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Grand Theft Auto Online remains one of the biggest games in the world - and it's getting even more popular.

If you're into playing the FIFA Ultimate Team market, you'll have noticed FIFA 20 suffered its first crash this week. Why? Because of Jamie Vardy.

505 Games has confirmed that Hideo Kojima's third-person valley ambler Death Stranding won't, as some had suspected, be snaffled up in an Epic Games Store exclusivity deal when it launches on PC next year, and that it will also be coming to Steam.

Fire Emblem: Three Houses, basically Hogwarts but with more turn-based battles and a less stringent entry policy, has just received a new update on Switch, adding the likes of sauna socialising, increased save slots, new outfits, and animal interactions for those who just can't pass a cat or dog without needing to fawn all over them.

If you're looking to expand that insurmountable gaming backlog still further, then perhaps you might like to glance in the direction of the Epic Games Store, where once again a bony finger beckons through the crack in the curtain with the promise of more free games. And this week your freebie options are Ruiner and Nuclear Throne.

Larian Studios has been gripped with the spirit of generosity once more, and has tossed another sack of free Divinity: Original Sin 2 DLC at all players on PC, Mac, Switch, PS4, and Xbox One.

Five of the Best is a weekly series about the bits of games we overlook, those poor old things. I'm talking about crowds, potions, mountains, hands - things we barely notice at the time but can recall years later because they're so important to the overall memory of the game.

The Pokémon Company has called off its Japanese launch event for Pokémon Sword and Shield, due to take next place in Tokyo next week.

Several FIFA team members saw their personal Twitter accounts hacked this week as part of "targeted attacks", EA has said.

We knew the Red Dead Redemption 2 shenanigans would really kick off when the PC port arrived, and aside from modders discovering you can transform into dozens of animals and characters from the game, players have also found something a bit creepier. If you thought spooky season was over, think again.

Six new games join Apple Arcade today, bringing the subscription service to its 100 game milestone.

With sparks rising and muttered incantations, Santa Ragione returns at last. This Italian micro-studio has taken us out into a perfect little galaxy in a ship we didn't know how to fly, set us breezing down 1970s highways and navigated clear-edged quantum tunnels. Now it's Sardinia, sometime in the early 1990s, and horrors are afoot in a small town. Find your matches. Call for your friends. Step into the expectant dark.

If you've poked your nose into the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare subreddit of late, you'll have noticed almost non-stop complaints about the game's multiplayer - mostly centred on map design and overpowered weapons. Thankfully, Infinity Ward is releasing a patch today which should tackle some of these problems: and finally calm down my Reddit feed.

Last night, BioWare team members took to Twitter to mark N7 Day - the annual celebration of all things Mass Effect.

Out of nowhere, Nintendo has published a new game from Little Nightmares developer Tarsier.

Developer Pillow Castle Games' long-in-the-works perspective-based puzzler, Superliminal, has finally wiggled a bit to the left and brought a release date into focus. It'll be heading to PC next Tuesday, 12th November.

As Rockstar gives Red Dead Redemption 2 a belated release on PC, we're republishing our original review of its grand western adventure. We'll have more on the PC version in the coming days from Digital Foundry, and if you're playing and need a hand head to our extensive Red Dead Redemption 2 walkthrough.

It's been well over a year since Motion Twin's phenomenal platform-action rogue-like Dead Cells bounded into the world, but the developer still isn't ready to call it a day. Instead, Dead Cells' 15th free update is here on PC, introducing a new biome, malevolant birds, and more.

Developer Beat Games' wonderful arm-flailing VR spectacular, Beat Saber, has expanded its song roster once more, this time adding new paid DLC tracks inspired by Rocket League.

Ever wanted to soar like an eagle over the world of Red Dead Redemption 2? Well, thanks to the PC port, you can - quite literally, as editing a few save files allows you to fly as an eagle to your heart's content.

Monster Hunter World is opening its arms once more to usher in a fresh selection of cross-franchise collaborations, this time for its recently released Iceborne expansion. From tomorrow, Resident Evil 2 gets the crossover treatment on Xbox One and PS4, while Horizon Zero Dawn's second collaboration event comes to PS4 on 21st November. You'll find more on each below.

Teamfight Tactics's big new update has done wonders for Riot's auto chess game. It had gone stale, the same few compositions favoured, a couple of strategies likely to succeed. Where Dragons dominated the board, Set 2 has injected a much-needed variety to play. Now, with loads of new champions to choose from, loads of new synergies to try out and, crucially, new mechanics to master, it feels like Riot is finally stamping its authority on this most curious of video game genres, rather than simply imitating it.

I used to think my parents were strict with gaming - that is, until I saw the new restrictions from the Chinese government, which place significant limits on the amount of time kids can spend in online games.

AMD announced two new processor families today, including the next generations of its Threadripper and Athlon processors, plus a release date for the long-awaited third-gen Ryzen flagship, the Ryzen 9 3950X. Here's what you need to know from the biggest set of AMD CPU announcements since the first Zen 2 processors were revealed earlier this year.

UPDATE 7/11/19: Blast off! Pokémon Go's big Team Rocket update is now live worldwide. You'll find Professor Willow asking for help in defeating them via new Special Research questline Looming in the Shadows.

This week in Pokémon Go is all about its beefy new Team Rocket update - but there's another big addition on the horizon.

If you've been anywhere in the same postcode as a FIFA title for the last several years then you'll be aware of the game's Panini sticker-come cosmic ordering simulator; Ultimate Team. Since its inception, the mode has slowly eclipsed all others in the yearly football franchise, which is appropriate because with its aggressive microtransactions and addictive gameplay it can feel like a black hole from which no light can escape.

Anthem players in the mood for a bit of celebratory retrospection can now adorn their favourite Javelins in cosmetics inspired by developer BioWare's mostly beloved Mass Effect games.

Universal Studios Japan's Super Mario World inspired area is scheduled to open next year, ready for Tokyo's 2020 Olympics. As you might imagine then, construction work is well underway, and recently snapped images have given the best look yet at the project's progress.

Guerrilla Games boss Hermen Hulst is PlayStation's new head of Worldwide Studios (WWS). He takes over from Shawn Layden, who departed the company last month.