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May 2015 Archive

May 31, 2015
1. Monster Hunter X is the next major entry in the series
2. Video: How Arkham Knight's 'dual play' system actually works
3. Nintendo Land remains one of the only games to tap the Wii U's potential
4. We need to talk about emulation
May 30, 2015
1. Halo 3: ODST Master Chief Collection release date spotted
2. Video: Hands-on with Arkham Knight, Splatoon hype and cats - The Eurogamer Show
3. Sophie Sampson on: Tutorial theatrics
May 29, 2015
1. Video: LGBTI characters in games are important
2. Lords of the Fallen 2 to launch in 2017
3. Soma release date revealed in extended gameplay footage
4. Carmageddon: Reincarnation review
5. Lego Jurassic World platform-specific pre-order DLC revealed
6. Looks like Microsoft will launch a new Xbox One controller in June
7. Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions now available for iPhone, iPad
8. Need for Speed reboot requires online connection
9. Bungie bans Destiny Trials of Osiris cheaters
10. Pillars of Eternity launches card game spinoff Kickstarter
11. PlayStation digital refund policy in spotlight on BBC's Watchdog tonight
12. Sunset review
May 28, 2015
1. Lara Croft: Relic Run is out now on mobile devices
2. Among the Sleep is crawling to Xbox One
3. Super Mega Baseball set for Xbox One and Steam this summer
4. June Games with Gold includes Massive Chalice and Just Cause 2
5. The Witcher 3 features a creepy Doctor Who Easter egg
6. Chip's Challenge 2 is finally out after 25 years
7. Assassin's Creed Syndicate will not have companion app, Ubisoft confirms
8. FIFA 16 features female national teams for first time
9. BBC iPlayer finally available on Wii U
10. WildStar is going free-to-play this autumn
11. Twitch bans streaming of ESRB Adults Only-rated games
12. Need for Speed release date spotted
13. Sunless Sea's predecessor Fallen London is coming to iOS
May 27, 2015
1. Splatoon stock swiped in Nintendo lorry heist
2. Neverending Nightmares dev announces spiritual successor Devastating Dreams
3. State of Decay dev's MMO Moonrise now in Early Access
4. Star Wars: Battle Pod home version confirmed
5. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth to receive Daily Challenges
