is an Xbox One running Dosbox, the virtual DOS machine app, from which W … | Continue reading
On-track, Formula 1 can be an awful lot of fun - all the more so when team-mates toss each other into the gravel trap while imperious children steal the day… | Continue reading
Leaked multiple times by retailers and ratings boards, Batman: Return to Arkham is now finally official.The collection brings Batman games Arkham Asylum and Arkham City to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One for the first time, along with every piece of DLC created for both games as well. … | Continue reading
When a game partners with a console you don't own, does that put you off the game?EA reckons no, it does not.EA, which has partnered with Microsoft for first-person shooter Battlefield 1, has run the numbers, and the numbers say everybody wins when it comes to these sorts of deal … | Continue reading
The new Mass Effect ride, in California's Great America park, is open for business. Mass Effect: New Earth is a "4D" experience, similar to… | Continue reading
When Doom's multiplayer launched in open beta form, it suffered at the hands on Steam user reviews.As we reported in April, Doom's multiplayer had a "mostly negative" Steam user review rating from, at the time we published our story, a whopping 12,267 user reviews. 7634 of those … | Continue reading
Blizzard has pledged to investigate a pilot programme that will crack down on abuse in Twitch's live chat.It follows a high-profile incident during last week's DreamHack Austin Hearthstone tournament, where black finalist Terrence Miller was subjected to a torrent of racist abuse … | Continue reading
EA's giving away Battlefield 4 DLC for free.The Final Stand add-on is free to download from Origin, PlayStation Network and Xbox Live from 17th May (yesterd… | Continue reading
Xbox Live Gold subscribers get free entry to EA Access from 12th-22nd June.That means anyone with an active Gold sub can download games from the EA Access v… | Continue reading
EA's development chief initially rejected the World War 1 setting for the next Battlefield because he thought it wouldn't be fun.At EA's investor day, Patrick Söderlund, executive vice president of EA Studios, said when Battlefield developer DICE pitched him a World War 1 setting … | Continue reading
EA decided there would be no campaign in Star Wars Battlefront to make sure it could be released at the same time as Episode 7: The Force Awakens.Patrick So… | Continue reading
Created by small development team of seven people over a three year period, there are immediate parallels between the new Shadow of the Beast remake on PS4 and the Amiga original released in 1989 - both games were produced by modest studios looking to take advantage of the latest … | Continue reading
Roughly two-thirds of the upcoming Assassin's Creed movie will be set in modern times.According to executive producer Pat Crowley in an interview with IGN, 65 per cent of the film will be set in the present day and only 35 per cent will take place in the simulation of 15th centur … | Continue reading
SteamWorld Heist, the plucky robot pirate strategy game from SteamWorld Dig developer Image & Form, is coming to PS4 and Vita on 31st May in a suped up HD version.This full HD upgrade will run at 1080p with 60 fps. You can see some footage of it in action in the announcement vide … | Continue reading