Jelly Deals: Quake Champions and Elder Scrolls Online in latest Humble Monthly

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.We're into October now, which mea … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Digital Foundry: how Cuphead takes retro to the cutting edge

Retro gameplay meets vintage aesthetics in what is, for our money, a dream combination. With a sense of style and flair that we've never really seen before, Cuphead manages to combine unique audio-visuals with classic gaming action in an exceptionally cool, cohesive package. Cont … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Super Mario Odyssey levels debut at Nintendo World Championships

Nintendo showed off three new Super Mario Odyssey levels over the weekend at its annual World Championships event.The NWC 2017 finale saw title rivals John Numbers and Thomas G take on the trio of levels for the first time.Apart from one brief glimpse during a Nintendo Direct ear … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Fire Emblem Warriors is a surprisingly good Fire Emblem game

Is there any series as misunderstood as the mighty Warriors games? Unfairly written off by many as mindless hack and slash adventures, for me these grandiose brawlers are more about mindfulness. There's a wonderful rhythm to be found out on the battlefield, when you realise the t … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Destiny 2 has exclusive Lego-like in-game emblem if you buy toys

Destiny 2 has an exclusive construction toy emblem to use in the game - if you buy one of its Mega Construx toys.(Mega Construx is a brand from the makers of Mega Bloks - aka the company which makes fake Lego.)Spend more than $15 on a Mega Construx set and you'll get the emblem, … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

PC gamers hope for improvements after hackers and performance issues mar the Call of Duty: WW2 beta

It rings out from the rooftops, across vast swaths of the Net - Call of Duty is in trouble. Yes, after rocketing past the drone-choked skies of its "near-future" into the same bleak vacuum of military-fetishist sci-fi occupied by its rival, Titanfall 2, COD finds itself desperate … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Here's the Geralt snowboarding demo CDPR jokingly made during Witcher 3 development

CD Projekt Red was apparently having so much fun with Geralt's skidding mechanic while making The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the team briefly turned him into a snowboarder, slapping a hat and a pair of goggles on him, a board under his feet and then shoving him down a snowy mountain.Y … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Speedrunner dances through Cuphead using DDR mat

Not sure if you have heard, but Cuphead is apparently pretty difficult to play. So why not have a bit of fun with it instead? That's certainly what speedrunner PeekyBoo has done, beating every boss in the game using only a Dance Dance Revolution mat.PeekyBoo stomped his way throu … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

First look at Jurassic World Evolution gameplay

The first in-game footage for Jurassic Park Evolution has been revealed at Frontier Expo 2017.Developer Frontier, the studio behind Planet Coaster and Elite Dangerous, first announced Jurassic Park Evolution at Gamescom - but this new trailer is our first proper look at its gamep … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

"Is that a space station in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?"

Capping off an afternoon of introductions at last week's Eve Vegas fan event in Las Vegas, CCP CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson revealed Project Aurora - a new mobile strategy game set in the Eve universe.Aurora is co-developed with PlayRaven, a Finland-based games studio made up of v … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Forza Motorsport 7 physical sales down slightly on Forza 6

Forza Motorsport 7 entered the UK chart in second place this week, behind last week's new release FIFA 18.Sales of Microsoft's car exclusive were down sligh… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Football Manager 2018 dives into the fragile world of dressing room politics

Oh dear! Has your captain headbutt your goalkeeper in a Hong Kong hotel? Has your Lurch of a defender turned your dressing room against you? Is your Chilean star sulking? Is your team not performing as it should because life is less than harmonious behind the scenes? Move over, p … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Splatfest is a reminder of Nintendo's greatest secret ingredient

It is so rare in games to go to war for something you believe in. And yet going to war is such a bit part of the deal with games. You go to ward against demonic entities in Doom. You go to war against space fundamentalists in Halo. Games are filled with rogue states and splinter … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Dead Rising 4 update will bring back original, proper Frank West

Dead Rising 4 didn't sit well with a few series fans - and one particular bugbear was the more action-y new look for franchise star Frank West.Well, in the latest update to the game, you can fix that. "Classic" Frank West will be playable as part of Capcom Heroes Mode, a new mode … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Arms is getting another big update, and another new fighter

Arms, Nintendo's wonderful brawler which I'll keep mentioning until everyone's given it a fair shot, is getting another big new update, with a trailer that dropped during the weekend's Nintendo World Championships giving us a look at some fresh new features. The headline, no doub … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Noodle stands and acid rain: four decades of gaming's urban dystopias

It's becoming increasingly hard to remember a time when we visualised our metropolitan future differently: no rain-polished streets reflecting the glare of neon signs, no fetid slums nestled snugly around imposing high-rises, no collective mass of humanity wearing the marks of ec … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

