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Nightdive Studios' upcoming enhanced edition of seminal sci-fi adventure System Shock 2 might be a little more ambitious than initially expected, with the developer now teasing VR support for the game in a new tweet.

Riot Games and Bungie have teamed up to tackle cheating in Valorant and Destiny 2, with their lawyers filing a joint complaint aimed at cheat software creator GatorCheats, which it accuses of selling and distributing "malicious software products designed to enable members of the public to gain unfair competitive advantage."

Lucasfilm is resurrecting the Lucasfilm Games brand as the new home for all its video game properties, including future Star Wars titles "and beyond".

A couple of online retailers have now listed the upcoming Mass Effect: Legendary Edition for release on 12th March 2021.

AMD's brand new RDNA 2 architecture has arrived for desktop PCs via the RX 6000 line of graphics cards - and it's an important release, bringing with it full hardware support for the DirectX 12 Ultimate feature set, including the DXR API. Yes, ray tracing is now part and parcel of AMD's high-end parts, and we wanted to get a grip on just how effective the Radeon rendition of the technology is in the RX 6800 XT - and how it compares to its closest rival, the RTX 3080. Benchmarks have shown that Nvidia's second generation technology is faster than AMD's debut offering, but what's the full story here?

A crowdfunding campaign for repairs to the real-life island of Tsushima has concluded with more than 27m yen (£192k) raised - 500 per cent of its original goal - thanks in part to donations from fans of Ghost of Tsushima.

Two thirds of UK games sold in 2020 were digital, new figures have revealed, showing a further acceleration in the transition from retail to download sales.

UPDATE 11/1/21: Pokémon Go developer Niantic has now released its new range of Gucci clothing for all players, wherever they are. Previously, it was only available in large cities at certain PokéStops - and only in London in the UK.

There's a brand new Xbox Series X/S controller on the horizon, coloured a familiar shade of video gaming red.

We're all spending a lot more time indoors at the moment, and this effect can clearly be seen in the amount of games we're buying.

A company selling custom-made, PS2-inspired black versions of Sony's PlayStation 5 consoles has cancelled all orders after its staff allegedly received threats.

The speedrunners contributing to Awesome Games Done Quick have raised over $2.75 million (£2.3m) for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.

A rating of the console release of Rust has popped up on the ESRB website.

Limited Run Games has announced three boxed versions of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

WB Games Montreal, the studio behind the upcoming Batman game Gotham Knights, has confirmed the team has "entirely redesigned" the combat system to improve the co-op experience.

An update to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive this week pulled bots from competitive matches - and now players are remembering them at their best.

Legendary Tetris player Jonas Neubauer has died aged 39.

Riot has unveiled Valorant's new character: Yoru, an infiltrating duelist.

The official Killzone website has been retired, Guerrilla Games has announced.

Do you sleep sideways on your bed? Like, deliberately? It turns out Cyberpunk 2077 protagonist V does.

Bungie jumps onto next-gen systems with extra support for Destiny 2 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S and X, delivering the key feature many fans have been waiting for - a move to 60 frames per second gaming. But how successful has the next generation transition been? How do the three new consoles compare and what are the key upgrades beyond the boost to frame-rate? Bungie has a reputation not just of excellent visual design and solid technology, but also in delivering very similar experiences across platforms - and so it is with Destiny 2.

Techland has moved to reassure fans concerned about Dying Light 2 after a 22-year veteran at the studio left.

The UK games market exceeded £4bn for the first time in 2020.

Fans of Nintendo's beloved suction bauble Kirby might want to hop onto Switch's brilliant block-busting battle royale game Tetris 99 this weekend, as there's a new themed inspired by the pink one up for grabs for a limited time.

UPDATE 8/1/21: Following Twitch's removal of the PogChamp emote earlier this week - a decision made in response to controversial remarks by Ryan "Gootecks" Gutierre, who inspired the original emote - the company has announced it will be introducing a new PogChamp emote, each featuring a different face, every 24 hours.

Valve's support for Sony and Microsoft's new next-gen controllers on Steam has been further enhanced courtesy of a new update to the platform's beta client.

Donald Trump's Twitch channel has been suspended in the wake of this week's deadly attack on the US Capitol.

Teamfight Tactics is getting a new, faster mode later in 2021, Riot has announced.

Ask Iwata: Words of Wisdom from Satoru Iwata, a celebration of the beloved former Nintendo CEO, will be released in English for the first time on 15th April.

Phew, it's the end of the first week of 2021 and almost time to go lie down for several days.