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April 2017 Archive

April 30, 2017
1. Prey's first hour tested on PS4 and Xbox One
2. Watch: 6 ways Star Wars Battlefront 2 fixes Battlefront
3. On NASA, the video game developer
April 29, 2017
1. Digital Foundry: Let's play PC games at 8K resolution
2. Watch: 7 games to play now Dark Souls is done (for now)
3. What Remains of Edith Finch is great on PC, needs work on PS4
April 28, 2017
1. Watch: Ian makes Johnny play that famous Silent Hills demo
2. Anita Sarkeesian brings Tropes vs. Women in Video Games to a close
3. Dawn of War 3 review
4. Nex Machina's high-tech twin-stick magic tested on PC
5. Surprise! Nintendo announces New 2DS XL handheld
6. Scanner Sombre review
7. Here's some crazy new game prototypes Double Fine has cooked up
8. A closer look at Abandon Ship
9. de Blob arrives on PC, nine years after its original release
10. Gundam Versus will finally bring the Japanese fighting series to western consoles
April 27, 2017
1. For Honor introduces two new Heroes with Season 2 next month
2. Dead Space 2 and 3 now backwards compatible on Xbox One
3. The original X-COM was cancelled, but development continued in secret
4. Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite makes big changes in the name of accessibility
5. Resident Evil 7 sales top 3.5m worldwide
6. Capcom tweaks Street Fighter 5 Thailand stage due to "unintentional religious references"
7. Nintendo Switch shifted 2.74m units in its first month
8. Nintendo's inventor of the N64 analogue stick is retiring
9. Gravity Rush 2 is getting free Nier: Automata costume DLC
10. Atlus eases up on Persona 5 streaming
11. Does Heroes of the Storm need saving?
April 26, 2017
1. PlayStation Plus free games for May detailed
2. The creators of Burnout are making a Crash Mode spiritual successor called Danger Zone
3. Halo 5's lack of Master Chief was a "huge disappointment", 343 admits
4. Watch: Johnny cooks Estus Soup from Dark Souls 3
5. Puyo Puyo Tetris review
6. We punch stuff with a real life Dawn of War 3 Power Fist
7. Mass Effect Andromeda ending analysis
8. Crackdown 3 delayed until 2017
9. Alien: Isolation 2 rumour isn't true
10. Mass Effect Andromeda concept art shows early gameplay ideas
11. Jelly Deals: Up to 90% off classic PC horror games from GOG
12. Tonight's Eurogamer Assetto Corsa Championship race is in Germany
13. Someone opened Zelda: Breath of the Wild's glitchy, "impossible" to open chest
14. Teenager behind Microsoft and Sony hacks jailed for two years
15. Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 review
April 25, 2017
1. See Sonic Forces' side-scrolling sections in action
2. Night Trap is getting a 25th anniversary re-release for PS4 and Xbox One
3. Nier: Automata DLC adds Square Enix and Platinum Games presidents as bosses
4. Eight new characters confirmed for Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite
5. Watch: Ian plays 90 minutes of Sniper Ghost Warrior 3, not including load times
6. Swery's new game will be "perverted, violent and crazy"
7. Super Bomberman R's 60fps patch comes at a cost
8. Sniper Elite 4 announces next DLC on Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 release date
9. Sniper Ghost Warrior 3's multiplayer mode isn't in the game at launch
10. Jelly Deals: Win a copy of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
11. What Remains of Edith Finch review
12. Late Shift review
13. Surprise! Prison Architect dev's unsettling new game Scanner Sombre out in two days
14. Looks like Double Fine's Broken Age will finally launch for Xbox One
15. Friday the 13th: The Game gets a May release date
16. Zelda fan is making Breath of the Wild-inspired 2D game
17. A three-year-old Elite Dangerous mystery is finally unravelling
18. Resident Evil 7's free DLC delayed
April 24, 2017
1. Why are games so fascinated with cannibalism?
2. Watch: Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 takes 5 minutes to load. Here's what you can do in that time.
