Author: Sarah Connor
Sony’s 2022 CES event caught our attention with technical details of PlayStation VR2 – but what initially slipped under the radar was a small tale by Tom Holland, who was brought onto the stage to talk about the wonders of Uncharted. The 25-year-old English actor who has a habit of playing Americans noted that he only discovered Uncharted when a PlayStation 4 was left in his trailer during the filming of Spider-Man: Homecoming (thanks, Kotaku). Read more Source – eurogamer.net
A number of high-profile FIFA Ultimate Team traders have reported being targeted by hackers who have cleared out their accounts of FIFA Points and coins.Reports indicate that in the past week the top 100 traders in Ultimate Team have been targeted, with several saying they have lost access to their accounts and thousands of pounds worth of in-game currency.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
A new trailer for Bomb Rush Cyberfunk shows off BMX cycling for the first time.A spiritual successor to Dreamcast cult classic Jet Set Radio, developer Team Reptile has captured that game’s cel-shaded graphics and sense of cool.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Pagan: Control, the second major DLC for Far Cry 6, will arrive for all platforms next week on Tuesday, 11th January as part of the game’s season pass, or as a separate download. This is the new roguelike mode where you play as Pagan Min, the antagonist of Ubisoft’s Himalayan-set Far Cry 4. Here, you’ll journey into his “troubled psyche” and hear more about his backstory. Read more Source – eurogamer.net
The director of Days Gone has said “local studio management always made us feel like it was a big disappointment”, and called Sony’s decision not to greenlight a sequel “weird”.Reacting to the news that Sucker Punch’s PlayStation exclusive Ghost of Tsushima has now sold over 8m copies, Days Gone director Jeff Ross said that when he left Sony in late 2020, the zombie game had already sold over 8m copies – and it has since gone on to sell even more, plus over a million sales on Steam.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
One of Mass Effect’s most popular finale mods is now available for the trilogy’s Legendary Edition. This latest version of the so-called Happy Ending Mod adds many of the tweaks from previous iterations into a package which slots neatly into the Legendary Edition of BioWare’s space opera trilogy.Read more Source – eurogamer.net
Hello! We’re going to start the year off with a handful of pieces looking forward to 2022. Sometimes we’ll be looking at trends we’ve spotted or themes that will probably be continuing to define things in games for a while. Sometimes we’ll just be thinking about things we’ve enjoyed and where they could lead. Have a lovely new year all!I don’t know if you’ve ever used one of those run tracking apps, but then left it going by accident for a really long time in your pocket and only discovered it days later after it’s recorded hours and hours of…
Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive has removed unlockable masks for the Leatherface killer used by some players for racist harassment.Known as The Cannibal in the game, Leatherface (from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre films) players can unlock masks to wear based on the game’s playable survivors – just like the film character.Read more Source – eurogamer.net