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We approached Tomb Raider with some degree of anticipation: we looked forward to a cross-platform game that could challenge the untouchable Uncharted series in terms of technical accomplishment, character development and gameplay. We wanted Sony first-party quality rolled out across multiple platforms without compromise, with additional "must-have" next-gen features built into an enhanced DirectX 11 PC version of the game. While the end-result doesn't quite match the polish of the latter entrants in the celebrated Naughty Dog trilogy, in most respects Tomb Raider more than meets our lofty expectations. If you're an Xbox 360 owner who's never played Uncharted, this Lara Croft reboot may come as something of a revelation and for PS3 gamers, Crystal Dynamics' effort should more than tide you over until Nathan Drake makes his inevitable return.

Metro 2033 is not a game that deserves a sequel. Too often the game stumbles in its quest to combine elements of shooter, stealth and horror, never confident enough in any one category. The story demands no clear continuation.

EA will give a free game to those affected by the catastrophic SimCity launch, it has announced.

Ahoy there, Eurogamers. This week gave us our first look at a new Assassin's Creed set in Pirate Times. Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag eschews Hollywood cliches and Treasure Island fantasy in favour of real legendary pirates who, Ubisoft promises, were just as exciting as krakens. Jean Guesdon, the game's creative director, told Mike what we should expect from a console generation-straddling Assassin's Creed (and it's not multiplayer naval combat).

A couple of weeks back, Ian Livingstone stated that "with the new Xbox, you supposedly have to have an internet connection, and the discs are watermarked, whereby once played on one console it won't play on another. So I think the generation after that will be digital-only." That's a hell of a lot of supposition, born out of half-sourced rumours and general speculation over the past few weeks by both game developers and the games media.

The three-person Poland-based Acid Wizard Studio may not bear much name recognition yet, but it definitely seems like a diverse, talented studio to keep an eye on. Last month I wrote about its hilarious Global Game Jam winner Kevin Costner's Tatanka Hunting Simulator 2013, and now it's showing off the debut trailer for its upcoming very polished looking top-down horror roguelike Darkwood.

Ex-Gas Powered Games animator Paul Zimmer was let go of the Washington-based Studio after its Wildman Kickstarter was unsuccessful, but he's used this time to work on his side-project, the light-hearted roguelike Crayon Chronicles, which has recently launched a Kickstarter of its own.

Back in January Sony sweetened the pot for prospective God of War: Ascension purchasers by promising those who bought first-run editions of Kratos' upcoming adventure would get an early demo for Naughty Dog's highly anticipated survival drama The Last of Us.

The Darkness and The Chronicles of Riddick developer Starbreeze has detailed its upcoming fairy tale-esque digital download Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons in a new gameplay trailer below.

Insanely talented cake creators Will and Liliana Turnbow have created a colossal replica of various locales from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword out of cake for their daughter's 10th birthday.

UPDATE 2: EA has reportedly requested its affiliate partners temporarily stop promoting SimCity following the fan outrage over its server issues.

Ultima creator Richard "Lord British" Garriott has launched a Kickstarter for his upcoming RPG Shroud of the Avatar: Forbidden Virtues.

The first slice of gameplay footage from Kickstarter success Shadowrun Returns has been released online.

Didn't you realise video games were an important entertainment medium nowadays? No, they really are. That's why the BAFTA Games Awards exist, and the event glistens with every bit as much glamour as the film and television awards.

Upcoming DC Universe-flavoured fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us will be playable at the Insomnia 48 game festival later this month.

When Sony stepped out in New York with the surprise revelation that PlayStation 4 had a whopping 8GB of very fast GDDR5, there were few people more pleased than Dishonored's lead level designer Christophe Carrier.

Super Meat Boy creators Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes at Team Meat really like cats. While Refenes only has one feline companion, McMillen has four - one of which, the hairless Tammy, played a fairly large role in Indie Game: The Movie, last year's high-profile film that detailed the team's plight as it created Super Meat Boy. Despite this, McMillen isn't afraid to call Tammy "a total bitch". I sure hope Tammy isn't reading this.

Let's just get this out of the way: Impire does not hold a candle to Dungeon Keeper, neither in its design nor its execution. Like ripping off a sticking plaster, it's best to break the news quickly. It might sting a little, but it's best to tear away that hope so that we can start the healing process proper. With that out of the way, let's establish what Impire is rather than what it isn't.

An image that appears to reveal a new Assassin's Creed project has found its way online.

What happens when a Kickstarter fails? In the case of Phosphor Games, the Chicago-based studio whose superhero action game Project Awakened stopped shy of its $500,000 target earlier this week, they get a call from me, asking a series of fairly insensitive questions. What went wrong? What did you learn? What's next?

The studio behind Donkey Kong Country Returns' 3DS port is not the game's original developer Retro Studios, a ratings board listing for the game has revealed.

Last summer I wrote about a nifty-looking first-person survival game called Pulse built by the five-person Team Pixel Pi at Vancouver Film School. It starred a blind girl making her way through a cave by tossing around cute critters then using echolocation to envision the world around her in various multicoloured layers. It was pretty dope.

UPDATE 3: Maxis general manager Lucy Bradshaw responded to the outrage over SimCity being unplayable in many part of the world due to server issues and DRM.

Psychonauts and Brutal Legend developer Double Fine has announced a new "music-driven score challenge game" entitled Dropchord due later this year on PC, Mac and iOS.

Microsoft has announced Age of Empires 2 HD Edition, a re-release of the historic RTS exclusively for Steam.

Horn and The Dark Meadow developer Phosphor Games' epic Unreal 4-engine superhero game codenamed Project Awakened has failed to reach its Kickstarter goal before the deadline.

Upcoming indie co-op dungeon crawler Hammerwatch now has a beta demo available detailing the game's first act.

Editor's note: If you've come here looking for our God of War: Ascension review and are wondering where it is, it will be slightly delayed. Due to technical difficulties we haven't yet been able to test the multiplayer portion of the game to our satisfaction. We're working to resolve this and we'll bring you a complete review as soon as we can. In the meantime, enjoy this interview with the devs.

Nearly two year ago a remake of Double Dragon 2 was announced by Korean studio Barunson Interactive that was supposed to come out autumn of that year. Mysteriously, that never happened and no one heard a peep about the MIA remake, Double Dragon 2: Wander of the Dragons, until now as a series of achievements for it leaked at Xbox360Achievements.

Trading digital content and keeping everyone happy: the next-generation problem to solve. And it seems like Apple's already started trying. A patent published today but filed last summer - Managing Access to Digital Content Items - has a bunch of bright ideas about how trading and even loaning digital content could work.