Category: Gaming

Steam has updated how demos “appear and behave” within the Steam library. In a post to the official website, Valve…

Activision has published a 25-page white paper exploring the impact of skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) on its multiplayer lobbies, determining that…

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we discuss the downsides and upsides of the video game battle pass. In a…

This summer, Epic Games finally gets its wish when, thanks to new EU regulations, it’s launching its own digital…

This console generation has given us a wealth of PC-style in-game graphics options, with PS5, Series X and even Series…

Concord, the upcoming 5v5 hero shooter from Sony’s Firewalk Studios, is bucking the battle pass trend, with its developer…

It looks like Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is on its way to Xbox Game Pass next month. …

Sony has released its latest PlayStation 5 system software update, introducing shareable links so players can invite others to…

Helldivers 2 will receive its biggest update yet in August, bringing higher difficulty, greater mission variety, and more. Escalation…

Developer NetherRealm has pulled the plug on its free-to-play mobile game Mortal Kombat: Onslaught, just days after the studio…

This is a lovely mixture of puzzling and exploration, with a delirious wraparound twist. One of my favourite things in…

Netflix has just dropped a new teaser for Arcane: League of Legends’ second – and final – season. Whilst it’s…

Warframe’s been fully embracing its weird side over the course of its last couple of expansions, but if you…

Warframe developer Digital Extremes has given us another peek at its upcoming free-to-play fantasy action-MMORPG, Soulframe. Back in July 2022,…

If ever a game muddled with time, it’s Tetris. I’m not just talking about the idle hours that somehow disappear…

Pleasingly bizarre four-wheeled survival game Pacific Drive has officially sold 600K copies, and its developer Ironwood Studios has announced…

Nintendo has announced a new Pikmin game, but no – it’s not Pikmin 5. Instead, Japanese Pikmin…

Paramount+ has officially cancelled its divisive live-action Halo television series, with the recently broadcast second season set to be…

Capcom and real-time strategy aren’t words you’d normally put together, but if my first five hours with Kunitsu-Gami: Path of…

It’s summer, the season of occasional sun (hello from the UK) and seemingly ceaseless video game discounts – and…

Nintendo’s mysterious horror game – glimpsed last week via a brief and bizarre teaser trailer – is in fact…

Rockstar’s GTA+ subscription service could soon expand to include access to Switch versions of the company’s games if a…

Trials of Mana is among five games leaving PlayStation Plus in August, ahead of the release of forthcoming series…

With Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s October launch on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC inching ever-closer, Activision Blizzard has…

A number of unannounced Disney projects have leaked online after 1.1TB of internal documents – “every message and file possible”,…

In the last few days, I’ve gone from struggling my way through Elden Ring to mourning a youth that…

Dying Light 2 developer Techland has requested that the majority of staff – including employees who work abroad – come…

80s movie favourite The Karate Kid is being turned into a 16-bit-style side-scrolling beat-’em-up, and it’s heading to PlayStation,…

Following its half-hearted, widely derided stab at an esports event in 2023, the International Olympic Committee has announced the…

Translators contracted from firms outside of Nintendo have complained about not being credited for their work on high-profile games from…

If you just can’t get enough of those Epic Games Store freebies, here’re some more for your list; Epic…

GAME will no longer accept in-store pre-orders for upcoming games, Eurogamer can confirm. The latest change to hit the…

By now, you’ve probably heard of massive Fallout 4 mod Fallout: London, given the struggles it’s faced in the…

The maker of Pokémon-like monster fighter Palworld has founded a new company, Palworld Entertainment, designed to “accelerate the multifaceted…

Microsoft has confirmed sweeping changes – including price increases – to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service in the…

Video game hardware spending in the US was down 40 percent in May compared to 2023, numbers company Circana reports.…

Following Microsoft’s announcement it’s teaming up with Amazon to bring Xbox games to Fire TV devices via cloud streaming,…

Tasking us all with bringing some order back to the universe, Nintendo has announced its next Switch Online trial for…

Summer Games Done Quick 2024 is over for another year, raising £1.9m ($2.5m) for the charity Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans…

