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March 2017 Archive

March 31, 2017
1. Destiny Necrochasm in Year 3 - How to unlock The Crux of Darkness, get Essence of the Oversoul by farming Wizards, Thrall and Knights
2. Peripherals maker Mad Catz files for bankruptcy
3. Total War: Warhammer 2 announced
4. Total War: Warhammer 2 - Creative Assembly answers the big questions
5. For Honor now gives players more Steel
6. Ken Levine's next game will be "more challenging" than BioShock
7. Thimbleweed Park review
8. Watch Thursday's EGX Rezzed developer sessions here
9. Brenda Romero to receive BAFTA Special Award
March 30, 2017
1. Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy premieres next month
2. Double Fine published puzzle game GNOG gets a release date
3. Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey departs Facebook
4. The Jackbox Party Pack 3 is slated for Switch in April
5. The joy of Rime and the petrification of indie gaming
6. Outcast remake reveals first gameplay trailer
7. Destiny 2 teaser shows the Tower going up in flames
8. WipEout Omega Collection speeds onto PS4 in June
9. Dean Hall reveals his new game Stationeers at EGX Rezzed
10. The Derby dev reverse-engineering CoD 2 to make the definitive WW2 shooter
11. You can play Gwent: The Witcher Card Game on PS4 this weekend
12. BioWare issues statement on Mass Effect Andromeda future
March 29, 2017
1. Persona 5 review
2. April PlayStation Plus games detailed
3. Snake Pass on Switch holds up nicely against PS4
4. Heroes of the Storm's 2.0 update adds loot boxes and a familiar face from Diablo 2
5. Battlefield 1 Premium Friends lets you share access to paid-for DLC maps
6. Watch: Johnny makes the Sandvich from Team Fortress 2
7. GAME profits fall after disappointing Christmas sales
8. Super Bomberman R review
9. Jelly Deals: Digital PC games discounted all over the place today
10. The Secret World relaunching as a free-to-play "shared-world RPG"
11. Blizzard explains surprise enemy gear-scaling in World of Warcraft as community fumes
12. Eurogamer Assetto Corsa Championship: Tonight we race in Canada!
13. Destiny's final update revives Peter Dinklage's Ghost and his most infamous line
14. Rain World review
15. Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition announced for iOS, Android, PC and Mac
16. Fans have noticed something odd about Lego City Undercover on Switch
17. Mass Effect Andromeda and the quest for great facial animation
18. You can buy a Method Man voice pack for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
19. Ubisoft tweaks Watch Dogs 2 DLC plan to make multiplayer add-on free
March 28, 2017
1. Watch Link glide over Hyrule, for 22 minutes, without touching the ground
2. Summoning and Polymorph are now in Divinity: Original Sin 2 Early Access
3. For Honor tournament organisers ban the game's most overpowered hero
4. Outlast 2 won't be banned in Australia after all
5. Prey and Mafia 3 join Total War and more at this week's Rezzed developer sessions
6. Jumanji sequel features a magical video game, not a board game
7. Eurogamer readership survey 2017
8. Civilization 6 gets long-awaited warmonger penalty tweak
9. Mass Effect Andromeda is another failure for trans representation
10. Paprium is a new Mega Drive game four years in the making
11. Introducing the Eurogamer Discord server
12. Final Fantasy 14 free trial ditches 14-day time restriction
13. Just Cause dev's theHunter coming to consoles this year
14. Nintendo Switch unlocks a hidden menu screen when you own lots of games
15. All Walls Must Fall is an isometric tech-noir tactics game set in Berlin 2089
16. Sources: This year's COD is called Call of Duty: WW2
17. Zelda directors reveal their favourite foods, locations and characters
18. Steam hit Punch Club launches on consoles this Friday
19. Valkyria Revolution is coming out in June
20. Here's what Lara Croft looks like in the new Tomb Raider movie
21. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is free right now on Steam
