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Blizzard's latest marketing stunt has seen the publisher release a series of oversized Overwatch sculptures around the world.

Blizzard didn't unveil a new Overwatch hero in its Soldier 76 'Hero' animated short yesterday - didn't do anything of the sort. I wasn't the only one fairly convinced Blizzard would throw back the curtain on a character called Sombra who would turn out to be Pharah's mother Ana Amari, an original Overwatch member whose whereabouts are unknown.

Overwatch is now live in Europe and its microtransactions have been revealed.

The Overwatch launch, in terms of server performance, is going very well. But there's an issue the community feels is being ignored and they would like to see changed. It's the game's tick rate.

An Overwatch fan with cerebral palsy has thanked Blizzard for the extensive array of customisable controls in its new arena shooter.

Elder Scrolls: Legends. Runescape Legends. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. Skylanders: Battlecast.

Kumatomo, a curious Nintendogs-esque game from Bandai Namco that came out on Nintendo's 3DS a couple of years back, is being localised for the UK this summer.

Platinum Games has been around for nearly ten years at this point and has produced some of the best action games ever made. As the studio has grown, however, various teams within the company have taken on smaller, lower-budget projects, including last year's surprisingly solid Transformers: Devastation. The results aren't always so successful, however, as we saw with 2014's The Legend of Korra - a game many viewed as the studio's worst title. But, with the release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan, that may have changed.

The most endearing thing about the knights of old is not their chivalry, their boldness or their devotion to beauty. Rather, it's how enthusiastically they use those three qualities to justify behaving like total idiots. Take Sir Lancelot in Chrétien De Troyes' The Knight of the Cart, for instance. In one passage, Lancelot watches from the highest window of a tower as the queen rides past, gazing "attentively and with pleasure at her." Then, "when he could no longer see her, he wanted to throw himself from the window and shatter his body on the ground below." He tries it too, just like that; the anguish of having a pretty lady break his line of sight is enough for this valiant knight to throw a whopping, potentially fatal tantrum. It delights me to say that the knights of Toussaint, the new region on offer in The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine, are no less sincere. Or stupid.

Monster Hunter Stories, the RPG spin-off for Capcom's phenomenally successful series, has got a release date in Japan - and a new range of Amiibos set to accompany the 3DS game.

Hohokum, Super Exploding Zoo, and Frosbisher Says developer Ricky Haggett has announced an upcoming PS4 and PC title called Loot Rascals.

Origin Access - the PC service granting players loads of EA games, discounts, and early access to upcoming title for £3.99 a month - has added the Mass Effect Trilogy to its Vault.

Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune's spiritual successor to the Blue Bomber, Mighty No. 9, has received a new trailer and the reaction hasn't been good.

A Mirror's Edge television series is in the works.

The Humble Ubisoft Bundle Encore is Ubisoft's new pay-what-you-want offering and it's one of Humble's best yet.

Goat Simulator shoots for the stars tomorrow in its upcoming sci-fi expansion Waste of Space.

Hitman - Episode Three: Marrakesh is due on 31st May for PS4, Xbox One and PC.

Two new Xbox One consoles are planned for release over the next two years, according to a new report.

Konami's announced PES 2017, due out this autumn, alongside a few screenshots.

Microsoft's embattled phone business looks in deep trouble as it announced a whopping 1850 job cuts and an associated $950m write-off.

I've got a rather special live stream in store for you all today - I'll be playing 90 minutes of Lumo with the game's creator Garth Noyce, who'll be joining in via the medium of Skype.

Frantic food prep multiplayer game Overcooked has been picked up by British publisher Team 17 for launch on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One later this year.

This coming weekend, Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi will once again be taking to the Nürburgring in what's become an anomaly on the motor racing calendar in the modern era; a 24 hour race around one of the sport's most challenging tracks, where over 160 cars compete through the turns and trails carved through the Eifel mountains in an event that simply shouldn't be possible in the restrained, risk averse atmosphere of the 21st century.

Amid the noise around Doom, Overwatch and the er, less noise surrounding Battleborn, it's easy to forget Epic is still plugging away on a new Unreal Tournament.

Titanfall 2 has added a grappling hook, according to a new leak.

A dedicated group of modders are collaborating to make a colossal Fallout 4 campaign set in Seattle.

UPDATE 7.30pm: Paradox has clarified its reasoning for removing the 'European Phenotype and Names Only (White Humans)' mod, in a tweet made by COO, Susana Meza Graham.

Resident Evil competitive shooter spin-off Umbrella Corps will feature locales from Resident Evil 2.

Survival game 7 Days to Die will arrive on PS4 and Xbox One on 1st July, via Telltale Game's publishing division.

There was a time when a new id Software release could make waves across the industry - redefining entire genres, upping the ante for high-end graphics, and changing the face of multiplayer games forever. With those halcyon days lingering in our rear view mirrors over the past few years, it has often felt as if the id Software we grew up with had been lost to time. Then, on Friday the 13th of May, everything changed - Doom was released to the world and blew the doors off expectations worldwide. To say that we were pleasantly surprised would be a vast understatement. To put it simply, id Software is back in a big way and this new take on Doom rockets the studio right back up to the top.