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Monument Valley developer Ustwo's latest feel-good endeavour, adorable island exploration game Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, is making its way to PC and Apple Arcade on 11th December.

Xbox chief Phil Spencer has poured cold water on a recent report which suggested there was evidence Microsoft was seeking to make studio acquisitions in Japan.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla will remove the description of a "disfigured" character in an upcoming update.

It's finally happening. Ever since Microsoft and Sony revealed the hardware specifications of Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, the question has always been to what extent differences in teraflops, clock speeds and memory bandwidth will actually translate into the gameplay experience and today, we have our first glimpse at how the systems truly compare. Capcom's Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition was initially supplied to us on PlayStation 5 last week, with Xbox Series X code arriving yesterday. There's what looks very much like feature parity across the board here, and a unique set-up that's very friendly for benchmarking - so which machine is faster?

Pokémon Go is rolling out the ability to connect to Pokémon Home, the cloud-based service that connects with other Pokémon games.

Of all the shiny games due to launch on next-gen consoles, one whose visuals I didn't think I'd end up praising was... Fortnite. Still, the visual upgrade available to play now on Xbox Series X is something to behold.

The long-awaited remake of cult classic cel-shaded shooter XIII is now available to buy, but it's getting a poor response from fans.

EA has yet to unveil the next-gen versions of FIFA 21, but it has released a couple of screenshots that give us a good look at some sweaty virtual footballer faces.

I always find myself in the index. Not in the traditional sense, of course; not under D. But just in the index, rooting around, reading across the text, hunting, tracking, losing threads and making discoveries.

Developer Respawn Entertainment has rolled out a second series of tweaks designed to further alleviate the grind in Apex Legends' unpopular Season 7 battle pass.

A little over a month has passed since Fall Guys' second season arrived, bringing a vaguely medieval flavour to its immensely popular knockabout action, but now developer Mediatonic is back with its mid-season update, introducing various improvements, round variations, and an entirely new stage known as Big Fans.

Rocket League certainly isn't being left out of that next-gen enhancements action, and developer Psyonix has now detailed the changes coming to its four-wheeled footie game on Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 before the end of the year.

Hand sanitiser, masks, a deserted shopping centre: not things I imagined I would experience at my first in-store console launch. Unless a zombie game was one of the launch titles, perhaps. But this is the reality of the next-gen console launch window in 2020, and with both the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 launches falling under England's current lockdown rules - meaning non-essential retail stores are closed - collecting a console in-person just became a whole lot weirder.

UPDATE: 8.05pm: Microsoft says Xbox Live sign-in troubles should now be resolved. "Users should now be able to sign into Xbox Live on all platforms," it wrote in an update tweet on its Xbox Support feed. "Please give it another try and let us know if you're still running into issues."

How much Serious Sam is too much Sam? Well, certainly not threemuch Sam, according to developer Croteam and publisher Devolver Digital; as of next Tuesday, 17th November, a triple whammy of Serious Sam first-person shooters will be heading to Nintendo Switch.

We knew it was in development, we even got to see it during our visit to the Microsoft campus back in March - but today, Xbox Series S launches and it's a fascinating product. Targeting an aggressive $299 (£249 in the UK) price-point, the junior next-generation Xbox allows users access to a much cheaper console that still plays the same games as the premium/performance Series X that's $200/£200 more expensive. The story behind the machine is remarkable and illuminates the challenges the platform holders will have in reducing costs over time, as well as suggesting a difficult time ahead in delivering a generational leap in console performance beyond Series X and PS5. I spoke to Xbox system architect Andrew Goossen about Series S in person back in March and in a follow-up call several months later after the system was revealed.

The newly-launched Assassin's Creed Valhalla includes a range of optional cosmetic extras and time saver packs in its in-game shop, just as in Assassin's Creed Origins and Odyssey. But, unlike Odyssey, Valhalla does not sell any XP boost packs.

Borderlands and Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two has agreed on a near-$1bn pricetag to snap up British racing giant Codemasters.

The PlayStation 5 currently does not support 1440p resolution because Sony wants to "prioritise support for TVs".

Apex Legends has experienced a bit of a PR rollercoaster over the past few weeks: while Season 7's new map, legend and vehicles went down well with players, slow progression in the latest battle pass caused some players to complain about grind - angering much of the community and forcing an emergency change from Respawn. To answer community concerns, several members of the Apex Legends dev team recently held a Reddit Q&A in which they addressed the unpopular battle pass. But the team also touched on another topic: the worrying problem of crunch in the games industry.

Bugsnax is so interesting that I suspect it deserves a pretty short review. The real fun here is discovery and interpretation, two things that both require a little mystery. Really, it would be good for you to stop reading now and go and play it. Go and play Bugsnax. It's not a spoiler to tell you that it's definitely worth your time.

You can play PlayStation 5 games with a DualShock controller on a PlayStation 4 via Remote Play.

There's no map in The Pathless, no waypoint or fast-travel systems that might make navigating its daringly large fantasy forests and steppes a little easier. I didn't miss that stuff. Not even for a second. These things were taken out, apparently, to ground the player in the world, to make them see these rain-darkened trees and murmuring grasslands as places to be understood and learned on foot rather than just empty stuff employed to space out the set-pieces. I can see that for sure. Beneath louring skies and surrounded by the halted spires of old temples, I did start to get my own bearings. But there's something else, too. The Pathless is an absolute hymn to the pleasures of movement and speed. Forget the plot, the task at hand, the ancient legends and the destruction of the world that looms red and malignant on the horizon. These mythical landscapes are always in danger aren't they? But few are as thrilling to get around in as this one.

$70 PlayStation 5 games reflect increased development costs, Sony has said.

Amazon UK has delivered bad news to some of its customers expecting an Xbox Series X on their doorstep today.

UPDATE 10TH NOV 2020: Infinity Ward has released patch notes for November's big Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone update, which is available now on all platforms. Here's what it does.

Destiny 2 waved goodbye to a significant portion of the game last night - and as part of the transition to today's Beyond Light expansion, developer Bungie treated players to a lovely live event set on the streets of the Last City.

What a glorious day this is - while we've got to wait a little while longer for Sony's PlayStation 5 to launch in the UK, today sees Microsoft's Series S and X release into the wild. Share some of your stories of launch day here, and we'll be keeping you updated throughout the day.

Fortnite is surveying some fans on the possible introduction of a monthly paid subscription.

Call of Duty: Warzone now has private matches.