This weekend Metroid superfans released their own remake of Metroid 2 to commemorate the series' 30th anniversary. Nintendo was not happy about this.The project in question, AM2R (Another Metroid 2 Remake), made waves after the developer released a fairly far along build of it on … | Continue reading
No Man's Sky's launch has been a bit of an odd one in that the game was leaked early and loads of footage was easily accessible to anyone who knew where to look for it. Naturally, the game's publisher, Sony Computer Entertainment, wasn't happy about this and went about issuing co … | Continue reading
Resident Evil 7's healing items have been detailed by Capcom - and there's a twist to how the game's health system might work.Capcom confirmed to Eurogamer back at E3 that herbs would return in Resident Evil 7.Herbs have been a staple of the series since its inception, and will … | Continue reading
I've never really understood or liked Gordon Ramsay. It might be his arrogant demeanour, maybe it's the way he looks like the missing third Vreski brother from Die Hard - now I have a garlic crusher, ho ho ho. Whatever it is, I've never really got what makes him so popular. Havin … | Continue reading
There are apparently three seasons of murderous goings-on planned for sandbox assassination game Hitman."Our plan is to have three seasons," the official Hitman Twitter account told a fan. "Although Season Two hasn't been confirmed yet."Currently we're just over half-way through … | Continue reading
Everybody's favourite footballing car game Rocket League will get a new battle mode next month.Brawl will pit players against one another, armed with randomised power-ups.You'll still get points for scoring, but you will also be able to disrupt play - and other players - with abi … | Continue reading
You may have seen reports circulating over the last few days that review copies of No Man's Sky have been very late in arriving. It's true - we have just received our PS4 copies today, and the game is released in the US tomorrow and in Europe on Wednesday. (The PC release date is … | Continue reading
Missed out on a white 2TB Xbox One S? You may now have a serious wait on your hands.Microsoft launched its shiny Xbox One redesign in a sleek white 2TB model, but stock was limited and the console has now completely sold out at most retailers.We've now heard from our friends at E … | Continue reading
No Man's Sky developer Hello Games has detailed an enormous day one patch with far-reaching changes for the game.Your progress through the procedurally-generated universe of No Man's Sky will now follow one of three set paths. Each will have a "significant impact on what you see … | Continue reading
Some of the finest video game characters can be found a little further away from the foreground. Resident Evil's deliciously eerie Spencer Mansion; the sunken city of Rapture; the impossibly beautiful ring world of Halo: Combat Evolved. Upcoming adventure game The Bunker is anoth … | Continue reading
For those who pick up an S, the main advantage will be how it is smaller than the original Xbox One, which boasts the exact same size, shape and huggability as a 1980s VHS recorder. However it does have other, less obvious qualities. Here are six new things Xbox One S can do, and … | Continue reading
There's a distinct feeling of déjà vu as I sit opposite ZX Spectrum coding legend Jon Ritman. The location may be different - we have graduated from his local curry house to a popular pub nearby - but the conversation is still firmly entrenched in the 1980s. "My memory's not what … | Continue reading
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
Food's alright really, isn't it? It tastes nice, stops us from dying and helps keep TV chefs from getting into trouble - let's face it, Gordon Ramsay would just be an angry man yelling in a bus shelter if it weren't for the food industry. As you might expect, food also features i … | Continue reading
Sometimes I worry I've read so many video game press releases I've started to talk like them. A few years ago, for example, I remember saying to my husband,… | Continue reading
Pokémon Go has been banned in Iran due to "security concerns".As reported by the BBC, Iran's High Council of Virtual Spaces, an official body governing online activity, made the ruling.Allegedly the Iranian government was hoping Pokémon Go developer Niantic would negotiate some n … | Continue reading
Shadow of the Colossus-inspired adventure game Prey For the Gods has made 150 per cent of its Kickstarter goal with another 12 hours left. More importantly, it's confirmed for PS4 and Xbox One.The ambitious title was aiming to raise $300k on the crowdfunding platform and as of pu … | Continue reading
UK indie studio Relentless Software - best-known for its Buzz! series of quiz games on PlayStation 2 - has closed its doors for the final time.All staff at the Brighton-based company were made redundant today, studio founder Andrew Eades told Eurogamer sister site GamesIndustry.b … | Continue reading
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Hitman's fourth episode will take Agent 47 to Bangkok, Thailand, on 16th August.The latest mission will see our bald-headed antihero take out an aspiring in… | Continue reading
I first played Reigns in the leftfield collection at this year's EGX Rezzed and quickly fell in love. I then died approximately four seconds later, because Reigns is a cruel mistress. Devolver's rule 'em up is all about actions and their consequences, and it's surprisingly diffic … | Continue reading
Grumblings of Just Cause 3's uneven PlayStation 4 and Xbox One performance has circulated since its late 2015 launch - a subject broached in our original Face-Off comparison. The recently released patch 1.05 gives us a chance to fully reassess the console experience, with a look … | Continue reading
Pull up a chair, PC players, the open beta for Elder Scrolls: Legends is now available to download.Elder Scrolls: Legends is Bethesda's new collectible card… | Continue reading
Gearbox's hero shooter Battleborn flopped upon its May launch. Its low player numbers on the likes of Steam made that perfectly clear.But now the boss of publisher 2K has promised to stick with the game in a bid to grow its audience.Speaking after the release of a financial repor … | Continue reading
Last weekend, Pokémon Go's much-maligned update removed the game's broken tracking feature and killed off support for third-party apps such as Pokévision.Po… | Continue reading
