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When meeting a fellow Tintin fan, the first question you're likely to ask is simply: 'which one is your favourite?' Over the many years Hergé worked on Tintin, the cartoon went through several phases, ranging from the early comics where Hergé was still developing his style, to the later stories which had clearer plotlines and an established cast of supporting characters. My personal favourite? For me, it's The Secret of the Unicorn - a story with an intriguing mystery at its centre, and plenty of Captain Haddock action. It's perhaps unsurprising, then, that this was the comic selected for Steven Spielberg's 2011 film adaptation.

The long-rumoured Metal Gear Solid 3 remake is real and getting a multi-platform release on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC according to a new report by Windows Central.

Sega has laid off 121 employees at Company of Heroes and Age of Empires 4 studio Relic Entertainment, blaming "external factors [that] are challenging our industry more than ever".

It's been a fair old while since we last heard from THQ Nordic's promising Alone in the Dark 'reimagining', but the publisher has now announced it'll be giving the survival horror revamp another airing in a fresh showcase this Friday, 26th May.

Destiny 2's latest season arrives today, and alongside the usual Destiny stuff, Bungie is finally leaning into its Sony acquisition with a bunch of new PlayStation-inspired premium cosmetics, including some Cordyceps business and Kratos-inspired armour.

Pokémon Go game director Michael Steranka has said Niantic is now considering measures to address "many of the valid concerns" surrounding its recent decisions to adjust the game.

PEGI's Enforcement Committee has fined Activision Blizzard the rather paltry sum of €5000, for failing to disclose the presence of loot boxes in Diablo Immortal.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has become a massive hit, with social media timelines galore filled with clever Hyrulean innoventions and Korok-based violence in equal measure. We've already covered the game with our Tears of the Kingdom tech review just before launch, but we did leave some unfinished business.

Forthcoming MMORPG Blue Protocol, from Amazon Games and Bandai Namco Online, has been delayed in the west to 2024.

Video games have always treated guns with a certain reverence, from the wicked grin of Doom's marine when he picks up the shotgun, to the pornographic customisation options of modern Call of Duty. Warhammer: 40k Boltgun takes this to its absurd logical endpoint. In the opening level, your hulking space marine discovers the titular firearm on a literal altar, a chorus of angelic voices chanting as you pluck the weapon from its pedestal. "A Holy Relic!" burbles your accompanying servo-skull as you lock and load. "The Emperor Provides!"

The Total War series is heading to Egypt with its next edition, subtitled Pharaoh.

It's a big week for Spider-Man - all versions of him.

Nintendo fans, get your maracas at the ready. The classic rhythm-action game Samba de Amigo will be sashaying its way onto the Switch on 29th August.

Square Enix has released a new patch for fantasy adventure Forspoken, ahead of the release of its In Tanta We Trust DLC on Friday.

Final Fantasy 14's Patch 6.4, The Dark Throne, is available today. It includes an update to Embody's official Immerse Gamepack that adds 3D spatial audio to the game.

Corsair's 45-inch Xeneon Flex OLED monitor is too big, too expensive and not at all practical - but it's also provided some of the best gaming experiences I've ever had. Here's my review after spending over a month with this £1799/$1599 behemoth of a gaming monitor.

Blizzard's chief design officer Allen Adham has reportedly told staff to "prepare to be amazed" by the company's AI technology.

Mario Kart Tour maker Nintendo is facing a lawsuit over the smartphone app's now-removed randomised reward mechanic, lodged by a boy who racked up $170 (£137) in-game using his father's credit card.

Let's be honest, Clive isn't exactly the most glamorous name for a Final Fantasy lead character. But it could've been worse.

Final Fantasy 16 producer Naoki Yoshida has discussed the possibility of dropping numbers from future games in the series.

Charmander is arriving in Las Vegas' neighbourhood, baby, but perhaps not in the way you expect. Rather, this is thanks to a new Nevada housing development and its wholesome approach to street names.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom voice actress Patricia Summersett has issued a statement meant to "clarify" her previous comments on Link and Zelda being "in a relationship".

Lars Gustavsson, former creative director on DICE's long-running Battlefield series, has unveiled his new studio TTK Games, which is currently developing an online shooter.

Amid records losses and a raft of cancelled games, Ubisoft is reportedly aiming to release Massive Entertainment's long-awaited open-world Star Wars game in "early 2024".

Insomniac has dismissed growing reports its upcoming Marvel's Spider-Man 2 will feature co-op, confirming it's an "epic single-player adventure".

Summer Game Fest is almost upon us, kicking off with a live showcase before splintering into a "season" of disparate publisher events in the absence of E3. But first that showcase, which is now confirmed to be two hours in length, and featuring at least a couple of "pretty big" things.

Yuke's, the renowned Japanese developer responsible for nearly two decades of popular WWE games, marks its return to the wrestling genre next month, when AEW: Fight Forever launches fo Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC on 29th June.

China has approved Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

2023 continues to be something of a Bad Year for PC gaming, with Alex recently returning to Jedi Survivor to see if the game's long-standing shader compilation stutters have been fixed and performance has been improved. That's the first news topic on this week's DF Direct show, with Alex concluding that while frame-rates have climbed ever higher after subsequent patches, the core stutter issue has not been solved - and that hitching detracts from the Metroidvania-esque joy of discovering new areas. It's a shame then, but a topic that we've covered before in some detail - so the focus of this blog will be on another PC gaming topic covered by Alex, John and Rich in this week's episode: the recent RTX 4060 and 4060 Ti announcement.

Actress Tati Gabrielle is set to play the iconic Jade in New Line's forthcoming film Mortal Kombat 2.