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June 2021 Archive

June 30, 2021
1. Finding Queerness in Larp
2. Fortnite - Welcome sign locations: Where to place welcome signs in Pleasant Park and Lazy Lake
3. Fortnite - Alien light communication device locations on mountain tops explained
4. Fortnite - Boombox locations: Where to place Boomboxes in Believer Beach explained
5. Fortnite - Cat food locations: Where to collect cat food locations in Retail Row and Dirty Docks
6. Fortnite - Sunny, Joey and Beach Brutus locations: Find and converse explained
7. PUBG's new map has a Gulag-style second chance system
8. The Xbox Wireless Headset is in stock - and at a discount
9. Konami deal sets Silent Hill fan tongues wagging
10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's disappearing maps are back
11. The Elder Scrolls 6 in design phase, being built on new Starfield technology
12. Breath of the Wild's weapons are a window into the heart of video games
13. Queer play is everywhere
14. Hunky Dads & Voxel Flags - Video Games and Our Queer Future
15. A Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986 is a tale of lesbian romance and coming out
16. Ex-BioWare boss announces new studio working on fresh IP
17. Diablo-like Magic: Legends is shutting down
18. Two new Control games in the works
19. Long-lost Minecraft build found via an old tweet
June 29, 2021
1. PlayStation 5 and Series X tested on a CRT - a game-changer for image quality?
2. Warzone best AMP 63 loadout: Our AMP 63 class setup and how to unlock the AMP 63 explained
3. Xbox Games with Gold July lineup announced
4. Sony buys Returnal developer Housemarque
5. Ghost of Tsushima: Director's Cut rating spotted for PS4 and PS5
6. Contra Returns!
7. Xbox Cloud Gaming now available to all Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subs on PC and iPhones
June 28, 2021
1. Get Resident Evil Village free with a Samsung SSD
2. No more DLC characters for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate after second Fighters Pass, Sakurai confirms
3. DF Direct Weekly talks AMD FSR, Sonic's 30th Anniversary and the legacy of PAL
4. "Regardless of how you feel about Sylvanas, you're going to get some answers"
5. Valheim's new enemy AI is "absolute anarchy", players say
6. GTA 3 and Vice City reverse-engineering fan project back online after Take-Two takedown
7. New Mana game in development for console
8. River, the real-life dog who inspired Dogmeat from Fallout 4, has passed away
June 27, 2021
1. Digital Foundry's best deals from Day 2 of Prime Day: TVs, monitors, PC peripherals and storage
2. Cyberpunk 2077's stability has reached "a satisfactory level", says CDPR
3. Here are the Moon and Dreaming City weapons returning to Destiny 2
4. There's a Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba collaboration coming to Ninjala
5. Overwatch 2 will have "some compromises" on Nintendo Switch
6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla director leaves Ubisoft to join EA Motive
7. That unannounced Castlevania Advance Collection has been rated again, this time in Korea
8. Marvel's Avengers will permanently let you play as "multiples of the same Hero" from next month
9. Falling in love with the Nintendo 3DS 10 years late
June 26, 2021
1. Valve's 2007 shooter Team Fortress 2 just broke its all-time Steam concurrent players count
2. Forget GoldenEye, someone made a Greggs in Far Cry 5
3. Final Fantasy 14: examining the complete saga - right up to its PS5 debut
4. Following Mass Effect Legendary Edition, fans are reappraising Mass Effect Andromeda
5. BioWare explains why the Mass Effect movie fell by the wayside
6. Halo TV show will reportedly lose its showrunner after season one is over
7. First ever WitcherCon set for July - but don't expect to see a new Witcher game
8. The Friday the 13th game was set for an Among Us-style mode before lawsuit blocked development
9. Ultima Underworld 1+2, Syndicate Plus and Syndicate Wars will be delisted from GOG on Monday
10. The Demon Slayer game heads west in October
11. Activision defeats WWE wrestler Booker T in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 likeness lawsuit
12. Reconnecting with the way most people actually play games
June 25, 2021
1. A battle royale with cartoon characters is something I'd play
2. Warzone best Grau loadout: Our Grau class setup recommendation and how to unlock the Grau explained
3. Warzone best M13 loadout: Our M13 class setup recommendation and how to unlock the M13 explained
4. Warzone best Kilo loadout: Our Kilo class setup recommendation and how to unlock the Kilo explained
5. Warzone best AUG loadout: Our AUG class setup recommendation and how to unlock the AUG explained
