Assassin's Creed Odyssey's Fate of Atlantis Episode 1 DLC currently free

 Posted on April 7, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  339 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Are you looking to make your Assassin's Creed Odyssey play-through somehow even longer? Then you might be interested to know that the first episode of the game's Fate of Atlantis story expansion is currently free on Xbox One, PS4, and PC. Fate of Atlantis, if you're unfamiliar, jettisons any pretence at historical accuracy, instead setting players loose in a sprawling world inspired by Greek mythology. While later episodes shift the action to the Underworld and, eventually, Atlantis itself, Episode 1 kicks off the fantastical action with a jaunt through the afterlife and the, perhaps slightly sinister, paradise of Elysium. [Read More]

EA apologises for giving Muslim fighter a Christian victory gesture in UFC 2

 Posted on April 7, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  291 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

EA has apologised for an oversight in EA Sports UFC 2 in which it gave a practicing Muslim fighter a Christian victory celebration. UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov is a practicing Muslim, yet his avatar in EA Sports UFC 2 caps off certain victories by making the sign of the cross over his chest. Whoops! "I'm a MUSLIM and not Baptized. Please @EASPORTSUFC edit my after fight celebration. I have a lot of Muslim fans and you have to respect it," [Read More]

First-person bullet-hell Drunken Robot Pornography adds weekly challenges

 Posted on April 7, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  305 words  |  Patria Henriques

AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity developer Dejobaan Games has added a weekly challenge mode to Drunken Robot Pornography's Steam Early Access build. Entitled Drunken Robot Battle Royale, here's how it works: Every Friday at 8pm GMT, a new challenge map will be released. Players compete on the leaderboards for the highest score until the following Thursday night and Dejobaan's Ichiro Lambe and Rohit Shenoy will host a Twitch show celebrating the winners and discussing updates coming to the game. [Read More]

Games of the Decade: FTL: Faster Than Light - home amongst the stars

 Posted on April 7, 2023  |  4 minutes  |  695 words  |  Trudie Dory

Alright, confession time: I have never finished a runthrough of FTL. FTL is probably my favourite game. I listen to the soundtrack every day, as I work, or unwind, or try to concentrate for just a minute. But the game? I can't finish it. In fact I'm not even getting close to finishing it, am I. The first run is just the beginning. There are all kinds of variations on your ship, that you unlock by beating that impossible final boss, that I've never used, or even really seen. [Read More]

Infinite Undiscovery | Eurogamer.net

 Posted on April 7, 2023  |  5 minutes  |  861 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

Page 1 of 2 Next page That title. I mean, really. Are they even trying to make sense, or do Japanese RPG developers just shove random English words together these days and hope for the best? Will next year see the release of a 60-hour epic called Melancholy Windsock Concerto? Decoding its semantic tangle, I can only surmise than an "infinite undiscovery" refers a long-winded and fruitless task that feels like it'll never end. [Read More]

Original developer of Tomb Raider tried to salvage cancelled 10th Anniversary Edition with Indiana Jones and National Treasure pitches

 Posted on April 7, 2023  |  5 minutes  |  961 words  |  Trudie Dory

A playable build of the cancelled Tomb Raider: 10th Anniversary Edition has been made available online. Obtained and released by Ash Kaprielov, operator of the Tomb of Ash blog, the Tomb Raider: 10th Anniversary Edition build reveals developer Core Design tried to salvage the work done by using it to create Indiana Jones and National Treasure game pitches. Tomb Raider: 10th Anniversary Edition was meant to be the next Tomb Raider game after Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider: Legend, and was, as you'd expect from the title, designed to come out to coincide with Tomb Raider's 10 year anniversary in 2006. [Read More]

Phasmophobia's solo dev hires help as new update drops

 Posted on April 7, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  327 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Steam hit Phasmophobia is, remarkably, developed by just one person. But the game has become such a big deal that help is finally on the way. The co-op ghost-hunting game is created by 25-year-old UK indie developer 'Dknighter', who took to Phasmophobia's Steam page to announce the expansion of studio Kinetic Games. Eurogamer News Cast: who won E3 2021? "Over the past few years I have been developing Phasmophobia on my own however due to how much it has grown in both popularity and its future content plans it is now time to expand the team," [Read More]

Pokémon artist reveals adorable picture book project The Plucky Squire

 Posted on April 7, 2023  |  1 minutes  |  203 words  |  Fernande Dalal

The Plucky Squire is an eye-catching adventure game where you switch between 2D and 3D environments, and it's being made by former Pokémon artist James Turner. Turner, if you're unfamiliar, is a British designer who spent more than a decade at Pokémon maker Game Freak, and was one of its first Western employees. Now he's formed his own indie studio, All Possible Futures. A trailer for The Plucky Squire shows its dinky hero scampering through pages of a picture book, before leaping out into the 3D world of its surroundings. [Read More]

Prey review | Eurogamer.net

 Posted on April 7, 2023  |  10 minutes  |  2024 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

An ornate and clever if slightly under-cooked System Shock successor, which makes the most of a truly magnificent space station setting. How do you add intricacy to a genre as fearsomely intricate, as batty with systems, variables and knock-on effects as the so-called "immersive simulation"? One of Prey's answers to that question - and I promise this isn't me feeling around for a headline - is to add a bit of Minecraft. [Read More]

PS5 box lets you know how to transfer data from your PS4, is huge

 Posted on April 7, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  600 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

With the next generation of consoles under a month away, the various products set to be sold are popping up across the world. Last night various members of the US media revealed they had a PlayStation 5 in tow, showing off the box it comes in. The PS5 box is as huge as you'd expect of something that needs to fit Sony's gargantuan console inside. PS5 box next to PS4 box from r/PS5 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. [Read More]