Author: Tom Phillips
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Embracer announces plan to split into three companies, including “Middle-earth Enterprises and Friends”
After numerous studio closures and hundreds of job losses, embattled publisher Embracer will now split into three distinct entities, including one focused on its big bet to successfully develop games set in the same world as The Lord of the Rings. Embracer announced details of the plan this morning, and charted how…
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Sony mulling Paramount buyout – reports
PlayStation maker Sony is considering a purchase of movie studio giant Paramount, according to reports. Both The New York Times and Bloomberg report that Sony is interested in an offer for Paramount, which itself owns MTV, CBS and Nickelodeon, and operates streaming service Paramount+. Sony, of course, already has its own vast…
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Mario Kart 8 has 703,560 customisation possibilities, but which racer is statistically best?
Everyone has their favourite Mario Kart character to play as, but is there really a best option? A choice which will actually give you an edge to beat your rivals – to go just a little bit faster, or recover that little bit quicker? Well, yes – some characters are mathmatically better than…
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Prison Architect 2 release date delayed again, less than a month from launch
Prison Architect 2 has been delayed once again. The upcoming jail sim sequel will now arrive this autumn, following the discovery of “unexpected issues occurring too often”. Originally due to arrive in March this year, and then later pushed back to May, Prison Architect 2 will now arrive on 3rd September. …
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Netflix will no longer share subscriber numbers, following password crackdown
Netflix will no longer publicly share its subscriber numbers, the streaming giant has announced, as it reaps the rewards of its recent password-sharing crackdown. In a business update, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters said the move was due to the ongoing evolution of its business model to incorporate revenue from advertising and from…
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Donkey Kong delay hits Nintendo theme park
The upcoming Donkey Kong Country-themed expansion to Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan has been struck by a delay. The huge new area, themed around Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, will now be fully bolted-on to the existing Mushroom Kingdom park in “late 2024”, Universal Studios said today. That’s…
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Cities Skylines 2 publisher refunds DLC and admits: “We let you down”
Cities Skylines 2 publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Colossal Order have issued a stark apology for the state of the game and the release of its recent DLC, admitting to fans: “We let you down”. “We see and understand the disappointment,” the companies behind the city sim sequel write in their joint…
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Newscast: Video game TV and movie adaptations that need to happen next
This week on the Eurogamer Newscast, after the success of Amazon’s Fallout TV series, we discuss the TV and movie adapatations of video games we’d love to see next. Not every video game series fits an adaptation, and even the ones which do might need some work. You need to adapt the game’s story…
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 announced
Warhorse Studios has announced Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, a sequel to its medieval dungeons-and-no-dragons action RPG. Six years on from the original game, this follow-up will arrive sometime later in 2024 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. The action once again takes place in an open-world version of early 15th…
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Nintendo game emulator currently top free download on iPhone App Store
An emulator that lets users play thousands of Nintendo games is currently the top free download on the iPhone App Store. The Delta app currently supports downloaded versions of countless classics from the NES, SNES, N64 home consoles, as well as Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS…