Long-awaited Batman spin-off Gotham Knights is still due to make its 2022 release date, Warner Bros. has confirmed.In a series of tweets last night, WarnerMedia boss Jason Kilar reiterated that both Hogwarts Legacy and Gotham Knights would release this calendar year, despite both currently holding vague “2022” launch windows. “This mission, this strategy continues in ’22...
Underland is a fascinating game about drilling and blowing things up – Eurogamer.net
I almost missed Underland. No press releases, no personal recommendations. I was just scrolling the Nintendo eShop one day and luckily it stood out – a strange 2D affair with graphics that took me back to the days of the BBC Micro and games like Exile – spacesuited figures alone in caves, the whole thing rendered magical by the limited colour palette. This is a video game, but for...
Thanos is coming to Fortnite's item shop – Eurogamer.net
Fortnite and Marvel’s marriage of money-making will soon continue with the arrival of Thanos himself to the game’s item shop. Thanos has appeared in Fortnite before, of course, as part of a previous Avengers mode where playing as the Mad Titan made you deliberately overpowered. Three years on from that mode’s appearance, however, you’ll soon be able to obtain Thanos for...
UP alumni in SF Bay Area inaugurate annual community fiesta – INQUIRER.net
San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa (5th from left) is flanked by UPAASF officers and board members at “UPAASF Fiesta!” JEREMIAH YSIPSAN FRANCISCO – Alumni of the Philippine state university system, their families, friends and supporters held their first “Annual University of the Philippines Alumni Association of San Francisco [UPAASF] Fiesta!,” in Daly City’s Gellert Park...
Digital Foundry reacts to Microsoft's $70bn purchase of Activision Blizzard – Eurogamer.net
Yesterday, Microsoft sent shock-waves around the video game industry with its announcement of its purchase of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard for an eye-watering $70bn. We here at Eurogamer have already offered our reaction with a Newscast Special. Now the tech experts at Digital Foundry have had their say.Check out the video below for a special episode of DF Direct, starring Audi Sorlie...
Nintendo Switch passes 84m sold, as company records record profits – Eurogamer.net
Nintendo’s 2020 was one for the record books. The company earned its best ever operating profit of $6bn, and its second-best year of revenue, at $16.6bn.Nintendo Switch now sits at 84.59m consoles and 587.1m games sold. (By comparison, Wii, Nintendo’s top-selling home console, shifted 101m consoles. Wii U struggled to hit 14m.)But Nintendo also expects a decline in profit and revenue...
Here's how to glitch your way into Halo Infinite couch co-op – Eurogamer.net
Halo Infinite players have discovered a way to glitch into couch co-op.While there’s no officially sanctioned way to join a pal in Halo Infinite for its story campaign – right now, we have to wait to at least May 2022 before the functionality is rolled out – players have discovered a new exploit, albeit one with very limited features and the extraordinarily strong possibility...
New Wu-Tang Clan game reportedly in the works for Xbox – Eurogamer.net
A Wu-Tang Clan game is reportedly in the works for Xbox.Details come from VentureBeat’s Jeff Grubb on the latest episode of his video series, Game Mess, and Windows Central’s Jez Corden.According to the reports, the game is in development at Brass Lion Entertainment, a studio formed in 2019 by Manveer Heir, who worked on Mass Effect, Bryna Dabby Smith, who worked on Sleeping Dogs and...
Fortnite countdown sets stage for live event next Friday – Eurogamer.net
Fortnite will hold its next live event on Friday, 6th August at 11.05pm UK time (that’s 6.05pm Eastern, or 3.05pm Pacific).This will be Fortnite’s first big live event in quite some time – since last December’s big Marvel season finale – and, unusually, it is coming in the middle of the game’s current UFO-themed season. What do we expect to happen? Well, leaks...
New Tchia gameplay trailer shows Soul Jump mechanic – Eurogamer.net
A new gameplay trailer for Tchia was shown at The Game Awards, revealing more about its Soul Jump mechanic.The single player, story-driven game sees a young girl, the titular Tchia, exploring the sandbox open world of a lush tropical island.The twist is her ability to soul-jump and take control of any animal – or inanimate object – she finds to explore further.A PlayStation Blog from...