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Last week gaming convention Gen Con threatened to move future conventions out of Indiana after a controversial "religious freedom" bill passed allowing businesses to deny patrons service based on religious grounds. Worries were strong that it would be used to discriminate against same-sex couples and transgendered folks and what do you know, that's exactly what happened.*

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate's free April DLC is out now and it allows you to dress one of your feline pals up as Sonic the Hedgehog.

A dedicated Bloodborne player has bested From Software's latest sadistic horror adventure without leveling up.

Microsoft has consolidated its Xbox One and PC models of Kinect into one: the Xbox One version with an optional Windows adapter.

Oh, hello there. I hope you're having a... good Friday (haha Easter joke).

This live action adaptation of Capcom's zombie-mashing series may not be the worst video game movie of all time, but that's largely because it's so painfully tedious that it's hard to muster the negative emotion needed to rank it against the likes of Super Mario Bros and Double Dragon.

Cloud gaming company OnLive is shutting down.

Gran Turismo for bikes; an idea so beautiful in its simplicity, it's a surprise no-one's done it before. Well, actually they have. Some nine years ago, in Polyphony Digital's only excursion from its mainline series this century, the developer made Tourist Trophy, a PS2 curio that recycled the tracks from Gran Turismo 4 and gave players an assortment of two-wheeled weapons with which to carve them up. It's a concept that's lain dormant ever since, until this revival from Italian studio Milestone.

UPDATE 03/04/2015 12.38am: This War of Mine's War Child Charity DLC has positively affected the lives of 350 Syrian refugee children, developer 11 bit has announced.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has been confirmed for Xbox One, Wii U and New 3DS. But not the older models of 3DS (i.e. 3DS XL, 2DS, and regular vanilla 3DS).

Destiny of Spirits, the free-to-play Vita RPG by Lumines and Rez developer Q-Entertainment, will end its service on 30th June 2015, Sony has announced.

Non-fantasy medieval RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance has been delayed until summer 2016, developer Warhorse Studios has announced.

DuckTales Remastered is now available on iOS and Android devices along with Windows Phone, Capcom has announced.

UPDATE 2/4/15 5:41pm: Rockstar has just rolled out patch 1.10 for Grand Theft Auto 5, which it says fixes "graphical issues across GTA Online and Story Mode". After downloading the 4.7GB update on PS4, we can confirm that parallax occlusion mapping is back in the game, and based on initial observations, the performance improvements seen in patch 1.09 remain in effect on the Sony platform.

Set to be the definitive console version of Dark Souls 2, Scholar of the Last Sin gets a worthwhile debut on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. In line with last-gen releases of this Scholar edition, each bundles in all DLC to date, adding brand new characters and tangents to its plot, with a slew of gameplay tweaks. Meanwhile, upgrades like more complex enemy layouts, improved lighting and superior effects adorn the current-gen releases - though the elusive Xbox One version comes with baggage not seen on PS4.

Frontier has released its space game Elite: Dangerous on Steam.

What a nice idea: get the GOG version of a boxed PC game you own by simply entering your old key code there.

Rockstar has published footage of Grand Theft Auto 5 running on PC at 60 frames per second.

Codemasters boss Rod Cousens has stepped down after 10 years as CEO of the British game developer.

I don't know if you've heard but Pillars of Eternity is a pretty massive video game. By the sounds of it, I'm looking at a 60+ hour adventure and that's great, but it's the first thirty minutes that I'd really like to talk about right now.

Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment has confirmed its upcoming Xbox One exclusive Quantum Break has been delayed into 2016.

UPDATE 2ND APRIL: Upgrading to the remastered 64-bit, DirectX 11 version of Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin will cost you £20 on Steam. If you already own all the DLC you get 40 per cent off, bringing it down to £12.

Earlier this week we covered a headteachers group who threatened to report parents who let their children play 18-rated games to the police and social services for neglect.

Kickstarted dungeon management sim War for the Overworld fully launches today via Steam.

UPDATE 2ND APRIL: The updated mod, Rise of the Reds version 1.85, has been released. You can download it from ModDB.

I've encountered three main antagonists during the dozen or so hours that I've spent with Hinterland's early access survival title, The Long Dark. That takes some doing in a game that's currently without its upcoming story mode and the mooted addition of AI survivors to its open-ended sandbox. Nonetheless, I encounter the same three foes frequently enough that they bear telling of here, so that you might avoid making the same mistakes I have.

Battlefield Hardline's first patch will nerf the game's drivable couch.

Battlefield: Hardline lets you drive a couch. Really.

Square Enix has greenlit Dragon Quest Heroes 2, which will be released at some point in the future for PlayStation 3, PS4 and Vita.

Super Smash Bros. 3DS and Wii U will be expanded with its first DLC character, Mewtwo, on 28th April.