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Nintendo Switch Sports originally had players as robots instead of human characters.

Gotham Knights' development team has addressed the recent criticism surrounding its depiction of Barbara Gordon.

UPDATE 27/5/22: Valve has acknowledged yesterday's #SaveTF2 protest by fans, intended to highlight the bot-ridden state of Team Fortress 2.

Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've found ourselves playing over the last few days. This time: alien oceans, arenas of light and mountaineering.

Ever since its unveiling in 2020, Dead Space creator Glen Schofield's sci-fi horror The Callisto Protocol has conjured images of Dead Space, so it was a bit of a surprise when, due to various studio connections, it was announced the game would be set in the PUBG Universe. That, however, is no longer the case, with Schofield now saying it's its "own story and world".

Legendary actor Ray Liotta, who made a memorable impact on the world of gaming as the voice of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City protagonist Tommy Vercetti in 2002, has died aged 67.

Minecraft's long-awaited The Wild Update - which includes two new biomes, new mobs, and various other delights - finally has a release date, and will be launching on 7th June.

Budding urban planners that somehow still haven't found their way toward Colossal Order's enormously entertaining city builder Cities: Skylines now have no excuse. You can pick up the base game and almost all its DLC on PC for around £16 in the latest Humble charity bundle.

As part of its latest earnings report, CD Projekt has shared a revised breakdown of the projects currently occupying the studio's time, confirming the "bulk of" its development capacity is now focused on Cyberpunk 2077's story expansion, which is still expected to launch next year.

Following some extended gameplay earlier this month, the developers behind Gotham Knights have given more of an insight into the designs of Nightwing's glider and Red Hood's (somewhat surprising) mystic leap.

BioShock: The Collection is this week's free mystery game on the Epic Games Store.

Hidetaka Miyazaki had a boss-first approach when designing Elden Ring's open world.

Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive has revealed its new mobile game Jurassic World Primal Ops.

Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé has shared a damning verdict of the games industry's lack of progress in diversity.

An Elden Ring player has managed to defeat every boss in the game in just one hit.

Fortnite has now confirmed its next live event, dubbed Collision, will take place on Saturday 4th June at 9pm UK time. As ever, this is a one-time only affair - if you miss out, well, you'll just have to watch a recap on YouTube.

Supermassive Games has announced the online multiplayer component for its upcoming release The Quarry has been delayed.

Amazon has announced the new games coming to its Prime Gaming service this June.

Hello! Welcome back to the Video Game City Week. In this piece, Matthew makes the case for including Shenmue's harbour in our ultimate video game metropolis. And, if you wanted more Shenmue in your city, while not check out Aamir's piece on Hotel Niaowu from earlier in the week?

EA has addressed its public silence on abortion rights, as the US Supreme Court decides whether to controversially overturn the country's key Roe v Wade ruling.

Absurd multiplayer game Party Animals is still set for a release this year, despite being in "production hell".

It looks like PS5 exclusive Returnal may be heading to PC.

Double Fine Productions has released ports of Psychonauts 2 for Mac and Linux.

A Horizon Zero Dawn TV project is in the works for Netflix, Sony has announced.

A PS4 and PS5 rating for Resistance: Retribution has been spotted in Korea, suggesting it will likely be added to Sony's PS Plus subscription.

Belarusian-based developer Sad Cat Studio has been forced to delay its upcoming game, Replaced, until 2023 due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Sony is set to release two more live service games before the end of this fiscal year, according to a new presentation from exec Jim Ryan.

PC and mobile games will make up almost half of PlayStation's overall game releases by 2025, Sony said in a recent investor meeting.

This week's initial rollout of Sony's new PlayStation Plus - limited, so far, to countries in Asia - has been plagued by complaints from fans who stacked subscriptions ahead of time and unexpectedly found Sony wanted them to cough up the difference when converting their membership to its new tiers.

Sony has announced that its upcoming PlayStation VR2 will have over 20 first-party and third-party games available at launch.