March 27, 2017
1. Leaked Destiny 2 poster reveals September release date
2. Mass Effect Andromeda players want a mute button for its chatty AI
3. Fake news! Did Final Fantasy 15's reworked Chapter 13 just get political?
4. Mass Effect 2 and the importance of character
5. Minecraft console editions get free Pilotwings-style mini-game
6. Images of Junction Point's cancelled Half-Life 2 episode reveal a snowy Ravenholm
7. Six talking points from the Splatoon 2 Global Testfire
8. Mass Effect Andromeda physical launch sales down on ME3
9. You can now visit Trappist-1 in Elite Dangerous
10. Final Fantasy 15 update that changes Chapter 13 out now
11. StarCraft Remastered out this summer
March 26, 2017
1. Watch: Thimbleweed Park and the best games for Twin Peaks fans
March 25, 2017
1. Dark Souls 3 gets a very basic PS4 Pro upgrade
2. Nioh now lets you pause the game
3. Jelly Deals roundup: Bloodborne, Pro Evo 2017, Hitman, For Honor and more
4. Watch: Why I love Overwatch's new hero
5. Meeting Andrzej Sapkowski, the writer who created The Witcher
6. My word game rage shame
March 24, 2017
1. Absolver 15-minute dev walkthrough looks like For Honor meets God Hand
2. Level-5-inspired action-RPG Shiness sets release date
3. Salt and Sanctuary arrives on Vita next week
4. Nintendo: Super Mario Run sales "did not meet our expectations"
5. Watch: PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is Steam's next big hit
6. What Remains of Edith Finch merges whimsy and woe
7. Blizzard says cheerio to Battle.net branding
8. World of Warcraft Patch 7.2 hits next week, takes us back to the Broken Shore
9. Playtonic to ditch JonTron from Yooka-Laylee following anti-immigrant comments
10. Nier: Automata receives unofficial PC patch
11. A Switch is for life, not just for Zelda
12. Football Manager 2017 free to play this weekend on Steam
13. How to actually enjoy Mass Effect: Andromeda
March 23, 2017
1. inXile boss Brian Fargo plans to retire after Wasteland 3 ships
2. The Walking Dead's next episode is due on Tuesday
3. April Xbox Games With Gold includes Ryse, Assassin's Creed Revelations
4. What's up with Nier: Automata on PC?
5. Capcom outlines plan to make Street Fighter 5 online play much better
6. Titanfall 2's next free DLC detailed
7. Ubisoft defends For Honor's controversial progression system
8. We used to catch Pokémon wrong
9. Frontier to sell Elite Dangerous spaceship nameplates
10. Jelly Deals: For Honor is down to ?29.85 in SimplyGames' Spring Clean sale
11. BioWare mulls Mass Effect Andromeda animation, character creator improvements
12. Watch: Johnny cooks the mega beef bowl from Persona 4
13. Resident Evil 7's strangest scrapped feature
14. Left Joy-Con issues resolved for future units, Nintendo claims
15. Wonder Boy 3 remake introduces new playable lead: Wonder Girl
March 22, 2017
1. Watch: Ghostbusters VR Now Hiring ruined my childhood
2. Jelly Deals: Final Fantasy 15 on PS4 down to ?9.99 for PS Plus members
3. Battalion 1944 is coming to EGX Rezzed
4. Fan project to get Zelda: Breath of the Wild running on PC shows remarkable progress
5. Microsoft reveals fancy new Xbox One controller
6. Boo! Ghostbusters game suddenly releases for PlayStation VR
7. First screenshots of Warhammer Quest 2
8. How Zelda and Horizon fix open worlds in very different ways
March 21, 2017
1. Mana series slated for Switch in Japan
2. Bloodstained announced for Switch, cancelled for Wii U
3. Daytona USA is coming to Xbox One today
4. Dark Souls 3 patch to improve framerate on PS4 Pro
5. There's an all-star NCsoft MOBA and it's got Statesman from City of Heroes
6. Halo Wars 2 gets its first new leader, new campaign missions coming
7. Civilization 6's next civ is Persia
8. Everything is the most ambitious catalogue of things ever committed to a video game
9. Watch: Ian shows Johnny around Sniper Elite 4's new story DLC, Johnny tries not to murder Ian
10. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night turns 20 today
11. Watch: We play around with a very expensive Mass Effect toy
12. Fans are modding Red Dead Redemption into GTA5
13. No Man's Sky patch 1.23 resolves PS4 Pro 4K frame-rate issues
14. Jelly Deals: Halo Wars 2 down to ?24.99 with 3 months Xbox Live Gold free
15. 26 years later, Street Fighter 2 expert reveals never-before-seen combos
16. Xbox One's next update adds tournament feature, custom gamer pics
17. New Overwatch tank hero Orisa goes live today
18. AMD Ryzen 7 1800X review: what's the real story with gaming?
March 20, 2017
1. Watch: Five 'I think you'll find' moments from Shadow of War
2. Frank West is a zombie in Dead Rising 4 story DLC
