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Elite: Dangerous was finally confirmed for a console appearance during Microsoft's GDC 2015 conference yesterday, with Frontier's space game a timed exclusive on Xbox One - and with a PS4 version expected at some point afterwards. Speaking to Eurogamer in the direct aftermath of the announcement, Frontier boss David Braben outlined what coming to console means for the space exploration game.

A team of talented Zelda fans have released a trailer for The Legend of Zelda: The Final Battle, their upcoming live-action film.

Modern day Atari is making a new RollerCoaster Tycoon game, and it somehow looks worse than 2004's RollerCoaster Tycoon 3.

While it's generally a good idea to get a new perspective on things whenever you can, Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games has taken this quite literally with Hollowpoint. Stepping into a presentation at Paradox's annual convention, I'm prepared for a procedurally-generated platform shooter, and that's enough to pique my interest already. What I'm not prepared for is enemies charging from the scenery itself, bursting out of the background as if they're going to leap through the screen.

With Konami's prized football sim openly declared as a full HD presentation on PS4, it's the Xbox One's meagre 720p delivery that raises eyebrows. Opting for the same Fox Engine set-up as Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes, these resolutions amount to a mammoth difference in image quality for Pro Evolution Soccer 2015. But is this the extent of the differences for the series' current-gen debut - and how does the Sony platform's frame-rate hold up at this setting?

Cryptozoologists! Tired of being limited to thinning the numbers of boring old regular animals in Far Cry 4? Good news - the game's latest DLC pack, included in its Season Pass, adds the Abominable Snowman to your hit list. It also includes a new storyline, a whole host of extra missions, and opens up a new secluded location for you to explore.

UPDATE 05/03/2015: Frontier chief David Braben has confirmed Elite: Dangerous will release on PlayStation 4 eventually.

The long-running Independent Games Festival Awards do a great job each year of picking out and celebrating indie games we've heard of and some we haven't - but will certainly look at now.

Rock Band 4 has been officially announced by series developer Harmonix. It's coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One later in 2015.

It really is award season for expectation-exceeder Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, which was last night crowned Game Developers Choice Awards Game of the Year.

EA has closed Maxis Emeryville, the studio behind Spore and the recent SimCity game.

At its 'Made to Game' media event in San Francisco, Nvidia revealed Shield - its debut home console that takes the form of a set-top box based on the new Android TV operating system, supporting 4K media playback at 60fps. New titles revealed for the unit include Android ports of Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Doom 3 BFG Edition, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - and even Crysis 3. On top of that, the Shield console also supports 1080p60 cloud streaming of high-end PC games via Nvidia's GeForce GRID services.

Shelter 2 switches out badger cubs for lynx cubs (possibly called kittens, although this point appears hotly contested) and there are still a whole bunch of interesting ways in which you can fail them as a parent. Brillo.

Last night, Microsoft announced it was expanding its ID@Xbox self-publishing program to Windows 10, where numerous games will feature either cross-buy or cross-play capabilities with Xbox One.

UPDATE 5/3/15 10.20am: Epic has released a full gameplay trailer for its new Unreal Tournament, showing off a number of the game's guns in action.

As far as virtual reality experiences go, they don't get more pants-wetting than stepping into the shoes of a hobbit in the cavernous lair of Tolkien's dragon Smaug.

Battletoads, whose first appearance was on the NES in 1991, will return, albeit in cameo form.

Banner Saga creative director Alex Thomas has broken off from Banner Saga 2 in order to make his own game Killers and Thieves, which sounds ace.

Nintendo has announced a bustling slate of download games due to launch on the 3DS and Wii U eShop.

Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft's Xbox division and Microsoft Studios, has outlined the company's vision as it works towards integrating Xbox One and Windows PC.

Microsoft confirmed that retail Xbox Ones will be unlocked as test kits for games being developed in the Windows 10 universal app.

Block N Load, the new game from Runescape maker Jagex, launches on Steam on 30th April.

It feels like a lifetime ago when the Steam Machines made their public debut in Las Vegas in January last year - an event that passed without making much of an indent in the memory, thanks to how underwhelming the initial reveal was. If this was Valve's serious play for the living room, it lacked spark and there was little in the way of substance - though, as our dearly departed Tom pointed out at the time, Valve was playing a longer game.

UPDATE 5/03/2015 12.31am: Wasteland 2 is also coming to PS4, inXile has confirmed.

Four-player wizarding mayhem arrives in the shape of Magicka 2 on PC and PS4 on 26th May, Paradox has announced.

I have a love-hate relationship with OlliOlli2. I want to love it but, because I'm not very good, more often than not I start to hate it. In this let's play you'll not only get to see a load of gameplay from the PS4 version but you'll also see a grown man fall in love, out of love then back in love with a game, all in the space of around eight minutes. Oh, you'll also see the new manual transitions and the new perfect launches. Because they're new.

UPDATE 4TH MARCH 2015: And now he, the World of Warcraft anomaly, who belongs to neither Horde nor Alliance, has reached level 100.

Bethesda has announced Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, a standalone prequel to Machine Games' first-person shooter Wolfenstein: The New Order.

Strategy game Tropico 5 launches on PlayStation 4 on 24th April, publisher Kalypso has announced.

Phone firm HTC has apologised for claiming the company's Vive virtual reality headset would host a new Half-life game.