6. Exploratory horror game Kholat gets a release date
7. PS Plus June Instant Collection includes MGS: Ground Zeroes
8. Video: Splatoon is secretly a MOBA
9. The Witcher 3 Xbox One patch set to add 30fps frame-rate cap
10. Nintendo's free-to-play Pokémon Shuffle now a little fairer
11. Nintendo colours outside the lines in the lovable but irksome Splatoon
12. Looks like Mortal Kombat X PS3, Xbox 360 versions are delayed again
13. A brief history of Street Fighter 4
14. The world's greatest hillclimb has just come to Dirt Rally
15. Double Fine regains Iron Brigade publishing rights, PC version now 80% off
16. Darksiders 2: Definitive Edition spotted for PlayStation 4
17. Monstrum review
18. Grand Theft Auto 5 gets Just Cause 2 grappling hook mod
May 26, 2015
1. Cortana is coming to iOS and Android
2. Evolve now has a free Arena Mode update
3. Battlefield Hardline's first expansion Criminal Activity has a Nail Gun
4. Fantasy board game Armello set for PS4 in September
5. Adventures of Pip PC/Mac release date set for next week
6. Bloodborne patch 1.04 adds co-op with anyone, regardless of level
7. Little Devil Inside mixes Wind Waker with Bloodborne and Mad Max
8. Yoshi's Woolly World features unlockable Amiibo skins
9. PS4 exclusive Until Dawn finally has a release date
10. Perception is a new horror game from some of the people behind BioShock
11. Video: We play Armello with the devs
12. What can we learn from The Witcher 3 "downgrade" fiasco?
13. The Witcher 3 biggest UK launch of 2015 so far
14. Microsoft E3 2015 press conference date, time confirmed
15. Performance Analysis: Borderlands: The Handsome Collection revisited
16. Resident Evil Zero remaster announced for early 2016
17. Galactic Civilizations 3 review
May 25, 2015
1. Video: Eurogamer plays Agario
2. Destiny: House of Wolves review
3. Beneath Assassin's Creed Unity's bugs lurks a surprisingly human game
May 24, 2015
1. The best Vita games
2. Video: Farming Simulator 15 brings co-op farming to consoles
3. Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven was the apex of a lost ninja franchise
May 23, 2015
1. Face-Off: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2. Video: The Witcher 3, Farming Simulator 15 and Bertie visits CD Projekt
3. Chris Donlan on: Gaming's cruellest downgrade
May 22, 2015
1. Shenmue and Streets of Rage to receive vinyl soundtracks
2. Desura addresses complaints that it hasn't paid developers
3. Does Nvidia HairWorks really "sabotage" AMD Witcher 3 performance?
4. BioWare turns 20 today
5. Polybius: The story behind the world's most mysterious arcade cabinet
6. Video: Let's Play P.T in Minecraft
7. Ultra Street Fighter 4 on PS4 supports PS3 fight sticks
8. Can your table run Crysis?
9. Razer's new mousemat has customisable lighting effects
10. F1 2015 release date delayed by a month
11. Blizzard explains decision to stub out Tychus' cigar
12. Yep, Nobuo Uematsu's new Final Fantasy song sounds lovely
13. Lizard Squad teen pleads guilty to 23 charges of harassment
14. Blizzard's new Overwatch gameplay videos show complete, unedited matches
15. Flashback creator's Subject 13 out next week
16. YouTube now supports 1080p 60fps live streaming
17. Microsoft's June Xbox update targets Windows app
18. Cosmochoria review
19. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's hitboxes are "being worked on"
