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I've always enjoyed and admired the ability of a DJ who can rethink music I thought I knew. The way they can smash something to pieces and put it back together in a way no one had thought of delights me. It takes real imagination. And yet, it's something people scoff at. Is it really art? They're just copying, they're not creating something new are they? Or are they?

Crackdown 2 developer Ruffian Games has been acquired by Rockstar and rebranded as Rockstar Dundee, according to a new listing via Companies House.

Paul W.S. Anderson's Milla-Jovovich-starring Monster Hunter movie will, after a bit of release date tinkering, be heading to cinemas this December; and in news that might temporarily placate fans worried the adaptation's armed US soldiers and portal-hopping shenanigans were getting a bit off-brand, it's now been confirmed that Palicoes are in.

It's been years since Assassin's Creed gave its heroes a home. For all the hours I spent as Kassandra, her brief stab at a quiet life left an odd taste, and there was nothing cosy about the cold stones of Atlantis. Valhalla's village settlement, however, offers something very different. For new heroine Eivor, it's a growing community of houses and people, shops and services, friends, families, lovers. It is a base for the game's Ancient Britain-set campaign, a hub for travel to distant shores, a graveyard to bury the dead. And while its walls may be built from the same stones as BioWare's Skyhold, it lies on earlier foundations set down by Connor's Homestead and Ezio's beloved Monteriggioni.

I can't really keep track of all the battle royale seasons at this point, but in any case, we're now at Season 9 for PUBG - and you can expect some real fireworks in this one as it introduces volcanic map Paramo.

FIFA 21 UK physical launch sales are down more than 42 per cent over FIFA 20's, according to a report from Eurogamer sister site GamesIndustry.biz.

What makes the next-gen difference? Today, the embargo lifts on our first look at an actual Xbox Series X title - Dirt 5, from Codemasters Cheshire. Xbox Series consoles benefit from three plays modes, including the ability to play at 120 frames per second on compatible displays - and first impressions are highly favourable. What we're looking at today isn't a final build and optimisations are ongoing up until release on November 10th, but the developers look set to deliver an involving, fun driving game that gives the user plenty of choice in how the generational leap in CPU and GPU power is deployed.

Among Us developer Innersloth recently announced it was cancelling plans for a sequel in order to work on the original game, and it seems the first of those changes are already being introduced in the Among Us beta's October update - with players spotting a number of additions that could make the deduction process rather more challenging.

If you've been playing the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War beta, which was in open form over the weekend on PlayStation 4, then you'll probably have an opinion on the new Cartel multiplayer map.

Back when Genshin Impact was first announced last year, this lush open-world adventure bore some key similarities to Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Now, over a year on, Genshin Impact still hasn't shaken those comparisons, but since the release of 1.0 last week it's clear it's so much more than a free-to-play clone of Nintendo's finest. That's evident from the numbers alone: Genshin Impact is now the "biggest global launch of a Chinese game ever", and is currently on track to gross more than $100 Million in its first month alone.

Down at the campsite and under the blue wash of moonlight, Edie the owner is dreaming about Greg. Greg is dead. He owned the campsite before Edie, and the handover was awkward - nothing dramatic, just a difference of philosophy. Greg seemed austere and obsessed with rules - tent dimensions, guy rope types, no ball games. But there was another side to him and Edie saw it too late. Now as she dreams, she considers the person she may have misjudged. Is this how relationships go, between the living and the dead?

An ongoing class-action lawsuit against Microsoft for "stick drift" has been amended to include specific reference to the company's most recent Elite controllers, the Elite Series 2.

Arc System Works has confirmed Guilty Gear Strive's "new daredevil" - Giovanna - and a release date: 9th April, 2021, although pre-orderers will be able to get stuck in from 6th April.

Overwatch has revealed its plans for the next Halloween-flavoured limited-time event, Halloween Terror 2020.

The ongoing legal battle between Epic Games and Apple is likely to have "significant and serious ramifications" for the rest of the gaming industry, according to a judge presiding over the case.

Samurai action-adventure Ghost of Tsushima will reportedly use the PS5's Game Boost function to boost its performance up to 60 frames per second (fps).

The development team at Rare have banded together to create a homage to legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen, who died earlier this week at the age of 65.

There's good news for patient PC fans - sci-fi sim The Outer Worlds is finally coming to Steam on 23rd October, 2020.

This week, Sony published a support page answering some of the outstanding questions we had about the PlayStation 5 and backwards compatibility. In there is a line I skimmed over upon first reading, but now I've gone back and had a thorough rummage, I've come to a realisation: P.T. is safe for another generation.

Here's a brilliant feature of the Xbox Series X: it has tactile indicators over the ports for the blind and to help with reach-around cabling.

Dwarf Fortress has for years had ASCII dwarves - little smiley faces fewer pixels than the average emoji.

Some might say it was a game that was simply too ambitious for its intended platform. In 2014, Ubisoft's spectacular Assassin's Creed Unity pushed back technological boundaries in a range of directions. Its depiction of Revolutionary Paris was dense in detail, packed with hundreds of residents on-screen at any given point, in a city that didn't just increase detail outdoors - but introduced highly detailed interiors too. Combined with big advances in character rendering and an astonishing global illumination system that still looks incredible today, Unity had all the makings of a masterpiece. The problem was, it didn't run very well at all.

"SBMM" - aka skill-based matchmaking was a trending phrase on Twitter this week as the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War beta went live and players resorted to killing themselves over and over again in a bid to improve their experience with the game.

Baldur's Gate 3's character creator is pretty good. There are a number of fantastical races to pick from, there's a cool surprise I won't spoil, and while the number of heads and voices available in early access is limited, players have come up with some incredible designs.

Star Citizen's single-player campaign, Squadron 42 is still in development, Cloud Imperium Games has insisted, but don't hold your breath on it coming out any time soon.

There's an ever-present comfort that welcomes me every time I return to Cafe LeBlanc in the evenings. One that smells as fresh coffee mixed with curry, the menu specialty that would raise customers' eyebrows anywhere else but here. A feeling best illustrated in the old couple that have been regulars for years sitting at the same table, asking for the usual each time. For both the protagonist and myself, this is home. But I never get to enjoy it.

Amazon has cancelled Crucible, its free-to-download multiplayer action game.

If you've been curious to know how Microsoft and Sony are planning to market their respective consoles to the broader masses at launch now that the likes of us are whipped into a suitable frenzy, a partial answer has arrived in the form of the very first Xbox Series X/S TV advert.

Pathfinder mains have had a bit of a rough year so far: ever since the patch in May increased his grapple ability cooldown from 15 to 35 seconds, the days of flying through Apex Legends battles with ease have become rather distant. So when the recent Aftermarket update patch notes mentioned a change to how the cooldown worked, many Pathfinder players thought their luck was in - until they saw the reality in practice.

Bloober Team, the developer behind the likes of Layers of Fear and Observer, will be bringing its dual-survival reality horror The Medium to Xbox Series X/S and PC on 10th December.