Sony has announced another State of Play this week, this time focused on Hogwarts Legacy.It will take place on Thursday 17th March at 9pm UK time on Twitch and YouTube.The presentation will last for 20 minutes and feature an extended 14 minute first look at gameplay for the Harry Potter RPG. Since Sony first announced the game back in 2020, the trailer has been viewed over 28m times on the...
Gorgeous JRPG homage Cris Tales is next week's free Epic Store game – Eurogamer.net
Gorgeous JRPG homage Cris Tales is set to be the Epic Games Store’s next freebie, with the week-long giveaway starting Thursday, 24th February.Cris Tales, the work of Colombian indie studios Dreams Uncorporated and Syck, follows the whimsical adventures of orphan girl Crisbell as she journeys across the gorgeously wrought world of Narim – the kind of place where swords are magical and...
Elden Ring server downtime planned – Eurogamer.net
Elden Ring servers will undergo maintenance this week to improve multiplayer functions.The official game account has tweeted dates and times for the maintenance on Steam and PlayStation.On Steam, the maintenance will be on 1st March at 4-5am UK time – that’s 5am-6am CET / 1pm-2pm JST / 8pm-9pm PST (28th February).On PlayStation, the maintenance will be on 1st March at 2-3am UK time...
Second annual Video Game Accessibility Awards celebrates gaming accessibility – Eurogamer.net
The second annual Video Game Accessibility Awards took place over the weekend, celebrating games making strides in accessibility.Hosted and co-created by Sony Santa Monica writer Alanah Pearce and AbleGamers senior director Steven Spohn, the awards took place on YouTube and Twitch.The award categories highlight the most important accessibility options, based on guidelines from AbleGamers. Halo...
The original Forza was briefly available to buy online yesterday – Eurogamer.net
The original Forza Horizon game was briefly available to buy from the Xbox store yesterday. While there’s no official word on whether or not the game’s return to the Xbox store was intentional, the racer has already been removed again, albeit not quite before some gamers managed to buy and download it (thanks, VGC). YouTuber Jamie Moran was even able to play it on their Xbox Series X...
What would an accessible Souls game look like? – Eurogamer.net
The Soulsborne games are notoriously difficult. That’s in part by design, through challenging gameplay. But for some players, the lack of accessibility features is an impenetrable wall around such a beloved series.Yet it doesn’t have to be this way.“The things Souls games ask of players… are possible with the correct accessibility implementations,” said...
World of Warcraft mobile game to be unveiled in May – Eurogamer.net
Blizzard’s World of Warcraft game for mobile will be unveiled in May, the developer has said.The reveal will follow detailed updates on both Hearthstone and the main World of Warcraft over the next six weeks. World of Warcraft’s next expansion will be unveiled on 19th April. Before that, Hearthstone’s first 2022 expansion will be revealed on 15th March, with a deeper look at the...
CrossfireX producer apologises for state of the game – Eurogamer.net
The executive producer of CrossfireX has issued an apology for the state the game is currently in.Sooro Boo, or Mr Boo as he’s known, published a developer update listing improvements to the game following launch issues, including players being unable to access its campaign content on Game Pass.That’s on top of match connection issues for its multiplayer that have since been fixed.The...
Original Shantae game coming to PlayStation 5 and PS4 – Eurogamer.net
While other games in the Shantae series are already available on PlayStation, one has been missing for some time – the original. However, that will be changing soon, as our half-genie hero will be sashaying her way onto both PS4 and PS5 later this year. Shantae director Matt Bozon revealed this news on the PlayStation blog, where he shared a trip down the series’ memory lane in honour...
Ubisoft confirms that its upcoming PvP battle arena game "Project Q" is real – Eurogamer.net
Ubisoft has confirmed that leaked footage of a new and unannounced project codenamed Project Q is real. Confirmation came just hours after footage of the game – reportedly taken from the first closed test of the team battle arena – was shared online. “So, we heard you heard…” Ubisoft tweeted, acknowledging that the leak was indeed real. “Introducing codename...