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21 February 2020
Stylish turn-based tactical horror RPG Othercide shows off its monsters in new trailer
Coming to PC this summer.
Crytek and Cloud Imperium Games settle Star Citizen lawsuit
Joint stipulation of dismissal to be filed within 30 days.
Apex Legends' original Kings Canyon map is back
But just for the weekend.
Digital FoundryGet a Nintendo Switch Lite for £160 thanks to an Ebay coupon
That's a historic low price that beats the best of Black Friday.
Netflix confirms Game of Thrones' Tormund as Nivellen for The Witcher Season 2
But no Mark Hamill… yet.
Digital FoundryBayonetta and Vanquish 10th anniversary: the new Xbox One and PS4 ports tested
The games are incredible - but what about the conversion work?
Jelly DealsHere's a look at some of this week's best game deals
Final Fantasy! Crash! Spyro! Football Manager! More!
FeatureFive of the Best: Beaches
Oh Sandy.
FIFA 20 to get officially-licensed River Plate and Boca Juniors early March
But Brazilian player names and likenesses will remain generic.
FeatureRust makes Call of Duty: Modern Warfare the game I wanted at launch
Aim down iron oxights.
20 February 2020
PlayStation won't attend PAX East over coronavirus fears
UPDATE: Pulling out of GDC too.
Space Engineers' long-awaited Xbox One edition finally arrives in April
Five and a half years after it was announced.
HTC unveils three new versions of its Vive Cosmos VR headset
Say hello to the Play, Elite, and XR.
Digital FoundryBest VR headset for Half-Life Alyx 2020
Our guide to the VR headsets compatible with Valve's next game.
Hostel director Eli Roth is helming the Borderlands movie
Will be a "fresh, compelling and cinematic event".
Take-Two opens new studio to continue work on Kerbal Space Program 2
Coming to PC and consoles in "fiscal year 2021".
PUBG will finally let PS4 and Xbox One players party up together
Sounds Karakin.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons' save transfer option isn't getting any less confusing
Recovery after lost or damaged Switch possible one time only.
FeatureAnimal Crossing: New Horizons is a much more structured take on the series
Everything we learnt from playing its first hour.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons introduces town terraforming
Plus a new phone app and free updates planned.
Mount and Blade 2 musters up an early access release date
Siege for yourself.
Jelly DealsTitanfall 2, Dragon Age and Battlefield 1 drop to £5 in the EA Publisher Sale
Plus, loads of other EA games on PC reduced.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fixes one of its most annoying exploits
But simultaneously introduces a new clan tag bug.
PodcastDreams is great - but what is it, exactly?
Giving the nod.
19 February 2020
Wild West tactical stealth sequel Desperados 3 now due this summer
On Xbox One, PS4, and PC.
Digital FoundrySwitch's Witcher 3 patch 3.6 is an excellent upgrade to a superb game
PC cross-save support tested, graphics options explored, performance analysed.
Sea of Thieves' latest update adds a cursed chest so angry it'll set your boat on fire
Plus a fancy Viva Piñata ship set in the premium store.
I don't know anything about Captain Tsubasa, but just kicking a ball in his new game looks awesome
I can't wait to give it a shot.
Jelly DealsSlay the Spire is just £7.50 in the latest Humble Digital Tabletop Bundle
Also includes Armello, For The King, Reigns and more.
Fortnite's new season will bring welcome Team Rumble changes
Glider to hear it.
Biomutant confirms it's still alive and kicking
Fur the win.
Digital FoundryUpgrade your PS4 or Xbox One with a massive 5TB external drive for £100
That works out to a ridiculously cheap 2p per gigabyte.
Looks like The Witcher 3 on Switch is getting PC cross-save
UPDATE: "No plans" for cross-save on other platforms, says CD Projekt Red.
Next in No Man's Sky: an organic spaceship you can grow from an egg
Arrives as part of today's Living Ship update.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's second fighter pass is its last
Nintendo's brawler will tap out at 88 characters total.
Rockstar sacrifices Grand Theft Auto 4 multiplayer to solve Steam woes
And it's now coming to the Rockstar Games Launcher.
FeatureThe best Dreams games we've seen so far
Duvet have talent or what?
Jelly DealsLatest PSN sale discounts Days Gone to £20, Bloodborne to £10 and more
Plus, The Outer Worlds is the deal of the week.
THQ Nordic parent buys The Witcher 3 Nintendo Switch developer Saber Interactive
In a deal worth up to $525m.
FeatureThe story of the Atari Jaguar saviour that never came out
"We made it all up as we went along."
THQ Nordic confirms full Gothic remake after playable teaser proved popular
"The answer is clear…"
FeatureSomeone should make a game about: The collective unconscious
While we're Jung.
18 February 2020
Stasis dev shows off gorgeous isometric sci-fi adventure Beautiful Desolation
UPDATE: Out next week.
There's an Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct happening this Thursday
Exactly one month before launch day.
Simogo's sublime rhythm game Sayonara Wild Hearts is heading to Xbox One
And it's out next week.