6. Warzone best LC10 loadout: Our LC10 class setup recommendation and how to unlock the LC10 explained
7. Warzone best CARV.2 loadout: Our CARV.2 class setup recommendation and how to unlock the CARV.2 explained
8. Harebrained Schemes' brilliant Shadowrun Trilogy free on GOG
9. Resident Evil Village walkthrough: A guide to surviving the horror adventure
10. Tell us about your gaming preferences in this survey
11. Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance review - a bad first impression but it's a grower
12. Pokémon Go Regigigas counters, weaknesses and moveset explained
13. Steam Summer Sale discounts Halo: Master Chief Collection, Hades, Sekiro and more
14. Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora looks like a next-gen tech showcase
15. Konami announces multiplayer detective game Crimesight
16. Phantom Abyss already feels like a proper classic
17. Windows 11 adds auto HDR to games, Android apps via Amazon's app store
18. Ray tracing mod offers a glimpse into GTA 5's next-gen update
19. What we've been playing
20. The fan who took the reins at a JRPG powerhouse
21. Insomniac working on a mystery multiplayer project
22. Pokémon Go - Bidoof Breakout event: Research tasks and Catch XP bonuses explained
23. "We want players having fun in Halo, not grind it like it's a job"
24. The Double-A Team: Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood showed us how good an RPG entry could be
25. Ubisoft pulls fan-made GoldenEye Far Cry 5 levels after copyright claim
June 24, 2021
1. Sonic Mania is currently free on the Epic Games Store
2. Apex Legends is bringing back original Kings Canyon in a Collection Event
3. Uh-oh, Valheim's monsters are now even more aggressive
4. Might And Magic 10: Legacy still broken, still being sold anyway
5. Fortnite chicken locations and how to fly with a chicken explained
6. Mario Golf: Super Rush review - nice additions, but the magic still lies with the basics
7. Team Fortress 2 update takes aim at the game's bot problem - again
8. Microsoft set to reveal Windows 11 today
9. Cyberpunk 2077 patch 1.23: is the game fit for its PSN comeback?
10. Kerbal Space Program gets a free next-gen update this autumn
11. The first Paralympics video game out today
12. Monster Hunter finally broke the west, but it wants to go broader still
13. Neo: The World Ends With You demo out tomorrow
14. AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution tested: big fps wins - but image quality suffers
15. "Something we can't do without": a game designer considers the moon
16. GreedFall's next-gen update and The De Vespe Conspiracy expansion out at the end of June
17. Skywind, the fan-made remake of Morrowind inside Skyrim, still sounds years off
18. Konami quietly launches a PES 2022 demo
19. Umurangi Generation Special Edition review - a uniquely thoughtful game about crisis
20. When Nintendo went Hollywood: a casual conversation with the man who helped shape the N64
June 23, 2021
1. Space Jam movie sequel is being turned into a retro-style beat-'em-up for Xbox and PC
2. Who won E3? It's the Eurogamer News Cast!
3. Sonic the Hedgehog is 30 years old today
4. Aliens: Fireteam Elite out this August
5. Limbo, Gang Beasts and NFS: Hot Pursuit headed to Xbox Game Pass
6. GAN Theft Auto is a snippet of GTA 5 made by AI
7. Oculus developer pulls out of Facebook in-headset VR ads trial
8. EA makes "substantial changes" to executive pay after negative shareholder feedback
9. Pokémon Sword and Shield leakers must each pay $150k damages
10. Here's when EA Play Live will take place
11. Microsoft's special Cyberpunk 2077 refund policy ends early July
12. Overwatch cross-play now live
13. Call of Duty: Warzone dev exploring "fair" and "reactable" counterplay to controversial Dead Silence field upgrade
14. Marvel's Avengers bug which displays IP addresses to be hotfixed today
15. Stonefly review - a bug's life with all its grind and glory
16. Someone should make a game about: fulgurites
June 22, 2021
1. Fortnite ray guns: How to find Kymera Ray Gun locations explained
2. Fortnite - Mothership abduction: How to get abducted in Fortnite explained
3. This new GTA 5 Godzilla mod lets you rampage with atomic breath
4. Lego's next wave of Super Mario expansion sets includes Bee and Frog Mario
5. Fortnite - Bio's Zone Wars Trios location: How to play the LTM explained
6. Tencent now owns majority stake in Spec Ops: The Line studio Yager
7. Abandoned dev Blue Box denies Kojima collab rumours yet again
8. Looks like Call of Duty: Warzone's controversial Roze skin is finally properly nerfed
9. Fortnite's giant UFO now hosts a low-gravity loot dungeon
10. Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada laments the cancellation of Tekken X Street Fighter
11. Final Fantasy 9 animated kids series in the works
12. Pokémon Go lays out roadmap for removing many pandemic bonuses
13. Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick's $155m pay package approved by shareholders
14. Portal designer Kim Swift joins Xbox
June 21, 2021
1. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order's enhanced PS5/Xbox Series patch - all upgrades tested
2. Bungie steps in to shut down sales of Destiny 2's Spicy Ramen Coupon emblem
3. Don't touch Call of Duty: Warzone's deadly door
4. Valheim's community-made VR mod now has motion controls
5. Cyberpunk 2077 finally returns to PlayStation Store, still with warning not to buy for base PS4
6. Pokémon Go adding new costumed Pikachu just for Okinawa islands of Japan
7. A week on, some Nintendo Switch fans say they're still unable to download games and updates
8. Report of EA Motive "revival" project sets tongues wagging
9. Steam Next Fest: Death Trash is a gristly, gorgeous, and subtly funny RPG
June 20, 2021
1. Rare on Sea of Thieves' massive Pirates of the Caribbean update and getting crossovers right
2. Square Enix says putting Outriders on Xbox Game Pass has "worked in its favour"
3. Looks like self-pickup is coming to PUBG in the next update
4. Bayonetta 3 "definitely still exists" and is "progressing well"
5. Psychonauts 2 will release in August with "no crunch"
6. Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment studio head David Polfeldt steps down to "pursue other challenges"
7. Among Us devs admit they felt "burnt out" and "overwhelmed" following the indie game's success
June 19, 2021
1. Back 4 Blood is always online - even when played solo with AI teammates
2. Baldur's Gate 3 won't release this year, Larian "aiming" for 2022
3. Guilty Gear Strive looks like a Game Boy Advance game with potato mod
4. Biomutant's most significant patch yet increases level cap and adds scrap from loot screen, among many other changes
5. Phasmophobia's solo dev hires help as new update drops
6. Call of Duty: Warzone's new and instantly devastating MG 82 LMG already set for a nerf
7. EA increases Battlefield 4 server capacity after Battlefield 2042 reveal sparks player spike
8. Outriders' next patch makes the grind for legendaries a lot easier
9. Castlevania Advance Collection spotted on ratings board
10. NUTS' foley artist Almut Schwacke loves the art of manual sound design
June 18, 2021
1. Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition: how does PS5 compare to Xbox Series X?
2. Assassin's Creed Valhalla used in Irish tourism campaign
3. EA now lets you see what's in FIFA loot boxes before you buy them
4. Thanos is coming to Fortnite's item shop
5. Looks like Alan Wake Remastered and Final Fantasy 7 Remake will hit the Epic Games Store
6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla's mastery challenge mode adds fun trials and a teasing new storyline
7. Hacking adventure Recompile releases this August
8. You have to turn HDR off to get Call of Duty: Warzone to run at 120fps on PS5
9. George R.R. Martin's work on Elden Ring was "actually done years ago"
10. Backbone review - a moody narrative noir spoiled by absurdity
11. World of Warcraft Shadowlands' Chains of Domination update out end of June
12. Lego leak reveals Super Mario airship
13. Black Ops: Cold War, Warzone Season 4 release time, and what's new in Season 4 explained
14. Raven pulls Call of Duty: Warzone's controversial armoured Big Bertha from the game and players hope it never comes back
15. Norco is a tantalising Southern Gothic mystery
16. Xbox Design Lab is back with custom Series X/S controllers
17. How Forza Horizon 5 scales across the console generations
18. Microsoft confirms final two launch civilisations for Age of Empires 4
19. Sea of Thieves' kraken finally gets its face in new Pirates of the Caribbean crossover trailer
20. Flight Simulator gives Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden makeovers
21. Ninja Theory currently building a "chunky" slice of Hellblade 2 before moving into full production
June 17, 2021
1. A Plague Tale: Innocence getting 4K 60FPS Xbox Series X upgrade
2. Warzone Special Weapons list and how to unlock the Nail Gun explained
3. PUBG: New State pulls in a whopping 17m pre-registration sign-ups
4. Overcooked! 2 free on Epic Games Store
5. The big Forza Horizon 5 interview: "There's not any point being bigger if it's more of the same"
6. Ahead of Cyberpunk 2077's PlayStation Store return, there's a big performance and bug-fixing patch
7. Pokémon Unite launches next month on Nintendo Switch
8. Sony launches PS5 beta program ahead of next major system update later this year
9. Metroid Dread's ?26 amiibo boost your health and ammo reserves
10. Days after Trump donation controversy, FNAF creator announces retirement
11. Nintendo's Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 trailer has sparked some brilliant fan theories
12. Nintendo shares 20 minutes of new No More Heroes 3 gameplay on Switch
13. Nintendo's Sakamoto on bringing Metroid Dread back from the dead
14. Facebook testing in-headset VR ads for Oculus
15. Tetris Effect: Connected multiplayer expansion adds spectator mode this summer
16. Backbone, For Honor, and Darkest Dungeon coming to Xbox Game Pass in June
17. Call of Duty: Warzone PS4 becomes first back compat game to support 120hz on PS5
18. My body is a bit like a game of Candy Crush Soda Saga
19. Fortnite - Body Scanner locations: How to step onto a body scanner explained
20. Pokémon Go - A Seven-Colored Shadow quest tasks and rewards explained
21. Black Ops - Cold War: Warzone Season 4 Battle Pass skins and Operators, including War Paint, Assassin and Iridescent Tier 100 rewards
22. Pokémon Go - Solstice event: Research tasks, Solrock and Lunatone locations explained
June 16, 2021
1. Steam Next Fest: Nuke Zone is a beautiful riff on Battlezone
2. Steam Next Fest: Road 96 promises a dazzling web of adventure
3. Steam Next Fest: BroForce dev's world-regrower Terra Nil is blooming marvellous
4. Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition - the ray tracing showcase tested on Xbox Series X/S
5. Fortnite - Bunker Jonesy's conspiracy board location: Where to interact with the conspiracy board explained
6. Fortnite Rubber Duck locations: Where to place Rubber Ducks in Retail Row, Pleasant Park and Believer Beach
7. GTA Online will shut down in December for PS3, Xbox 360
8. Fallout: London mod trailer reveals incredible post-apocalyptic cityscape
9. Xbox/Bethesda at E3 2021: a game-changer for Microsoft
10. DF Direct Weekly talks God of War/GT7 Cross-Gen, AMD FSR Upscaling, Doom Eternal RT
11. Our favourite games of E3 2021
12. Nintendo will release a new Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda in November
13. Xbox exclusive The Medium hits PS5 in September
14. Microsoft says it will use cloud streaming to bring 2022 exclusives to Xbox One
June 15, 2021
1. It looks like Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania screens and box art have surfaced
2. You can now search for and find Cyberpunk 2077 on the PlayStation Store - but you can't buy it yet
3. Advance Wars 1+2 remakes announced for Switch
4. Wii U photography horror Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water heading to Switch
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel launches 2022
6. Nintendo Switch exclusive Shin Megami Tensei 5 out 12th November
7. Mario Party Superstars will revive classic boards and minigames
8. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity DLC adds playable Battle-Tested Guardian
9. Xbox's Summer Game Fest demo event starts today
10. Battlefield 2042 uses bots to fill servers so your matches are always full
11. Life is Strange Remastered Collection releases this September
12. There's a new WarioWare game coming to Switch in September
13. Danganronpa is coming to Nintendo Switch
14. I think I quite like the new Final Fantasy that's the butt of the internet's jokes
15. Kazuya from Tekken is the next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC character
16. Planet Zoo's new Africa DLC adds meerkats, scarab beetles, and more
17. Loop Hero's first big update lets you save on the go
18. Destiny 2 Plug One.1 god roll recommendation and drop location explained
19. Destiny 2 Uzume RR4 god roll recommendation and drop location explained
20. Turtle Beach has a $350 Microsoft Flight Sim controller
21. As Guilty Gear Strive punches through 300k sold, dataminer unearths potential DLC characters list
22. 100-player WW2 first-person shooter Hell Let Loose hits PS5 and Xbox Series X/S late 2021
23. Xbox appears to be tweaking its Series X game box design again
24. Resident Evil Village will get DLC, Capcom mysteriously teases
25. Elex 2 announced
26. Netflix's live-action Assassin's Creed signs Die Hard writer
27. All in a Back 4 Blood party can play paid DLC if one person owns it
28. The Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin demo is broken
29. Rare's Everwild now targeting 2024 release - report
30. Here's 20% off Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, Monster Hunter Rise and FF7 Intergrade
31. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War gets Rush from Black Ops 2 in Season 4
