Author: Tom Phillips
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Stellaris spin-off ditches title, becomes Nexus 5X
Despite months in Steam Early Access and hundreds of positive player reviews, Stellaris Nexus is no more. Instead, the spin-off is taking the rare step of rebranding itself – dropping its Stellaris branding entirely – to launch with a new name. Announced last year as a speedier version of the 4X genre,…
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Oil rig horror Still Wakes the Deep gets release date
Still Wakes the Deep, the promising-looking narrative horror game set on an oil rig, will launch for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 18th June. This is the much-anticipated next project from British studio The Chinese Room, which previously made Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and Everybody’s Gone to…
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Assassin’s Creed Jade likely delayed to 2025 – report
Assassin’s Creed Jade, the upcoming major open-world mobile game set in Ancient China, will now likely arrive in 2025. That’s according to a Reuters report detailing a change of focus within Tencent, the Chinese publishing giant which is handling development duties on the project. Tencent has declined to comment on…
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Destiny 2 reveals a horde mode
Destiny 2 developer Bungie has announced Onslaught, a new horde mode for the game. The offering is set to arrive for all players on 9th April, as a core component of Destiny 2’s upcoming Into the Light update. Onslaught is a three-person wave-based activity set on a selection of familiar but slightly-tweaked Crucible…
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Fall Guys support to continue, despite game assets and characters coming to Fortnite
Epic Games has discussed the future of Fall Guys, following today’s announcement that its game assets, animations and characters are coming to Fortnite’s UEFN creative mode. Players will be able to make and play their own custom Fall Guys levels in Fortnite from May, Epic Games announced today during its State of…
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Red Dead Redemption 2 gets first proper update in 18 months
Rockstar Games has issued a fresh update for Red Dead Redemption 2 – the game’s first meaningful patch in 18 months. But, to the disappointment of fans, there’s sadly no new content and no sign of any visual upgrades for players on newer console hardware. Title Update 1.32 is available to download for…
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State of Unreal: Everything announced for Unreal Engine, Fortnite
Epic Games has shown off the future of its powerful Unreal Engine, including a first glimpse at Amy Hennig’s Captain America and Black Panther game, and closer integration of the eye-catching MetaHumans tech into UEN, during this year’s annual State of Unreal broadcast by the company. The show’s highlight was its peek…
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Ubisoft boss: generative AI is just another new technology to be tested
Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has discussed the company’s strategy of experimenting with generative AI, as detailed in today’s announcement of NEO NPCs – a new prototype project from Ubisoft designed to let video game characters respond with custom responses to players’ speech input. Speaking at a press briefing for the NEO NPC project…
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PlayStation VR2 production paused as stock “piles up” – report
Production of the PlayStation VR2 headset has been halted, a new report claims, while Sony struggles to shift a growing pile of unsold units. Bloomberg states that PSVR2 sales have continued to slow down, while stock of the unit begins to mount up. Sony has now reportedly manufactured over 2m units…
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Cities Skylines 2 mods finally arrive soon
Official mod support for Cities Skylines 2 is finally ready to begin its roll out, developer Colossal Order and publisher Paradox have now said. The feature will roll out in beta next week, on 25th March, and let users create map or code mods. Asset modding will become available later in the…