SNES mini already hacked to play downloaded games

In just over a week on sale the SNES mini has been hacked, the poor little, vulnerable thing. What this means is if you hook your SNES mini up to a PC, via USB, you can modify the inner software workings in order add more downloaded SNES games. It was inevitable, really, given th … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

The biggest Star Wars Battlefront 2 killstreaks from the beta weekend

Who has been the most effective Hero or Villain during the open beta weekend for Star Wars Battlefront 2? Of the Force users it appears to be Mr children's party facepaint himself, Darth Maul.His spinning attack (right bumper or equivalent on PC) helps him quickly close the gap t … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

How community coders are remaking the best - and the worst - Sonic games

It's been a year to remember for fans of Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic Mania blew the doors off, becoming one of the finest platform games ever made, while yesterday saw the conclusion of a fantastic online event - the Sonic Amateur Games Expo 2017. SAGE brings together creators and … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Decoding Shenzhen: The Chinese city that makes the world's tech

Imagine a future in which you are a computer engineer who has just been offered a job at a Shenzhen-headquartered electronics company to assemble circuits and write codes for devices. On reaching one of China's wealthiest cities, you get a welcome email from your employer with de … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

CCP confirms Eve Online-inspired multiplayer shooter Project Nova still in development

Among a flurry of updates at this weekend's Eve Vegas event comes confirmation that Project Nova, CCP's latest stab at an Eve Online-inspired multiplayer shooter, is still very much a going concern.The development of Nova, announced in 2016, has taken place in relative secrecy, w … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Eve Online coming to mobile devices

Intimidating space extravaganza Eve Online is coming to iOS and Android mobile devices, developer CCP has announced.Co-developed by PlayRaven, the new mobile game, currently known as "Project Aurora", is a free-to-play title set in the Eve universe.While that might initially set … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

FIFA 18 on Switch: custom-built or enhanced Xbox 360 port?

Multi-platform development sits at the heart of the way games are made today, with code and assets shared across multiple platforms - and this puts Nintendo Switch in a difficult position. It's highly capable bearing in mind its mobile chipset, but it's not quite potent enough to … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

XP is helping me to learn German

Now everyone has agreed that Britain leaving the EU is going to go horribly, all that's left is to argue over whose fault it will be when the nation tumbles off a cliff edge into the dust of irrelevance. Runners include: David Cameron (the absolute plum who thought calling the re … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Fortnite bans "thousands" of Battle Royale cheaters

Epic Games has assured players of Fortnite's new Battle Royale mode that it's on the case as far as tackling in-game cheating goes, and that it has already banned "thousands" of players.Fortnite's recently released free-to-play Battle Royale mode did the job for Epic, and over on … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Xbox users can play online for free this weekend

Microsoft has announced that all Xbox One and Xbox 360 users will be able to play online for free this weekend, no Xbox Live Gold membership required.The move is part of the company's ongoing Free Play Days intiative, which has previously been rolled out alongside the likes of De … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Splatoon 2 gets the new Snapper Canal map and Bamboozler charger this weekend

Splatoon 2 is poised to get a little splattier this weekend, with the introduction of the new Snapper Canal stage and the original Splatoon's Bamboozler 14 Mk 1 weapon.The new Snapper Canal map is themed around a narrow waterway running beneath a active railway bridge. As Nintend … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

GTA Online is getting multi-vehicle racing and dogfighting soon

Rockstar has revealed a number of new updates coming to GTA Online this autumn and beyond, including dogfighting (the aeroplane kind) and "Transform Racing".The latter is Rockstar's fancy term for, essentially, multi-vehicle races. Transform Racing will bring mix-and-match style … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Gran Turismo Sport's full car list revealed

With just over a week to go until Gran Turismo Sport's final release, the PlayStation 4 game's full car list has been revealed - and it's a much slimmer offering than we've come to know from the series in the past. Some 162 cars make the cut, which is a significant reduction from … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

No Man's Sky save overhaul headlines a new PC and PS4 update

The work to improve No Man's Sky continues with an overhaul of the save system in patch 1.38 released on PC and PS4 today.You are now given five save slots and existing saves will be mapped to them. Each slot represents a new game and choice of mode, and has two sub-slots within … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

You can now appear offline in Battle.net

Blizzard's updated the beta version of its Battle.net desktop app so you can appear offline, among other cool things.Also new is the Social tab, Blizzard Groups, profiles and avatars. The Social tab lets you chat with friends and get stuck into the new Blizzard Groups. Blizzard G … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

What happens to your Steam account when you die?

