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December 2018 Archive

Dec. 31, 2018
1. Assassin's Creed Odyssey Ainigmata Ostraka locations - how to solve all ancient puzzles
2. Moments of 2018: Getting my first PS4 Platinum in Marvel's Spider-Man
3. Moments of 2018: Skeletons from the briny depths in Sea of Thieves
4. Moments of 2018: Labo makes magic from cardboard
5. Moments of 2018: Burnout Paradise's crash gates
6. Moments of 2018: Bowsette, or when Nintendo proved no-one can subvert it like itself
7. Moments of 2018: When Fortnite stopped everything for a butterfly
8. The Eurogamer team's favourite games of 2018
9. The 30 best games of 2018
10. The 10 best game reissues of 2018
11. Eurogamer's game of the year 2018 is Tetris Effect
Dec. 24, 2018
1. Cliff Bleszinski teases new career news - and confirms it's "not game related at all"
Dec. 23, 2018
1. New "very hard" levels are coming to Celeste in early 2019
2. Rumour: Microsoft is developing 4K webcams compatible with Xbox One
3. Played Fallout 76 this year? Bethesda's gifting you Fallout Classic Collection on PC
4. Moments of 2018: The closure of Telltale Games
Dec. 22, 2018
1. Thousands of people are watching Twitch streamers wait to play a game that keeps getting delayed
2. PUBG is back up to one million current players on Steam
3. As Baldur's Gate turns 20, we remember why it was great
4. Mario hacker recreates original Super Mario Bros. in Super Mario 64
5. G2A under fire for charging users for not logging in
6. Spare a thought for the person who gets the wrong games machine at Christmas
Dec. 21, 2018
1. iPhone's new Fortnite's 60fps mode tested - and it's a tech milestone
2. Get a year's worth of Xbox Game Pass for half price
3. Fortnite Ghost Decoration locations: Where to find Ghost Decorations in named locations
4. Fallout 76 Fire Breathers exam answers and Into the Fire physical exam route explained
5. Fallout 76 Atoms: How to get easy Atoms from completing Challenges
6. Fallout 76 Type-T Fuse location and where to find Gregs Mine Supply keys in An Ounce of Prevention
7. Fallout 76 nuke codes explained: How to launch nukes using launch codes in the I Am Become Death quest
8. Fallout 76 level map zones explained
9. Fallout 76 Workshops and CAMP base building explained
10. Fallout 76 Enclave: How to join the Enclave by completing Bunker Buster in the Abandoned Waste Dump location
11. Blizzard customer service concern as staff accept cash to exit Irish hub
12. Fallout 76 multiplayer: How to unlock PvP and Wanted Bounties explained
13. Valve U-turns on Artifact card balance after complaints
14. Zelda Breath of the Wild DLC 2 guide: EX Champions' Ballad, Divine Beast Tamer's Trial quests and new gear explained
15. Darksiders 3 patch makes combat more like previous Darksiders games
16. Zelda Labyrinth solutions: How to solve South Loemi Labyrinth, North Lomei Labyrinth and Loemi Labyrinth Island in Breath of the Wild
17. Zelda Dragon locations and farming: Where to find Farosh, Dinrall and Naydra to complete Shae Katha and Tutsuwa Nima in Breath of the Wild
18. Zelda - Master Cycle Zero best fuel explained and how to summon the Zelda bike in Breath of the Wild DLC 2
19. Fanatec's CSL Elite F1 set shows how far racing wheels have come
20. Star Citizen dev targets mid-2020 beta for Squadron 42 single-player campaign
21. Future purchases of Telltale's The Walking Dead: The Final Season on PC exclusive to the Epic Games Store
Dec. 20, 2018
1. For Honor Assassin's Creed crossover kicks off today
2. Sony PlayStation Classic drops to under ?70
3. How a random indie game came out of nowhere to post the 10th highest Steam player count ever
4. Celeste headlines Xbox Games With Gold January titles
5. The Uncharted movie loses its director
6. Spider-Man PS4 gets Sam Raimi suit for free
7. Telltale's final year: a story cut short
8. Destiny 2 just got a major plot twist - and now fans reckon they've worked out what comes next
9. Sony's just released a new Lemmings game for mobile
10. Treyarch keeps tweaking how armour works in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