32. Ynglet is an entrancing game about jumping between bubbles like a space-dolphin
June 14, 2021
1. Capcom dates Monster Hunter Rise's first collab event, Monster Hunter Stories 2 demo
2. Call of Duty: Warzone's Verdansk '84 gets new satellite crash sites with Season 4
3. Flight Simulator supports 30fps, cross-save, and cross-play on Xbox Series X/S
4. Far: Lone Sails follow-up Changing Tides is a post-apocalyptic adventure across the waves
5. Riders Republic is the Justice League of parks
6. Miyazaki just dropped a huge amount of Elden Ring info
7. Did Bethesda just tease The Elder Scrolls 6's location in that Starfield trailer?
8. Assassin's Creed Valhalla adds new combat and stealth challenge mode tomorrow
9. Halo Infinite lets you equip a Personal AI during multiplayer matches
10. Sony debuts a Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart PS5 bundle
11. Two Point Campus looks like a Sims-esque evolution of the hospital formula
12. Lego Super Mario's third wave of blind bag add-ons revealed
13. Citizen Sleeper is narrative RPG set on a ruined space station
14. Flight Simulator Xbox release date: Everything we know about the console version so far
15. Stadia timed-exclusive Orcs Must Die 3 launches elsewhere next month
16. Microsoft has a follow-up Xbox Games Showcase event on Thursday
17. Tinykin is an eye-catching indie Pikmin
18. Sony has been working with Deviation Games on its new PlayStation-exclusive IP for over a year already
19. Xbox Series X mini fridge launches later this year
20. Bethesda says Starfield will be like a "Han Solo simulator", "NASA meets Indiana Jones"
21. Pokémon Go maker Niantic working on Transformers game
22. Sci-fi apocalypse adventure Somerville gets a new trailer
23. Telling Lies director Sam Barlow announces new game Immortality
24. Square Enix's Guardians of the Galaxy is single-player, without DLC or microtransactions
25. Minute of Islands review - intriguing puzzler hampered by simplistic gameplay
June 13, 2021
1. Here's a first look at Team Ninja's Final Fantasy spin-off Stranger of Paradise
2. A Plague Tale is getting a sequel next year
3. Hitman Sniper: The Shadows loses Agent 47, sets up new spin-off universe
4. Here's our first look at Black Panther in Marvel's Avengers
5. Here's a look at Life is Strange: True Colors' powers in action
6. Babylon's Fall is coming to PS5
7. Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster coming soon to PC and mobile
8. Among Us is getting a hide and seek mode
9. Redfall is a vampire-shooting game by Arkane, releasing in 2022
10. First look at Halo Infinite multiplayer
11. Fallout 3's The Pitt hits Fallout 76 in 2022
12. Microsoft's impressive list of Xbox Game Pass games just got even better
13. Sea of Thieves is getting a Pirates of the Caribbean crossover next week
14. Grounded's new update adds sitting, mushrooms and a really big spider
15. Microsoft Flight Simulator for Xbox Series X/S gets July release date
16. Here's the first trailer for Ubisoft's Avatar game, which is out next year
17. Stalker 2 out April 2022 on Xbox Series X and S and PC
18. Psychonauts 2 gets August release date
19. Doom Eternal's free next-gen update out late June
20. Diablo 2: Resurrected launches September
21. E3 2021: Square Enix Presents live report
22. Forza Horizon 5 heads to Mexico, launches in November
23. Age of Empires 4 releases this October
24. The Outer Worlds 2 announced for PC, Xbox Series X/S
25. 12 Minutes, the claustrophobic time-loop drama, arrives in August
26. Just Cause developer Avalanche announces Contraband
27. Hades comes to Xbox and Game Pass in August
28. Delightfully silly Battlefield 2042 trailer shows of grappling hooks, zipwires, and air-dropped tanks
29. Starfield launches November 2022 for PC, Xbox Series X/S
30. Jim Ryan cites "important trade-offs" in explaining PS5's lack of support for old PlayStation games
31. "Tiny" MMORPG Book of Travels launches into Early Access in August
32. Far Cry 6's season pass will include a remastered copy of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
33. Check out new retro-inspired adventure game, Arietta of Spirits
34. E3 2021: Xbox and Bethesda Showcase live report
35. Five Nights at Freddy's creator confirms claims he has financially backed Donald Trump
36. Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade - a stunning upgrade for PS5
37. Check out the stylish Bramble: The Mountain King, a new horror adventure inspired by Nordic folklore
38. Psychological thriller Martha Is Dead "combines superstition, folklore, and deep psychological distress"
39. The Crew franchise has clocked up over 30 million players
40. "Massive multiplayer outdoor sports playground" Riders Republic will release in September
June 12, 2021
1. Godfall coming to PlayStation 4, alongside new expansion
2. Everything announced during Devolver's E3 2021 show
3. Just Dance 2022 arrives this November
4. Ubisoft shows brief Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope gameplay
5. Humankind closed beta coming, lets you play through most of a game
6. Rainbow Six Extraction launches September
7. Nintendo's official website reveals Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope for Switch
8. Assassin's Creed Valhalla will get a second year of expansions
9. Looks like Back 4 Blood hits Xbox Game Pass day one
10. Microsoft Store spills Yakuza: Like a Dragon for Xbox Game Pass
11. Adorable, avian-themed skateboarding game SkateBird gets August release date
12. Gibson email reveals Rocksmith+ ahead of Ubisoft E3 show
13. Rainbow Six Siege announces crossplay plans
14. Watch Dogs: Legion's Bloodline expansion out July
