Hot on the heels of Sony's announcement of the price and release month of PlayStation VR, Oculus has confirmed the 30 games that will be available to buy for the Rift headset when it launches on 28th March.The list, below, includes a couple of surprises: there are Oculus Rift ver … | Continue reading
Virtual reality, in case you didn't know, is going to be a thing in 2016. What's quite a pleasant surprise is that it's now looking like a (reasonably) affordable thing thanks to the PlayStation VR's recently announced price point. Sony's unit now looks like it's got the best cha … | Continue reading
Nearly four years have passed since the release of Hitman: Absolution, but if you ask enthusiasts of the series, a full ten have lapsed since the last traditional Hitman experience: 2006's Blood Money. This year's reboot is a something of return to that style - a more level-heade … | Continue reading
Game engine Unity has a bit of a bad rap for its graphical power - or lack thereof.But there's a new short film, Adam, which has been rendered in real-time using Unity that may change some people's perception.The short's first section is available now to watch online - you can se … | Continue reading
Hellblade will now officially be known as Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, creator Ninja Theory has announced. The new name was revealed on a pretty new poster, which shows off heroine Senua's new look. The announcement follows a reinvention of sorts for the self-published game. We … | Continue reading
You can now pre-order a PlayStation VR in-store at GAME - but only if you hand over a £100 deposit.Eurogamer spoke to GAME shop staff who explained the deposit was necessary due to limited amount of stock.There's no upfront charge for ordering the £349 headset via GAME's website … | Continue reading
Last night at the Game Developers Conference, Sony announced a few new PlayStation VR games.Let's start with VR Worlds, a collective of five mini-games from Sony's London Studio.The London Heist uses dual PS Moves (sold separately, don't forget), or a DualShock 4 controller, to s … | Continue reading
Sci-fi strategy game Stellaris, the latest project by Crusader Kings 2 and Europa Universalis 4 developer Paradox Development Studio, is coming to PC, Mac and Linux on 9th May, Paradox revealed at its GDC press conference.The developer wore Trump-parodying "Make space great again … | Continue reading
Obsidian Entertainment has announced a new RPG at the Paradox GDC press conference. It's called Tyranny. Due out at some point in 2016, Tyranny isn't a succ… | Continue reading
Spare a thought for the poor soldier standing on the balcony of an opulent Italian townhouse, looking out over a sun-kissed bay that's radiant in pastel blues and deep terracotta reds. He's recently signed up to the army to escape his abusive father, a little in-game text tells u … | Continue reading
PlayStation VR was dated and priced today (£349, October!) and our Oli Welsh was there when it happened at Sony's GDC press conference where he took the fol… | Continue reading
Sony has released a comprehensive list of video game developers making titles for PlayStation VR.There are 230 studios mentioned from various parts of the world. Some we know about, like Rebellion making Battlezone, but others are certainly surprises. Like what could From Softwar … | Continue reading
Ark: Survival Evolved developer Studio Wildcard has announced a free-to-play spin-off entitled Ark: Survival of the Fittest.Launching today on Steam Early Access, this new game will focus on the competitive multiplayer aspects that blossomed from mods of Survival Evolved. It will … | Continue reading
UPDATE 16/03/2016 1.31am: It looks like there's going to be a PlayStation VR / PlayStation Camera bundle, at least in North America. A Sony rep told Te… | Continue reading
Akira Tago, the puzzle designer behind the Professor Layton series, passed away on 6th March at 90 after falling victim to interstitial pneumonia.Prior to his work on Professor Layton, where he is credited as a "puzzle master", Tago was a psychologist and wrote a series of best-s … | Continue reading
The Division has set a new world record for biggest week one sales of a new IP, Ubisoft trumpeted.That's right, it even toppled Destiny. (Though Bungie's sh… | Continue reading
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Far Cry Primal's latest patch lets you take prettier screenshots of its prehistoric jungle by allowing players to disable the game's obtrusive HUD.… | Continue reading
Last year Valve introduced paid mods on Steam when Bethesda allowed its fanbase to sell Skyrim mods. That experiment was short-lived, but Valve is having another crack at it, this time handling things itself through one of its first-party games, Dota 2.Soon Dota 2 players can pur … | Continue reading
Ubisoft has announced Werewolves Within, a multiplayer VR game where you must deduce which one of your companions is actually a beast in disguise.Quick rounds will match between five and eight players together - one of which has been designated the werewolf. Other players will be … | Continue reading
Here's an odd one: a Chinese mining company has bought Runescape developer Jagex for $300m.That's according to the Financial Times and DealStreetAsia, which reports Shandong Hongda Mining Co Ltd, a ferrous metal mining firm that produces iron powder, copper powder and iron ore, p … | Continue reading
Twitch has announced plans to support developers creating games designed to be played while live-streaming.The initiative will see these titles - dubbed Stream First games - receive promotion and technical help from Twitch itself.Three titles are already in development under the … | Continue reading
The Vampire Counts are the last playable race for Total War: Warhammer, which still isn't called Total Warhammer.The in-engine trailer, below, shows off the… | Continue reading
Ubisoft has an Assassin's Creed virtual reality experience for launch this year.The project ties in with the upcoming Michael Fassbender-starring Assassin's Creed film - due this Christmas - and includes scenes filmed alongside the movie.The catchily titled Assassin's Creed VR Ex … | Continue reading
Night Dive Studios has revealed the first snippet of gameplay from its upcoming System Shock remake.Developed in Unity, this remake seeks to "keep the new game true to the classic experience, keeping all the things you loved, while updating the user interface and graphics to use … | Continue reading
