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October 2016 Archive

Oct. 31, 2016
1. DriveClub's final update is also its most generous
2. Black Mesa's climactic Xen levels finished by next summer
3. Destiny's Halloween update hides a secret racing broom
4. Watch: We take a sneak peek at Hitman's Japanese season finale
5. Green Man Gaming says sorry for sending out broken Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1 keys
6. Titanfall 2 fails to beat Titanfall sales in UK
7. Doom's new Arcade Mode is Doom at its very best
8. THQ Nordic buys Delta Force, F-22 series and is open to revival ideas
9. EA blocked Origin for everyone in Myanmar
10. Slayer Shock review
Oct. 30, 2016
1. Digital Foundry vs Skyrim Special Edition
2. Video games remade in cardboard
Oct. 29, 2016
1. Nintendo isn't replacing 3DS with Switch
2. Try the creepy Little Nightmares in a web demo
3. Jelly Deals roundup: Grim Fandango, Gears of War 4, Outlast, and more
4. Face-Off: Battlefield 1
5. Watch: Seven gaming urban legends that you might find rather unsettling
6. Is being bad at games really so terrible?
Oct. 28, 2016
1. Introducing Trackless: a mysterious first-person puzzler / text adventure hybrid
2. Steam Halloween Sale is now live
3. The Skyrim Special Edition launch day mod difference between PS4 and Xbox One
4. Watch: Seven things we learned playing Titanfall 2
5. Some guy visited a typewriter museum and some other guys made a game about keyboards
6. Skyrim PC saves that use mods don't work with Special Edition
7. Watch: Ian plays the first three hours of Skyrim Special Edition
8. Watch: Johnny plays Tomb Raider, nearly explodes
9. Titanfall 2 review
10. Dark Souls 3: Ashes of Ariandel review
11. Street Fighter 5 sales grind to a halt as community calls for revamp
12. World of Final Fantasy review
13. The Eurogamer Podcast #17 - What's the story with that dog in the Nintendo Switch trailer?
14. The Eurogamer Podcast #18 - A Tomb Raider Special
15. Titanfall 2's Gauntlet is the best thing to do while a video game installs ever
16. Deadly Premonition director Swery65 has the most amazing tattoo
Oct. 27, 2016
1. Nintendo Switch has a 6.2" 720p multi-touch screen
2. Doom's new multiplayer DLC lets you play as a Cacodemon
3. Steep open beta dated for November
4. All of Kingdom Hearts is coming to PS4 in March
5. Face-Off: Batman: Return to Arkham
6. Titanfall 2's maps and modes will all be free
7. Zoe Quinn's next game is a far cry from Depression Quest
8. Borderlands Handsome Collection currently free to download on Xbox One
9. Final Fantasy 15 is getting a multiplayer mode
10. My Summer Car is the most hardcore driving game yet
11. Pokémon Sun and Moon will let you fight some very familiar faces
12. Japan getting new Monster Hunter next March
13. Why Destiny's paid-for paper Halloween masks have become a sticking point
14. Nintendo won't announce Switch launch date, price and games line-up until January
15. What Skyrim had that Fallout 4 lost
Oct. 26, 2016
1. Before the Switch: Here's the full line-up of what's left for Wii U and 3DS
2. PlayStation Plus November line-up includes Everybody's Gone To The Rapture
3. Night In The Woods release date set for January
4. The Tomorrow Children goes free-to-play tomorrow
5. Now Civilization 6 has an Earth map mod but it's Ludicrously big
6. Turtle Rock leaves Evolve behind, won't have time to do F2P on console
7. Uncharted film taps new director
Oct. 25, 2016
1. Brutal Doom 64 mod will launch next week
2. Fan-made Sonic game prototype imagines open-world retro parkour
3. 25 years of Civilization: We talk with Sid Meier
4. Civilization 6 has multiple leaders per civilization
5. Here are your Civilization 6 PC specs
6. Watch: Starting a new game in Civilization 6
