Author: Tom Phillips
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MultiVersus adds The Matrix’s Agent Smith, Jason Voorhees
Free-to-play platform fighter MultiVersus has confirmed the inclusion of Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th and Agent Smith from The Matrix, ahead of the game going live (again) next week, on 28th May. Warner Bros’ take on Super Smash Bros originally launched in early access last summer, but has been offline for the…
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 cut ending mystery looks to have been solved after 13 years
What looks to be a previously-unseen Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 post-credits scene has been uploaded to YouTube after 13 years, solving a mystery surrounding unused audio in the game’s files, and offering a bleaker coda to the hugely-popular shooter’s campaign. Infinity Ward’s first Modern Warfare 3, released in 2011, famously ends…
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Popular iPhone emulator in legal trouble – but not from Nintendo
Delta, the popular app that allows users to emulate thousands of Nintendo games on iPhone and iPad, has finally found itself in legal hot water – but not from Nintendo itself. Instead, Delta’s developers were accused of copying their app’s icon from Adobe, the company behind PhotoShop – and have now rushed…
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Helldivers 2 now PlayStation’s fastest-selling game ever
The hugely-popular Helldivers 2 has sold 12m copies on PC and PlayStation 5, enough to become Sony’s fastest-selling PlayStation game of all time. Thanks in large part to its wild success on Steam, the PlayStation-published breakout hit shifted around 1m more than the previous record holder, 2022’s God of War Ragnarök. …
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Now there’s a PS1 emulator rising up the iPhone App Store charts
A month on from a Nintendo game emulator topping the iPhone App Store charts, a newly-released PS1 emulator now looks set to do similar. Gamma, a free PS1 emulator for iPhone and iPad, was released this week. And, just as with the Delta emulator for Nintendo consoles and handhelds, it is taking…
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Call of Duty 2024 will launch into Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft has reportedly decided
Microsoft plans to launch this year’s Call of Duty via Xbox Game Pass for the first time, in a first for the franchise. That’s according to The Wall St Journal, which today reported that Microsoft had now made the decision ahead of the game’s formal unveiling next month. While Xbox has…
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Fortnite’s latest live event kicks off countdown to Mad Max-esque new season
Fortnite players were last night treated to a mini live event, as the battle royale capped off its current Greek god season, and set up a grittier, heavy metal-infused new season to come. The event seemed to show a moment of revenge from the now-felled Greek god Zeus, as his statue charged…
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Xbox adding ability to pre-download updates
Microsoft is adding the ability to pre-download game updates before their scheduled release. The feature, which is already available on PlayStation, allows you to download hefty game updates days before their release. Then, when the update is formally released, the update simply installs – meaning less wait time to get playing. …
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Images leak of Valve’s next game, and it’s an Overwatch-style hero shooter
Valve’s next game is an Overwatch-style third-person hero shooter named Deadlock, a new report has stated. Details have emerged from an ongoing closed alpha playtest of the game, which veteran Valve reporter Tyler McVicker said currently has “hundreds” of people playing, ahead of an imminent public announcement for the project. Competitive…
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Fortnite to appeal €1.1m fine over “unfair commercial practices aimed at children”
Fortnite maker Epic Games has said it will fight back against a €1.1m (£968k) fine levied by the Dutch consumer regulator, which has accused the company of “unfair commercial practices aimed at children”. An investigation by The Netherlands’ Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) claims Epic Games “exploited the vulnerabilities of children”…