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- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Sherif Saed
Former PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai used to ignore orders from Sony bosses, he reveals

Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai, who was the president of PlayStation from 2007 to 2012, apparently didn't pay much attention to orders he received from Sony's top brass. Read more [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Robert Purchese
Asha Sharma reportedly tells rattled Xbox employees: "We have to find new ways, and courage, to have invention on new IP"

Xbox leader Asha Sharma has reportedly broadcast her intent to "create enduring new IP" alongside the company's much publicised plan to organise around its biggest gaming brands - think The [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Chris Schilling
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve review – thrill-packed campaign takes this long-running series to new heights

Let's chase 'em off, Rex! Two more missiles arc toward a hapless enemy F2-A, droplets peppering my windshield as I skim past a glowering grey cloud, dulling the distant explosion. [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Sherif Saed
"I was forced to ship the game" - Glen Schofield blames Krafton management for The Callisto Protocol's problems

Glen Schofield, the game-maker best known for co-creating Dead Space, has blamed Korean company Krafton - the owner of PUBG - for the shortcomings of his horror game successor The [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Kaan Serin
Epic Games reportedly delays Star Wars and Marvel shooter, as the Fortnite maker embraces "AI-accelerated development"

Epic Games has reportedly turned to gen-AI to finish up development on a shooter that crosses over Star Wars and Marvel, which has been internally delayed. Read more [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Kaan Serin
No Man's Sky is somehow coming to mobile, and Hello Games says it's partly thanks to Light No Fire

Developer Hello Games has somehow managed to fit its universe-sized space sim No Man's Sky onto iPhone and iPad devices, and it's partly thanks to the studio's upcoming Light No [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Kaan Serin
Dragon Quest co-creator Yuji Horii releases new AI-generated game, and he says it took 30 minutes to make

Dragon Quest co-creator Yuji Horii has just released a new game that he says was made (or, rather, prompted) in about half an hour thanks to gen-AI. Read more [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Sherif Saed
Arc Raiders player-numbers rebound with the launch of Frozen Trail and the game's 2.0 release, but they might be deceptively high

Arc Raiders has clearly managed to entice back lapsed players with its latest update, Frozen Trail, which upgrades the game to version 2.0. Many players see it as a re-launch [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Matt Wales
Valor Mortis review

Valor Mortis plays a bit of a sneaky trick. For a while it keeps it straight. 'Yes', it seems to say; 'I'm definitely a Soulslike. Look at my bonfire equivalents, [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Sherif Saed
Starfield seamless planetary landings are finally nearly a thing, thanks to one modder's tireless work

For many Starfield players, the need to go through a loading screen each time you want to land on a planet - rather than seamlessly travel through the planet's atmosphere [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Dom Peppiatt
Nintendo executive confirms company has "no plans to ditch physical games"

Bill van Zyll, VP and general manager for Nintendo in Latin America, has reiterated Nintendo's stance on physical media, confirming that the company has no immediate plans to move to [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Robert Purchese
Gears of War: E-Day server crashes and login problems are because of DDoS attacks, studio says

Gears of War: E-Day's servers have been struggling because they've been suffering distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, apparently - so someone, or some people, have been deliberately trying to overload them. [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Sherif Saed
For the second time this year, Steam has set a major new concurrent user record

There's clearly no stopping Steam's continued growth. Valve's PC digital store and social platform set a new user concurrent record on Sunday, with a staggering 43,505,724 million users (via SteamDB). [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Robert Purchese
The Blood of Dawnwalker's lead actor reminds us why AI will always struggle to replicate a human performance

Will de Renzy-Martin, the actor who plays lead character Coen in the English language version of The Blood of Dawnwalker, has reminded us of the value humans bring to a [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Dom Peppiatt
Stardew Valley creator's new game, Haunted Chocolatier, is "more of an action RPG" than farming sim

Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone, has given a new interview - and finally revealed a little more information about his upcoming title, Haunted Chocolatier. In a wide-ranging interview with GQ, [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Sherif Saed
DMZ for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 being released early, but Infinity Ward shoots down PvE hopes

In yet another surprising move for Call of Duty, Modern Warfare 4 studio Infinity Ward has announced that the game's extraction shooter mode, DMZ, will be released prior to the [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Vikki Blake
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls reveals its Year 1 DLC roster, starting with Phoenix Cyclops on 2nd November

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls has revealed its full Year 1 DLC roster, with Phoenix Cyclops, Thor (Jane Foster), Venom, and Jubilee all on the way. Read more [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Vikki Blake
Escape the Backrooms is throwing an After Party with three new levels this December

Escape the Backrooms is adding three new levels this December, as part of a party-themed update called the After Party. Read more [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Vikki Blake
GTA 6 leaker CyberLeek is back with another video and this time, Lucia's naked

UPDATE 12TH OCTOBER: More naked footage of Lucia in Grand Theft Auto 6 has been posted. The video, which we won't link to, shows Lucia completely naked standing in the [...]