7. Overwatch Skill Ratings are changing again and Competitive Play should feel nicer
8. Watch as we carve a path through Dark Souls 3 DLC Ashes of Ariandel
9. Dark Souls 3 patch will adjust the game's "poise" stat
10. Here's your first look at Dark Souls 3's DLC PvP arena
11. Dark Souls 3's Ashes of Ariandel DLC is out early on Xbox One
12. Civilization 6 review
13. The Division 1.4 patch reinvents the game's single-player
14. Stand by: Titanfall 2 day one patch requires 88... megabytes
15. Dead by Daylight is getting John Carpenter's Halloween DLC today
Oct. 24, 2016
1. Watch Dogs 2 parodies Trump, Martin Shkreli, Kinect
2. Watch Dogs 2 successfully ditches Ubisoft's towers for a fresh, fun open world
3. GAME charges people to try PlayStation VR in its shops
4. Pokémon Go celebrates Halloween by flooding self with yet more Zubats, Drowzees
5. Battlefield 1 review
6. Xbox Live Games With Gold for November announced
7. Nintendo fans pick apart Switch reveal video
8. Rez Infinite: VR's first and best?
9. Sony PlayStation VR review
10. Batman: Arkham VR review
11. Jeff Minter is re-imagining urban legend Polybius for PlayStation VR
12. The Eurogamer Podcast #15: A week with PlayStation VR
13. What works and what doesn't in PlayStation VR's launch line-up
14. PlayStation VR hasn't tamed VR's strangeness
15. DriveClub VR review
16. PlayStation VR cinema mode works with PC, Xbox One and Wii U
17. Rick and Morty co-creator's first VR game is out now, for free
18. Lethal VR is the next game from the creators of Burnout
19. Inside PlayStation 4 Pro: How Sony made the first 4K games console
20. Super Mario 64 and the coin that's impossible to collect
21. The hunt for Battlefield 1's big easter eggs has begun
22. The making of The Witcher 3's greatest villain
23. Battlefield 1 outsells combined week one of Battlefield 4 and Hardline
24. Be advised: Titanfall 2's multiplayer runs much deeper than the original
Oct. 23, 2016
1. Input lag issues fixed on PS4 Rise of the Tomb Raider
2. Watch: Ways to make time to go faster we don't recommend in real life
3. Face-Off: Rise of the Tomb Raider on PS4
Oct. 22, 2016
1. Jelly Deals roundup: Win a free copy of Civ 6, GeForce 1060 for ?200, and more
2. iPhone 7/ iPhone 7 Plus review
3. How games helped me finish my master's
Oct. 21, 2016
1. Skyrim mods space is 1GB on PS4, but 5GB on Xbox One
2. Bungie sneaks custom marriage proposal into Destiny
3. Video game voice actors strike has officially begun
4. Civilization 6 pre-order gets you early access to the Aztecs
5. After nearly a decade The Last Guardian has gone gold
6. Pokémon boss had no idea fans named a secret breeding mechanic after him
7. Watch: 90 minutes of Battlefield 1 live from 3.30pm BST
8. Battlefield 1 Kolibri - How to get the tiny gun Kolibri in multiplayer
9. You can play as a pigeon in Battlefield 1
10. Xbox One S gets painted military green for 1TB Battlefield 1 console
11. Battlefield 1 beta had an enormous 13.2m players
12. DICE want you to know that Battlefield 1's horses aren't just tacked-on
13. Watch 30 minutes of Cities Skylines: Natural Disasters
14. The pervy ?68 microtransaction for a ?30 Steam Japanese schoolgirl game
15. Thumper review
16. Pokémon Sun and Moon advert for lapsed Pokéfans is perfect
17. Civ 6 versus Civ 5: what a difference 200 turns make
18. Can Star Wars: The Old Republic ever live up to the promise of its incredible trailers?
19. Nintendo refuses to say whether Switch has a touchscreen
20. Utility belter: in praise of Arkham Origins, the overlooked Batman chapter
Oct. 20, 2016
1. NX is now Nintendo Switch, a portable console with detachable controllers
2. Everything new in the Nintendo Switch trailer
3. Suda51's visual novel The Silver Case is coming to PS4
4. Half-Life 2 now playable on Xbox One
5. Nintendo to unveil NX this afternoon
6. New Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild footage
7. My Summer Car hits Early Access next week
8. PlayStation 4 to get tournaments feature in collaboration with ESL
9. Rez Infinite review
10. Samsung pulls YouTube video of GTA5's exploding Note 7 phone mod
11. Smite Tactics is a turn-based strategy spin-off
12. Rhythm Paradise Megamix review
13. Dead Rising 4 DLC will add mini-golf, make the campaign time-sensitive
Oct. 19, 2016
1. Doom's free update today adds a score-attack Arcade mode
2. Armature's space MOBA/shooter Dead Star is being shuttered seven months after release
3. Looks like Pokémon Sun and Moon are ditching traditional HMs
4. Pokémon boss explains why Sun and Moon sideline Mega Evolution
5. PES 2017 to get Liverpool stadium's new stand in November
6. Amnesia Collection announced for PlayStation 4
7. Thank you, Rocksteady, for doing Batman justice
8. Darksiders: Warmastered Edition delayed until November
9. Destiny bug denies top streamers Hard Mode raid world first
10. Nvidia reveals GTX 1050/1050 Ti: Pascal on a budget
11. Destiny leak reveals Halloween event, loot, quests
12. ARG! Overwatch community fed up with Sombra teasing
13. Beautiful, deadly, and without feeling - why Modern Warfare Remastered is the perfect organism
14. Remember Star Control? A new one is in development
15. Changing rooms: the shifting nature of Tomb Raider's Croft Manor
16. Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon is making a show about esports
17. Doom 2 modder spends 300 hours making a three-hour level
Oct. 18, 2016
1. Candy Crush live-action game show coming to the US
2. Valve refutes gambling commission's accusations of illegal activity
3. Watch Dogs 2 delayed two weeks on PC
4. Plants vs. Zombies: Heroes collectible card game launched
5. Osiris: New Dawn breaks through, but will it survive Early Access?
6. Lewis Hamilton is making an appearance in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
7. Hearthstone announces new mode with $10 entry fee
8. Chelsea stadium Stamford Bridge is in Cities: Skylines
9. First FIFA 17 update makes the AI more attacking
10. Watch: 4.5 hours of Battlefield 1 gameplay in our epic launch day live stream
11. The Eurogamer Podcast #16: The original Strategy King
12. A single piece of Red Dead artwork sent Take-Two shares soaring
13. Sounds like Sleeping Dogs developer United Front Games has shut down
14. Sunless Sea - Zubmariner review
15. Early 2000s teenage online dating sim Emily is Away is getting a spiritual successor
Oct. 17, 2016
1. Overwatch's D.Va to be an announcer in Starcraft 2
2. Stars align for Diablo 4 reveal at BlizzCon
3. Gears 4 debuts ahead of PlayStation VR game flood
4. Watch the first 20 minutes of Gears of War 4
5. Watch: Ian and Johnny play Gears of War 4 competently this time, promise
6. Watch: Bar a disappointing first hour, Gears of War 4 is really good
7. Knuckles, Shadow and Big the Cat shown in Sonic's Lego Dimensions level
8. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare perk lets you end a competitive multiplayer game with a tactical nuke
9. Introducing Multibowl!: QWOP creator Bennet Foddy's private game that will never be released
10. Sega's brilliant Sonic Mania Collector's Edition is coming to Europe after all
11. The cancelled Metallica game looked like Mad Max
12. Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 delayed again
Oct. 16, 2016
1. Watch: Sarcastic achievements that made us feel like an idiot
2. Block ops: How everything fell into place for Tetris
3. Asus Strix GTX 1070/GTX 1080 O8G review: high-end SLI tested
Oct. 15, 2016
1. Watch - Ian plays the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare multiplayer BETA, tries not to die continuously
