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After a launch that can only be described as patchy - in every sense - Battlefield 4's online service is slowly starting to find its feet. There's inexplicably still no way to play Conquest on PS4 in the US, and you still can't party up before entering a match (something Halo 2 managed to figure out back in the 1500s), but DICE's levolutionary online battleground is steadying itself for a headlong rush into the next-gen.

InXile isn't sure whether gameplay in Kickstarter champion Torment: Tides of Numenera should be turn-based or real-time with pause. So it's gone down to a vote.

Fighting games are hard. For many they're impenetrable. Sure, you can do a hadouken; that quarter circle forward motion is ingrained in the psyche of most gamers of a certain generation, but beyond that? Well, things get complicated. And online? Forget it. Destroyed in the blink of an eye bruised by yet another meaty dragon punch.

UPDATE: Astro headsets can produce Dolby 7.1 audio even from the Xbox One's stereo-only digital optical output, the company has said.

The Kickstarter for side-scrolling strategy game Super Roman Conquest has been successful - despite a dramatic last-minute setback.

Contrast is a game about light and dark and the comprehension of physical space, but it's also a game about time. A few months more and this whole experience could have been hammered into fine shape and further refined until it was something special. Instead, laid out in black and white, Contrast is a game of smart ideas and touching moments that fails to live up to its potential due to a frustrating lack of polish and what feels like rushed delivery.

The launch trailer for Xbox One exclusive fighting game Killer Instinct has confirmed that Fulgore, the eighth character in the roster of season one, will be available in March 2014.

Black & white puzzler Closure was one of the most inventive entrants in the genre in awhile and now its creator Tyler Glaiel has shifted his focus from single-player brainteasers to multiplayer mayhem with his upcoming title Bombernauts.

The formerly 3DS eShop-exclusive adventure SteamWorld Dig is heading to PC and Mac via Steam on 5th December, Swedish developer Image & Form has announced.

The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us developer Telltale is supposedly working on a game based on George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones series.

Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, the HD remake of the 1990 Mega Drive classic, has made its way onto iOS.

Minecraft developer Mojang has released a new update allowing Twitch integration with the touch of a button.

Nintendo UK has announced a new Mario-themed Wii U bundle for sale on 29th November via its online store.

The full list of apps that will be included with the PS4 upon its UK launch next week has been revealed.

Hotline Miami and Shadow Warrior publisher Devolver Digital will be publishing the crowdfunded, point-and-click adventure Dropsy, a game starring a well-meaning, but terrifying-looking clown.

With next generation tools and system resources often in a state of flux before the final hardware is ready for release, game development continues right down to the wire, in some cases with last-minute optimisations and graphical tweaks completed after a title's master disc has been pressed and duplicated for the final release. The end result is that some launch titles are effectively finished via the release of patches and updates designed to fix various bugs and glitches, or to improve noticeable performance issues - as we saw recently with Call of Duty: Ghosts.

Last week late night talk show host Jimmy Fallon showed off the PS4 app, The Playroom, ahead of the console's North American launch and now he's following suit with the Xbox One.

UPDATE: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare has received an over nine-and-a-half minute developer walkthrough detailing the various types of units you can play as in Popcap's upcoming class-based third-person shooter. Check it out below.

Xbox One launches in the UK at midnight tonight and there are still places to buy one - even if you haven't pre-ordered.

The Xbox One launches with a number of games available to download. Now the embargo on the console itself has lifted, we learn each title's install size and price in pounds.

Enslaved developer Ninja Theory has confirmed it will stick with console development after reports published today suggested it planned to switch fully to mobile.

UPDATE: Microsoft has removed its instructions for updating Xbox One without connecting it to the internet.

Retro platformer Edge launches on the Wii U eShop today priced £1.79, developer Two Tribes has announced.

Right now all attention's focused on the Xbox One's global launch tomorrow, and well it should be - it's the kick-off of what promises to be a hugely entertaining and sometimes combative life for the two big-hitting next-gen consoles.

In this video, Eurogamer pays tribute to gaming's forgotten heroes. These are the launch titles that will never be up there with Halo or down there with Red Steel - they were just, y'know, quite good.

Short, immensely repetitive, and only really playable in short bursts without boredom setting in - it's fair to say that Ryse: Son of Rome is far from the most thrilling offering available for Microsoft's new console. However, in terms of rendering technology, it can be argued that the CryEngine-powered title is one of the most visually impressive launch titles available. There are points - many of them - where this game is simply breathtaking, with an overall presentation that is very filmic in nature, making it stand apart from the pack.

So just how much of a visual leap does Forza Motorsport 5 represent over the best of the current-gen racing games? In the latest of Digital Foundry's Next-Gen Now series, you can decide for yourself, as we present two high-quality direct-feed download captures for your perusal, including 1080p60 gameplay featuring a Ferrari strutting its stuff around the new game's most impressive circuit - the Prague city streets.

You couldn't tell from its unappealing looks, but Crimson Dragon's heritage is sublime. The work of producer Yukio Futatsugi, its roots stretch back to 1995's Panzer Dragoon, itself a continuation of a form birthed by Sega with 1982's Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom and, more famously, the brilliant Space Harrier.

You know someone's been around when they call their game a CRPG, and Guido Henkel has been around. He co-created the Realms of Arkania series and produced the seminal Planescape: Torment (it's actually his masked face used as the template for Nameless One on Torment's box).

The developer of £16 Xbox One digital-only launch title Crimson Dragon will tweak the game's balance before it's released at midnight tonight.