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On the face of it, Kingdom Hearts would appear to be a worthy subject for a remake. This was, after all, the unlikely crossover that spawned an enduring franchise - an action-RPG that, against the odds, managed to capture the hearts of two seemingly incompatible fanbases: Disney and Final Fantasy.

Frontier Developments has released a new video for Elite: Dangerous designed to showcase the space trading game's music.

UPDATE: Sniper Elite developer Rebellion has invited former Blitz Games staff to apply for some 50 open positions at the Oxford-based studio.

Microsoft is developing its own virtual assistant for Windows Phone, PC and Xbox which will rival Apple's iOS butler Siri, new reports suggest.

The CEO of Hi-Rez, developer of Global Agenda, Tribes Ascend and the upcoming MOBA, Smite, has offered candid feedback on the ups and downs of the US studio's history in the hope of addressing what he describes as "misinformed conclusions" about the company.

First-person shooter Payday 2 has sold 1.58 million copies - and Starbreeze has hailed the game as a success.

Telltale Games has a lot to live up to. Once a niche studio content with making a small subset of gamers happy with its whimsical take on Sam & Max and Back to the Future, the small studio got thrust into the limelight after its critically acclaimed episodic take on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead won loads of "Game of the Year" awards (including taking top honours at the VGAs, a silly, albeit widespread awards show that typically only recognises triple-A titles).

UPDATE: The Timeshock virtual pinball table has been funded and stretch goals have been added for various console versions.

Neverending Nightmares developer Matt Gilgenbach spent four years working on his rhythm-based side-scroller Retro/Grade only for it to sell so poorly that it didn't recoup its costs. However, during that time the indie dev created a game that was far more successful. It didn't make him a penny, but it did land him a wife.

A new tech demo has shown off what features the next-gen version of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag boasts over its current-gen brethren.

The upcoming Wii U HD remake of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker hosts a whole lot of new bells and whistles, but how's it look next to the original GameCube version?

Sixense, the developer of the Razer Hydra PC motion-controller, has launched a new Kickstarter for its five-part motion-controller, the STEM System.

This morning the 23-year-old UK developer Blitz ceased trading, resulting in the loss of some 175 jobs.

Planetary Annihilation, the RTS made by Monday Night Combat developer Uber Entertainment, will go into beta later in September.

Badgers! Once, when I was young and riding in a taxi with my mum through some countryside, we ran over a badger. Shocked by the impact (badgers make quite some noise when they travel under a black cab) we stopped, and my mum politely asked the driver to back over the badger to make sure it was properly finished off. It was probably an act of kind humanity, but I've had and remain to have my suspicions.

First-person psychological thriller Montague's Mount launches on 9th October 2013.

Bethesda has announced the Dishonored: Game of the Year Edition. It includes the full game as well as all of its add-on content: Dunwall City Trials, The Knife of Dunwall, The Brigmore Witches and Void Walker's Arsenal.

The GameStick micro-console launches on 29th October 2013 globally, PlayJam has announced.

So it really isn't Project Gotham Racing. When word got around that Lucid Games, a team formed from ex-Bizarre veterans, was working on a driving game, several eager fans put two and two together to get PGR5. That wasn't the case, of course: Lucid was instead working with 2K as part of the publisher's concerted push into iOS gaming, on an all-new game that's out to compete with the bountiful successes of CSR and Real Racing.

In an industry that's not short on beards, it's rare to come across one that makes you stop in your tracks and just feel humbled - one that makes you just want to drop whatever's in your hands and run your fingers through its tangled beauty. So take a bow Zombie Studio's Jared Gerritzen, and be grateful that it wasn't me interviewing you - I'd have been all over you like a strokey beard rash.

Microsoft has secured the Xbone.com domain - days after Major Nelson said it "disrespects" the creators of the Xbox One.

Farming Simulator isn't nearly nerdy enough, and that's the last criticism I expected to make of this console version of the ironically championed budget PC series. It's got the word "simulator" in the title - nerdiness should come as standard.

Gone Home has sold 50,000 copies, developer The Fullbright Company has announced.

Codemasters has released Boom! Tanks, a new tank combat mobile game for iPhone, iPad and iPad touch. It's available to download for free from the App Store.

Nintendo has confirmed Peach will be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U and 3DS.

League of Legends developer Riot Games has released a video calling on players to employ sportsmanlike behaviour - and released statistics to show it's in their best interest.

UPDATE: Square Enix has released a trailer for mobile and tablet game Final Fantasy Agito.

Come, traveller, lean in and let me tell you how I defeated the lizardmen guardians of the Temple of Scales.

Ubisoft's got a fair few digital games bubbling along in the background, and doubtless the one that shines most brightly is Child of Light. A JRPG inspired adventure from Ubisoft Montreal, it's a delicate and quite beautiful looking game that's wowed anyone who's come into close contact - and queues to play it at a recent press event stretched on for a two hour long line.

There's an episode of Californication where David Duchovny's writer character is asked to provide a treatment of a screenplay by rapper Samurai Apocalypse (wonderfully played by the Rza). The script in question is called Santa Monica Cop. "Oh, like Beverly Hills Cop?" the Duchovny character asks. "Nah, man. It's Santa Monica Cop!" Apocalypse deadpans. This pretty much sums up my interview with Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune about his new Kickstarter project, the recently launched retro throwback Mighty No. 9.