A new Nintendo Direct broadcast will air tomorrow, Tuesday 27th August, at 3pm UK time.

For those across the pond, that’s 7am Pacific, or 10am Eastern.

Lasting roughly 40 minutes, the show will feature upcoming games and announcements for Nintendo Switch, from both major third-party developers as well as indie studios. Just don’t expect any news on Nintendo’s own games – such as the upcoming Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – or Switch 2.

Tomorrow’s broadcast is a combined Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, which focuses on big games from non-Nintendo developers, and an Indie World Showcase, which spotlights projects from smaller creative teams.

In a post on X this afternoon, Nintendo also gave it’s now-familiar statement that it would not be revealing any new in…

Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki Yoshida has said Square Enix would like to “further deepen the relationship with Xbox gamers” following the release of the MMORPG on Microsoft’s console.

The game’s arrival on Xbox was announced at the Final Fantasy 14 Fan Fest in Las Vegas last year, where Xbox boss Phil Spencer took to the stage. It then released on 21st March, with latest expansion Dawntrail being the first to release alongside PC and PlayStation.

Speaking to Eurogamer at Gamescom, Yoshida noted players have been “waiting a long time for the Xbox release” but it’s had “a really strong response” with communities growing on the platform.

FINAL FANTASY XIV: DAWNTRAIL Launch Trailer

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World of Warcraft boss Holly Longdale says Blizzard has learned from its controversial Shadowlands launch, acknowledging the expansion “wasn’t enough” and “wasn’t the right stuff”, admitting the team should have “listened more” to its community.
Talking to PC Gamer, Longdale reflected back over World of Warcraft’s storied 20 years, partly as a player, and “as a very humble and lucky leader on this team”.

Official Trailer: Powers Within | World of Warcraft | The War Within

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Alien: Romulus and The Last of Us Part 2 have a bit of an unexpected connection.
Alien: Romulus – the latest film in the Alien franchise – recently released, and stars Isabela Merced in a leading role. While Merced has acted in many films and series, those on this site may recognise her name as that of Dina in the upcoming second season of The Last of Us. But, that’s not where the connection ends.
Over the weekend, Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez revealed the film’s character of Kay (played by Merced) was actually inspired in part by Dina from The Last of Us Part 2. This was before Merced was cast in either role. What are the chances – Dina see that coming, and all that. Please be aware of a small The Last of Us Part 2 spoiler below.

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Rockstar has announced Red Dead Redemption – including its standalone zombie expansion Undead Nightmare – will arrive on PC on 29th October.
The game will be available on the Rockstar Store, Steam and the Epic Games Store.
Rumours of a Red Dead Redemption PC release have long been swirling: this year alone a datamine in May suggested the release was on the way, while in August a PlayStation Store page for the game detailed the PC version.

Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare Coming to PC October 29

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Bungie is being sued for copyright infringement by a writer who claims the studio copied his “original work about a unique and captivating fantasy world” for Destiny 2’s Red War campaign.

The lawsuit (as spotted by TheGamePost) was filed with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana by author Kelsey Martineau. He accuses Bungie of “deliberately copying and appropriating [his] copyrighted content”, arguing aspects of Destiny 2’s Red War storyline – its antagonistic Red Legion army, in particular – were taken “directly” from an original work published via Wordpress years before the (now vaulted) Destiny 2 campaign’s 2017 release.

According to the lawsuit, Martineau, using the pen name Caspar Cole, authored his “original work about a unique a…

If you’re looking to bring a little more Astro Bot into your life – and why wouldn’t you – the soundtrack is now available on music streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify.
The full soundtrack comprises over 130 individual tracks, with 87 of them taken from Astro Bot and the rest from Astro Bot Rescue Mission and Astro’s Playroom.

01. I Am Astro Bot [ASTRO BOT Remix] – Astro Bot OST (Official Video Game Soundtrack)

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Wikipedia has had to lock down the Silent Hill 2 Remake page after repeated vandalism from editors who refuse to accept that the remake of Konami’s seminal horror game released to critical acclaim earlier this week.
Outright lies around the games reception and metacritic score – including one edit that said the game had “received the worst reviews imaginable” – means the page has now been put into a semi-protected state to stop unregistered users from making wild, unsubstantiated claims, including one that said Eurogamer had awarded it 0/5 stars when, in fact, it got top marks.

Silent Hill 2 Review

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Today’s announcements by the newly-rebranded Halo Studios – formerly 343 Industries – that multiple new Halo games are in development has excited fans of Microsoft’s flagship Xbox franchise. But is there cause for celebration for PlayStation 5 owners too?

Halo Studios has said it will now develop all future Halo projects using Unreal Engine 5, the Epic Games-made toolkit for game development that’s used widely across the industry. It’s set to power the next Witcher and Tomb Raider installments, and can be seen in action this week within the highly-acclaimed Silent Hill 2 remake.

Discussing the move to Unreal Engine, Halo Studios said the change means faster, smoother development and iteration is now possible, while it will also allow for an easier onboarding…