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March 2018 Archive

March 31, 2018
1. Why I don't understand YouTube: A middle-aged woman writes
March 30, 2018
1. Rainbow Six Siege re-review - an exceptional tactical multiplayer experience
March 29, 2018
1. A Twitch streamer is poised to become Sea of Thieves' very first Pirate Legend today
2. WipEout on PSVR: an upgrade with no compromises?
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is now backward-compatible on Xbox One
4. How Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice was made as an 'indie triple-A' game on a tight budget
5. Yet more free content for old Dying Light in new mode Prison Heist
6. Red Faction Guerilla Re-Mars-tered is exactly what it sounds like
7. Jurassic World Evolution finds a way to be refreshingly different
8. Here's a big new Legendary card from Hearthstone's next expansion The Witchwood
9. Win more tickets for Rezzed 2018!
10. Super Mario Odyssey just added two new costumes
11. No Man's Sky headed to Xbox One, next big update arrives this summer
12. Grainger Games tells shops not to open, they are being closed
13. The constant quest to be nosy
14. Eastern Bloc road trip sim Jalopy leaves Early Access next week
15. Steep is getting challenge event seasons with unique rewards, starting next month
March 28, 2018
1. Fortnite teases guided missiles and Easter event, both arriving "soon"
2. Here's April's PlayStation Plus games?line-up
3. Xbox has a great list of Games with Gold for April
4. Dragon Quest 11 launches September for PC, PlayStation 4
5. Sea of Thieves is Microsoft's fastest-selling new IP of the Xbox One generation
6. Lego The Incredibles coming to Switch, PC, PS4, Xbox One
7. Dragon Ball FighterZ gets Broly and Bardock DLC today
8. Call of Duty WW2 is adding Egypt, Dunkirk and dogfighting
9. The return of Randy Smith and the state of the immersive sim
10. PlayStation VR is getting a huge price drop
11. WipEout Omega Collection's PSVR upgrade arrives today
12. Microsoft to clamp down on offensive language across Xbox Live, Skype, Office, everything
13. Sea of Thieves' latest update is blocking Xbox Games Pass access
14. What went wrong with PSVR exclusive Bravo Team, the "Halo of VR shooters"
March 27, 2018
1. Netflix is developing a live-action Carmen Sandiego movie
2. Ark is getting a Minecraft-like spin-off, and it's heading to Steam and Xbox early access soon
3. Resident Evil 7 finally gets Xbox One X enhancements in long-awaited new update
4. Planet Coaster is getting a new movie-themed Studios Pack DLC next week
5. Snake Pass' latest update adds a free new Arcade Mode
6. Fortnite Battle Royale now has a ?3.99 starter pack
7. Looks like Ikaruga is coming to PS4
8. Battletech comes out in April
9. Yucatan is the neo-Mexican space punk racer you've been waiting for
10. Destiny 2's long-awaited "Go Fast" update goes live today
11. Sea of Thieves death cost idea axed by Rare
12. Sea of Thieves review - a Rare treasure
13. Gorgeous mouse RPG Ghost of a Tale gets a massive, much-needed bug-quashing update
14. Last night, a million people tuned into one Fortnite YouTube stream
March 26, 2018
1. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds adds weapon skins, is "considering" region-locked servers
