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A pair of scientists working in the Antarctic have managed to get their remote research station added as a location in Pokémon Go.

Final Fantasy 16 successfully expanded the audience of the series, though future games won't necessarily take a similar direction.

Square Enix has released patch notes for update 1.31 of Final Fantasy 16, which will arrive alongside The Rising Tide DLC on 18th April.

Perhaps this should go without saying, but there's no need to drop £115 on Star Wars: Outlaws' expensive Ultimate Edition, which includes an «exclusive» mission with Jabba the Hutt.

Here is something to warm the soul on a rather chilly April afternoon (at least, where I am). One creative game developer has used Playdate — the palm-sized, crank-operated console — to propose to his girlfriend.

UPDATE 2.50pm UK: «Nintendo UK has now confirmed to Eurogamer it will not be present at this summer's Gamescom. The company's statement is below:

Fallout TV series fans are trying to estimate the in-game character level its protagonist Lucy might have reached by the end of the show's first season.

Ratchet and Clank has received a new update, eight years after its debut in 2016 on PS4.

Amazon's Fallout TV show released in its entirety last week, and answered one of the series' longest-running mysteries in the process.

The Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail benchmark tool is now live, allowing players to check out the graphical upgrade on the way with update 7.0.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth players have been perplexed since release over its confusing retry screen, but Square Enix has quietly tweaked it in the latest patch.

A Japanese Pokémon fan faces fines and a potential prison sentence after his arrest for selling hacked versions of the game's creatures.

The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has called for the games industry to do more to protect developer jobs and prevent further layoffs.

Fallout: London, the DLC-sized mod for Fallout 4, has been delayed.

Gun Interactive has confirmed a fix for Texas Chain Saw Massacre's latest Victim is on the way.

EA's Black Panther game will be open world.

Persona 1 and 2 are getting remakes.

Fallout has «more than doubled its concurrent players» on Steam following the release of Amazon Prime's blockbuster TV series.

Former PlayStation executive, Gio Corsi, has joined Nintendo of America.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth creative director Tetsuya Nomura has «completed» the story for the remake's final third instalment.

Former Blizzard boss Mike Ybarra would like the option to «tip» developers once he's completed a game.

«Bring out the party poopers» – Content Warning has sold over one million copies.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has reportedly sold «about half» the sales of its predecessor Remake in the same timeframe.

Just Cause developer Avalanche has confirmed plans to enter a collective bargaining agreement with Swedish unions.

After shutting down The Crew's servers at the end of March, Ubisoft has reportedly started removing the open-world racer from owners' libraries and revoking their user license.

Following the recent price hike for EA Play, as well as price bumps for other video game subscription services over the last year, Rockstar's GTA+ is getting more expensive too.

Possibility Space, the studio founded by State of Decay producer Jeff Strain, has reportedly shut down — with Strain blaming the closure on confidential leaks by employees.

User-generated content, or UGC, has been a continued source of discussion recently, particularly when it involves minors doing the creating and, in some cases, earning off the back of it.

Back in September of 2023, the European Union officially designated Apple a «gatekeeper» under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), stipulating that it must open its App Store on iOS in a number of ways, including adding the ability to «side-load» apps from the web rather than the store, to have other storefronts available, and more.

There's a little game coming out next year you may have heard of. It's called GTA 6, and it's the next entry in Rockstar's prolific, rather chaotic and often debauched Grand Theft Auto series.

A new update for Tomb Raider 1 — 3 Remastered has given Lara Croft an outfit worthy of Scary Spice. Sing it with me, 'When tomb become one!'

Fallout fans are scratching their heads over a plot point mentioned in the new hit TV show's sixth episode — which some say contradicts the game series' established lore.

Larian's Baldur's Gate 3 has been celebrated for the performances of its voice cast, who received several performance nominations for this year's BAFTA awards and which last night won the coveted Best Game award.

It looks like PS5 players can't wait to don tricornes and raise anchor; Sea of Thieves is currently experiencing «longer wait times that normal», according to developer Rare, thanks to a «high volume» of new players joining the game as part of today's freshly launched PS5 Closed Beta.

Three more SNES games have been added to the Nintendo Switch Online catalogue today, including early Mario title Wrecking Crew '98.

Her character in Barbie may not control the railways or the flow of commerce, but soon Margot Robbie herself will. Well, sort of.

Stellar Blade's developer has asked players to «go easy» on the game's demo, with some players racking up over 50 hours of playtime.

The BAFTA Games Awards 2024 winners have been revealed, with this year's big victor — perhaps unsurprisingly — being Larian Studios' hugely acclaimed Baldur's Gate 3.

If you've been eying up your teetering games backlog and thinking to yourself, «You know, this games backlog isn't anywhere near teetering enough!», the Epic Games Store has you covered. It's just announced The Big Con and Town of Salem 2 will be its next freebies, from 18th April.

Amazon is expanding April's previously announced Prime Gaming subscription games with two additional Fallout titles, both available now via its Luma game streaming service, to celebrate the launch of its live-action Fallout TV show.

Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs is making the jump from Google's ill-fated Stadia platform to PlayStation 5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch, and Steam on 9th May.

From Castlevania to Arcane, Halo to The Last of Us, we've been treated to plenty of video game TV adaptations over the past few years — and it's always interesting to see how their worlds translate into another medium.

