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The first thing protagonist Frigg does upon arriving on the small Danish island of Elk is attend a party in a pub, a celebration for a long dead member of the community who ironically no one in attendance liked. Death has a way of sneaking its way into the game like that, an ever-present force Elk's inhabitants navigate around, mostly by drinking lots of Tuborg and making the best of it all. Frigg actually came to Elk to help a friend of her father's with some woodwork, but with everything else going on, making chairs was soon the furthest thing from everyone's mind.

Marvel's Avengers developer Crystal Dynamics has revealed the action game's next patch will address "over 1000 issues" that have been identified by fans and the game's community.

Epic Games has stated that because Apple is blocking it from releasing patches and fixes for its games on Apple products, it will be shutting down Fortnite: Save the World on Mac on 23rd September, 2020.

A series of drawn-to-scale diagrams are helping gamers better understand how next-gen consoles PS5 and Xbox Series X/S will fit into their homes and media centres.

It often falls to racing games to be some of the first over the top when a new console generation comes around - there's something about those gleaming car models that makes for excellent graphics showreels. This time, Codemasters' Dirt 5 is leading the charge. The off-road racing game launches day-and-date with Xbox Series X/S on 10th November, just ahead of PlayStation 5. It will appear on current-gen consoles too, but the next-gen version will be the subject of much interest, especially for its claimed 120 frames per second performance.

Nintendo has reportedly confirmed that production on a new animated Super Mario Bros. movie "is moving ahead smoothly".

Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has revealed Cyberpunk's main campaign will be shorter than that of The Witcher 3 because the studio "got a lot of complaints" about the length of Geralt's story.

The Elder Scrolls Online's year-long event, Dark Heart of Skyrim, is coming to a close with new DLC, Markarth.

We wanted to do something special for PAX Online x EGX Digital - the digital gaming event from our parent company, ReedPop, which is running this week - and with new PlayStation and Xbox consoles just two months away, a list celebrating the great games of the generation seemed like a no-brainer. And that was before we knew that last week and this would be dominated by news of the price, date and launch line-ups for the two new console families.

Bloodborne fans have been tirelessly uncovering cut content inside developer From Software's code, an absolute mountain of it in fact, since launch in 2015; and now one of these excised treats - the fearsome Great One Beast boss - has been made playable in a new mod.

Mario's famous "gay Bowser" line isn't in Super Mario 3D All-Stars' version of Super Mario 64 - and fans are waving a sad goodbye.

Perhaps it was inevitable: pre-orders for the PlayStation 5 have been a bit of a mess - and scalpers are taking advantage.

Sony has apologised for the chaos caused by PlayStation 5 pre-orders this week.

Sony has revealed the install size of some of its PlayStation 5 games.

Remember TimeSplitters Rewind? The last time we reported on the fan-made recreation of TimeSplitters 1, 2 and 3 was back in 2018. Now, it's reemerged with a 30 minute gameplay video.

It's an exciting time in racing games; if you're Martin, it's always an exciting time in racing games, but right now that is actually true. We've got cool indies like Hot Shot Racing, Inertial Drift and art of rally bringing back the arcade feel, Codemasters at the height of its powers on Dirt, Dirt Rally and F1, Forza Horizon ruling it all - and as it ever was, most of the best racing games are developed here in the UK.

If you, like me, have been playing the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War alpha on PlayStation 4 this weekend, you may have noticed sniper rifles are pretty handy.

EGX is here! This time it's in the rather unique form of PAX Online x EGX Digital, but we're still covering it like usual.

Space exploration sim No Man's Sky is expanding once more, with developer Hello Games now teasing its mysterious new Origins update, due to arrive on PC and consoles next week.

In news both theoretically exciting and so detail-deficient it barely constitutes news, Ubisoft has announced it'll be bringing its Splinter Cell and Assassin's Creed franchises to VR.

Cyberpunk 2077's 19th November launch date is rapidly closing in, which, as you might expect, means CD Projekt's steady stream of reveals continues; and this time the developer has offered a closer look at Night City itself, as well as its gangs, in its latest livestream.

EGX is here! This time it's in the rather unique form of PAX Online x EGX Digital, but we're still covering it like usual.

I love the smell of next-gen in the morning. It's exciting, isn't it? We've had quite a couple of weeks: the long-awaited, leaked reveal of Xbox Series S started a series of dominoes that saw both Sony and Microsoft price and date their new machines, and culminated in yesterday's PS5 preorder chaos.

Observer System Redux, the enhanced next-gen version of Layers of Fear developer Bloober Team's surreal sci-fi horror, has now been confirmed as a launch title for both upcoming next-gen consoles, meaning a 10th November release on Xbox Series X/S (and PC) and a 12th November launch on PlayStation 5.

The US government is probing the security protocols of Unreal Engine and Fortnite maker Epic Games, plus League of Legends creator Riot Games.

Michel Ancel has announced he has left the video game industry to focus full-time on a wildlife sanctuary.

After Doom's resounding 2016 comeback - which was also something of a comeback for developed id Software - this year's Doom Eternal didn't get quite the same level of universal acclaim. Some loved it, though, including Digital Foundry's John Linneman, who got a chance to chat with id's Marty Stratton and Hugo Martin about the game, its forthcoming DLC The Ancient Gods Part 1, and all things Doom for PAX Online x EGX Digital.

The latest Nintendo Direct mini has just wrapped up, with a smattering of new release dates and a couple of big announcements.

Pre-order the upcoming Star Wars Squadrons via the Epic Store on PC and you'll unlock a free X-Wing in Fortnite.

There's a new generation of consoles just around the corner, and one of them's even got a launch game. It's a pretty damn compelling one too - Bluepoint Games' collaboration with Sony's Japan Studio to remake the iconic and much-loved Demon's Souls is one of the most exciting propositions on the PlayStation 5 slate, and to have it there on day one gives the console one hell of a push. But... There's something slightly awry about all this.