11. Fallout 76 to get a new mode that lets players collide without PvP restrictions
Dec. 19, 2018
1. Destiny 2 Blind Well explained, Seed of Light and Oracle Engine Offering locations
2. Destiny 2 Mods, Infusion explained, and when to decrypt Engrams in the endgame
3. This Amiga 3000 has quite the history
4. Get a neon Nintendo Switch with Pokémon, Smash Bros. or Zelda for under ?300
5. That's it for Minecraft updates on Xbox 360, PS3, Vita and Wii U
6. People are already doing show-stopping combos with Street Fighter 5's new character
7. With Fortune Island, Forza Horizon 4 remains generous to a fault
8. Treyarch nerfs Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's Zero, thankfully
9. Significant FIFA 19 update tackles one of the community's biggest concerns
10. For Honor outlines third year of updates
11. World of Warcraft is my home from home at Christmas
Dec. 18, 2018
1. Nintendo Switch the fastest-selling US console this generation
2. The ghost of Fortnite's Infinity Blade lives on in a bizarre glitch
3. Kraken discounts on God of War, Spider-Man, Detroit, Forza and Tomb Raider
4. Black Ops 4 Halloween event explained - event end date, times and rewards
5. Black Ops 4 Black Market tiers explained - how to level up tiers and gain Black Ops battle pass levels
6. Black Ops 4 Dark Ops objectives: Every secret task we know so far
7. Black Ops 4 Blackout guns and weapons - the best weapons and guns for Multiplayer and Blackout mode
8. Black Ops 4 Blackout tips, tricks, battle royale differences and things to know
9. Black Ops 4: How to unlock Create a Class in multiplayer
10. Black Ops 4 Blackout Challenges list: all Career, Operations, Professional, Survivalist, Heroic and Vehicular challenges listed
11. Dontnod says Life is Strange 2's second episode will arrive in January
12. Grab an Xbox One X with Red Dead Redemption 2, Forza Horizon 4 and four more games for just over ?400
13. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the fastest-selling Nintendo home console game in Europe ever
14. BioShocky horror Close to the Sun attracts a publisher
15. Germany will take Nintendo and its no-cancel eShop pre-order policy to court
16. Soulja Boy cranks out another two dodgy consoles
17. What should a World War look like?
18. Battlefield 5 reverses TTK change that turned players into bullet sponges
19. Fresh Prince's Carlton sues Fortnite for copying his legendary dance
20. Eurogamer readers' top 50 games of 2017
Dec. 17, 2018
1. After all these years, World of Warcraft adds a potion to understand your enemy with
2. Someone is using My PS4 Life videos to work out player counts for loads of games
3. Fallout 76 players say the Atom shop prices are getting out of hand
4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate glitch shows you should be careful what you wish for
5. Xbox One S with Red Dead Redemption 2 and Battlefield 5 for under ?200
6. Pillars of Eternity 2 will still come to consoles, including Switch, in 2019
7. Konami turns PES 2018 mobile into PES 2019 mobile
8. You can get a free PC copy of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey via Google's Project Stream
9. Arc System Works is making a Granblue Fantasy fighting game
10. Street Fighter 5's new DLC character Kage is basically Evil Ryu with a twist
11. Eurogamer readers' top 50 games of 2018 voting
12. Kingdom Hearts 3 community braces itself for spoilers after big gameplay leak
13. Mutant Year Zero's misfits are some of 2018's best characters
Dec. 16, 2018
1. DF Retro: the forgotten Nintendo tech that makes GameCube HDMI possible
2. Ian's top ten best PSVR games of 2018
Dec. 15, 2018
1. Epic legal threat silences prolific Fortnite leaker
2. Four days since launch, Ashen developer still trying to fix PC multiplayer
3. Subnautica is free from the Epic Games Store right now
4. Now Discord says it'll let developers self-publish games - and give them 90% of revenue
5. That nightmarish Sonic movie poster is real
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout gets custom games next week
7. Expect baby Snorlax to pop up in Pokémon Go
8. Nintendo Switch FIFA 19 Ultimate Team players shafted once again
9. Charles Martinet awarded Guinness World Record for 100 Mario video game voiceovers
10. Epic pulls overpowered Infinity Blade from Fortnite
11. YOGO: You only game once
Dec. 14, 2018
1. Does Super Smash Bros. Ultimate deliver a generational leap for Switch?
2. UK union wants to tackle video game industry crunch
3. Snowball kills are the new obsession for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Blackout players
4. Blizzard downsizes Heroes of the Storm team, cancels esports plans
5. The joy of Katamari Damacy
Dec. 13, 2018
1. Minecraft launches Paws and Claws costume pack to raise money for World Wildlife Fund
2. Tim Schafer's classic LucasArts adventure Full Throttle is currently free on GOG
3. Some interesting PSVR games are currently reduced
4. Nintendo rolls out the seasonal savings for its eShop Festive Offers sale
5. PlanetSide Arena is battle royale for up to 500 players
6. Capcom put Street Fighter 5 in-game ads on Dhalsim's necklace of shrunken human skulls
7. Get spooky murder mystery board game Mysterium for just over ?30
8. Hytale is a brand new game from giants of the Minecraft community, backed by Riot
9. Metro Exodus comes out a little earlier than expected
10. Sega classic Out Run headed to Nintendo Switch
11. Ark: Survival Evolved on Switch is cut back to the absolute barebones
12. Spider-Man Silver Lining DLC launches next week
13. Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom review - a vital updating of a classic series
14. The wonder of a new Monster Boy game
15. Turns out there's one more Battle Royale game you need in your life
16. Pokémon Go's PVP Trainer Battles finally live, but with issues
17. Here's what happened when we tried to bet on esports at our local bookies
18. Konami launches free-to-play PES 2019 Lite
19. Stylish supernatural stealth game Aragami is heading to Switch next year
Dec. 12, 2018
1. Epic is making Fortnite's cross-platform tools available to all developers for free
2. Sea of Thieves' latest update offers a festive boost toward Pirate Legend (and beyond)
3. Final Fantasy 15's multiplayer mode Comrades goes standalone from today
4. PUBG on PlayStation 4: a basic, rough around the edges port
5. Make a killing with Hitman 2 for under ?20
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's latest update is superb
7. Red Dead Redemption 2 voice actor on the game's secretive five-year shooting schedule
8. The new batch of NES games for Switch come with another surprise
9. Nintendo fans call for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate online multiplayer to be improved
10. Fortnite's Infinity Blade wrecking the game's $1m tournament
11. SNK 40th Anniversary Edition gets 11 free new games today
12. Why Fallout 76 players want to bring a bug back
13. The brilliance of video game maps
14. Ni no Kuni 2's The Lair of the Lost Lord paid DLC is out this week
Dec. 11, 2018
1. Mesmerising mop-'em-up Viscera Cleanup Detail just got some new spy-themed DLC
2. Square Enix officially unveils Nier: Automata's Game of the YoRHa Edition
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 just added Hijacked to Blackout - and it's absolute carnage
4. An ode to video game doors
5. After seven years, Civ 5 designer finally dates new project At the Gates
6. Eurogamer Q&A: Terror lives here
7. Assassin's Creed live symphonic tour is coming to London next year
8. Pre-release version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4's first premium DLC leaks in Australia
9. Fortnite is adding the sword from Infinity Blade, and changing its map again
10. Developer finally releases cancelled ZX Spectrum game 30 years after he finished it
11. GTA Online's Arena War update adds Mad Max-style vehicles
12. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate review - a messy, magical festival of video games
13. Epic's Infinity Blade series removed from App Store
14. What's the deal with Epic Games Store refunds?
15. Fab Ninja-Gaiden-inspired retro platformer The Messenger is getting free DLC next year
16. Sonic's looking slightly terrifying in first teaser image for next year's movie
Dec. 10, 2018
1. Stardew Valley's multiplayer update finally arrives on Switch this week
2. Twitch's casino section is an insidious mess - and it's right in view of children
3. Panzer Dragoon 1&2 are getting the remake treatment
4. Get a PSVR with Skyrim, Doom and three more games for ?229
5. Monster Hunter World's first big expansion is unveiled
6. DF Retro: we play every single Doom console conversion
7. Turns out the CS:GO Portal message is an Easter egg, not an ARG
8. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is Switch's biggest UK launch yet
9. This Just Cause 4 Easter egg is the greatest Easter egg of them all
Dec. 9, 2018
1. Ashen review - a soulful journey through a sublime ruined world
2. Doom designer John Romero's next big project will be revealed tomorrow
3. Art director shares concept art from a cancelled 2013 Silent Hill project
4. Super Meat Boy Forever gets a new release window and teaser trailer
5. DF Retro: why Resident Evil 2 on N64 is one of the most ambitious console ports of all time
6. The Walking Dead: The Final Season's episode 3 release date confirmed
7. Here's when we'll get to play Anthem's upcoming open and 'VIP' demos
8. Gungrave VR is a blast from the past that makes for an abysmal virtual experience
Dec. 8, 2018
1. Here's a good look at FuturLab's PSVR exclusive, Mini-Mech Mayhem
2. Conan Unconquered is a new strategy game from Petroglyph
3. Troubling GOG tweets, a fired CD Projekt employee, and the spectre of GamerGate
4. Mortal Kombat X, PES 2019, Hellblade and more hit Xbox Game Pass in December
5. Company of Heroes 2 is free right now
6. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player recreates Evo Moment #37
7. Fortnite players are recreating Call of Duty maps
8. There will be Blood again
9. Street Fighter 5 in-game ads spark vociferous debate
10. Just before Christmas, H1Z1 developer Daybreak suffers another round of layoffs
11. Big Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 update sounds promising
12. VR and the act of seeing
Dec. 7, 2018
1. BioWare teases Dragon Age 4 with a major returning character
2. Abz? studio Giant Squid unveils beautiful forest adventure The Pathless
3. Win a Smash Bros. edition Switch in Nintendo Life's Smash Battles Live tournament
4. Sayonara Wild Hearts is a colourful pop music game headed to Switch
5. Journey makes its PC debut on the Epic Games Store
6. PUBG XP and levels - how to earn XP fast and levelling up explained
7. PUBG Achievements and Trophies list
8. Psychonauts 2 finally releases gameplay trailer, confirms 2019 release
9. Devil May Cry 5 multiplayer lets players make guest appearances in each other's games
10. Activision is selling a cheaper version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on PC without Zombies
11. Far Cry New Dawn is a post-apocalyptic spin on the series
12. Parkitect review - the finest theme park sim for years
13. No Man's Sky dev Hello Games reveals new adventure The Last Campfire
14. Ark developer Wildcard unveils new multiplayer pirate adventure Atlas
15. Persona 5's Joker is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's first paid DLC character
16. PUBG's new snow map: the big interview
17. Rage 2 gets a May 2019 release date
18. Mortal Kombat 11 announced
19. Former Far Cry, Batman Arkham devs talk Journey to the Savage Planet
20. Here's the first slate of games on the Epic Games Store
21. PUBG reveals new snow map, Vikendi
22. A first look at Obsidian's new sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds
23. Warframe's massive open-world Fortuna expansion arrives on PC this week
24. Monster Hunter-like Dauntless headed to consoles and mobile next year
25. Looks like there's a CTR: Crash Team Racing remaster
26. Patrice Desilets' ape evolution game Ancestors will be out in 2019
27. Bastion developer's new game Hades announced and available now
28. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 announced
29. Far Cry 5 spin-off named and dated
30. The Stanley Parable is coming to consoles next year with new bits
31. Final Fantasy's Behemoth comes to Monster Hunter World on PC this month
Dec. 6, 2018
1. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gets Battle Royale mode, goes free-to-play
2. DayZ finally leaves early access next week on PC
3. Red Dead Online players get free gold bars as first economy balance pass arrives
4. Just Cause 4 performance analysis: every console tested
5. Yes! Quake Champions is ditching loot boxes for a battle pass
6. Fortnite Lil Kev event objectives, rewards, end date explained
7. Fortnite Gargoyle locations: Where to dance at different Gargoyles
8. Fortnite Corrupted Area locations and Shadow Stones explained
9. Fortnite Tomato throwing explained: How to hit a player with a Tomato
10. Fortnite - Oasis, Rock Archway and Dinosaurs location explained
11. Fortnite - Risky Reels treasure map location
12. Fortnite - Flush Factory treasure map location
13. Just Cause 4 review - likeably scrappy open-world carnage
14. Bethesda leaked Fallout 76 customer names, addresses, contact details
15. Fortnite season 7 trailer and battle pass details are here
16. The five best tabletop games I played at PAX Unplugged
17. Below finally has a release date - and it's next week
Dec. 5, 2018
1. Planet Coaster's Magnificent Rides DLC launches later this month
2. Telltale's last completed project, Minecraft: Story Mode for Netflix, is out now
3. Nintendo Online's latest batch of NES games comes to Switch next week
4. There's a post-apocalyptic new Far Cry coming, judging by its first teaser trailer
5. Fortnite is getting a major new sandbox mode, separate from battle royale
6. Two Point Hospital just dropped a Bigfoot DLC
7. Former Dragon Age boss Mike Laidlaw joins Assassin's Creed Odyssey studio
8. Person arrested following Starbreeze office raid
9. Rockstar warns players Red Dead Online beta progress may not be permanent
10. Epic's new Unreal Tournament no longer in development
11. BioWare reportedly set to unveil new Dragon Age later this week
12. Those Ubisoft Club points you've been gathering for the last ten years will soon expire
13. How Fallout 76 players are finding the fun
14. Civilization 6: Gathering Storm has a new civ that begins the game at sea
15. Unlicensed casino websites are being streamed on Twitch, UK gambling watchdog confirms
16. In praise of cel-shading
Dec. 4, 2018
1. Battlefield 5's first chapter update delayed by technical issues
2. Duke Nukem Forever, The Darkness get backward compatibility support on Xbox One
3. Resident Evil 2's remake reveals its biggest star
4. Fortnite maker Epic takes on Steam with its own PC games store
5. Hands-on with Trainer Battles, Pokémon Go's huge PVP evolution
6. Gorgeous Metroidvania Sundered comes to Switch and Xbox this month with added co-op
7. Bethesda to finally deliver canvas bags following Fallout 76 fan fury
8. Ride 3 review - a generous, if flawed, racer
Dec. 3, 2018
1. THQ Nordic acquires IP rights to classic combat racer Carmageddon
2. Fortnite's Season 7 gets start date and chilling first tease
3. Win an Overwatch Lego set!
4. Starbreeze in desperate need of a payday after Overkill's The Walking Dead flop
5. Elite Dangerous' big Beyond: Chapter 4 update is out next week
6. Resident Evil 2 battle royale event headed to PUBG Mobile
7. Surprise! Pokémon Go just launched new Pokémon Spinda
8. Assassin's Creed Odyssey's first big expansion is one for the fans
9. All Tekken 7 season pass two characters confirmed
10. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will give Pokémon players a neat freebie
11. Darksiders 3 UK physical launch sales a quarter of Farming Simulator 19's
12. Stardew Valley dev splits with UK publishing partner Chucklefish
Dec. 2, 2018
1. PlayStation Classic review: the games are great but the emulation is really poor
2. Arca's Path VR is a refreshing change of pace for virtual reality
3. Treasure's most fascinating game is also its most imperfect
Dec. 1, 2018
1. Turns out Bethesda did make Fallout 76 canvas bags and gave them out to influencers
2. Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe puts his source code collection on eBay
3. Hands-on with Assassin's Creed Odyssey on Google's Project Stream
4. Here's when you can play Firewatch on Nintendo Switch
5. UK charity uses video games to help children reconnect with their estranged parents
6. Steam revises revenue share policy to let "big game" developers keep more of their profits
7. Rocksteady isn't developing Superman and won't be announcing anything at The Game Awards
8. It turns out FIFA is ideal for teaching mental health patients about resilience