How much have you spent on your Steam account, do you reckon? Even if it's a rough estimate, try and come up with a figure; it'll be a useful one to have in the back of your mind as we delve into today's episode of Here's a Thing because I imagine, if you've purchased multiple ti … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Star Citizen Alpha 3.0 has been released

The very important 3.0 alpha build of Star Citizen appears to be out, at long last, but isn't available to everybody and probably won't be for a while. Why… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Does The Witcher 3 on PS4 Pro deliver a top-tier 4K experience?

First it wasn't happening at all, but now it's a reality. The Witcher 3's PS4 Pro patch 1.51 landed this week, finally giving us that coveted 4K support, and what CD Project Red describes as a slight performance boost. It's a tiny update in size - just over 100MB - but the impact … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Star Wars Battlefront 2 looks like a case of being careful what you wish for

You can't fault EA for listening to the fans, at least. When its revival of the Battlefront series came out in 2015, the main complaint was how basic it all was, and how developer DICE had watered down the epic skirmishes of Pandemic's original for a wilfully dumb shooter. And no … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Fable Anniversary now backwards compatible on Xbox One

Fable Anniversary is finally available to play on Xbox One, via the console's backwards compatibility service.Anniversary is the enhanced re-release of the original Fable 1, which launched all the way back for the first Xbox in 2004. Anniversary then turned up a decade later, in … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

One of the most beloved maps from the first Call of Duty is in COD: WW2

If you played the first Call of Duty game you'll know Carentan well. Infinity Ward's 2003 World War 2 first-person shooter was a blast, and many fans spent countless hours fighting on the Carentan map. It looked like this:Carentan was also in Call of Duty 2, but now it's been rev … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 beta now available to all

The Star Wars: Battlefront 2 beta is now open for everyone to play, following two days of early access for those who pre-ordered.Good... good...(Or, thanks… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Inside every Xbox One X is a tiny Master Chief riding a scorpion

There's a tiny Master Chief riding a scorpion inside every Xbox One X - but you won't get to see it unless you're comfortable voiding your warranty.Spanish technology YouTube channel Unocero spotted the motif embossed on the console's board.Chief is riding an image of an actual s … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Westwood's Blade Runner is an all-time classic in danger of being forgotten

Some of the brightest lights of 90s gaming are beginning to wheeze, croak and lose some of their sparkle. But just as they take a step towards retirement, they're given a new lick of paint and booted back through the door in remastered form. Or kept upright by a battery of emulat … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Destiny 2's Iron Banner and Prestige raid mode arrive next week

Bungie will next week roll out Destiny 2's first multiplayer Iron Banner tournament, as well as its rock-hard Prestige version of the Leviathan raid.Both features have been tweaked from their Destiny 1 counterparts.Iron Banner, like Destiny 2's Trials, will no longer acknowledge … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Telltale's Batman uses photo of assassinated Russian ambassador

Telltale Games' latest Batman episode includes a real-life photo showing the assassination of a Russian diplomat. Warning: this article contains graphic images.Andrei Karlov, Russian ambassador to Turkey, was shot dead in December 2016. He was fired upon at point blank range whi … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

A Hat in Time review

An adorable platforming adventure that steadily finds it own voice. | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Machinarium developer's adorably unhinged Chuchel gets its first proper trailer

Amanita Design, the developer behind such gorgeously, gloriously surreal point-and-click treats as Machinarium, Samorost, and Botanicula, has unveiled the f… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Double Fine shows off Psychonauts 2's "First Playable" milestone level

Psychonauts 2 is the game that nearly never was, but that will now, thanks to the modern wonders of crowdfunding, eventually, hopefully be. And that still-distant day has drawn just a tiny bit nearer with the unveiling of Psychonauts 2's "First Playable" milestone level.In a new … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Rogue Trooper Redux Switch will launch alongside all other versions this October

Rogue Trooper will see its remastered Redux edition launch on PS4, Xbox One, and PC this October 17th. That much we already knew, but developer Rebellion has now confirmed that the announced, but previously undated, Switch version will be out on the same day.The original Rogue Tr … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Soggy survival game The Flame in the Flood is coming to Switch next week

At this point in the life of Nintendo's Switch, it would probably be easier to start posting news stories about the indie games that aren't on their way to… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago

Warframe's big open-world expansion is out next week on PC

Warframe, the free-to-play shooter that's actually very good will receive another major new update on PC next week, this time in the form of the long-awaited Plains of Eidolon.Plains of Eidolon has been in the works for a good old while now, and is a pretty big deal for the Warfr … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 7 years ago