Author: Tom Phillips

UK developer Creative Assembly will refocus on making real-time strategy games following the cancellation of online extraction shooter Hyenas. In a presentation to investors, Creative Assembly owner Sega admitted that the Hyenas project had been an attempt to accelerate the studio’s growth – even though the game’s genre lay outside the developer’s usual…

Pokémon Go’s fourth annual Tour event has been dated for February 2024, with a global in-game version set to take place on 24th and 25th February. As with last year, Pokémon Go Tour will also have an in-person option, this time held in Los Angeles over 17th and 18th February. …

UK developer Frontier has said it will refocus on making simulation games following the launch of real-time strategy game Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin. In a business update, the developer behind Planet Coaster, Planet Zoo and Jurassic World Evolution admitted that Warhammer sales had “been lower than expected” since its…

UPDATE 5.30pm UK: Today’s layoffs at Fishlabs have now been publicly confirmed, following our report earlier this afternoon. In a statement, Fishlabs parent company Plaion (itself owned by Embracer) confirmed a “restructuring” at the studio “expected to impact around 50 positions”. “Despite exhaustive efforts to avoid downsizing, the lack of approval and therefore…

Bungie will now launch its climactic Destiny 2 expansion The Final Shape on 4th June 2024. The four-month delay was previously leaked following news of job cuts at the studio, and a sense that the game’s big finale expansion needed more time. Bungie’s other announced game project Marathon has also reportedly been delayed…

Hey everyone, I wanted to share a quick update about Eurogamer, and its future which now looks to lie outside the Reedpop business. If you’ve been reading for a while you may know Eurogamer has been around a few years (24!) and spent most of that time as part of the family-run Gamer…

Ubisoft has said that pop-up adverts seen last night within Assassin’s Creed games have now been disabled, and were the result of a technical error. The adverts, which promoted other games in the Assassin’s Creed series that are currently on sale for Black Friday, were spotted by some players yesterday evening, prompting…

Ned Luke, the actor behind GTA 5 main character Michael De Santa, has been swatted while playing the game for fans in a Thanksgiving livestream. Luke’s stream ended abruptly last night as sirens were heard in the background, and as he received a call warning him that police were outside. “Oh…

Former Mass Effect lead writer Mac Walters has said his new studio Worlds Untold will be focused on creating fresh worlds and characters without limitation. Its first project will be a near-future action-adventure game set “in a breathtaking world filled with mystery and exploration”. The recently-announced Worlds Untold is based in…

This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, we discuss this year’s various video game remakes and remasters, including the recently-announced The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered, which is headed to PlayStation 5 in January. While TLOU2 was launched on PS4, it’s still just three years on from that game’s arrival. How do we feel…