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Octopath Traveler has already exceeded expectations by selling out in Japan only a day after its release, but it seems this success also extends globally, as today Nintendo announced the game has shipped 1m copies worldwide.

Microsoft's Xbox One backwards compatibility is almost taken from granted these days, but let's not forget the scale of the achievement here - even the standard Xbox One S model has the ability to outperform original hardware both in terms of CPU and GPU performance, with most titles sticking far closely to their frame-rate targets than they did on original hardware. But just how much faster could original Xbox 360 titles run if developer-imposed 30fps caps were removed? And is there a case for the games of today to include optional modes that unlock performance, only becoming fully exploited when running on the hardware of tomorrow?

I have a theory - not one that I am willing to submit to much in the way of peer review - that games are often about learning new ways to think. No, not new ways - not quite. It's more that, in the moment-to-moment action of a game, in the individualised swirl of ways it likes to stage things or explain itself, you often get to see another mind in flight: you learn to think in the way that someone else has already been thinking.

Wonderfully serene wooden train set simulator Tracks has just received another big update, this time adding an array of new building blocks, from rocks and planes to scuba divers and bikes, alongside very welcome controller support.

These days, there are countless options for mechanical keyboard out there, each with their own unique features, key switches and other gimmicks. With this in mind, it might be easy, at first to dismiss the idea of an analogue keyboard as just another such gimmick. If you did, though, you'd be missing out. Wooting, a small team based out of the Netherlands, succeeded in Kickstarting its idea and has created something a little special with its first mechanical keyboard offering - the Wooting one, the first commercially available analogue mechanical keyboard.

Alongside his penchant for headbutting sheep, Spyro is probably most famous for his bright purple hue. Today, however, some Spyro fans are seeing red, as news has emerged that only the first game will be playable without a download on the physical edition of Spyro Reignited Trilogy.

Amplitude Studios' splendid Endless series of strategy games - which comprises of Endless Legend, Endless Space and its sequel, Dungeon of the Endless, and an assortment of DLC - is having a free weekend, and it's underway now.

Earlier this week, Retro Computers Ltd, maker of the ZX Spectrum Vega Plus handheld, announced that it had finally started to ship the first 400 units of its troubled console to crowdfunding backers, nearly two years after it was originally scheduled to launch.

Titan Quest is often mentioned in the same breath as Diablo, as though a long but monstrously tough rope binds them together. I'm not sure who this annoys most - Titan Quest's creators Iron Lore or even Diablo creator Blizzard itself - but suffice to say, 12 years after the isometric action role-playing game was originally released, I'm doing it, too.

All games are occult. We as players are not privy to the inner workings that define the rules by which we play. Unlike in a tabletop RPG, we're not even aware of the dungeon master's screen that hides the game's secrets and mechanics from us. Still, few games turn the inherent occultism of the medium into their central theme by making us acutely aware of the presence of the invisible screen, compelling us to piece together a mosaic of uncertain knowledge. And only an elect handful does so while invoking age-old traditions of magic and esoteric philosophy.

You can now try dungball-rolling puzzler Yoku's Island Express for free via a new demo.

Life is Strange 2 is less than two months away and we still know very little about it - but that's all about to change.

One of the very first things you'll do as the amazing eponymous webslinger in Marvel's Spider-Man on PS4 isn't defy gravity to swing from a skyscraper or to pick up a freight train with your bare hands or even to trade blows with a deadly villain in a life or death clash of titans.

Team 17 has announced that the utterly gorgeous sci-fi side-scroller Planet Alpha will be launching on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on September 4th.

Valve has announced that Artifact, the Dota 2 card game made by Richard Garfield, is due to be released on Steam on 28th November.

August is here, which means another cluster of PS4, PS3, and Vita games heading in the direction of PlayStation Plus subscribers, this time including open-world crime caper Mafia 3, and multiplayer slasher-rama Dead By Daylight.

UPDATE 1/8/18: Developer Zoink has swung its scythe and felled all remaining obstacles standing in the way of announcing a release date for its Stick It To The Man spiritual successor, Flipping Death.

Developer Larian has announced that its majestic RPG Divinity Original Sin 2 will include a revamped Arena Mode when it comes to Xbox One and PS4 in its thoroughly reworked Definitive Edition guise at the end of August.

Elon's been tweeting again - but this time instead of insulting rescue workers, he's looking for game developers who want to create games for Tesla cars.

If you popped into a newsagent yesterday - or perhaps even glanced at social media - you might have seen a front page headline about Fortnite, the biggest game in the world.

League of Legends is getting a new game mode, Nexus Blitz, as part of a new Experimental Modes programme, and it might borrow one or two things from that other genre dominated by a brightly-coloured free-to-play game, battle royale.

Microsoft has detailed the games headed to its £7.99-a-month Xbox Game Pass in August - including Hitman's complete first season.

Over the past few weeks, PUBG players have accused developer PUBG Corp of being more focused on adding new content than fixing bugs in the game. The noise grew so loud that when Update #17 was released, PUBG Corp addressed the issue directly in its update notes, promising bug fixes would come in the future. And to be fair to PUBG Corp, it seems the developer has kept its word, for PC update #19 includes a wave of technical adjustments to solve some of the game's jankier moments.

Major story developments in the World of Warcraft have seen one of its most famous characters destroy one of the game's most famous locations - and reaction has been mixed to say the least.

If you wanted to feel old today, think on this: Morrowind was originally released in 2002, making the game 16 years old. And for almost as long, modders have been adding their own creative touches to the game, including those working on "Tamriel Rebuilt". It's an ongoing project by fans trying to faithfully reconstruct the parts of Morrowind's landmass which Bethesda did not have time to make. Now, after many years of work, the modders have released their latest build, called Old Ebonheart, which adds brand new areas and questlines to the already-extensive mod.

Swashbuckle simulator Sea of Thieves has passed five million players, developer Rare has confirmed.

Microsoft's latest Xbox One backward-compatibility efforts have been revealed, and they offer a bit of a treat for stealth fans, with two Splinter Cell titles - Blacklist and Double Agent - playable on Xbox One from today.

Call of Duty fans have picked apart the recent Black Ops 4 beta trailer and found what looks like confirmation of a two-week old battle royale leak.

Hello! You're probably aware that Gamer Network, Eurogamer's parent company, also runs EGX, which is the biggest UK games event and currently underway in Birmingham. Throughout the course of the show, various developers will be giving talks about the games they're working on.

UPDATE 1/8/18: In addition to adding a warning pop-up for suspicious trades, Steam will now also require approval in order for a game to change its name.