It’s far more ambitious than previous Mass Effect games, with more lines of dialogue than Mass Effect 2 and 3 combined (for comparison, Mass Effect 3 has 40,000 lines). And Andromeda features 1,200 speaking characters, which is double the number in Mass Effect 3. So that’s a lot of facial animation. All in all, it represents an extraordinary amount of work, more than BioWare has ever tackled before in a Mass Effect. Much facial animation completely omits the little twitches of eye, expression an

Punch Club comes out on consoles this Friday. The boxing management sim was a hit on Steam when it launched on Valve’s platform last year, selling over 300,000 copies. Now, it’s coming out on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 28th March 2017. Punch Club was developed by Lazy Bear Games and published by tinyBuild Games (you might remember tinyBuild for its public row with controversial key reseller G2A). tinyBuild said its studio in The Netherlands has been co-developing ports such as this one (it’s

Valkyria Revolution, the latest instalment in the Valkyria series that was briefly placed on hiatus in the west, is coming to Europe this June. Sega has confirmed the final release date, with Valkyria Revolution coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PlayStation Vita on June 30th. It marks the first western release for the series since 2010’s Valkyria Chronicles 2 on the PSP, with its follow-up never making it outside of Japan. Sega has recently given the original Valkyria Chronicles the remaster

theHunter, the open-world hunting game from the developer of Just Cause, comes out on consoles this year. Avalanche Studios announced theHunter: Call of the Wild is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2017. theHunter is set across two massive reserves in Germany and the Pacific Northwest. Expect to see deer, black bears and bison as well as loads of birds, critters and insects. It uses Apex – the open world engine Avalanche used to build Just Cause, so there’s dynamic weather events, full da

Nintendo has provided an encore reel to its The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild documentary it released earlier this month. This time out we get to see producer Eiji Aonuma, director Hidemaro Fujibayashi, sound director Hajime Wakai, art director Satoru Takizawa, and technical director Takuhiro Dohta discuss their favourite elements of the game. In this roundtable interview each senior team members discusses their favourite character, shrine, location and food item. Fujibayashi also discusse

Square Enix has lifted the 14-day time restriction on the Final Fantasy 14 free trial. This means free trial players can level up all the MMO’s classes to level 35 without the clock ticking. The time restriction has been removed from all free trial accounts. In a cool move, Square Enix has brought back to life expired accounts so players can continue where they left off. So, if you tried the free trial before but time ran out, you can come back and get going again with the same character.

Well, this autumn a new game for the Mega Drive, a console 27 years old, will come out, too. Paprium, due out 16th September 2017, is a new Mega Drive game four years in the making, and it channels 16-bit beat ’em up classics such as Streets of Rage 2 and Final Fight 2. Paprium is from WaterMelon Games, a small collective that has form when it comes to making new Mega Drive games (it released Pier Solar on the Mega Drive seven years ago). Here’s a cool detail: each edition of the game includes t

Comical first-person hack-‘n-slash Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is free today on Steam. Developer Torn Banner Studios tweeted this offer about 10 hours ago, meaning there’s probably another 14 hours that this will still be valid. Those who own Chivalry: Medieval Warfare on Steam, even if they snag it for free in this promotion, will save 10 per cent on pre-orders for Torn Banners’ next game Mirage: Arcane Warfare. Eurogamer contributor Rich Stanton recommended Chivalry: Medieval Warfare upon its 2

Nintendo Switch will unlock a hidden menu if you own more than a dozen games. Playing your 13th game on the system will uncover a new “all software” option at the end of your home screen’s horizontal games menu. From here, you can then see your full games library on one screen without the need for scrolling sideways. Eurogamer’s Martin unlocked the menu option last night, the fanboy. Many Nintendo Switch owners may only have a couple of games – and to be honest, who needs much more than Zelda?

