So why is HDMI 2.1 so important? Well, as well as allowing you to access 4K at 120Hz on modern consoles, it also includes handy gaming features like variable refresh rate support, allowing you to smooth out uneven frame-rates and eliminate tearing on PS5, Xbox and PC. In 2022, it’s a must-have inclusion for higher-end TV purchases, but this deal brings the feature down to a lower price than ever before....
The teaser introduces us “to the role of Theatre Commander” and provides an initial overview of the Campaign map. You can check it out below: “Today, players can experience an extended look, offering even more detail on the decisions they will be called to make as they lead their forces throughout the course of World War 1, in a conflict which will force them to fight for every inch as they seek to relive history, or redefine it,” the development team tells us....
Humble launched the Heal COVID-19 Bundle a couple of weeks back to support a number of charities aiding the hardest-hit countries such as Brazil and India, as well as the global medical effort to save lives. It’s gone on to sell 54,374 bundles and raise aid for the humanitarian efforts of Direct Relief, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), International Medical Corps, and GiveIndia. “Direct Relief is tremendously grateful to Humble Bundle and its community of passionate and generous people,” Direct Relief said in a statement on the official website (thanks, The Gamer)....
Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection will be bundling some 10 games in total, with a physical release offering the full set while the digital release will be split across two volumes. There’ll be extra features such as a music mode featuring some 150 songs and an art gallery containing some 1000 illustrations. The Mega Man Battle Network series had an extremely prolific run from 2001 to 2009 on the Game Boy Advance, and was well-received even if it was often hard to distinguish individual titles....
Modern Warfare 2’s story gives the IW9 engine a superb workout. Each mission really is a vehicle - a self-contained showcase - putting each of its new visual tricks front and centre in ways the multiplayer modes cannot. Every set-piece escalates too, level to level: from upside-down shoot-outs to hopping between exploding cars, from dodging container units on a rocking tanker to swimming the Amsterdam canals at night - there’s huge variety....
Johannes Roberts told IGN that Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City adapts the first two Resident Evil games, and includes the mansion from Resident Evil and the police station from Resident Evil 2. It has nothing to do with the Paul W. S. Anderson-directed movie series. It sounds like Roberts, who previously directed deep-sea thriller 47 Meters Down, is going for a creepy horror vibe with the movie - he took inspiration from John Carpenter movies Assault on Precinct 13 and The Fog....
However, one of the most disappointing moments for Milhouse came in an episode known as “The Springfield Files.” This episode, a crossover with the X-Files, focuses primarily on Homer’s conviction he has seen an alien - something that, of course, Agents Mulder and Scully immediately hot-foot it to Springfield to sort out. But that is not what we are here to talk about. Rather, I want to remind you all of the arcade game Milhouse plays in this episode - Kevin Costner’s Waterworld....
Described as “mini collections of content”, EA has launched three Kits - a Throwback Fit Kit full of retro gym clothing, a Country Kitchen Kit adding vintage kitchen furniture, and the weirdest one of all… the Bust The Dust Kit. This one adds dust to your Sim’s home, and it’s alive: if you don’t sort out the dust piles, they’ll spawn “friendly bunnies and dastardly filth fiends”. Frankly, anything spreading mess in my house is no friend of mine....
Yakuza’s Arcades I think some of the allure of Japan, for a foreigner, is the chance to see the world as it used to be - at least, some version of that world as you like to imagine it was, and not for too long, and filtered through a culture different enough to give everything a pleasantly dreamlike feeling. Visiting a Sega arcade in Tokyo felt like dropping in on someone else’s hazily remembered childhood....
That’s according to game director Tony Huynh, who - whilst responding to a question posed by a player on Twitter - said that as the team’s current focus is “stabilising [MultiVersus’] experience”, any plans to integrate couch co-op is “further out”. Huynh added that right now, “netcode improvements, hurt/hitboxes, projectiles, platform interactions” are most important to the team (thanks, NME). Not played MultiVersus yet? Digital Foundry recently shared a full tech breakdown of Warner Bros....
