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UPDATE 12/7/18: Following the announcement of a November release for Darksiders 3 on Xbox One, PS4, and PC, publisher THQ Nordic has unveiled a new trailer, showcasing one of new protagonist Fury's various forms.

Bandai Namco's vampire-themed action-RPG Code Vein has officially been delayed, and will now release in 2019.

Whether you're a fan of the World Cup or Wimbledon, Microsoft wants you to buy a shiny new white-coloured controller, the first of a new Sport range.

Star Wars fans, EA has found, all want to be the number one Star Wars fan.

One of the loveliest thoughts about games that I have read in ages came - and this was not surprising to me - from Tom Senior, the online editor of PC Gamer. "I feel like we should run Into the Breach scenarios in PC Gamer like newspaper Chess puzzles," he wrote. "ie. "Two mechs are webbed in a tide zone. Save both and protect the factory.""

Mafia 3 opens with a documentary-style montage and potted history of the game's main character, Lincoln Clay, whose body and life you jump into shortly after he returns from the war in Vietnam. But the game didn't always open this way.

If you haven't played Minecraft for some time, you may soon fancy dipping a toe in again, as the latest phase of the Update Aquatic is bringing a raft of new features to the game.

Anthem's return at E3 2018 was just as spectacular as its debut a year earlier, and last week, Electronic Arts posted a full 20-minute gameplay video of the latest demo - with developer commentary, no less. Presented in full 4K, the firm shared a source quality version of the asset with us, allowing us to take a closer look at the game's Frostbite foundations, and compared to other EA titles using the tech, we're witnessing a use of the engine quite unlike anything else we've seen before. Developer BioWare isn't talking about performance targets, but the sheer intensity in detail, and the integrity of the open world suggests that this will likely be a 30fps game on consoles - and an interesting counterpoint to the 60fps heroics of Battlefront and Battlefield.

Last week, Emperor Sheev Palpatine - Darth Sidious to his friends - was pulled from Star Wars Battlefront 2. He was too powerful! So powerful, in fact, he could kill people through walls.

PlayStation doesn't have a mascot as such, even if there are plenty of contenders - Nathan Drake, Sackboy or maybe even just Toro the cat - but none of them can really hold a candle to Shuhei Yoshida, the president of Sony's Worldwide Studios who's become the friendly face of PlayStation in recent years. This week at Develop in Brighton, he took to the stage with the dashingly handsome Edge editor Nathan Brown to talk through his 25 years at the company, and some of the difficulties faced in the various hardware transitions PlayStation has seen over the years.

UPDATE 10/7/18: Planet Coaster's new Vintage Pack DLC update, which adds a host of new building elements to the base game - all inspired by the golden age of theme parks in the early 20th century - is out now, and there's a lovely launch trailer to accompany its release.

"Soulcalibur 5?" I ask.

Developer Psyonix has announced that, as of today, its hugely popular four-wheeled football game Rocket League will be available as part of the Xbox Game Pass.

UPDATE 10/7/18: Developer Motion Twin has announced a final release date for its excellent "RogueVania" platformer Dead Cells: it will leave Steam early access and launch on PC, Xbox One, PS4, and Switch on August 7th.

Ubisoft has announced that Far Cry 5's next DLC episode, the pulpy sci-fi-themed Lost on Mars, will be coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC next week, on July 17th.

Codemasters' comedic action-strategy games Overlord and Overload 2 are the latest titles to receive backward-compatibility support on Xbox One.

The Boomsday Project will be the next expansion for Blizzard's collectible card battler Hearthstone.

Former Guild Wars 2 writer Jessica Price was fired last week without, she has said, any warning.

Sony is planning to switch off its Gravity Rush 2 online servers in the very near future - and we've known that for some time. But as the big day nears, fans are mounting a campaign for Sony to hold fire.

Blizzard's limited-time Pink Mercy skin for Overwatch has raised an enormous $12.7m (£9.5m) for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Defiant Development has announced that its enormously enjoyable deck-building dungeon-crawler Hand of Fate 2 is coming to Switch next week, on July 17th.

Digital Extremes has offered an impressive first look at some of the big new features coming to its free-to-play space shooter Warframe this year and beyond - including a massive new open-world area in the form of Venus, and a first glimpse at some breathtaking ship-to-ship combat.

UPDATE 9/7/18: Chasm, developer Bit Kid's promising, procedurally generated platform adventure, finally has a release date: it's coming to PC, PlayStation 4, and Vita, on July 31st - somewhat later than it's originally anticipated launch window of 2014.

Capcom has, at long last, announced a release date for the superb Monster Hunter World on PC: it's coming exactly one month from today, on August 9th.

Fortnite has released the first teaser image for its upcoming fifth season - due to debut this week - and sent fans into a flurry of speculation about what the image may mean.

By the time I reach the seventh and final critical mission of Bomber Crew, I know this is a one way trip.

PopCap co-founder John Vechey has defended EA after it won the dubious honour of being crowned worst company in America.

Still playing Destiny 2? You can start working towards your annual Moments of Triumph rewards now.

Ingress, the get-you-off-your-sofa mobile phone game made by Pokémon Go developer Niantic, is getting an official anime series.

My word, I picked a bad time to launch a VR series. It's so hot! Still, what better way to cool myself down than with a short bout of the kind of terror that makes your blood run cold?