Author: Garry Smith
Fortnite continues to be a fixture of England’s World Cup squad, four years after the popular battle royale’s celebration dances became a common sight on Russia’s pitches. This week, England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford was shown footage of himself lugging a monogrammed computer case to 2022’s controversial Qatar tournament, as part of an official interview released on the England squad YouTube channel. Pickford was asked what he was getting up to during his downtime – and, amongst other things, eventually revealed he was still hooked to Fortnite. (And no wonder – its freshly-minted Chapter 4 has reinvented the game.) Read more…
The new Netflix animation Sonic Prime will premiere this week in Roblox. The first episode will be shown on Saturday 10th December at 3pm UK time (10am EST) in Sonic Speed Simulator, developed by metaverse gaming company Gamefam. It will be available to watch until 16th December, by which time the series will have launched on Netflix (15th December). Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
Rockstar has detailed December’s update for GTA Online, which, among other things, introduces ray-traced reflections on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Those looking to add a bit more visual pizazz to GTA Online on current-gen consoles will have the option to activate real-time ray-traced reflections – which will be applied across “many” surfaces – via the Fidelity Mode graphics setting when the update hits. Elsewhere in December’s update, Rockstar is making the retro-styled Declasse Tahoma Coupe available for purchase by all for a limited time in celebration of players collectively amassing four trillion GTA$ in the recent Heists Challenge.…
Eight years since its initial unveiling and multiple delays later, Dead Island 2 is finally almost upon us – and ahead of its launch next April, publisher Deep Silver has shared more of its open-world, zombie-pulverising antics in a new digital showcase. Those with itchy fast-forward fingers will be pleased to know the vast majority of Dead Island 2’s 15-minute showcase is taken up by largely uninformative live-action sequences, featuring a group of zombie apocalypse survivors as they stumble across a copy of Dead Island 2 in a fancy LA mansion. It’s entirely inessential fluff, but, tucked between all that,…
Halo Infinite has released its December update, bringing with it the earlier-than-anticipated arrival of a custom game browser, an updated version of Halo 3’s The Pit map, and more. Halo Infinite’s new custom game browser is designed to work in tandem with the Forge Beta introduced as part of November’s Winter Update. It was originally planned for release as part of next year’s Season 3, but as developer 343 Industries explains in its blog post, “We fully agree with players who felt [it] should be a priority — it’s a key support structure for what players create in Forge and…
Today’s big Disney Dreamlight Valley does more than add content themed around Toy Story and Lilo and Stitch – it also brings some welcome performance improvements, tweaks and bug fixes. Patch notes promise “optimised game stability on all platforms” but for Nintendo Switch in particular, where developer Gameloft has put a “considerable focus” this time around. The popular Disney life sim is now fully compatible with Steam Deck and verified by Steam. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.
300 quality assurance staff members at Zenimax, the holding company for the likes of Bethesda Softworks, Arkane Studios, and id Software, have unionised with the Communications Workers of America. Following a four-week election process, should the majority of workers support unionisation, Microsoft, who purchased Zenimax for $7.5bn in 2021, will recognise the union. The company has also pledged to remain neutral throughout this process. “We applaud Microsoft for remaining neutral through this process and letting workers decide for themselves whether they want a union,” said CWA president Christopher Shelton. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to…
Microsoft has formally confirmed its offer of a 10-year contract to keep releasing Call of Duty on PlayStation platforms after its planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard. In an opinion article on the deal published in the Wall St Journal, Microsoft president Brad Smith committed to making its 10-year COD contract “legally enforceable by regulators in the US, UK and European Union” – territories in which the company was previously felt to be struggling to get its acquisition agreed without making some sort of concessions. The majority of the opinion piece repeats the same arguments for the deal we’ve heard from…
Xbox will join the growing trend of selling new blockbuster console games for $70 (likely £70) next year. This includes the biggest hitters from Microsoft’s first-party line-up for 2023, such as Bethesda’s Starfield, Arkane’s Redfall and the company’s own Forza Motorsport reboot. Of course, as is standard on Xbox, all of these will continue to be made available on day one as part of Xbox Game Pass. There’s no suggestion today of any other pricing being changed – such as for that subscription service, or for Xbox hardware. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to their…
The Witcher 3’s next-gen update arrives on 14th December, at last giving the game a proper release on PS5, Series X and Series S. And equally, it enhances the PC version with a suite of long-awaited upgrades including ray-tracing support. Seven years after the original release, after multiple expansions and a successful Netflix adaptation, this update is the perfect opportunity to craft an ultimate version for longterm fans and newcomers alike. And I’m glad to report, after flying to developer CDPR’s offices in Warsaw last week to go hands on with the PS5 and Series X versions, this revitalised release…