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Paradox Interactive, the developer behind Crusader Kings, Hearts of Iron and Europa Universalis, has released the external report it commissioned into its own working practices following the results of a damning staff survey last year published in Swedish daily newspaper Svenska Dagbladet and on Eurogamer, where staff shared their experiences.

4A Games' Metro Exodus has now sold over 6m copies since its initial release in 2019.

EA believes Halo Infinite contributed to the dismal sales of Battlefield 2042.

Amongst the many midlife crises I've stacked up in recent years - most of which have been accelerated by the pandemic - is a growing fascination with the world of synths. It started with one of Teenage Engineering's Pocket Operators, gathered momentum with a Volca then became a thing with a couple of Roland's boutique models - and next thing you know I'm driving a van to Tunbridge Wells to pick up a mint example of Casio's 1985 CZ-5000. Given how it's now hard to move in my shed for it all, it might have started to become a bit of a problem.

This is your public service announcement: new, unauthorised, Elden Ring footage and various screenshots have made their way out into the wild, and as such there are spoilers out there.

Further changes are coming to Marvel's Avengers, though Square Enix isn't ready to reveal a full roadmap.

Next up in Souls Week is another game that takes inspiration from the series. Sam Greer makes the case for Nioh 2.

I was a hearty 40-year-old when I walked into the Museum; a spry 68 when I walked out. No, I am not Dorian Gray. This is Sifu, a China-set martial arts revenge fable from French developer Sloclap, in which every "death" shaves another few years off your life, care of an enchanted pendant. In this case, the culprit was the Museum's artist-in-residence - one of five assassins who murder your character's father and destroy his Pak Mei Kung Fu school in the prologue, sparking a quest for payback that may last a single day or a lifetime, depending on your dexterity.

Dying Light 2 is an ugly game. Taking place some 15 years after Techland's parkour-fuelled 2015 open world original, it's set against a world completely ravaged by the viral outbreak that began back in Harran, where disputes are solved with a rusty iron pipe to the head and the people holed up in the small number of mediaeval settlements barricaded against the breakout are well beyond hope (this is a grimly prescient thing in more ways than one).

Following a fierce community backlash, EA has announced it will be reversing its decision to skip the launch of The Sims 4's new wedding-themed DLC in Russia - a move it originally claimed to be making due to the country's restrictive laws around LGBT+ content - and is delaying the release of the expansion in all territories to next Wednesday, 23rd February.

Although it would admittedly be entirely forgivable if you'd forgotten about The Last of Us' live-action TV adaptation given the sheer tsunami of other video game adaptations in the works right now, those that'd been hoping to see Sony's acclaimed blockbuster brought to life on the small-to-mid-sized screen at some point this year will have to wait a little longer - HBO has now confirmed the series won't be airing until next year at least.

If you've doggedly remained an avid user of your Windows Phone, routinely playing your Windows Phone games into the small hours, you might wish to know that Microsoft will no longer be supporting its Xbox Live services on the platform from May.

Registrations for the Nintendo Switch Sports online play tests are now open.

One of Wordle's joys is the fact everyone everywhere is guessing the same daily word. It keeps the game as a water-cooler (or passive agressive Twitter) discussion point, and ensures everyone's precious play streaks sit on the same level playing field.

Six years after its launch, there's a hell of a lot to love about No Man's Sky; its rudimentary combat system, however, isn't really one of them, barely having evolved since the exploratory space sim's initial release back in 2016. That, though, is set to change with today's new Sentinel update, which brings with an much-needed combat overhaul along with AI mechs and robotic drone pals, plus other miscellaneous combat-focused additions.

The director of The Witcher 3 and other former CD Projekt staff have founded a new studio, Rebel Wolves, to work on a "AAA dark fantasy" role-playing game.

Hello! Welcome back to Souls Week. When we asked writers if they had anything to say about From Software's work for this series, a surprising amount of people wanted to write about games that were influenced by the Souls games, but which fractured those influences in strange and fascinating ways. As a result, we're mixing in a few pieces about Soulslike games, along with the discussion of the main Souls titles.

A free update for The Sims 4 adds new items and a new 'Wedding Venue' lot type in anticipation of the My Wedding Stories expansion pack's release.

Even before season one makes its debut, a second season of Halo for Paramount Plus has been announced.

Sadako, the new killer coming to Dead by Daylight, is scaring the crap out of players.

Pokémon Sword and Shield's lovable if slightly alarming Ball Guy is coming to Pokémon Go, in celebration of its next event.

Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin is introducing brand new jobs to the series.

Sony plans to plant trees for players of Horizon Forbidden West.

Nintendo will close the 3DS and Wii U eShops to new purchases in March 2023.

I hate to break it to you but Baldur's Gate 3 probably isn't going to be fully released in 2022. Remember, a part of the game has been available in early access on GOG, Steam and Stadia since autumn 2020.

Sonic the Hedgehog's second movie outing is still months from release, but already Sega would like you to know that a third entry in the unexpectedly endearing live-action series is on the way. And if that wasn't enough live-action Sonic-themed news to be getting on with, how about this: Knuckles is also set to start in his very own TV show.

PlayStation Productions, the arm of Sony's console empire dedicated to adapting its game properties for film and television, has formally introduced the new blue-hued ident it'll be sticking in front of its slowly burgeoning roster of movie and television shows - starting with the Uncharted movie that's in cinemas now.

If you've been eyeing up Star Wars: Hunters - Zynga's upcoming free-to-play arena shooter, set in a galaxy far, far away - your curiosity may be passingly piqued by its latest reveals, covering a new game mode, two new maps, and two new Hunters eager to join the fray.

Cyberpunk 2077's long-awaited versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S finally launch today.

Netflix, hardly a stranger to the world of video game adaptations, has chucked another beloved property onto its increasingly teetering pile, this time setting its sights on turning Irrational Games' acclaimed underwater shooter BioShock into a live-action film.