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It's perhaps the last remaining hangover from No Man's Sky's rocky launch; the poster child for what many saw to be promises unfulfilled and the one major pre-release tease that's continued to remain elusive, despite four years of tireless post-launch support. But now, six years after its initial 2014 unveiling, Hello Games' exploratory space sim finally has its sandworm.

The original and best Unreal Tournament, released back in 1999, has just received a new patch.

Squad leaves Early Access today.

You may remember that back in June, the UK Government announced it would launch a call for evidence on loot boxes in response to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee's inquiry into immersive and addictive technologies. Well, that's launching today - and is now open for submissions.

Mike Morhaime, former boss of Blizzard, has detailed his new game company Dreamhaven and revealed a roster of top ex-Blizzard talent in key roles.

InXile has released a patch for its role-playing game Wasteland 3 that tackles some of the biggest issues with the game.

You might think, after dropping $7.5bn on Bethesda and Zenimax, Microsoft would be done buying games companies for the foreseeable future.

Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid 2 look set for a re-release on PC after ratings for each game were spotted online.

Content warning: This piece contains a discussion of war casualties, including children.

SBMM, short for skill-based matchmaking, may not sound like the most exciting topic in the world. But it's become the focus of a fierce debate in the Call of Duty community, following complaints about the way matchmaking worked in the recent Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Alpha.

GAME has added a £10 delivery charge to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / S pre-orders on the quiet.

Thomas Was Alone and John Wick Hex creator Mike Bithell has announced his team's next project: The Solitaire Conspiracy.

Buried in yesterday's megaton news Microsoft is buying Bethesda and Zenimax for $7.5bn was an eye-opening statistic on Xbox Game Pass subscription growth.

Ask a Pokémon Go fan what they're tired of seeing in the game and you'll probably get the answer: hats.

Sony's big PlayStation 5 showcase event is finished and we now know what we were desperate to know: a release date and a price.

Key retailer websites have gone offline amid Xbox Series X pre-orders.

Fortnite's already invited a series of prominent musicians to perform through in-game events and its Party Royale mode, and we've so far seen Marshmello, Deadmau5 and Travis Scott take to the virtual stage. But the next one could be the biggest of them all, as K-pop group BTS is heading to Fortnite.

If there's one image that gets to the heart of the madness of rally driving - and of rally in its purest, rawest and most outrageous form - it's of one of the Group B monsters soaring over a crest, parting a densely packed crowd and skimming their slacks as it speeds by. Here's the motorsport of the gods condensed into one bedroom-wall friendly image.

I only really understood Pendragon after I nearly lost it all. All the heroes I banked my hopes on had died. Lancelot, Morgana le Fey, Aonghas, Gawaine: all dead. How would I save King Arthur now? My story had fallen apart. But instead of giving up, I carried on.

Spider-Man: Remastered, the fancy-pants new PlayStation 5 version of Insomniac's web-slinger, will not work with your PS4 Spider-Man saves.

There won't be a demo of FIFA 21, EA has confirmed.

Back in June, Square Enix announced its much-loved fighting-and-fashion JRPG, The World Ends With You, would be getting the anime treatment, and now, ahead of its launch next year, the show has received a brand-new trailer.

Blizzard will be holding a digital version of its BlizzCon showcase next February, following the cancellation of its 2020 event as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

UPDATE 4.30PM UK: According to Bloomberg [paywall], the established PS5 timed-exclusivity for Deathloop and Ghostwire: Tokyo will not be changed by today's acquisition. (Yes, that means Microsoft will technically be publishing two PlayStation 5 timed-exclusives.)

It feels like we've been holding our collective breath for it without realising. Ever since Microsoft set about fixing Xbox's weakness in first-party studios with an acquisition spree that started last year - picking up many mid-sized outfits such as Playground Games, Ninja Theory and Obsidian - we've been waiting for the megaton, the super-acquisition that would snap up some high-profile studio and treasured franchise. Reports circulated recently that talks to buy Bungie had fallen through. Some figured that an even bigger target might be in play, all the way up to and including super-publishers like EA and Activision Blizzard.

Remember when Apple last week claimed Epic's Fortnite lawsuit was all just a big PR stunt? Well, the Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite video might support this theory, but one piece of evidence Apple seemingly can't rely on is its stats about Fortnite's popularity - as Epic says these have been cherry-picked from Google Trends.

Digital Foundry's love of Crysis is well documented and the announcement of its remastering remains one of our highlights of the year. Delays to the launch were a sign that not everything was running to plan, but our hopes remained high, especially when Saber Interactive delivered an excellent Nintendo Switch port of the game. However, the PC and consoles versions have now arrived and even our faith in the franchise is being tested. Crysis Remastered has potential and some stand-out technology, but the fact is that key technical decisions have been made that brutally undermine the quality of the final product. Especially on PC, the game is a disappointment.

Sony's official photos of the PS5 are designed to play up its elegant and inwardly-curved design - a trick of the eye which brings to mind Microsoft's Xbox 360.

IO has re-released Freedom Fighters.

Sony's £450 PlayStation 5 sold out fast when pre-orders opened last week. But pre-orders for the £360 PlayStation 5 Digital Edition? Those seemed to go even faster.