Resident Evil 7's free Chris Redfield DLC is finally out in December

Resident Evil 7's long-delayed Not a Hero DLC will finally reach PS4, Xbox One, and PC on December 12th, Capcom has announced. As previously revealed, it'll be free to everyone with a copy of Resident Evil 7, no season pass required. Not a Hero, which gained notoriety earlier thi … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

CD Projekt Red: "This approach to making games is not for everyone"

Some recent team-leader level departures from Cyberpunk 2077 led to speculation there was trouble in paradise - and paradise began sounding worse and worse the more CD Projekt Red company reviews on employee feedback site Glassdoor I read.Evidently the groundswell of negativity a … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Unofficial SNES cartridge-playing Super Nt unveiled

Since its establishment back in 2011, Analogue, Inc. has focused on producing premium consoles designed to play classic games at the highest fidelity possible. Its first three consoles are well engineered machines housed in premium wood and aluminum materials but each one carries … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Halo Wars 3 concept art reveals failed pitch

Concept art for Halo Wars 3 has been released, revealing cancelled pitch material.Brad Wright, a senior concept artist at Creative Assembly, posted the artw… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Destiny 2's Monty Python emote pulled from sale

Bungie has pulled Destiny 2's Monty Python emote from sale on the in-game microtransaction shop.The emote, named Bureaucratic Walk, is a replica of John Cleese's infamous footstep from the Pythons' Ministry of Silly Walks sketch.Why was it pulled? Bungie hasn't said. But, rather … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Watch: The Rogue Trooper games you never knew existed

Yo listen up, here's the story, about a little guy that lives in a Nu-world.And all day and all night and all the Quartz he sees is just blue, like him, inside and outside.Blue his gun with a blue little Helm, and a blue Bagman,and everything is blue for him,and himself and all t … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Doom gets November release date for Nintendo Switch

Developer id Software has announced demon-blasting shooter Doom will launch on Nintendo Switch on 10th November.Nintendo announced last month Doom would be coming to the Switch alongside another id Software IP - Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. Doom on Switch will feature the ful … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Star Citizen's off-shoot Squadron 42 probably won't make 2017 either

Last year we waited and waited to hear whether Squadron 42, the single-player and standalone Star Citizen story experience with actors like Gary Oldman in, would be released in 2016, until eventually Cloud Imperium said no, it wouldn't be. Then we started waiting and waiting for … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Jelly Deals: 10% off all games at Green Man Gaming 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.This week, if you head over to Gr … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Jelly Deals: Super Mario Odyssey discounted digitally pre-launch

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.For me, the excitement of this mo … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

South Park: The Fractured But Whole review

For nearly two decades, South Park's creators have been working to a weekly production schedule. It's an inconceivable cadence that must raise stress and caffeine levels well beyond what medical professionals would endorse, but crucially it allows the show the agility to satirise … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Online petition forces government response to loot boxes

A petition calling for gambling laws to be adapted to include video games with gambling mechanics has passed the 10k signatures needed to warrant a response from the UK government.The petition, titled "adapt gambling laws to include gambling in video games which targets [sic] chi … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

The Evil Within 2 physical launch sales quarter of original

Middle-earth: Shadow of War and The Evil Within 2 both entered the UK chart this week - but with very different fortunes.Shadow of War launched in second place. Its physical sales were down slightly on console compared to 2014's Shadow of Mordor, but this could be put down to the … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Pokémon Go leak suggests Gen 3 for Halloween event this month

The first Generation 3 Pokémon look set to hit Pokémon Go within days.Leaked artwork shows Gen 3 creatures as part of the game's upcoming Halloween event, due to go live within the next fortnight.Pictured in the art are a range of suitably spooky Gen 3 monsters, such as Duskull, … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Spectating Fortnite: How Battle Royale really comes to life once you die

Jeffrey Manchester typically robbed McDonald's. He typically robbed McDonald's because in America, McDonald's restaurants, wherever you go, are typically the same kind of building. Manchester's genius - and it was genius, albeit of a scrappy, low-key nature - was to realise that … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Intel Coffee Lake-S: Core i5 8400/ Core i5 8600K review

