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Mutant Mudds Super Challenge, the sequel to Renegade Kid's delightful retro platformer Mutant Mudds, is slated for a 17th March release in Europe and North America.

Shadow Moses Project, the Metal Gear Solid fan remake being developed in Unreal Engine 4, has been unceremoniously shut down.

Ubisoft's second Far Cry title on current-gen consoles adds plenty of visual extras over Far Cry 4; Primal is a better-looking game for its use of volumetric lighting, but also impressively upholds a sturdy 30 frames per second. Equally, there's a sense Ubisoft's comfort with the hardware is only growing at this stage, and the entire package is drawing much closer to a maxed-out PC experience. Even so, those running on higher-end GPUs reap a few enticing rewards here - and not just in the frame-rate stakes.

Spintires is now back on Steam.

I'm not sure how many people picked Project Cars as their game of the year in 2015, but I'll admit it was a mighty fine racer: an all-inclusive, absolutely gorgeous driving game that delivered one of the best pure motorsport experiences we've had since TOCA's heyday.

With both Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls coming to PS4 this week, I thought it would be a good opportunity to introduce Chris to the original PS3 version of Heavy Rain, complete with awkward motion controls and unintentionally creepy children. The result is probably the most ridiculous episode of Late to the Party yet, and that's saying something. Be on full alert for Chris' outrage over Ethan drinking straight from the carton, and his utter discomfort over having to care for a child, even if it's a fictional one.

Thimbleweed Park, the old-school point and click adventure game from the creators of Maniac Mansion, continues to look promising.

UPDATE: Microsoft has responded to Tim Sweeney's Guardian piece, insisting its Universal Windows Platform is "a fully open ecosystem".

I met a whale this week. I was standing on the creaking deck of a sunken ship, and I had been watching a cloud of manta rays drift past overhead when I sensed a disturbance in the water. I turned, and a whale was watching me: a vast blue whale, with that grumpy mouth and those huge, sad, very human eyes. Ancient eyes. I walked up close and peered at the whale. It filled my entire field of vision. Then it started to move on. I jumped back as its vast tail flicked, and it was gone.

Go on Google Maps today and you'll spot a cute The Legend of Zelda surprise.

When Microsoft announced Quantum Break would launch on PC alongside Xbox One, it wasn't quite the warm homecoming developer Remedy might have expected. Some fans were upset that the live action/third-person shooter hybrid would no longer be an Xbox One exclusive, taking to Twitter in a series of outbursts that were aimed at Xbox boss Phil Spencer.

Obduction, the spiritual successor to Myst, comes out in June 2016, developer Cyan has announced.

Fire Emblem Fates will launch in Europe on 20th May, Nintendo has just announced.

The Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei crossover has been announced for the west as Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE. (Pronounced Tokyo Mirage Sessions Sharp FE.)

Teslagrad developer Rain Games has announced a follow-up to its lauded 2014 metroidvania with World to the West.

Bandai Namco's free-to-play dungeon-crawling adventure Lost Reavers is coming to the Wii U eShop on 28th April, Nintendo announced during its latest Nintendo Direct presentation.

Super Nintendo games are finally coming to the 3DS' Virtual Console, with Earthbound and Super Mario World available from tonight on the eShop.

Nintendo used its latest Direct to announce an all-new Kirby game for the 3DS in the style of Triple Deluxe, with Kirby Robobo Planet due out on the handheld on June 10th.

Nintendo just announced Paper Mario: Color Splash for Wii U.

Monster Hunter X is coming to the western world as Monster Hunter: Generations this summer on 3DS.

Wii U exclusive Star Fox Zero finally has a release date - 22nd April in the UK.

The Artful Escape of Francis Vendetti is made in Unreal Engine 4, but you'd never know it. The 2D glam rock story of a young musician developing his stage persona through a cosmic journey eschews the glistening metallic 3D corridors we often see from Epic's tech in favour of lush, painterly multi-coloured vistas. No wonder it won the Unreal Developer's Grant.

Ubisoft has just detailed two huge features for The Division set to arrive via free post-launch updates: raid-like "incursions" and player trading.

UPDATE 4.45pm: There's a $150 (£105) special edition version of No Man's Sky, dubbed the Explorer's Edition, which includes a model spaceship.

Do you want more Dead Island before Dead Island 2? It's a question you may not have asked, but something publisher Deep Silver would now like you to consider.

Frontier Developments has delayed the full launch of season two of Elite: Dangerous - and players are worried about what it means for future expansions.

You can play Epic's upcoming MOBA, Paragon, from the 18th March - if you buy the Founder's Pack.

Just Cause 3 add-on Sky Fortress launches on 15th March, publisher Square Enix has said.

What happened to that over-the-top shooter Strafe that made waves on Kickstarter a year ago? The wires did go a bit quiet. But that's because developer Pixel Titans was off signing a publisher: Devolver.

The adventure game genre meets the lurching experience of QWOP in Manual Samuel, an indie adventure from Norwegian studio Perfectly ParaNormal.