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Valve has revealed Steam Next Fest, a celebration of upcoming games coming in June which will feature "hundreds of game demos" and "oodles of livestreams." Steam Next Fest will kick off on June 16 and run through to June 22. This is Valve's new name for the Steam Game Festival, which previously allowed users to check out demos of upcoming games, speak to their creators and get an insight into […]

Koelnmesse has announced that Gamescom 2021 will be a hybrid event, with in-person and digital sections. The team behind the huge European gaming show asked the community what they wanted from this year's event, using feedback to inform how the Cologne convention would take shape in 2021. "In addition to the digital aspects, the possibility of trying out the latest games on-site and diving into the gaming world form an […]

Xbox Game Pass PC and Ultimate members will be given access to EA Play on PC starting tomorrow, March 18. Subscribers will be able to access more than 60 games from EA's vault, including Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars Squadrons and The Sims 4. Discounts on digital purchases of EA games, game trials and monthly in-game rewards for games like Madden 21 and Apex Legends will also be […]

A feature coming soon to the Xbox platform will allow users to suspend their games, allowing them to download at higher speeds. The news was revealed by Xbox Engineering lead Eden Marie on Twitter. The feature is already available to users in the Xbox Insider Program, who should be able to find a 'Suspend my game' option on the 'Manage Queue' page if they're signed up to preview dashboard changes […]

Ubisoft has added a much-requested item transmog feature to Assassin's Creed Valhalla, but fans aren't happy with its implementation. Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Title Update 1.2.0 launched across Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5, PC and Google Stadia on March 16. The patch brought new skills, The Ostara Festival and transmogrification, which allows players to change the appearance of their gear but keep the stats beneath, in order to create custom […]

Denuvo Anti-Cheat has joined the PlayStation 5 Tools and Middleware program, hoping to help developers to fight cheaters on the platform. Revealed in a press release from Denuvo creator Irdeto, the company announced that game publishers and developers would be able to leverage its anti-cheat technology to "bring cheating to an end" on PlayStation 5. "Denuvo, the leader in video games protection, offers its Anti-Cheat solution through this program to publishers […]

Xbox Director of Program Management Jason Ronald has made clear that there are unannounced Xbox games scheduled for release in 2021. Speaking on an Iron Lords Podcast episode about the Xbox Series X and S, Ronald was asked what game he was most looking forward to in the year ahead, to which he replied, "Not all games that are releasing this year have been announced." While not specifically referencing Xbox Games Studios […]

A prison escapee has been recaptured after coming out of hiding to buy Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War. As reported by Kotaku, Clint Butler had been hiding from UK police since November, having fled from Spring Hill prison in Buckinghamshire, where he was serving a 17-year sentence for robbery and firearms offences. West Midlands Police spotted Butler and a friend out in Birmingham city centre in January and, […]

Embracer Group, which owns a number of video game studios including Gearbox Software, Volition and 4A Games, is creating a comprehensive video game archive which plans to include every video game ever made. Martin Lindell, an adviser at Embracer Group posted the news to Twitter, and you can watch CEO Lars Wingefors talk about his plans for the archive at this timestamped video link. Wingefors has already donated his own collection […]