Last year at E3 Square Enix teased an all new console RPG codenamed "Project Setsuna", and now the publisher has finally confirmed a western release for the title now called I am Setsuna.The oldschool RPG will be coming to PS4 and Steam this summer, though sadly the Vita version … | Continue reading
Japanese murder mystery horror visual novel Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is coming to Steam on 18th April.As you may recall, the first Danganronpa arrived on Steam last month for £22.99 after the series previously premiered on Vita.Eurogamer contributor Cassandra Khaw made an i … | Continue reading
Titanfall is coming to the Origin Access Vault on 22nd March, offering subscribers unlimited access to Respawn's shooter - among other games - for £4 a mont… | Continue reading
Battlezone VR will contain a procedurally-generated campaign, developer Rebellion (Sniper Elite, Aliens vs. Predator) revealed. "Whenever a player starts a new campaign, the game's 'Hex' campaign map is re-generated procedurally, and dozens of environments, levels and mission typ … | Continue reading
King's Quest - Chapter 3: Once Upon a Climb is due 26th April on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. This time it out we follow the exploits of young King Graham rescuing his future bride from the witch Hagatha's tower.The Odd Gentlemen's reboot of Sierra's classic point-and-cli … | Continue reading
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan, the next hack-and-slash action affair by Platinum Games (Bayonetta, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance), will launch on 24th May for PS4, Xbox One,, PS3, Xbox 360, and PC.The release date was revealed in a new trailer exclusive to I … | Continue reading
Tacoma, the next project from Gone Home developer Fullbright, will now launch in spring 2017.The story-based sci-fi game had previously been slated for a mid-to-late 2016 arrival on PC and Xbox One - a date which Fullbright has now decided was simply too soon for the amount of wo … | Continue reading
Microsoft has announced its support for Cross-Network Play, allowing Xbox owners to play games with anyone on PC or PlayStation.First, the caveats - this invitation has yet to be taken up. There's no suggestion you'll be teaming up with clans of Destiny or The Division anytime so … | Continue reading
There's a new Oddworld game, subtitled Soulstorm, due for launch in late 2017.Publisher Oddworld Inhabitants announced the title via oddworld.com/soulstorm, where a handful of story details are revealed.Soulstorm will be a follow-up to Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty, itself a reimaginin … | Continue reading
Telltale's The Walking Dead continues its Michonne mini-series later this month with the 29th March launch of Episode 2: Give No Shelter. A three episode spin-off from Telltale's main The Walking Dead games, Michonne follows its titular character during a timeframe as-yet unseen … | Continue reading
Automatron, the first add-on for Fallout 4, launches for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 22nd March.The DLC costs £7.99 or comes as part of the game's season pass.Automatron sees you hunting down evil robots unleashed by the mysterious Mechanist. You can then reassemble their p … | Continue reading
I really didn't know much about Stardew Valley before I started playing it. I'd never really played much Harvest Moon or the like either, as I'd never really seen the appeal of giving over your free time to cultivating the perfect crop of turnips. But Stardew Valley, at least, is … | Continue reading
DICE has signalled the end of new content for first-person shooter Battlefield 4.DICE LA, which has supported Battlefield 4 for a couple of years now with new maps and features, will not release any new content to the game's test environment.Given DICE has tested new maps in the … | Continue reading
Last month, Capcom took action against 30 Street Fighter 5 rage quitters, resetting their League Points and, as a result, dumping them back down the online ranking system.One of those affected was Japanese player "World_Combo", who had been accused of rage quitting his way to top … | Continue reading
Nintendo masterpiece Zelda: Ocarina of Time has been released on numerous platforms - N64, GameCube, and most recently on 3DS. But you've never seen it like this.Death Mountain's crater area has been remade using Unreal Engine 4. In short, there's lots of very pretty lava.The tec … | Continue reading
Minecraft has long been a testing ground for people to explore and experiment, but the sandbox game will soon host players of a very different kind: artificial intelligences.Starting in July, Minecraft will be used to test the logic of AI programs. Imagine having an AI buddy that … | Continue reading
Star Fox Zero includes an invincible mode for players new to the series, Nintendo design chief Shigeru Miyamoto has said. Speaking in an interview with Time… | Continue reading
The Division is the UK's biggest ever game launch during the first three months of any year.The online shooter's arrival last week was the biggest Q1 debut for any game since previous record holder, PS2 racer Gran Turismo 4 back in 2005.Ubisoft previously said that The Division w … | Continue reading
It's like having one last short to get your head straight before you leave the bar, or necking an espresso to bring you down as you head up for bed. It makes no sense, and it makes you feel horrible. Stardew Valley is a PC game that repeatedly needles you about how detached you a … | Continue reading
Early in time-manipulation adventure Quantum Break, you have to escape a university science lab as protagonist Jack Joyce accompanied by Jack's brother Will, who may have just caused time to catastrophically shatter.In better news, time breaking down irreparably has given Jack sw … | Continue reading
This one caught our eye. Broforce is a gleefully bombastic 2D side-scrolling shooter in the Contra tradition - and available this month for free to PlayStation Plus members. However, it hasn't launched in the best of states, and its variable performance is a stumbling block to en … | Continue reading
Following the news that Lionhead Studios is to be closed, I thought I'd return to the game that, in my mind, showed them at their very best. That game is Fable 2 and I've been playing it again this weekend to see how well it holds up, almost eight years after its initial release. … | Continue reading
Peter Molyneux's famous for announcing ground-breaking video game projects. While many of them end up in players' hands, the ones that don't quite make it are often just as interesting. | Continue reading