- Eurogamer.net Latest Articles Feed - Vikki Blake
Phasmophobia confirms 30 million sales as its Crimson Eye Halloween event returns

Phasmophobia has sold more than 30 million copies across PC and console since it launched in Early Access in 2020. Read more [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Ashley Schofield
Tekken 8 finally gives a first look at upcoming guest Yujiro Hanma from Baki, and he looks just as grotesque as you'd expect

The main selling point of Tekken 8's Season 3 DLC pass, alongside veterans Kunimitsu, Bob and Roger Jr, is Yujiro Hanma, the main antagonist of fighting manga Baki and father [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Mark Warren
Cut Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced epilogue scene, that could hint at fresh 18th century stabby hijinks, allegedly taken down by Ubisoft following datamine

Ubisoft appear to have copyright struck a YouTube video showing off an unused epilogue cutscene datamined from Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. The unfinished scene reportedly features Edward Kenway chatting [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Ashley Schofield
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls to add Jane Foster's Thor, Venom and Jubilee - following Phoenix Cyclops - in its Year One DLC pass

Following the announcement of Phoenix Cyclops as the game's first DLC character back in July (who'll finally be joining the roster on November 2nd), Arc System Works have ripped the [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Ashley Schofield
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse review - a fantastic action game, a less than stellar Metroidvania

Rose Belmont is not her father. Rose is something new: the next generation of the legendary vampire hunters spending her life trying to step out of Trevor's shadow, to be [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Ashley Schofield
RimWorld switches engine from Unity to the devs' own, faster Waylith Engine, all apparently without breaking mods somehow

Ludeon Studios, developers of sci-fi colony construction sim RimWorld, have announced in a Steam update that the game will be moving over from Unity to the studio's own in-house Waylith [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
"No more hand-written code": Epic reportedly impose "AI-first" model on creators of new Disney shooter with Marvel and Star Wars characters

The happy-go-lucky bigwigs at Epic Games have instructed the creators of an unannounced shooter that features Marvel and Star Wars characters to complete their project using an "AI first" production [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - James Archer
Valor Mortis' system requirements appear to have been drastically cut, just before the FPSoulslike launches

Pretty good first-person Soulsliker Valor Mortis seems to have sliced its PC system requirements down, dropping its minimum CPU and graphics cards demands as an October 13th launch – for [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Burn With Me is a hand-drawn demon card game featuring the artist's own hand - and also, a refreshingly finite alternative to yer Balatro-likes

Burn With Me is a hand-drawn game in which the most prominent non-hand-drawn bit is artist Eva Manuilovich's own right hand. Excellent, no notes. Manuilovich's hand appears on the right [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - James Archer
Valve have released the Steam Frame's CAD files, but there’s already a cottage industry of DIY wrist straps and lifesize skull stands

Last week, Valve chose their absolute most favourite announcement time – Friday evening, after we all go home – to release the Steam Frame’s CAD files to the world. In [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Mark Warren
Nvidia are abandoning their RTX 5090 graphics cards in order to focus on AI dev friendly RTX Pro ones, leaker claims

Nvidia, AI-obsessives to the point of yassifying basketballers, are shifting production away from their top of the range RTX 5090 consumer graphics cards in favour of RTX Pro ones. That's [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
You need not hunger for that Zelda Ocarina of Time remake when we already have Indigo, a colossal N64 romhack featuring mushroom forests and bearded Link

The Legend of Zelda series is fond of stories about the inexorable and obliviating passage of time. Somebody should make one about growing so old, stupid and exhausted that you [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Mark Warren
Gears of War: E-Day DDoS attacks are to blame for "intermittent disconnects" and "login issues", The Coalition confirm

DDoS attacks suffered by Gears of War: E-Day over the weekend were to blame for players being suddenly disconnected from servers and having trouble logging in, according to devs The [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
You don't just paint the map your colour in new WW2 RTS Battleplan, you redraw the frontline with a pencil and hope your troops do the rest

You may have heard that the pen is mightier than the sword, but did you know that the pencil is mightier than the 7th Panzer Division? Here is Battleplan to [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - James Archer
Valor Mortis review - this Napoleonic first-person swordfighter is one of the freshest Soulslikes in years

Well, I say "freshest." In its ickily up-close vision of Napoleonic battlefields, swapping the boring old bubonic plague for a fleshy, pustulating necro-blight, Valor Mortis is as horrid and grim [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Julian Benson
This week in PC games: play a human-eating Katamari from outer space, take over a nature reserve in Planet Zoo 2, and battle Napoleonic body horror in Valor Mortis

