Halo Infinite is introducing a third-person mode for the very first time

Third-person mode is coming to Halo Infinite next month.
Developer 343 Industries confirmed the “new way to play” at this weekend’s 2024 Halo Championships and then again in a brief post to X/Twitter.

Eurogamer Newscast: When it costs £700, who exactly is the PS5 Pro for?

Read more

Ex-Far Cry boss Dan Hay reportedly working on new StarCraft shooter at Blizzard

Dan Hay, the former frontman of numerous entries in Ubisoft’s Far Cry series, is now leading a team working on a new StarCraft shooter.

The detail comes from Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier’s upcoming book on Blizzard, Play Nice, and was discussed with Schreier ahead of its publication during an IGN podcast first aired last night.

Hay, who joined Blizzard in 2022, is now said to be working on the company’s third attempt at a StarCraft shooter, following the infamously-cancelled StarCraft Ghost, and a second similar project codenamed Ares that also never saw the light of day.

There’s little detail on the new project – Schreier says he did not include the “nugget” as a scoop, rather to show Blizzard returning yet to again to a similar idea. Still, it’s th…

Read more

Outer Wilds: Archaeologist Edition physical PS5 discs will be reprinted after all

In a change to a previous statement, Annapurna Interactive says it will be “reprinting” Outer Wilds: Archaeologist Edition on PS5 physical disc after all.
Last week, Annapurna announced there had “been a glitch in the time loop”, and the PS5 physical edition of its Outer Wilds: Archaeologist Edition had been printed with “the wrong version of the game”, and the Echoes of the Eye expansion was unknowingly omitted from the disc.
In recompense, the company invited players to contact iam8bit’s customer support team with proof of purchase to receive a DLC voucher code, which – as some collectors pointed out – nullified the point of owning a physical copy of the game in the first place.

Let’s Play Outer Wilds – SAY HELLO TO SPACE DAD

Read more