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Planet Zoo celebrates fifth birthday with more DLC and a free leopard

Balloon animals.

Oct. 8, 2024 Matt Wales

A Hotel Barcelona screenshot showing protagonist Justine wielding dual circular saw blades as she fends off enemies in front of a dilapidated gas station in the forest.

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Suda51 and Swery's 2.5D slasher parody Hotel Barcelona delayed into next year

The horror!

Oct. 8, 2024 Matt Wales

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A Destiny 2 image showing the enormous spherical Traveler hovering above the Earth's orbit.

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Destiny 2 targeted in lawsuit from writer who says Bungie copied his work

For 2017's Red War storyline.

Oct. 8, 2024 Matt Wales

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Goat Simulator 3 artwor showing laughing goats sat around a boardroom table

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Goat Simulator 3 heading to PS4 and Xbox One this month

Remastered first game to follow.

Oct. 8, 2024 Ed Nightingale

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Sony is pulling LittleBigPlanet 3 and its DLC from sale later this month

After servers taken offline "indefinitely".

Oct. 8, 2024 Matt Wales

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Damning Roblox report claims company inflates player numbers to investors by as much as 42%

And includes further claims of child safety breaches.

Oct. 8, 2024 Tom Phillips

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard accessibility options.

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard has five difficulty settings, and a further option to customise it all

Accessibility options detailed.

Oct. 8, 2024 Tom Phillips

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Screenshot from Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred live action trailer showing a warrior with a cheetah style head dress in a jungle

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Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred DLC boosts Steam players to record high, despite rocky launch

Panic! At The Mephisto.

Oct. 8, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

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Rime screenshot showing young boy with red cloak in a colourful landscape

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Rime developer Tequila Works lays off staff as part of studio restructure

Affects "a small number of roles".

Oct. 8, 2024 Ed Nightingale

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Red Dead Redemption screenshot showing John Marsden protagonist in hat holding a pistol

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Red Dead Redemption coming to PC later this month

Saddle up!

Oct. 8, 2024 Ed Nightingale

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla finally gets Steam Achievements, two years later

All Eivor wanted.

Oct. 8, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

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Metaphor: ReFantazio screenshot showing extreme close-up of blue-haired protagonist boy looking surprised

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Stylish menus in Persona and Metaphor: ReFantazio "really annoying to do", says director

"It takes a lot of time."

Oct. 8, 2024 Ed Nightingale

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Link at the start of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom wearing a green tunic and holding a sword

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Switch modder denies wrongdoing following Nintendo lawsuit

Going up against company without a lawyer.

Oct. 8, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

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Mario looks shocked on a grassy plain in Mario Odyssey

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Saudi Arabia eyes bigger stake in Japanese developers

UPDATE: But has now lowered ownership of Nintendo specifically.

Oct. 8, 2024 Vikki Blake

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A suited Peely the banana stands next to a phone.

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Epic wins major Google lawsuit, further opening up Android phones to third-party stores

But Google will appeal.

Oct. 8, 2024 Tom Phillips

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Sonic Rumble trailer screenshot showing Sonic and friends running through green environment towards the camera

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Sonic Rumble won't include gacha mechanics as Sega says they're "shunned" in West

"The monetisation model was designed from the beginning based on global standards."

Oct. 8, 2024 Ed Nightingale

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A Pathologic 3 screenshot showing the protagonist holding a strange watch-like device while observing a eerie masked creature prowl a foggy cobbled street.

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Acclaimed plague horror Pathologic is getting a third instalment, this time with time travel

And it's out next year.

Oct. 7, 2024 Matt Wales

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A Commandos: Origins screenshot showing an isometric view of German soldiers stationed around a town in the African desert while the titular commandos crawl along the ground behind a wall.

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Commandos: Origins' WW2 real-time stealth tactics revival now has a demo

On Xbox and PC.

Oct. 7, 2024 Matt Wales

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screenshot from Assassins Creed Mirage showing a fight between Basim and a masked assailant with firey weaponry

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Assassin's Creed Mirage comes to Steam this month, as Ubisoft returns to Valve's storefront

Animus-t read.

Oct. 7, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

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A screenshot from Silent Hill 2 Remake: James is outside in a dusky, foggy twilight. A nurse - covered in blood and with no fence - recoils from James, who is thrashing it with a rusty pipe.

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Silent Hill 2 Remake "a legitimate evolution", says original director

"I'm not satisfied with the playable camera from 23 years ago," Masashi Tsuboyama admits.

Oct. 7, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Alien Isolation concept art by artist and illustrator Brad Wright showing Ripley and her cat

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Alien: Isolation sequel in early development, with original director returning

Ripley a new one.

Oct. 7, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

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Dredge The Iron Rig DLC screenshot showing a scientist

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Horror fishing game Dredge coming to mobile later this year

The cod's pollocks.

Oct. 7, 2024 Victoria Kennedy

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Master Chief fights a Covenant enemy in Unreal Engine 5.

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What Halo on Unreal Engine 5 means for PS5

We asked Digital Foundry.

Oct. 7, 2024 Tom Phillips

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Silent Hill 2 HD Collection's Silent Hill Ranch sign is discarded in a dilapidated building

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Silent Hill 2 HD Collection's Comic Sans ranch sign is in the Remake… but not in the way you might think it is

Olive ranch.

Oct. 7, 2024 Vikki Blake

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Fallout: Mexico trailer screenshot showing princess in red dress looking over sun-kissed ruins of Mexico City

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You've seen Fallout: London, here's Fallout: Nuevo México

Another taco-ver.

Oct. 7, 2024 Ed Nightingale

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