The makers of a 14-year-old Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas mod have pulled it offline themselves over a fear of a takedown from Take-Two. GTA United is a mod based on San Andreas for PC. It unites the maps of Grand Theft Auto 3 and Grand Theft Auto Vice City in one game area within San Andreas, effectively replacing San Andreas' map. Work on the free, non-commercial mod began in 2006. The first beta of what was then known as "Vice City 2 San Andreas" came out in early 2007. The beta for "Liberty City 2 San Andreas" came out soon after. Then, in late 2007, the beta for a combined effort called GTA United was released. Five years later, in December 2012, GTA United 1.2 was released. It remained available ever since - until now. Rockstar parent company Take-Two has issued a raft of takedown notices for GTA map mods in recent weeks . Mods such as GTA: Underground, and the 15-year-old project, GTA: Liberty City, were hit. Even HD texture projects such as Vice Cry were targeted. …
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Fortnite countdown sets stage for live event next Friday
Fortnite will hold its next live event on Friday, 6th August at 11.05pm UK time (that's 6.05pm Eastern, or 3.05pm Pacific). This will be Fortnite's first big live event in quite some time - since last December's big Marvel season finale - and, unusually, it is coming in the middle of the game's current UFO-themed season. What do we expect to happen? Well, leaks and Epic's own legal documentation have pegged an Ariana Grande concert as coming soon - though the current state of the island suggests this will somehow be wrapped into its current alien theme. Today, Fortnite received its 17.21 update seemingly designed to prep the game for the event. I'm reminded of how Fortnite slowly got its island ready for the last big concert, for Travis Scott , which entertained 27.7 million people last summer. Spoilers for next week's event are already doing the rounds on social media, which we've chosen not to post here. For now, anyone can load into Fortnite and gaze at a big …
Pokémon Go developer battling to overturn false ban wave
Pokémon Go developer Niantic is battling to overturn a wave of false account bans. The game's anti-cheat system appears to have incorrectly flagged numerous player accounts for using "third-party applications" - AKA cheating software. Last night, after Eurogamer flagged the bans to Niantic, the developer acknowledged the problem and said it would now work to restore any affected player accounts. Still, there's a feeling of concern in the Pokémon Go community regarding how long it has taken to get the issue identified. Plenty of player reports had been filed with the game's customer support to no avail. And this is an issue which has now occurred several times in the past. Dozens of Pokémon Go players got in contact with Eurogamer to report the problems, while fans attempted to gain visibility by posting large threads on the popular TheSilphRoad reddit. Prominent Pokémon Go Youtuber spieletrend was also among those affected. The Vienna-based player is one of the game's …
Forza Horizon 5’s biomes shown off in gorgeous new screenshots
Last month we got our first look at Forza Horizon 5's beautiful Mexico setting , and if that video left you hungry for more, just take a look at these brand new screenshots. Shared in a blog post on Xbox Wire , the screenshots (and brief video clips) provide a nice look at Forza Horizon 5's 11 "distinct and unique biomes". Seasons will return with Forza Horizon 5, and each of these 11 biomes will transition through the seasons differently: spring will bring the rainy season to the farmland and jungles, for instance, while summer might bring tropical storms to the coast. All on a map that's about one-and-a-half times the size of Forza Horizon 4. "We knew from the beginning that we wanted this to be the biggest Forza Horizon yet. However, if we wanted to be the biggest, then we felt we also needed to offer the most diversity and contrast as well," said creative director Mike Brown. Canyon, Tropical Coast and Farmland. Arid Hills, Jungle and Living Desert. Art …
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 the latest game to get a PS5 update
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has received a PlayStation 5 performance and visual update. The upgrade for Fatshark's melee co-op game includes a boosted framerate of 60fps at 1440p resolution, improved shadow quality and casting, higher density scattering, and screen space reflections. A similar update to the game was released on Xbox Series X and S earlier this year. Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is the latest game to get a PS5 update in recent weeks. Sniper Elite 4's free next-gen upgrade came out for PS5 and Xbox Series X and S last week, and over the weekend we reported on how Shadow of the Tomb Raider received a surprise update that added 4k support in 60fps on PS5. Call of Duty: Warzone got a 120Hz update for PS5 last month . …
