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December 2016 Archive

Dec. 30, 2016
1. Nintendo's wildest handheld is bowing out with style
Dec. 29, 2016
1. Titanfall 2's buddy story is a very human kind of tragedy
2. VR may not have made much money, but it's already revitalising games
Dec. 28, 2016
1. The year single-player shooters reclaimed their former glory
2. 2016: A year in review
Dec. 27, 2016
1. Watch: The games delayed into 2017
2. 2016 was the year that Japanese games struck back
3. No Man's Sky changed the video game hype train forever
Dec. 26, 2016
1. Destiny SRL 2016 - Sparrow Racing gear and loot drops, racing tips for each course
Dec. 25, 2016
1. Watch: We made Stephen's Sausage Roll for real
2. Stephen's Sausage Roll review
Dec. 24, 2016
1. 2016 was all about the little details
2. Jelly Deals: The Last Guardian is down to ?25 right now
Dec. 23, 2016
1. Jelly Deals roundup: Final Fantasy 15, Gears of War 4, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and more
2. Super effective: The year of Pokémon Go
Dec. 22, 2016
1. The next game by That Dragon, Cancer's dev is not what you'd expect
2. The Walking Dead's new season continues to overcome its tired premise
3. Steam's Winter Sale is now live
4. Editor's blog: Merry Christmas!
5. Harvest Moon successor Birthdays the Beginning dated for March
6. Atari releases RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic on mobiles and tablets
7. Crytek's Robinson: The Journey launches on Oculus Rift in January
8. Resident Evil 7 demo datamine hints at returning character
9. Blizzard teases Overwatch plans for 2017
10. Watch: 23 minutes of Nier Automata gameplay
11. Gravity Rush 2 demo out tonight
12. 2016: The year that time remembered
Dec. 21, 2016
1. 'The bug isn't good enough'
