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Dead by Daylight is getting a Survivor chat wheel soon, as Behaviour reveals plans to debloat a decade of systems
A new Dead by Daylight Q&A with Behaviour Interactive has revealed plans to debloat add-ons, along with a new chat wheel for Survivors.
Soulslike prince Lies of P added difficulty settings after its own developers struggled to beat it: "Most couldn't even make it halfway"
"We received a lot of positive feedback"
God of War TV series sees further recasts as Amazon seeks older actors for Atreus and Thrud
The series will have different actors in these roles for Season 2.
Konami investigating Silent Hill 2 Performance Mode issues after latest PS5 patch
Konami has confirmed it's investigating new Performance Mode problems on PS5 and PS5 Pro after last week's Patch 1.07 for the Silent Hill 2 remake introduced a host of new issues. Read more
Tencent's cyberpunk rival to Grand Theft Auto is in trouble as its developer lays off 80 people
Lightspeed LA says it will "shift the creative and development direction" of Last Sentinel.
These devs have been building the perfect platformer for 22 years, and the Steam apocalypse won't stop them now: "Video games have always been about a small team of sickos doing something"
For this week's Saturday Read, the devs behind Metanet Software tell us about the decades-long road that's led to N Plus Infinity Times Two
Newly discovered Demon's Souls prototype footage reveals a scrapped first-person mode
Newly unearthed footage from a 2007 developer presentation has revealed that Demon's Souls once had an option to play in first-person. Read more
GTA Online will still be supported alongside GTA 6, but don't expect to hear about a new version soon
Take-Two’s Strauss Zelnick confirms plans to support GTA Online, but Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier claims we won’t see any ‘new’ version soon.
A ‘new look’ at Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, hosted by its director, will take place at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live
Naoki Hamaguchi will take to the stage to show more of the game
Club Soko is cartoonishly dark and splattered with beer - and it's a wonderful puzzler, too
Sokoban games are those puzzlers that are all about pushing blocks around. They're spatial challenges at their most fiendish. I gather that the original Sokoban took place in a warehouse, and you were shifting crates back and forth. The latest iteration I've played is set in a nightclub, and that turns out to be a truly inspired choice of location. Read more
Stalker 2 is finally letting us explore the Chornobyl Power Plant
GSC Game World has released a new deep dive video to showcase its upcoming Stalker 2 DLC, Cost of Hope. Read more
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (8th August)
What's this I detect? Welcome, weary traveller. You have made it to the weekend. Please, sit and partake in some gaming. But wait! Allow us to regale you with some newz. First up, we had a Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Direct this week , showcasing many of the game's mechanics and characters, so that was cool. Two cancelled Virtual Boy games also joined the NSO line-up, while confirmation was provided that the legendary Sam Neill will be appearing posthumously in the Legend of Zelda movie. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
What we've been playing - "I've wanted to go to demon school for a while"
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Connor decides on Star Lord; Bertie goes to demon school, and Kelsey goes for a big walk. Read more
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Will Allow You To Strategise With Mouse Controls
"Intuitively move units across the battlefield". Nintendo has confirmed Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave will allow you to strategise with Joy-Con 2 mouse controls. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Final Fantasy VII Revelation "New Look" Announced For Opening Night Live
"Mark your calendars". Gamescom is taking place later this month in Germany, and if you're a fan of Final Fantasy , you'll apparently want to mark your calendar. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Another Zelda Movie Cast Member Has Reportedly Been Confirmed
It's dangerous to go alone. There has already been some news this week about the cast in the upcoming Zelda movie, and now Deadline is reporting Lydia Peckham is set for the new live-action film. The New Zealand actress previously worked with director Wes Ball on his 2024 release, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes . At this stage, it's not known what role she will play. Studio reps have apparently declined to comment, and the actresses' reps could not be reached. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Big Walk: So, what's the deal with that number puzzle?
If you're stuck on this early puzzle, we can give you some hints—or the complete solution.
GTA 6's Netflix deal forces us to ask: can you pirate an advertisement?
Just when you thought videogame marketing couldn't get sillier, people are going to wind up stealing a trailer.
FromSoftware sleuth unearths earliest footage of Demon's Souls to date: A prototype with a first person camera mode
Demon's Field.
From ancient Buddhism, to iconic manga hair, to Keanu Reeves: a PC Gamer Causality Chain™
Would Xuanzang have liked John Wick?
BioWare veteran says Baldur's Gate 3 was such a great sequel because it didn't try to be too much like Baldur's Gate 2
Mark Darrah thinks Larian succeeded because it wasn't afraid to do its own thing.
3 years after the best Soulslike not by FromSoftware, Lies of P leads feel "pressure" to make the sequel even better
"How much better do we need to be?"
Even with an $80 price tag, 'Grand Theft Auto 6 will be an incredible bargain,' Take-Two boss says
Strauss Zelnick reckons that the quality of the experience will more than justify the price.
Rare Demon's Souls prototype shows off first-person perspective, unused enemies that could have rewritten Dark Souls history: "Like watching the mona lisa being painted"
Unprecedented