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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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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…
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PS5’s latest firmware update just started rolling out, here’s what you need to know
It’s that time of the month again: Sony has begun sending out a new PS5 system software update for users of both the base model and the PS5 Pro, and (like previous updates) it appears to be rolling out in via a phased release. Read more
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“Keeping this under wraps has been torture”: Against the Storm 2 could happen, but first, Eremite are making a survival game set in the city-builder’s festering world
Eremite Games are making a survival game set in the bleak fantasy world of their Bestest Best roguelite city-builder Against The Storm. They’ve announced the project with a brief video snippet of a two hooded adventurers, stalking through some rainy woodlands towards a log cabin. From this I deduce that the plan is to support…
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Sure would be great if Oblivion Remastered got patched on PC to coincide with the Switch 2 release
Not that I’m holding my breath.
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Depraved by Daisy Dixon review – a history of dark and dangerous art
From classical painting to video games, this survey of the taboo and the twisted won’t let you look awayMuseums are damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Ignore the problems of the past and they’re criticised for being problematic. Rewrite their labels according to changing politics and they’re called preachy and woke. The fact is,…