Intel's Coffee Lake-S flagship, the Core i7 8700K is - in our view - the fastest gaming CPU that money can buy right now, but what if you don't have £350/$350 to spend on a new processor? The new i5 line looks almost as exciting, bringing six physical cores to the mid-range marke … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Kazunori's War: the world of Gran Turismo's creator

Editor's note: With the release of a new Gran Turismo due next week - some four years in after the last entry - we thought it'd be a good time to revisit our profile of the series' creator Kazunori Yamauchi, first published upon the release of Gran Turismo 6 back in 2013.It's cal … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Letter from the meta: This week's top Hearthstone decks

A note from the editor: Metabomb is Gamer Network's specialist competitive gaming site with a particular emphasis on Hearthstone. Each week we're inviting them to bring you a round-up of all the biggest news and events they've been covering. Hello! It's been a while hasn't it?Af … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Gaming's greatest shotgun, and the FPS that made Monolith what it is today

F.E.A.R has the best goddamn shotgun in the history of gaming. This is a hotly competed category, including strong entrants from the likes of Doom and Half-Life - and I'm sure you'll all point to a dozen more once my words run dry. But for my money, F.E.A.R's shotgun is gaming's … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Shadow of War highlights the strengths and weaknesses of PS4 Pro

Monolith Productions returns with the follow-up to 2014's superb sleeper hit, Shadow of Mordor, with the ambitious Shadow of War. In three years, it takes u… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Jelly Deals roundup: Quake Champions, Injustice 2, 4K OLED TVs and more

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.In case you've been asleep all mo … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

How I ruined Sega's financial results

About seven years ago, I found myself sat next to a high-powered Sega executive at a posh dinner. I don't remember the purpose of the dinner; it was probably some awards ceremony. Or perhaps it was an in-house event, like a wake for the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise following the … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Sonic 3D's original developer is creating an unofficial Director's Cut

Jon Burton, founder of UK development studio Traveller's Tales, and one of the original developers on the Mega Drive and Sega Saturn classic Sonic 3D, is at… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Cuphead has sold over 1 million copies in the two weeks since it launched

In the two weeks since it launched on PC and Xbox One, gloriously fiendish run-and-gunner Cuphead has sold over one million copies, developer Studio MDHR has announced."Cuphead has only been out for two weeks and we never could have dreamed of the reception we've received from ou … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Riot Games' founders ditching management roles and returning to game development

Riot Games founders Marc "Tryndamere" Merrill and Brandon "Ryze" Beck have announced that they're transitioning away from their current managerial roles within the company to refocus their attention back toward creating games."When we founded Riot eleven years ago", the pair expl … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Ubisoft details South Park: Fractured But Whole's season pass

Ubisoft has detailed its previously announced season pass for upcoming South Park sequel, The Fractured But Whole.The season pass will include three main dollops of post-release DLC, starting in December and running through to an unspecified point in 2018. December's DLC, known a … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Gran Turismo Sport is HDR's killer app

Gran Turismo has rightfully earned a reputation across the years in pushing the limits of console technology, and after some unconvincing early betas, GT Sport looks like delivering another phenomenal technological masterclass. Earlier this week, Sony unleashed a massive demo ver … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

CD Projekt to address The Witcher 3 post-PS4 Pro patch crashes

CD Projekt has said it will address a crashing problem some The Witcher 3 players have suffered after downloading the recently-released PlayStation 4 Pro update.Reports on NeoGAF and reddit complained about The Witcher 3 crashing after the 1.50 patch was installed.This patch, whi … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Shadow of War players are using tricks and exploits to combat loot boxes

Shadow of War has loot boxes, and it's safe to say a lot of players are upset with them. So, it perhaps comes as little surprise to see the community do its utmost to combat the controversial system.First up, players have found that if you decline Shadow of War's terms of service … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Goat Simulator, Child of Eden now Xbox One backwards compatible

Xbox 360 games Goat Simulator and Child of Eden are now backwards compatible on Xbox One.King of Fighters: Sky Stage is also now playable on Xbox One.Child of Eden is an interesting game to get backwards compatibility. The rhythm game from Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi was origin … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

The Evil Within 2 review

Resident Evil 4 meets the Truman Show in an entertaining but unremarkable follow-up, held back by tepid stealth and warmed-over scares. | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Destiny 2 Prestige Raid launch to go ahead without cheese fix