2. What you should know before starting Dishonored 2's New Game Plus mode
3. Watch: How Aoife learned to love multiplayer games again
4. Civilization 6 gets premium Poland DLC
Dec. 20, 2016
1. Thumper now has Oculus Rift and Vive support
2. Games with Gold January freebies announced
3. The new Star Wars: The Old Republic story expansion is betrayed by the MMO underneath
4. Crytek breaks silence, closes multiple studios
5. The Eurogamer Podcast #24 - Time Commanders and the joy of Christmas
6. Watch: Dishonored 2 helped me conquer my fear of getting caught
7. Destiny Competitive Spirit book - Rewards, tags and milestones to complete in the latest event book
8. Let's remember GamesMaster's most infamous incident, broadcast 20 years ago
9. Street Fighter 5 season two begins today
10. Suicide Squad game reportedly canned as Warner focuses on new Batman
11. That's one hell of a Witcher cosplay calendar
12. Denied: Valve didn't go for that Half-Life 3 plea with its own Steam Awards
13. First Battlefield 1 expansion adds playable French army
14. Can we talk about the ending of The Last Guardian?
Dec. 19, 2016
1. Watch Until Dawn's early first-person version
2. Watch 17 minutes of the Friday the 13th game
3. Starcraft artist is helping design an actual manned mech
4. Original six Mega Man games are coming to mobile next month
5. Destiny Nova Mortis and Abbadon: How to get the Void and Solar Thunderlord Exotic quests
6. Skyrim mod Enderal gets DLC expansion of its own
7. Watch: The best and worst PSVR games of 2016
8. Nintendo Switch CPU and GPU clock speeds revealed
9. Jelly Deals: Call of Duty Infinite Warfare Legacy Edition sees deep discounts ahead of Christmas
10. Nostalrius weathers stampedes and DDoS attacks to begin World of Warcraft all over again
11. Street Fighter 5's Critical Arts look Super different without the cinematic camera angle
12. Grand Theft Auto 5 has sold an incredible 6m copies in UK alone
13. An early version of Star Marine, Star Citizen's FPS, is out now
14. Dynasty Warriors 9 announced, goes open world
15. Media Molecule's Dreams is still alive
16. Dragon Quest 11 gets new gameplay, continues to look lovely
17. Space Hulk: Deathwing review
Dec. 18, 2016
1. Watch: Yooka-Laylee is a blast of nostalgia in Xbox One gameplay
2. DF Retro: How Shadow of the Colossus pushed PS2 to its limits
3. A Force aside: Eight notable Star Wars spin-offs
Dec. 17, 2016
1. Jelly Deals roundup: Doom, Watch Dogs 2, Stephen's Sausage Roll and more
2. Let's play Knack simultaneously on PS4 and PS4 Pro
3. BioShock back-compat on Xbox One: can it hit 60fps?
4. Enter the Dragon (32): graph paper, games and growing up
5. Blizzard apologises for Mei's divisive winter wardrobe
6. Super Mario Runs past Pokémon GO's download record
Dec. 16, 2016
1. Climax announces a new surfing game
2. Super Mario Run is now live on the App Store
3. Battlezone VR update adds 80s-inspired Classic Mode
4. Acclaimed ARPG Victor Vran is coming to console next year
5. Dead by Daylight free weekend now live on Steam
6. Ubisoft patched out the weird Assassin's Creed 2 NPC face that went viral
7. We've added a new article recommendation system to Eurogamer
8. Destiny - Crucible Dead Ghost locations for every map
9. Destiny: Rise of Iron guide, tips and tricks
10. Destiny Khvostov Quest - schematic location, 7G-OX weapon parts and manual pages for Rise of Iron's We Found a Rifle Quest
11. Destiny Outbreak Prime quest - How to solve the monitor puzzle and start Rise of Iron's Challenging the Corruption quest
12. Destiny Splicer Keys, Intel Relays, SIVA Offerings, SIVA Cache Key, SIVA Key Fragments - Rise of Iron's new materials explained
13. Destiny Gjallarhorn Quest - How to get Year 3 Gjallarhorn by completing Echoes of the Past in Rise of Iron
14. Destiny - Dormant SIVA Cluster locations list in Rise of Iron
15. Destiny - Artifacts list, how to get Iron Lord's Legacy and how Attunement works in Rise of Iron
16. Destiny - bell order for Rise of Iron's Sing the Iron Song hidden Achievement, Trophy
17. Destiny Private Matches - Bounties, Grimoire, how to set up in Rise of Iron and everything we know
18. Destiny: Rise of Iron Record Book - Rewards and how to complete A Life Exotic, Hard as Iron and other milestones
19. Destiny Archon's Forge: Loot, rewards, and how Rise of Iron's battle arena works
20. Destiny Wrath of the Machine Hard mode - Differences and what's new with each boss encounter
21. Destiny Lost Broom Sparrow - Location of the secret Halloween Sparrow in the Tower
22. Destiny Raisins fetch quest - Get the Superblack shader by trading Tiny Box of Raisins and Ascendant Raisins
23. Destiny Wrath of the Machine Challenge Mode - Strategy and rewards explained
24. Destiny Skeleton Key loot list - all Strike-specific gear rewards in Rise of Iron
25. Destiny Icebreaker - How to get the Year 3 sniper rifle from Zavala's Nightfall Bounty
26. Destiny Lysander's Cry hidden Sparrow location - How to find the For One Who Stood At Bannerfall Ghost
27. Destiny Strike Scoring mode explained, how to get Rainbow Medals and Gold Tier Medals in Vanguard Elite
28. Readers' top 50 games of 2015
29. Leak reveals Street Fighter 5 will shame rage quitters by branding their profile
30. Final Fantasy 15 is getting a free update that bolsters one of the game's best features
31. Super Mario Run review
32. Verdun's Christmas Truce and the rise of War Child charity drives
33. Vive launch game Fantastic Contraption is coming to PlayStation VR
Dec. 15, 2016
1. Nintendo patent hints at VR support for Switch
2. Nintendo wishes us a happy holiday with snowboarding Link
3. Acclaimed historical drama 1979 Revolution is now on Android
4. Here's how to import The Walking Dead save data across any device
5. Ubisoft's 30th anniversary free games up for grabs again this weekend
6. Fallout comes to Minecraft
7. Watch: We made Pig Oat Mash from Dragon Age
8. Sony's ?130 Platinum Wireless PS4 headset comes out in January
9. Batman: Return to Arkham patch 1.02 - there's good news and bad news
10. New Pokémon were just added to Pokémon GO
11. Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit gets second and third series
12. Is this the best cheap phone for Pokémon Go?
13. Watch Dogs 2 patch makes "Pull over now!" policewoman chill out
14. The amazing story of how Lionhead silenced a troll who threatened the studio
15. The only problem with Blizzard Mountain is how good Forza Horizon 3 was in the first place
16. No Man's Sky patch adds epic space battles
17. Xbox and Windows 10 to get Dolby Atmos audio support in 2017
18. Shenmue 3 gets new screenshots, looks good
19. Destiny's The Dawning update is for life not just for Christmas
20. Assassin's Creed film's next publicity stunt is an actual stunt
Dec. 14, 2016
1. Doom's final multiplayer DLC Bloodfall is out now
2. Hitman's Holiday Hoarders mission lets you murder the thugs from Home Alone
3. Lost Odyssey is free this month on Xbox Live
4. Ready at Dawn's De-formers release date set for Valentine's Day
5. Google's most searched term in 2016 was Pokémon GO
6. Dishonored 2's New Game Plus Mode is due next week, in beta today on PC
7. All For Honor DLC maps and modes will be free
8. For Honor feels bold, even if its single-player doesn't
9. Steam will support PS4 controllers natively on PC
10. Final Fantasy 15 is a decent attempt at an impossible job
11. Sega's new Valkyria game is coming to the west next spring
12. Torment Tides of Numenera finally has a release date
13. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered now has supply drops
14. Watch: Let's get festive with an Overwatch Winter Wonderland livestream
15. Watch: Quote is a game about burning books and getting high on ice cream
16. Third Age of Empires 2 expansion announced
17. Here's what Doom looked like when it was called Doom 4
18. Overwatch's Winter Wonderland seasonal content is now live
19. Win one of 10 free PC games including Doom, Dishonored 2, Civ 6 and Mafia 3
20. Grand Theft Auto Online's latest update adds Splatoon-like territory control mode
Dec. 13, 2016
1. BioShock series now backwards compatible on Xbox One
2. Pokémon Sun and Moon devs want you to catch 100m Pokémon in two weeks
3. It's the 20th anniversary of the Soul Calibur series
4. Here's Kuma and Panda in Tekken 7
5. Steam, uPlay currently wrong: For Honor campaign requires internet
6. American Truck Simulator's America just got a lot bigger
7. Watch: Festive Hitman gameplay and a sack full of prizes in the Eurogamer Christmas stream
8. Notch makes Minicraft in two days
9. Nintendo Switch reveal presentation set for 13th January, 4am UK time
10. Activision will let you try Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare free for five days
11. Oculus Rift streaming support for Xbox One is now live
12. Horizon: Zero Dawn release date brought forward a couple of days
13. What's your mod of 2016?
14. Evolve, Left 4 Dead dev announces new dark fantasy co-op FPS IP
15. Crytek once again in crisis
16. Yooka-Laylee cancelled for Wii U due to "unforeseen technical issues"
17. Investigating the origins of The Last Guardian's architecture
18. How the Pokémon world is changing for good
19. It looks like Yooka-Laylee will launch in April
20. The Behemoth's Pit People is coming to Early Access next month
Dec. 12, 2016
1. Ocarina of Time's soundtrack is getting a snazzy vinyl treatment
2. The Assembly dev is releasing a new VR game this week
3. Man blows $1m of stolen money on Game of War
4. Watch: Steep makes you sound extremely creepy
5. Time Commanders is back on the telly, tonight at 9pm
6. Tech Analysis: The Last Guardian
7. Dead Rising 4 outsold The Last Guardian
8. Have a quick look at tomorrow's free Battlefield 1 map
9. Lego Dimensions' Fantastic Beasts updated with the film's proper ending
10. F1 goes 8-bit in the amazing official season review
11. Former Witcher, Gwent designer Damien Monnier hired by Dying Light dev
12. A glimpse at Super Nintendo World park at Universal Studios Japan
13. Samsung KS7000 4K TV review
14. What works and what doesn't with PlayStation 4 Pro
15. Watch: We made mirelurk cakes from Fallout
Dec. 11, 2016
1. Jelly Deals roundup: Attack on Titan, Mass Effect Trilogy, Sennheiser gaming headset, and more
2. Grief and Gyaradoses: my time with Pokémon Sun
Dec. 10, 2016
1. Watch: 6 things from Star Wars Battlefront's Rogue One DLC you'll see in the movie (and one you won't)
2. Royal blood
3. Ubisoft executives fined €1.2m for alleged insider trading
Dec. 9, 2016
1. The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ Steam release date set just after New Year's
2. Astroneer looks like the game you may have wanted from No Man's Sky
3. Surreal sailing adventure Sea of Solitude picked up by EA
4. Pewdiepie hits 50m subscribers, claims he'll delete channel today
5. Watch: 7 families to avoid like the plague
6. BioWare talks Mass Effect Andromeda squadmates, cut content and that missing release date
7. A glimpse of VR's infinite canvas
8. Eurogamer readers' top 50 games of 2015 voting
9. Naughty Dog teased The Last of Us 2 back in September and no one noticed
10. Super Mario Run only playable with an internet connection
11. Steep review
12. MOBA / shooter Gigantic launches open beta on Xbox One and PC
13. Amid rumours of Skylanders cancellation dev Vicarious Visions is now working on Destiny
Dec. 8, 2016
1. 1000 people will get to play Sea of Thieves' first alpha next weekend
2. NieR: Automata's PS4 demo draws nier
3. Seasons of Heaven is a Nintendo Switch-exclusive indie game, runs on Unreal Engine 4
4. Star Wars Battlefront's Rogue One DLC gives us some pointers towards next year's sequel
5. Watch: See how the Crash Bandicoot remaster holds up to the originals
6. Super Mario Run sees Nintendo's mascot leap confidently onto iPhone
7. Dragon Quest Heroes 2 gets Western PS4 release date
8. Dean Hall reveals "hard truth of VR development", announces new VR game
9. Elite Dangerous headed to PlayStation 4 in Q2 2017
10. Rockstar's Bully celebrates 10th anniversary with iPhone, Android release
11. Watch 18 minutes of Total War: Warhammer's Wood Elves
12. Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Nintendo Switch shown live for first time
13. Halo 5 tinkerer made an awesome Zelda Link to the Past Grifball map
14. Physics-based platformer Feist is rolling onto consoles next week
15. The Silver Case remake gets a PS4 release date
Dec. 7, 2016
1. Parappa the Rapper is being remastered for PS4
2. Zelda: Breath of the Wild gets its own official pocketwatches
3. Telltale's Batman season finale due next week
4. Star Wars Battlefront is coming to EA Access next week
5. Watch: Do Pokémon Sun and Moon prove a 20-year-old Pokéfan theory once and for all?
6. Space Hulk Deathwing delayed a week
7. PS4 shoots through 50m sold barrier
8. Starbucks may have just spoiled a big Pokémon Go update
9. Sources: Nintendo Switch will have GameCube Virtual Console support
10. Criterion's Star Wars Battlefront experience is the best demo for VR yet
11. One Night Stand is suitably awkward
12. Four minutes of Resogun dev's new PS4 game Nex Machina
13. Final Fantasy 15's story is being patched
14. Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford fights fires over lack of Bulletstorm upgrade discount
15. The Overwatch Christmas event begins next week
16. Halo 5 update finally adds custom game browser
17. Big Battleborn update unlocks all characters in bid to attract new players
18. Oni 2 was once in development, here's what it looked like
19. The archaeologists of Skyrim
Dec. 6, 2016
1. Pokémon Sun and Moon files include unused buddy feature
2. Watch: What can we learn about The Last of Us 2 from the trailer?
3. Free Christmas Hitman DLC next week
4. "She can't understand how someone she's never met would be so kind"
5. The Last of Us fans have a huge Part 2 theory
6. The Eurogamer Podcast #23: Independent by Design
7. Captain America and Morrigan confirmed for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite
8. Russian MPs call for FIFA 17 ban over "gay propaganda"
9. Kirby studio announces third Boxboy game, exclusive amiibo
10. The Last of Us patch 1.08 for PS4 Pro analysed
11. Street Fighter 5 season two set for sweeping balance changes
12. Nintendo cancelled a home console Zelda: Wind Waker sequel
13. Let it Die is Grasshopper's refreshingly different return to form
Dec. 5, 2016
1. Face-Off: The Last Guardian
2. P.T. datamine reveals unused enemies
3. Watch: Chris and Johnny play the first half hour of The Last Guardian
4. The Last Guardian review
5. How to access smoother performance for The Last Guardian on 4K displays
6. Resident Evil 7 demo finally getting PC release
7. The bizarre drink driving Dead Rising 4 tweet
8. Excitebike 64 powers onto Wii U Virtual Console this week
9. Mass Effect Andromeda will feature a minor returning character
10. There's more to Destiny's December Dawning update than just Sparrow racing
11. Dead Rising 4 review
12. WOW: Nostalrius' return gets a release date
13. Watch us analyse Mass Effect Andromeda's gameplay trailer
14. WipEout looks great for its PS4 debut
Dec. 4, 2016
1. Why The Last Of Us doesn't need a sequel (and why we'll play it anyway)
2. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is set after Uncharted 4, will be longer than Left Behind
3. PlayStation Experience 2016 live report
Dec. 3, 2016
1. Ellie is the lead character in The Last of Us Part 2
2. Death Stranding will use Guerrilla Games' Horizon: Zero Dawn engine
3. Surprise! Grasshopper's F2P action game Let it Die is out today on PS4
4. Dishonored 2 and the infuriating pursuit of perfection
5. Yakuza's PS4 remake is coming to the west
6. Jelly Deals roundup: Win a free copy of Watch Dogs 2, Skyrim: Special Edition, Doom, and more
7. Resident Evil 7's Beginning Hour demo has just been updated
8. Ni No Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom shown off in new footage
9. Housemarque and Eugene Jarvis reveal Nex Machina
10. Here's your first look at the Crash Bandicoot remaster
11. The Last of Us: Part 2 announced, Ellie and Joel to return
12. NieR: Automata now has a western release date
13. A fresh look at Ex-Team Ico developer's fantasy adventure Vane
14. Lara Croft Go leaked for PlayStation 4, Vita
15. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy stars Chloe
16. Knack 2 announced
17. There's a new WipEout game
18. Destiny: The Dawning event returns Sparrow Racing and Icebreaker
19. Marvel vs. Capcom 4 reportedly due out 2017
20. Hitman Roulette generates a random, probably very difficult Hitman mission
21. Watch: Seven game worlds Health and Safety wants a quick word about
22. Injustice: Gods Among Us is finally playable on Xbox One
23. Marvel at the first footage of Full Throttle Remastered
Dec. 2, 2016
1. PaRappa the Rapper spotted on Korean ratings board
2. Here's what Zelda Amiibo do in Breath of the Wild
3. Watch: Ian introduces Johnny to Cannon Fodder in Late to the Party
4. ?180 for a 1TB PS4, Uncharted 4, Last of Us and DriveClub
5. Mass Effect Andromeda developers reassure fans after trailer sparks animation concerns
6. DoomRL roguelike attracts eye of Zenimax, may be shut down
7. The Walking Dead: Season 3 will launch with two episodes on the same day
8. Now it's backwards compatible, here are Oblivion's best moments
9. Free Overcooked Festive Seasoning DLC packs flamethrower
10. Watch: 36 minutes of Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 open world gameplay
11. Warframe gets huge new PC update The War Within
12. Watch nine minutes of Prey gameplay
13. That Dragon, Cancer dev delivers heartfelt acceptance speech at The Game Awards
14. Death Stranding's second trailer is even stranger than its first
15. Fresh Zelda: Breath of the Wild footage introduces a new area, offers glimpse at Zelda
16. Bulletstorm remaster adds playable Duke Nukem
17. See Shovel Knight's Specter of Torment DLC in action
18. Five minutes of Mass Effect Andromeda gameplay reveals krogan, turian squadmates
19. Telltale's Marvel game is Guardians of the Galaxy
20. Danganronpa 1 and 2 are coming to PS4 next year
Dec. 1, 2016
1. Hearthstone bug is manifesting way too many duplicate cards
2. Watch nine minutes of The Signal From T?lva gameplay
3. The Game Awards 2016 live report
4. The Walking Dead's third season will let you import saves
5. Arkane looking into Dishonored 2 PC performance complaints
6. Star Wars Battlefront is getting Rogue One DLC ahead of film's launch
7. There's a new Titanfall game coming to South Korea
8. Final Fantasy 15 worldwide launch makes it series' fastest-selling game
9. Watch: We made a hoorntooth pie from Final Fantasy 15
10. GOG Winter Sale begins, Neverwinter Nights free for 48 hours
11. Worms WMD free update adds series' first aquatic vehicle
12. Warhammer Vermintide getting Karak Azgaraz DLC and biggest patch yet
13. Nintendo has just snuck out one of the best 2D Mario games in years
14. The man who dared call educational Minecraft a "gimmick"
15. Steam Winter Sale start date confirmed
16. Pokémon Go's Nearby feature live now in the UK