Edwin came up the ladder to my office last week to remind me that my quarterly Maw Safety Certification was up for renewal. Without an in date health and safety [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Mark Warren
Star Citizen singleplayer spinoff Squadron 42 gets a Steam page ahead of its 2027 launch, and this is how I've learned about 50 million famous actors are in it

Squadron 42, the singleplayer spinoff that Star Citizen devs Cloud Imperium Games have been teasing and promising and roadmapping for a loooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnngggg while, now has a Steam page. Yep, things [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Mark Warren
Explore the town of Detour in this new Fallout 4 mod chock full of voiced NPCs and quests

A group of veteran Fallout 4 modders have just added a whole new town to its wasteland, offering another place to pop into for some trading and questing as you [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Mark Warren
The Sunday Papers

Sundays are for realising that this is speeder racing. No, not podracing. You're not skilled enough for that yet. You've got to get your reps in to be the best [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Oisin Kuhnke
Gargantuan cop immersive sim Militsioner now has an acrophobia-inducing demo, and yes, I did somehow manage to fail the tutorial

Excitedly, I boot up the new demo for Militsioner, a game I've had a watchful eye on since its announcement. A phone rings, it's my lawyer. I don't know why [...]

- Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed - Oisin Kuhnke
Oh lord, now those GTA 6 leakers are saying if enough of you give them money they'll leak a playable build of the game

You can wait another month and some change to play GTA 6, right? I mean, everyone reading this who has a console, anyway, still no bloomin' sight of a PC [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

A report on Bloomberg (may require registration or subscription) says that an unannounced collaboration between Epic Games and Disney is being delayed and its developers are being instructed to [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

Following publication of the above story, Tim Sweeney took to X to discuss Epic's approach to AI. He responds to a couple of comments along the way, including a response [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

Alpha Nomos is now available for PC and consoles, and you can find the Windows edition of Ribcage Games' rhythm-based action/roguelite on Steam with a 10% discount. The release is [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

Burn With Me is now available on Steam, offering a deckbuilding strategy game for Windows, macOS, and Linux from Nozomu and Inner Forest Games. This promises a story-centric experience, and [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

MOUSE: P.I. For Hire 25% off - GOG.com.* *Blue's News may receive a commission on sales of this item. [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

Chivalware on Steam (Windows). "Chivalware is a frantic tile-matching action roguelite. Challenge your reflexes and coordination in real-time on a grid battlefield: evade attacks, match tiles to [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

Meadgard launches Early Access on November 5th, 2026. UnderMire - Release Date Trailer. November 13th. Usual June - Coming January 20th, 2027 (video). [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

Battlefield 2 Is Unofficially Going Open Source, and Is Nearing Public Release - MP1st. [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

LudoNarraCon 2026 Sale on Steam. Save 45% on Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch on Steam. Save 75% on Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Steam. Save 40% on [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

Console market craters as Xbox sales crash 33% to lowest since launch 25 years ago, PS5 drops 25% - Tom's Hardware. [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

Official patches. Team Fortress 2 Update Released. Wild Woods - Patch 0.6.0 - Meta Progression. [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

Valve have released the Steam Frame's CAD files, but there’s already a cottage industry of DIY wrist straps and lifesize skull stands - Rock Paper Shotgun. Quake VR mod supporting [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

Official trailers. Chivalware - Coming Nov 5 - PLAY THE DEMO NOW. The Dark West: Official "Liquid Courage" Trailer. Grave Seasons - Cozy After Dark Showcase Dev Spotlight. Inpulse — [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

The happiest man in gaming hates generative AI - GamesIndustry.biz. [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

The shortlist for 2026's Golden Joystick Awards is out, including PC Game of the Year, and you can vote now - PC Gamer. [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

Tim Burton Horror Lives In Weird Steam Adventure That Reminds Me Of The Creepiest 2010s Games - GameSpot. [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

No Man's Sky: iOS. Arrives October 28th. Preorders are live. [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

Former Game Developer Editor Launches ‘Fearless’ New Publication - Kotaku. [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan Warns AI Hardware Shortage Will Last Two To Three Years & Says Sector Has To Show Return On Investment - Wccftech. Nvidia has reportedly stopped producing [...]

- Blue's News - Blue

AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety - The Guardian. Elon Musk Warns You Should Not Torture AI Models, As Reasoning Traces Show It Feels [...]

- IGN Video Games - Wesley Yin-Poole
Hideo Kojima Wears Joy Division T-Shirt to Sony Visit, Sparking Johnny Silverhand Arasaka Tower Comparison

Hideo Kojima posted pictures on social media of himself visiting Sony in Japan while wearing a Joy Division T-shirt — and fans are certainly getting plenty of joy out of [...]

- IGN Video Games - Wesley Yin-Poole
GTA 6 Fans Celebrate as Cyberleek Cryptocurrency Crashes Hard

GTA 6 fans are celebrating after the Cyberleek memecoin crashed hard yesterday, scuppering the leaker’s crypto scheme. [...]

