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After months of post-launch support, Nintendo is finally wrapping up its offering of extra Splatoon stages.

Nintendo has altered a controversial scene for the Western release of Fire Emblem: Fates.

Two new Diablo-themed character have been announced for Heroes of the Storm this morning: Li Ming (representing the Wizard class from Diablo 3) and Xul, the fan-favourite Necromancer from Diablo 2.

Monsieur Grenwee, businessman and dinner party guest, has been murdered. The daughter of Grenwee's business partner, herself a guest at the party, was found standing over the corpse with blood on her hands. A photograph provides an alibi for every other guest at the time of the murder. It seems like a pretty open-and-shut case but you, incisive defence lawyer that you are, have your doubts. This also might be a good time to mention that the deceased is a frog, the accused is a cat and you are a falcon in a suit. Got that? Good. Now go interrogate that lion smoking a cigar.

Nintendo is yet to reveal the first details of its upcoming NX console, and we are unlikely to hear anything concrete until this year's E3 conference in June.

Warner's announced Mortal Kombat XL, an expanded version of the fighting game that includes all the downloadable content released so far.

On the face of it, the PC version of the Resident Evil Zero HD remaster offers only an incremental upgrade over its companion console releases. The full HD presentation, improved lighting and effects, upgraded character models and optional widescreen mode are joined by a new 60fps mode, plus improved anti-aliasing - but not a whole lot more. But what's fascinating about this release is the contents of its install directory: Resident Evil Zero HD on PC actually give us some idea about how the original game was put together.

It's an ignoble death for the passengers of the Ecliptic Express as their train and, soon enough, their brains are breached by a plague of leeches. Still, there are less distinguished surroundings in which to die. Resident Evil has always presented a hotchpotch of locales in its jittery tour of Victorian mansions, small town American police stations, industrial factories and Renaissance churches. The Ecliptic Express, however, with its pre-war luxury - the feathery lampshades, the forest of mahogany, the tinkling bottles of Scotch - is new, a scene that could have been lifted from any number of Agatha Christie novels. Puking zombies aside, it's a delightful place to be.

A new reporting system is to be introduced with the next patch for Heroes of the Storm, in an effort to curb abusive behaviour from the more negatively excitable members of the player community.

Heroes of the Storm has finally launched! Brilliant. Top stuff. That's really great news.

Heroes of the Storm is a MOBA/ARTS/LMG/WHATEVER that existing MOBA/ARTS/LMG/WHATEVER fans are going to hate - and that's okay. The obvious comparison is to look at it and Dota in much the same way as Hearthstone vs. Magic: The Gathering. Actually play it though, and it quickly becomes clear that the better comparison is to see it as Super Smash Bros versus Street Fighter 2 - if only because it's going to be far easier to pick a character because they're your favourite. That's not to say there isn't scope for high level play, just that it's something to work up to rather than an immediate slap in the face.

There are games you don't have time for, and games you make time for. Then there's the kind of game Blizzard makes, which becomes a routine. Millions of World of Warcraft players, past and present, could speak for hours of their travels in Azeroth. Starcraft players act like it's a religion. Hearthstone's disarming charm hides a monster that Daily Quests you into coy submission and devours half-hour chunks over and again.

Prison Architect will launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One this spring, Brit developer Introversion has announced.

Assetto Corsa, Kunos Simulazioni's acclaimed driving simulator, will be coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this April, with both versions due to hit in Europe on April 22nd.

"We don't have a thousand cars, tracks or a career where you can collect cars." Marco Massarutto, co-founder of Assetto Corsa developer Kunos Simulazioni, knows he can't play the numbers game, especially now the lauded simulator is on the cusp of coming to a competitive console market. "[In Assetto Corsa] you don't collect cars. You drive cars."

I need to break Fallout 4 to finish it.

The original Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare was something of a surprise hit, and last weekend's console beta for the sequel reveals that PopCap Games has upped the ante. Garden Warfare 2 leverages the evolved Frostbite 3 engine to produce an enhanced, even more action-packed spectacle - but the question is whether the more ambitious sequel can retain the smooth performance of its predecessor, or match the near-locked 60fps experience of stablemate Star Wars Battlefront.

Neil Druckmann is different to most AAA video game developers.

Grand Theft Auto modder Abstract Mode has added Mad Max's infamous Doof Wagon to Rockstar's sandbox game. Not even the actual Mad Max game has a Doof Wagon.

Last week it was revealed that The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD would feature an all new dungeon that would require the Wolf Link Amiibo to access. Now the full details regarding the game's Amiibo functionality has been allegedly revealed via Famitsu leak at Hokanko-alt (translated via Nintendo Everything).

We're one week out from Jonathan Blow's long, long-awaited follow-up to Braid with the Witness arriving on 26th January for PC and PS4. Now, pre-orders are live with the price set at £29.99 on Steam and £28.99 on the Humble Store.

Metal Gear Online, the competitive online component of Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, has officially launched on PC, Konami has confirmed.

UPDATE 19/01/2016 8.20pm: The Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch DLC will indeed launch with the PC version, Square Enix has confirmed to Eurogamer.

Ark: Survival Evolved - in its current, preview state - is best described as something of a technological work-in-progress in its Xbox One incarnation. By every measurable criteria Digital Foundry can attach to the game, it can often border on the disastrous. And yet, even in its early access form, Studio Wildcard has managed to shift over 1m copies, building a dedicated fanbase on both console and PC. Put simply, in this preview form, it's a triumph of concept over execution. Already a 'monster' hit, gamers have invested in the title's early access status and one of its key attractions is that users feel as though they're involved in the title's ongoing development.

We're less than 20 days into the new year and Microsoft has already detailed 2016's first Xbox One system update.

A new education-focused version of Minecraft will launch this summer, priced at $5 per account per year.

Abe's Oddysee remake Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is available now on PlayStation Vita, following its earlier launches on PC, PS3, PS4 and Xbox One.

Bored of Star Wars Battlefront? PlayStation 4 owners can now download Star Wars PS2 games Bounty Hunter, Jedi Starfighter and Racer Revenge from the PlayStation Store.

London mayor Boris Johnson has announced Games London, a £1.2m programme to promote games and games development in the capital.

Diablo 3 makes an art of relentlessly gouging your time, but rarely your wallet. If the Auction House had persisted it would be a different story, but Blizzard's hectic smash-and-grab has maintained its flip-reversed trajectory to become one of the most lovingly-maintained games in recent memory.