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December 2017 Archive

Dec. 30, 2017
1. Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2017: 10-1
Dec. 29, 2017
1. The year in loot boxes
2. Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2017: 20-11
Dec. 28, 2017
1. Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2017: 30-21
Dec. 27, 2017
1. The year in Nazis
2. Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2017: 40-31
Dec. 26, 2017
1. Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2017: 50-41
Dec. 25, 2017
1. Here are 15 video game movies to watch this Christmas
2. The year in playing together
Dec. 24, 2017
1. The year in walking
Dec. 23, 2017
1. Life is Strange: Before the Storm review
2. The year in apocalypse
Dec. 22, 2017
1. The Witcher 3's Xbox One X patch delivers in spades
2. Nintendo on giving Splatoon 2 another fresh lick of paint
3. Video games and the power of winter
4. DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company is now available on EA Access
5. Arms is getting another new character before the end of the year
Dec. 21, 2017
1. Santa Hat Pikachu is back for Pokémon Go's festive holiday event, starting today
2. Fire Emblem Warriors' first, Fates-themed DLC expansion is out now on Switch
3. PUBG Xbox One patch analysis: two steps forward, one step back
4. Science victory - Civilization 6 is now on iPad!
5. App Store now forces games with loot boxes to disclose item odds
6. PUBG launch day celebrations include a free in-game Chicken Dinner t-shirt
7. Splatoon 2 is getting a champagne gun tomorrow!
8. THQ Nordic whips out new in-game footage of Darksiders 3
9. Magic Leap finally unveils its long-awaited augmented reality goggles
Dec. 20, 2017
1. Stardew Valley creator reveals new story and feature additions for 2018
2. Rocket League on Switch plays beautifully in mobile mode
3. Ark arrives on Windows 10 and is cross-buy and cross-play with Xbox One
4. Pokémon Go getting game-improving and iPhone-exclusive AR+ feature soon
5. The Witcher 3 Xbox One X patch released, has two graphics modes
6. An attempt to analyse a board game we just got in a Christmas cracker
7. Retro-bit's Sega deal has us fantasising about a Dreamcast mini
8. Atlus is remaking bizarre block-climbing puzzler Catherine for PS4 and Vita
9. A day in the life of an independent video game store
10. Pyre review
11. Eurogamer readers' top 50 games of 2016
Dec. 19, 2017
1. Deck-building dungeon crawler Hand of Fate 2 gets its first free DLC update tomorrow
2. Kingdom: New Lands' free, super tough DLC expansion Skull Island is out now
3. The Escapists 2 is heading to Switch in January
4. Rise of the Tomb Kings coming to Total War: Warhammer 2 in January
5. 4.7GB PUBG Xbox patch takes a "first pass" at performance and visuals
6. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 confirmed for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
7. Offline bots arrive in Friday the 13th so now you can play alone
8. Why Zelda's Champions' Ballad add-on doesn't really work
9. Wolfenstein 2 being converted to Switch by the talented Doom port team
10. Dying Light's year of free DLC continues with the Gun Silencer
11. Hallucinatory horror game Layers of Fear is currently free on the Humble Store
12. My Animal Crossing wish: can we have the grid system back?
Dec. 18, 2017
1. Planet Coaster is going a bit Indiana Jones with its new jungle-inspired theme pack
2. Fight on a cracking frozen lake in For Honor's new 2v2 winter brawl
3. Snazzy 3D replays will make the PUBG 1.0 release this week
4. There's a second Monster Hunter World PS4 beta this week
5. The brilliant Inside is now on iPhones and iPads
6. Hearthstone's Dungeon Run wants to school you as it schools you
7. You can already unlock a gun in Red Dead Redemption 2 by playing GTA Online
8. Soulcalibur 6 is a blast from the past with an accessible twist
9. Bandai Namco announces two new Switch games
Dec. 17, 2017
1. How a counterfeit NES console opened up the Russian games market
Dec. 16, 2017
1. DF Retro takes on Donkey Kong Country and Killer Instinct
2. Jelly Deals roundup: Destiny 2, L.A. Noire, Okami HD, and more
3. Will Take-Two push loot boxes or microtransactions into Obsidian's new RPG?
4. Imagining the past in Assassin's Creed
Dec. 15, 2017
1. The truth about GodMode, the "World's First Brain Booster for Gamers"
2. Eurogamer readers' top 50 games of 2017 voting
3. Pokémon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Rockruff event - start date, end date, how to get Lycanium Z and evolve Rockruff to Dusk Form Lycanroc
4. Pokémon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon QR codes list - Ultra Sun Moon Island Scan list and QR codes explained
5. Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon new Pokémon - all new Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Pokédex additions and new forms listed
6. Pokémon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Global Missions - rewards, how to register and Global Mission targets explained
7. Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon walkthrough - guide, tips, and strategies for your return to Alola