Guess what, Tarnished? We’ve all been saying Elden Ring DLC’s “Scadutree” incorrectly. According to VaatiVidya’s fascinating video Amazing Secrets in…

The success of Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty DLC was only possible due to the base game’s “negative reception”. That’s according…

Hello! Eurogamer is once again marking Pride with another week of features celebrating the intersection of LGBTQIA+ culture and gaming…

Nintendo’s Switch 2 won’t be hit by the same component shortages that blighted the launch of other recent consoles…

Actor David ‘The Hoff’ Hasselhoff – known for his roles in 80s TV series Baywatch and Knight Rider, as well…

Netflix’s nascent plans to produce a Horizon Zero Dawn series are “no longer moving forward”, it’s claimed, following the…

Who is the face of Dragon Age? It’s a simple question with a tricky answer because there’s no obvious candidate.…

ack in March, Diablo 4 became the first Activision Blizzard title to join Xbox Game Pass post-Microsoft’s acquisition of…

Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree introduced Thrusting Shields as a new weapon type, but some players believe they’re…

Somehow I’d missed hit horror movie franchise A Quiet Place was getting a video game adaptation (it turns out…

Sonic X Shadow Generations It’s the early 00s. I’ve finally got myself a copy of Sonic Adventure 2 Battle…

Parkitect is an absolute treat, a theme park management sim in the classic Rollercoaster Tycoon mould, but with more…

Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC fans have elevated its once “Mixed” Steam user score, moving into the the…

Listen up, Tarnished – Elden Ring worldbuilding writer George R. R. Martin has given his strongest hint yet that the…

If you’re reading this, I have to assume you’re a horror fan. Whether you’re solely into horror, horror films or…

Ubisoft has laid off 33 members of its Ubisoft Toronto staff. In a statement to press, Ubisoft said the layoffs…

It’s funny to think about names. If circumstances were just a tiny bit different, Chuck Spadina could have been…

After a long (and in my case, slightly impatient) wait, Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse – the third…

If you’ve been tempted by Dragon’s Dogma 2 but are yet to commit, I have good news – Capcom is…

Amazon has unveiled the latest fist of games it’s making available for Prime members to download and keep as…

The team at Supergiant Games has released its third patch for Hades 2. As with previous patches, the developer has…

Fancy a chance at winning an Xbox Series X console, LG 34″ UltraWide QHD curved monitor and three months…

Ubisoft platforming mascot Rayman was once featured in the files of Beyond Good & Evil, as shown in the…

Following a series of allegations from former Twitch employees last week, high-profile streamer Guy “Dr Disrespect” Beahm has admitted…

While the setting and inspirations are Filipino through and through, the themes of friendship, love, loss, and acceptance in this…

Three thoughts struck me after my first encounter with Shadow of the Erdtree’s electrifying Divine Beast Dancing Lion boss:…

It had been a tough couple of rounds for my clan of doomed horse Vikings. The world-shattering war between the…

Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco has “called out” Elden Ring fans struggling with the dfficulty by suggesting they “level up…

Doom: The Dark Ages is our first look at the latest version of the legendary id Tech engine, as the…

Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC has fallen to a “mixed” user rating on Steam after players logged their…

Batman is one of the most iconic superheroes in comics, and one of the most complex, with almost a century…

A little over a month after the arrival of its Nebraska DLC, American Truck Simulator has set its sights…

FromSoftware’s Soulsborne games are notoriously difficult to beat, but creator Hidetaka Miyazaki has said it would “break the game…

With one hand FromSoftware giveth (a goat-horse in a more opportune location, for instance) and with the other it…

In the wake of devastating closures at Bethesda, Microsoft has started refunding those who purchased Redfall’s premium Bite Back edition.…

Ubisoft has pulled its beloved action-adventure Beyond Good and Evil from a number of digital stores, prompting speculation that…

Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games has banned over 600 accounts after players used “multiple exploits” to “cheat and exploit”…

Wizard With a Gun developer Galvanic Games is closing down. In a statement posted to the Seattle-based studio’s social media…

Sure, everyone’s excited about Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, but do you what’s more exciting than Elden…

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 is the most visually accomplished game released in 2024 to date, and for me it represents…