3. Goat Simulator's DLC parodying Mass Effect, Star Wars launches on PS4 next week
4. Lamenting the loss of Dawn of War's cool kill animations
5. Internet discovers high school student who achieved dream of working for Nintendo
6. Standard Tegra X1 'confirmed' as Switch's processor
March 19, 2017
1. Beyond the pitch: How FIFA is influencing youngsters away from the TV
2. 20 years on, Bushido Blade remains a fighting game masterpiece
3. Blaster Master Zero: Switch vs... NES?
March 18, 2017
1. Jelly Deals roundup: Call of Duty, Nintendo Switch cases, cheap Xbox Ones, and more
2. Performance Analysis: Mass Effect Andromeda
3. The art and joy of video game photography
4. Super Mario Run leaps onto Android next week
March 17, 2017
1. Wii emulator so accurate you can buy games from the Wii Shop Channel
2. Flatout 4: Total Insanity is a welcome return to form for the series, but stalls on innovation
3. EGX Rezzed 2017: Switch indies, Dawn of War 3 and more playable
4. Monopoly ditches classic characters for T-Rex, penguin, rubber duck
5. Sniper Elite 4 gets a new mini-campaign next week
6. Sonic Mania release slips to summer
7. New For Honor emotes spark fresh debate about the cost of Steel
8. Mass Effect's best mission
9. Zero Suit Samus is a great fit for Street Fighter 5
10. The Surge comes out in May
11. PlayStation 3 production ends soon in Japan
12. Leeds Orchestra to perform music from Everybody's Gone To The Rapture, The Elder Scrolls, Fallout and more
13. Comic Relief's doing a 12-hour gaming marathon
14. Get Even is like a playable episode of Black Mirror
March 16, 2017
1. Outlast 2 banned in Australia due to “implied sexual violence”
2. Turok 2 remaster now available on PC
3. Horizon: Zero Dawn sells 2.6m copies in two weeks
4. Street Fighter IV gets Xbox One backwards compatibility
5. Mass Effect Andromeda's early access trial is getting a mixed response
6. Splatoon 2 Testfire beta now available to download on UK Nintendo Switch eShop
7. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater documentary in crowdfunding
8. Microsoft testing PC, Xbox One Game Chat Transcription feature in Halo Wars 2 right now
9. Mass Effect Andromeda has a mobile companion app
10. The making of Torment: Tides of Numenera
11. This looks about as close as we'll get to Tekken X Street Fighter for a while
12. Capcom appears to have deflated a popular Resident Evil 7 fan theory
13. Breath of the Wild shows Nintendo is learning from PC games
14. Dark Souls 3 adding option to stay on team with friends in PvP
15. Asymmetrical roguelike Crawl comes out of Early Access next month
March 15, 2017
1. Capcom remasters six classic Disney titles for PS4, Xbox One and PC
2. Drawn to Death will be a free PS Plus title at launch
3. Watch: Johnny bakes lava cookies from Pokémon
4. Rock Band 4 adds Sterling Archer and Mass Effect content
5. Gambling Commission warns parents about gambling websites
6. Tonight's Eurogamer Assetto Corsa Championship race is Mexico City
7. Mass Effect: the story so far
8. Tokyo 42 and the unkillable charm of isometric gaming
9. The reward for collecting all 900 Zelda: Breath of the Wild Korok seeds is a bit poo
10. Space Hulk: Deathwing just got a big new update
11. Dead End Job looks like a 2D Luigi's Mansion
12. Unreleased Dreamcast racer found on devkit, now playable
13. Discovering a new magical moment in VR
14. Quantum Redshift: the forgotten Xbox exclusive Microsoft paid $1m for to take on WipEout
15. Cancelled Primal Rage 2 finally playable
16. Your generosity helps War Child Armistice raise over ?100,000
17. How Dishonored 2 hides its best details in the periphery
18. Machinists carve Triforce into a Switch, sell it for nearly double the price
19. System Shock 3 is coming to consoles via new publisher Starbreeze
March 14, 2017
1. Nintendo releases Zelda: Breath of the Wild documentary video
2. Universe simulator Everything's trailer is an astounding short film in its own right
3. PaRappa the Rapper Remastered release date set
4. Full Throttle Remastered release date set for April
5. Rain World to drop this month on PS4 and PC
6. Nex Machina is coming to Steam
7. Jelly Deals: There are lots of PC download discounts this week
8. Our first proper look at Mass Effect Andromeda multiplayer
9. New Reservoir Dogs game doesn't have much in common with Reservoir Dogs
10. Mass Effect Andromeda: the first five hours
11. Watch: Ian plays 90 minutes of new Battlefield 1 DLC, They Shall Not Pass
12. I am Setsuna on Switch is a visual match for PS4
13. Ubisoft just banned thousands of For Honor AFK farmers
14. Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan traces line from Project Titan to Overwatch
