Bit odd to be celebrating natural disasters but then the Cities Skylines community has wanted them for ages. And here they are, in the imaginatively named expansion Cities: Skylines - Natural Disasters. There's no release date I can see beyond "coming soon", which isn't helpful, … | Continue reading
Nvidia has announced that a new GTX 1060 is due for release over the next few weeks, this time featuring 3GB of framebuffer memory. It's based on the same GP106 processor as the 'full-fat' GTX 1060 6GB, but there's an important difference in addition to the VRAM differential - th … | Continue reading
It looks like Ubisoft will resurrect everyone's favourite Assassin's Creed hero for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.A listing for the "Assassin's Creed: Ezio Collection" has popped up on the Korean Ratings Board, which has a habit of leaking games before they are formally announced (t … | Continue reading
Forget all the new Overwatch balance changes, here's how you really change the meta: new emotes. Seated emotes you have to toggle off - no more of this only lasting a couple of seconds nonsense.There's an entire new suite of emotes coming in Overwatch's newest patch, which are on … | Continue reading
Ubisoft has announced release dates for its trio of VR games coming later this year.First up is Eagle Flight, the multiplayer flying game from Ubisoft's FunHouse division, where you soar through historic Paris as a bird of prey, either alone or in multiplayer.It's rolling out on … | Continue reading
A PES 2017 demo comes out on 24th August 2016 in Europe on PlayStation 4, PS3, Xbox One and Xbox 360. There's no demo for PC.The demo includes nine teams:The teams are based primarily on May 2016 data, so don't expect all those new Arsenal signings to be in the team what? Oh well … | Continue reading
At Gamescom this week, we finally had the opportunity to spend some time with the much anticipated Rise of the Tomb Raider port for PlayStation 4. When we covered the previous iterations of the game, we were duly impressed - and it's exciting to finally see how it's shaping up on … | Continue reading
Microsoft's announcement of Project Scorpio sparked a number of questions about how the ultra powerful console would co-exist with the already-out Xbox One and Xbox One S.Microsoft has promised that there will not be any Project Scorpio-exclusive games. At E3, Xbox boss Phil Spen … | Continue reading
A new Metal Gear game, the first since series auteur Hideo Kojima dramatically parted ways with publisher Konami last year, was announced today. It happened… | Continue reading
BioWare's 2003 action-RPG Jade Empire is in the works for an iOS port that's allegedly coming very soon. As reported by Touch Arcade, the port is being… | Continue reading
Last Week Telltale Games teased a game based on the hit hacking show Mr .Robot. Now that game is out on iOS and Android and it's a fourth wall-breaking mobile adventure created by Oxenfree developer Night School Studio.Dubbed Mr. Robot:1.51exfiltratiOn, this meta spin-off sees pl … | Continue reading
Nobody likes a sore loser, but a sore winner is even worse. It's one thing to fail in a match of Overwatch, but it takes out all the good sportsmanship when your opponent messages you a mocking "gg ez" (lingo for "Good game. Easy", as in easily won).That's why Blizzard has taken … | Continue reading
Don't get me wrong, I like Overwatch's animated shorts, but had tomorrow's Bastion-led cinematic been the only thing we saw revealed at this year's Gamescom, I'd have felt a little shortchanged. Also, I had an interview booked in for today and there's only so much you can ask abo … | Continue reading
Minimalist platformer N++ is coming to PC via Steam on 25th August, developer Metanet Software has announced.While initially only supporting Windows, Mac an… | Continue reading
Ubisoft's open-world snowy sports game Steep is slated for a 2nd December release on PS4, Xbox One and PC, the publisher just announced.Pre-orders will include special nocturnal content in the Moonlight Pack. This will include three extra nighttime challenges, three new outfits, … | Continue reading
NieR: Automata, Platinum Games' sequel to Cavia's cult classic action-RPG Nier, will be coming to Steam along with PS4 upon its release early next year, Square Enix has announced.NieR: Automata is only tangentially related to the first Nier as this one follows a new set of charac … | Continue reading
