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505 Games has announced silly sci-fi adventure Journey to the Savage Planet is coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on 14th February in a new Employee of the Month Edition, introducing 4K support, a smattering of new content, and more.

Developer Fatshark has delayed Warhammer 40,000: Darktide's upcoming Xbox Series X/S release, saying it has made the decision to spend the next few months solely addressing fan feedback after the game "fell short" of expectations.

Mimimi Games, the studio behind the superb Desperados 3 and Shadow Tactics: Blade of the Shogun, has unveiled its latest foray into the world of stealth-strategy: zombie pirate adventure Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew.

Riot has offered an update to last week's cyber attack on its systems, confirming that while source code for League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics is currently being held ransom, it remains "confident" no player data was compromised.

Episode two of The Last of Us aired this week and, while it continues to follow the game's narrative, there are changes made that could have interesting implications.

Life is Strange 2 will launch for Nintendo Switch on 2nd February, publisher Square Enix has announced.

DF Direct Weekly returns for its 95th instalment today and while we do discuss the layoffs at Microsoft, the PSVR2 launch window line-up, and the death of Stadia, our major topic for discussion concerns the rising min-spec requirements for PC games. Forspoken and Returnal are two of the latest titles to reveal their recommended specs and there's a growing sense that some developers may be failing to deliver the kind of scalability required to ensure good performance across a cross-section of mainstream PC hardware. So what's the reality of the situation - and are PC min specs truly out of control?

If you haven't already had your fungal fill this week, why not head over to Google and type in a quick search for The Last of Us.

Don't expect to get your hands on The Lord of the Rings: Gollum any time before April.

Elden Ring's Crumbling Farum Azula has been recreated in Halo Infinite's Forge mode.

Dead Space hero Isaac Clarke is now available to play as in Fortnite, ahead of his appearance in the franchise's upcoming remake which launches this Friday.

Why has nobody done this before? The moment I type this I start to suspect that maybe they have. Wasn't there an early card-based entry in the Apple Arcade line-up that did something similar? Wasn't there a...

CD Projekt Red's own Paweł Sasko has stated fan criticism about Cyberpunk 2077's relatively linear story is "completely justified".

Early designs of Sonic the Hedgehog have been shared by original designer Naoto Ohshima, revealing Sonic began life as a child with spiky blue hair.

French unions representing Ubisoft Paris staff are pushing ahead with plans for an employee walkout, with a date of this Friday, 27th January now set.

World of Warcraft Classic lead Brian Birmingham has parted ways with Blizzard after voicing concerns about the company's "forced" stack-ranking policy.

As part of the ongoing FTC lawsuit against Microsoft's buyout of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft has served Sony a subpoena to divulge confidential business details.

NBA All-World, the next game to launch from Pokémon Go developer Niantic, will arrive for smartphone devices worldwide from today.

The next, currently unannounced, game from Tango Gameworks has leaked ahead of Microsoft's Xbox and Bethesda Developer_Direct event tomorrow night.

During the Christmas break, I had a morning routine of helping my mum and then settling down for another five minutes of Lil Gator Game on my Switch. Maybe ten minutes. Or fifteen. And then a few more during the day in between writing sessions. And then sometimes a quick blast at night when going through the new If Books Could Kill podcast. I was hooked. Those mysterious days between the Christmas break and the start of a new year always feel more freeing and relaxed, like a long, unexpected weekend during childhood.

Following HBO's announcement last week that The Last of Us was its second most-watched premiere in over a decade, the broadcaster has revealed that Episode 2 secured the largest week-two audience growth for an HBO Original drama series in its history.

Sega has launched a mysterious new website that appears to be teasing a revival of cult arcade and Dreamcast release Cosmic Smash.

Supermassive Games has announced a three-week delay for Dark Pictures: Switchback VR, which is now expected to release on 16th March.

Thunderful Games has unveiled SteamWorld Build - the latest entry in its acclaimed, genre-hopping SteamWorld series - which promises to serve up a mix of "SimCity with Dungeon Keeper" when it comes to PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, and Switch later this year.

I'll be honest: when I heard the new SteamWorld game was a sort of city builder, I was a little bit disappointed. I love this series, and I wanted more of the core SteamWorld games. I wanted to venture out and dig deep into the ground, uncovering mysteries and earning upgrades.

In 2012, Square-Enix unveiled a tech demo designed to showcase what the then next-generation of consoles might be able to deliver from a visual perspective. The demo was called Agni's Philosophy and it was our first taste of the Luminous Engine which would go on to power the gorgeous Final Fantasy 15. A second demo, known as Witch Chapter 0, was created and shown three years later, focusing on the same lead character while expanding its technology. Now, more than ten years later, this convergence of technology and world building come together in a shipping game: Forspoken. Powered by Luminous Engine and inspired by the world of Agni's Philosophy, Forspoken channels a different era of Square-Enix, when new concepts flowed freely, bound not by the Finality of its most popular Fantasy series. In that sense, Forspoken melds Japanese design with Western sensibilities to create a unique fusion.

Another week means another discussion doing the rounds on the internet. No, not that one, though I've made my stance on the issue pretty clear.

Forspoken doesn't leave a great first impression. The restrictive opening chapters, poor pacing, and that PS5 demo do it no favours, and things didn't click until the campaign was nearly over. I might've stopped sooner on a casual playthrough - but I'm glad I saw it through. Once things did click, I couldn't turn away, and since Forspoken isn't a long action-RPG it is at least one worth sticking with once you start - this is the type of game where you won't always find the smoothest journey, but the build-up eventually pays off.

EA is battling leaks of its Dead Space remake ahead of its release later this week.

Sales of The Last of Us Part 1 surged last week, thanks to the launch of HBO's new TV adaptation.