15. Two years later, Destiny player glitches all the way into Atheon's throne room in the Vault of Glass
16. Pathologic teaser demo released for free
17. Zelda: Breath of the Wild uses dynamic resolution scaling
18. The original Xbox turns 15 in Europe
19. Why you should play Nier: Automata after the first playthrough
20. Metroidvania Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is getting a PS4 and Xbox One release
March 13, 2017
1. SpellTower dev Zach Gage is releasing a new word game this weekend
2. Teslagrad's top-down sequel World to the West gets a release date
3. Strafe release date delayed until May
4. PlayStation Now to stream PS4 games later this year
5. Has Nintendo Switch already been hacked?
6. Nintendo Switch lets you see your playtime - after 10 days
7. Rocket League players have to break through the floor in Dropshot mode
8. Resident Evil Revelations comes out on PS4 and Xbox One this autumn
9. Jelly Deals: Torment Tides of Numenera is down to ?24.95 today only
10. Why Nintendo Switch games are ending up more expensive
11. Watch: They Shall Not Pass brings much more than just the French Army to Battlefield 1
12. No Man's Sky on PS4 Pro delivers the 1080p60 dream
13. The Persistence looks like Dead Space in VR
14. Ghost Recon: Wildlands biggest launch of the year so far
15. Nintendo investigating Switch Joy-Con issues
16. John Wick, Gateway, and my love for a good video game hub
March 12, 2017
1. The story of Crash magazine
March 11, 2017
1. Jelly Deals roundup: The Witcher 3, discounted DualShock 4s, The Witness, and more
2. Fast RMX showcases Switch's technological leap over Wii U
3. I hate freedom
March 10, 2017
1. Embattled Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega Plus delayed again
2. Inside the cruellest RollerCoaster Tycoon park ever created
3. Hearthstone fans aren't happy with UK price rises
4. Harmonix's next game is DropMix
5. People are doing impressive things in Nier: Automata
6. I played five indie games on Switch and they were all good
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has a new unlockable character for beating its hardest difficulty