The first official photos of Alicia Vikander in the role of Lara Croft have emerged from the upcoming Tomb Raider movie. As revealed by NME, here’s the official synopsis of the film:”Lara Croft is the fiercely independent daughter of an eccentric adventurer who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. But her mission will not be an easy one; just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. If she survives this perilous adventure, it could be the making of her, earning her the name tomb raid

Civilization 6 is a game I very much enjoyed, but most players agree the warmonger penalty was too harsh. Civ 6 would end up hitting players with punishing warmonger penalties seemingly whether they were playing aggressively or not. The update adjusts warmonger penalties for Diplomatic status. So, when applying a warmonger diplomatic penalty for capturing a city, that penalty is reduced if the city is smaller than the average city in the game. Therefore the warmonger penalty is reduced by 25 per

The new Jumanji film is based around a mystical video game – not a board game. Fans of the fondly-remembered 90s adventure classic, which starred the late, great Robin Williams as a character trapped in a magical board game, have reacted in surprise to the news. 2017’s Jumanji reboot/sequel/reimagining has now been given an official title: Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle tells the story of four teenagers who are playing a Jumanji video game when they are transporte

The Peacekeeper’s popularity has extended to the fledgling For Honor tournament scene, which has been criticised for the over-abundance of the Peacekeeper. MLG online tournaments have already seen the Peacekeeper rise to the top of the tier tree, and so they’re a bit boring to watch. Until a ban on the PK or a patch re-balancing the character, I will not participate in MLG tournaments. MLG online tournament supervisor -TheShadow- responded to say it will try running a tournament with Peacekeeper

Summoning and Polymorph – two completely new, fan-voted skill trees – are now in the Early Access build of Divinity: Original Sin 2. oil totems shoot an oil attack to slow enemies and fire totems shoot fireballs. Divinity: Original Sin 2 is due this year on PC, though there’s no concrete date. Consoles may follow, as they did with Original Sin 1. I wrote a Divinity: Original Sin 2 preview a few months ago.

One of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s most entertaining toys is a glider that lets players soar over the expansive land of Hyrule. Typically gravity and stamina prevent Link from hovering too far, but diligent YouTuber Yukinosan found a way to stay adrift for a staggering 7615.8 meters. As seen in the video above, Yukinosan uses bomb arrows to create updrafts of wind while also relying on stamina elixirs to maintain a grip over the glider. The pro player also had to ensure that they h

Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy series will debut on 18th April. This first episode, Tangled Up in Blue, will launch on PS4, Xbox One, PC, iOS and Android. It will cost $4.99 (or your local equivalent). A retail edition of the series will launch 5th May (or 2nd May in North America), though this will only contain the first episode on the disc itself, while a Season Pass code will grant owners access to the rest as it comes out. Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy will star Scott Porter (Friday

UPDATE 29TH MARCH: The Enhanced Edition of Planescape: Torment will be released 11th April on PC and Mac for £15. The Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition FAQ goes into deeper, specific detail about the changes. ORIGINAL STORY 28TH MARCH: An Enhanced Edition of Planescape: Torment has been announced. The Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition website isn’t live yet – the countdown hasn’t ended – so all information comes from a video released. Our Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition review, and Baldur’

Funcom is relaunching massively-multiplayer online role-playing game The Secret World sometime this spring. The name is changing to Secret World Legends, it’s going free-to-play, and is becoming a “shared-world RPG” rather than MMO. The Secret World has long been applauded for its stories so this is good news indeed. It had quality, as Oli wrote in Secret World review, but it was buried underneath some frustrating design. Could this be a second coming for The Secret World?

A note from the editor: Jelly Deals is a deals site launched by our parent company, Gamer Network, with a mission to find the best bargains out there. Look out for the Jelly Deals roundup of reduced-price games and kit every Saturday on Eurogamer. For some reason, online retailers all over the place have seen fit to use this week to discount some PC download games by quite a nice margin. So with that in mind, please enjoy this roundup of the current best PC download offers from around the wild,

UPDATE 29/3/17 10.15am: Warner Bros. has now provided another statement on the Lego City Undercover situation – which states you will be able to play the full game without downloading anything. “The information is listed incorrectly on the packaging of Lego City Undercover for Nintendo Switch. Players who purchase a physical copy of LEGO City Undercover on Nintendo Switch at retail are getting the complete game, and do not need to download additional content to enjoy the full experience. “Player