Earlier this week, history was made in both the world of video games and private equity. The trio of Affinity Partners, Silver Lake, and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund announced a plan to take EA private for $55bn. This leveraged buyout would be the largest in history, and if approved, will mean the industry giant would be a private company in 2027.
Helldivers 2 takes up around 150GB to install on PC (three times larger than on console), and the game's deputy technical director has now explained why that won't be changing anytime soon.
I think Digimon Story: Time Stranger is secretly a PS2 era Shin Megami Tensei game. That's very much my taste in RPGs. Given this is sort-of a kid's game (OK, it's got a PEGI 12 rating because of 'bad language', 'in-game purchases', and - bafflingly - 'sex'), that is a pretty big surprise. I've come to this conclusion after sinking a good 50 hours into the game, and being taken on a surprisingly volatile journey as a result. The story is pretty guff, with a lot of shōnen-style anime filler injected into the meat to make it appear more succulent, but most of my emotive response has been to its design philosophy, its approach to dungeons, and some unbelievable pacing choices. I can close this game either loving it, or hating it. But, for the past two weeks, I've not been able to stop going back to it.
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing. This week, Kelsey digs out the DS to play The Urbz, for some reason; Tom inadvisably asks Jim for some help in Baby Steps; Marie leaps over a wall on a space hopper; Ed is determined to learn Final Fantasy Tactics, which keeps kicking his ass; Connor buys Persona 5 Royal in a Steam Sale; Chris gives a potted review of EA Sports FC 26; and Bertie tries to work out if he likes Steam sensation Megabonk.
Hello and welcome to another entry in our "The Big Question" series, in which we present an argument to you, the Eurogamer community, for further interrogation. This week: After the Xbox Game Pass price hike, is it time to cancel and start buying games again?
Last week marked 15 years since Dead Rising 2 made its debut. For my money, Dead Rising 2 is one of the best unlikely success sequels going, but whenever I think of it, I can't help but remember its prologue even more fondly.
Assassin's Creed Mirage: Valley of Memory - a free major update coming to the Ubisoft Blockbuster - has been officially teased via a new cinematic trailer ahead of a full reveal later today.
Nintendo has revealed more details of how Samus's motorbike will work in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.
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Following its early access launch, Skate's first season will arrive next week, bringing new areas, events, challenges, and more.
Developers who have created their games using Unity have been warned to patch them as soon as possible following the discovery of a security vulnerability in Unity versions 2017.1 and later.
Redemption Road's time-travelling bring-an-assault-rifle-to-a-medieval-sword-fight shooter and strategy game, Kingmakers, has been indefinitely delayed.
As it gears up for what it calls an "exciting day of the Black Ops 7 Early Access Beta coming later today", Treyarch has some "important multiplayer playlist changes" to share with us as the beta continues.
A third-party customer service system used by Discord's support teams has been hacked, compromising some user personal data, including government IDs.
Nintendo has denied reports that it has been lobbying Japanese lawmakers against generative AI, insisting it "has not had any contact with the Japanese government" about the highly controversial emerging tech..png?width=1920&height=1920&fit=bounds&quality=70&format=jpg&auto=webp)
The former chair of the FTC has commented on Microsoft's decision last week to raise Xbox Game Pass prices, claiming the company has "become too-big-to-care".
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