Author: Garry Smith
After a lengthy delay, Square Enix’s two-game Life is Strange remaster bundle finally has a release date on Switch, and will be launching on 27th September. Square’s new Switch bundle – which goes by the name Life is Strange: Arcadia Bay Collection, rather than the Remastered Collection moniker used on other platforms – includes remastered versions of developer Don’t Nod’s much-loved original Life is Strange and its Deck-Nine-developed prequel Life is Strange: Before the Storm. This new collection – which was originally due to launch on 1st February alongside other platforms before recieving a last-minute delay – retains the same…
Since its release last week, fans have been diving into the files of Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered. It has turned out some interesting stuff, such as a potential scrapped multiplayer mode for the game. Most recently, however, dataminers have found evidence that Sony is looking into releasing its own PC launcher in the future (via VGC), with references to such a project being tucked away inside Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered. While this has not been officially confirmed, it does tie in with other speculation across the web. Earlier in the year, a job listing for PlayStation was advertised, with the company looking…
It’s something of an industry joke that iconic 90s shooter Doom is playable on almost anything. Now it’s playable on a tractor. There’s a more serious background to this, though. As Wired reports, a hacker known as Sick Codes presented a new jailbreak for John Deere & Co. tractors at the DefCon security conference in Las Vegas. Digital locks are imposed on vehicles by manufacturers, preventing farmers from modifying and repairing their own equipment. The right-to-repair has proven controversial in the farming industry, but Sick Codes has found a workaround. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong…
Paradox, the developer of strategy game Crusader Kings 3, is doubling the price of the game’s DLC packs. Currently priced at $6.99 (£5.19 in the UK), the Flavour Packs will cost $12.99 from 13th September. In a forum post (thanks TheGamer), the developer said it was “altering the prices of our Flavour Packs (Northern Lords and Fate of Iberia) to reflect the overall value of this kind of content moving forward”. 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.
Square Enix and Kojima Productions will be taking part in the Tokyo Game Show’s upcoming VR event. Bandai Namco, Capcom and Konami, to name but a few, will also be exhibiting at the event, which takes place between 15th and 18th September. The site for the show itself is shrouded in mystery for now, with the organisers simply teasing the stage for this event is a “dungeon” and the following text: 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.
The Pokémon Company International has announced its commitment to global organisations in support of children and minority groups. A subsidiary of The Pokémon Company, The Pokémon Company International is responsible for the Pokémon brand in all regions other than Asia. As the Pokémon series has hit 25 years since its first game was released (Pokémon Red and Blue in 1996), the company has pledged to donate at least $25 million over five years to organisations across the world dedicated to “improving the lives of children and supporting social equity”. Read more Source – eurogamer.net All content and images belong to…
Here’s an odd crossover: FIFA and Marvel. EA has announced a collaboration with Marvel that reimagines some of the most famous footballers of yesteryear as superheroes. Ex-footballers such as USA stalwart Landon Donovan, legendary Chelsea defender Ricardo Carvalho and all-conquering Man City midfielder Yaya Touré have unique illustrated designs that replace real-world player photos in FIFA 23’s Ultimate Team mode. 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.
Welcome the latest edition of DF Direct Weekly – Digital Foundry’s regular show on the latest gaming and technology news. Perhaps not surprisingly, the lion’s share of our news discussion this week concerns the release of Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered on PC. We’ve discussed the various trials we had in delivering our coverage – not least the arrival of a major (and welcome!) patch on embargo day. However, in this week’s show, we talk about our discussions with Nixxes, remaining performance hurdles and the title’s remarkable CPU burden, especially with ray tracing enabled. However, we also spend a fair amount of…
A new mod for Cyberpunk 2077 allows players to change the design of Johnny Silverhand to match his appearance in the original TTRPG. Project 2020 from modder ErebusEquity, available on Nexus Mods, includes tabletop appearances, original looks, and multiple face swap and hair swap options, as spotted by TheGamer. Cyberpunk 2077 is based on the Cyberpunk 2020 TTRPG from 1988, but has Silverhand played by Keanu Reeves in a central role to the plot. 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…
A new leak for Warner Bros.’ brawler MultiVersus has revealed that both Stripe from Gremlins and DC’s Black Adam will be joining the battle roster. As revealed by _FireMonkey on Twitter, the twosome can be seen in the game’s season one startup screen, which Warner Bros. set live a little too early. The company had originally said that upcoming fighters would be teased in MultiVersus’ start up screen, but unfortunately the developer jumped the gun a bit on that one. The duo will join the likes of current characters such as Bugs Bunny, Batman and Arya Stark. Meanwhile, Morty of…