Author: Tom Phillips
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Fortnite confirms original map will be back again in 2024 due to popular demand
Fortnite’s original map will return again (again) in 2024, following its impending destruction (again) during tonight’s The Big Bang live event. Epic Games made the announcement this afternoon on social media, after the wild popularity of the current “OG” season which saw the hugely-popular battle royale return to its roots. “Ngl…
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Fortnite Chapter 5 looks set to star Peter Griffin, Solid Snake
Family Guy’s portly Peter Griffin and Metal Gear Solid star Solid Snake are set to star in Fortnite as part of the game’s next season, according to marketing for the game now visible on Xbox consoles. Fortnite Chapter 5: Season 1 is expected to kick off on Sunday, after this weekend’s climactic Big…
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Over 20 years later, Homeworld 3 arrives in 2024
Homeworld 3 will launch on 8th March 2024, developer Blackbird Interactive and publisher Gearbox have now confirmed, two decades after its predecessor. The long-in-the-works real-time strategy follow-up was previously set to launch in February 2024, following a significant delay from the first half of 2023. Originally announced in August 2019, the…
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Halo Infinite riffs on Rockstar’s GTA 6 trailer announcement, teasing new reveal
Microsoft has cheekily riffed on Rockstar’s big Grand Theft Auto 6 reveal trailer release date announcement by teasing a surprise announcement of its own. Just over two years after launch, a fresh reveal for Halo Infinite will apparently arrive on Monday, 4th December at 5pm UK time. The announcement was made…
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Warner Bros. battling Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League leaks
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League publisher Warner Bros. Interactive is battling to stop the spread of footage taken from the game’s alpha test. Leaked videos, as seen by Eurogamer, have revealed the game’s lengthy opening, which features a cast of familiar characters in a spoilery location, and gameplay featuring all of…
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GTA producer’s Everywhere begins closed alpha test next week
Everywhere, the shared world creation metaverse-y thing from former Grand Theft Auto producer Leslie Benzies, will hold its first closed alpha test next week. Closed Alpha 1: Systems Check will begin on Tuesday 5th December at midday UK time and run through until Monday 18th December. You can sign up for a free…
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Dragon’s Dogma 2 marks Capcom’s first $70 base game
Capcom will sell Dragon’s Dogma 2 for $70 on PC (via Steam), PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S when the long-awaited sequel arrives next March. It marks the first time Capcom will sell the base version of a new game for that higher price point. This year’s Resident Evil 4 Remake was sold…
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You can get Yorkshire Tea Xbox and PlayStation 5 controllers for £150
If you have a spare £150 in your pocket or you’re feeling very demanding this Christmas, there are now Yorkshire Tea controllers – for both PlayStation 5 and Xbox. The total-tea bizare creations are officially licensed by the cuppa creator, and put together by “controller designer extraordinare” POPeART. Yorkshire Tea says…
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Monster Hunter Now adds major winter update next week
A winter update will land in Monster Hunter Now next week, on Thursday 7th December. Monster Hunter Snow, as I’m now calling it, will see its in-game world blanketed in a wintry landscape as it launches a new season – Filminations in the Frost – and unleashes a menagerie of new monsters. …
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People are now playing the still-unannounced Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition
UPDATE 2.30pm UK: Ubisoft has now confirmed the Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition – though you’ll need to wait a while to play it officially. The game will actually launch in 2024 – so 21 years after the original. “Due to a technical error, an early development version of Beyond Good & Evil…