Long-in-the-works EVE Online FPS Project Nova is officially cancelled
But CCP isn't giving up on a shooter just yet.
Romero's mobster management sim Empire of Sin gets a delay
Now coming to PC and consoles this autumn.
A rogue Cooking Mama: Cookstar trailer has appeared
A taste of what's to come.
Stadia adds support for Samsung phones this week
And Asus, Razer.
FeatureThe cost of PlayStation 5: are we looking at a $500 console?
Prices might rise - but Sony has room to manoeuvre.
Language app Duolingo is teaming up with Angry Birds
Looks a hoot.
Jelly DealsDishonored and Wolfenstein games are now available at GOG - and they're 70% off
Fallout, The Elder Scrolls and other Bethesda classics massively reduced.
Kingdom Hearts 3 and Yakuza 0 headed to Xbox Game Pass
Plus: Two Point Hospital, Ninja Gaiden 2 and more.
Check out the flashy Cyberpunk 2077 graphics card you can't buy
Green with en-V.
Take a look at Japan's lovely coral colour Nintendo Switch Lite
UPDATE: Headed to America, but no word on Europe.
Fortnite fans piece together new Chapter 2 Season 2 locations
All about that base.
Jelly DealsBorderlands 3, The Outer Worlds and GTA 5 are 50% off in the Fanatical Bundle Blast sale
With even more offers taking off throughout the week.
17 February 2020
Assassin's Creed Syndicate is free on the Epic Games Store this week
As is collectible card game Faeria.
Free-to-play first-person shooter Warface is now available on Switch
The first CryEngine game on Nintendo's platform.
Lots of Kingdom Hearts games launch on Xbox One tomorrow
1.5 + 2.5 and 2.8.
Jelly DealsThese Xbox One X bundles now start at £259
Plus, Xbox One S bundles at £209!
Renovation sim House Flipper arrives on consoles next week
It's to DIY for.
Lara Croft's heading to Rainbow Six Siege… sort of
And there's news on the jump to next-gen platforms.
Jelly DealsSort your PS4 or Xbox One storage with this 4TB external hard drive for just £65
Install Red Dead Redemption 2 around 40 times!
Blizzard's long-lost StarCraft: Ghost turns up again in fresh footage
Take a Nova look.
Digital FoundryUpgrade your PC with discounted Crucial RAM on Amazon today
£105 for 32GB of dual-channel 3200MHz DDR4 is a great deal.
Netflix's animated Castlevania series returns for Season 3 in March
UPDATE: And here's a trailer.
FeatureYakuza 7 has some of the best RPG combat in a long time
Playing through the first 30 hours of Sega's new epic.
16 February 2020
The latest Silent Hill 2: Enhanced Edition mod fixes shadows and special effects
Latest update brings "many, many fixes and improvements".
Activision's deal with YouTube is reportedly valued at $160m - almost doubling its prior deal with Twitch
The agreement is thought to have included "significant incentive clauses for ad sales and viewership targets".
The early reveal of next-gen systems has sent current-gen sales plummeting in the US
The Switch "continues to remain steady", though.
The new Uncharted movie is "an origin story to the games", says lead Tom Holland
"It's one of the best scripts I've ever read."
Digital FoundryThe best Black Friday 4K TV deal returns: £999 for the LG B9 OLED
Here's why this G-Sync Compatible TV gets the Digital Foundry recommendation.
Sorry, but you can't use unearned attachments in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare anymore
Latest patch also addresses the CDL filter issue, too.
Digital FoundryRevisiting Road Rash on 3DO - one of the system's greatest games
Played using the best RGB mod for the console.
Meet Oryx and Iana, Rainbow Six Siege's Y5 S1 latest operators
Brace yourself for a "reworked" Oregon map, too.
VideoThis mod will let you play the entirety of GTA 5 in VR
It feels so R.E.A.L.
GeForce Now has pulled Activision Blizzard games because they weren't supposed to be there in the first place
So it's GeForce Not Quite Now for Activision fans.
FeatureThe inescapable impact of plastics in the video game industry
And what key players are doing about it.
15 February 2020
Digital FoundryDualShock 4 Back Button Attachment review: small but perfectly formed
A clever counter to the Microsoft's Elite Series 2 controller.
FeatureBlind choice and blind luck: the magic of FTL's superlative decisions
Chance is a fine thing.
14 February 2020
State of Decay 2 gets massive free overhaul next month with new Juggernaut Edition
New open-world map! Improved visuals! More!
Sony is turning free-to-play FPS mega-hit CrossFire into a movie
With a script by The Strain co-author Chuck Hogan.
Enjoyable Mega-Man-inspired procedural rogue-like 20XX is getting a sequel
Coming to PC and consoles next year.
Pokémon Go fans contact ASA over Liverpool ticket price advertising
UPDATE: Niantic apologises, updates prices.
Remedy confirms it has three games in the works, alongside this year's Control DLC
Including a mystery title and live service game.