15. Another Ubisoft leak reveals Far Cry 6 DLC
16. Netflix's Castlevania is getting a spin-off series set during the French Revolution
17. Here's a first (brisk) look at The Witcher's second season on Netflix
18. E3 2021: Ubisoft E3 2021
19. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order's free upgrade available to disc owners who have a discless next-gen console
June 11, 2021
1. Splinter Cell, Far Cry, and Blood Dragon animated series coming to Netflix
2. Sable might be one of the most soothing games I've ever played
3. Here're the opening three minutes of Netflix's Resident Evil CGI series
4. Warzone Vault Keycards: How to open the Nakatomi Vault explained
5. Warzone Nakatomi Plaza side missions: How to disarm C4, and complete Unfinished Business and Deal Gone Wrong
6. Warzone - Survival Camp locations: How to complete the Rambo POW dog tags challenge explained
7. Warzone CIA Outpost location explained
8. PS5 and Xbox Series X and S versions of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order out now
9. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart - all three graphics modes tried and tested
10. Amazon bringing South Korean action RPG Lost Ark west this autumn
11. Guilty Gear Strive dev warns PC gamers not to play in 4K
12. Nintendo Switch owners report download issues following system update
13. Back 4 Blood open beta set for August
14. Microsoft says it's already working on new Xbox consoles, "some of which won't come to light for years"
15. Fortnite IO Tech weapon locations: Where to find the Recon Scanner, Pulse Rifle and Rail Gun in Fortnite
16. Bethesda bins Fallout 76's battle royale mode this September
17. What we've been playing
18. Hackers reportedly steal FIFA 21 and Frostbite source code
19. Annapurna Interactive will hold its first ever showcase next month
20. Chicory: A Colorful Tale makes you engage with its world in a completely transformative way
21. Here's everything shown during tonight's indie-focussed Day of the Devs livestream
22. The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes arrives just in time for Halloween
23. Axiom Verge 2 is coming to PS4 and PS5
June 10, 2021
1. Virginia dev's supernatural mystery adventure Last Stop gets a July release date
2. Ska Studios unveils Salt and Sanctuary follow-up Salt and Sacrifice
3. Elden Ring revealed, launches January 2022
4. CD Projekt warns employee data might be caught up in leak circulating online
5. Dino-park management sim Jurassic World Evolution is getting a sequel later this year
6. Sci-fi desert adventure Sable gets September release date
7. Next week's Xbox Summer Game Fest demo event detailed
8. Planet of Lana is a lovely hand-painted side-scroller
9. It's a shame the new Vampire: The Masquerade battle royale game is so shooty
10. Journey dev's sumptuous Sky: Children of the Light gets June release date on Switch
11. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is Borderlands meets Dungeons & Dragons
12. Death Stranding: Director's Cut coming to PlayStation 5
13. Ex-Call of Duty: Black Ops devs are making a brand new IP for PlayStation
14. E3 2021: Summer Game Fest live report
15. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War gets Black Ops 2 map Hijacked with Season 4
16. Metal Slug Tactics announced for PC
17. Painkiller is coming back
18. Former Left 4 Dead and Portal writer's new game is four-player sci-fi romp The Anacrusis
19. Hospital follow-up Two Point Campus launches in 2022
20. Unreal Engine 5: hands-on with Epic's next-gen technology
21. Control free on the Epic Games Store
22. Destiny 2 Vault of Glass guide, changes and everything else you need to know about the returning raid
23. Destiny 2 Glass Shard locations for the white shader Bitterpearl explained
24. Destiny 2 Vault of Glass chest locations, and solo chest strategy explained
25. Valheim no longer on track to receive four updates this year
26. Capcom's E3 showcase will include Monster Hunter and Resident Evil updates
27. Playdate pre-orders go live next month priced $179
28. I tried to get a high score in the E3 portal but everything broke
29. Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco dates E3 broadcast
30. Battlefield 2042 is a radical return to the series' roots
31. Battlefield 2042 has no campaign and no battle royale mode
32. Microsoft putting Xbox in TVs, building its own streaming devices, and exploring new Game Pass subscriptions
33. Microsoft aims to release at least one new first-party game into Xbox Game Pass every quarter
34. Xbox boss Phil Spencer issues thinly-veiled dig at Sony's PC strategy
35. Fortnite Cosmic Chests: How to find and open Cosmic Chest locations explained
36. Activision announces Spyro's return
37. PUBG's "cheater bots" have finally been told to calm down
38. Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti review
39. Battlefield 2042's standard edition is ?10 cheaper on PC and last-gen consoles
40. The Ninja Gaiden Master Collection PC port isn't going down well
41. The cover artists
42. Guilty Gear Strive review - finally, a Guilty Gear for all fighting game fans
June 9, 2021
1. Overwatch is getting cross-play between Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC "soon"
2. Report: Call of Duty: Warzone to get a Vanguard-themed map set in the Pacific theatre of World War 2
3. Ubisoft moving to "hybrid" approach to working from home
4. New PS5 and DualSense controller updates makes a short list of improvements
5. England captain Harry Kane will be available in Fortnite this weekend
6. Apex Legends Heirloom Shards: Drop rate and how to find Heirloom Shards explained
7. Fortnite quietly tried to fix Team Rumble, but made things worse
8. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart review - cracking, unserious action
9. The Disney+ 30-day trial is back on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
10. PS Plus members can save up to 80% in the PS Store Double Discounts promotion
11. Rezzed Digital is looking for panels on your favourite gaming topics
12. The Division 2 and free-to-play spin-off Heartland will skip E3
13. Valheim update fixes two bugged raid events
14. Someone should make a game about: Flann O'Brien
June 8, 2021
1. Acclaimed downhill biking game Descenders gets Xbox Series S/X enhancements update
2. Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 7 start time, alien theme and everything else we know about the new Fortnite Season
3. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart on PS5 - this is why we need next-gen exclusives
4. Fortnite Soccer character locations and where to score a goal with the Soccer Ball explained
5. Fortnite - Durr Burger Kitchen location: How to find and dance in the Durr Burger Kitchen explained
6. Fortnite - Pizza Pit location: Use Firefly Jar at the Pizza Pit explained
7. Fortnite - Research Book locations: Where to find research books in Holly Hedges and Pleasant Park
8. Fortnite - Gold Lara Croft skin location: How to unlock the Gold Lara Croft style in Season 6
9. Fortnite - Sandcastle locations: Where to build and destroy sandcastles explained
10. Fortnite - Damaged telescope locations: How to repair the damaged telescopes explained
11. Fortnite - Downed black helicopter location: Investigating the downed black helicopter explained
12. Fortnite - Ghost and Shadow ruins locations: Where to visit for the Ghost ruins and Shadow ruins explained
13. Fortnite - Tallest mountain location: Place a spirit crystal at the tallest mountain explained
14. Fortnite - Artefact locations: Raid an artefact from Stealthy Stronghold and Coral Castle explained
15. Fortnite - Golden Artefact locations: Where to find golden artefacts near The Spire explained
16. Fortnite Hunter's Cloak explained: How to craft a Hunter's Cloak
17. Fortnite - Bouncy Eggs locations: How to forge Bouncy Eggs and earn the Tactical Quaxes explained
18. Fortnite - Set structures on fire explained: How to complete the week 4 challenge
19. Fortnite Off-Road Tire locations: How to get Chonkers Off-Road Tires explained
20. Fortnite - Fancy View, Rainbow Rentals and Lockie's Lighthouse locations explained
21. Fortnite - Safe locations: How to find and open safes for the week 6 challenge explained
22. Fortnite Neymar Jr skin: How to unlock Neymar Jr and Primal forms with challenges explained
23. Russian Fallout 2 mod Olympus 2207 finally gets an English translation
24. Fortnite - Payphone locations and how to accept a quest from a payphone explained
25. PS Plus and PS Now subscriptions are up to a third off
26. Twice-delayed Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake now arriving next year
27. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart has a Sunset Overdrive crossover
28. Candy Crush maker King investigated by PayPal over Royal Games site
29. Obituary: John Wilson, founder of legendary text adventure publisher Zenobi Software
30. Pokémon Go - A Very Slow Discovery event: Collection Challenge and field research tasks explained
31. Fortnite's new season has flyable UFOs and Superman
32. Vandal sim Sludge Life has the makings of a classic
June 7, 2021
1. Itch.io bundle of games to help Palestine
2. Hood: Outlaws & Legends review - rangy multiplayer heists in a hopeless alternate England
3. Reclaiming the Middle-earth from before the movies
4. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition patch quietens down those deafening mass relay jumps
5. Rainbow Six Quarantine renamed Rainbow Six Extraction
6. Stadia finally adds Chromecast with Google TV support this month
7. "I want things a bit more cosy" - the humble origins of Hokko Life
8. Leaked Cyberpunk 2077 videos show bug reels and early demo
9. With Guilty Gear Strive, Daisuke Ishiwatari aims to make one of the most complex fighting games around finally accessible
10. Skyward Sword is my favourite game and yes I have actually played other games
June 6, 2021
1. Shiny Gible, Gible evolution chart and Garchomp best moveset recommendation in Pokémon Go
2. Pokémon Go Just a Nibble research quest steps explained
June 5, 2021
1. Intel Core i5 11400F review: the best mainstream gaming CPU
2. Swery's debt repayment RPG The Good Life delayed to autumn 2021
3. The Medium rated for PS5
4. Sonic creator Yuji Naka leaves Square Enix after Balan Wonderworld flop, may retire
5. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart weighs in at a nimble 33GB
6. Devolver Digital showcase confirmed for E3 2021
7. Artist alleges Capcom stole her photos for the creation of multiple Resident Evil and Devil May Cry games
8. Shin Megami Tensei 5 release date and gameplay details leak ahead of expected appearance at Nintendo Direct
June 4, 2021
1. No More Heroes 1 and 2 heading to PC next week
2. Upcoming 2K games leak ahead of E3
3. 505 Games confirms Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night sequel is in "very early planning stages"
4. This year's Summer Games Done Quick unveils full charity speedrun schedule
5. CD Projekt's stolen source code, console SDKs and internal dev videos reportedly being shared online
6. King's Bounty is back and transformed for a new era
7. Deep Silver says Dead Island 2, the next Saints Row, Metro and TimeSplitters won't be at E3
8. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive now charges ?10.89 for access to ranked