- IGN Video Games - Tom Marks
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Review

A long-awaited return that brings the series into the modern era with a fast-paced focus on action first. [...]

- IGN Video Games - Tristan Ogilvie
Mick Gordon Plans to Take His Upcoming Doom Concert Performance On the Road

Mick Gordon Plans to Take His Upcoming Doom Concert Performance On the Road [...]

- IGN Video Games - Jacob Kienlen
Satisfactory: The Board Game Preview

Automation and factory-building games have become pretty popular over the past few years, with Coffee Stain Studios' Satisfactory being one of the stars of the genre. I have always admired [...]

- IGN Video Games - Adam Bankhurst
EXCLUSIVE: For the Stars Images Showcase the Upcoming Space Sandbox Survival Multiplayer Game | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2026

As part of IGN Fan Fest 2026: Fall Edition, we are proud to reveal five brand-new screenshots of For the Stars, Snail Games USA's upcoming space sandbox survival game that [...]

- IGN Video Games - Chris Reed
Forza Horizon 6 for PS5 Is Up for Preorder - Here's What Comes in Each Edition

Preorders are live for the PS5 version of Forza Horizon 6, and it's even getting a physical edition. [...]

- IGN Video Games - Michael Cripe
Epic Reportedly Pushing Devs to Use AI, Delays Secret Star Wars and Marvel Crossover Shooter

Epic Games has reportedly delayed its secret Star Wars and Marvel crossover shooter as it pushes its developers to shift to an "AI first" production model. [...]

- IGN Video Games - Lloyd Coombes
Every Magic: The Gathering Set Confirmed for 2027, Including Marvel: Darkhold Destiny

Wizards of the Coast is scaling back to six Magic: The Gathering sets in 2027. Here is the full schedule, including Kamigawa, Zhalfir, and what we could expect from Universes [...]

- IGN Video Games - Lloyd Coombes
Riftbound Digital Version: Riot Games Hints at an Online Release for the TCG

Here's everything we know about playing Riftbound digitally, and whether it could come to the Riot launcher in the near future. [...]

- IGN Video Games - Rachel Weber
Resident Evil Requiem’s Stars: Leon Fever, Crucial Character Moments, and Apocalypse Advice | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2026

Resident Evil has always been huge with gamers, but Resident Evil Requiem is the biggest-selling installment yet. For Fall Fan Fest 2026, IGN spoke to the actors behind Grace Ashcroft [...]

- IGN Video Games - Kenny
Gears of War: E-Day Review

A prequel that returns to the heart of this series. [...]

- IGN Video Games - Blythe Dujardin
A New '3 for 2' Board Game Sale Is Now Live at Amazon and Target

If you’ve been eager to build up your tabletop collection for some fall game nights, you’re in luck: Target and Amazon are both running hefty ‘3 for 2’ sales on [...]

- IGN Video Games - Virginia Glaze
'Hit My Line' — The Walking Dead Star Chandler Riggs Made His Own Resident Evil 7 Fan Film, and He'd Love to Work With Zach Cregger on a Sequel

Chandler Riggs, best known for playing Carl in The Walking Dead, made his own fan film adapting an iconic moment from Resident Evil 7 — and he’d love to collaborate [...]

- IGN Video Games - Michael Peyton
Street Fighter 6 Reveals Movie Costumes for Zangief, E. Honda and Dhalsim | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2026

Get an exclusive look at the live-action Street Fighter movie costumes for Dhalsim, E. Honda, and Zangief in Street Fighter 6, plus a free Zangief costume code. [...]

- IGN Video Games - Casey DeFreitas
Riftbound: Radiance Rarest Cards - Riot Games Music Crossovers Dominate the Set

Riftbound's fifth set, Radiance, features rare showcase cards inspired by Riot Games Music acts: Heartsteel, True Damage, and K/DA. Check out all of the Overnumbered cards in the set along [...]

- IGN Video Games - Wesley Yin-Poole
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction Release Date Confirmed

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction has a release date: February 4, 2027. [...]

- IGN Video Games - Tom Marks
Valor Mortis Review

A novel soulslike packed with interesting ideas, even if they don’t always work out super smoothly. [...]

- IGN Video Games - Robert Anderson
Pokémon TCG: 30th Celebration Boosters Are Back in Stock, but Where’s the Best Price Right Now?

Amazon has recently restocked its allocation of Pokémon TCG's 30th Celebration boosters, but prices have skyrocketed to all-new highs. [...]

- IGN Video Games - Wesley Yin-Poole
Haunted Chocolatier 'More of an Action RPG' Compared to Stardew Valley, ConcernedApe Says

Eric Barone, aka ConcernedApe, has discussed the difference between his all-conquering indie game Stardew Valley and his hotly anticipated follow-up, Haunted Chocolatier. [...]