May 21, 2015
1. WayForward's cartoony horror adventure Til Morning's Light is out now
2. Octodad: Dadliest Catch heads to Vita next week
3. Don't Starve: Giant Edition dated for Wii U
4. Shadowrun: Hong Kong screenshots and trailer revealed
5. Game of Thrones: Episode 4 is coming next week
6. The next Need for Speed is a reboot
7. Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon unearthed for 3DS
8. Rockstar launches BBC lawsuit over Grand Theft Auto drama
9. Dead Island dev dumps Hellraid development
10. Going up? The mindless pleasures of Clicker Heroes
11. CD Projekt tackles The Witcher 3 downgrade issue head on
12. Witcher 3's latest patch tidies up Nvidia Hairworks performance
13. Video: Are the Far Cry games connected?
14. Scrabble adds thousands of fresh words, including "newb"
15. Torment: Tides of Numenera video shows off The Ninth World
16. League of Legends automated reform system targets toxic players
17. Forget the fantasy, Life is Strange finds its soul in the real world
18. Bloodborne again: Expansion confirmed
May 20, 2015
1. H1Z1 dev unbanning cheaters who publicly apologise on YouTube
2. H1Z1 bans 24,837 players for cheating
3. Decorate your home with a life-sized Dragonborn bust
4. War Thunder studio preps vehicle combat MMO Crossout
5. Catlateral Damage is out of the bag next week
6. Gallery launches range of arty Sega prints
7. Borderlands: Handsome Collection gets new 7.7GB patch
8. Christopher Lloyd stars in new Lego Dimensions trailer
9. What is Valve's Chaperone?
10. Will Leeroy Jenkins be in the Warcraft movie?
11. Watch 20 minutes of gameplay from The Behemoth's upcoming title
12. Neon Struct review
13. Video: The world of Game of Thrones recreated in Minecraft
14. Where is GTA5's single-player story DLC?
15. Nintendo hires Bowser as new US sales chief
16. Oculus Rift press event lined up for June
17. Adventure Time Puzzle Quest coming this summer
18. Performance Analysis: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
19. EA Star Wars domain cybersquatted by 4chan users
20. 19th Century roguelike The Curious Expedition embarks on Early Access
21. New study suggests link between gaming and neurological disorders
22. It's time for your annual Shenmue 3 rumour!
23. Destiny fans wolf down House of Wolves' hardest challenge
24. Microsoft offers free 12-month EA Access subscriptions
25. NHL 16 restores trimmed features, introduces playoff beards
26. Heroes of the Storm enters open beta
27. Samurai Warriors 4-2 coming to Europe in October
28. Tale of Tales' Sunset launches tomorrow
29. Nautical survival-horror game Monstrum ships out of Early Access
May 19, 2015
1. Feist brings ferocious physics-based combat to Steam this July
2. Guitar Hero Live reveals 24 song setlist
3. EA Mobile executive Frank Gibeau departs after 23 years
4. Watch 10 minutes of God of War 3 Remastered's 1080p/60fps gameplay
5. M.Bison revealed for Street Fighter 5
6. Sony sets up North West Studio to make Project Morpheus games
7. The Witcher game that never was
8. Cities: Skylines patch adds tunnels
9. Should you install The Witcher 3's day one patch?
10. AMD reveals HBM: the future of graphics RAM technology
11. Mortal Kombat X's old lady fights back with her own Brutality
12. The next game from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. dev GSC is... Cossacks 3
13. Oculus Rift won't block virtual reality porn
14. Video for cancelled Doom 4 revealed
15. Dimension Drive returns to Kickstarter after troll ruined previous effort
16. Debugging the hero narrative in The Magic Circle
May 18, 2015
1. Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold nearly 52m units to retail
2. 3D Realms may reclaim the rights to Duke Nukem - report
3. Xbox One, PS4 battle with rival Witcher 3 console deals
4. The Witcher 3 is a masterpiece of world-building
5. Here's what the Warcraft movie's orc warchief Orgrim looks like
6. Sega pulls 19 games from its mobile stores
7. Mass Effect project director Casey Hudson joins Microsoft Studios
8. Video: The best b-movie games in history
9. A (very) brief look at the new Doom
10. Civilization Beyond Earth's first expansion is Rising Tide
11. GTA 5 physical sales pass 5m mark in UK
12. From Torchlight to the stars: a morning with Rebel Galaxy
May 17, 2015
1. Video: All you need to know about Assassin's Creed Syndicate
2. Face-Off: Oddworld New 'n' Tasty
May 16, 2015
1. Face-Off: Final Fantasy X/X-2 Remaster on PS4
2. Rich Stanton on: The Koj delusion
3. Video: Assassin's Creed Syndicate, TowerFall Dark World and questionable privates - The Eurogamer Show #8
May 15, 2015
1. Oculus Rift recommended specs confirmed
2. Diablo 3 third anniversary adds cow level on PC, PS4, Xbox One
3. Makers of infamous World of Warcraft bot Honorbuddy admit defeat
4. Windward review
5. Actually, Assassin's Creed: Syndicate, I think you'll find…
6. Formula Fusion looks like the closest we're going to get to a new WipEout
7. Divinity: Original Sin overhauled for PS4 and Xbox One
8. Windows 10 comes with Candy Crush Saga automatically installed
9. Microsoft takes on Gears of War Xbox One leakers
10. Return to vendor: the legend of Xur
May 14, 2015
1. New Witcher 3 CGI trailer tops the lot
2. Dying Light DLC The Bozak Horde out soon
3. Rainbow Six Siege gets October release date
4. The Elder Scrolls Online won't require CD key on console, Bethesda clarifies
5. Digital Foundry on the Assassin's Creed Syndicate reveal
6. Nintendo's new 3DS Pullblox game is free to download
7. Lego Jurassic World gets a release date
8. Double Fine's Massive Chalice due to leave Early Access 1st June
9. Video: Back to reality: When games break the fantasy
10. Minecraft most popular game on YouTube of all time
11. Gears of War Xbox One remaster footage leaks
12. Smite Xbox One closed beta launches, and we're giving away keys
13. Telltale's The Walking Dead Season Three won't launch this year
14. Indie dev left devastated after troll ruins its Kickstarter
15. Sly confirmed for star-studded Ratchet & Clank movie
16. "Weird and hard and super awkward": Klei talks Invisible, Inc. and Early Access
May 13, 2015
1. Layoffs hit NaturalMotion's Oxford-based QA department
2. Nintendo dates E3 Digital Event
3. Spider senseless: The plight of the arachnophobic video game player
4. Badland: GOTY Edition PC and console release date
5. Life is Strange: Episode 3 release date
6. The Magic Circle launches on Steam Early Access
7. Ubisoft ditches Xbox 360 and PS3 development
8. Assassin's Creed Syndicate's four special editions detailed
9. Sony's knuckles rapped over PS4 20th Anniversary Edition competition
10. Dragon Quest 8 coming to Nintendo 3DS
11. Invisible, Inc review
May 12, 2015
1. Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition gets a June release date
2. The Division set for an early 2016 release
3. Assassin's Creed: Syndicate launches 23rd October on PS4, Xbox One
4. The Evil Within: The Executioner DLC release date
5. Yooka-Laylee Kickstarter passes ?1.5m, free DLC promised at ?2m
6. WOW: Leeroy Jenkins happened 10 years ago
7. Gears of War: Ultimate Edition spotted
8. Blizzard gives European Hearthstone players free cards
9. Video: Hands on with Payday 2: Crimewave Edition
10. Witcher 3 on Xbox One uses dynamic scaling to boost resolution
11. With its Topaz boss, Geometry Wars 3 comes alive in the strangest way
12. ARK brings dinosaurs and dragons to multiple platforms
13. Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi announces Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
