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Ghost Games' first big update for Need for Speed will address the rubber banding that many players of its recent reboot have complained about, with a patch due towards the end of November that will introduce a more balanced 'AI Catch Up'.

The Battlefront name really does it no favours. Pandemic's 2004 original and its quick-fire sequel, delivered just 12 months later, might be over a decade old, but memories of their chaotic, epic battles still burn brightly. Coming to EA and developer DICE's reboot straight off the back of the all-encompassing space skirmishes of Battlefront 2, it can all feel like something of a backwards step.

It's battle of the Star Wars titans this week as Battlefront prepares for competition from, dun dun dun, Super Star Wars - a SNES game.

The English version of Xenoblade Chronicles X, which is heading to the Wii U early next month, ditches the option to adjust the size of its avatar's busts in its character creator.

UPDATE 16/11/15 12:15pm: There's some confusion about the status of Fallout 3 as an Xbox One pre-order bonus, and also the question of whether the code will expire or not. We've looked into this and can confirm the following: first of all, every copy of Fallout 4 available now includes the Fallout 3 code, and this situation is the case in every copy in every territory. This will be included with all copies of the game shipped in the first 90 days of its launch. Additionally, the code will not expire 90 days after launch - once you have the code, you can redeem it at any time. And finally, any initial stock that originally contained the Fallout 3 code will still have it once the 90 day period is over - it won't be withdrawn. Hopefully that clears everything up!

The latest Star Fox Zero footage has revealed several graphical improvements added to the sci-fi shooter since Nintendo last showed it off.

Star Wars Battlefront has a £40 Season Pass and will entail four lots of downloadable content - we know that. But what we didn't really know, beyond a vague outline, was what will be in it.

There's no surprises as to this week's UK chart number one: Fallout 4 has claimed the crown with ease - no need to Pip-boy anyone to the post.

Fallout 4 has been out for less than a week but modders are already hard at work churning out add-ons that'll alter and in many cases improve your adventures in post-nuclear Boston.

Greetings Eurogamers! Thanks for tearing yourself away from Fallout 4's wasteland for long enough to watch some of our videos. It's a struggle to resist Bethesda's richly detailed post-apocalyptic sandbox, we know.

I get the impression that Eric Chahi can never sit still for too long. Speaking to the veteran games designer from his flat in France over Skype, there's an energy that's bursting out of the little video window on my MacBook, his head dancing this way and that as he gets caught up in his own enthusiasm and occasionally sidetracked by his own thoughts. Listening to the audio a short while after to transcribe it all, I can hear Chahi's smile throughout.

When Microsoft announced an exclusivity deal for Rise of the Tomb Raider, we were surprised to learn that such an important game shipping in late 2015 would receive a port to the ageing Xbox 360 - yet here we are. Lara Croft's latest adventure has arrived day and date on two Xbox consoles and the results are far more impressive than we ever imagined. There may well be eight long years separating the two generations of Xbox, yet Rise of the Tomb Raider manages to work beautifully on both platforms. On Xbox 360, it's a remarkable piece of work.

Editor's note: many spoilers lie ahead for the entire plot of Metal Gear Solid 4.

Fallout 4 is a game at odds with itself; an arresting open-world adventure with a staggering number of moving parts, but also one where its engine trembles under its demands. Having picked apart all three versions at length, it's fair to say PlayStation 4 and Xbox One each have unshakeable performance issues that can't be ignored. However, in visual terms they fall very close to one another - and at its top settings, PC adds some interesting touches over the console experience.

There's always been a strand of defiance in Tetsuya Takahashi's Xeno series, projects that have never let circumstance get in the way of their ambition. Xenogears and Xenosaga were deep, complex cinematic epics that were famously compromised, while Xenoblade Chronicles was obstinate proof that Japanese role-playing games still had the ability to surprise and delight, and that Nintendo's notoriously underpowered Wii could still deliver such a grandiose vision.

There's a whole lot of people playing Fallout 4 this week. According to the Steam Spy chap, something like 1.2 million copies of the PC version were sold on day one alone. That sounds like a lot. But why? What makes Bethesda's open-world games so appealing? More than that, why do so many people enjoy the genre?

Sure, they may be called video games, but I was brought up on the pictures. The screenshots. Split-second snaps of moving, musical, playable things; peering into worlds somehow changed through being fixed to the page.

Sonic the Hedgehog's longtime nemesis Ivo "Dr. Eggman" Robotnik has commandeered the already bizarre Twitter account for the Sega mascot.

UPDATE 13/11/2015 7.40pm The original speakers from Level Up: Overcoming Harassment in Games have confirmed that they'll be attending SXSW's Online Harassment Summit after the conflicting panel, SavePoint - A Discussion on the Gaming Community, was moved out of the Saturday 12th March summit to be held on Tuesday 15th March instead.

I've been playing a bit of Star Wars Battlefront on the EA Access trial on Xbox One. My favourite thing so far? The death animations. When you get a kill, the enemy soldier falls over in a shower of sparks with a melodramatic "aaargh!" - just like an overenthusiastic extra taking a tumble in the movies, making the most of their three seconds of fame.

EA Sports has given us our first good look at UFC 2, which launches for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in spring 2016.

Bethesda has trumpeted the launch of Fallout 4 - but failed to specify how many copies it's sold.

It's not every day that playing a game could quite literally change someone's life, but that's exactly what Macmillan Cancer Support is hoping could happen this weekend.

Walker Assault Mode, the 40-player versus mode that pits Rebels versus the Empire in Star Wars Battlefront's signature mode, has been rebalanced following feedback from the beta, with success now more likely for those playing as the Rebellion.

As if there wasn't enough gaming to do this weekend - Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void, Star Wars Battlefront on EA Access, all those Xbox 360 classics hitting Xbox One backwards compatibility (I'm downloading Pac-Man: Championship Edition and Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes, officially two of the greatest games ever made, as I type) - talented Vancouver indie Klei is celebrating its 10th anniversary by making its entire catalogue free on Steam for the weekend.

UPDATE 13/5/15 11:40am: Since our initial analysis, we've put more time into Fallout 4, and we've been able to isolate a number of spots that really challenge the engine. In particular the Corvega factory is a rough spot, and PS4 takes the brunt of the hit once we reach its rooftops (down to 15fps). Both machines also suffer long drops to 20fps in certain interior battles. Time will tell just how far-reaching these trouble spots are throughout the game, particularly once more hours tally up. In the meantime, we'll update soon with a full Face-Off, taking a deeper dive into the specific ins and outs of each platform.

Payday 2 players recently reacted in anger at the addition of paid-for weapon skins with stat-changing bonuses.

Atari's delayed RollerCoaster Tycoon World.

Star Wars Battlefront is a multiplayer game, of course - it's always been billed that way, and it's been very much designed to be played that way. There is solo content, though - and I'm not talking about the wise-cracking mercenary who makes a cameo appearance here as one of Battlefront's Heroes, complete with his infamous shoulder barge that we know and love from the movies - and it's where you'll likely spend your first moments with Battlefront. The problem is, it's not all that much fun.

Nintendo's latest Nintendo Direct conference was heavy on Zelda with the announcement of Twilight Princess HD, Linkle (female Link) coming to Hyrule Warriors Legends, and Spirit Tracks and Phantom Hourglass launching on the Wii U eShop, but the Kyoto-based company kept things close to its chest with the upcoming The Legend of Zelda Wii U. But it did reveal a snippet of glorious new footage showing how the under wraps main attraction is shaping up for its launch in 2016.