Yes, it is happening. Fallout 4 is finally getting that promised next-gen update, bringing the wasteland experience up to a silky smooth 60fps with increased resolutions on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

Despite Amazon's Fallout adaptation getting a very positive reception so far, it doesn't seem likely that other Bethesda properties will be getting the same treatment. At least, not on Todd Howard's watch.

Ascendant Studios, the developer behind last year's EA-published magic shooter Immortals of Aveum, has reportedly furloughed the majority of its staff.

Pokémon Go looks set to add a new mechanic from the main series Pokémon games: the concept of Pokémon Fusion.

After a lot of speculation and a few rumours, the Five Nights at Freddy's movie adaptation is officially getting a sequel.

Square Enix has released a further update to Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which finally fixes a bugged quest that prevented some players from achieving the game's platinum trophy.

After a decade of story, the Destiny franchise heads into uncharted waters after the launch of this year's The Final Shape expansion. But both Bungie and a prominent leaker have teased what will come next — and when we will hear about it.

Last night, a report claimed a Dead Space 2 remake had been in the works at EA. However, a subsequent report — which itself follows on from EA denying any such remake was in the pipeline — has poured more cold water on these initial claims. In fact, the whole series is reportedly «on ice».

Microsoft is limiting Xbox Game Pass subscription extensions in certain countries to deter players from stacking their membership at a cheaper rate.

There's good news if you've been awaiting the next Sims 4 DLC announcement to reassure yourself of the continuing passage of time; EA has revealed two new Kit packs — Urban Homage and Party Essentials — are launching next Thursday, 18th April.

Sky: Children of the Light, the acclaimed free-to-play «social adventure» from Journey and Flower developer ThatGameCompany, has — just shy of a year since being announced for PC — finally launched on Steam, initially as an early access release.

Tonight marked the first ever Triple-i showcase, a new digital event highlighting a vast number of indie game projects on the way.

Laysara: Summit Kingdom, the promising mountain-themed city builder from developer Quite OK Games and publisher Future Friends Games, has surprise launched on Steam, where it's expected to remain in early access for between six and 12 months.

Deck-building roguelite Slay the Spire is getting a sequel.

EA is increasing the price of its EA Play subscription service — which provides on-demand access to a selection of the publisher's titles, as well as early access to certain newer games — with the annual price of its standard tier set for a significant increase, up from £19.99 to £35.99.

As part of this evening's Triple-i livestream, the developer of Darkest Dungeon 2 has detailed a new campaign mode, Kingdoms.

Despite the original Dead Space getting the remake treatment, the same isn't happening for its sequel, at least not now.

Vampire Survivors is heading to PlayStation consoles this summer.

Sony has announced the game catalogue additions for PlayStation Plus this April for Extra and Premium subscribers.

Ever wondered about those sleepy spores emitted by Grass-type Pokémon? Ever thought about rolling up their aromatic leaves, and subjecting them to a Fire-type attack?

A number of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Kickstarter backers have been met with unexpected shipping costs, which in some cases have nearly doubled the amount people will pay.

Wii U fans have brought the console's online multiplayer functionality back online, after Nintendo officially ended its own server support.

The Call of Duty team has released a new, King Kong-themed glove into the game, and it hasn't exactly gone down well with players.

Ori developer Moon Studios has offered a small slice of news on a potential third entry in the series.

Fortnite fans are upset over the game's removal of cosmetic item rarities, which graded the game's vast vault of character skins, pickaxes, back blings and so forth with various different 'quality' levels.

Blizzard games are set to return to China, thanks to a new agreement with publisher NetEase.

Sega has officially declared 2024 the Year of Shadow in honour of the ultimate lifeform. Sorry Luigi.

World of Warcraft Classic, the nostalgia-tweaking old-school version of Blizzard's long-running MMORPG, is set to move into the next era of history next month, with World of Warcraft Cataclysm Classic now confirmed to be launching on 20th May.

As the delayed June launch of Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion inches ever-closer, developer Bungie has aired a fresh gameplay showcase, this time offering a closer look at the new Prismatic subclass, new Exotic class items, and the new Dread enemy faction.

Mortal Kombat 1's upcoming playable DLC character, Ermac, has been given an airing in developer NetherRealm's latest gameplay trailer, ahead of his arrival later this month.

Staff members were told of GAME's impending change to force staff onto zero hours contracts, first reported yesterday by Eurogamer, via mass video calls held on Microsoft Teams.

Palworld developer Pocketpair has warned players on Xbox not to load up their multiplayer saves following reports that doing so will result in all current progress being lost.

Did you really think Helldivers 2 players had wiped out the Automatons for good? Nope.

Cosmic horror fishing game Dredge is getting a live-action film adaptation.

A new team at EA's Motive Studio will work alongside the Battlefield studios to create the next phase of the shooter franchise.

Ubisoft has revealed a new Star Wars Outlaws story trailer — and with it, confirmation of the game's release date.

Over 27,000 Call of Duty accounts were banned over the weekend for cheating across Warzone and Modern Warfare 3, according to Activision.

Physics-based roguelite Noita has received a second Epilogue update that adds a whole host of new features, tweaks, and modding capabilities.