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Last week, Microsoft dropped the bombshell that it would open up Xbox Live to allow cross-network play between Xbox One and other platforms - including other console platforms such as PlayStation 4.

It looks like the oft-rumoured BioShock: The Collection is nearing release.

Last night at the Game Developers Conference, Sony announced a few new PlayStation VR games.

Virtual reality, in case you didn't know, is going to be a thing in 2016. What's quite a pleasant surprise is that it's now looking like a (reasonably) affordable thing thanks to the PlayStation VR's recently announced price point. Sony's unit now looks like it's got the best chance to crack the mainstream market that Oculus and Vive have priced themselves out of, and it's got a pretty decent looking software line-up already.

In the wake of its GDC 2016 announcements of price-point, release date and headline software, Sony has begun to reveal more of the inner workings of PlayStation VR, starting with key information on what tasks its mysterious external processor box actually carries out.

UPDATE 16/03/2016 1.31am: It looks like there's going to be a PlayStation VR / PlayStation Camera bundle, at least in North America.

The Game Developers Choice Awards paid tribute this evening to the life of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who passed away last year.

Some of you will never be happy if it's not Half-Life 3, or at least another Left 4 Dead. Some of you just want to know what's in the next update for Dota 2, Counter-Strike: GO or Team Fortress 2. Some of you are still pretending that Steam Machines are going to be a thing. And some of you are wondering if Valve is really a game developer any more, or just a particularly idiosyncratic, not to say gnomic, platform company with more revenue than it knows what to do with and a habit of half-indulging its whims. (Hello, Steam Controller.)

Capy's procedurally-generated roguelike Below was announced nearly three yeas ago at E3 2013, and now it's finally on the horizon with a summer launch planned for Xbox One and Steam.

That Dragon, Cancer's behind the scenes documentary, Thank You For Playing, will be available digitally on 29th March.

Bloodborne is getting its own licensed card game.

At Gamescom 2013 Deadlight developer Tequila Works announced a very pretty PS4- exclusive adventure game called Rime. Now, there's a distinct chance it may not stay exclusive as the developer has reacquired the rights to the title from Sony.

Doom developer id Software has revealed details about its nine multiplayer maps and released the following trailer teasing each of them.

Valve has released a list of 38 titles coming to Vive as part of its GDC showcase this year.

UPDATE 16/03/2016 6.35pm: Ninja Theory has revealed a stunning new video of Hellblade's lead actress motion-capturing heroine Senua in real-time.

Microsoft has teamed up with esports league ESL to introduce a new Xbox Live SDK for standardised esports tournament support.

Chris is out at GDC this week, the lucky so-and-so, and managed to become one of the first people outside of developer Fatshark to play the Xbox One version of Warhammer: The end times - Vermintide. That title certainly doesn't get any shorter with time, does it?

UPDATE 15/3/16 4.30pm Trackmania Turbo will get an open beta on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, Ubisoft has announced.

The first Nova Covert Ops mission pack for StarCraft 2 arrives 30th March and you will be able to play it without owning the main game. All you need is the free Starter Edition installed.

The Vampire Counts are the last playable race for Total War: Warhammer, which still isn't called Total Warhammer.

Hot on the heels of Sony's announcement of the price and release month of PlayStation VR, Oculus has confirmed the 30 games that will be available to buy for the Rift headset when it launches on 28th March.

UPDATE 11.55am: PlayStation VR pre-orders are back on at Amazon UK - but the retailer can no longer guarantee delivery on launch day.

Oculus showed 41 games for the Rift VR headset in San Francisco ahead of this week's Game Developers Conference. Impressively, a full 30 of them will launch with Rift in a couple of weeks on 28th March. Most of the remaining 11 will follow hot on their heels. This is great software support by the standards of any game hardware launch I can think of, let alone one by a company new to this sort of thing (albeit with Facebook's deep coffers behind it). Oculus' confidence in putting it all on display is justifiable.

It's been a brilliant financial year for CD Projekt, crowned by the release of The Witcher 3, a critical and commercial success that has propelled the Polish company to sales and revenue an order of magnitude higher than anything it's enjoyed before.

The jetpack - or Bavarium Wingsuit - that you're given at the very start of Just Cause 3's new Sky Fortress DLC is quite a thing. Seriously. Hold a button to blast off from the ground, and then you're up, up and away, riding a trail of neon blue fog as you head for the stars. That initial boost won't last forever, but once you're gliding, you can top yourself up with toots on a recharging thruster, and you can even air brake to pull off fancy turns, or to screw up fancy turns and starfisj yourself against a tree. You have a machine gun and a rocket launcher, both available in-air and saved from spamming by their own cooldowns. Best of all is a barrel roll, which you can pull off just as an enemy missile is about to hit you. It's a beautiful thing, in-game text announcing your success as the golden contrail of the rocket with your name on it races past inches from an arm or leg. People talk about Sky Fortress as being the Iron Man mod, and you glimpse it very clearly in these moments. Swoosh!

Join us live from GDC 2016 in San Francisco as Sony reveals key details on PlayStation VR!

Obsidian Entertainment has announced a new RPG at the Paradox GDC press conference. It's called Tyranny.

PlayStation VR was dated and priced today (£349, October!) and our Oli Welsh was there when it happened at Sony's GDC press conference where he took the following photos of the PlayStation VR in its near final form.

Sci-fi strategy game Stellaris, the latest project by Crusader Kings 2 and Europa Universalis 4 developer Paradox Development Studio, is coming to PC, Mac and Linux on 9th May, Paradox revealed at its GDC press conference.

Spare a thought for the poor soldier standing on the balcony of an opulent Italian townhouse, looking out over a sun-kissed bay that's radiant in pastel blues and deep terracotta reds. He's recently signed up to the army to escape his abusive father, a little in-game text tells us as we train our sights on him, giving us brief pause for thought.