2. PixelJunk Monsters is getting a sequel this May, and it's beautiful
3. Sea of Thieves is having a "digital treasure hunt" to win an ?80,000 bunch of golden bananas
4. Deadly Premonition director's cat and dog-themed murder mystery returns to crowdfunding
5. Cities: Skylines will join Xbox Game Pass
6. Pokémon Go will introduce Mew via all-new quest system
7. Laser League could join Towerfall and Nidhogg as the next multiplayer great
8. Why are some PS4 Pro titles running slower than base hardware?
9. Ni no Kuni 2: Revenant Kingdom review - majestic if not magical
10. Overwatch's new tool for fighting toxicity is Avoid as Teammate
11. Arcade dire: the past, present and future of video game movies
12. Sea of Thieves lands UK chart number one
13. Late Fiorentina captain Davide Astori to remain in FIFA 18, EA confirms
March 25, 2018
1. Hellblade coming out very soon on Xbox One, and enhanced for X
2. How Sea of Thieves' tech creates a unique gaming experience
3. The history of violence buried deep in Far Cry 5's landscape
March 24, 2018
1. From Final Fantasy 12 to Uncharted 3: exploring gaming's Orientalist fantasies
March 23, 2018
1. System Shock remake still happening says Nightdive Studios, now due in 2020
2. Oxenfree developer reveals first trailer for its drunk-in-Hell adventure Afterparty
3. Take a first look at PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' 4x4 map
4. You can complete Far Cry 5 in 10 minutes
5. It's true: a pub in England gives a ?30 bar tab for beating Fortnite there
6. Ready Player One film review - garish and nostalgic, but Spielberg gets games
7. Skullgirls sexism complaints are "misplaced and shallow chivalry"
8. Sea of Thieves will be down for hours tomorrow
9. Detective Pikachu review - a stranger kind of Pokémon story
10. Assassin's Creed Rogue Remastered: a new lease of life for an overlooked game
11. Nintendo's new spring eShop sale features some of the best Switch savings yet
12. Theme Hospital successor Two Point Hospital showing at EGX Rezzed 2018
13. Why does smashing a monster in the face in Monster Hunter World feel so good?
14. The Switch just got the perfect introduction to one of gaming's richest genres
15. Monster Hunter World's first prototype didn't feature any combat
16. Japanese peripheral company Hori is making a Switch Joy-Con with a D-pad
March 22, 2018
1. Rocket League's massive spring Tournament Update is coming this April
2. Konami's Zone of the Enders 2 remaster arrives this September
3. Sounds like Cyberpunk 2077 decided against multiplayer
4. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch playable at E3
5. Dragon Ball Legends is actually pretty good
6. Andy Serkis' alien Macbeth: a giddying demo of game characters from the future
7. Hitman Episode 2: Sapienza is currently free on PC, PS4 and Xbox One
8. Rare addresses Sea of Thieves' launch issues in new developer video
9. Nintendo shows off Labo's Garage mode, a programming toolkit for kids
10. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds adds Fortnite-style event mode
11. Star Wars Battlefront 2's massive progression overhaul is here, adds new Bespin map
12. Sea of Thieves is secretly a pen-and-paper RPG
13. Sonic the Hedgehog was almost designed to look like arch nemesis Eggman
14. Early prototype of Arms revealed, including a cut bowling mini-game
March 21, 2018
1. Ubisoft on what created the "perfect storm" behind Assassin's Creed Unity
2. The Elder Scrolls Online's next big expansion is set in the Summerset Isle
3. Ark: Survival Evolved is coming to Nintendo Switch
4. Fortnite: Battle Royale is getting a replay editor
5. Pokémon Go Easter egg event detailed
6. PlayStation wrist-slapped for 'misleading' Gran Turismo Sport TV ad
7. Total War: Thrones of Britannia gets April release date
8. Fortnite: iPhone X takes on Xbox One X
9. Apple iPhone X review
10. Wire-free Vive Focus VR headset rolling out globally this year
11. Trouble brewing for independent UK shop chain Grainger Games
12. WarGames is weird, occasionally boring yet somehow always fascinating
13. PUBG Xbox performance patch arrives, the first of presumably many
14. Sea of Thieves is temporarily closed to new players while Rare sorts out server wobbles
15. Ubisoft safe from hostile Vivendi takeover
March 20, 2018
1. Hyper Light Drifter, Nidhogg 2 heading to Switch later this year
2. Nintendo looking to improve Switch game discoverability on eShop
3. GTA Online launches its "massive" racing-themed Super Sport Series event
4. Sea of Thieves is sandbox gaming at its purest
5. Everything announced in Nintendo's new Switch indie showcase
6. Watch the Nintendo Switch Nindies Spring 2018 Showcase here
7. Lumines Remastered will turn your Switch JoyCons into trance vibrators
8. Blizzard: Why Hearthstone's new Rush keyword will answer years of problems
9. See the Sea of Thieves Kraken be killed
10. Spore and Sims creator Will Wright unveils Proxi
11. EA just showed off Project Pica Pica, an adorable new tech demo
12. Welcome to the new Eurogamer
13. Dragon Ball Legends is a mobile fighting game with real-time PvP
14. How the developers of Driveclub survived the end of Evolution
15. God of War has grown up, but Kratos is still reassuringly furious
16. Fortnite Twitch streamer Ninja is making $500,000 a month
17. God of War is PS4's next big tech showcase
18. Wave of bomb threats to UK schools blamed on Minecraft server feud
19. Puma is launching a pair of Sonic-themed trainers
March 19, 2018
1. Epic releases Paragon assets for free ahead of game's shutdown
2. Classic space adventure Flashback is coming to Switch with a fancy retro Collector's Edition
3. Sea of Thieves gets an inspired Day One Patch
4. A Vive Pro will cost ?800, Vive reduced to ?500
5. Yakuza Kiwami 2 launches in August
6. Burnout tops chart for first time in 13 years
7. Surviving Mars review - offworld, things are just itching to go awry
March 18, 2018
1. Marseille mCable Gaming Edition review: hardware anti-aliasing from an HDMI cable?
2. Seeing Burnout through fresh eyes
March 17, 2018
1. Outer Wilds is a game about exploring a solar system stuck in an endless 20-minute time loop
2. There's an updated, expanded version of Sonic Mania coming this summer
3. PUBG Xbox One performance still isn't good enough
4. Rime dev's intriguing murder mystery The Invisible Hours going non-VR and multiplatform
5. Sea of meaning: how games have explored the ocean
March 16, 2018
1. If you buy an Xbox One X next week, you'll get a free copy of Sea of Thieves
2. Nintendo's holding a Direct-style showcase for indies on Switch next week
3. Sega unleashes new Sonic Racing teaser
4. Rhythm platformer Runner3 finally launches on Switch and PC this May
5. Tomb Raider film review - a new kind of game-to-film failure
6. Mass Effect's Vigil Theme and the fight to remember
7. The Walking Dead's new mobile game looks a lot like Pokémon Go with zombies
8. Acrobatic space pirate roguelike Flinthook is coming to Switch next week
9. Awesome "roguevania" Dead Cells gets its final big content update before leaving early access
