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UPDATE 21/3/22: The itch.io Bundle for Ukraine has now wrapped up with more than $6.3m raised - that's over six times the bundle's original $1m target.

It's no secret that Hidetaka Miyazaki loves poison swamps as much as we love his games. His self-confessed masochistic streak compels him to keep adding them. Even Dark Souls 2, which wasn't directed by Miyazaki, didn't give us respite from these sludgy slimepits. If it's a Soulsborne: Ring Dies Twice game from From Software, it'll have at least one poison swamp.

Elden Ring players are being advised to turn off online play after reports that some PC players are being hacked by invaders that ruin their save.

Netflix has revealed a new Tekken anime series will premiere later this year.

Epic Games has dropped details of Fortnite's new Chapter 3 Season 2, which includes the surprising news that it has temporarily removed building from the battle royale's main mode.

A new Microsoft Edge for Linux beta now permits the browser to run Xbox Cloud Gaming and stream Game Pass games on Steam Deck.

Earlier this week, a brace of games from developer Treasure made their way to the Nintendo Switch Online's service, which is all the excuse we needed to celebrate the beloved Japanese studio. They've been remarkably quiet in recent years, with nothing but re-releases since 2014, but that shouldn't stop us enjoying its remarkable past, especially now once elusive and expensive games such as Sin & Punishment and Radiant Silvergun can be played relatively easily.

Capcom has confirmed there's a "definitive" update heading to Street Fighter 5.

There's both good and bad news for Final Fantasy 14 fans: the good news is that the date for the next Letter from the Producer Live presentation from Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki Yoshida has been set. The bad news is that it's 1st April.

Call of Duty: Warzone's Rebirth Island is getting a "facelift" next week.

There are "no plans" to scale back the development of Babylon's Fall despite its less than stellar launch earlier this month.

If you've been running around the Lands Between, confident you've successfully whacked every potential illusory wall, I have bad news - it turns out that at least one secret opening requires you to strike it at least 50 times.

Bandai Namco Mobile is trialling a four-day working week.

It's only been a day, but already Humble Bundle's Stand with Ukraine bundle, has already generated over £3 million to aid humanitarian efforts following Russia's violent and illegal invasion of Ukraine.

In the face of a dwindling player base for fantasy MMO New World following its barnstorming launch last September, Amazon Games has shared a "broad overview" of its content release plans for the game's next three seasons in 2022.

Activision Blizzard - which continues its attempts to reassert itself following many months of shocking allegations it had fostered a company culture where sexual harassment, assault, and inappropriate behaviour were able to thrive - has announced its previously detailed Overwatch 2 beta will launch on 26th April.

Humble Games has launched its new Stand With Ukraine bundle, which will see 100% of its proceeds donated to support the humanitarian efforts currently taking place in Ukraine following Russia's devastating invasion of the country.

Grand Theft Auto 5 arrived this week with a new update designed to leverage the capabilities of the new wave of games consoles. That's quite the thing: we're talking about a title that first launched in 2013 on PS3 and Xbox 360 before being revamped for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. With the arrival of this new premium edition, Rockstar's mega-selling game now arrives on its third generation of gaming hardware with the promise of three quality modes, including the addition of hardware accelerated ray tracing features.

Ubisoft has announced a new cloud computing project it calls Ubisoft Scalar, which it says will be the basis for even bigger game worlds.

Red Candle Games, the developer behind critically acclaimed horror outings Detention and Devotion, has shared a first trailer - and launched a crowdfunding campaign - for its previously revealed "Taopunk" action-platformer Nine Sols, which it's aiming to release in Q3 next year.

It's hard to believe that Mario Kart 8 is coming up to eight years old. Yet it's also hard to imagine a time before it; like only a small handful of titles before it, Mario Kart 8 is a constant that's become woven into my life, one of those rare forever games that's always by my side. The weekly Mario Kart meet-ups might be no more - so much time has passed since the original came out on the Wii U that most of the group that used to squeeze into my shed for boozy four-player sessions have moved onto more adult pursuits, or moved out of the country altogether - but I'll still boot it up regularly for an online race or two.

After more than 24 hours offline - rendering a game whose single-player mode needs an internet connection almost entirely unplayable - Gran Turismo 7's big patch is finally live and, as feared, it nerfs the credit payout of several events that had become favourite grinding spots for players.

Microsoft looks to be quietly removing the ability for Xbox users to upload gameplay clips straight from their consoles to Twitter.

Triangle Strategy has sold 800k copies globally in its first two weeks.

After an hour in its presence, I'm a bit disappointed with Trek to Yomi. I expected something drenched in the influence of Akira Kurosawa, given the black and white styling of the game and samurai subject matter - something thoughtful and slow. But what I found in the short time I spent with it was something predictable, unimaginative, and a little dull.

Gran Turismo 7 went dark yesterday as servers went offline for scheduled maintenance that was then extended until further notice. This maintenance is still on going more than 24 hours later, locking people out of the game.

Amazon and Smilegate have shared a message with Lost Ark's players, following growing concerns within its community that the game was beginning to feel "pay-to-win".

Many of the NPCs in Elden Ring wear masks or hoods, but one dataminer has now uncovered their real faces.

Ubisoft has now set a "late spring" release window for Roller Champions, its long-in-development team-based skating game that's a bit like Rocket League.

Brilliant adventure game A Plague Tale is being turned into a TV show.