There are few video game developers who are treated with as much skepticism as The War Z executive producer Sergey Titov.His zombie apocalypse MMO-shooter/DayZ clone launched to dreadful reviews by critics and players alike, but that was the least of its problems. Its Steam page … | Continue reading
Pokémon Go developer Niantic, Inc. has been under fire lately for its decision to shut down third-party apps that help people find Pokémon. This has turned many off of the game, especially if they live in rural areas where augmented reality creatures are few and far between. As i … | Continue reading
Overwatch has accumulated 15m players globally since its launch on 24th May.Activision Blizzard made the reveal in its latest financial report, where it noted that Overwatch bested Diablo 3 as the fastest-selling PC game in China, and it's currently the most popular online game i … | Continue reading
id Software has revealed the first gameplay footage of Quake Champions.Announced back in June at E3, Quake Champions is an oldschool PC-exclusive arena first-person shooter. As you can see in its gameplay debut trailer, it takes after the new Doom in its lightning fast sense of s … | Continue reading
Doom's Unto the Evil multiplayer expansion is out now, one day early.Originally scheduled for launch tomorrow, developer id Software decided to surprise us all with this at QuakeCon today.Priced at £11.99 / $14.99, Unto the Evil adds three new maps (Offering, Cataclysm, and Ritua … | Continue reading
XCOM 2 was set to hit PS4 and Xbox One on 9th September, but it's just been delayed until 30th September.Publisher 2K Games made the announcement via tweet.… | Continue reading
Arkane Studios' Prey reboot has been shrouded in mystery, but creative director Raphael Colantonio has untangled a few tidbits about how this sci-fi adventure will work in the following video:One of the most revealing details is the structure of the game, which sounds like it wil … | Continue reading
PlayStation 2 interactive movie/game Fahrenheit comes out on PlayStation 4 next week, on 10th August. The re-release was originally schedule… | Continue reading
The Witcher 3 now has a collection of fine art prints.Art dealership Cook & Becker (the company behind BioShock Infinite fine art) has worked with CD Projekt to put 30 high-end prints together.They're made from original digital concept and key art used by CD Projekt in the creati … | Continue reading
AMD's follow-up to the RX 480 is faster than you might imagine. Based on our benchmarks based on the MSI Gaming X version of the card, it's almost as fast as the 4GB version of the RX 480. Of course, this is a premium partner design with a factory overclock in place and improved … | Continue reading
I think it's fair to say the special summer games loot boxes available for the next three weeks in Overwatch have proved pretty divisive. Personally I can see both sides of the argument. I also happen to have very poor impulse control, so ended up buying 24 of the things in one g … | Continue reading
Back in the mid '90s, amid the glory days of the Super Nintendo and the Mega Drive, there were some cracking platformers based on Disney movies doing the ro… | Continue reading
PC role-playing game Torment: Tides of Numenera will also be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.Torment publisher Techland confirmed the news to our friends at Eurogamer Poland today, along with word that all three versions will launch simultaneously in spring 2017.See consol … | Continue reading
A pair of Ohio residents are today hoping for a return to normality after a bruising experience in the internet spotlight.This week, 29-year-old Kaitlyn Covey of Dayton, Ohio found herself at the centre of a Pokémon mystery that attracted the attention of millions.Covey was the f … | Continue reading
I've been playing as Balrog in Street Fighter 5 for a month now - pretty much ever since he was released as a downloadable character - and despite my best efforts, I just can't get on with him at all.I loved playing as the boxing brute in previous Street Fighter games, particular … | Continue reading
Remember Sudden Strike? It's back.Sudden Strike is a series of real-time strategy games set in World War 2 that enjoyed a cult following in the '90s and early 2000s.Now, publisher Kalypso (Tropico) has announced the next game in the series, Sudden Strike 4.Read more… | Continue reading
Sega has quietly become one of the world's best strategy PC game companies.Forget Sonic. Warhammer, football management and massive battles packed with thousands of soldiers are now Sega's speciality - particularly on western shores.Sure, Sega's recent announcement of a couple of … | Continue reading
The media room deep inside the west stand of the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona has hosted all manner of announcements and unveilings over the course of the famous stadium's 59-year history but not many, you suspect, quite like this. Sure there are some footballers present - forme … | Continue reading
We're used to cool Easter eggs in video game software, but rarely do we see them in video game hardware.Yesterday, Microsoft's Mike Ybarra teased the Easter Egg in a tweet, without giving away the details:It turns out Microsoft tucked away Master Chief, the star of the Halo serie … | Continue reading
Salt and Sanctuary developer Ska Studios has issued a plea for people to stop chastising the team for the game's Vita port not being out or having a solid release date."I'm going to delete any post berating us for not having the Vita port done," Ska Studios founder James Silva sa … | Continue reading
Telltale's new Batman series isn't going down well on Steam. By most accounts the actual content of the game is fine, if not revolutionary, but the criticism stems from a litany of technical issues resulting in a buggy, poorly optimised PC port.The main complaints are that it has … | Continue reading
Turn-based role-player Darkest Dungeon launches for PlayStation 4 and Vita on 27th September.The psychological dungeon-crawler delves into the challenges of adventuring - both physical and mental.Sony's pair of PlayStation platforms get the game as a Cross-Buy and Cross-Save rele … | Continue reading
I've been playing a bit of The Elder Scrolls Legends this week and I have to say I quite like it. I'm hardly the best at it - I'm still prone to making some pretty basic errors - but I am at least reassured that Legends is a card game with a decent amount of potential. Of course, … | Continue reading