And they are: Earthworm Jim, Alisia Dragoon, and The Story of Thor (known as Beyond Oasis in the US). Earthworm Jim is the most well known of these, a 90s character platformer about a humanoid worm in a space suit (look, it was the ’90s…), but don’t sleep on those other two. Watch on YouTube Eurogamer Newscast: Were Nintendo Direct and PlayStation State of Play a disappointment?. The Story of Thor is certainly worth a go for Zelda fans....
You’ve only got until 8am tomorrow morning (UK time), but from now until the end of the free trial you’ll get access to “15+ maps (including 4 reworked battlefields), 100+ weapons and gadgets, 40+ vehicles, 13 Specialists, and 6 game modes”, and the premium battle pass (if you’re prepared to buy it, of course). All players who login during this time will also get the Battlefield 2042 Welcome Pack, which includes season 1 specialist Ewelina Lis, season 2’s Charlie Crawford, and epic skins for the Grin Reaper helicopter, the Evergreen gun, and rare weapon charm, Lucky Break....
The feature offers customisable controls that can be activated in one click, including channel modes (such as follower or sub only chat), chat verification options, and AutoMod levels. This is a much requested feature, especially in the wake of last summer’s hate raids against streamers from minority communities, which remain ongoing. Watch on YouTube Eurogamer Newscast: Why is Sony worried about Call of Duty on PlayStation 6? Shield Mode can be accessed by both streamers and their mods and implements pre-set options in one go - either with chat commands or a shortcut....
As wizardry students advance their magic becomes more powerful, which will be needed not just in duels, but in dealing with ancient curses and nefarious enemies looming about the school. Though the wizardry course has been spotted in previous trailers, a new course reveal video has given a more detailed look at the classes - you can watch it below. The trailer shows the classes in action and a look at the wizard-themed customisation options for your school, all with Two Point’s trademark humour....
Discussing his company’s troubles with harassment and workplace toxicity, as highlighted by a number of employees since the summer of 2020, Guillemot told La Presse that Ubisoft had been “progressing at a good pace” in dealing with its issues - but that “creating a video game is not easy” and sometimes created “a lot of tension”. “Techniques must be put in place to ensure that everyone succeeds in finding their place,” Guillemot continued, now discussing the games industry in general....
What is The Sandbox? “The Sandbox is a community-driven platform where creators can monetise voxel assets and gaming experiences on the blockchain,” according to its website. That means events in its Minecraft-esque world like its forthcoming Web 3 Land Sale, where users can buy land on its map along with NFTs of voxel assets - as much a money grab as it is a land grab. And now, as its own Quartz NFT platform flops and the public are blamed for not understanding it, Ubisoft are bringing its Rabbids characters to The Sandbox....
As per GSD market data (thanks GamesIndustry.biz), video game sales fell by six percent, while console sales dropped by 29 percent. FIFA and Call of Duty were the top games of the year, while Nintendo Switch was the best selling console (despite a drop in sales). Watch on YouTube Team Eurogamer’s 2022 Highlights Last year, 34.2 million games were sold, with almost 20 million sold via digital download stores (a drop of 3....
Whatever your situation, storage for your Switch games is something you can’t have too much of. All of the Switch models use microSD cards which can easily be swapped out to help you store all the data you need, no matter how large your library is. What’s also great is that microSD cards for the Switch are usually pretty cheap, and they’re even better when they go on sale like they are at Currys right now....
Mistlands adds new creatures, enemies, weapons and crafting materials, and is available to try today via Valheim’s latest test build, available from both Steam and the Microsoft Store. A fresh trailer shows some of the Mistlands’ fresh friends and foes, some of its new areas, and magic system - including magical staves. Prefer some more cosy fun? Mistlands also adds new furniture and building possibilities to pimp out your Viking homestead....
As reported by players at the time, it seems the world destroyer bug was indeed connected to logging out and pressing ALT+F4 at the same time. Following the patch, this will no longer cause the end of days. Elsewhere in the patch notes, Iron Gate explains the biggest change is the “updated socketed backend” which should help improve connection issues. Vulkan support has also been added for Windows users to help with some crashes related to GPU drivers, and can be enabled by adding “-force-vulkan” as a launch option in the Steam properties menu for Valheim....
