For those who’re looking for the opportunity to lose themselves in new worlds, the Oculus Rift 2 has dropped in price by 25% on Amazon, down to £300. This means that both the Rift 2 and Quest 2 are now at the same price, a tricky choice for any aspiring VR buyer. Fortunately, our experts …
Mario has a licence to kill in Peach’s Castle
The name’s Mario. Mario Mario. Ever wondered what Peach’s Castle from Mario 64 would look like as a GoldenEye level? Of course there’s a mod for that. GoldenEye With Mario Characters is the work of modder StupidMarioBros1Fan. The mod launched in January 2018, and to mark its three year anniversary, StupidMarioBros1Fan released a big update that …
The Star Wars games we’d love to see next – it’s the Eurogamer next-gen news cast!
This is just the beginning. Wow, what a week! After a sleepy start to 2021 in video game news land, this week saw two explosive announcements around a resurgent LucasArts – sorry, Lucasfilm Games: a brand new Indiana Jones game from Wolfenstein developer Machine Games, and a brand new, open-world Star Wars game from Massive, the …
Maps and cards – the connected worlds of Carto and Myrioramas
The man Lyra meets on the train is elderly and immaculate. He has a moustache and heavily lidded eyes. He wears a fez. Over the course of the journey Lyra learns that he speaks perfect French and that he has a mysterious pack of cards that he uses at one point to entertain a child …
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War gets Black Ops 2’s Express map early Feb
Train your sights. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War gets a new 6v6 map early February, Treyarch has announced. It’s a remake of Black Ops 2’s Express, and it’s due out on 4th February. Express is known for its hi-tech train station. It’s a roughly U-shaped map with two train tracks looping around the main …
Super Nintendo World opening postponed again
As Osaka placed into state of emergency. The public opening of Super Nintendo World has been pushed back once again at Universal Studios Japan. The attraction was due to finally open on 4th February, after a long delay from last summer. Originally, it had been planned to launch in time for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Things …
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla patch squashes dozens of annoying bugs
Ubisoft will release a big bug-squashing update for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla today. The game’s 1.1.1 update is light on new features but heavy on fixes, with dozens of common issues crossed off. Among those that stand out in a quick scan down its very long patch notes are solutions to the bug experienced by numerous …
Here’s our first (brief) look at King of Fighters 15’s Shun’ei in action
Jump, cut. SNK has released a character trailer for Shun’ei in upcoming fighting game King of Fighters 15. The video, below, is rather annoyingly edited, with so many jump cuts it’s hard to make out exactly what Shun’ei is doing in the snippets of gameplay. But we do get to see a few combos, and they …
CD Projekt co-founder addresses botched Cyberpunk 2077 console release in new video
CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwiński has addressed the events leading up to the disastrous launch of Cyberpunk 2077 last year in an attempt to explain how the game’s widely lambasted Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions were released in such a poor state. “Based on [our] legacy of genuine and honest communication”, says Iwiński in …
Mega-Man-X-inspired rogue-like sequel 30XX enters Steam early access in February
Developer Batterystaple Games has announced that 30XX, the sequel to its enjoyable Mega-Man-X-inspired procedural rogue-like 20XX, will enter Steam early access on 17th February. 30XX’s predecessor – which released for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Switch back in 2018 (following around four years of Steam early access development on PC) – is a bit of …
Scott Pilgrim: the high school reunion – going back to Ubisoft’s beloved brawler
Scott Pilgrim was a dick and I loathed him, but then he became significantly less of a dick and I loved him. Throughout the course of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s 30-something issues, Scott stared down his past dickish actions and reckoned with the hurt he inflicted. What emerged was a better human being, and a graphic …
Elite Dangerous: Odyssey delayed due to coronavirus
Slight delay on PC, significant delay on console. Frontier has delayed Elite Dangerous: Odyssey due to coronavirus. In a note to players of the space game, Frontier said the impact of the ongoing lockdown had affected its development schedule, pushing back the much-anticipated Odyssey expansion. The original plan was to release Elite Dangerous: Odyssey across PC …