2. Americans can claim $55 from Sony because of some old PS3 lawsuit
3. Jelly Deals roundup: Arkham Asylum, Stranger's Wrath, cheap PS4s and more
4. Blood in the gutter
5. Anti-Trump ad alleges candidate "mains Hanzo" in Overwatch
Oct. 14, 2016
1. What happens when a tram collides with 100 people in GTA5?
2. Friday the 13th game delayed until next year, adds single-player option
3. Final Fantasy 14 announces new expansion Stormblood
4. King's Quest finale to launch this month
5. Cave shmup DoDonPachi Resurrection is now on Steam
6. Rise of the Tomb Raider - Croft Manor: Blood Ties walkthrough and guide
7. The Overwatch kid who challenged ageist stereotypes
8. What we expect from Blizzcon 2016
9. Pokémon Sun and Moon trailer dripfeeds yet more Alolan forms
10. Watch: Chris and Aoife shake it in Duke Nukem 3D
11. Farabel: the turn-based tactics game where each victory leaves you weaker
12. Overcooked launches on disc today with The Lost Morsel expansion
13. New video shows how the Oblivion in Skyrim mod is doing
14. Rigs Mechanized Combat League review
15. FIFA 17 is injuring the hell out of players
16. Performance Analysis: Mafia 3
Oct. 13, 2016
1. FPS roguelike Polygod is free for those with certain The Binding of Isaac achievements
2. Battleborn's first story DLC is out now
3. Furi is coming to Xbox One
4. Obsidian's next RPG Tyranny gets a release date
5. Valve is developing another Vive controller
6. Merger between the UK's two biggest video game magazine publishers given the go-ahead
7. Shadow Warrior 2 review
8. Watch: Ian attempts to stream a bunch of PSVR launch titles without vomiting
9. Unionists want Mafia 3 banned for "sick glamorisation of terrorism"
10. Nintendo opens up one of its secret storage rooms
11. Pokémon Go's latest update gives players more of a reason to unlock medals
12. Star Citizen impresses at CitizenCon with big new procedural planets video
13. Digital Foundry vs Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
14. GoNNER is a charming but slight action-roguelike
15. Eve Online goes to war with gambling sites
16. Mafia 3 review
Oct. 12, 2016
1. Crytek's PSVR game Robinson: The Journey is due next month
2. World of Final Fantasy is getting a demo next week
3. Telltale's Batman's third episode get a release date
4. Battlefield 1 EA Access trial goes live a day early
5. Face-Off: Gears of War 4
6. Sun and Moon refresh the Pokémon ritual
7. Why I'm glad Overwatch's fun new horde mode is just for Halloween
8. Watch: Aoife tries out the new Overwatch Halloween PvE mode
9. The Eurogamer Podcast #13: Ironman Bratt
10. The Eurogamer Podcast #14: Does anyone have a script for Aaron Paul?
11. Battlefield 1's campaign might be more interesting than its multiplayer
12. Hitman season finale heads to Hokkaido, Japan
13. A revived and reworked Turok 2 is coming
14. The StarCrafts Mod turns StarCraft 2 into a lovely cartoon
15. Today's probably the day for Overwatch Halloween loot boxes
16. Cuphead delayed until mid next year
17. What does Suda 51 actually do, anyway?
Oct. 11, 2016
1. Paper Mario: Color Splash review
2. Watch: Ian goes to Amsterdam with Duke Nukem 3D: World Tour
3. Rockstar's first Red Dead now on PlayStation 4
4. Watch: How to get a Zubmarine in Sunless Sea
5. FIFA 17 - the football game where you're better off letting the AI defend for you
6. Trevor's back for GTA VR film
7. Switch off your Galaxy Note 7 immediately, Samsung says
8. Gears of War 4 review
9. Dragon Quest Builders review
Oct. 10, 2016
1. Watch: Final Fantasy 15 is making great strides
2. Watch: Ian and Johnny take on Gears of War 4, Act 1
3. An early look at Wasteland 3 gameplay
4. Tales of Berseria finally has a western release date
5. Mafia 3 fires up UK chart, launch sales up nearly 60% on Mafia 2
6. The Old Republic's latest trailer is better than many Star Wars movies
7. Star Citizen companion game Squadron 42 will not be released in 2016
Oct. 9, 2016
1. Tech Analysis: 4K gaming on PlayStation 4 Pro
2. 'We came in a little tentative' - the Coalition talks life after Gears of War 4
