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To me, Frostpunk is a game about pressure, it provides the context for everything you do. What you build depends on where you're being stretched thinnest. Are you running out of coal? Research and improve your coal production. Are you out of food? Do the same for food. Has the temperature dropped and you need better insulation? You'd better hurry up because it definitely isn't getting any warmer. It never lets up. When you think you've solved one problem, Frostpunk provides another two, and every time it does, it dangles a horrid solution in front of you.

Fortnite's Marvel-themed Chapter 2 Season 4 launches today on all platforms except iPhone, iPad and Mac - but developer Epic Games has still snuck in one final update for those devices.

If you've been waiting with bated breath for news of September's PlayStation Plus games, then now is the time to unbrace; this month's additions are now officially revealed to be PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Street Fighter 5.

Bandai Namco's long-running, drum-bashing rhythm series Taiko no Tatsujin is returning this winter in the newly revealed guise of Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack - a bundle of two previously Japan-only 3DS RPGs, localised and spruced up for Switch.

Before Wasteland 3 begins, the developers at inXile Entertainment present the player with a message. "Wasteland 3 is a work of fiction," we're told. "Ideas, dialogue, and stories we created early in development have in some cases been mirrored by our current reality. Our goal is to present a game of fictional entertainment, and any correlation to real-world events is purely coincidental."

Grounded, Obsidian Entertainment's delightful (and occasionally terrifying) game about inch-high garden survival, has just received its first major early access update, adding a big scary bird, water fleas, a new perks system, new craftable items, and more.

The first Black Ops Cold War trailer debuted in Warzone today, unveiling a lot more information about the next Call of Duty game - including a release date of November 13th for current-gen consoles and PC, with next-gen versions for PS5 and Xbox Series X to arrive alongside the consoles themselves. Here's what we learned, centring around the game's setting and story, a cast of new and returning characters and a newfound focus on player freedom - one that even manifests in a character creator, dialogue options and Hitman-style nonlinear levels.

If, like me, you foolishly forgot to update Modern Warfare in time for this evening's Black Ops Cold War reveal event, then worry no more - this recap of events is for you.

Developer ArenaNet's free-to-play MMO Guild Wars 2 will be making its way to Steam - alongside its Heart of Thorns and Path of Fire expansions, plus all Living World Content - this November, over eight years after the game's original release.

We knew Hello Games' latest title would be arriving at some point this summer, but were any of you expecting it to arrive... tomorrow?

CD Projekt is bringing the Witcher-y world of Geralt and friends to iOS and Android, and it's arriving in the form of an augmented-reality, free-to-play "location-based RPG".

This afternoon saw the surprise release of a new Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase video, focusing on various upcoming third-party games headed to Nintendo Switch.

UPDATE 4.30pm UK: Not content with one impressive sales stat today, Fall Guys has now passed 7m copies sold on Steam:

The brilliant Puyo Puyo Tetris is getting a sequel for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X.

Pokémon Go gets its first Mega Pokémon this week, as well as a whole chunk of new gameplay centred around how these super-powered Pokémon will work.

Konami's entertaining Super Bomberman R is returning next week - reduced and rejuvenated with a new 64-player battle royale mode - as a "first on Stadia" exclusive.

When I met Wan Hazmer and Daim Dziauddin, founders of No Straight Roads developer Metronomik, at EGX Rezzed last year, I was immediately taken with the great story behind the game. Not only did the two want to release a homegrown Malaysian game and thus support their local game industry, but they also envisioned rhythm gaming as something more than following cursors and pressing buttons to the beat. One loves rock, the other is more into EDM, and thus Vinyl City was born, a place where a lone rock band takes on an evil EDM empire.

Candy-coloured battle royale Fall Guys has become a surprise hit over the last few weeks, and like any popular online multiplayer, this unfortunately means one thing: an influx of cheaters.

Fortnite is due to debut its next season tomorrow, themed around heroes from Marvel comics.

I've only ever been handed one police caution, and it was for playing a train sim. Back when I was a lot younger and a whole lot sillier I imported a PSP as soon as it came out in Japan, alongside launch essentials Ridge Racer, Lumines and - just because - Densha de Go! 2, which soon became the default way to show off my new toy. Which is exactly what I was doing in Greenwich Park when I was showing it off to a friend who was so impressed that he rammed the thing up as loud as it would go while tooting the train's horn, rolling around in laughter because I think he'd had a bit of a toot himself beforehand, until some passing policemen expressed their displeasure at our behaviour. And that's the boring story of how I got done for disturbing the peace with a PSP, and for tooting in public.

Project Cars 3 is an odd one. As it's ever been with this series, really - Slightly Mad by name, totally bonkers by nature you might say of the developer - but this third outing for one of the the most expansive racing games on the market is the wackiest yet, jettisoning sim staples such as tire wear and fuel usage for something that's laser-focussed on the Forza Motorsport crowd. So is it a sim or isn't it? After a couple of dozen hours with it, I'm not entirely sure myself, and fairly certain I don't really care - whatever this is, it's an awful lot more fun than its predecessors.

Games are great for allowing players to experience different perspectives. And I have some ideas about different perspectives in general. Wheelchairs need to be reinvented and celebrated as independence equipment rather than used as a prop in horror stories. Games would be perfect for this.

Warframe's ceaseless expansion continues apace, this time with the arrival of a new - and decidedly hellish - open-world area as part of the game's Heart of Deimos update, which launches today on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

Gearbox has shared first details of Psycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck, Borderlands 3's fourth and final paid DLC campaign, ahead of its release on 10th September.

Netflix has released the first trailer for its animated adaptation of Capcom's action-RPG Dragon's Dogma, ahead of the series' arrival on 17th September.

It lasted less than a second, but a brief snippet of Tiananmen Square footage in the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War trailer has given Activision a considerable headache. After the teaser trailer was banned in China, Activision decided to remove the Tiananmen Square footage from the video - and has now replaced the old trailer with the edited version worldwide.

It was only a matter of time before someone put the cute jelly beans from Fall Guys into Skyrim (where all things end up, ultimately), and less than a month after Fall Guys' release, that mod has already arrived.

I was encouraged after playing Amazon's New World MMO yesterday. A few things grabbed me. One, it was much more robust than I'd expected - I realise we were in a fairly controlled testing environment but it handled a 50 versus 50 battle without any kind of hitch. Two, it did it all while running believable collision detection on the server which made a real difference in battle. Three, it was very handsome and the spell effects were wonderful. Four, it was fun. And five, it didn't feel as out of date as I thought a fairly traditional MMO, in 2020, would.

We're a day out from the official reveal of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, and the leaks are coming thick and fast, as yet another datamine has revealed the official description for the title - and even a possible release date.

UPDATE 25/08/20: Epic Games has seen partial success in seeking a restraining order against Apple, with the company ordered not to block Unreal Engine or terminate Epic's developer accounts on iOS and Mac. Temporarily, at least.