Star Wars Battlefront's DLC might have got off to a slow start - I haven't got on at all with the Bespin or Outer Rim packs, but I've enjoyed pretty much everything else that has come to the game since its launch in December - but the next pack sounds like the real deal. Themed o … | Continue reading
Football Manager 2017 comes out on Friday, 4th November 2016.There are two versions, both out on the same day: Football Manager 2017 and Football Manager Touch 2017.Those who buy Football Manager 2017 on PC, Mac or Linux get a free copy of Football Manager Touch 2017, the latter … | Continue reading
UPDATE: We have just discovered that you can only have webcam and voice chat enabled with friends while playing Uno on PS4, so our stream will definitely be free of unwanted tallywhackers. Happy days.Original story: Uno is a wonderful card game that many of us - myself included - … | Continue reading
Alternative Software has announced an official remake of ZX Spectrum favourite Skool Daze for mobile and tablet platforms.This isn't the first time that Alternative, which bought the Skool Daze license from the original publisher back in 1988, has released a mobile version of Sko … | Continue reading
Well this is a pleasant surprise - at least if you, like me, unfashionably insist that Ivory Tower's open-world racing MMO The Crew is an underrated gem. Publisher Ubisoft has just announced a second expansion, Calling All Units, to be released on 29th November.As you would guess … | Continue reading
NetherRealm's fighting game Injustice 2 is going big on characters from Suicide Squad. It's just unveiled Harley Quinn and Deadshot.The video, below, shows… | Continue reading
Planet Coaster launches 17th November 2016.Frontier's coaster park management sim arrives then on PC.On Steam, Planet Coaster costs £26.99. There's a Planet Coaster Thrillseeker Edition, for £29.99, that includes the digital soundtrack, a sketchbook, a special in-game hat and T-s … | Continue reading
Five months ago, Gabe Newell, perhaps the most beloved video game developer on the planet, called James "2GD" Harding an ass on Reddit.That was that, you th… | Continue reading
A new Resident Evil 7 trailer has been released, this time starring a female character.The trailer takes the form of a found video tape - something that should be familiar to anyone who played the Beginning Hour demo released at E3 this year - in which a woman attempts to send a … | Continue reading
Microsoft has released another 10 minutes of Gears of War 4 gameplay, this time showcasing the third-person shooter at 4K resolution.The video, below, runs through the Rescue chapter of the game. JD, Kait and Del are chasing an unknown enemy through an old COG fort and come up ag … | Continue reading
Modding of the PC version of No Man's Sky is under way, and modders have begun with a few graphics fixes, as well as some quality-of-life improvements that… | Continue reading
The first hour of BioShock is perhaps my favourite first hour of any video game ever.THERE MAY BE SPOILERS AHEAD.The tone, intrigue and suspense are pitched perfectly as you, the player character, crash into the sea only to find a mysterious lighthouse that blinks into life, a be … | Continue reading
Konami has announced the next Metal Gear game.Metal Gear Survive is due out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC via Steam in 2017. It's the first game in the series following Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima's exit from the company.Konami describes Survive as a brand new four-playe … | Continue reading
Grow Up is another climbing-and-collecting adventure from Ubisoft, the unrepentant disciples of the form, and yet another sequel, but this one's a little different. In this quickly turned around follow-up to Grow Home, one of 2015's unexpected pleasures, the experience has been s … | Continue reading
CS:GO Lounge, one of the world's biggest Counter-Strike skins gambling websites, has closed its virtual items betting functions.The announcement comes following a crackdown from Counter-Strike developer Valve, who had issued a raft of skin gambling websites with cease and desist … | Continue reading
There's not been that much fanfare over ReCore, the Xbox One and PC exclusive that's coming primarily from Armature and that's being directed by the talent behind the legendary Metroid Prime series. Which is something of a shame - having played it for a short while I think it's g … | Continue reading