3. What do you actually do in Patrice Desilets' ape evolution survival game Ancestors?
4. Destiny Weekly Featured Raids playlist and when each remastered 390 Raid will feature
5. There's another ZX Spectrum crowdfunder - but this one looks promising
6. Destiny Age of Triumph event - Quests, Record Book, Treasure of Ages and everything else we know
7. Red Dead Redemption GTA5 mod shut down after three-year development
8. Snake Pass review
April 23, 2017
1. The stray dogs of The Silver Case
2. Metal Gear Solid 2 was the game that changed everything for PS2
3. Little Nightmares review
4. Watch: 7 times movie games couldn't use the star's likeness
5. What a real-life football commentator learned when he commentated a FIFA tournament
April 22, 2017
1. Jelly Deals roundup: Little Nightmares, Overcooked, Saints Row 4 and more
2. Is Persona 5 on PS4 actually a 1080p remaster?
April 21, 2017
1. Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Fire Keese has an interesting reaction to rain
2. N++ doubles its size on Steam in free Ultimate Edition update
3. The Sexy Brutale's first retail run has an amusing misstep in its manual
4. Watch: Johnny plays Invisible, Inc. for the first time, ambushes many.
5. The YouTuber who mastered the creative kill
6. May's Xbox Live Games with Gold detailed
7. FIFA 17 is coming to EA and Origin Access this month
8. The big Star Wars Battlefront 2 interview
9. Dark Souls the Board Game is smarter than it is hard
10. Two Worlds 2 expansion out in May
11. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe review
12. Snooker star says he's a recovering video game addict
13. Dota 2 players must now register a phone number to play ranked matches
14. Frontier promises to fix Elite Dangerous' bug-ridden update with early May patch
15. Super Bomberman R Nintendo Switch update adds free levels
16. Ghost Recon: Wildlands bests Zelda in US sales for March
17. The Walking Dead Season 3: Episode 4 is due next week
18. A call to arms for the UK fighting game community
April 20, 2017
1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: a great console title is a handheld revelation
2. Dawn of War 3 is brutal, beautiful, and inconsistently brilliant
3. Jonathan Blow teases prototype of his next game
4. G2A rep roasted by developers during live Q&A
5. Grand Theft Auto 5 gets top-down stunt racing mode
6. Nintendo's official Zelda site states Ganondorf surname
7. Everybody's Golf lands PS4 release date
8. Jelly Deals: Get Saints Row 2 on PC for free at GOG.com for the next two days
9. Our first look at Patrice Desilets' Ancestors
10. Watch someone defeat Dark Souls 3's Ringed City big boss on NG+7 with a broken sword
11. Why the pros think Black Ops 2 is still the best Call of Duty
April 19, 2017
1. Twitch announces premium subscription models
2. Ultra Street Fighter 2 on Nintendo Switch costs ?35
3. 40-minute, 3v3 Dawn of War 3 gameplay video is your best look at the game yet
4. Here's your first proper look at the new Micro Machines game
5. Watch: Johnny makes Cook Cook's Fiend Stew from Fallout New Vegas
6. Jelly Deals: Win one of 5 keys for Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series
7. Sources: Nintendo to launch SNES mini this year
8. The untapped role-playing potential of Ghost Recon: Wildlands
9. When the developers of Dwarf Fortress die, a museum inherits the game
10. StarCraft's first patch in over eight years fixed 80s Kerrigan face
11. Looks like Mario Kart 8's controversial fire hopping has been nerfed on Switch
12. Watch: Here's everything we know about Star Wars Battlefront 2
13. Titanfall 2's A Glitch in the Frontier DLC is due next week
14. Zelda: Breath of the Wild's first 100 per cent speedrun still takes 49 hours
15. Street Fighter 5 gets iconic Thailand stage as DLC
16. Let's talk about Persona 5's menus
April 18, 2017
1. StarCraft and its Brood War expansion are now officially free
2. Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days release date revealed
3. Nintendo's not making Hey! Pikmin
4. Torment: Tides of Numenera gets first significant performance patch
5. Nintendo discontinues NES Mini in Europe, too
6. Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap review
7. Destiny Vosik Challenge, Aksis Challenge strategies in Wrath of the Machine
8. Destiny: Wrath of the Machine guide and walkthrough
9. Destiny: Crota's End guide and walkthrough
10. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition comes out on Steam this week
11. Nintendo Switch to host an arcade full of Namco classics
12. Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy gets off to a great start
13. Android owners catch a break in this amazing Humble Bundle
14. You can spend ?8 on a hat in Pokémon Go
15. Famous red Gyarados among the first Shinies added to Pokémon Go in latest update
16. LG OLED B6 4K TV review
17. Grand Theft Auto 5 is being used to teach driverless cars
18. Nex Machina's leaderboards will include video replays
April 17, 2017
1. Here's one way to cheat Breath of the Wild's shield-surfing challenge
2. Inside the Scorpio Engine: the processor architecture deep dive
3. We watched a Scorpio console get put together
4. Football Manager is the best eSport you've never heard of
5. Watch: 90 minutes of Bank Holiday nostalgia with The Disney Afternoon Collection
6. Genji arrives in Heroes of the Storm alongside the MOBA's first Overwatch-themed map, Hanamura
7. The Sexy Brutale review
8. The case for a video game musical
April 16, 2017
1. Pokémon Go Easter egg event announced
2. Learning to love Dwarf Fortress, gaming's deepest simulation
April 15, 2017
1. Star Wars Battlefront 2's campaign will take players to the dark side
2. Jelly Deals roundup: Bayonetta, Ultra Street Fighter 2, Yakuza Kiwami and more
3. Project Scorpio supports FreeSync and next-gen HDMI
4. Forza Motorsport on Scorpio: the full story
5. Why Bayonetta is still the brawler to beat
6. EA hasn't given up on Titanfall 2 yet. Here's what's still coming
April 14, 2017
1. Peter Moore bids farewell on his last day in the video game industry
2. Roguelike TumbleSeed is rolling onto Switch, PS4 and Steam in May
3. Fez is coming to iOS this year
4. Lego City Undercover on Switch holds up well against PS4
5. Here's how to make a working go-kart in Zelda: Breath of the Wild
6. Switch is Nintendo's fastest-selling console ever in the US
April 13, 2017
1. Next mainline Professor Layton game due in July on iOS and Android
2. Modder adds Rick and Morty's Rick to GTA5
3. Nintendo Classic Mini NES is being discontinued
4. Watch Dogs 2's new paintball rifle is just the kind of non-lethal weapon the game needs
5. There was a weird thing in last night's Japanese Nintendo Direct
6. Jelly Deals: New amiibo pre-orders are live
7. Nintendo finally unveils the last Smash Bros. amiibo
8. Black Ops 2 on Xbox One back-compat: has the wait been worth it?
9. Why Dwarf Fortress started killing cats
10. Jelly Deals: Yakuza Kiwami gets a release date and steelbook launch edition
11. Mr. Shifty review
12. FIFA 17 played on three monitors is a beautiful game
13. Elite Dangerous' latest update gets off to a rocky start
14. Good news, 3DS fans: Nintendo is finally releasing its Japan-only game backlog
15. Payday 2 announced for Nintendo Switch
16. 3DS sidescroller Hey! Pikmin release date revealed
17. Splatoon 2 release date slated for July
18. Arms release date confirmed for June
19. Nioh's first paid DLC dated and detailed
20. Zelda: Breath of the Wild's new patch removes infinite arrow exploit
21. Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-Ality is coming to this universe next week
April 12, 2017
1. Sine Mora EX slated for Switch via Brazilian ratings board
2. Microsoft is adding self-service refunds for digital Xbox/Win10 games
3. Microsoft scrapped plans to launch beefier Xbox console last year
4. Ready at Dawn's quirky arena brawler Deformers is out next week
5. Leaked Star Wars Battlefront 2 trailer reveals prequel and sequel trilogy characters
6. Watch: Johnny cooks monster lasagna from Don't Starve
7. Speedrunners discover way to skip over half of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
8. Nintendo posts $20k bounty for info on Switch security vulnerabilities
9. Prey demo lets you play the first hour of the game
