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Activision has laid-out its post-launch plans for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare ahead of its release next week, pledging that it will be monetising the game (as Infinity Ward's studio art director Joel Emslie hinted at on Monday) through a Battle Pass system and in-game store, rather than through the loot boxes seen in previous titles.

Overwatch's Halloween update dropped earlier this week and introduced some brand new spooky skins and cosmetics for a handful of the characters. But one new Warlock skin for Ashe doesn't quite work as intended.

The Double-A Team is a newish feature series honouring the unpretentious, mid-budget, gimmicky commercial action games that no-one seems to make any more.

Crusader Kings 2 is now free to play.

So far in 2019 I've bested mechs the size of skyscrapers, pummelled ancient demons into the pavement, even terrorised the citizens of a sleepy English village as one very naughty goose. But the greatest video game enemy I've faced this year? It's Ring Fit Adventure's stairs. These things burn.

Bethesda has announced a delay for Fallout 76's highly anticipated Wastelanders update, which adds NPC to the beleaguered multiplayer game. In better news, however, it's finally introducing much-requested private servers next week.

BioWare's troubled looter-shooter Anthem is still soldiering onward, and is now, as it waves goodbye to its long-in-the-works Cataclysm event, joining in the spooky festivities with the launch of its new Season of Skulls.

Rockstar's open-world western opus Red Dead Redemption 2 is finally coming to PC, and with comes an array of technical enhancements exclusive to the platform - which the developer is now ready to show off to the world in a new trailer.

Westwood Studio's classic Blade Runner point-and-click adventure can finally be enjoyed once more with ease on PC, thanks to the diligent work of the ScummVM development community.

Halfbrick Studios, the Aussie developer behind mobile hits such as Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, has just launched its first new game in three years.

The physical version of The Outer Worlds on Xbox One has a huge 38GB day one patch, developer Obsidian has warned.

Pokémon Sword and Shield open more or less the same as any other in the series: wake up in your room, chat with your mum, check the telly for a little Nintendo console reference. You know the story. Right the way through to the usual little fetch quest for the professor and battle with your rival, Sword and Shield's opening is a mostly pretty, sleepy, comfort-food affair. There's a little diversion in there, which I won't spoil, but really that aside it's business as usual.

Gears 5 has received its first DLC character drop. On the "hero" side we've got COG Gear and DeeBee. On the "villain" side we've got Warden and General Raam.

Hello, and welcome to our new series which picks out interesting things that we'd love someone to make a game about.

Epic continues to frisbee out the free games, as backlogs around the globe grow so unwieldy they're liable to topple over and squish their owners flat. But should you be willing to risk your chances against Death itself, then, hey, why not add Observer and Alan Wake's American Nightmare to your library later today?

Console makers do promotions and crossovers with companies outside of the video game industry all of the time - and we here at Eurogamer often let them breeze past us on account of them being pretty uninteresting.

Do you remember those Magic Eye pictures? The ones you had to stare at awkwardly to see hidden pictures in. They took me forever to see. I'd be utterly convinced there was nothing in them, just indecipherable visual noise, then all of a sudden, whoah! I'd see it. I'd get a jolt of excitement as the image was revealed. Then it all seemed a bit trivial because it was staring me in the face the whole time.

After last week's bonus Sega-themed podcast, we're back to our regular schedule to discuss The Witcher 3 now it's arrived on Nintendo Switch, which Digital Foundry describes as a "stunning handheld achievement".

Fortnite's new map is the star of its revamped, reinvigorated Chapter 2 update, which launched yesterday after nearly 48 hours of black hole-ridden downtime.

Sea of Thieves is getting into the spirit of the spooky season today, with the advent of its new Fort of the Damned update - and it's a big un, introducing the likes of an ultra-hard skeleton fort, a much-requested banjo to twang, new Arena mode options, and more. Oh, and especially particular pirates can finally change the colour of their undergarments too.

Google has confirmed that it's winding down support for its mobile VR platform, Daydream, citing decreased usage and limited adoption of the technology.

Cosmo D, the creator behind surreal jazz-infused delights The Norwood Suite and Off-Peak, has released the first trailer for his next adventure oddity, Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1.

Blizzard has finally suspended the US Hearthstone collegiate team that held up a "Free Hong Kong, Boycott Blizz" sign during a tournament stream, following accusations from the community (and the team itself) that its failure to punish the players was hypocritical.

Today, Argos announced its plans for the imminent Black Friday 2017 deals happening. The company will host a mammoth, 14-day 'shopping bonanza', the press release claims.

The Elixir Golem isn't officially released for 18 days, but already I can't stop thinking about him. Some people in my clan already have him, which doesn't help. New cards have slowed down a bit in Clash Royale of late. But even without such relative scarcity this guy would be exciting.

Developer Plausible Concept's acclaimed Viking-themed real-time strategy effort Bad North is now, having successfully conquered PC and consoles last year, available on iOS and Android.

In what has become somewhat of a yearly tradition, boutique console manufacturer Analogue has just announced another new machine in the works for 2020 and, for the first time, it's a portable system. Christened the Analogue Pocket, this new system offers a unique take on portable retro gaming that has a lot of potential.

UPDATE 11.09pm: Paradox has disabled the beta version of its new mobile sci-fi strategy title Stellaris: Galaxy Command, after the discovery that some of the imagery used within the game by developer Gamebear had been lifted wholesale from Halo art.

Those who take Gears 5 competitive multiplayer seriously certainly have opinions about Terminator.

Overwatch's annual Halloween event dropped last night, after almost no indication from Blizzard it was even happening.