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Fan-favourite Halo multiplayer mode Big Team Battle will soon be added to Halo 5 Arena matchmaking, 343 chief Josh Holmes revealed in an update on Halo Waypoint.

Microsoft has unveiled its initial list of Xbox 360 games which will be backwards compatible on Xbox One.

UPDATE 9/11/15 10.45am: Less than 24 hours from launch and some GAME customers are still waiting to hear if they will receive their £99 Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition, following the retailer's order errors last week.

Direct access to Rise of the Tomb Raider has been somewhat limited thus far, so the chance to go hands-on with Microsoft's exclusive at a recent London event wasn't one to miss. The good news is that Crystal Dynamics' latest is looking very impressive; Lara has never been more convincingly rendered, while this preview takes us to a vivid, varied spread of locales. From the Siberian glaciers at its start (as seen at E3) to a war-torn Syrian border on the hunt for a prophet's tomb, each spot is detailed with great artistic precision. However, it's also fair to say certain technical aspects in this preview build fall short of its lofty goals right now.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed to Eurogamer that Microsoft's controversial exclusivity deal for Rise of the Tomb Raider "has a duration".

A slew of details have emerged regarding Crystal Dynamics' highly anticipated Tomb Raider follow-up, Rise of the Tomb Raider.

It is, if nothing else, a hell of a title. Rise of the Tomb Raider: it's got that hint of pulp-magazine shlock, of the lurid, post-colonial adventures of the class of fictional explorers and action-archeologists to whom Lara Croft owes so much.

It's a given by now that Lara Croft is incredibly brave. I mean, she'd have to be when her brand new game is releasing on the same day as Fallout 4.

Fallout 4 doesn't go on sale until midnight tonight, but you can already pay a high price for the £99 Pip-Boy Edition on eBay.

Much has been said of Fallout 4's graphics prior to its launch. Perhaps the most widely-leveled criticism is that it doesn't look like a 'next-gen' title in every aspect, but part of a line of games born from last-gen development. No doubt, Bethesda is in its element with the sheer scale of its world building - and certain leaps are made on a visual level. But questions were raised ahead of release; is this a true technical successor to Fallout 3? And has the Creation Engine evolved enough to a point where this could only be achieved on current-gen hardware?

Blizzard just announced Hearthstone's third adventure that - surprise! - comes out next week.

Well, the floodgates are officially open and hours upon hours of Fallout 4 footage is right now spilling onto every square inch of the internet. Be careful out there, friends.

Shahid Ahmad, the man who's been leading Sony's charge to bring indie games and their makers to PlayStation, particularly Vita, is leaving the company.

Half the wheels twice the thrills, right? Anyone who's been watching the merry go round of this year's MotoGP season will tell you as much, and it's not just been about the errant seagulls being nutted to death or the feuds at the head of the field that have descended into Road Rash madness. Compared to the relative anonymity of the automobile, there's something more raw and more human about seeing someone contorting themselves and the laws of physics in the pursuit of speed. Bikes, quite simply, are fun.

The two-man developer Vlambeer knew it was on to something with its 2D dogfighting retro throwback Luftrausers. Its snappy pace and minimalist visuals seemed well suited for on-the-go gaming, but Vlambeer worried its control scheme would be compromised on mobile. Instead, the Netherlands-based developer decided it would be a perfect fit for the PlayStation Vita's widescreen and button input. So it did what any small studio would do - it worked on a pitch.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 has unsurprisingly taken the top spot in this week's UK all-formats chart.

Four months ago, an ultra-rare PlayStation SNES console prototype was discovered, photographed and revealed online.

Forget about the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer (all right, don't then) because there's a new Star Wars Battlefront gameplay montage that shows most of the heroes and villains in action, including the Emperor.

UPDATE 9TH NOVEMBER: Publisher Versus Evil had a little more to say in an email update to me.

UPDATE 2.45pm: BioWare Montreal boss Yanick Roy has now confirmed to Eurogamer that Shepard's unexpected appearance in today's trailer is just the Commander signing off - plans have not changed regarding the character's lack of involvement in Mass Effect's future.

I've enjoyed my first Blizzcon. More than any show I've attended, it feels like everyone here is part of the same community. This is a place where people come together and cheer as a new pet is revealed for World of Warcraft, without any hint of irony, and I think that's brill. It's infectious to be around.

The late nineties was a time of icons. For politics, it was Tony Blair. For music, it was Oasis. For fashion, it was combat trousers. And for once, even video games had a cool figurehead. Lara Croft was so cool, in fact, she appeared on the cover of The Face. (Note for younger readers: The Face was a monthly music, culture and style magazine. A magazine was like a paper version of the internet.)

If you want to survive the post-war devastation of Fallout 4, you need to set aside naive pre-war notions such as non-violence, bathing and not drinking radioactive soft drinks.

The last-gen version of Call of Duty: Black OPs 3 has come under fire this week, after it became apparent just how far the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions had been scaled back.

Video game developer Zoe Quinn (Depression Quest, Framed) has sold the film rights to her upcoming memoir, Crash Override: How To Save The Internet From Itself, to upcoming Ghostbusters reboot producer Amy Pascal.

Co-op twin-stick shooter Helldivers is coming to PC via Steam in December, developer Arrowhead Game Studios has announced.

UPDATE 06/11/2015 8:19pm: World of Warcraft: Legion is confirmed for a summer release.

Legendary Japanese arcade developer Cave (Deathsmiles, DoDonPachi series) has made its Steam debut with shmup Mushihimesama (or Bug Princess, as it's been known in English).

Update: And we're done. The headlines: Heroes of the Storm gets a new arena mode; Hearthstone gets a new Adventure next week; Overwatch is out next spring, for PC and consoles, and it's not free-to-play. We also saw a new trailer for World of Warcraft: Legion, and the first trailer for the Warcraft movie, and, well, guess which looked better?

Blizzard just set live the first trailer for the Warcraft movie, due out summer 2016.