Destiny 2's delayed Prestige raid mode will now launch without the exploit fix Bungie has been working on.The harder Prestige version of the raid was originally scheduled to arrive this week, but was pushed back seven days so Bungie could fix an exploit.Now, Bungie has said it ca … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw leaves BioWare after 14 years

Mike Laidlaw, the creative director of the Dragon Age series, has announced his departure from BioWare, where he's worked for 14 years.He was lead designer of the first two Dragon Age games before taking the mantle of creative director for Inquisition. He also worked on Jade Empi … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

The Invisible Hours review

Imagine watching a murder mystery on TV - and the recent BBC adaptation of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None is a perfect example because it has a very similar set-up: big house on a remote island with an odd assortment of guests - but instead of seeing only what the dir … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Epic is suing two alleged Fortnite cheaters

Just a week after it promised to come down hard on Battle Royale players that refuse to play by the rules, Epic Games is suing two alleged Fortnite cheaters.According to two separate complaints filed to a North Carolina federal court this week (as spotted by TorrentFreak), defend … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

DICE offers clarification on Star Wars: Battlefront 2's controversial crate system

DICE has offered clarification on Star Wars: Battlefront 2's controversial loot crates and progression mechanics, telling players that "the complete system was not in the beta and will continue to be tuned over time".In a blog post thanking beta players for their efforts, DICE ex … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War's Denuvo protection is cracked in less than 24 hours

Middle-Earth: Shadow of War is the latest PC game to have its Denuvo "anti-tamper protection" cracked in less that 24 hours, following FIFA 18 and Total War: Warhammer 2.Denuvo's controversial technology is frequently included within PC titles as a means of thwarting unauthorised … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

After 25 years, Star Control 2's original creators are working on a proper sequel

Classic strategic space shooter Star Control is to return, its original creators have announced, and work is currently underway on a brand-new sequel.Almost 25 years after the release of Star Control 2, creators Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III have announced their intention to revi … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Jelly Deals: Humble has a wealth of bundles available right now

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.By now, odds are very good that y … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

First look at Life is Strange: Before the Storm episode 2

Square Enix has revealed A Brave New World, the second episode of the three-part Life is Strange: Before the Storm series, will be released on 19th October for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.Alongside the release date, Square Enix dropped an exciting new trailer which gives fans … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Lewis Hamilton is to star in Gran Turismo Sport

Lewis Hamilton, three-times Formula 1 world champion (and in all likelihood a four-times world champion, unless there's a miracle for Sebastien Vettel in the tail-end of this year's campaign), is to play a starring role in Gran Turismo Sport. Hamilton is to provide expert advice … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Swery's The Good Life campaign will fail on Fig

Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro's new game The Good Life - a papercraft open-world murder mystery in a rural English town, oh and where you turn into a cat or dog at night - will fail as a campaign on crowdfunding platform Fig. He seeks $1.5m but has raised only a third of it, and his t … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

New Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon details could shake up the competitive scene

Another new Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon trailer has appeared, and buried in there is something that could be a bit of a twist for the competitive scene.The trailer features a closer look at the new Legendary Pokémon forms, Dusk Mane Necrozma and Dawn Wings Necrozma, includin … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Jelly Deals: The Binding of Isaac on Switch finally gets a price drop

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 much as I am a fan of The Bind … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Gran Turismo Sport fixes the series' racing - but at what cost?

'The real driving simulator', runs Gran Turismo's long-serving tagline, a point of pride as well as something of a distinction - whether made consciously or not - between itself and its competitors. Gran Turismo has has always done a great job of the driving. It has not, historic … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Friday the 13th's latest patch brings new Jason, map and counselor

Friday the 13th: The Game has a new patch and it's a killer. The free update brings new content to the game, including a new map, counselor, Jason and much-needed bug fixes.The new map is Jarvis House, as seen in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. You can check out images of the … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Jelly Deals: Game Boy cart adapter for smartphones finally available to buy

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.Way back in June this year, our o … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Are loot boxes gambling?

Sin City is the global capital of gambling. Casinos with colourful chips, well-postured croupiers and automaton pensioners plugged into slot machines. At first glance it might not seem sinister, but strip back the glamour and Las Vegas paints a sad picture - its denizens cogs in … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago