Early Access coming to Windows 10 via Xbox Game Preview programme

Move over Steam Early Access and GOG Games in Development and the ilk, because here comes Microsoft with the Xbox Game Preview programme for Windows 10.The programme that launched on Xbox One last summer will expand to Windows 10 later this year. As you can imagine it lets you b … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

500GB and 1TB Xbox One S bundles announced

Two new Xbox One S bundles have been announced by Microsoft on stage at Gamescom, launching in Europe on the 22nd of September. The console is bundled… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Sunless Sea's first expansion to release in October

The first expansion for the excellent Sunless Sea, dubbed Zubmariner, will begin its maiden voyage on the 11th of October.Once you've performed the necessary preparations to convert your ship into a submarine, the expansion - available for PC, Mac and Linux - will take you under … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

You can max out your ship and equipment on the first planet in No Man's Sky

Reddit user DoktorFeelgood has "maxed out" the starship, exosuit and multi-tool without leaving the starter planet No Man's Sky - proving some interesting things about the way the game systems work in the process."I've spent 25+ hours on my starter planet and have maxed out my Ex … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

All change for Overwatch Competitive Play

My oh my are there some exciting changes coming to Overwatch for Competitive Play Season 2.Here are the big bits:Note: Season 1 ends this Thursday, 18th August, and Season 2 begins 6th September - although that date could still change.Read more… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

There's a sneaky Half-Life 3 poster at Gamescom

There's a cheeky Half-Life 3 poster here at Gamescom - but all is not as it seems.We're here in sunny Cologne getting ready for the show and saw this rather bold piece of advertising on the outside of the Kolnmesse convention centre.The eye-opening poster is displayed alongside b … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

FIFA 17 partners with Man United, so PES 2017 partners with Liverpool

As a die hard Chelsea fan I could not be more delighted to report that PES 2017 has partnered with Liverpool.The announcement comes hot on the heels of EA's announcement that FIFA 17 is the official partner of Liverpool's bitter rivals, Manchester United.Konami's football game wi … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Oculus Rift comes out in UK shops this September priced £549

Oculus Rift comes out in UK shops on 20th September, priced £549.The virtual reality headset has been available to buy online since it launched earlier this year - but with expensive shipping costs.UK shops that will sell the device in-store include John Lewis, Curry's PC World, … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Warning: The Witcher 3 GOTY Edition won't let you carry over save data

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's impending Game of the Year Edition will include all of the game's DLC, but there's one notable caveat: your save data from the original game won't transfer over to this complete collection.Developer CD Projekt Red's community lead Marcin Momot stated on … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Monster Boy's Gamescom trailer shows off six playable characters

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom - the Wonder Boy spiritual successor by that series' creator Ryuichi Nishizawa alongside Flying Hamster developer Game Atelier USA - now has a new trailer in honour of Gamescom.This following video shows off all six playable characters and their … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

This War of Mine dev to publish twin-stick shooter Tower 57

This War of Mine and Anomaly series developer 11 bit studios will be publishing Pixwerk's co-op twin-stick shooter Tower 57.Set in a "dieselpunk world" wher… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Titanfall 2's open beta won't be on PC

Titanfall 2 will receive an open beta ahead of its 28th October release, but it won't be on PC.Respawn founder and CEO Vince Zampella explained in a recent blog post that the open beta will primarily be a stress test to make sure the severs scale properly."Since our server backen … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Axiom Verge is coming to Wii U in two weeks

Acclaimed Metroid successor Axiom Verge is coming to the camp that premiered Samus Aran to the world when it launches on Wii U 1st September.While the core of Axiom Verge was created by one man, Tom Happ, he outsourced this porting project to Blitworks who saved the day by circum … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Battlefield 1 open beta launches this month

Battlefield 1 will get an open beta beginning 31st August for PS4, Xbox One and PC via Origin.EA noted that Battlefield Insider members get early access to this beta and one can join them in receiving this perk should they sign up by 21st August.The Battlefield 1 open beta encomp … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Destiny - The Collection includes all the expansions, costs £50

Activision's announced Destiny - The Collection, due out alongside the Rise of Iron expansion on 20th September on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.Destiny - The… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Frozenbyte announces co-op twin-stick wizardry game Nine Parchments

Trine and Shadwen developer Frozebyte has revealed its next game as the twin-stick fantasy shooter Nine Parchments.This four-player co-op shooter focuses on slacker wizards in training who have decided to forego their formal education after two years of their nine-year academic p … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3: "The grimdark is coming"

I've played Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3 for a couple of hours now, and can happily report that it's bloody brilliant.Dawn of War 3 is a fusion of the first two Dawn of War games. Elements of the base-building and big armies of Dawn of War 1, and elements of the micro-managed … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Street Fighter 5 finally gets a meaningful rage quit penalty

Half a year later, Street Fighter 5 will finally get a proper rage quitting penalty.The fighting game hasn't had a meaningful system for punishing those who quit matches early since it came out in February 2016.Back in April, Capcom added a system to identify players who had high … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Here's our first look at Fallout 4's Nuka-World DLC

Fallout 4's final DLC, Nuka-World, comes out on Tuesday, 30th August.Bethesda released a video, below, showing off some of the features included in the add-on.Nuka-World is an amusement park that's become a city of Raiders. Bethesda said to expect a region with an open wasteland … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Bound review

All the Princess can do is dance, but while she dances she is untouchable. Tap X and she launches into a grand jeté, toes scissoring the air in a mesmerising reinvention of a ubiquitous video game action. Hit square to make her pirouette, or do it while running to execute a sinu … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

It looks like you can glitch Pokémon Go gyms using eggs

Pokémon Go players have found a way to permanently win a gym for themselves - by placing an egg in the location instead of a Pokémon.Numerous gyms in the Ne… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

PS4's next big update adds folders

The PlayStation 4's next big update adds a folders option.The beta for PS4's upcoming 4.00 update, codenamed Shingen, rolls out tomorrow for everyone included in the public beta program, Sony said.The update refreshes the user interface, adds the aforementioned folders and update … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Cancelled Star Wars games: a Dark side Rogue Squadron and Chewbacca action adventure

Which Star Wars game would you have preferred: a Dark side Rogue Squadron, called Dark Squadron, or a Chewbacca action adventure?That's exactly the dilemma publisher LucasArts faced in late 2003, according to a new video by DidYouKnowGaming?. On the one hand there was Factor 5, d … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Fan-made Pokémon Uranium pulled after 1.5m downloads

A hugely-popular fan-made Pokémon game has been pulled offline after hitting 1.5m downloads.Nintendo lawyers began targeting Pokémon Uranium with takedown notices over the weekend. Pre-empting a messy legal challenge, its creators have simply removed the game's download links fro … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Pokémon Snap releases on Wii U Virtual Console this week

N64 classic Pokémon Snap will develop a new lease of life when it film rolls out this Thursday onto Wii U Virtual Console.The photo-snapping game pre-dates the current Pokémon Go craze by 17 years - just to make you feel old - although is undoubtedly being released now to take ad … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

People are finding strange things in No Man's Sky PC code

No Man's Sky is now available on PC, and players are already rummaging around the inner workings of its code. Hidden within the game's files are all sorts of unfinished assets - including a few surprises.What looks like a model for your unseen character has been dug up and posted … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

No Man's Sky Sony's 2nd biggest ever PS4 launch in UK

No Man's Sky has done huge business in the UK, topping the sales chart.No Man's Sky is Sony's second biggest ever PlayStation 4 launch behind Uncharted 4, Chart-Track said. Remember, that's physical sales only. No Man's Sky also came out in download form on PS4 and on PC.Hello Ga … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Watch: We play No Man's Sky on PC locked to 4K 60fps

It's fair to say that the PC version of No Man's Sky got off to something of a shaky start - and despite the release of a beta patch over the weekend, performance and features in the computer version still aren't quite up to scratch. There are definite improvements though, and ye … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Final Fantasy 15 delayed by two months

Final Fantasy 15 has been delayed two months.It's due out on 29th November 2016. It had been due out in September.In a video message, below, director Hajime Tabata explained the decision, saying Final Fantasy 15 had been held back to make certain the disc version is the complete, … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

In Theory: Can Sony upgrade PlayStation Neo's specs?

The date is set. On September 7th, we will see what Sony's been up to with PlayStation Neo - we should finally get some idea of the firm's vision for the new hardware, details on software support, and if we're really lucky, we should see live demos of Neo titles courtesy of Sony … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Watch: When friendly NPCs are the absolute worst

Greetings Eurogamers. We're on the eve of Gamescom, the videogame uberconvention in Germany at which new games are announced, upcoming games are teased and the entire games industry becomes 80 percent currywurst by volume.Talking of things that are disruptive to our digestive hea … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Playlist: The games that shaped No Man's Sky

It's finally out, and so the mystery of what No Man's Sky is has been solved. Except there wasn't much mystery at all, it turns out - No Man's Sky, for all its soaring ambition, feels like it belongs to a long line of games that have taken the vast stretches of space as their can … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Watch: Seven things we learned playing No Man's Sky

No Man's Sky is a fairly abstruse game. While it's not shy about introducing you to new gadgets, elements and alien civilisations, it's not exactly forthcoming with explanations as to what all these things are for. As a result, the opening hours of No Man's Sky feel like one long … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

AMD Radeon RX 460 review

AMD has scored two solid hits with its initial brace of Polaris 10-based graphics cards, with both RX 470 and RX 480 offering good performance at well-judged price points. These two products essentially allow for console-beating visual quality at 1080p60. The new RX 460 is differ … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Jelly Deals roundup: GeForce 1060, PC downloads and Persona 5

A note from the editor: Jelly Deals is a new deals site launched by our parent company, Gamer Network, with a mission to find the best bargains out there. (It also has the best name.) We've invited the Jelly Deals team to share a weekly roundup of (mostly) gaming-related bargains … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Putting the magic back into fantasy games

There are few things less surprising about most fantasy games than how they portray magic, which is a pretty depressing state of affairs given that magic is, by definition, the art of doing the impossible. The impossible, it turns out, has a fairly limited set of applications. By … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

No Man's Sky's most aggravating omission (on PS4)

No Man's Sky is a very pretty game. Its bold use of colour, surprising sentient life, and dynamic climate system offer vistas that stick in the mind for quite some time. While its procedurally-generated environments aren't quite as stunning as those shown in early trailers, it's … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Sega 3D Classics Collection release date set for November

Sega 3D Classics Collection will come to Europe on 4th November exclusively on 3DS.This anthology will includes the following nine games:This will mark the European debut of Maze Walker and Power Drift.Read more… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

No Man's Sky isn't going over well on Steam

No Man's Sky's PC launch has been highly anticipated as patient players have waited an extra couple of days to play what would likely be the definitive version of the procedurally-generated space epic. After all, the PC version promised loads of customisation options missing from … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Outcast remake heading to PC, PS4 and Xbox One in March

1999 cult classic sci-fi RPG Outcast is getting a remake due in March for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.Entitled Outcast: Second Contact, the remake is being handled by the folks responsible for the original game at Appeal Studio.The developers teased this remake by offering the following … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Shadow Warrior 2 is coming to PC in "less than two months"

Silly sequel Shadow Warrior 2 will launch sooner than you may have thought on PC. According to publisher Devolver Digital, it's due in "less than two months".It's not clear when the PS4 and Xbox One version will launch, but it sounds like they're not going to be simultaneous base … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

No Man's Sky's PC settings revealed

No Man's Sky will be out on PC in about an hour and its expanded settings options have been revealed via Nvidia.Unlike the PS4 version, No Man's Sky on PC will let players remove the HUD - a very useful feature for capturing screenshots and something sorely missing from the game' … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Killing Floor 2 lands November on PC, PS4

Steam Early Access hit Killing Floor 2 launches for PC and PlayStation 4 on 18th November, priced £29.99.The co-op shooter promises "visceral gore", a "high-powered persistent blood system bringing new levels of fidelity" and the ability to "send entrails, severed limbs and blood … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Watch: Johnny is really terrible at the Sega Aladdin game

It's amazing to me, when I look back at some of the platformers I used to play as a young 'un, how I or any other child managed to last one level, let alone an entire playthrough, of games like Donkey Kong Country, The Lion King, or Aladdin. They were vicious and unforgiving, and … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Looks like Blizzard silently improved Overwatch server tick rate

One of the most requested alterations to Overwatch appears to have been silently made: the game now has a server tick rate of 60.Blizzard hasn't announced or confirmed the alteration - and we will update if and when it does (we're asking) - but you can open a network graph during … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

No Man's Sky review

"Undiscovered." This word, appearing in tooltips that hover by waypoints, moons, planets and star systems, is No Man's Sky's sales pitch in a nutshell. In this remarkable game of space exploration, a universe has been born by algorithm, and it's so incomprehensibly vast that the … | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

Over a million UK players have spent money on Pokémon Go

More than a million UK Pokémon Go players have paid money in the free-to-play game.That's according to a huge new survey from UK polling company YouGov, whi… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago

The THQ name lives again as Nordic Games rebrands

It's that moment when the hand dramatically bursts out of the mist-covered graveyard earth - publisher THQ is back from the dead! Sort of. Well, not really.… | Continue reading


@eurogamer.net | 8 years ago