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Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, the heavily Jet-Set-Radio-inspired adventure from developer Team Reptile, launches for PlayStation and Xbox on 1st September, two weeks after Switch and PC.

Following EA Sports FC 24's formal unveiling earlier this month, the steady dripfeed of news continues, with EA now revealing a partnership with the Ballon D'or that'll see the presitgious award come to Player Career mode via a glitzy in-game end-of-season ceremony - for players on current-gen consoles and PC, at least.

Microsoft has submitted a material changes of circumstances document to the UK's regulator which stands opposed to its $68.7bn Activision Blizzard acquisition, urging it to drop its block of the deal.

It's basically a clean sweep for Sony and PlayStation news, leaks and rumours in this week's DF Direct Weekly news stories. That kicks off by picking up a thread from last week about the 'Project Trinity' PS5 Pro leak that emerged, before moving onto the remarkable - and very real - price cuts we saw on the existing PlayStation 5 model. Meanwhile, compelling footage and photos of the Project Q handheld emerged, raising more questions than answers about the nature of the hardware.

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty developer Team Ninja has released its 2023 roadmap for the game.

Nintendo's next-gen Switch console is currently set to debut in the second half of 2024, according to a new report.

After not visiting the cinema in recent years thanks to the pandemic, I've now been eight times in the last three months. One thing that's bugged me, though, is how the duration of your average Hollywood film is now close to a Bollywood film, but with fewer musical dance numbers to break up the experience. Venba, on the other hand, is a lean experience, lasting about the length of an enjoyable trip to the restaurant. This is ideal, given the puzzles and story both revolve around food.

Sony has announced a new PlayStation 5 system software beta which adds several new options, including accessibility features, quality of life updates, and support for expanded storage.

New photos and a video which show filming of Amazon Prime's upcoming Fallout TV adaptation have leaked online.

Masahiro Sakurai, chief developer behind Nintendo's hugely-successful Super Smash Bros. series, has discussed the future of the franchise and his involvement in it.

UPDATE 1ST AUGUST: This free trial has now ended.

DICE has confirmed that Battlefield 2042's Update 5.2 will roll out next week.

Helldivers 2 has been rated.

Jujutsu Kaisen is coming to Fortnite.

What if you could take the Zen 2 CPU cores found within Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, transplant them onto a PC motherboard, install Windows and actually play PC games on them? Short of hacking the console and somehow crafting drivers for it, it's a pipedream, but we can do the next best thing. AMD recently - and somewhat stealthily - released the 4800S Desktop Kit for Chinese OEMs. It's a Micro ATX motherboard built around the Xbox Series X APU, shipping with 16GB of GDDR6 memory. The integrated GPU is disabled, but it is possible to install Windows on it, you can attach a decent graphics card - and yes, you can play PC games on an Xbox CPU.

Earlier this week, after countless rumours and leaks, GameMill finally confirmed that Super Smash Bros.-style fighting game Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 was indeed on the way. Now, however, it seems retailers may have jumped the gun and are listing the game as launching on 24th October.

Assassin's Creed Mirage will take just 25 hours to complete – or less, if you're not looking to do a "completionist" run.

The next Pokémon Presents will take place on 8th August.

Geras will be joining the Mortal Kombat 1 roster.

One of the more curious licensing phenomenons of the 80s was the home-exclusive sequel to an arcade game. Manchester's Ocean Software specialised in the trick, creating follow-ups such as Target: Renegade and Yie-Ar Kung Fu 2. However, as the 90s dawned, a general tightening of licensing laws meant fewer home-exclusive sequels appeared. Instead, inspired by an official arcade conversion hit, one company stretched its remit to a spiritual sequel, creating one of the finest shoot-'em-ups of the era in the process.

While this weekend's announcement of Final Fantasy 14's next expansion Dawntrail was huge news for fans, for new players yet to jump into Eorzea the prospect of even more story to get through may be a daunting one.

The next patch for Final Fantasy 14 (6.5) will be released early October this year and will be called Growing Light.

Shooter sequel Remnant 2 has doubled the Steam concurrent player record of its predecessor, securing over 109,000 simultaneous players earlier today.

Players using Cheat Engine in Tekken 8's network test have been able to get a sneaky peek at part of Tekken 8's roster.

Blizzard has vowed to buff Diablo 4's Sorcerers and Barbarians following a backlash from fans over its latest patch.

The original Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has shut down its servers to prevent the spread of what is widely thought to be a malware attack.

Mortal Kombat 1's highly-anticipated beta period has been confirmed: 18th-21st August.

Scalpers lucky enough to have snapped up a limited edition Spider-Man 2-themed PlayStation 5 cover plate are trying their luck at doubling or even tripling their money by auctioning off their pre-orders.

4X games may sound incredibly reductive on the surface. After all, this is the only genre of game whose name is also a decree about how you should play - eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate. But as any fan will tell you, 4X games are actually bustling sandboxes that can be tackled in all kinds of ways. For some players, that could mean eschewing military action or research or trying to make do with a single settlement. For others, it could mean trying to rewrite the historical events depicted - whether out of mischief, or in an effort to challenge narratives about the past that loom large in present-day politics.

Path of Exile 2 will not be released this year in any form. The plan, as it stands, is for a closed beta test to begin 7th June 2024.