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Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag's upcoming add-on Freedom Cry will include new locations and hints at the next Assassin's Creed game, Ubisoft has told Eurogamer.

If successive Assassin's Creed games have worn you down with the same ageing systems - free-running that seems to snag on every root and spur, simplistic combat built around monotonous counter-attacks and too many missions that only focus on these mechanics, usually after tailing someone while eavesdropping on their conversation - then you should know that these things are still prominent components of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag.

Still frustrated while trying to get into GTA Online? Take some time out and relax. YouTube channel Despicables has uploaded a beautifully mellow Grand Theft Auto 5 timelapse video, showing a more tranquil side to Los Santos and revealing the remarkable attention to detail Rockstar has poured into its virtual world.

SPOILER WARNING: If you haven't played GTA 5 yet, then reading this feature will reveal details of a mission about a dozen hours into the game, along with some of the surrounding context. This won't ruin your enjoyment of the game, but it will reduce the impact of one of its most extreme moments. Read on with that in mind or return when you've gotten there yourself and feel like talking about it. You have been warned.

Rockstar will release a PC version of Grand Theft Auto 5 in 2014, Eurogamer understands.

Enterprising GTA Online players have managed to locate Grand Theft Auto 5's prologue map hidden within the game's multiplayer mode.

Happy New Year! OK, it's the middle of February, but having spent the last couple of months drawing up plans for 2014 and beyond I feel like I'm just getting down to the day-to-day work, so hopefully you'll forgive me the overdue salutation.

Nintendo has announced a quick-fire follow-up to last year's NES Remix, with a sequel coming to the Wii U eShop on April 25th.

Nintendo revealed further details on the imminent offerings on the 3DS eShop in its first Direct presentation of 2014, dating the likes of Nintendo Pocket Football Club, Steel Diver: Sub Wars and Level 5's Weapon Shop de Omasse.

Nintendo has revealed which GBA games are due on the Wii U Virtual Console when they arrive this Spring, with a (small) handful of classics rolling out from April onwards.

Nintendo's finally put a date on Mario Kart 8, one of the Wii U's brightest prospects for the first half of 2014, with Nintendo's characterful racer due out on May 30th.

Super Smash Bros. extensive character roster got another boost, with Punch Out's Little Mac now being added to the Wii U and 3DS brawler.

The Battlefield 4 Second Assault expansion that launched as a timed Xbox One exclusive in November releases on 18th February for Battlefield 4 Premium members on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, DICE has announced.

Quirky indie platformer Stick to the Man has been confirmed for launch on Wii U this spring.

The second expansion for sandbox zombie survival game State of Decay will be called Lifeline.

This could be brilliant: modern war sim Arma 3 will introduce Dungeons & Dragons-style Game Master tools that will let players change, in real-time, multiplayer battles.

UPDATE: Nordic Games has commented on the Darksiders and Red Faction collections.

Slightly Mad Studios has released a new trailer for Project Cars reminding us the racing sim is still due out in 2014.

Borderlands 2 publisher 2K Games has announced a release date and price for the game's final add-on, Sir Hammerlock Versus the Son of Crawmerax.

Surgeon Simulator developer Bossa Studios has shown off the game's painful-looking eye operations in a new teaser trailer.

I can't tell you the names of any of my inmates in any of my prisons. The smallest holds a couple of dozen, the largest has over a hundred, crammed together like battery hens in a place whose only purpose is to provide effective and prolonged detention. Some are serving lengthy terms for very serious crimes, others wander free after just a few game hours within my walls. None of them make any kind of impression on my memory.

Two key members of The Witcher 3 team officially departed CD Projekt Red last week: lead gameplay designer Maciej Szcześnik and gameplay producer Marek Ziemak.

Rovio has announced Angry Birds Stella, the next Angry Birds spin-off.

The creator of CandySwipe has accused King, the creator of Candy Crush Saga, of "taking the food out of my family's mouth" over a trademark dispute.

Cult classic shmup Ikaruga launches on Steam on 18th February, developer Treasure has announced.

The shot flies high and straight, arcing towards the overhead camera as the players below jostle for position. Nobody is close enough to intercept. The last line of defence is the keeper, and he's right there, in the narrow mouth of the goal, too smart to stray off his line. He takes it easily. A split-second later, the opposition forward slams into him, taking the ball out of his limp hands, finishing the play. The scoreboard shows ten - and then an instant later, another ten. The keeper, it turns out, is still on the floor, waiting for the medical droids that will come and scoop him off the field of play. His legs twitch, briefly. Somewhere in the stands, a voice calls out, almost too faint to hear. 'Ice cream?'

Capcom has claimed it was "truly surprised" by Onimusha composer Mamoru Samuragochi's admission that he isn't completely deaf and paid someone to write the music he had claimed to be his own.

Throughout the development of Titanfall, Respawn has continually talked about the importance of 60 frames per second gameplay as a key, defining element of its brand new shooter. Running at the highest v-sync frame-rate possible on standard display technology not only produces a smooth, arcade-style experience, but it also opens the door to ultra-low latency controls, and thus the most intuitive interface possible between game and gamer.

EA has condemned Lord of Ultima to death. Servers will be switched off 12th May.

Xbox One's controller input will be tweaked as part of the system's February firmware update.