8. Jelly Deals roundup: Xbox One discounts, cheap PS4s, Dishonored 2, and more
9. Zelda: Breath of the Wild players have worked out how to beat enemies with a chicken
10. Nolan North is Rocket in Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy game
11. Breath of the Wild is a Zelda game for the Minecraft generation
March 9, 2017
1. The Elder Scrolls: Legends comes out today on PC
2. Mass Effect Andromeda has a trophy/achievement for romancing three people
3. 3DS curio Bye-bye Boxboy! has a UK release date
4. Zelda: Breath of the Wild speedrunner finds surprising new way to travel
5. Jelly Deals: GOG.com's Spring Sale is now on and it's pretty fantastic
6. Destiny's final event sees Vault of Glass return
7. There's good news and bad news on The Division year two
8. Watch: Johnny cooks meat and mushroom skewers from Breath of the Wild
9. Big No Man's Sky update out this week
10. This is the new PS VR Aim controller, out in May
11. Snipperclips review
March 8, 2017
1. Rime comes out in May, costs ?10 more on Nintendo Switch.
2. Gears of War 4's developers have worked out why the Gnasher sometimes misses point blank
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered is getting premium DLC
4. The first race of the Eurogamer Assetto Corsa Championship kicks off tonight
5. Middle-Earth: Shadow of War goes wild with the brilliant Nemesis system
6. Dragon Quest Heroes 2: Switch vs PlayStation 4
7. Nintendo toyed with Zelda: Breath of the Wild items, specific dungeon order
8. Mass Effect Andromeda includes Easter egg from very familiar character
9. PlayStation 4 update that adds Pro boost mode out tomorrow
10. Late Shift continues the FMV revival
11. Elite Dangerous player uses Commander Creator and VR to stand next to his deceased brother once again
12. What if Conan Exiles came from a place of cynicism rather than passion?
13. EGX tickets go on sale
14. Valve sticking with software as it works with more VR headset makers
15. Is Zelda on Switch worth the upgrade from Wii U?
16. Take on Mars review
17. Aquaman Jason Momoa set to star in Just Cause movie
18. Switch has redesigned portable gaming forever
March 7, 2017
1. DF Retro Hardware: Analogue Nt Mini review
2. Introducing the Eurogamer Assetto Corsa Championship
3. Zelda: Breath of the Wild already up and running on PC
4. Switch is Nintendo's fastest-selling console ever in Europe
5. Nintendo says Switch dead pixels "normal", not a defect
6. The Eurogamer Assetto Corsa Championship explained
7. Voodoo Vince: Remastered out in April
8. Elite Dangerous pen-and-paper RPG returns to Kickstarter
9. Stories Untold review
10. Reviving Ocarina of Time's long-lost Ura expansion
11. Ion, the space survival game by Dean Hall and Improbable, is dead
12. Why a tiny reference to an alien race has Mass Effect Andromeda fans so excited
13. Crytek Black Sea now a part of Total War developer Creative Assembly
14. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3 out in April
15. Developer hits back at claims his Steam game rips off Banjo-Kazooie and Yooka-Laylee
16. Outlast 2 comes out in April
17. Nier: Automata review
18. Ghost Recon Wildlands feels remarkably tame
March 6, 2017
1. InXile aware of Torment: Tides of Numenera issues, working on updates
2. Nintendo hid secret message for Switch fans in Pro Controller
3. Finding the voice of The Witcher's Geralt in Horizon: Zero Dawn
4. How Dawn of War 3 uses MOBAs to modernise multiplayer RTS
5. How Housemarque engineered Resogun for 4K
6. Horizon: Zero Dawn is Sony's biggest PS4 franchise debut
7. Mass Effect Andromeda's EA Access trial gives gated access to campaign
8. Watch: The Shadow of Mordor you never knew existed
9. Nintendo Switch off to solid sales start in UK
10. Watch: Red Dead Redemption 2 multiplayer needs heists, stability, hats
11. Déjà vu, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 delayed again
March 5, 2017
1. In praise of the Wii U, my son's first console
March 4, 2017
1. Nintendo gives Switch Joy-Con wireless connectivity advice, warns of nearby fish tanks
2. Alert: Do not apply a vinyl skin or wrap to your Nintendo Switch
3. Nintendo Switch review
4. Watch: Nine new things in Middle-earth: Shadow of War
5. How things end
March 3, 2017
1. Zelda on Switch runs more smoothly in portable mode
2. Destiny character progress will not carry over to Destiny 2
3. GAME is having trouble with launch day Nintendo Switch deliveries
4. Nier: Automata was almost a Farmville-style mobile game
5. Bastion is "too powerful right now", says Overwatch director
6. Yes, Overwatch has a story. Here's everything you need to know
7. Watch: Ian plays the first five hours of Breath of the Wild on the Wii U
8. For Honor: Ubisoft answers the big questions
9. Here we go: Numbani map trashed and Doomfist gauntlet stolen on Overwatch PTR
10. Here's how Link looks in his Zelda expansion pass-exclusive Nintendo Switch T-shirt
11. Finally, we have answers to Nintendo Switch's digital game sharing questions
12. Nintendo Switch eShop games and prices revealed
March 2, 2017
1. Watch: We test out new Overwatch hero Orisa
2. Watch: Epona's in Breath of the Wild, but as an amiibo unlock
3. Yes, Nintendo Switch games really do taste bad on purpose
4. How the GTA Hot Coffee scandal changed age ratings forever
5. Zelda: Breath of the Wild's first prototype looked like a NES game
6. Switch Joy-Cons tested: are there really de-sync issues?
7. Yes, Nintendo Switch lets you browse other regions' eShops
8. Night in the Woods review
9. 1-2-Switch review
10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild review
11. Friend codes return for Nintendo Switch
12. Ubisoft responds to shadow of doubt hanging over The Division's future
13. Oculus Rift price cut
14. BioWare apologises for Mass Effect Andromeda multiplayer beta cancellation
15. Data-miners dig deep into Zelda: Breath of the Wild, create massive world map
16. Watch: Johnny cooks spicy simmered fruit from Breath of the Wild
17. Yandere Simulator picks up publisher, developer guarantees completion
18. Here's an early look at the System Shock reboot
19. Super Bomberman R shows a side of the Switch that's a little unloved at launch
20. Paradox teams up with Eugen for ultra hardcore WW2 RTS Steel Division
March 1, 2017
1. PlayStation Plus March games announced
2. Here's our first look at Nintendo Switch eShop
3. A King's Tale: Final Fantasy 15 out today on PS4 and Xbox One
4. EA details Battlefield 1's next big expansions
5. Two days before release, Nintendo Switch just got another launch game
6. The Nintendo 64 turns 20 in Europe
7. Nintendo Switch Pro Controller shown working on PC
8. Beneath the wild Overwatch Custom Games are some real gems
9. Gears of War creator Epic Games announces a new game
10. Nvidia unveils GTX 1080 Ti: 'faster than Titan X Pascal'
11. Ubisoft and The Division dev announce new Avatar video game
12. Jelly Deals: A PS4 Slim with Nioh or Horizon: Zero Dawn and an extra controller costs you ?230 today
13. 80 Days developer Inkle's console debut is a beautiful and very different adventure game
14. Wonder Boy 3 remake lets you use your original Master System saves on Xbox One, PS4 and Switch