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Microsoft has said it will appeal today's shock decision by UK regulators to block its $68.7bn Activision Blizzard acquisition - but how will this work, and could it still be a success?

Blizzard has confirmed the final Diablo 4 PC system requirements.

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has responded to this morning's stunning decision by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to block Microsoft's $69bn acquisition deal.

Indie game developer Young Horses has released four of its games for free, each of which is available on Steam right now.

EA has revealed the accessibility options it's added to Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, including a Slow Mode toggle to ease both combat and platforming.

Microsoft's $68.7bn Activision Blizzard deal has been dramatically blocked by UK regulators, following a months-long investigation.

Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 gets Plunder mode today, Activision has announced.

Later today, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is set to give its verdict on Microsoft's proposed $69bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

Flashback 2 comes out in November on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, Nintendo Switch and PC, publisher Microids has announced.

Five of the Best is a weekly series for supporters. It's a series about highlighting some of the features in games that are often overlooked. It's also a series about you having your say, so don't be shy, use the comments below and join in!

Microsoft's gaming revenue fell four percent and Xbox hardware revenue declined 30 percent in the latest financial quarter, the company has reported.

It's a sign of how popular Genshin Impact has become that Honkai: Star Rail is discussed more like its sequel than the fourth entry in the Honkai series. Along with a complete tonal 180 from the 'Breath of the Wild clone' derison Genshin Impact drew at launch, these constant comparisons can understandably irk some Honkai Impact 3rd players, but it's really tough to separate the two due to how similar they are. Cut out all of the annoying grinding and open world from Genshin, then whack it in a blender with turn-based combat and a squeeze of Honkai lore, et voilà, you've made a Star Rail smoothie. Not exactly a healthy one, when considering your precious gaming time, but healthier than falling off another cliff because your stamina bar depleted again on your third day farming for character materials.

Microsoft Flight Simulator has released its latest World Update, this time bringing geographical enhancements and handcrafted landmarks to 13 countries and 28 non-sovereign territories across its digital rendition of Oceania and Antartica.

It barely seems like yesterday, developer Rusty Lake was wowing us with its wonderfully inventive co-operative puzzler The Past Within, but now the studio is back to announced its next adventure, Undergound Blossom, coming later this year.

Obsidian's pint-sized garden survival adventure Grounded is back with its big 1.2 update, this time adding the likes of wasps, a construction gnat (exactly what it sounds like), and Steam Deck verification, fixing some previously troublesome issues on Valve's handheld.

Dead Island 2 is something of a cross-platform success story, offering reasonable image quality and performance across both last-gen and current-gen consoles - so how does it fare on PC? Does it buck the trend of recent Unreal Engine 4 releases by delivering a stable, performant experience, or is it another disappointing PC port in the 2023 #StutterStruggle saga?

Sega is readying itself for a summer of maraca-shaking mayhem it moves to bring its classic rhythm-action game Samba de Amigo to Switch - and ahead of its arrival, the publisher has revealed 20 of the 40 tracks it'll be shipping with on launch day.

Netflix has released its first teaser trailer for the third season of The Witcher, the last to feature Henry Cavill as Geralt.

Star Trek: Resurgence comes out 23rd May for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One and on PC via the Epic Games Store, Dramatic Labs announced.

After its initial reveal on April 1st this year, Asus is finally ready to shed more light on its ROG Ally handheld gaming PC, which launches on May 11th and will be sold by Currys in the UK. The Steam Deck competitor looks to be a more premium device than Valve's offering, with a faster AMD Ryzen Z1 series processor, seven-inch 1080p 120Hz touch screen and Windows 11 - but no price has yet been announced.

Like the streets of New York, Los Angeles is one of those cities that even if you've never stepped foot in the place, you still instantly recognise its landmarks. We visit LA an awful lot in games, too - as recently as last week, I was battering the brains of the undead cops that patrol up and down Venice Beach in Dead Island 2 - but I've never seen LA like this. A luscious, leafy paradise where the palm trees sway and the turquoise waters glisten and molten lava dribbles down the hillside beneath that iconic sign. Though known now as Burning Shores, ghosts of the LA we know so well still remain if you know where to look.

The ongoing feud between Blizzard and NetEase ramped up this week after reports out of China suggested NetEase had filed a lawsuit against the World of Warcraft maker demanding £35m.

We are just a mere few weeks away from Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's launch, and in anticipation Nintendo has released a new TV spot.

Diablo 4 hardcore characters who die in PvP suffer permadeath, Blizzard has signalled.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre - Friday the 13th: The Game publisher Gun Interactive's latest stab at the asymmetrical multiplayer horror genre - arrives on 18th August and will be included as part of Xbox Game Pass on release.

Fandom has responded to Horizon Forbidden West Burning Shores' recent review bombing on Metacritic.

A demo for innovative first-person puzzle game Viewfinder is now available on Steam.

EA has called on the internet to avoid posting Star Wars Jedi: Survivor spoilers after an apparent leak of the game ahead of its release.

Starting Tchia is an experience. The music starts, you realise the entire game is voiced in French and Drehu, and you know it's a game built on passion. If you're like me, however, starting Tchia also involves encountering the unreadable text in its options menus.

A "supermajority" of employees at Sega of America have announced plans to unionise, with the aim of securing higher base pay, improved benefits, and a number of other goals.