Robert Purchese

A photograph of a classic person-wearing-a-sheet ghost, but the sheet is almost black and the eyes are shining.

Feature

Supporters | Five of the Best: Ghosts

Ooh do they think they are?

Oct. 31, 2024 Robert Purchese

An illustration screen from Dragon Age: The Veilguard, showing the character Solas in front of a huge image of a multi-eyed wolf.

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BioWare knew the deepest secrets of Dragon Age lore 20 years ago, and locked it away in an uber-plot doc

Original creator David Gaider on how "some of the big mysteries are being solved".

Oct. 31, 2024 Robert Purchese

Dragon Age: The Veilguard antagonist Solas turns to the camera as a magical green explosion erupts around him.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard takes us into the Fade, but do we really want to know the secrets within?

Maker fuss.

Oct. 30, 2024 Robert Purchese

28 comments

Bertie's feminine Rook from Dragon Age The Veilguard faces the camera with a concerned stare.

Review

Dragon Age: The Veilguard review - the best BioWare game I've ever played

Howl about that.

Oct. 28, 2024 Robert Purchese

529 comments

A character in a gloomy hallway stares at a dusty old grandfather clock.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Clocks

Big on tick tocks.

Oct. 16, 2024 Robert Purchese

21 comments

The pixelated image of a hooded feminine figure standing, clad in creams and blues, in stark contrast to a dark green wooden wall behind them. They cut a notable triangular shape against it. It's a sweet but slightly haunting image.

Blog

Supporters | Yearly Supporters, we've got 100 Norco keys for you

A narrative darlin'.

Oct. 12, 2024 Robert Purchese

19 comments

Feature

Double-A Team | Vampyr was underrated - it's the best vampire RPG we've got

Strong points.

Oct. 12, 2024 Robert Purchese

58 comments

A side-on shot of a Lada-like squarish car, without doors, sprayed black, on a tarmac forecourt surrounded by desert.

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What we've been playing - positivity practice, modern classics, and survival car games

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Oct. 11, 2024 Robert Purchese

137 comments

Resident Evil 2's Mr X - a huge, broad shouldered figure clad in black trench coat, black leather gloves, black fedora, black rollneck - black everything. He's reminscent of wrestling's Undertaker, come to think of it, only without the long hair.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Coats or Jackets

Zip it.

Oct. 9, 2024 Robert Purchese

16 comments

A zoomed out picture of Bertie's tower in Tiny Glade, a game about building castley things in a glade. It's dinky, like a toy, and it's really nicely designed. I mean, you'll have to take my word for that but if I were a castle-judging, um, judge, I would award this the grand prize. No I'm not Bertie how dare you! Quick, run!

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What we've been playing - castles and ultra-cool action

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Oct. 4, 2024 Robert Purchese

110 comments

An Animal Crossing: New Horizon screenshot. A small toy-like Animal Crossing character stands in a golden yellow and orange wooded area outside a dinky little house. Autumn is here.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Autumns

Fall, guys.

Oct. 2, 2024 Robert Purchese

26 comments

Podcast

Supporters | Podcast: What 25 years of Eurogamer means to us

Reads like an Essential.

Oct. 1, 2024 Robert Purchese

7 comments

Violet, a young witch from The Plucky Squire, leaps into action with her paintbrush wand.

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What we've been playing - monkey epics, vampire masquerades, and storybook adventures

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Sept. 27, 2024 Robert Purchese

172 comments

A screenshot from The Curse of Monkey Island showing hero Guybrush Threepwood presenting a gigantic diamond ring to the camera - to Elaine. He is all smiles and blonde hair. Little does he know that the ring is cursed.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Rings

A weekly Gollum.

Sept. 25, 2024 Robert Purchese

22 comments

PlayStation 5 Pro promotional art showing the console against a dark blue background with rainbow colours shooting out of the bottom.

News

Watch tonight's PlayStation State of Play right here with us

Ghost of Yotei! Palworld! Horizon remaster!

Sept. 24, 2024 Robert Purchese

269 comments

The mysterious settlement leader Mev from GreedFall 2, with her painted face, green hair, dark eyes and what looks like a branch on her head.

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Now Playing | GreedFall 2 mystifies me: it's currently a step backwards for the series

I shed a Teer Fradee.

Sept. 24, 2024 Robert Purchese

37 comments

An illustration from Frostpunk 2 showing a person's half-submerged face poking out of what appears to be a pool of oil. This, apparently, is how people in the game bury their dead.

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Supporters | Game of the Week: UFO 50, Frostpunk 2 and dealing with pressure

Dun dun dun duh-duh dur dun.

Sept. 20, 2024 Robert Purchese

3 comments

A photograph of a white paper speech bubble cut out and stuck on a red background. In the speech bubble is a black outline and a black question mark.

Blog

Supporters | Do you have any questions about Eurogamer's 25th anniversary for us?

Now's your chance to ask.

Sept. 20, 2024 Robert Purchese

12 comments

A colourful pixelated illustration showing people surfing.

Feature

What we've been playing - surfing, line-riding and house parties

A few of the things that have us hooked this week.

Sept. 20, 2024 Robert Purchese

132 comments

News

BioWare keen to release Dragon Age: The Veilguard character creator before launch

You nose it.

Sept. 19, 2024 Robert Purchese

16 comments

A screenshot from Dragon Age: The Veilguard showing a female human Rook warrior in heavy armour, flanked by their companions.

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Preview | After playing it all day, Dragon Age: The Veilguard feels like the series' Mass Effect 2 moment

Sheparding it on.

Sept. 19, 2024 Robert Purchese

119 comments

A screenshot from Dragon Age The Veilguard showing a dark skinned human Rook flanked by a tall qunari and a female human mage.

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Interview | What I learned talking to BioWare about Dragon Age: The Veilguard

"I don't think we're ever going to make everyone happy."

Sept. 19, 2024 Robert Purchese

22 comments

A close-up illustration of a person's goggled face, reflecting the glow of a fiery furnace.

Review

Frostpunk 2 review - a sequel of consequence

Oil be damned.

Sept. 19, 2024 Robert Purchese

46 comments

A screenshot from a dialogue moment in Baldur's Gate 3, in which the old and heavily armoured villain Ketheric Thorm points at lithe and more scantily clad villain Orin, whose back is turned, revealing her long, plaited hair.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Hair

Follicle suggestions, plus one.

Sept. 18, 2024 Robert Purchese

14 comments

A screenshot from a cinematic moment in Baldur's Gate 3. We see the bottom half of a slender character from behind as they walk through city street lined with floating corpses, whose blood is pooling on the floor beneath.

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Supporters | Let's get evil in Baldur's Gate 3 - The Finale

It's all come to this.

Sept. 14, 2024 Robert Purchese

9 comments