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Black Myth: WuKong is set to launch in summer 2024.

Early gameplay snippets of Atomic Heart looked almost too good to be true, with surreal scenes of robotic madness that seemed far too gorgeous to have been created by a tiny team of unknown developers. Was it all a hoax? I certainly wasn't the only person wondering that when the game was first announced back in 2018.

Yesterday, news broke that NetEase had been forced to largely disband its team of people working on Activision Blizzard games in China, after negotiations failed to extend the life of hit titles such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and Overwatch in the country.

"A lot of the people we work with have had a lifetime of not being able to do things that they're capable of doing, that they want to do and they're seeing their brother and sister do, and they're seeing all their mates do, but they're unable to actually join in. A lot of people come to us like that, and a lot of them have actually given up all hope. Their self image, basically, is of somebody who says, 'I can't do this.' And it's been going on for years.

It's been a long old wait, but HBO's live-action TV adaptation of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us is finally here - and, following this weekend's barnstorming premiere episode, HBO has teased some of the horrors to come in its latest trailer.

Mageseeker: A League of Legends Story, an unannounced new title from Riot Games' Riot Forge label, has been leaked by the South Korean ratings board.

Retro spruce-up The House of the Dead: Remake is heading to PlayStation 5 this Friday, 20th January, promising "adjusted" graphics and performance.

With Valheim's long-awaited Mistlands biome finally here, developer Iron Gate Studio has opened up a little about what's next, sharing initial plans for the acclaimed early access viking survival game next biome, the Ashlands, in its latest blog update.

Six years is a decent run for a console - even more so for a machine based on what was already out-dated technology - so is it time for Nintendo to replace Nintendo Switch with a next-gen successor? That's the key topic covered in DF Direct Weekly today, as myself, John Linneman and Alex Battaglia take a look at the machine's current titles and wonder what might happen next.

When I was pregnant with my daughter, I did not realise it for a while. My dog, however, knew straight away. He became protective of me, constantly under my feet or curling up across my lap as soon as I sat down. He would not leave my side, and I did not understand why.

Microsoft will next need to defend its $68.7bn bid to buy Activision Blizzard in front of the EU, a fresh report has claimed.

Max Verstappen has called this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual 'a clown show' after the high-profile sim racing event once again suffered server issues that saw two red flags that stopped racing and numerous disconnects that took teams out of contention - including reigning F1 world champion Verstappen's Team Redline, whose retirement inspired a polemic aimed towards the organisers Motorsport Games and the rFactor 2 platform on which the event was hosted.

This year's Awesome Games Done Quick speedrunning event raised over $2.6m for Prevent Cancer Foundation.

Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition is on its way to the Epic Games Store, according to a leak.

The team of people who worked on Blizzard games in China as part of NetEase has been "dissolved", a new report claims.

Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle will soon be delisted across all platforms due to an inability to renew the license.

If you've just watched the first episode of The Last of Us and are keen to experience the game (or are in need of a reminder), don't forget there's a trial of The Last of Us Part One for PlayStation Plus subscribers.

The ambitious and long-awaited Skyblivion fan modding project will release by 2025 "at the latest", its team has now said.

The long-awaited but still nebulous Beyond Good & Evil 2 remains in development at Ubisoft despite last week's round of game cancellations.

Don't ask how long Sail Forth lasts. Don't check out its average playtime. Just give yourself to it, ten minutes here and there, and let it become a watery companion through your days and nights, the sun-baked memories of it lapping at your dreams and waking thoughts.

It looks like we may get more information about WWE 2K23 at the end of this month, and rumour has it, the latest instalment of the wrestling series will release in March 2023.

Good news, Simpsons fans - the full soundtrack from The Simpsons Hit & Run is now available on Spotify and Apple Music.

Here's a mash-up you didn't expect: WWE bundles are now available in Rainbow Six Siege.

With the impending release of Sony's PSVR 2 headset, there are sure to be plenty of people out there who are about to indulge in the wonders of virtual reality for the very first time. If that sounds like you, then you're in for a massive treat because VR is amazing, but if you want to get the most out of it, you will need to learn to walk before you can run.

Amazon Games and Smilegate have confirmed that a recent ban wave has "incorrectly" targeted lapsed Lost Ark players.

Someone has recreated a complete rendition of Toto's Africa using pixel art and Minecraft note blocks.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 may not have released until the end of October, but it's now officially the biggest-selling game of 2022 in the US.

Striking Distance Studios' debut game, The Callisto Protocol, has reportedly failed to hit its sales targets, forcing Krafton's investors to "lower their target stock prices".

Something I love about clay modelling is that you can see your fingerprints in the final product. I'm not very good at modelling, so I couldn't remove the marks even if I wanted to. But because of this, no matter the shape or ambition, each little thing I make feels distinctly my own. Indie games have this same quality. Filled with carefully crafted art and personal writing, each one feels touched and moulded, so much so that you can tell one artist's work from another within only a few minutes. Frog Detective, a pocket-sized series of interactive mysteries from the minds of Grace Bruxner and Thomas Bowker, is covered in these digital fingerprints.

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