10. Fortnite's latest update introduces generous llama pi?atas, remote detonation devices, and more
11. Super Bomberman R comes to Xbox One in June
12. Rare shows Sea of Thieves' mighty kraken in action, details new launch and post-launch features
13. Detective Pikachu sees Pokémon fully embrace its anime heritage
14. Star Wars Battlefront 2 progression overhaul finally revealed
15. Flinthook review - kinetic platforming that's perfect for Switch
16. What should we expect from Dark Souls Remastered on Switch?
17. Shadow of the Colossus Enlightenments: How to get the Sword of Dormin after finding all 79 coins
18. Shadow of the Colossus - The Last Guardian Easter egg location for the Boon of the Nomad Trophy
19. Shadow of the Colossus lizards, fruit trees, health and stamina upgrades explained
20. Shadow of the Colossus Agro Tricks - How to perform all horse stunts to unlock the Trick Rider Trophy
21. Shadow of the Colossus walkthrough, guide and tips on PS4
22. Shadow of the Colossus Shrine locations - Where to find all 26 shrines for the Seeking Salvation Trophy
23. Minit is a Game Boy-inspired adventure played in 60-second chunks
24. Fortnite on mobile: it works!
25. Minecraft on PC, Xbox One, Android adds opt-in experimental features
March 15, 2018
1. The Crew 2 is finally out in June
2. Pokémon Go is bringing back Lugia, one of its toughest legendaries
3. Watch: 30 minutes of Total War: Thrones of Britannia
4. Confirmed: The Witcher's Geralt is a fighter in Soulcalibur 6
5. Ark: Survival Evolved is bringing online dinosaur survival to iOS and Android "this spring"
6. Hellblade leads BAFTA game nominations with nine nods
7. Skyrim VR is heading to Steam in April
8. The power of spring in Horizon Zero Dawn, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture and The Last of Us
9. Trailblazers is a co-operative racer where you paint your own boost lanes for victory
10. Drake and Ninja playing Fortnite smashes Twitch world record
11. Kirby Star Allies review - a delightfully detailed throwback
March 14, 2018
1. Burnout Paradise Remastered review - driving perfection
2. Dragon Ball FighterZ pro player kills entire team in one combo
3. Zen Studios ditches plans to patch Pinball FX3 Nintendo Switch performance
4. Sega Mega Drive Collection headed to PC, PS4, Xbox One
5. Microsoft's more inclusive Xbox avatars finally arrive in April
6. Microsoft's E3 2018 media briefing has a date - and a new venue
7. Burnout Paradise Remastered is more than just a PC port
8. Toys R Us falls into administration
9. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has a ?39 underwater theme
10. Twitch Prime subscribers will get free monthly games, starting this week
11. Sea of Thieves human cannonball breaks world record
12. Monster Hunter World's first major update is coming next week
13. Call of Duty: WW2 now has a tiny leprechaun who spawns on the map
March 13, 2018
1. Dante is heading to Monster Hunter World in a Devil May Cry collaboration event later this year
2. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is now backward compatible on Xbox One
3. V-Rally returns later this year
4. My spoilery Firewatch theory
5. Fallout 3 remade in Fallout 4 mod had to cease development
6. Is WWE 2K18 really the worst game on Nintendo Switch?
7. Scavengers is an ambitious "co-opetition" shooter inspired by Halo 5's Warzone
8. Jeff Goldblum will star in Jurassic World Evolution game
9. Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire release delayed a month
10. There's a Westworld video game
11. Assetto Corsa Competizione is the kind of racing game we haven't seen in far too long
12. Nintendo Switch system update 5.0 doesn't live up to its big new version number
13. PUBG PC patch finally brings emotes
March 12, 2018
1. Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition gets a release date
2. Final Fantasy 15 guide, walkthrough and tips for the open-world's many quests and activities
3. In Theory: Can a Switch hardware revision extend its lifespan?