May 11, 2015
1. Christopher Lloyd joins the cast of King's Quest
2. Former BioShock dev's sci-fi adventure The Black Glove shelved
3. Assassin's Creed: Syndicate will let you play as a woman - report
4. Ex-BioShock dev's The Black Glove fails to meet its Kickstarter goal
5. Xbox One voice messages now live in new system update
6. Gap between free and paid Black Mesa will widen
7. Star Citizen FPS called Star Marine
8. TowerFall: Dark World expansion launches tomorrow
9. The loneliness of the long-distance speedrunner
10. Alien: Isolation sales reach 2.1m, FM15 810K
11. Star Wars Battlefront: no classes or squads
12. Project Cars races to pole position in UK chart
13. The Witcher 3 dev battles leaked footage, spoilers
14. Lego Dimensions' Portal 2 and Doctor Who expansions confirmed
15. The enduring appeal of Nintendo's StreetPass
16. Elite: Dangerous owners to get free Steam key
May 10, 2015
1. Face-Off: Project Cars
2. Video: The terrible Mortal Kombat clones that time forgot
3. "A compelling, impossible thing": Where magic and video games converge
May 9, 2015
1. Video: The Eurogamer Show #7
2. Jon Blyth on: The National Videogame Arcade
May 8, 2015
1. Abyss Odyssey: Extended Dream Edition announced for PS4
2. Assassin's Creed: Syndicate is the Victorian AC adventure
3. Will Wright debuts photo app Thred
4. Deadly Premonition is ?2 in Humble Spring Sale
5. Gabe Newell will be a boss in Crawl
6. Sega to remove several mobile games
7. Project Cars review
8. Dark Souls 2's weapon durability glitch fixed on PC
9. Video: Playing Black Mesa, the Half-Life for today
10. Metal Gear stylin': Konami is launching an MGS clothing line
11. Nintendo to launch five smartphone games by March 2017
12. ArenaNet makes example of Guild Wars 2 cheater
13. Origin sale offers big discounts on Dragon Age, FIFA 15 and more
14. Chin up Kojima, Goat Simulator's got your baaaaack
15. Wolfenstein: The Old Blood review
16. Yoshimitsu sure looks different in Tekken 7
17. Spelunky speed run sets new world record
18. Spelunky speedrun world record set at 1:47.182
19. Myst TV series set for Hulu
May 7, 2015
1. Turok: Dinosaur Hunter to receive a PC re-release - rumour
2. The Witcher 3 PC is ?32.49 at Green Man Gaming
3. D4 PC gets a June release date
4. Rockstar addresses GTA5's mod policy
5. Classic Star Trek games digitally premiere on GOG
6. Risen 3: Enhanced Edition announced for PlayStation 4
7. Batman: Arkham Knight's Batgirl is Barbara Gordon
8. Nintendo's doing something a little different with the Splatoon demo
9. Probably the bloodiest Witcher 3 trailer yet
10. Video: The final mission of Invisible, Inc.
11. New Elder Scrolls Online video reminds us the console version is near
12. Wasteland 2 Game of the Year Edition a free upgrade for PC, Mac and Linux owners
13. The land beyond Achievements
14. Minecraft: Xbox One gets three free birthday skin packs
15. Rare PSone classic The Misadventures of Tron Bonne hits PlayStation Store - in North America
16. Hearthstone and Diablo make up for World of Warcraft subscriber slide
17. Nintendo records first annual profit in four years
18. Funds from Microsoft Points switchover expire 1st June
19. No aim-down-ironsights for Star Wars Battlefront
20. Nintendo signs theme park deal with Universal Studios
21. Kerbal Space Program review
22. Destiny and Hearthstone have made nearly $1bn in revenue
23. Zynga to reduce its work force by 18 per cent, again
24. Could The Void be the future of virtual-reality?
May 6, 2015
1. Mortal Kombat X PC patch pulled after it deleted saves
2. Snake mobile developer is making a sequel
3. The Binding of Isaac's original DLC gets a hard mode
4. Performance Analysis: Project Cars
5. Destiny's new Prison of Elders mode is a lot of fun - but it's no Raid
6. New Witcher 3 dev diary and live gameplay Q&A
7. Looks like Destiny's major September expansion is named The Taken King