Oct. 8, 2016
1. Watch: 7 games we'd love to play in virtual reality
2. Jelly Deals roundup: SOMA, Dark Souls 3, ReCore, and more
3. What happened to Japan's once bountiful vintage game stores?
Oct. 7, 2016
1. EA Access is adding Mirror's Edge Catalyst and Star Wars Battlefront this year
2. Super Mario Bros. speedrunner sets seemingly impossible world record
3. Fractured Space review
4. Building a space sim in a post-No Man's Sky world
5. Mafia 3's in-game statement on its depiction of racism
6. Psychonauts 2 test gameplay features a familiar location
7. Farming Simulator 17 has mods on console, too
8. Dungeon Keeper (the good one) is free to download on PC
9. BioShock Collection PC patch takes aim at mouse, graphical issues
10. Giveaway: 100 keys for the Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 beta!
11. Watch: Is Mafia 3 any good? Here's the first three hours of the campaign
12. Why Counter-Strike: Global Offensive graffiti has fired up fans
13. Battlefield 1 and Yooka-Laylee awarded Games of Show by EGX attendees
14. Destiny: Rise of Iron raid has its hard mode release date
15. Last-gen FIFA 17 gets terrible Amazon customer reviews over lack of The Journey story mode
16. Actually, I think you'll find the "time paradox" in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered isn't really a paradox
17. Our Mafia 3 review will be late - here's why
18. Lego Dimensions Easter egg references Ghostbusters movie controversy
19. The SimBin name is making a comeback
20. Here's what's in the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare beta
Oct. 6, 2016
1. Mafia 3 is locked at 30fps on PC, much to Steam users' chagrin
2. Invisible, Inc. is now available on iPad
3. Evolve dev is making two "immersive VR experiences" for Gear VR
4. Oculus' social media tech looks like an episode of Black Mirror
5. Oculus reveals new games by Epic, 4A Games, and Ready at Dawn
6. Oculus Touch motion controllers cost $199, will launch in December
7. Uncharted remasters to be available individually next month
8. For Honor ditches "super-required" split-screen mode
9. BioWare's overlooked martial arts game Jade Empire hits iOS
10. St: Shards of Darkness delayed to early 2017
11. XCOM 2 review
12. Still out there: Failbetter Games talks Sunless Skies and Zubmariner
13. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered has a cool time paradox
14. What do the creators of Dear Esther think about the term Walking Simulator?
15. Beyond Good & Evil 2 is almost definitely in development
16. Overwatch team working on two new heroes and six maps
17. Gravity Rush 2 pushed back to 2017
18. Bloodstained has a publisher - and some new test footage
19. Gears of War 4 is smarter than it is sensational
20. Watch: Ian and Johnny play Gears of War 4's Horde 3.0 mode
21. That Dragon, Cancer is now available on iOS
22. Gambling commission is cracking down on Valve over third-party skin gambling sites
23. The Gears of War movie is back on
Oct. 5, 2016
1. Skyrim and Fallout 4 will receive mod support on PS4
2. Here's the full PlayStation VR launch lineup
3. ReCore just got a massive update and a free trial
4. Beyond Good & Evil on PC goes free next week
5. Overwatch dev Blizzard settles it: Roadhog's hook attack isn't hitscan
6. Watch: Ian relives his glory days with Modern Warfare Remastered
7. It looks like Warner has fixed Mortal Kombat X on PC
8. Watch: Chris and Ian experience PSVR and have a lovely time
9. No Man's Sky subreddit shut down, community erupts
10. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare + Modern Warfare Remastered = 130GB - minimum
11. Divinity: Original Sin 2 is already good - but there's important stuff coming that could make it great
12. An overview of the places and faces in Torment: Tides of Numenera
13. Watch how Modern Warfare Remastered's campaign stacks up to the original
Oct. 4, 2016
1. Necropolis is out now on Xbox One and NA PS4s with loads of new content
2. Google announces VR headset Daydream View, due next month
3. Outlast 2 now has demo
4. Rocket League free underwater Aquadome DLC today
5. Watch: We attempt to survive the wilderness in Rise of the Tomb Raider
6. Destiny: Rise of Iron review
7. Virtual reality's driving force
8. Resident Evil 7's VR mode will be PlayStation VR exclusive for a year
9. There's a new sound for rare Xbox achievements
10. Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court DLC announced
11. Jelly Deals roundup: Attack on Titan, Virginia, Shadow of Mordor, and more
12. When is a layer not a layer? Dishonored 2's intricate approach to level design
13. Spectrum classic Slightly Magic gets remastered on Steam
14. Nioh director Fumihiko Yasuda on difficulty, player feedback and what's changing
Oct. 3, 2016
1. Co-op dog simulator Butt Sniffin Pugs launches Kickstarter campaign
2. Sage Solitaire and SpellTower dev is making a game called Really Bad Chess
3. Developer suing Steam users drops case following financial difficulties
4. GAME apologises for unfulfilled ?150 PS4 bundle orders
5. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare disc required to play Modern Warfare Remastered
6. The Escapists 2 announced, introduces multiplayer
7. Amazon Prime now includes Twitch Prime subscription
8. FIFA 17 breaks series' launch week sales record
9. How Japan's best-loved RPG is bringing structure to those paralysed by choice
Oct. 2, 2016
1. Watch: The least responsible uses of Watch Dogs 2's godlike hacking powers
2. Digital Foundry: Hands-on with Mantis Burn Racing on PS4 Pro
3. Gameboy wonder - the miniature epics of Daniel Linssen
Oct. 1, 2016
1. Quantum Break PC is better on DirectX 11
2. Behind the Scenes on Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit