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"What happens if you give every horrible trait and disease to a Crusader Kings 3 character?" is a question I had never thought to ask: but as ever on the internet, someone did ask that question, and now we have an answer.

After announcing the Pocket earlier this year, Analogue has another trick up its sleeve with the Analogue Duo, and this stands as perhaps the most exciting release yet. This new machine is designed to play NEC PC Engine, TurboGrafx-16, SuperGrafx and PC Engine CD-ROM² based games from a single device.

CD Projekt has revealed a 50-page digital Cyberpunk 2077 comic you can only get if you buy the game from GOG.com.

The wonderful Disco Elysium is one year old (that went quick!), and while we wait for the console versions to come out, we have a rather unexpected port to play.

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have delayed the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions of Marvel's Avengers until an unknown date in 2021.

As with any multiplayer game, once it gets popular there's going to be cheating - and surprise hit Among Us is no exception. As the game has exploded over the past few months, more and more hacks have been developed - including invisibility hacks, insta-kills, speed hacks and other unsavoury methods to ruin a game. Then there's always cheating the old-fashioned way, such as communicating with friends over Discord.

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit arrives in living rooms around the world today - and it's already upsetting their feline inhabitants.

NetherRealm has shown off gameplay for upcoming DLC character Rain in Mortal Kombat 11 - and he looks great.

As mentioned earlier this week, we're hiring for a video producer to work on the Eurogamer website. The job is all about producing videos that will complement, enhance and illustrate the articles we publish.

Microsoft has revealed the games it will release with Xbox Series X and S on 10th November 2020.

As a super nerdy writer, the thing that I seek out most in games these days is quality writing, regardless of my own abilities. Some of the most interesting work in recent years has come from iOS games, particularly as they try to imitate the casual flow of instant messaging. One notable favourite of mine is Guildlings, a cutesy-looking adventure game that animates conversations brilliantly.

Square Enix has surprised Final Fantasy fans with physical releases of several PS1 remasters.

Pokémon Go's much-maligned Mega Evolution feature has been changed again - slightly - to make it less costly for fans.

Developer Two Point Studios' comedic medical management sim Two Point Hospital is getting a bit of an entertainment-themed makeover as part of its newly announced Culture Shock DLC expansion, which comes to Steam on 20th October.

StarCraft 2 will no longer receive new content, developer Blizzard has announced, just over 10 years since the game's original launch.

FIFA 21 saw a sharp fall in physical launch sales in the UK compared to FIFA 20, but digital download sales have shot up.

Firaxis' wonderful sci-fi strategy sequel XCOM 2 will be making the leap to iOS devices next month, with a release set for 5th November.

A little over a month after releasing the final instalment in Borderlands 3's four-part season pass, developer Gearbox has announced it's preparing to launch a second one, this time promising an additional two updates for the exuberant first-person shooter.

With Night City's gangs and streets now suitably aired, CD Projekt Red has turned its attention to clothes and cars (and a little bit on bikes) as part of its ongoing series of informative pre-launch videos, with off-road and off-rack details ensuing.

The last 24 hours really has been a busy period for debunking next-gen console gossip: after rumours ran wild claiming the Xbox Series X kicked up a huge amount of heat, today the embargo on impressions finally lifted, and we learned that it's actually a pretty cool device (thanks Windows Central).

Imagine this: you've beaten the crowds to successfully secure a pre-order for a next-gen Xbox, you're counting down the days until release - and then an email lands in your inbox telling you the price has increased by £2000. Wait, what?

When was the last time we saw a game-changing reveal in the immediate run-up to the launch of a next generation console? Sony may well have pulled this out of the bag with today's new State of Play, concentrating on the much-anticipated PlayStation 5 user interface. Sony's menu systems have always been polished, beautiful pieces of work, but for the next generation, this is married with a truly impressive range of in-game functions. There are some impressive new improvements to existing options but also things we have never seen before in a console. Digital Foundry had the chance to see the interface ahead of time and to talk about the new system with SIE's Hideaki Nishino, senior vice president of platform and planning management.

Last night, Sega celebrated its 60th anniversary with a range of freebies for fans - including a long-lost and unfinished Golden Axe prototype.

The next-gen optimised version of Destiny 2 launches on 8th December 2020, Bungie has announced.

Planet Coaster: Console Edition will arrive for both next-gen consoles on the day they are released.

The news Oculus will make Facebook accounts mandatory for all new VR headset users didn't go down well even when it was announced back in August, and on Sunday Oculus confirmed the newly-released Quest 2 would require a Facebook login to function. Well, since the release of the Quest 2 on 13th October, that reaction has worsened, as several users have reported their headsets are currently unusable due to Facebook account merging problems.

2020 (for all its sins) marks 60 years since the mighty Sega was founded, and the company's western arm has announced it'll be celebrating the occasion with a range of activities, including the release of four free retro-styled mini games on Steam, inspired by some notable franchises.

Developer Rusty Lake's brilliantly surreal Cube Escape puzzle series is now available in a ridiculously good value, nine-game bundle on Steam.

PlayStation 5 will let you upload a recording of your voice chat audio to Sony for moderation - giving you an easy way to report abuse and toxic behaviour.

Who cares if you can pet the dog? Turns out the question we should have been asking all along is 'Can you backpack the cat?', and Spider-Man: Miles Morales answers with an emphatic yes!