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Developer Ice-Pick Lodge's masterful plague survival horror Pathologic 2 will be making its way to Xbox One - as well as Xbox and PC Game Pass - on 12th December.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag and Assassin's Creed Rogue will be making their way to Switch, in the form of two-game bundle The Rebel Collection, on 6th December.

Supermassive Games' enormously entertaining nautical horror Man of Medan is launching a Friend's Pass for a limited time, enabling those who've purchased the cinematic adventure to do a full play-through with a friend that doesn't own a copy.

To mark the end of the 2010s, we're celebrating 30 games that defined the last 10 years. You can find all the articles as they're published in the Games of the Decade archive, and read about the thinking behind it in an editor's blog.

To mark the end of the 2010s, we're celebrating 30 games that defined the last 10 years. You can find all the articles as they're published in the Games of the Decade archive, and read about the thinking behind it in an editor's blog.

Unlocking a player title in Destiny 2 is meant to feel like an accomplishment. You unlock a special gold seal for your book of in-game Triumphs. You get a cool tag next to your name so you stand out from the crowd. You rank among the very best at a particular part of the game - collecting guns, beating raid bosses, fighting in Gambit or Strikes or the Crucible.

Total War: Warhammer 2 (which, according to this press release is still not called Total Warhammer 2) is set for a campaign pack that adds two big names from the Warhammer fantasy.

Steam users, your wait is almost over. Rockstar has announced Red Dead Redemption 2 will finally come the platform next week on Thursday 5th December.

There's a new Gigantamax Pokémon coming to Sword and Shield in December - an even bigger, hulking version of OG chonk Snorlax.

December's games for PlayStation Plus subscribers include Monster Energy Supercross - The Video Game and... oh, some shooter or other.

The unstoppable force of expansion that is No Man's Sky will swell once more tomorrow, 28th November, with the arrival of developer Hello Games' Synthesis Update, which adds a range of frequently requested features to the space exploration sim.

Fans of Bethesda-flavoured monetisation nonsense better get their hankies out; the company's free-to-play Elder Scrolls spin-off, The Elder Scrolls: Blades, will not be coming to Switch this year as originally announced, and is now due some time in 2020. That primarily appears to be the result of Bethesda's decision to ditch Blades' unpopular chest timers.

Google has offered refunds to anyone who has already bought a game just added to the £8.99-a-month Stadia Pro subscription.

To mark the end of the 2010s, we're celebrating 30 games that defined the last 10 years. You can find all the articles as they're published in the Games of the Decade archive, and read about the thinking behind it in an editor's blog.

UPDATE 27/11/19: ConcernedApe has now released the full changelog detailing all the new content to hit Stardew Valley this week.

It's Christmas come early for Call of Duty fans, as the launch date for Modern Warfare's first season has been revealed - along with a significant amount of free stuff. So much free stuff, in fact, Infinity Ward has labelled it the "biggest free content drop in Call of Duty history". Although, I'd argue raining men from spawns also qualifies for that category.

To mark the end of the 2010s, we're celebrating 30 games that defined the last 10 years. You can find all the articles as they're published in the Games of the Decade archive, and read about our thinking about it in an editor's blog.

Fresh from his movie trailer glow-up, Sonic the Hedgehog has dashed over to Humble Bundle. There, a range of adventures are now available for the store's usual low price of your choosing.

Respawn has detailed a bunch of changes being implemented to Apex Legend's levelling up system - including a level cap increase and more rewards for level progression.

To mark the end of the 2010s, we're celebrating 30 games that defined the last 10 years. You can find all the articles as they're published in the Games of the Decade archive, and read about the thinking behind it in an editor's blog.

UPDATE 27/11/19: Netflix has now removed its tweet listing Castlevania's season three release date, while the series' director has poured cold water on the new episodes being finished in time for next month. (And, you'd think, he would know.)

To mark the end of the 2010s, we're celebrating 30 games that defined the last 10 years. You can find all the articles as they're published in the Games of the Decade archive, and read about our thinking about it in an editor's blog.

To mark the end of the 2010s, we're celebrating 30 games that defined the last 10 years. You can find all the articles as they're published in the Games of the Decade archive, and read about the thinking behind it in an editor's blog.

Beat Games, the developer behind VR arm-flailing rhythm-action smash Beat Saber, has been acquired by Facebook and is now officially part of the company's Oculus Studios.

If the past decade in big budget game design has been marked by anything, it is surely the calcifying of "progression" as a concept. The noughties saw the unholy conjoining of the action game and RPG levelling structures in games like Bioshock. Coupled with the triple-A publisher cabal's redefining of games as content delivery systems, this has given rise to a whole raft of experiences in which players toil endlessly towards moving goal posts. Finales be damned: there must always be something else to unlock.

As if Stadia's current 22 game line-up wasn't enticing enough, Google has announced a second timed-exclusive for its streaming service: local co-op indie Spitlings.

It's been four years since the world was last graced with a Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game - and, as we've all tried hard to forget, it was rubbish. Even so, despite late-life missteps, love for the series lingers on - and recent whispers from those seemingly in the know suggest that fans may finally be set to get the Pro Skater revival they've been hoping for.

To mark the end of the 2010s, we're celebrating 30 games that defined the last 10 years. You can find all the articles as they're published in the Games of the Decade archive, and read about the thinking behind it in an editor's blog.

UPDATE 26/11/19: After several players became stranded on a rocky bridge in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Respawn has come to the rescue and rolled out a patch to let players leave the Dathomir tomb - and block off the route to prevent others entering too early.

Black Friday's coming up, and my news feed is already filling up with sales ads - but it seems Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is also getting in on the action, as it's introduced Price drops all of its own.