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As teased in yesterday's trailer, today we fully unveil a special streaming event we'll be running on Eurogamer in the coming months. It's a racing championship put together by our friends at Eurogamer Italy, who often run competitive events on their Twitch channel - this time, they decided to go big, and asked our help to promote it, which we gladly agreed to. Here's the event organiser, Matteo, to explain:

Remember Voodoo Vince? Beep Industries' puzzle platformer came out in September 2003 as an original Xbox exclusive published by Microsoft. Over 13 years later, Voodoo Vince is back - this time in remastered form and on Xbox One and PC via Windows Store and Steam.

The Elite Dangerous pen-and-paper RPG has returned to Kickstarter after a copyright complaint went dead.

Editor's note: Emily discusses the premise of each Stories Untold episode below. If you'd rather not spoil things for yourself, play before reading.

The Legend of Zelda series has always dabbled in alternate realities - mirror worlds, sunken pasts, waking dreams, futures that might have been. This is the story of one such lost future, a dream originally dreamt by the developers of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, kept alive by a fervent underground community of fans, modders and artists. It's the tale of a version of Ocarina of Time which is, somehow, both a tangible fact and an eternally deferred Holy Grail, always quested for, never quite grasped - the reworked "Ura" edition that was once planned for release alongside the Nintendo 64's ill-fated 64DD peripheral, tantalising elements of which can still be uncovered on a Zelda 64 cartridge today.

There is no bigger stage to announce a video game on than a platform holder's E3 press conference, and in 2015, Dean Hall, creator of DayZ, stepped onto Microsoft's stage to announce his new game Ion.

Mass Effect Andromeda won't include all of the familiar races from the Milky Way - we've known that for quite some time. But BioWare has been coy about the role - if any - of the quarians, the most high-profile race not along for the ride.

Sega has picked up Crytek Black Sea and renamed it Creative Assembly Sofia.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3 comes out 27th April 2017.

Fur Fun is a new game on Steam that's been accused of ripping-off the likes of Banjo-Kazooie and Yooka-Laylee - but its developer insists it's just a homage to 90s 3D platformers.

Survival horror game Outlast 2 comes out on 28th April on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

If there was ever a game that didn't need a sequel it's Nier. The cult classic sci-fi fantasy fever dream by masked madman Yoko Taro did a lot to endear its niche but dedicated audience. Its peculiar blend of open-world adventure, hack-and-slash combat, and bullet hell shmups supplanted into a strange and harrowing world that refused to conform to usual sci-fi fantasy tropes was among the most audacious and surprising retail releases in ages. Yet as much as I adored Nier, it felt like a complete story. It had a beginning, middle and end. Then another end. And another.

This is an early impressions piece based on review code - look out for our final verdict on Ghost Recon Wildlands later this week.

UPDATE 10.30PM: Developer inXile has released a fuller statement, sent to Eurogamer, about the issue. It reads:

Eagle-eyed Nintendo fans have spotted a secret message hidden inside the Switch's Pro Controller.

Guess who pops up in Horizon: Zero Dawn? Oh I see, you read the headline. Yes Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher, how about that?

Dawn of War 3 is on the face of it a real-time strategy game, but dig a little deeper and the influence of the hugely popular MOBA genre is plain to see.

If you own a PlayStation 4 Pro console and you've not added Resogun to your collection, you're missing out on one of the best showcase titles available for the system. Developer Housemarque has delivered a brilliant 4K presentation and vibrant HDR, while retaining a locked 60fps during gameplay. It's the same Resogun gameplay we've loved since launch, but beautifully retooled for the new generation of ultra HD displays. Essentially, it delivers the full promise of the Pro hardware where so many titles have come up just a little short.

Sony and Nintendo battled it out - Horizon: Zero Dawn vs. Zelda: Breath of the Wild - but there was only ever going to be one winner when it came to sales.

Mass Effect Andromeda's 10-hour trial for EA/Origin Access members will let you play a limited amount of the game's story campaign.

As an avid collector of all things ZX Spectrum, I've got an eclectic mix of different games from that period spanning all kinds of genres.

Nintendo Switch sold 80k units during its first weekend on sale.

Red Dead Redemption 2 will have a "new online multiplayer experience", says Rockstar, but what can we expect from it, beyond the heavy influence of open-world Grand Theft Auto Online? Here are the seven items it needs, say we, including sturdy servers and heist-like action from day one.

Polish developer CI Games has delayed Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 again. But it's a smallish slip, the sniping game moving three weeks from Tuesday, 4th April to Tuesday, 25th April. That's on all three formats: PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

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Have you put your Nintendo Switch console near a fish tank? Do you have a microwave nearby? These could be causing your wireless Joy-Con controller connection problems, Nintendo has said.

Do not apply a vinyl skin or wrap to your lovely new Nintendo Switch. The surface of the console and Joy-Cons reacts badly to the adhesive, causing the outer coating and logos to peel off.

Nintendo Switch is the most powerful dedicated gaming handheld ever made, but the challenges facing it are considerable. It's a hybrid device battling on three fronts: firstly, as a successor to the ill-fated Wii U. Secondly, as a pricier, high-tech sibling to the portable 3DS. And finally, as Nintendo's first, perhaps understated attempt at a stand-alone tablet. It's an ambitious concept, but can it hit the mark in all three area?

With Nintendo launching the Switch and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gaining near-perfect scores across the board, you'd be forgiven for forgetting that Middle-earth: Shadow of War was announced this week. The sequel to 2014's excellent Shadow of Mordor was officially unveiled with a trailer sadly lacking in gameplay but rich in detail nonetheless.

It's 1978. You're standing in front of a cabinet of monsters. This is Space Invaders, and you'll fight the monsters until your space-craft is irredeemably compromised. Once that happens, the game will end. Once that happens, you'll begin again, with the world wiped clean. Every game always ends. Nothing remains between games but high scores, memories and finger grease.