8. "Almost certain failure": How Monolith saved Mordor
9. Hearthstone passes 30m player milestone
10. P.T. no longer available for re-download in the US
11. Google Play temporarily pulls Threes! for listing copycat game 2048 as search keyword
12. Disney Infinity 3.0 includes classic, prequel and sequel Star Wars sets
13. Project Cars puts the sport back into motorsport games
14. Homophobic and transphobic game removed from Steam Greenlight
15. Mirror's Edge 2 due in Q1 2016
May 5, 2015
1. Grim Fandango Remastered is out today on iOS and Android
2. Rogue Legacy due this month on Xbox One
3. Killzone: Shadow Fall's 1080p class action lawsuit dismissed
4. Digital Foundry: Hands-on with PlayStation Now
5. Real money betting game Cordial Minuet is out now
6. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 revealed
7. Half-Life 1 remake Black Mesa out on Steam Early Access
8. Far Cry 4: Complete Edition announced for PS4 and PC
9. Free Dragon Age: Inquisition DLC and patch released
10. Acting out Grand Theft Auto 2 for a drone camera
11. GOG Galaxy enters open beta for all to try
12. The Witcher 3 and Batman: Arkham Knight free with Nvidia GTX 980 and GTX 970
13. Portal Pinball announced, stars Chell and GLaDOS
14. The Bethesda game Easter Eggs continue with Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
15. Warhammer 40,000: Regicide is chess with gibbing
16. Goat Simulator getting GoatZ survival DLC
17. PlayStation 4 passes 2m sales in UK
18. Lob a lorry with the Grand Theft Auto 5 Gravity Gun mod
19. Shadow Jago to finally become a proper playable Killer Instinct character
20. Looks like there will be a Portal level pack for Lego Dimensions
21. Nintendo 3DS exploit makes handheld region-free
22. Death from Above: The making of Slap Fight MD
23. Batman: Arkham Knight season pass lets you play as Batgirl
24. Kirby and the Rainbow Curse review
May 4, 2015
1. Inside My Radio brings rhythm-based platforming to Steam next week
2. Lost Planet 3 developer Spark Unlimited shutters game development
3. I am Bread adds free space combat with Starch Wars
4. Star Wars: Battlefront will feature 12 multiplayer maps
5. Nintendo apologises for Amiibo shortages
6. Video: Video game horses and times they have been acceptable
7. The ace hunter: Bloodborne vs Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate
8. Garbage Day offers an open world with no locked doors
May 3, 2015
1. The best 3DS games
May 2, 2015
1. Video: What you need to know about Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
2. Cara Ellison on: The search for noir
May 1, 2015
1. Rez soundtrack's missing tune finally released
2. Dragon Age: Inquisition gets free multiplayer DLC next week
3. Steam currency conversion error made a gun $3.5M
4. Not a Hero delayed a week
5. Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate gets Metroid, Mega Man and Street Fighter costumes
6. Classic arcade games now playable in tweets
7. Video: Not paying for mods, Silent Hills and Black Ops 3 - The Eurogamer Show #6
8. Eye-tracking tech shows where pro Street Fighter players look during a match
9. This year's Dota 2 Compendium stretch goals go all the way up to $15m
10. The Last of Us DLC Left Behind goes standalone
11. D4 coming to PC
12. Elder Scrolls Online and the turbulent topic of text chat on console
13. Video: Why the brains behind Banjo-Kazooie left Rare to start again
14. Frozen Cortex update adds management sim features
15. Shaking off accusations of YouTube bait
16. Disney Infinity 3.0 leak names characters - report
17. Microsoft testing Xbox 360 update that adds 2TB USB support
18. Shovel Knight review
19. Code Name: STEAM review
20. Bungie launches Destiny charity shirt for Nepal
21. Console version of Hironobu Sakaguchi's Terra Battle in the works
22. First screenshots of Dragon Age: Inquisition single-player DLC
23. Square Enix challenges the uncanny valley in DirectX 12 demo