8. So, what happened with Pokémon Stars?
9. No, 2018's Battlefield game isn't Bad Company 3
10. Untold Saga: The story of one of the first Final Fantasy's unsung creators
11. Gang Beasts review
12. Purrfect Date review
13. Christmassy Destiny 2 event The Dawning kicks off next week
14. Pokémon Crystal coming to 3DS in a cardboard box
15. Nintendo's eShop Christmas sale is surprisingly decent
16. Elite Dangerous' Thargoid aliens have started attacking space stations
Dec. 14, 2017
1. Oxenfree developer Night School Studio's next game is about getting drunk in Hell
2. Adorable toy train set builder Tracks is getting a wonderfully festive Winter update tomorrow
3. Here's a look at Overwatch's new Winter Wonderland event skins
4. Obsidian's new RPG is being published by Take-Two's new label Private Division
5. The Star Citizen makers are being sued by Crytek
6. Hitman's Paris episode free over Christmas
7. Microsoft testing Xbox party chat through your mobile
8. The wait was worth it for Yooka-Laylee on Switch
9. Yooka-Laylee Play Coin locations and Retrox Arcade Machine locations
10. Yooka-Laylee Mollycool locations - how to solve Dr Puzz's DN Ray missions and transformations
11. Yooka-Laylee Power Extender locations to increase your stamina bar
12. Yooka-Laylee Butterfly Booster locations to increase your health bar
13. The big interview: the Gambling Commission on loot boxes
Dec. 13, 2017
1. To The Moon follow-up Finding Paradise gets its first trailer ahead of tomorrow's release
2. Xenoblade Chronicles 2's December update will aim to fix its awful map
3. Fez: Pocket Edition is out now on mobile
4. Pokémon Go Global Catch Challenge - Catch goals and rewards for the Thanksgiving travel event explained
5. Rocket League in a box costs ?35 on Nintendo Switch
6. Payday 2 scores Nintendo Switch release date
7. PUBG on Xbox One lets you view the PC settings screen
8. InXile teases Wasteland 2 on Nintendo Switch
9. SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition is stealing onto Switch this month
10. Old Diablo-alike Titan Quest coming to Switch, PS4, Xbox One
11. SpellForce 3 review
12. Life is Strange is coming to mobile this week
13. It's The Last Jedi patch day in Star Wars Battlefront 2
14. Eurogamer's Top 50 Games of 2008: 10-1
15. Dean Hall's spaceship management sim Stationeers is out now on Steam Early Access
16. RocketWerkz unveils procedural "neo-noir" open-world game Living Dark
17. Bethesda's Creation Club: the fallout
18. Ni No Kuni 2 has been delayed until March 2018
Dec. 12, 2017
1. PUBG performs badly on Xbox One - and X
2. Gorogoa review
3. Ark's new Aberration expansion has an enemy which can impregnate you
4. Nintendo Switch hits 10m sales in nine months
5. There's a Harry Potter narrative-based RPG in the works
6. Crowdfunded back-to-basics WW2 shooter Battalion 1944 will cost just ?12
7. Fans figure out how to complete Super Mario Odyssey without jumping
8. Today, Bungie will make Destiny 2's brilliantly overpowered Prometheus Lens "way too weak" instead
9. Assassin's Creed Origins gets 3GB patch today
10. Assassin's Creed Unity's creepy "no face" bug fixed
11. Bungie admits it made "mistakes" locking off bits of Destiny 2 behind DLC
Dec. 11, 2017
1. Phoenix Wright spin-off Ace Attorney Investigations is out now on iOS and Android
2. Conan Exiles reveals the big one: a release date
3. Hello Neighbor review
4. The overpowered, broken Prometheus Lens makes Destiny 2 fun again
5. Play PUBG on Xbox One now, hours before official release
6. Witcher Netflix series reportedly helmed by Daredevil and Defenders writer/producer
7. PlayerUnknown apologises for Battlegrounds' inappropriate female character model
8. PSVR exclusive Golem out March 2018
9. Steam Early Access survival game The Forest branches out to PS4
10. Patapon 2 Remastered out on PS4 in 2018
11. Papers, Please Vita release rubber stamped
12. The history of bleem!
13. Looks like the Detective Pikachu game will finally launch outside Japan
14. Shadowhand review
15. 10 minutes of Soulcalibur 6 gameplay
16. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp adds gardening, clothes crafting next week
17. Overkill's The Walking Dead game resurfaces with cool new teaser trailer
18. Sakura and Sagat headline Street Fighter 5 season three DLC characters
19. Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection coming to PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch
20. Your Amiga games are likely dying
Dec. 10, 2017
1. How today's games could look and run better on future consoles
Dec. 9, 2017
1. Is this our next great dystopia?
2. There's a Lord of the Rings card game for PC
3. Xbox One backwards compatibility: how does it actually work?
4. Pokémon Go adds dynamic weather-based gameplay and 50 Gen 3 creatures
5. Jupiter & Mars is a sci-fi Ecco the Dolphin-style game for PlayStation VR
6. Donut County, where you play a bottomless pit, is headed to PS4
7. Monster Hunter World is getting a Mega Man collaboration
8. Sony resurrects MediEvil for PS4
9. PlayStation Experience 2017 live report
10. Well, the good news is, Death Stranding is playable
11. WipEout Omega Collection gets a free VR update in 2018
12. The Last Guardian VR demo out next week
Dec. 8, 2017
1. Stardew Valley's multiplayer beta has been delayed until next year
2. Twin-stick bullet-hell dungeon crawler Enter the Gungeon is heading to Switch next week
3. This month's Splatoon 2 Splatfest attempts to sort the bookworms from the film buffs
4. Bayonetta 3 is coming exclusively to Switch
5. Xbox One X's 4K Destiny 2 upgrade analysed
6. Here's a first look at Soulcalibur 6
7. A Way Out gets release date, as creator Josef Fares rants about Oscars, lootboxes and his publisher EA
8. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 review
9. Hearthstone's live-action Kobolds and Catacombs trailer is a love-letter to '80s fantasy films
10. My new gaming heroes are a pharmacist, a classical pianist, and a guy who really loves Jumanji
11. Metro Exodus out autumn 2018
12. Destiny 2's Xur has a new time to arrive every Friday
13. Romancing SaGa 2 comes to PC and consoles next week
14. Destiny 2 locks one of its most-prized exotic guns behind Curse of Osiris expansion
15. Outlast 1 and 2 hit Nintendo Switch early 2018
16. Official World War Z video game in the works
17. Watch: Exploring Miramar, PUBG's brand new desert map live
18. Fortnite 50v50 may be bringing the game's original dream back to life
19. GTFO is a co-op shooter with an Aliens vibe
20. Sea of Thieves just got a release date
21. Here's the first in-game footage of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' new desert map
22. Firewatch developer reveals next game In The Valley of the Gods
23. The new trailer for Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding is sci-fi craziness at its best
24. Zelda: Breath of the Wild Champion's Ballad expansion launches today
25. Witchfire is a dark fantasy FPS from the people behind The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
26. The Game Awards 2017 live report
27. PS4 exclusive Dreams will launch next year
28. Fade to Silence is THQ Nordic's dark new PC survival game
29. Fortnite Battle Royale just got a new time-limited 50 vs 50 mode
30. "A new Tomb Raider game is coming" says Square Enix
31. I am Setsuna follow-up Lost Sphear now has a demo on Switch, PS4, and PC
Dec. 7, 2017
1. Overwatch's Winter Wonderland event returns next week with a new Mei-themed mode
2. Ubisoft has delayed Far Cry 5 and The Crew 2
3. Beyond Good & Evil 2 characters, ships, story detailed
4. GTA Online is getting a new high-stakes heist mission next week
5. Switch's Resident Evil Revelations is best played in mobile mode
6. Real-life Destiny 2 loot crate has an in-game emblem, costs ?58
7. New Star Wars Battlefront 2 trailer shows older Iden Versio and someone else
8. Capcom announces Devil May Cry HD Collection
9. New Total War Warhammer 2 mode lets powerful PCs push the game to its limits
10. Mario Rabbids is getting a versus mode tomorrow, for free
11. Dying Light gets a Battle Royale-inspired expansion called Bad Blood in 2018
12. Eurogamer reader's top 50 games of 2016 voting
13. King's Cross train station has a giant playable Christmas tree
14. Wii U's karaoke app has made the jump to Switch
15. PS4 hits 70m sold
16. The new game from the creator of QWOP is as brutal as it is brilliant
17. Why so many FIFA 18 players think the computer cheats
18. Ryan Reynolds cast as Pikachu in live-action Pokémon movie
19. Call of Duty WW2's next seasonal event is the appropriately snow-speckled Winter Siege
20. Here's Her Story creator Sam Barlow's interactive reimagining of 80s movie WarGames
Dec. 6, 2017
1. Streets of Rage is now available on mobile, with local cross-platform multiplayer
2. Bungie says Destiny 2's most overpowered Curse of Osiris weapon is bugged
