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Watch Lady Gaga and Jigglypuff sing together in Pokémon's 30th anniversary Super Bowl spot12:31 Pokémon has never not been trendy, but we're expecting even more from the massive IP this year, as the "pocket monsters" are turning 30 later this month. That means there are game announcements on the horizon, celebrations happening all over, and even a huge Super Bowl spot starring Lady Gaga and other celebrities. Read more Down with the monarchy! Unless it's me, because I'm a brilliant, totally not corrupt ruler in The Sims 4's surprisingly enterta11:23 As that cartoon lion once famously sang before killing his uncle and shagging his cousin, I just can't wait to be king! It's not a sentiment I was expecting to be writing when I first fired up The Sims 4 's latest major expansion, Royalty & Legacy - I'm hardly what you'd call an enthusiastic monarchist - but here I now am, several hours in; scheming and extorting my way to the top, drunk on unear… Nioh 3 reaches almost 90,000 concurrent players on PC after launch, over doubling series record11:23 Initial player data indicates that Nioh 3 is performing well following its release last Friday, hitting nearly 90,000 concurrent players on Steam over the weekend. It is currently at the top of Steam's Trending Games list. Read more Fallout 76 may still get crossplay following years of fan requests, but don't expect it anytime soon11:23 Fallout 76 has been in a pretty good place since 2020's Wastelanders update, which added NPCs and entirely new questlines to the once-barren online survival game . Since then, it's become more of a full-blown multiplayer RPG with a strong diehard community even if not every Fallout fan vibes with the basic pitch. Why don't we have crossplay though? Read more Horses dev disputes Epic Games Store exec's claim it "loves" their studio, saying: "They have effectively ghosted us"19:27 Horses developer Santa Ragione has responded to comments from an Epic Games Store executive claiming he "made provably incorrect statements about the game's content". Read more Rayman creator reveals more details on what to expect from the Rayman remake that Ubisoft still won't admit is real18:54 The creator of the Rayman series has once again teased that a remake of the original Rayman game is on the way. Read more Arc Raiders' "aggressive" approach to cheats sees "tens of thousands of players banned so far"18:21 Arc Raiders has "aggressively" been cracking down on cheaters and already banned "tens of thousands of players so far". Read more French President "once again made gamers lose it" but insists "one can love games and at the same time look at their effects"16:08 French President Emmanuel Macron insists we are "misunderstanding" his recent comments about video games. Read more Is a Baldur's Gate 3 TV show a good idea and does it matter that Larian isn't involved?8.února Another day, another game getting the TV treatment, but this one's a biggie: Dungeons & Dragons owner Wizards of the Coast this week revealed Craig Mazin, showrunner on HBO's divisive The Last of Us television adaptation, is turning his hand to Baldur's Gate , and specifically continuing the story of Baldur's Gate 3 on TV. Developer Larian's fantasy RPG is, of course, a hugely beloved game, and r… It's Superbowl Sunday, so we must pay respects to one of the greatest sports games of all time8.února Who do you have this Sunday? Do you even care? Maybe not - this is Euro gamer after all - but the fact I'm sitting here in Britain sincerely writing a piece for Superbowl Sunday is surely a sign that the NFL's cultural invasion into Europe's sporting world is taking root at least a bit. Read more Markiplier's Iron Lung movie might be getting all the attention, but the horror game it's based on is a masterclass in the powe8.února Perhaps you recently glanced at the internet and saw the fuss about Iron Lung, the indie horror movie that got off to a rip-roaring start last week , elbowing Melania aside to take the number two spot in the US box office charts, thwarted only by horror movie king Sam Raimi's Send Help. Iron Lung's success can almost certainly be attributed to its links with mega-popular YouTuber Mark Edward Fisc… Happy 10th birthday, XCOM 2, the most brilliant, frustrating game of its time7.února There's this magical moment that all XCOM 2 players experience. A member of your elite squad of sci-fi planetary defenders holds their machine gun right up at the face of some alien foe, probably a Muton, and somehow has only a 90 percent chance to hit it. Still, aim perfect, hands steady, they can't possibly miss, you think. Then they do, they always do. 100 percent guaranteed. F**k you, XCOM! I… Difficulty done differently: Cairn and Baby Steps deliver kinder, more generous masocore7.února For the past week, instead of actually relaxing in the evenings, I have been ascending the gnarled brute of a mountain in Cairn . The onerous journey has left the toes of its alpinist star Aava bloodied; I've pushed the tendons of her rangy fingers to snapping point. With more frequency than I care to admit, I've caused this hell-bent climber to tumble down the same part of rock face over and ove… What we've been playing - "Mama demands perfection"7.února Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie discovers handheld gaming and gets all excited; Marie struggles to impress Mama; Kelsey experiences Nioh for the first time, and loves it; Will plays another mech game and also, somewhat predictably, loves it; and Victoria reveals a passion for skateboarding that I never kne… |