New Pokémon teased in frankly rather creepy found footage video

 Posted on January 2, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  380 words  |  Patria Henriques

UPDATE 21/10/21: A fresh video has revealed the mysterious creatures teased in this week's creepy earlier video as Hisuian forms of Zorua and Zoroark - yet more Gen 5 creatures set to get new versions in the upcoming Pokémon Legends: Arceus. The fan-favourite Zorua and Zoroark were hard to get hold of when they originally debuted. These new versions are Normal/Ghost-Type. ORIGINAL STORY 19/10/21: A new Pokémon has been teased via a scary found footage video tape released in time for Halloween. [Read More]

No further Animal Crossing: New Horizons paid DLC planned

 Posted on January 2, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  359 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Animal Crossing: New Horizons' upcoming Happy Home Paradise expansion will be the game's "first and only paid DLC", Nintendo has now clarified. The Mario maker previously said this week's huge 2.0 update for the game would be its last major free release, marking the end of regular new content for the game. But this still left the door open for future paid offerings. During a preview session for Happy Home Paradise, Eurogamer asked Nintendo about the game's future - but Nintendo declined to comment at the time. [Read More]

Play Star Wars: Dark Forces in VR thanks to this stellar new fan remake

 Posted on January 2, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  276 words  |  Fernande Dalal

The Star Wars universe has never been a galaxy far, far away from virtual reality and I should know because I've covered plenty of official Star Wars VR games in my time. A couple of years ago, I even showcased an incredible fan-made reimagining of the old Atari Star Wars arcade game and on this week's VR Corner, I'm back checking out another VR fan remake, this time of Star Wars: Dark Forces. [Read More]

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl: Great Marsh daily spawns explained and whether to throw bait or mud

 Posted on January 2, 2023  |  6 minutes  |  1257 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

The Great Marsh is Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl's equivalent to the Safari Zone, allowing you to catch some rare and unusual Pokémon - and pick up some essential items - as you explore its six areas. It also follows on from Pastoria City in your adventure, and our Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl walkthrough. Below we'll explain how the Great Marsh works, including how daily spawns work and where to get any key items on your first visit - and what to do and where to go next if you've come here from our walkthrough guide. [Read More]

Replicating Blade Runner: why the adventure game classic is so tough to remaster

 Posted on January 2, 2023  |  12 minutes  |  2409 words  |  Arica Deslauriers

When Nightdive Studios announced it was working on a remaster of the beloved 1997 point-and-click adventure Blade Runner, it said the game would come out on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch later in 2020. Eurogamer can reveal that won't happen, as development on the game has run into a raft of challenges that have complicated the work. Nightdive Studios, which is known for restoring classic games such as System Shock and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, secured a licence from Blade Runner rights holder Alcon Entertainment back in December 2019, and set to work remastering Westwood Studios' cinematic adventure. [Read More]

Skyrim developer documentary reveals that Todd Howard saved werewolves

 Posted on January 2, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  338 words  |  Mittie Cheatwood

Skyrim celebrated its ten-year anniversary in November with yet another re-release of the game and a new fishing minigame. Now, a video by character artist Jonah Lobe, featuring himself and eight other Skyrim developers, gives a fresh retrospective on the game's development process while sharing some cool insights. The panel includes Joel Burgess (level designer), Lianne Cruz (animator), Salinee Goldenberg (video editor), Dennis Mejillones (character artist), Nate Purkeypile (world artist), Rashad Redic (world artist), Jean Simonet (programmer), and Mark Teare (FX artist), all of whom formerly worked at Bethesda. [Read More]

The sorry state of The Stomping Land, another abandoned Kickstarter video game

 Posted on January 2, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  629 words  |  Trudie Dory

It appears that The Stomping Land, a multiplayer survival game about dinosaurs that raised over $100,000 on Kickstarter, is finally dead. In January freelance 3D character artist Vlad Konstantinov announced he had temporarily stopped working on the game following the departure of its creator Alex "Jig" Fundora, who hails from Buffalo, New York, but has lived in South Florida for most of his life. In a post on The Stomping Land forum (thanks, PC Gamer), Konstantinov claimed Fundora had ignored his repeated attempts at contact. [Read More]

Treyarch has made a big change to damage flinch for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

 Posted on January 2, 2023  |  3 minutes  |  457 words  |  Patria Henriques

Treyarch has made a big change to the way damage flinch works for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. In previous Call of Duty games, including last year's Modern Warfare, when you take damage you suffer damage flinch. That is, your crosshair moves up slightly as bullets hit you. This damage flinch effect has proved controversial among the Call of Duty competitive multiplayer community, with many saying they'd prefer to play without having their aim disrupted by being shot. [Read More]

VR software reunites a grieving mother with the young daughter she lost 4 years ago

 Posted on January 2, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  355 words  |  Trudie Dory

Content warning: This story contains upsetting content. Reader discretion advised. A South Korean TV show has documented how virtual reality software has enabled a grieving mother to communicate again with her young daughter, Nayeon, who died in 2016. As reported by Aju Business Daily (thanks, PC Gamer), the documentary "I Met You" tells the story of Jang Ji-sung and her daughter Nayeon, who died from an incurable disease at just seven years old. [Read More]

Wario Ware: Smooth Moves | Eurogamer.net

 Posted on January 2, 2023  |  7 minutes  |  1370 words  |  Patria Henriques

Page 1 of 2 Next page Is there no end to WarioWare's effortless appeal? As well as being one of our favourite handheld series of all-time, WarioWare games have also displayed an uncanny knack of perfectly demonstrating fairly abstract control systems in the most intuitive fashion possible. Small wonder, then, that Smooth Moves arrives so soon after the launch to capitalise - as well as build - on the novelty value of the supremely capable motion sensitive Wii Remote. [Read More]