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The Epic Games Launcher is getting a fully-featured party system to make it easier to play games with your friends and keep in touch even while you’re just browsing around. Epic has been steadily building out the features for its PC storefront and games launcher ever since it went live …

Looking for info on how to watch Square Enix Presents event? With the showcase set to premiere the latest instalment of the Life is Strange series today via live stream, here’s where you can tune in. The Square-Enix Spring 2021 stream will take place at 10am PDT/5pm GMT/1pm EST and will …

The PSVR PS5 controllers have been officially revealed by PlayStation.  Below, you can see the announcement of the new controllers for the next-gen headset, which was announced earlier today on March 18. The new controllers take advantage of haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, both of which can be found on …

The long-awaited Marvel’s Avengers PS5 and Xbox Series X updates are now live. Not unexpectedly, the new-gen improvements have come bearing hefty downloads. On PS5, the update clocks in around 74GB, and on Xbox Series X, it’s a whopping 104GB. The good news is that this download accounts for the …

The Animal Crossing: New Horizons anniversary update is available now, which brings players plenty more upgrades, exclusive items, and a cake to commemorate the occasion. It’s hard to believe that players have had the joys of island living for almost a whole year now, after Animal Crossing: New Horizons was …

Tomb Raider and Marvel’s Avengers developer Crystal Dynamics is hiring for a brand new AAA game. As first spotted by OpAttack (opens in new tab), over on the official Crystal Dynamics website (opens in new tab), the developer is seeking a gameplay camera designer. What’s notable about the role is …

An artist on Instagram is imagining what an Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Pokemon mashup would look like, and it’s incredibly charming. Over on Instagram, @fentoshops (opens in new tab) is wondering how two of Nintendo’s flagship games would look like if they were mashed up into one seamless experience. …

 Update: Microsoft says that Xbox Series X VR is “not a focus for us.” In a post on Twitter (opens in new tab), former Kotaku editor Stephen Totilo cited an Xbox representative as saying “the copy in this error message is inaccurate due to a localization bug. VR is not …

Pokemon Red and Blue are getting a 3D reimagining by a Doom Eternal developer.  In a series of tweets over the past couple of days (via The Gamer (opens in new tab)), id Software gameplay programmer Mark Diaz has been documenting his progress as he recreates Pokemon Red, Blue, and …

Gordon Hall, co-founder of Rockstar Leeds, has died aged 51. Hall – who founded Möbius Entertainment in 1997 before it was bought by Take-Two and turned into Rockstar Leeds in 2004 – worked on games like Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories. Hall began his career …