Nintendo says it hasn’t forgotten Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Animal Crossing: New Horizons will receive further free content later this year, Nintendo has said, thanking fans for their patience during a particularly dry spell for updates. There are no details on how big these updates may be or what features they may contain. There is no word of Brewster. But, I suppose, it is something. A small update arrives this Thursday, 29th July, meanwhile. This adds another smattering of seasonal items and brings back the game's previous August fireworks . Animal Crossing: New Horizons launched to stratospheric sales, and quickly became Nintendo Switch's second-biggest game ever behind the evergreen Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. As of 31st March this year, it had shifted more than 32.63m copies. But an early flurry of updates began to tail off around the end of last year, and recent months have seen only a few new pieces of furniture added to note the passing of public holidays. The feeling of staleness has only grown as the game's first anniversary …
Animal Crossing gets spooky with a big Halloween update
Animal Crossing: New Horizons will sneak in its autumn update next week, on 30th September. Download it and you'll be able to get ready for Halloween (and also get a free Ring Fit Adventure item). You'll be able to buy candy from Nook's Cranny and grow pumpkins to use as a crafting material for new spooky furniture items. You'll get blueprints for these from your fellow villagers. There are new Halloween costumes to buy from the Able Sisters' shop, and some unhealthy-looking undead body paint and eye contacts to unlock with Nook Miles to make yourself look creepy. A Ring Con item from #RingFitAdventure will be sent as a gift for all users that download the #AnimalCrossing : New Horizons Fall update! pic.twitter.com/bIkzywiYD4 — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 25, 2020 This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies. Please enable cookies to view. Manage cookie settings On Halloween …
Red Dead Online glitch is causing chaos with the game’s horses
There’s currently a Red Dead Online glitch that seems to be causing mayhem with the game’s horses. As spotted by Kotaku , several players have reported weird happenings involving horses in Red Dead Online ever since the game’s developer Rockstar rolled out the Blood Money update earlier this month. These strange occurrences range from duplicating player’s horses , ghost horse sightings , some just turning up dead , and perhaps most annoyingly many horses appearing out of nowhere and running into players at full speed - knocking them to the ground. The strange part is that a lot of these horses can’t be interacted with and aren’t even necessarily wild, with many sporting saddles and accessories implying that they are owned by someone. So why is this happening? Well, some players have a theory and it is connected to a glitch in the stable. In the video embedded below we can see a player enter the stable riding their horse, however, once the cutscene …
Digital Foundry Concludes Resident Evil Village’s Anti-Piracy Stuttering Is Fixed Now
Hardware outlet Digital Foundry has concluded that the new Resident Evil Village patch fixed the stuttering issues caused by the game's anti-piracy technology. However, editor Rich Leadbetter stopped short of praising the move, saying that fans deserve an explanation for the shift. Capcom faced heavy criticism from players earlier this month when Digital Foundry concluded that the cracked version of Resident Evil Village actually runs better than the official version on Steam. The inferior performance included stutters when zombies lunge at player character Ethan Winters, as well as a particularly noticeable series of hitches during an early boss fight with one of Lady Dimitrescu's daughters. In the video, Leadbetter states that the patch has mysteriously fixed all of the stuttering issues on the PC version of the game, but he also wonders why Capcom didn't fix this issue prior to the game's release, given how obvious the stuttering is. Digital Foundry also weighed in on …
Resident Evil Multiplayer Spin-Off, Re:Verse, Delayed Until 2022
Resident Evil's multiplayer spin-off game, Re:Verse, have been delayed from its previous July 2021 window into 2022. Capcom announced the news on Twitter today, saying that it needed additional time to work on the game further. Delayed a few weeks ago to July 2021, Capcom says the multiplayer game will now release sometime in 2022. An exact window was not shared. The previously announced July 2021 launch of Resident Evil Re:Verse is being moved to 2022 so that the team can continue working to deliver a smooth gameplay experience. We will share updated launch details at a later time. Thank you for your patience and understanding. pic.twitter.com/o8hP363fjR — Resident Evil (@RE_Games) July 15, 2021 Originally slated to launch alongside Resident Evil Village in April, Re:Verse is a standalone multiplayer title that pulls in characters from throughout the series' history for third-person shooter firefights. The game did host an open beta that featured gameplay in the …