Life is Strange: Double Exposure will support and respect whichever ending you chose in the original Life is Strange…

We’ve seen some poorly optimised Unreal Engine games over the last few years, especially on console as developers try to…

League of Geeks – the studio behind Armello, Jumplight Odyssey, and Solium Infernum – has announced it’s going into…

Results of a Capcom poll designed to find out its players’ most beloved games and characters have been published, and…

Epic Games is readying a new Lego Fortnite update, set to arrive on 13th June, that’ll expand the brick-based…

Atlus has provided new details on the battle system of its forthcoming RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio, which includes over 40…

With Destiny 2’s The Final Shape expansion now here, officially bringing the ten-year Light and Darkness saga to a…

So what’s the twist? Soulslikes, or at least heavily-inspired action games, are everywhere, with FromSoftware’s influence creeping ever further.…

Tonight, Microsoft announced a trio of new Xbox Series X/S consoles, including a digital-only Xbox Series X. In…

The first Destiny 2 clan to complete The Final Shape’s raid has unlocked a final mission for all Guardians to…

The rumours were true: Bandai Namco has confirmed that Dragon Ball Sparking Zero will indeed release in October – 11th…

It’s one of the most baffling mysteries of the current generation era. So many PS4 and Xbox One titles have…

Following Monster Hunter Wilds’ latest trailer reveal during Summer Game Fest, Capcom has been sharing more on what players…

Civilization 7 has seemingly leaked ahead of a possible reveal this weekend. A banner for the game was…

Killing Time – the cult classic haunted house FPS originally released for the short-lived 3DO console back in 1995…

Sony is removing mention of 8K support for the PlayStation 5 on console packaging. While retailers such as Argos still…

It looks like Sony’s recently revealed 5v5 sci-fi shooter Concord will take a leaf out of Helldivers 2’s wildly…

Having a new F1 game release annually creates a real challenge to innovate – to truly rework its visuals and…

Hitman 3 is headed to Meta Quest 3 via a VR version that adds dual-wielding, and features a new…

Swedish store and home of flatpack furniture Ikea is hiring 10 people from the UK and Ireland to assist with…

Coffee shop games have left me hot and cold over the last couple of years. Coffee Talk, with its endearing…

Xbox owners will soon be able to get their hands on Kena: Bridge of Spirits. The game is set to…

“Something big is going on behind the scenes” at Starfield. That’s according to players who have been poking around in…

Embark has pushed out a hotfix for The Finals, addressing the extraordinarily frustrating exploit that enabled players to track opponents…

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft will debut on Netflix on 10th October, 2024. The streaming giant confirmed the…

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we look back on the start of this year’s June hype cycle, the…

It’s a dangerous thing, toying with people’s gaming memories, because they’ve often welded to our sense of self and who…

I should have learned to not get my hopes up by now but, as a huge fan of Sony’s PSVR2,…

Sony’s PlayStation State of Play May Showcase 2024 may have been announced at short notice, but packed within its 35-minute…

Eyes up, Guardian – The Final Shape DLC has leaked online after the expansion was temporarily available earlier today. As…

Amazon has unveiled its Prime Gaming lineup for June, along with the usual monthly bonuses for Prime members. This month’s…

Sony has certified a PlayStation VR2 PC adapter in South Korea, as the company readies its plans to make…

The Sims 4, you might recall, is currently embarking on a sexy “summer of love” – which, so far,…

Sony has announced next month’s PlayStation Plus games. From 4th June, all PS Plus members will be able to get…

Another week, another episode of DF Direct Weekly (hence the name) and this episode was actually split into two recording…

“When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.” I don’t know who first said these words,…

Larian Studios’ Swen Vincke has opened up about crunch culture at the studio, acknowledging that the team did, at times,…

A Mortal Kombat YouTuber and modder is accusing Warner Bros of “threatening to destroy” his YouTube channel. In a lengthy…

The families of those killed in the Uvalde school shooting in 2022 have filed lawsuits against Call of Duty publisher…

Skull and Bones – Ubisoft’s extraordinarily long in the works (and not particularly good) open-world pirate adventure – is…

I’ve had a week of vampires. I finally managed to get my thoughts together in a V Rising review after…

