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Following its launch on PC and Switch last year, I Am Dead, the acclaimed afterlife puzzler from developers Hollow Ponds and Richard Hogg (who've previously worked on the likes of Hohokum and Wilmot's Warehouse) is now available for Xbox and PlayStation.

The Ascent teems. Its tiered alien megacity is one of the liveliest cyberpunk settings I've explored, always crawling with people and machines, whether you're massacring mutants in the sewers or gazing out from a boardroom window. Admittedly, it also teems with cliches and callouts to the usual canonical works: William Gibson's phrase "high tech, low life", which flickers on displays throughout like a sorcerer's incantation; Blade Runner's flourescent umbrella handles and melancholy synth score; pirouetting holostrippers from any number of seedy sci-fi saloons; an Oriental faction who worship honour and wield katanas. This is not one of your transgressive, norm-busting punk fictions - even Ruiner, its closest cousin, is a bolt from the blue by comparison. But what The Ascent's world lacks in imagination and bite it almost makes up for in scale and an exhaustive, toymaker's commitment to the fine details.

No Man's Sky isn't the only video game with its party hat on today; developer Ghost Town's chaotic culinary party game Overcooked: All You Can Eat is celebrating the Overcooked series' recent 5th birthday with a free update, bringing new levels, a new chef, and more.

Microsoft has launched Xbox Cloud Gaming in beta form on PC for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers who are also part of the Insider program.

Ninja Theory's 2017 action-adventure, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, is now optimised for the Xbox Series X/S.

Cookie Clicker, the ultimate time-wasting browser game, gets a release for Steam on 1st September.

DF Direct Weekly returns once again, and this time with mixing things up a bit. Sam Machkovech from Ars Technica joins us as a special guest, telling us all about his experiences with the Playdate handheld and generally hanging out with us for a while as we push on through the week's tech news. And in terms of what's on the docket this week, it's the bizarre state of the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters that dominate the chat early doors - personally, I couldn't quite get my head around an apparent 38fps cap, though thankfully the community has stepped in to fix it but why did it launch like this in the first place?

Darksiders 3 launches on Nintendo Switch on 30th September, publisher THQ Nordic Has announced.

It seems we'll be waiting a little longer for cross-progression to finally be implemented in Apex Legends, as Respawn has confirmed the feature will not arrive until next year.

Netflix has given us our best look yet at The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf, the upcoming animated prequel to its live-action series.

F1 2021 has had quite a volatile release on PlayStation 5.

Amplitude's much-anticipated Humankind will launch into Xbox Game Pass on PC next week.

No Man's Sky is celebrating five (extremely eventful) years since launch today, and developer Hello Games has served up a tiny tease for the exploratory space sim's next big update, Frontiers, as part of the festivities.

This year's controversial and disrupted Olympic Games have now concluded - and as the BBC finishes its coverage, the broadcaster has given viewers a tour behind the scenes of its virtual studio.

The developer of Back 4 Blood, Turtle Rock Studios, has confirmed the game will not have a campaign versus mode.

Xbox has announced it will hold a Gamescom livestream on 24th August at 6pm UK time.

A video for Gearbox's cancelled Duke Nukem Begins provides us with an idea of what the game might have been.

Microsoft is currently testing a night mode feature for Xbox, which will dim your screen, disable HDR and let you filter out blue light.

Modders have restored the original destination names to Crazy Taxi on Steam.

Fortnite has wrapped up its Ariana Grande concert tour, though if you missed the event you can rewatch it in full below.

Back 4 Blood's early access beta reached a peak of 98,024 players on Steam over the weekend.

So far, AMD's Big Navi graphics cards have lived up their name, giving gamers a true alternative to erstwhile industry leader Nvidia. The RX 6800, 6800 XT and 6900 XT have proved that Team Red can compete at the highest level of the graphics card market, something that hasn't been true for generations. Now though, AMD is expanding its RX 6000 lineup, towards the more mid-range and mainstream cards that will far outsell the 'halo' products at the top of the stack. The first step comes in the form of the RX 6700 XT, a mid-range graphics card aimed at high-end 1440p gaming.

I do love coming back to good games. A Monster's Expedition is a wonderful game, and it's wonderful to revisit on the Switch. You have an idea in your head about games like this, which you might not play for many months at a time, and the second go round is always about filling in the gaps.

There's reportedly a new South Park game in development.

The Medium developer Bloober Team has released a new video detailing how its transition to PS5 will make use of the DualSense's haptic controller.

The Steam Deck will allegedly perform in exactly the same way whether it's docked or not.

A rare, sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. has sold for $2 million (£1.44m).

I've had a lot of half-baked ideas in my time, but deciding to pick up Cooking Simulator VR was definitely one of my butter ones. While I don't normally find sim games very a-peeling, when I saw Cooking Simulator VR topping this week's best sellers list on Steam's VR store, I knew I had to give it a fry.

GTA 5 parent company Take-Two Interactive has confirmed it has three "unannounced" remasters or remakes underway.

New World Interactive's hardcore multiplayer tactical shooter Insurgency Sandstorm seemingly - and finally - has a release date on console: 29th September 2021.