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A playable demo of War for the Overworld, the Dungeon Keeper-style game currently seeking funding on Kickstarter, has been released.

PC indie game Knytt arrives on PS3 and Vita (cross-buy) today in the shape of Knytt Underground. I've no idea what it is or how to pronounce it but Jeffrey thought it worth writing about. Costs £10.

Amidst the bluster, high drama and expensive spectacle of many a Japanese role-playing game it's easy to forget about the dice rolls that power them - that little cascade of chance that dictates every sword thrust and every spell cast. Crimson Shroud, the third and likely final part of Level 5's Guild01 anthology (split into a series of releases on Nintendo's eShop in the West), is an explicit remembrance of all that. Here is an RPG that's more in thrall to Dungeons & Dragons than it is to Final Fantasy, and one that exposes every roll of the dice. It's a tribute to the genre's roots, and a largely triumphant return to a slower, more considered style of play.

Forza Horizon was the driving game released into the wild, its cars cast off into the fun and fury of the untamed open road. It makes sense that its first substantial add-on takes to the wilderness, then - although the Rally Expansion Pack initially feels tame.

The free PS3 games for PS Plus subscribers in January are BioShock 2, Guardians of Middle-earth and Mortal Kombat, says Sony. They're available from 2nd January.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 hits Nintendo's shiny new console with a bang: the Wii U edition comes loaded with all of the hidden characters and stages of the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions completely unlocked from the get-go, along with a range of tasty Nintendo-themed additions supplying some obligatory fan service. There are also a number of gameplay and balance tweaks, making the Wii U Edition the most complete version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 available by far.

The Crunchyroll and Sports Picks apps have launched on Xbox 360, Microsoft has announced.

Irrational Games has released a video showing the first five minutes of BioShcok Infinite.

Sony has sold 30 million PlayStation 3s across Europe and PAL territories, the company announced today. The milestone was hit on 17th December.

UPDATE: Valve is investigating The War Z Steam forum after gamers complained they had been banned unfairly.

Dark Souls stands apart from everything else and it's brilliant for it. So when new game director Tomohiro Shibuya said he'd like Dark Souls 2 to be "more straightforward and more understandable" well he sure gave us the willies.

Bad news from Capcom this morning: it's delayed one of its key titles and said Resident Evil 6 won't meet sales expectations.

Update: A representative from the King County Sheriff's Office has confirmed to us that the stolen goods were comprised of around half basic units and half deluxe models, placing the total value somewhere around $2.28 million.

Microsoft is working with the US military to create Kinect software that will help veterans perform physical therapy at home.

With another holiday upon us that can only mean one thing; another Indie Royale bundle. The new Xmas Bundle 2.0 includes seven indie games for a negligible price.

Gloomy cat-based fantasy platformer A Walk in the Dark is available now on developer Flying Turtle Software's official site for £4 / €5 / $6.50.

Indie adventure game publisher Wadjet Eye Games has revealed that a fifth game in its cult favourite Blackwell series is on the docket.

If your year has been anything like mine you've probably spent a good deal of it trying to convince people who don't ordinarily play games to give Telltale's The Walking Dead series a shot. If your friends are anything like mine, they probably politely nodded then never bothered. That's subject to change now - for the iOS wielding crowd at least - as The Walking Dead Episode One: A New Day is now free on iOS for a limited time.

You won't believe your mince pies it's Woodcutter Simulator 2013!

Blacklight developer Zombie Studios is making a new game with Epic's Unreal Engine 4, it's announced.

The ending of BioShock Infinite is shrouded in mystery, but according to designer Ken Levine it'll be worth the wait.

The first Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion pack has been revealed: Rise of the Hutt Cartel.

Take a look at the comparison images at the top of this page. On the left we see an image grabbed from the Casino Royale Blu-ray, while on the right we see the same frame processed with our latest review subject, the Darbee Darblet. Is the perceived benefit you see - if any - enough to consider a £300 investment?

Remember the flashy-pants Kickstarted Minecraft documentary that followed Notch for a year as he founded Mojang and meteorically shot to fame in 2011? It's done, it's finished and there's a free screening on Xbox Live this weekend.

Rockstar's neon-drenched 2002 opus Vice City deliberately calls many pop references to mind. The title, the logo, the suits, the sports cars and the ostentatious colour palette all combine to evoke Miami Vice, of course. The plot, meanwhile, draws heavily on that other classic tale of 1980s excess on the Florida coast: Brian DePalma's Scarface. The presence of Ray Liotta in the lead role, all laconic New York swagger, adds a welcome dash of Scorsese's rich and salty Italian-American flavour.

Double Fine's Kinect Party arrives today for free and remains that way until January! And so begins two weeks of scrumptious deals on Xbox Live.

Konami would love to make a sequel to Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, and if it does so, it would be happy to work with action game specialists Platinum once again.

UK tabloids The Sun and The Daily Express have blamed video games for the tragic US school massacre.

A video of Project Godus in action has been revealed. It took 22cans two weeks to knock together the prototype you see.

After getting leaked by a PEGI rating and later by trophies, Rage's The Scorchers DLC has finally been detailed and given a release date of next week by Bethesda. It will arrive on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC for $4.99 or 400 Microsoft Points.