Nvidia has lifted the lid on its new range of mobile GPUs based on the Pascal architecture - and the results are quite extraordinary. Gone are the days of laptop-specific graphics processors with reduced specs compared to their desktop counterparts. There is no GTX 1080M, only GT … | Continue reading
Yooka-Laylee's release may still be some months away (it's now next spring, while developer Playtonic polishes the game further) but we're finally starting to find out a little more about it.For instance, did you know that the game's beautiful second level set in a wintry Frozen- … | Continue reading
Earlier this year it was leaked that fan-favourite DC character Supergirl would be coming to Lego Dimensions. But now there's a hitch: she'll be exclusive to the game's PS4 edition.Equally bothersome, you'll only be able to acquire her by buying the game's next Starter Pack due i … | Continue reading
The latest Humble Indie Bundle is quite the bargain, offering a couple of Eurogamer Essential picks and more for a smidgeon of their asking price.Pay what you want for The Beginner's Guide, Galak-Z, and Lethal League.Offer more than the average - currently $5.26 (about £4.03) - a … | Continue reading
No Man's Sky had a troubled PC launch, but developer Hello Games is on the case and just released a new "experimental" Steam branch that players can implement, effectively testing out an upcoming patch before it gets implemented as the new norm.To access it, players need to right … | Continue reading
Our Tom Phillips managed to get a quarter hour hands-on with Rare's upcoming title Sea of Thieves, an open-world multiplayer game about pirates.It starts off a bit like Monster Hunter wherein you can meet up with fellow players and grab some grub before setting off for adventure. … | Continue reading
Titanfall! The first big platform exclusive game of the new generation that really inspired anything more than a shrug of the shoulders, and a damn fine multiplayer shooter to boot. When it launched early in 2014 it was all anyone could talk about, a breath of rarefied fresh air … | Continue reading
Assassin's Creed stuntman Damien Walters leapt 125 feet for the upcoming film, making this the biggest freefall stunt in the movies in 35 years.You can watch the stunt performed in the following video, tweeted by the official Assassin's Creed account.This isn't a world record, ho … | Continue reading
Call of Duty's next Zombies mode is all '80s and stars The Hoff.Zombies in Spaceland is the name of the popular co-op mode for Infinity Ward's Call of Duty:… | Continue reading
Destiny is to introduce private matches for the first time when new expansion Rise of Iron releases later this year.Revealed as part of Bungie's gamescom stream, it allows players to create their own custom matches, from one-on-one battles to player-created tournaments.Options se … | Continue reading
EA's put out a video showing off FIFA Ultimate Team for FIFA 17.This year's FUT adds squad-building challenges and FUT Champions.Squad-building challenges lets you use all your Club items to get rewards, including unwanted bronze and silver items.Read more… | Continue reading
The Tomorrow Children, the simulation / strategy / action hybrid from Pixeljunk series developer Q-Games, is going to be a free-to-play title on PS4. Furthermore, early adopters can get in on the action as soon as 6th September should they purchase a Founder's Pack.As detailed on … | Continue reading
It's a bloody castle! Blizzard has unveiled a new map for team shooter Overwatch and it's a bloody castle - a German castle called Eichenwalde. Eichenwalde arrives September and offers ramparts to climb on, a drawbridge to cross and even a battering ram - which also appears to be … | Continue reading
Perhaps in an effort to ease the pain of the recently announced Final Fantasy 15 delay, Square Enix has released a humongous gameplay video for it.There are 50 minutes to gawp at, showcasing what appears to be the start of the game. There's awkward dialogue, cheesy interactions, … | Continue reading
Did you know 'Allo 'Allo! had a video game? How about SuperGran, did you know there was a game made about her? Do you even know what a SuperGran is? I bet Chris doesn't.Whether you knew these classic TV shows had games or not, they do exist and they are absolutely terrible. Don't … | Continue reading
Guns, balls, robots. It's all here from 6.15pm. | Continue reading