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Asmodee Digital's video game adaptation of the hugely popular Lovecraft-inspired Arkham Horror board game series will be coming to Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC on 23rd March.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War players have worked out a way to play Outbreak early.

Ghosts n' Goblins Resurrection, a remake of the 1985 NES Capcom classic, will launch for Nintendo Switch on 25th February 2021.

I've been shouting about Astrologaster since 2019, when a build appeared in my inbox one day, and yet I still don't know exactly how to classify it. I'm loathe to call it a visual novel even if, mechanically speaking, the shoe fits - you mostly listen to conversations between two people, and make a few decisions to move the story forward. But we often think about genres in certain terms, and to my mind a visual novel usually bestows its player with greater control, and a greater urgency to achieve a specific goal - "I have to catch the killer!" "I have to make this person like me!"

Remember El Shaddai? 10 years after it came out on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, it's finally coming to PC.

Q-Games has announced PixelJunk Raiders, the latest entry in the PixelJunk series. It launches exclusively on Google Stadia on 1st March 2021.

Microsoft has announced March 2021's Xbox Games with Gold titles.

The Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Season Two download is now live, bringing Treyarch's shooter up to version 1.012.

The video game TV adaptation news doesn't appear to be slowing, and now Konami's revealed it's having a go by turning its arcade classic Frogger into an obstacle course game show.

Sony has announced a State of Play broadcast set for 10pm UK time this Thursday, 25th February.

Anno 1800, Ubisoft's superb Industrial-Revolution-era city builder, is getting a third season of paid DLC starting today, 23rd February, and to celebrate, the game is free to try this weekend.

Australians talk up their dangerous wildlife something fierce. And sure, Oz is home to some of the deadliest creatures on the planet. But let me tell you a secret. Deadly they may be, but most Australian animals aren't particularly aggressive. The death adder is among the most venomous snakes out there. But unless you actually tread on one, they prefer to keep their distance. Funnel-web and redback spiders can deliver painful and potentially lethal bites. But they're not going to actively seek you out or hunt you down. If you look where you're walking, you're usually pretty safe, even in the outback.

Since its 2018 reveal, developer Techland's highly anticipated Dying Light 2 has been plagued by setbacks, ranging from multiple delays to high-profile staff departures. A new report has now shed additional light on the troubled project, painting a picture of chaotic, unfocussed development driven by an overbearing CEO.

Activision has now confirmed the previously-teased Nintendo Switch edition of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2, as well as new versions of the game for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X which launch on 26th March.

UPDATE 4.30pm UK: Activision has now confirmed Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 will launch for Nintendo Switch at some point in 2021, and on both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 26th March. There's also a convoluted upgrade program for those consoles, which we've separately detailed in full.

Comedic medical management sim Two Point Hospital is adding ailments from across the ages in its latest paid expansion, A Stitch in Time, which comes to PC today, 23rd February.

The new console generation has so far been amazing for players who love smooth, 60 frames per second gaming. Ubisoft, especially, leads the charge with the likes of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, The Division 2, and Immortals Fenyx Rising - all come fully equipped with at least a performance option, or run at 60fps by default on Xbox Series X, Series S and PS5. We can add another to the list here too: Ghost Recon Breakpoint. It was patched around next-gen's launch, and while running in backwards compatibility mode, the doubling of frame-rate is a game-changing experience. The Division 2 tried the same trick but came unstuck somewhat on PS5, missing some visual flourishes found in every other version - even PS4 Pro. Speaking of which, there's good news with The Division 2 here worth touching on before we get into Breakpoint properly.

Ratchet & Clank 2016 is being given away for free on the PlayStation Store this March, as one of the latest free giveaways in Sony's Play at Home initiative. Oh, and there's a special offer on anime subscription trials, too.

PlayStation will bring more of its console exclusives to PC this year, beginning with Days Gone this spring.

PlayStation has offered early details on its upcoming "next-generation" virtual headset coming for PlayStation 5.

PlayStation 5 exclusive Gran Turismo 7 has been pushed back to 2022, with the global pandemic impacting its development as it misses its original 2021 target.

Co-op Dungeons & Dragons hack-and-slash series Dark Alliance is making a comeback.

Thinking of travelling on foot, or taking a portal? According to Valheim players, that's so last century, as the community has become obsessed with flying across the map using harpoons and ramps. Frankly it reminds me of the failed flying attempts in Chicken Run.

Paradox has pulled development of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 from Hardsuit Labs, delayed the game indefinitely and cancelled new pre-orders.

Football Manager 2021's Main Winter Update is here, bringing the usual mid-season changes to player and staff attributes, updated squads after the main January transfer windows, and a cluster of smaller improvements under the hood.

Developer Campo Santo's acclaimed forestry adventure Firewatch is five years old this month - and, in light of its birthday celebrations, word of a nifty N64 tribute squirrelled away within the game's Switch port is once again doing the rounds.

Activision is making Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's upcoming Outbreak mode free to play for a week.

A friend of mine once told me that when Mario 64 came out, people became properly obsessed with Mario falling asleep. If you left him idling long enough, he'd drop off. A magazine or two started to ask for pictures of him sleeping in strange places - balanced on ledges, perched in trees, snoozing on a flagpole. I don't think the enthusiasm was simply down to the animation. For years, Sonic had tapped his foot if you left him and the Bonanza Brothers had swatted away stray flies. With Mario it was more of an impulse thing. Mario's world was suddenly a place. It was still levels and stages, but also fields and mountains and forests. The kinds of locations where, if the sun is just right, maybe you would want to go to sleep for a bit.

Epic has confirmed it's settled a class action lawsuit pertaining to the purchase of loot boxes in Fortnite and Rocket League, and will be providing in-game currency to affected parties.

Fall Guys fans will soon be able to adorn their beloved beans in the pleasingly vintage stylings of developer Studio MDHR's iconic devil-bothering drinking receptacle guy, Cuphead, as part of a new crossover event starting later this week.