9. Everything announced at the Warhammer Skulls event
10. Injustice 2 Mobile dev apologises for "tone deaf" Pride event
11. Will Sony's cross-gen U-turn hold PS5 games back? It's the Eurogamer News Cast!
12. What we've been playing
June 3, 2021
1. Here's everything announced during Sony's latest PlayStation VR showcase
2. Elite Dangerous Odyssey gets second major round of fixes following lambasted launch
3. Rust's new contact system will help you "tell friend from foe"
4. We're getting a new Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate game - nearly 25 years after the last one
5. Total War: Warhammer 2's final DLC reworks the Beastmen
6. An interview with Warhammer 40,000 author Dan Abnett, who's writing Fatshark's Darktide
7. Acclaimed post-apocalyptic city builder Frostpunk is free on the Epic Games Store
8. E3 provides a little more detail on what to expect each day
9. Rainbow Six Quarantine, Far Cry 6, Riders Republic "and some surprises you won't want to miss" set for Ubisoft's E3 conference
10. Halo Combat Evolved: is classic mode fixed with the latest Master Chief Collection update?
11. Puzzle Bobble 3D: Vacation Odyssey hits PS VR, PS4, and PS5 later this year
12. Throne-war MMO Crowfall finally gets a release date
13. Square Enix E3 livestream dated
14. F1 2021 looks set to replicate a stopgap year
15. The great Shibuya lifestyle RPG returns in Neo: The World Ends With You
16. Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti review
17. Respawn taking "huge steps" to fix Apex Legends DDoS problem
18. Lego announces 90-minute Lego Con livestream
19. Sony growing Astro's PlayRoom developer Team Asobi
20. Warzone Reloaded update release time, Die Hard and Rambo bundles and everything else coming in the 80s mid season update explained
21. Get away with murder in Inkle's surprise new game Overboard!
June 2, 2021
1. Days Gone developer Bend Studio says it's working on a new IP
2. God of War: Ragnarok delayed into next year, now confirmed for release on PS4
3. Destiny 2 Splicer Gauntlet explained: Ether charges, Key Codes and Conflux Chests explained
4. Destiny 2 Decrypted Data sources explained
5. Nintendo dates E3 Direct
6. Genshin Impact comes to Epic Game Store next week
7. Fortnite teases UFOs and a character reveal as its season draws to a close
8. As Fortnite's new season nears, the UFO abductions have begun
9. No Man's Sky's gets major visual overhaul and flying pets in latest free update
10. Riot announces Valorant Mobile
11. Battlefield 4 is free on PC through Amazon Prime Gaming
12. Ex-BioWare designer draws map to Mass Effect 3 Mars rover Easter egg
13. Minecraft: Java Edition removes 4chan reference
14. Big Biomutant patch lets you shut the narrator up
15. Nintendo turning former factory into tourist attraction
16. Knockout City - not quite knockout enough
17. Super Mario Bros. movie fans restore 20 minutes of deleted scenes
18. Hellboy owner Dark Horse is getting into games
19. Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown review - imperfect version of an all-time great
20. King of Fighters 15 delayed to 2022
June 1, 2021
1. Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis is out next week on PC and Xbox
2. Life is Strange dev's acclaimed supernatural mystery thriller Tell Me Why is currently free
3. Humankind has that special something
4. Crysis Remastered Trilogy hits PC and consoles autumn 2021
5. Battlefield 6 reveal set for 9th June
6. Was Burning Crusade World of Warcraft's greatest expansion?
7. Watch Dogs: Legion of the Dead is a standalone zombies mode released in alpha for PC today
8. Monument Valley dev's Alba: A Wildlife Adventure comes to consoles next week
9. EA delists five Need for Speed games ahead of August online shutdown
10. Animal Crossing Wedding Season 2021: Heart crystals, wedding event items and the return of Reese and Cyrus explained
11. Pokémon Go Season of Discovery - Hemisphere Pokémon, seasonal spawns and end date explained
12. Minecraft's Caves and Cliffs: Part 1 update arrives next week
13. Pokémon Go Shiny Galarian Ponyta Limited Research quest: How to complete each quest task explained
14. Far Cry 6 narrative director issues statement after politics backlash
15. World's End Club review - a delightfully nonsensical trip across Japan
16. Two Point Hospital's follow-up is Two Point Campus