Author: Tom Phillips
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Fortnite adds Lego pirate survival, obstacle course mini-games today
Fortnite’s partnership with Lego continues today with the launch of two family-friendly mini-games: Lego Raft Survival and Lego Obby Fun. The first of these is a multiplayer mini-game themed around Lego’s popular pirates theme, where you must stay afloat on a raft – and repair it on the fly – while it…
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Epic Mickey 3 currently “impossible”, Warren Spector says
Epic Mickey creator Warren Spector has said he is currently unavailable to work on a third game in the series, despite the announcement it was being revived. Last week brought news of Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, a remake of the cult classic original game in the series, which will launch for Nintendo Switch,…
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Of course, Avatar is coming to Fortnite
Fortnite’s next big collaboration will be with Avatar: The Last Airbender, the hit anime series that’s now a live-action show on Netflix. (To be clear, this is nothing to do with James Cameron’s blue people.) Word of the crossover appeared online last night courtesy of prolific Fortnite leaker iFireMonkey, as spotted…
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Until Dawn, Dark Pictures developer Supermassive to lay off around 90 staff
Supermassive Games, the Guildford-based developer behind Until Dawn, The Quarry and the Dark Pictures anthology horror series, has announced job losses “with deep regret”. The studio confirmed it would shed staff via a statement posted to social media platform X, in which it blamed “significant challenges” facing the games industry to which…
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Nintendo Switch 2 currently targeting March 2025 but could slip further – report
Nintendo is currently set to launch its under-wraps Switch 2 console in March 2025 – but this could be delayed further, a new report has cautioned. The fresh report, this time from Japanese newspaper Nikkei, has further confirmed this month’s reports that Switch 2 will now arrive next year, after having previously…
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WWE 2K24 final roster confirms McMahon, Lesnar unplayable
The final rundown of wrestlers playable in WWE 2K24 has now confirmed the removal of Vince McMahon and Brock Lesnar, following allegations surrounding both men surfacing last month. Many fans had expected former WWE boss McMahon and frequent WWE champion Lesnar to be cut from the game’s playable roster as a result, despite…
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Solium Infernum launches, as developer faces uncertain future
Cult classic strategy game revival Solium Infernum is now available on Steam, as its developer League of Geeks continues to face an uncertain future. This new version of Solium Infernum – where you aim to claim the Infernal Throne of Hell by navigating political intrigue, military strategy and beytrayal – boasts an…
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Fortnite begins teasing ancient Greek season
Fortnite has begun teasing its next season – Chapter 5 Season 2 – in-game, with a series of intriguing changes. Meanwhile, fans peering inside of Fortnite’s files have datamined some surprising map updates set to herald the start of an Ancient Greek mythology period. A new NPC character named Odyssey can…
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Dead Island 2 surprise launches on Xbox Game Pass
Surprise! Dead Island 2 has popped up as part of the Xbox Game Pass subscription, despite not being listed by Microsoft when it revealed a list of late February Xbox Game Pass titles earlier this week. Dead Island 2 publisher Plaion has now confirmed the news, though in a blog post noted…
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Why will Nintendo Switch 2 now launch in 2025?
This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we discuss the reports that Nintendo Switch 2 will now launch in 2025, later than its previously-expected arrival towards the end of this year. Nintendo itself is yet to say anything certain about its inevitable Switch successor, but its steady path towards launch has been tracked by numerous reports.…