January, 2021

• 6 January

  GTA Online teams up with Prime Gaming to give out GTA$1 million to players

  

  Prime Gaming is giving out up to $1 million in GTA Online dollars in celebration of the new heist and tropical island location. After you claim your reward (opens in new tab), the in-game cash will be paid out $200,000 at a time for logging in each week; log in …

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• 5 January

  Animal Crossing: New Horizons introduces new 2021 items for two weeks only

  

  A slate of brand new items have been added to Animal Crossing: New Horizons to ring in 2021. From now until January 15, you can purchase a bunch of celebratory items from the Nook Shopping Catalog menu in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The full list of new items includes: a …

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• 5 January

  Pandemic thriller Contagion is getting a “philosophical sequel”, says director Steven Soderbergh

  

  Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 pandemic thriller Contagion hit the top of the streaming charts back in 2020 after coronavirus forced the world into lockdown (what happened to movies being escapism?!) and it appears part two is on the way. Soderbergh revealed that he’s re-teaming with screenwriter Scott Burns, who penned the script …

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• 5 January

  Ikea mock PS5 and Xbox Series X units help you figure out where they can fit

  

  Retailer Ikea has put together mock PS5 and Xbox Series X units to help customers work out if a piece of its furniture can house either next-gen console. You can see Ikea’s own mock units of both the PS5 and Xbox Series X just below, courtesy of a Reddit user. …

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• 4 January

  Hitman 3 developer reveals trilogy will take up around 100GB

  

  Hitman 3 developer IO Interactive has revealed that all three games in the recent assassination trilogy will take up around 100GB when installed. “One thing I think all of you will be happy to hear is that we have managed to get the size of the game down significantly,” a …

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• 4 January

  New DC report suggests multiple HBO Max movies, two Batman franchises, and no Zack Snyders Justice League 2

  

  A recent interview with Walter Hamada, head of DC Films, has seemingly outlined the future of the superhero studio – both on the big screen and on HBO Max. An in-depth discussion with the New York Times (opens in new tab) has revealed several interesting snippets that will undoubtedly pique …

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• 3 January

  Over 25 million of us were simultaneously online on Steam this weekend

  

  Valve has once again smashed its own record for the most concurrent users on its Steam platform – only this time, it’s done it twice in a single day. As our pals at PC Gamer (opens in new tab) reported over the weekend, SteamDB (opens in new tab) reported a …

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December, 2020

• 31 December

  Koei Tecmo takes EU and US sites down following cyberattack

  

  A cyberattack on Koei Tecmo has seen its English-language websites temporarily taken offline. In a statement, the publisher confirmed it had taken down both its European and North American (opens in new tab) websites and forums as a precautionary measure after its servers were hacked on Christmas Day, December 25. …

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• 30 December

  Epic deploys hotfix to address Epic Games Store launcher “bug” that hikes CPU usage and temperatures for some PCs

  

  Epic Games has released a patch to mitigate an issue with the latest version of its Epic Games Store launcher that’s affecting PC hardware.   The issue – which seems to drives up CPU usage and system temperatures – was first detailed on Reddit (opens in new tab) (thanks, PC …

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• 30 December

  King of the castle: The story behind the server-smashing success of Fall Guys

  

  When Joe Walsh sent the pitch document for Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout to his boss at Mediatonic in January 2018, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds was already a massive hit. Fortnite was just into its second season and in the process of going supernova. The battle royale genre, in other words, was taking …

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