4. Wolfenstein 2's The Deeds of Captain Wilkins DLC comes out tonight
5. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 sells 500,000 copies in under a week
6. The biggest game installs: can anything top Final Fantasy 15's 148GB on PC?
7. Bluepoint's next game is another remake
8. Writer Drew Karpyshyn leaves BioWare for a second time
9. Fortnite Battle Royale is heading to mobile devices very soon, features PS4 and PC cross-play
10. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 review - a sequel done right
11. Immortal Redneck review - pace and variation make an ancient pleasure feel fresh
12. Overwatch League takes disciplinary action against four players
13. Into the Breach review - tactical greatness in glorious miniature
March 11, 2018
1. The making of Shadow of the Colossus on PS4
2. Hunt: Showdown is brutal, but you'll soon get caught in its web
3. How Firewatch helped a 14-year-old save a historically important tower
March 10, 2018
1. "Hooray! Valve is going to start shipping games again"
2. Final Fantasy 15's PC port unlocks the game's full visual potential
3. How video game heroes struggle with their identities
4. Mario has infiltrated Google Maps to celebrate this year's international Mario Day
March 9, 2018
1. Viking RTS Northgard is out of early access and available now on PC
2. Sea of Thieves' Final Beta is here, open to everyone on Xbox One and PC
3. Everything we know about Far Cry 5's map editor
4. PS4 zombies and motorbikes game Days Gone has been pushed to 2019
5. Game Dev Tycoon adds ultra hard mode where you combat piracy with DRM
6. Kingdom Come: Deliverance horse riding - how to get a horse, find horse armour, and buy a horse explained
7. Kingdom Come: Deliverance console commands list - how to use console commands to add crosshairs, turn off the HUD and more
8. Kingdom Come: Deliverance save game system explained - how to save, get Saviour Schnapps, and how to find a bed
9. Kingdom Come: Deliverance lockpicking explained - lockpicking skill perks, how to pick locks and where to get lockpicks
10. Kingdom Come: Deliverance tips - a guide to surviving Medieval Bohemia
11. Kingdom Come: Deliverance Treasure Map locations - where to find all 25 buried treasure and maps, including tricky treasure maps XI and XII
12. Bloodborne - Underground Cells, Brador, Fist of Gratia, Surgery Altar
13. Bloodborne: The Old Hunters walkthrough and guide: How to start and complete the DLC
14. Bloodborne - Lady Maria, Astral Clocktower lamp, Celestial dial, clock face
15. Bloodborne - Laboratory Floor 2, Saint Adeline, Blood of Adeline, raising the staircase
16. TT Isle of Man review - motorsport's greatest challenge is brought to vivid life
17. Nintendo Switch gets South Park: The Fractured But Whole
18. The deliciously dark Little Nightmares is coming to Nintendo Switch
19. Here's our best look yet at Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes
20. 11 bit Studios' frozen city sim Frostpunk finally gets a release date
21. The original Luigi's Mansion is headed to 3DS
22. Captain Toad headed to Nintendo Switch and 3DS
23. The 3DS is getting a WarioWare game
24. Super Smash Bros. announced for Nintendo Switch
25. We talked to the British Museum about the logo for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
26. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 logo spotted on a baseball cap
27. There's going to be a Dark Souls amiibo
March 8, 2018
1. 3DS puzzler Sushi Striker (and its phenomenal theme song) now coming to Switch
2. Crash Bandicoot N.Sane Trilogy confirmed for Nintendo Switch
3. Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition has a Nintendo Switch release date
4. Octopath Traveller gets a release date
5. Playable Octolings are coming to Splatoon 2 in first paid expansion
6. Undertale coming to Nintendo Switch
7. Two new maps headline PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' massive dev roadmap for 2018
8. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 announced, out before Red Dead Redemption 2
9. It looks like Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 will be on Battle.net
10. Fortnite's new Teams of 20 limited time event launches tomorrow
11. EA's Origin Access Vault gets Warner Bros. games
12. PlayStation 4 has a stunning free theme for International Women's Day
13. How does Xbox One X's 4K-enhanced Witcher 2 compare with PC?
14. The Division 2 details leak online ahead of announcement
15. Oculus Rift headsets have reportedly stopped working across the globe
16. Headspun is a British indie game hoping to continue the FMV revival
17. Embattled battle royale game H1Z1 goes free-to-play today
18. Here's what's coming with PS4's big 5.50 update
19. Observer and Layers of Fear dev's creepy new game is codenamed Project Méliès
20. Looks like Mario Tennis Aces launches for Nintendo Switch in June
21. PlayStation blocks launch of creepy "pick-up artist" game Super Seducer
March 7, 2018
1. Banner Saga-inspired Ash of the Gods launches on PC this month, later this year on consoles
2. Crackdown on Xbox One X makes a classic game even better
3. Nintendo Direct scheduled for tomorrow
4. "No freakin' way!!!" will God of War have microtransactions in it
5. Alien ocean exploration game In Other Waters comes with a beautiful reference book
6. How a pen and paper RPG made me fear my friends
7. Dunked in a frozen lake: Season 2 of awkward CSGO reality show Gamerz begins
8. Jurassic World Alive is Pokémon Go with dinosaurs
9. The SD card and the vintage video game revolution
10. State of Decay 2 finally launches on Xbox One and PC this May
March 6, 2018
1. Hitman: Blood Money leads the latest Xbox One backward compatibility releases
2. Dispelling the myths of Bloodborne
3. Sony unveils God of War limited edition custom PlayStation 4 Pro
4. Far Cry 5 Arcade map maker includes Assassin's Creed, Watch Dogs elements
5. Witcher Geralt will appear in another game this year and it's probably Soulcalibur 6
6. Nintendo will finally let you redeem My Nintendo points for Switch eShop purchases
7. Jelly Deals: THQ Nordic Sale live at Humble
8. Sources: Yes, Diablo 3 is coming to Nintendo Switch
9. EA's extraordinarily negged Star Wars Battlefront 2 Reddit comment turned into loot box skin
10. Microsoft is reviving Inside Xbox
11. Bravo Team review - an astonishingly bad VR shooter from a team that should know better
12. For Honor's dedicated console servers roll out today
13. Far Cry 5 film launched on Amazon Prime
March 5, 2018
1. In Nintendo, Bayonetta has found the most unlikely saviour
2. Swords of Ditto is a silly, cyclical action RPG that repeatedly gives you three days to save the world
3. Ubisoft updates Rainbow Six Siege's ban system to better tackle "racial and homophobic slurs"
4. Be the oozing flesh-monster (and eviscerate humans) in "reversed-horror game" Carrion
5. Bloodborne community rallying together for Return to Yharnam fan event
6. Brilliant XBLIG stickman brawler One Finger Death Punch getting a sequel
7. Assassin's Creed Origins' god boss fights get harder tomorrow
8. Call of Duty: WW2 custom paint jobs still coming, insists Sledgehammer
9. Monster Hunter World is now Capcom's best-selling game of all time
March 4, 2018
1. DF Retro: What was actually real in PS3's E3 2005 reveal?
2. Red Faction: Guerrilla was an open-world game with purpose
March 3, 2018
1. The original Forza Horizon looks stunning on Xbox One X at 4K
2. Why can't we forget Lovecraft?
March 2, 2018
1. Rare outlines ship customisation in the latest Sea of Thieves development video
2. Zelda DLC 1 Treasure locations - All Tingle, Majora's Mask, Phantom, Midna outfit locations explained
3. Zelda DLC 1 - Travel Medallion location and the EX Teleportation Rumors quest explained
4. Zelda DLC 1 - Korok Mask location and the EX Strange Mask Rumours quest explained
5. Zelda - EX Ancient Horse Rumors: How to get the Ancient Bridle and Ancient Saddle
6. Zelda - EX Royal Guard Rumors: Where to find Royal Guard Uniform, Royal Guard Boots and Royal Guard Cap
7. Zelda - EX Treasure: Merchant Hood, Garb Of The Winds, Usurper King, Dark Armor locations explained
8. It looks like Diablo is coming to Nintendo Switch
9. Grand Theft Auto 5 sold another 1m copies in the UK in 2017
10. Nintendo Switch, one year on
11. Destiny 2's upcoming 6v6 Iron Banner sounds exactly like Destiny Crucible
12. Ubisoft just snapped up the Smash Bros-like Brawlhalla
13. Trump administration increasingly bringing video games into school safety debate
14. Xbox One update will offer Remote Play with PC
15. Blizzard battles Hearthstone bug, as ranked play remains offline
16. Win a pair of tickets to EGX Rezzed 2018
17. This year's Battlefield is set in WW2 - report
18. New Overwatch hero looks like one of our heroes, says Paladins maker
19. 4X done quick: Space Tyrant and The Battle of Polytopia
20. Myst developer Cyan unveils its next VR game Firmament in an enigmatic new trailer
March 1, 2018
1. Thimbleweed Park's new DLC lets you unbeep Ransome the Clown's sweary speech
2. Splatoon 2's new basketball-themed Goby Arena stage is heading to Switch tomorrow
3. Fortnite's new 60fps mode is the real deal
4. There's another Sea of Thieves beta-style Scale Test happening this weekend
5. Fortnite's jetpacks delayed, Epic launches Twitch Prime exclusive cosmetics and heroes
6. Pillars of Eternity 2's new boat system looks like a barrel of fun
7. As Europe freezes, Frostpunk's endgame looks oddly prescient
8. Subsurface Circular walkthrough: Spoiler-free guide to completing every chapter on Switch, PC and iOS
9. PlayStation 4 exclusive Detroit: Become Human has a release date
10. WarGames video game reboot launches 14th March
11. Lara Croft and Lucozade are at it again
12. Here's a better look at Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
13. Payday 2's Switch port looks fine but runs poorly
14. Where The Water Tastes Like Wine review - the joy of sharing stories
15. The secret ingredient that unites Dark Souls, Crackdown, Zelda and Fez
16. Dragon's Dogma Xbox 360 servers are getting switched off
17. Gwent: The Witcher Card Game is getting a draft-based Arena mode
18. There's a new Defiance game in the works
19. Injustice 2 Legendary Edition announced
20. After the Apocalypse, a new beginning beckons for Battlefield