If you’re a fan of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun’s retro-inspired first-person shooting action – and you might well be given…

Nightingale now has an offline mode as part of its latest update. The early access survival crafting game’s…

Sublime grid-filling puzzle series Picross is returning to Switch this month for another retro-themed collaboration, developer Jupiter this time…

It starts with a bump, but played the right way, V Rising offers riches few other crafting survival games can…

Even without the whole PSN debacle, Helldivers 2 has had hectic few months, with developer Arrowhead pumping out wild,…

The recently released Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes movie is the 10th Planet of the Apes film to…

Last June, Dead Cells developers Motion Twin revealed its acclaimed rogue-like action-platformer was being turned into a 10-episode animated…

Take-Two is “highly confident” GTA 6 will make that recently-promised autumn 2025 release window. The company’s CEO Strauss Zelnick was…

Less than 18 months after it was first rolled out, Tesla is allegedly pulling Steam support from its vehicles. Back…

It’s been a long time since I played the original Prey from Human Head Studios, but I still vividly remember…

Assassin’s Creed Shadows pre-orders are “looking very strong”. That’s according to notable – and often accurate – leaker Tom Henderson,…

“There will be changes” to Xbox Game Pass once Microsoft adds its newly acquired flagship Call of Duty franchise to…

In news that should be of no surprise to anyone given Fortnite’s all-consuming nature, post-apocalyptic RPG series Fallout will…

Fortnite players were last night treated to a mini live event, as the battle royale capped off its current…

Wayfinder, the free-to-play online action-RPG from Darksiders developer Airship Syndicate, has been reworked and reannounced as a single-player paid…

It looks like PS2 game Star Wars: The Clone Wars will join PS Plus next month. As spotted…

Absurd Ventures, the media company established by Rockstar Games co-founder and creative director Dan Houser following his departure from…

Microsoft is utilising AI to assist with identifying harmful content and ensure the gaming community is kept safe when…

It’s been a funny few weeks for Helldivers 2; one day it was riding high on its well-deserved success,…

Fans of EA Sports FC have responded angrily after EA altered a perceived issue with FUT rewards providing “unintended…

Fan-favourite WWE fighter CM Punk is returning to WWE 2K24 for the first time in a decade. Punk marks his…

Steam representatives are informing some Helldivers 2 players that the game’s publisher, Sony, pulled it from sale in regions where…

Sony and Lego are collaborating on a “well-known” IP, and rumour has it, it’s Guerilla’s Horizon franchise. Earlier today, noted…

Steam is auto-refunding players who bought Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut in countries where PSN isn’t available. Last week –…

Marathon, the 1994 video game that marked Halo and Destiny developer Bungie’s first foray into the world of first-person…

Physical copies of Hi-Fi Rush are still on the cards following the closure of developer Tango Gameworks earlier this week.…

A Highland Song, the acclaiming hiking adventure from 80 Days and Heaven’s Vault developer Inkle Studios, is tempting players…

MultiVersus is set to make its return later this month, and – as previously rumoured – Mark Hamill’s Joker will…

Closing in on four years since Microsoft’s Perfect Dark reboot was announced, and a year since it was reported…

Hi-Fi Rush is one of eight games available as part of the Humble Choice subscription this May. The…

Arkane Austin – one of four studios closed as part of a shock announcement by Microsoft earlier today –…

Cal Kestis, the main character from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Survivor, will soon be available as a…

Supergiant’s first ever sequel may feel very comfortable and familiar, but Hades’ best weapon remains the power of surprise. Sequels…

Following backlash from its community, Sony has overturned plans to enforce mandatory PSN linking for Helldivers 2 players on Steam.…

As Helldivers 2 is pulled from sale in 177 countries following the disastrous rollout of mandatory PSN linking, Ghost of…

Respawn has dropped a new teaser for the next season of its free-to-play battle royale, Apex Legends. The trailer shows…

It was Digital Foundry’s John Linneman who first made me see the truth. The truth, in this case, being that…

There’s something mysterious brewing over at Nintendo; a new listing for a previously unannounced Switch game, called Nintendo World…

A year after the release of Redfall and some players are still awaiting promised DLC. The Bite Back…

