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Evil Genius 2: World Domination, the Rebellion-developed sequel to Elixir Studios' cult-classic management sim, will no longer release this year as originally announced, and is now expected to arrive on PC in the first half of 2021.

Layers of Fear developer Bloober Team has finally confirmed that, yes, its striking sci-fi horror revamp, Observer System Redux, will be making its way to Steam alongside the previously announced next-gen console releases. And in equally pleasing news, there's a big discount for existing users, and a limited-time demo of the upgraded experience is out today.

It's easy to forget there was life before No Man's Sky at Hello Games. The studio, which is still small now, started out tiny: "four people in a room" as co-founder Sean Murray puts it, somewhat wistfully, when the original team started work on the PS3's Joe Danger. Speaking to Murray and Steven Burgess, who's taking the lead on The Last Campfire, the curiously mournful puzzle-adventure that arrived via surprise release yesterday, the focus is very much on that kind of independent spirit.

Retro run-and-gun classic Turrican is back to celebrate its 30th anniversary with several anthology collections for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

When it comes to strange enemy designs, things surely can't get much weirder than Bandai Namco's upcoming action RPG Scarlet Nexus. Flowers with ostrich legs and stilettos, a slinky with human hands - it's all rather disturbing stuff. Kind of like that horrible spider doll from Toy Story.

World of Warcraft's eighth expansion Shadowlands now has a release date - 27th October - and thanks to Blizzard we have a chance for 150 of you to join the current beta test and try it out ahead of its release.

World of Warcraft: Shadowlands will be released on October 27th, and we have 150 keys to the current beta test to give away.

When Crystal Dynamics' take on an Avengers game was first unveiled, I think it's fair to say everyone was somewhat taken aback by the characters' appearance-change from the movies. Which makes sense, as we've all become accustomed to seeing Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Hemsworth plastered over our screens for several years - and so the sudden transformation was a little jarring.

Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga will take a little longer to drop out of hyperspace than first expected. A new trailer shown during Gamescom Opening Night Live has confirmed it for a spring 2021 release on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X.

Watch your language - or have Steam do it for you, as Valve is trialling a new text and chat filtering system which allows players to control what sort of language they see on the platform.

Level-5's gorgeous anime-inspired Ni No Kuni series is getting an MMO for smartphones in Japan.

In the mid 2000's The Legend of Zelda was in the midst of an identity crisis. After twenty years of steady success, the landmark series had become a victim of its own longevity, as the need to innovate clashed up against the expectations of an aging fanbase. Wind Waker was declared too cartoonish and suffered poor sales compared to its predecessors. 'The Legend of Zelda is not for children!', cried men who had played Legend of Zelda as children. 'I demand a serious mature game, to reflect my serious mature life!'

It's back - and creepier than ever. Initially announced back at Gamescom last year, Little Nightmares 2 now has a release date of 11th February 2021, and a new gameplay trailer that will definitely keep you up at night.

In a nice surprise during Gamescom Opening Night Live, BioWare has shown off our best look yet at the next Dragon Age game.

We didn't get a Gamescom this year, but we did get a Gamescom Opening Night Live - another chance to stare again into the crystal ball of gaming's future, presented as ever by host Geoff Keighley.

Steve Purcell's wise-cracking anthropomorphic crime-fighting duo Sam & Max will be making their long-awaited return to the world of video games in Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual, a new VR adventure from developer HappyGiant.

The Sims 4 is ditching its suburban comforts for a life of adventure in a a galaxy far, far away, thanks to imminent arrival of its latest Game Pack expansion, Star Wars: Journey to Batuu.

After successfully becoming the most-downloaded PlayStation Plus game of all time, Fall Guys is continuing its quest for world domination with a second season, which lands this October.

Elite Dangerous and Planet Coaster studio Frontier Developments has announced that Montreal developer Chasing Rats' raucously gory co-op platformer Struggling will be the first game to launch as part of its new Frontier Foundry publishing label - and it's out today on Switch and PC.

Jurassic World Evolution, Frontier Development's game of dinosaur-themed resort management and dubious scientific application, is making its way to Switch on 3rd November.

Shadowlands, the latest expansion for World of Warcraft, is launching on 27th October.

This might be an opportunity for only the most dedicated PlayStation fans, but Sony will open pre-orders for the PS5 to a limited number of people - despite the fact we still don't know the price or release date of the console.

Fortnite has launched Nexus War, its Marvel-themed Chapter 2 Season 4, which includes a battle pass full of comic book characters and accessories to unlock.

If you were fretting about having to abandon your Warzone progress for the next Call of Duty, then here's a surprise for you: Black Ops Cold War will share progression with Warzone, including battle pass progression - and many of your current unlocks will carry across.

Netflix has released new details of its upcoming live-action Resident Evil TV series, which will star a set of familiarly-named children.

Hotshot Racing finally has a release date and it's only a few short days away, with the 90s-styled arcade racer from Lucky Mountain Games and Sumo Digital hitting PC, Switch, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on September 10th.

Valve will release a new update for Left 4 Dead 2, almost 11 years after its co-operative zombie shooter was first unleashed.

Confirming a leak that emerged before the game's reveal, official listings have now verified that Black Ops Cold War has a "cross-gen" bundle: meaning you'll have to pay more for a next-gen upgrade. And boy is the upgrade path complicated - although at least it's all coming with cross-generation cross-play.

When Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was first asked to fly the mail from Alicante to Casablanca, he asked another pilot, Guillaumet, to talk him through the terrain in advance. This was 1926 and aviation was a somewhat magical business. "Guillaumet didn't teach me about Spain," Saint-Exupéry later wrote, "he made Spain my friend. He didn't talk about hydrography, or population figures, or livestock. Instead, when talking about Guadix, he spoke of three orange trees at the edge of a field."

Pokémon Go has given its raid system the biggest structural shake up since the co-operative battling feature was introduced in 2017.