3. Portal returns in Bridge Constructor spin-off
4. Playing the Arab Spring in Riot - Civil Unrest
5. The Atom looks great in Injustice 2
6. Team-based spaceship battler Dreadnought launches on PS4
7. Creative Assembly issues refreshingly frank update on Total War Warhammer development troubles
8. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds desert map finally named, detailed
9. Superhot standalone expansion Mind Control Delete out tomorrow on Steam Early Access
10. Civilization 6 gets Korea
11. Arms' next Party Crash poses the ultimate question
12. Capcom made an official Amaterasu Courier for Dota 2 and it looks awesome
13. Life is Strange: Before the Storm's final episode has a release date
14. Allegations of cheating rock FIFA 18
15. Rainbow Six Siege hits 25 million players as Operation White Noise launches
16. Super Mario Galaxy, Zelda: Twilight Princess to launch on Android in 1080p
17. Rise of the Tomb Raider's mansion-exploration episode Blood Ties finally has VR support on PC
18. Inside the Pokémon black market
19. Here's what the new Bloodborne comic looks like
Dec. 5, 2017
1. Darkest Dungeon's next DLC expansion is the farm-themed The Color of Madness
2. Netflix doing a Choose Your Own Adventure TV show for adults
3. It is impossible to be annoyed while playing Hoops mode in Arms
4. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp now has two in-game events running
5. Samsung Galaxy S8 review
6. Samsung Galaxy Note 8 review
7. AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 review
8. How to triple your Switch battery life for under ?20
9. Intel Pentium G4560 review: the ultimate budget CPU?
10. Ryzen 7 1700 and 1700X review: better than the 1800X?
11. Intel Coffee Lake-S: Core i7 8700K review
12. Seagate Firecuda 2TB review: the ultimate PS4 storage upgrade?
13. PS4 external storage tested: 4TB hard drive vs SSD performance
14. Intel Coffee Lake-S: Core i5 8400/ Core i5 8600K review
15. AMD Ryzen 5 1600/1600X vs Core i5 7600K review
16. Is it worth upgrading PS4 Pro with an SSD?
17. Microsoft Xbox One X review
18. There's a new Five Nights at Freddy's masquerading as a pizzeria sim
19. Beautify sleeping TVs with a PS4 aquarium game
20. Odd war of words erupts in the messy world of Star Control
21. Jedi Academy shows Battlefront 2 how to do lightsabers right
22. Streamer goes viral after broadcasting UFC pay-per-view while pretending to play UFC video game
23. Ubisoft is giving away Assassin's Creed: Black Flag for free next week on PC
Dec. 4, 2017
1. Capcom announces Mega Man 11 and re-releases for all eight Mega Man X games
2. Capcom offers full, final details of its imminent PS4-exclusive Monster Hunter World beta
3. Is Xenoblade Chronicles 2 too ambitious for Switch's mobile mode?
4. Pokémon Go developer Niantic is relaunching its first augmented reality game Ingress next year
5. "Initial" Star Wars Battlefront 2 loot box-related changes go live
6. DayZ will be out of Early Access, and on Xbox, next year
7. GoldenEye speedrunner breaks 15-year-old Dam record
8. Nintendo's original pitch for Animal Crossing mobile was very different
9. Another shmup classic is coming to Switch this week
10. Detroit: Become Human under fire for controversial domestic abuse scene
11. Cool new PS4 dynamic theme recreates the PS2 dashboard
12. There's a game called Legendary Gary and it looks quite good
13. Win a copy of Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire!
14. Looks like Assassin's Creed Origins will get a chocobo horse
15. The metaphysics of Dishonored
Dec. 3, 2017
1. Raji and the rise of Indian gamedev
2. Remembering G-Police, the best Blade Runner game ever
Dec. 2, 2017
1. Skyrim on Xbox One X gets the job done - but we expected more
2. The slow disappearing act of Demon's Souls
3. Jak 2, 3 and Combat X Racing launch for PS4 next week
Dec. 1, 2017
1. Resident Evil Revelations Handprint locations
2. The Sexy Brutale has a Nintendo Switch release date
3. The lovely little Abandon Ship floats to early 2018
4. Desperately trying to get Ubisoft to talk about Far Cry 5's controversial US setting
5. PlayStation 12 Deals of Christmas and two-for-€30 deals go live
6. EA Sports UFC 3 beta sparks claims of pay-to-win
7. Paladins unveils loot box cards like Star Wars Battlefront 2 and no one seems happy
8. Nintendo's next amiibo is a breakfast cereal box
9. Ashly Burch to return for Life is Strange: Before the Storm bonus episode
10. Meet the professional video game boss killer