A little under a month after Nintendo successfully brought an end to open-source Switch emulator Yuzu, the company has…

Game engine company Unity has appointed a new CEO, following the retirement of John Riccitiello last year. …

Sony has revealed a new PS5 feature that’ll let players generate shareable links enabling others to quickly jump into…

GAME has opened pre-orders for some pricey Fallout TV series merchandise, including a £200 replica of Lucy’s Vault 33…

Zynga’s free-to-play 4v4 arena shooter Star Wars: Hunters finally has a release date after years of delays, with the…

A new game mode is coming to free-to-play shooter The Finals called Terminal Attack. This new 5v5 mode,…

It’s been a while since Bethesda’s had anything significant to say about Starfield, but that should be changing soon…

Sand Land proves once again that Akira Toriyama and video games are a perfect match. Before I was even old…

Escape from Tarkov developer Battlestate has released a second statement after it u-turned on a decision to lock an “exclusive”…

Few games have left such an immediate impression on me as The Collage Atlas. Here are anchors dropping from a…

Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone has pushed out another update for Stardew Valley. Update 1.6.6 addresses a number of bugs and some…

This week, everyone’s been talking about early access releases again. Why? The headline moment was No Rest for the Wicked…

It mightn’t be a huge surprise to hear – given we’re talking about one of Steam’s most wishlisted games…

26th April 2024 Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the…

Bulletstorm and Outriders studio People Can Fly has brought development of its struggling Project Dagger to a close after…

Garry’s Mod developer Facepunch Studios has been ordered to remove all Nintendo related items from the Steam Workshop. …

Disney Dreamlight Valley is stuffing the glitter cannons and oiling its gates as it readies to welcome two new…

I both hate and love geolocation games. Take GeoGuessr. I hate to play it myself because I’m clueless at it.…

Flaming Fowl, the developer behind card battler Fable Fortune and the acclaimed Gloomhaven video game adaptation, has unveiled its…

El Paso, Elsewhere – the ultra-stylish “neo noir” motel-in-hell shooter from developer Strange Scaffold – is getting the movie…

Meta is opening its Quest mixed reality operating system up to third-party hardware makers to create “more choice to…

After numerous studio closures and thousands of job losses, embattled publisher Embracer will now split into three distinct entities,…

Fallout fever continues to grip the world, with Fallout 4, New Vegas, and Fallout 76 all seeing a resurgence in…

Oh to be a fly on the wall when they pitched the Street Fighter 6 intro movie. See, there are…

Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy may play the villain in Far Cry 7. According to leaker j0nathan – who has successfully…

There’s something quietly quiet exciting happening, and I wonder where it’s going to lead. Earlier this week, Grounded – the…

As the calendar continues its ceaseless onward march, Epic has announced its next batch of weekly Epic Games Store…

In a surprise to no one, Amazon’s Fallout TV series has been officially renewed for a second season. …

Darkest Dungeon 2, the sequel to developer Red Hook Studios’ acclaimed Lovecraftian roguelike RPG, is launching for PlayStation 5…

As the dust settles on Fallout’s first TV season, which appears to have been as universally beloved as any piece…

Sega is delving deep into its enviable IP archive to bring the world an animated adaptation of its 1989…

CD Projekt’s official mod editor for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is now available for playtesting on Steam –…

Hades 2, the hugely anticipated follow-up to developer Supergiant Games’ acclaimed 2020 roguelike dungeon crawler, is almost upon us…

If you’ve been itching to dive into World of Warcraft’s new subterranean expansion The War Within, there’s an opportunity…

Fallout, you might have noticed, is having a bit of moment thanks to Amazon’s acclaimed new live-action TV series;…

Fallout: London, the DLC-sized mod for Fallout 4, has been delayed. The mod – which allows us to visit the…

The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has called for the games industry to do more to protect developer jobs and…

After shutting down The Crew’s servers at the end of March, Ubisoft has reportedly started removing the open-world racer…

Possibility Space, the studio founded by State of Decay producer Jeff Strain, has reportedly shut down – with Strain…

The BAFTA Games Awards 2024 winners have been revealed, with this year’s big victor – perhaps unsurprisingly – being…