10. Here's a first look at Xbox One Scorpio's superpowered dev kit
11. Introducing the Eurogamer Summer Internship
12. Inside the next Xbox: Project Scorpio tech revealed
13. The Eurogamer Assetto Corsa Championship comes to Silverstone
14. Surreal sandboxy first-person puzzler Bokida sets May release date
15. Microsoft reveals Minecraft Store with virtual currency
16. Elite Dangerous patch notes accidentally references horrific United Airlines incident
17. Bayonetta now available on Steam
18. Bayonetta PC runs beautifully - even on old hardware
19. This Dark Souls 3 video is bananas, literally
20. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy release date unearthed
April 11, 2017
1. Nex Machina is getting a closed PC beta this month
2. Overwatch Insurrection trailer leaks, shows today's new PvE mode
3. Remedy's next game will be on PS4 too
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 now has Xbox backwards compatibility
5. Watch: Johnny and Ian try to cooperate in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
6. British terror hoaxer charged after US gamer shot by cops
7. Elite Dangerous gets long-awaited Multi-Crew feature today
8. Watch: Ian's Star Wars Battlefront 2 wishlist
9. Jelly Deals: Easter sales on PC and PS4 games now on
10. Mass Effect Andromeda concept art shows early, abandoned alien designs
11. Older iPhone, iPad games now warn they'll soon become obsolete
12. This War of Mine dev's Frostpunk is a city-builder that will "tear your heart apart"
13. Huge Xbox spring sale now live
14. The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ Switch retail release confirmed for Europe
15. How DICE's Star Wars Battlefront struck back
16. Five ways your Xbox One and 360 games will be better on Scorpio
17. Scorpio is console hardware pushed to a new level
April 10, 2017
1. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds sells 1m copies after two weeks in Early Access
2. G2A responds to Gearbox's withdrawal and TotalBiscuit's demands
3. Does Yooka-Laylee really have performance problems?
4. The Elder Scrolls Online free to play for a week
5. Nintendo Direct announced for this week
6. The Signal from T?lva review
7. PewDiePie launches weekly Twitch show, as advertisers back away from YouTube
8. Watch: Seven indie games to stick on your wishlist
9. Battlezone PC beta launches next week
10. Battlegrounds' PlayerUnknown and the future of Battle Royale
11. Vote on which games Double Fine makes next
12. Watch: Bulletstorm Full Clip Edition and the five dickest moves by game heroes
13. Mass Effect Andromeda pirates can't get updated faces
14. Persona 5 is series' biggest launch to date
April 9, 2017
1. 10 games that defined the ZX Spectrum
2. From Donkey Kong to Snake Pass: the music of David Wise
April 8, 2017
1. Unreleased Fantasy World Dizzy NES remake finally comes out - 24 years later
2. Jelly Deals roundup: Final Fantasy 15, Yakuza Zero, Overwatch and more
3. The strange, timeless appeal of early 3D platformers
4. Westworld actress joins cast of The Last of Us: Part 2
April 7, 2017
1. Cave Story's definitive edition is coming to Switch in June
2. Persona 5 ships over 1.5m copies worldwide
3. Gearbox cuts ties with G2A after game key reseller fails to meet demands
4. Drawn to Death review
5. Watch: The achievements that took serious planning
6. Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition review
7. Darksiders Warmastered Edition Wii U finally has a release date
8. Watch: Chris plays Hotline Miami for the first time, gets quite into violence
9. Eve Online dev CCP has an in-house band - and they're coming to Rock Band 4
10. There's more video game telly coming
11. Big new For Honor patch goes a long way to making the game better
12. CD Projekt explains Cyberpunk trademark
13. Uncharted 4 wins best game at the BAFTAs
April 6, 2017
1. Cave Story dev's platformer Kero Blaster is coming to PS4 next week
2. Watch two minutes of uninterrupted Quake Champions gameplay
3. F2P action-RPG Marvel Heroes Omega is coming to PS4 and Xbox One
4. Gearbox partners with controversial game key reseller G2A for Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition bundle
5. Sega cracks down on Puyo Puyo Tetris streams
6. Mass Effect: Andromeda patch makes eyes less terrifying
7. Candy Crush dev is making a Call of Duty mobile game
8. Scorpio made simple: the next Xbox's tech explained
9. Why Microsoft is making Project Scorpio
10. BioWare apologises for Mass Effect: Andromeda's poor transgender representation
11. Ultra hardcore WW2 RTS Steel Division comes out in May
12. The race for 4K: how Project Scorpio targets ultra HD gaming
13. Microsoft on Project Scorpio, PS4 Pro marketing and Xbox tweets
14. Yes, there will be Project Scorpio VR-exclusives
15. Xbox console sales down as Xbox One S and Scorpio loom
16. Epic boss is thrilled at the prospect of PlayStation Neo and Xbox Scorpio
17. Video: What does Project Scorpio mean to Xbox One?
18. Are 4K visuals really the best use for Project Scorpio and PlayStation Neo?
19. 1080p Project Scorpio games "will look different" and some "run a little better" than on Xbox One/S
20. Project Scorpio won't have any exclusives
21. Spec Analysis: Xbox Project Scorpio
22. Microsoft announces new console Project Scorpio for holiday 2017
23. Watch: Johnny bakes sweetrolls from Skyrim
24. Yooka-Laylee review
25. Dean Hall's Stationeers is all about airlocks, lung transplants and stress
April 5, 2017
1. Yooka-Laylee patch targets camera issues and performance
2. Next big historical Total War game "well underway", Creative Assembly insists
3. Watchdog bans Mobile Strike ad featuring curvy models in bikinis
4. Jeff Kaplan on the pressures of being Overwatch's game director
5. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3 open beta later this month
6. Trailmakers is inspired by Rare's Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
7. Jelly Deals: Get a Vive with ?100 / $100 off today only
8. Grip, the Rollcage spiritual successor, now has multiplayer
9. Terraria company ditches spin-off maker after troubled development
10. Zelda patch improves frame-rate on Switch
11. Atlus isn't keen on Persona 5 streaming
12. Nier: Automata sells 1m copies in a month
13. Zelda player builds flying contraption, glides across entire map
14. Pam Grier from Jackie Brown is in the next Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare DLC
April 4, 2017
1. Civilization Revolution gets Xbox One backwards compatibility
2. Blizzard wins $8.5m lawsuit against bot makers
3. Jelly Deals: Tyranny on PC down to its lowest price yet
4. Mass Effect Andromeda patches to improve lip-syncing, trans character dialogue
5. The anatomy of a Street Fighter
6. Meet the volunteer coaches making the world better at Street Fighter 5
7. Fighting Fantasy Legends is a card-based RPG based on the books
8. Dishonored 2 is getting a lengthy free trial this week
9. Zelda player defeats two of the game's hardest foes without taking damage
April 3, 2017
1. We Happy Few is getting a feature film adaptation
2. Jak and Daxter games are coming to PS4
3. Diego Maradona threatens to sue Konami over PES 2017 likeness
4. War for the Overworld gets My Pet Dungeon DLC
5. Agents of Mayhem comes out in August
6. Hands on with Volition's Saints Row spin-off
7. The naked bum cheeks that almost cost Overcooked its age rating
8. Batman: Arkham VR out soon for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift
9. Dark Souls trilogy ends on a high note in The Ringed City
10. Yooka-Laylee includes its own DK Rap
11. Destiny 2 expansion art points to Osiris, Rasputin add-ons
12. Microsoft on why Xbox One doesn't need a No Man's Sky equivalent
April 2, 2017
1. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Wildlands review
2. PS4 premium joypad face-off: Razer Raiju vs Nacon Revolution Pro
3. Here's a big new dinosaur card from Hearthstone's next expansion
April 1, 2017
1. Watch: Johnny plays Dragon Age Origins for the first time, commits fratricide
2. Watch Saturday's EGX Rezzed developer sessions here
3. Jelly Deals roundup: Nier: Automata, LucasArts classics, Destiny Collection, and more
4. Watch Friday's EGX Rezzed developer sessions here
5. Why PC is the best place to play Mass Effect Andromeda
6. Say it in less
7. Google Maps April Fools' gag lets you play Ms. Pac-Man