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An unfinished VR mode has been spotted in GTA Trilogy.

Welcome to the 38th Digital Foundry Direct Weekly - and perhaps unsurprisingly, owing to the huge Xbox 20th anniversary celebrations, the line-up of topics for this week's show is dominated by Microsoft discussion. Leading off the show, we talk about the event itself - spearheaded by a tight, entertaining 30 minute stream that reminded us of Xbox's many firsts, before doubling down with the reveal of more OG Xbox and Xbox 360 backwards compatibility titles... and even some legacy FPS Boost support. We'll be talking about that specifically in separate content but it's great to see some previously X-enhanced Xbox 360 games also receive frame-rate enhancements, meaning that the likes of Assassin's Creed, Mirror's Edge, Fallout 3 and Gears 3 now run at enhanced resolutions and at 60fps to boot. And with the release of Sonic Generations, we have a new game receiving both upgrades, making it the best non-modded version of the game available - and yes, I bought it (the £4 credit gifted to my Xbox account helped too).

The delayed release of the Analogue Pocket will now begin from 13th December, due to "unprecedented shipping congestion".

New content is coming to Hitman 3 next year, and a roadmap for 2022 has been laid out.

It's lonely here. Bleak, even. Occasionally, a silky, melancholic soundscape will keep you company, but mostly it's just you, your peculiar spacecraft, and the sound of the air as it whizzes past your ears.

The long-awaited PlayStation-exclusive arrival of Spider-Man in Marvel's Avengers will not include any new story missions.

Kojima Productions has announced an expansion into film, TV and music, headquartered in a fresh office situated in Los Angeles.

If you're looking to up the challenge in Breath of the Wild with a novel way to play, then look no further than a new randomiser.

Arkanoid - Eternal Battle is a new game in the classic arcade series due out in 2022. Platforms were not mentioned in the announcement.

Bobby Kotick, boss of Activision Blizzard, has said he would consider standing down if the company's issues cannot be fixed "with speed".

A Sony patent for removable PlayStation 5 faceplates has been published.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl's physical versions have sold very well indeed, becoming the best boxed Nintendo Switch game launch of 2021, and the second-best boxed game launch of the year on any format.

It looks like Phasmophobia fans will be getting an early Christmas gift courtesy of a new update currently called Christmas [REDACTED] Update.

Season two of Riot's League of Legends cartoon spin-off, Arcane, is currently in production.

Riot has published a new video showcasing its upcoming 2D fighter, codenamed Project L.

Dead Cells' final "guest" brings a touch of Hollow Knight to the fight.

We've already looked at the opening entry in the Grand Theft Auto Trilogy Definitive Edition - and found the remastering to be anything other than definitive. Shoe-horning the RenderWare-based originals into Unreal Engine 4, presumably in order to tap into the modern technology's advanced rendering capabilities, delivers an experience that at its very best falls short. The mixture of old assets, AI upscaled textures, geometry-enhanced/smoothed vehicles, remodelled characters and modern rendering sensibilities is jarring to say the least. GTA3 was the oldest game and potentially showed off the biggest possible boost but what about Vice City and San Andreas? And what about the recently released patches - is the situation made any better?

Amazon's MMO, New World, has seen its aggregate user reviews on Steam fall from "mostly positive" to "mixed" in the last 30 days.

It looks like Mass Effect Legendary Edition may be coming to Xbox Game Pass.

Battlefield 2042 is currently one of the most negatively-reviewed games of all time on Steam.

Dying Light was a funny old game. Mostly passed over by indifferent critics, it went on to pick up a considerable following who were more forward in their praise - chief among them being none other than the legend Fumito Ueda, a man of impeccable taste who in naming it his game of 2015 always made me curious to go back for more. I only ever briefly sampled Techland's parkour-infused follow-up to Dead Island, enjoying its cornball combat and open world full of athletic opportunities for half a dozen hours before moving on to pastures new.

Activision has delayed the launch of Call of Duty: Warzone's new map by a week amid the ongoing turmoil at the under-fire publisher.

Former Bungie composer Marty O'Donnell has asked people to "destroy" Destiny assets he made available without permission.

Games Workshop has issued a statement reminding players about the nature of Warhammer 40,000's Imperium of Man after a player wore Nazi imagery to a tournament.

Resident Evil 4 VR gets The Mercenaries DLC in 2022 as part of a free update, a leaked video has revealed.

Star Citizen has crossed the $400m raised mark.

As an Xbox Game Studios title Halo Infinite launches day one on Game Pass, but Microsoft is also selling it for £55.

PlatinumGames director Hideki Kamiya has publicly apologised to Microsoft for the cancellation of Scalebound.

Echo Generation is an interesting indie game released earlier this year on Xbox, PC and Game Pass. It's a mix of Paper Mario combat, adventure game puzzles and beautiful voxel art.

Rockstar has released the first post-launch update for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition.