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Contingency Plan is the new DLC pack for Invisible, Inc, a turn-based stealth affair that is swiftly becoming my game of the year. Klei Entertainment - an outfit that is swiftly becoming my developer of the decade - clearly knows what it's doing here. Contingency Plan contains new enemies and new abilities, and its big ticket item is probably a unique mission that extends the campaign - and swiftly cut a rather promising team to ribbons on my first playthrough. What's really brilliant about Contingency Plan, however, is the four new playable characters it offers. They've completely changed the way I approach things. They've completely changed the whole game for me.

It's been some time coming, but Noby Noby Boy continues to reach new milestones as it stretches out into the stars. Coming fast up to seven years since Keita Takahashi's delirious toy was released on PlayStation 3, players have helped Noby Noby Boy's girl make it all the way to Pluto (thanks for the spot, DarkZero.)

Squad, the 50 versus 50 tactical military first-person shooter from the people behind the Battlefield 2 mod Project Reality, comes out on Steam Early Access next month.

Xbox One fighting game Killer Instinct gets a new character in December: Shadow Jago.

UPDATE 24/11/15 8.30am Destiny's refer-a-friend programme is now live, and its eye-catching rewards detailed in full.

UPDATE 24th November 2015: Avalanche has released official specs for the PC version of Just Cause 3, and they differ slightly from the leaked specs below.

Fallout 4's first PC patch is out today in the form of beta update 1.2.33.

Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi has explained why he won't make a fourth game in his beloved Mother series.

Opportunities really don't come much bigger than this. In the run-up to Disney's revival of the Star Wars movies this December - although, after the flat-lining prequels, the term resuscitation might be more apt - everything that's graced by the fizzing glow of a lightsaber is destined to turn to gold. Star Wars Battlefront, the first fruit of a partnership between Disney and EA that's set to span 10 years, is shooting to be one of the big beneficiaries of this, riding on the cyclonic uplift of hype swirling around the release of The Force Awakens.

You know that classic Stormtrooper blunder in the original Star Wars? The one where he hits his head on the door?

Satirical sci-fi show Futurama will return to small screens - albeit, very small screens... as a mobile game.

Some people reckon Return of the Jedi is the weakest of the original Star Wars trilogy, but the space battle above Endor is one of my favourite sequences from the entire series.

Destiny's December update will add a selection of new and improved exotic guns and armour, including many old favourites from Year One.

Star Wars Battlefront has secured the biggest ever launch for a Star Wars game in the UK.

Telltale's episodic Game of Thrones series will return for a second season, the developer has confirmed.

Payday 2 developer Overkill Studios has apologised to its community after a month of changes that infuriated fans.

Fallout 4 base building isn't for me, despite some advanced tips from Eurogamer's Ian Higton. I've left Sanctuary a poor, dribbling mess of burnt-out houses and bare-bones streets. But Fallout 4 is base building for some people. These people.

Editor's note: Given StarCraft 2's split between single-player and multiplayer - and the different demands made by both modes - we're splitting our impressions, leading with this piece by Paul Dean on the campaign. We'll be following up with a feature on the multiplayer in the near future.

Fallout 4 players are using console commands and mods to uncover cool secrets about the post-apocalyptic role-playing game.

When you look back at the launch of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, one of the key titles holding the most promise was DICE's Battlefield 4. While resolutions fell under 1080p, the fact that we had a high-end PC game targeting 60fps on both platforms at launch showed real promise. Unfortunately, between connectivity issues and an unstable frame-rate in the game's larger multiplayer modes, the game's reputation took a hit when the dust settled. Now the task of rebuilding confidence in its products begins proper.

Sex, love and romance are a huge part of being alive. But when it comes to video games it's largely unexplored beyond the surface level appeal of conventionally attractive bodies baring lots of flesh. Occasionally these themes are explored a little deeper in titles like Gone Home, Dys4ia, and Cibele, but rarely do they crop up in mainstream titles beyond as a mere window dressing for why our virtual heroes are slaughtering minions (be it for Link to rescue his beloved, Mario searching for his princess, Wander trying to resurrect his lover, or Travis Touchdown trying to get his end away). Lots of video games pay lip service to our more earthly urges, but few actually explore these in any meaningful way.

Salutations, Eurogamers. Another week, another seven days spent mooching around in Fallout 4's expansive nuclear wasteland. That towering pile of dishes in the sink will eventually biodegrade or something, right?

This week, it transpired that the long-suspected PlayStation 2 emulation on PlayStation 4 is an actual thing - and, surprisingly, a thing that you can try now, via the digital release of three "classic" Star Wars games in a Star Wars-themed PS4 bundle. These games seem to have snuck out, jumping the gun on an official announcement of the service by Sony - so though we know that PS2 emulation is real, we don't know how it will work, which games will be supported, or how we'll be able to access them. Can old discs be used? Will purchases of the PS2 Classics range on PS3 transfer across? Perhaps we'll hear more at next month's PlayStation Experience event in San Francisco.

Julian Togelius has an idea about where open-world games are going. Let's call it the infinite world theory. In his version of the future, titles like Skyrim and Grand Theft Auto will have no set missions or narrative arcs, and no pre-defined landscapes. Instead, the game engine will use procedural generation, artificial intelligence and creative computing techniques to dynamically build environments and experiences to suit every individual player. In the Togelius infinite world, you'll be able to drive a car in one direction for several miles and find that the game has built a city at the end of the journey, just for you. What's more, that city will be populated with characters who act like real humans rather than bizarre automatons. It will be the player's interactions with these characters that creates the stories.

UPDATE 21/11/15 11:38am: Just how much faster is the PS2 emulator compared to original hardware? We've just posted this extensive analysis using the three games we have available.

We've already established the basics. Sony's new PlayStation 2 emulation technology for PS4 runs original software with a number of key enhancements: resolution gets a ballpark 4x increase and trophy support is also added. But as we put the final touches to our initial look at the three Star Wars 'classics' revealed so far, one outstanding issue remained: just how much faster can the emulator run PS2 titles compared to original hardware?

Beyond: Two Souls is getting a new PS4 version on the 26th of November. I don't want to sound like I'm down on the idea, but I have no earthly idea why that's happening. It feels a bit soon, no?

Bombshell, the upcoming isometric shooter by Duke Nukem 3D developer 3D Realms and Interceptor Entertainment (Rise of the Triad reboot) is now set for a 29th January release on PC, 3D Realms has announced.

Gravity Rush Remastered has shifted its release date forward to 2nd February, Sony has announced.

It's looking very unlikely that The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth's Afterbirth DLC will ever appear on Vita, 3DS or Wii U.