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Japanese developer Comcept has launched a second crowdfunding campaign for side-scrolling platformer Mighty No. 9.

What does a strategy designer think about?

In World War 1, when a flying ace had an enemy on their tail, it was perfectly acceptable practice for them to pull off a manoeuvre known as the falling leaf. They'd shut off the engine, tumble from the sky, and then restart everything when they were safely out of range of enemy gunfire. Voila! Such a crazed, desperate piece of thinking serves as a vivid reminder of why this tiny, lurid slice of aviation history was both so deadly and so fascinating. In the hands of an experienced designer, it's also an indicator of how rich the period is as the foundation for a turn-based strategy game.

It's been some time since we reviewed the Razer Blade 14 - a unique combination of gaming-grade Intel and Nvidia components somehow integrated into an ultra-slim laptop chassis highly reminiscent of the MacBook Pro. It's a fine machine, if slightly anaemic in terms of its graphics power (boosted considerably in its latest revision) and handicapped by an ultra-expensive price point - not to mention a lack of general availability outside North America. So the quest is on to find a suitable replacement, leading us to MSI's GS60 2PC Ghost. It's not quite the like-for-like challenger we would have wanted - it's a lot bigger for starters - but it's significantly more powerful than the last-gen Blade and a lot cheaper too.

Rick Dangerous was first released a quarter of a century ago, but as a certain whip-cracking, Nazi-smacking professor of archaeology once said: "It's not the years, it's the mileage." If you were in any doubt as to the inspiration behind the very first game Core Design brought to market - the 2D platform adventures of a square-jawed hero with a fedora, leather jacket and revolver - the opening seconds of actual gameplay hammer home that this is an undisguised tribute to Henry Jones Junior.

Recently I wrote about the realisation that I am sexist and how I'm trying to change. The response was fascinating. OK, a few people were so upset that I want to respect other people's humanity that they threatened to leave the site forever, but I also received lots of thoughtful messages, in comments and by email, leaving me with lots more to think about.

Greetings, Eurogamers. Hopefully the height of summer isn't distracting you from the serious business of watching videos about games. We've even heard that modern mobile phone technology lets you watch these videos while also being outside in the sunshine. We'll believe it when we see it.

Last summer Asus released a 32-inch 4K display for a whopping £3000 and we reviewed it. The PQ321Q put in an excellent performance, but its expensive price tag made it seem like an experimental product for people with too much money to burn rather than a viable purchase for those after an accessible 4K experience. In fact, at the time virtually every 4K display was an ultra-expensive luxury. Now that is finally starting to change. The stage is finally set for affordable 4K technology and Asus is back with a new UHD display aimed directly at PC owners wanting the ultimate in ultra-high resolution gameplay at a slightly less insane price point.

Right now, the Nvidia GTX 880M graphics chip is the most powerful hardware of its kind available for gaming notebooks. Tied to a mammoth 8GB of GDDR5 memory and utilising the same Kepler GK104 processor that drives some of the best desktop GPUs, the promise of a high-end PC experience in a laptop is more potent than ever. But a bigger question looms larger: with MSI's GT70 2PE Dominator Pro laptop hosting this top-end part, could it be in a position to topple the PS4 and Xbox One in terms of performance - and at what cost?

If you want to know just how embedded Gran Turismo has become in the automotive world, take a walk through the grounds of Goodwood during the annual Festival of Speed. To the left of the hillclimb that winds its way up through Lord March's grounds are the vintage cars and the well-aged thoroughbreds, so many of which have starred in Polyphony's series; pristine machines, plucked straight from childhood daydreams and presented for all to pore over.

Blizzard Entertainment's chief creative officer Rob Pardo resigned yesterday after 17 years at the Californian studio. The decision came as a shock to the Blizzard fan community because it was both unexpected and unexplained - and because Pardo, though far from Blizzard's longest-serving employee, had become one of its most prominent statesmen. He was - still is - synonymous with the developer's justly celebrated game design ethos, which eschews dramatic innovations but favours a no less demanding mixture of depth and poise with ready accessibility and strong thematic flavours.

Oculus has suspended sales of its Rift virtual reality headset in China because people are reselling it.

Earlier today EA was charging for the FIFA 14 and UFC demos on Xbox One. This, it said this afternoon, was an error.

Someone has put off-screen footage of the PlayStation 4 version of PES 2015 on YouTube.

UPDATE 04/07/2014: NIS America Europe has issued a statement following criticism of its recently-launched European store - but failed to address the complaints of its customers.

Splatoon! It was one of the highlights of Nintendo's E3 showing, and more proof that the Wii U has a brighter future than many first thought.

EA tweeted to say Dragon's Teeth, the next expansion for first-person shooter Battlefield 4, would launch on 15th July 2014 for Premium subscribers - then deleted it.

The people behind the Train Simulator series are making a fishing simulator - and it may support virtual reality.

Earlier this year we were given a taste of Metal Gear Solid 5 with the release of Ground Zeroes across four different console platforms. It was an impressive game with a robust graphics engine, but it only represented a small chunk of what will ultimately become Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, due next year. However, the release of a 1080p60 video of the 30-minute E3 demo (at 50mbps h.264 no less) allows us to post an update to some of the visible changes observed in this demo version of The Phantom Pain versus what we experienced earlier with Ground Zeroes.

The video game version of The Witcher Adventure Game (board game) has entered closed beta and invites have been sent out.

UPDATE: Space Hulk: Deathwing will launch on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2015, the trailer below confirms.

When Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto talks about The Legend of Zelda game for Wii U to consumers he calls it "open world". But for his designers "open world" is a dirty term.

Last year, eclectic game developer Suda 51 and his studio Grasshopper Manufacture received quite a lot of criticism for a series of missions in its stylish action game Killer is Dead. "Gigolo Mode" saw you courting female characters - ogling them while their attention is diverted, then offering a gift to suit their tastes - and by creeping on them successfully you would be rewarded with sex. Just like in real life! (If you live in a Russ Meyer film.)

For as long as I can remember, my greatest fear has been some variant of death by suffocation: drowning, being trapped in a burning building or just about everything relating to space and space travel. To me, it's the most horrific way to go. That's a bit odd, considering how much I loved space as a kid; I grew up with Star Trek, Stargate and Star Wars. Even as an adult I regularly fantasise about being an explorer of the cosmos... before the crippling fear of asphyxiation kicks in.

Yacht Club Games' debut offering Shovel Knight hearkens back to the old days in more ways than its retro graphics. It also has cheat codes. Most of these feature rather banal benefits but one in particular stands out: Butt Mode - a mode that replaces all of the game's most common nouns with the word "butt".

Blizzard's chief creative officer Rob Pardo has left the studio after 17 years with the company.

The 1982 classic arcade game Q*bert is getting a re-release next Tuesday, 8th July, on Steam with spruced up graphics and added features.

Cry Wolf, the fifth and final chapter in season one of Telltale's Fables-based serial The Wolf Among Us, is landing next week.

Old-school fantasy role-playing game Divinity: Original Sin is Larian Studios' fastest-selling title ever, the developer has confirmed to Eurogamer.

We've found another thing to add to Superman's list of allergies, alongside Kryptonite - a decent video game. Considering he's one of the most recognisable and storied superheroes around, it seems almost as criminal as knocking over The First Metropolis Bank that he hasn't starred in a single good Superman game. So why exactly is that? We at Outside Xbox think we have the answer.