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UPDATE 21/4/22: Nintendo has now responded to the filing of an official complaint which alleged company interference in an employees efforts to unionise. The company has said the claim was made by a former employee who was fired by Nintendo - but that the person in question was terminated for disclosing "confidential information and for no other reason".

When Rockstar announced that West-coast rapper Dr Dre would be starring in his own campaign in Grand Theft Auto Online, very few expected him to release a whole EP of music in the game.

"There were some comments that came up on Twitter after the game was released saying ‘Oh, she's ugly, she's not very attractive, I'm not interested in her'," says Jane Perry, the voice of Returnal's lead character Selene.

F1 has entered its new era in fairly convincing fashion, with the 2022 season delivering some great action and a revised order - and now, as the circus rocks up at Imola for the start of the European season EA Sports has lifted the lid on this year's model of the official game.

Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One is coming to PS4 later this month, but the Xbox One version has been cancelled.

343 Industries has unveiled an early look at what Halo Infinite players can expect from Season 2, which is due to arrive on 3rd May.

Paradox will launch a Shadowrun Trilogy compilation for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on 21st June.

Five months after the game's release, Battlefield 2042 finally has voice chat (VoIP) support.

Gearbox has announced its acquisition of independent video game studio Lost Boys, adding more than 220 team members to its numbers. Gearbox's headcount now sits at roughly 1300, with that figure only expected to keep on rising.

Capcom's games are selling so well, the publisher has revised its earnings forecast.

Poor Ciro Immobile. He must barely be processing his national team’s non-attendance at the World Cup after winning the Euros last year. The last thing he needed was for me to pick him for my Dream Team campaign in eFootball 2022’s Season 1 update. A lone superstar in a squad of 40-something-rated no names, his has been a campaign of frustration and impotent rage. We have that in common, Ciro and I.

JRPG fans are going to be in for a treat this summer, as Digimon Survive will be releasing on 29th July. So, yes, the very same day as fellow JRPG, Xenoblade Chronicles 3. It is safe to say that wasn't planned, but there we go.

Amidst headlines over its plummeting subscriber numbers, Netflix has announced its next game project: a mobile version of hit card game Exploding Kittens.

EA has rushed to pull pre-alpha footage of Skate 4 which was leaked online last night.

Accessibility options have been added to Quake, 26 years after the original game was released.

Marvel's Moon Knight is the latest Fortnite crossover, coinciding with the character's so-so new Disney+ show.

Bluehole's MMO TERA is shutting down, after almost 10 years of service outside of South Korea.

Back in January, Hazelight Studios' acclaimed It Takes Two was revealed to be getting the film and television adaptation treatment, and it's now being reported Amazon will be handling development of the movie, with Dwayne Johnson potentially set to star.

Paradox Interactive's acclaimed Medieval grand strategy game Crusader Kings 3 is setting its sights on Spain and Portugal for its next DLC, the Fate of Iberia Flavour Pack, which arrives on 31st May alongside a big free update for all players.

Following reports earlier this week that Microsoft is considering introducing ads to free-to-play games on Xbox, a new report has surfaced claiming Sony has been working on its own plan to do the same with its PlayStation games.

Remember last week when I told you publisher Deep Silver and developer Volition had a showcase all about the customisation coming in the Saints Row reboot? Well, it's here, and boy has it delivered.

If you've been hankering for more quality VR action to shove your face into, there's a good chance you might find something to your liking in Meta's latest Quest-focused virtual reality showcase, broadcast earlier today. And if you missed its selection of reveals and gameplay, have no fear! You'll find all its announcements - including word on Ghostbusters VR, Red Matter 2, Moss 2, Resident Evil 4's Mercenaries mode, and a follow-up to Boneworks - conveniently gathered together for your perusal below.

Resident Evil 4's Mercenaries mode arrives today as part of the Meta Quest 2 version of Capcom's classic, via a free update with brand new content made specifically for this VR version. The announcement came via the just-finished Meta Gaming Showcase event - and you can play the mode for yourself now, or watch our Ian try it for himself just below.

Developer Ludeon Studios' widely acclaimed sci-fi colony sim RimWorld has had its Refused Classification status rescinded in Australia following a successful appeal, meaning its effective ban in the region has been overturned.

Guerrilla has released another patch for Horizon Forbidden West, and this one will stop players from getting stuck in the bathroom within the Base.

Metroid Prime 3 was once an open world game, but it fell through because Nintendo didn't understand what a bounty hunter is.

Unreal Engine 5 recently emerged from early access, with a full version now available to games creators. Simultaneously, the 'city sample' portion from the brilliant The Matrix Awakens demo was also released, giving users a chance to get to grips with MetaHuman crowds and large-scale AI in a vast open world, with buildings, roads and more created via procedural generation. In short, Epic is opening up a staggering wealth of new technologies to all and UE5 is, effectively, the first paradigm shift in games development seen since the arrival of the new consoles. So what have we learned from this release? Put simply: it's demanding. Very demanding.

Sonic Origins is a compilation of four remastered Sega classics, and it's due on 23rd June for Nintendo Switch, PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

Spoiler warning: This piece contains spoilers for Unsighted.

Destiny fans are hoping to find a clue to Bungie's next project buried in Destiny 2.