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Village People frontman Victor Willis dies aged 74
Victor Willis was the band’s frontman and co-wrote most of their hit songs including YMCA.
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EA changes Battlefield 6 XP Boosters for the better, only to yet again reveal the change was an error and take it back
For the second time in a month, Battlefield Studios has altered the in-game language explaining how Battlefield 6 XP Boosters work, only to renege and claim it was done in error. This time, however, it’s made players even more aggravated because of the way the message was delivered. Read more
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Liverpool complete £60m signing of Jérémy Jacquet from Rennes
Liverpool saw off competition from Chelsea for defender20-year-old set to recover from injury in time for seasonJérémy Jacquet has officially completed his £60m move to Liverpool, with the defender signing a five-year contract at Anfield, plus the option of an extra year.Liverpool beat Chelsea and Bayern Munich to the signature of the highly rated Rennes…
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Persona is getting the live-action show treatment at Netflix, Star Trek: Picard and 9-1-1 writer attached as showrunner
With Persona 4 Revival and Persona 6 on the horizon, fans of the long-running RPG series will be eating well in the near future, but a live-action Netflix show might be a more divisive offering. Read more
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Shrinks on the verge of a nervous breakdown: how horror movies came for therapists
From Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You to Jodie Foster in A Private Life, an onscreen parade of psychoanalysts are unravelling before us, tapping into our worst fearsThere is an old adage that “every therapist needs a therapist”. Even while the treatment was still in its infancy, Sigmund Freud said all…
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007 First Light studio IOI facing layoffs as Xbox pulls funding for Project Fantasy RPG
Xbox has pulled out of a deal to fund and publish the online fantasy RPG – Project Fantasy – that’s in development at Hitman and 007 First Light developer IO Interactive. Read more
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Developers at a Ubisoft studio have gone on strike in response to the publisher’s latest round of sweeping layoffs
Developers at Ubisoft Barcelona – which works on Rainbow Six: Siege following recent company restructuring – have gone on strike. Read more
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Revisiting Haven, the RPG update that turned a straight love story gay – and made it better as a result
Hello! Eurogamer’s week of features celebrating the intersection of queer culture and gaming continues today as Kaan Serin explores how the acclaimed Haven found new meaning when it introduced the option to gender swap its leads two years after launch. To catch up on everything you might have missed this year and in Pride Weeks…
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Dishonored developer Arkane is reportedly one of five studios Microsoft is targeting to close down as part of its big ‘reset’
Arkane Studios, the developer behind the Dishonored series and the upcoming Blade, is among the studios Microsoft is currently considering closing down. That’s according to a new report from The Verge, citing sources familiar with the plan. Read more
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Xbox claim they’re “not reducing [their] investment in games” despite looming cuts, as report claims under 2.5% of Microsoft’s total workforce are in the firing line
On top of the reports that Xbox are planning mass layoffs, yesterday brought the news that Xbox are backing out of funding deals and considering closing studios, yet they insist this isn’t a sign they’re scaling back how much cash they’re pumping into making games. At the same time, a new report claims that the…