How Jeff Kaplan from the Overwatch team inspired Hearthstone's fatigue mechanic
You look dead tired. Come in, relax.
It turns out Jeff Kaplan from the Overwatch team inspired Hearthstone's fatigue mechanic.
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The Netherlands declares some loot boxes are gambling
Tells publishers to modify them.
Battlezone launches on Nintendo Switch this summer
Ditches VR headset requirement in May.
Alexa is your personal Call of Duty WW2 coach - and she's not pulling any punches.
PES loses Champions League official licence
10-year deal with UEFA comes to an end.
Konami's partnership with UEFA is coming to an end, which means Pro Evolution Soccer's 10-year run as exclusive Champions League rights holder for video games is over.
The Doom original game soundtrack is coming to vinyl and CD this summer.
Sources: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 doesn't have a single-player campaign
But it does have a Battle Royale mode.
Overnight, Polygon reported Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 does not have a single-player campaign. Eurogamer sources have corroborated this story.
Halo: The Master Chief Collection gets big new patch later this summer
Intelligent Install! Xbox One X enhancements! More!
The long road to recovery continues for The Master Chief Collection - three-and-a-half years after the game came out.
Epic has pulled the guided missile weapon from Fortnite Battle Royale just two weeks after adding it to the game.
"Congratulations, martyr!"
Nestled in the mountains, the door that leads to Vault 11 is the kind you see hammered onto a shack. It is rotting wood and nails and spider webs clinging on to existence like the people of Fallout's post-apocalyptic Mojave Wasteland. The Brotherhood of Steel have sent us here to find a differential pressure controller, one of the parts needed to repair their faulty air filtration system.
Upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusives God of War, Detroit and Spider-Man are currently unavailable to pre-order from Amazon.
Rejoice! For Castlevania is back, bigger and better than ever. Take that, you heathens, you who dared to doubt the powers that be at Konami. Shame on you!
Modders are recreating the classic Halo experience on PC
Truth and reconciliation.
There's a mod for Halo Online that looks like it'll come pretty close to recreating the classic Halo experience on PC.
Falke joins Street Fighter 5 on 24th April, Capcom has announced.
Someone built the Titanic in Halo
What a time sink.
Halo is a great shooter, but it's also a great editor. Via Forge, players have for years come up with impressive creations, but few are as big as this one.
Terraria spin-off Otherworld cancelled three years after it was announced
"Otherworld simply is never going to reach its potential…"
Terraria spin-off Otherworld has been cancelled three years after it was announced.
Kingdom Hearts 3 has mini-games - that's not particularly surprising. But what is surprising is some of the mini-games are inspired by 1980s LCD games.
The Eurogamer Summer Internship: we want you!
Plus, find out how to get into game journalism at EGX Rezzed.
Hello. Happy Sunday! And what a lovely Sunday it is indeed, because I'm delighted to announce Eurogamer's summer internship returns, you guessed it... this summer!
Football Manager launches today for Nintendo Switch, Sega has announced.
Does Sam Fisher's cameo in Ghost Recon Wildlands lead into a new Splinter Cell?
Fans are convinced it does. Here's why.
Earlier this week, we reported on Sam Fisher's eye-catching cameo in Ghost Recon Wildands' new DLC because it references fellow stealth video game hero Solid Snake. But it seems there may be more to Fisher's surprise appearance - and fans of Splinter Cell are excited.
Here's Siegfried and his massive sword in Soulcalibur 6
What a nightmare.
Bandai Namco has announced Siegfried for upcoming fighting game Soulcalibur 6 and released gameplay that shows the series veteran in action.
The next expansion for Eve Online is Into the Abyss
It's World War Three in a can.
The next Eve Online expansion is Into the Abyss, CCP Games has announced.
Hellblade wins big at the Baftas
What Remains of Edith Finch nabs Best Game.
Hellblade was the big winner at last night's British Academy Games Awards.
You might have noticed Fortnite has had a rough 24 hours or so. Whether you're big into the hottest game on earth yourself, or your kids rushed home from school only to find their favourite video game didn't work, millions were left stranded yesterday, cast adrift and perplexed at the prospect of a Fortnite-less evening.
Job's done.
Blizzard's 16-year-old real-time strategy game Warcraft 3 is now widescreen.
When Sam Fisher realises he's the last stealth video game hero
"Then it's only me…"
Once upon a time, Sam Fisher and Solid Snake were top of the gaming tree, stealth operatives in their prime. Times change, of course. Fisher hasn't starred in a Splinter Cell game since 2013's Blacklist, and the future of the Metal Gear Solid series looks uncertain after series creator Hideo Kojima left Konami to go it alone.
A peek behind the curtain of video game publisher politics
"I'll give you a scoop!"
Video game companies like to keep the mysterious machinations of publishing deals behind closed doors. Only sometimes - usually via leaks - do we learn the hows and the whys of exclusives and contracts.
Why Below has taken half a decade to make
"Making a game is obscenely challenging."
"Making a game is obscenely challenging," Nathan Vella, boss of Toronto, Canada developer Capybara tells me over the phone.