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Reuniting developer Massive Entertainment and its Snowdrop Engine technology, Star Wars Outlaws is a sprawling, bounty-hunting, TIE-fighter-battling adventure across a galaxy far, far away. It's built just for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Series S and PC - a true next-gen effort - and all of the highlights of this particular engine return.

Square Enix's Splatoon-a-like 4v4 multiplayer shooter Foamstars is transitioning from a premium title to a free-to-play game on 4th October, just eight months after its initial release.

Astro Bot is set to make its debut in less than two short weeks time (Eee!) and ahead of this, the team has shed more light on those adorable PlayStation cameos we can expect to meet on release

Today's double-feature of a Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase and Indie World brought a smattering of new announcements, as the Switch heads into its final Christmas.

Digital Eclipse, the developer behind the likes of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration and Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, has unveiled another entry in its critically acclaimed series of interactive documentaries, this time focusing on legendary puzzler Tetris. It's called Tetris Forever, and it's coming to PC and "multiple" consoles this winter.

Amazon Prime Gaming is offering members the chance to scoop up three games set in Lord of the Rings' Middle-earth at no additional cost.

UPDATE 27/08/24: Following last week's reports of a MySims remaster for Switch, EA and Nintendo have made it official. EA's fondly remembered life sim series comes to Switch in a two-game bundle - officially titled the MySims Cozy Bundle - on 19th November.

PowerWash Simulator's collaborations continue this autumn, when players can whip out their squirters and give Shrek's fairytale world a good hose down in a brand-new paid DLC.

Sabotage Studio has revealed the free DLC heading to Sea of Stars next year.

After numerous leaks, Pokémon Go developer Niantic has finally lifted the lid on the game's highly-anticipated next season, Max Out, which adds more Gen 8 creatures and the huge new Dynamax feature.

The sad and beautiful wolf adventure Neva has a release date.

A new trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has been released, giving us a proper look at Shadow the Hedgehog and a chance to hear his voice for the first time. You can check out the trailer below.

Join us to watch today's Indie World & Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase, live at 3pm UK time. (That's 7am Pacific, or 10am Eastern.)

Alien: Romulus and The Last of Us Part 2 have a bit of an unexpected connection.

A new report on Toys for Bob has claimed Crash Bandicoot 5 was cancelled in favour of live-service online games.

Having been officially revealed in a very un-fanfare-y way this weekend, a Valve developer has given us all an extra peek at a prototype of the studio's hero-shooter Deadlock.

Xbox is expanding its accessibility range with new accessories, including the Xbox Adaptive Joystick and 3D printable thumbstick toppers.

Black Myth: Wukong has had a hand in breaking yet another new record.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle wasn't playable at Gamescom 2024 - but that didn't stop MachineGames' upcoming adventure leaving a huge impression on the preceedings nonetheless.

Considering its huge success during its first week, it's no surprise that modders are already busy tinkering with Black Myth: Wukong.

PlayStation multiplayer shooter Concord has suffered a terrible launch on Steam, where just 660 people played concurrently over the weekend at the game's peak.

A new Nintendo Direct broadcast will air tomorrow, Tuesday 27th August, at 3pm UK time.

Gamescom 2024's Opening Night Live was a lacklustre event - but one announcement changed everythiong. As the event moved into its final few minutes, new footage of the extremely promising Indiana Jones and the Great Circle was shown, with an announcement that the game arrives in December, followed by a PlayStation 5 launch in Spring 2025. It signals a clear intent from Microsoft for Xbox to embrace a multi-platform future - and the response was mixed, to say the least. Change is always accompanied by uncertainty, but the Xbox strategy is coming into focus now and I think the choices are sound. However, questions surround the role of the Xbox itself - as a console - as the firm moves ever closer to full multi-platform publishing.

If nothing else, I've had a wonderful time playing Sabacc. The new variant, Kessel Sabacc, invented for Star Wars Outlaws is infinitely moreish, a simple card game that takes elements of Blackjack and Poker and a few others, and blends them into an eminently snackable bit of video game gambling. In the simplest terms, four players are each dealt a hand of two cards and take turns, through three rounds, to attempt to make a pair of the two lowest numbers possible. Drawing a new card costs a token, as does coming anywhere but first at the end of each set of rounds. When you're out of tokens you're out of the game; last player standing wins. I could play it all day.

Amazon has dropped a free 18-minute behind-the-scenes peek at the making of the first season of Amazon Prime's Fallout TV show.

Here at Digital Foundry, we've already gone into depth on Black Myth: Wukong's high-end PC experience, with 'full RT' (ie path-traced) lighting - but the fact is that the vast majority of the audience will be using mainstream-level PC hardware. Thankfully, the game can scale and we've put together some optimised settings for you that allow you to enjoy a beautiful experience without being short-changed from the maxed out experience... well, the maxed out non-RT experience.

More Call of Duty Black Ops 6 footage has leaked online, this time purporting to be from its multiplayer mode.

Good news, shooter fans - Deadlock finally officially exists.

Heroes of Might & Magic, Ubisoft's long-running turn-based strategy series, is returning for an eighth mainline instalment in 2025, just in time to celebrate the series' 30th anniversary.

Those lucky enough to secure a ticket to visit Nintendo's museum are in for a bonus treat: all eligible tickets will include a portrait of their Mii character.