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Minecraft Earth will be available without an invite for the first time in October, Microsoft has announced at Minecon. We expect the UK to be among the countries in the game's first first wave, and Microsoft projects the entire planet will able to play by the end of the year.

The developer behind the promising GoldenEye fan remake has released a new gameplay video - and it looks great.

Capcom's shown off a full match of Resident Evil spin-off Project Resistance.

EA Sports has responded to the current player outcry over FIFA 20 by detailing what's next for the game and, to an extent, what went wrong.

You can now play Cuphead in a Tesla.

If you logged into Gears 5 last night, you might have noticed a big surprise: the price of Iron just went up.

Last week's Call of Duty Modern Warfare beta was something of a big event - a chance to road-test a significant amount of multiplayer modes, maps and content on all systems, opening up cross-play functionality for the first time. No matter what console or PC set-up you may have, COD now offers users the option of striking out from PSN, Xbox Live or battle.net, letting players battle it out in all-platforms free-for-all. This is monumentous stuff for the biggest franchise shooter of them all, and an opportunity we couldn't miss.

There are no plans for Red Dead Redemption 2 single-player DLC, Rockstar has said.

I downloaded a bit of history last night. Do you remember Trism? Trism is a sliding tile puzzler in which you group triangles together. In the first days of the App Store, it was one of the few games that made people think: oh, this could be something. Playing it today, it's still a lot of fun, although the handling is fussy and the UI creaks. That's the point, though: if you're playing Trism today you're after nostalgia as much as anything else, and the fussiness and creakiness are part of the appeal.

The Masters of Doom TV series, which was announced to be in development by James and Dave Franco's production company Ramona Films back in June, has officially found its Johns - which is to say, its John Carmack and John Romero have now been cast.

Everything is currently free on the Epic Games Store! But wait; before you go indiscriminately loading up your shopping cart (haha, just kidding), I should probably clarify: Everything the game is currently free on the Epic Store, as is Metro 2033 Redux. So if you're in the mood to expand that already insurmountable backlog still further, you know where to go.

505 Games has moved assure players that the long-promised patch to fix Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night's troubled Switch port is still on the way, but it now isn't expected until November, almost four months after the game's launch.

Respawn Entertainment's free-to-play battle royale shooter Apex Legends is about to embark on its third season, and a key element of this, the developer has now revealed, is a brand-new fire-and-ice-themed map.

FIFA 20 is out in the wild - and its Career Mode has already come under fire.

Stardew Valley's multiplayer update has been out on Switch and PC for a while now, and it's finally time for the remaining consoles. Well, PlayStation 4 at least, as the multiplayer update for Xbox One has failed certification again.

It's been a rocky week for the team behind Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. After taking a hammering from fans over the timed PS4 exclusivity deal for Survival mode, talk of weapons being added to supply drops (loot boxes) began to spread online after a leaker claimed the drops would no longer be cosmetic-only, and it didn't take long for hundreds of complaints to appear on Twitter and the Modern Warfare subreddit.

"It's something epic, but something beautiful," says William Dubé when asked to explain the etymology of his studio's name, Thunder Lotus. "To me that combination of a thunderstorm that's big powerful and scary, and then the lotus flower which is something very delicate, and really beautiful. And it sounds really cool too! One of [our aims] is to make beautifully powerful games. I think that really reflects the name of the studio."

Valve has fixed NPCs not blinking in Half-Life 2, its 15-year-old shooter that may never see a sequel.

If you've played Gears 5's excellent campaign you'll probably have walked through its toilets.

UPDATE 27/09/19: Following news The Last of Us Part 2 will be releasing without multiplayer, Naughty Dog has (partially) clarified its plans for online content, which sounds like it will release separately to the main game.

The free-to-play Magic: The Gathering Arena game launches today on PC, and it's rather good.

This Saturday marks the return of Minecon, Mojang's annual Minecraft convention - which has, of course, been an entirely digital affair for the last few years. As part of the event, players are being given the chance to vote on the Minecraft biome they want to see overhauled next.

Developer Twice Circled's enormously enjoyable fishy management tycoon game Megaquarium is heading to Xbox One, PS4, and Switch on 18th October.

Developer Maze Theory's "cinematic, feature-length" Doctor Who VR game, The Edge of Time, is right around the corner, with a PlayStation VR, Oculus, and Vive release still pencilled in for the rapidly dwindling month of September. And in anticipation of that imminent launch, there's a new trailer offering a few additional gameplay glimpses.

Xbox Live Gold subscribers teetering on the edge of their seats in anticipation of October's Xbox Games With Gold may finally loosen their glutes; Microsoft has now revealed all, with the likes of Friday the 13th and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge due in the coming weeks.

You know what would be really plus ultra? Another My Hero Academia game, which is something that's happening according to Japanese magazine Weekly Jump. It's a sequel to the previous game, My Hero One's Justice, rather than anything radically new.

The Last of Us Part 2 draws closer, and some of its mysteries have begun to unravel. Perhaps the biggest revelation of this week's new trailer was the return of the original's lead Joel - a character many had presumed would be killed off and set Ellie on the path of revenge she's known to be taking in the sequel. Of course, not everything is as it seems in Naughty Dog's trailer, and it's impossible to draw conclusions when seeing snippets presented out of context - but the implication that Ellie's love interest Dina would be the motivation for revenge marked a sour note for some.

Where to start after playing two hours of The Last of Us Part 2? How exactly to talk about a sequel to one of the last decade's most beloved games - if not the most beloved - without spoiling a story beat that's best experienced first-hand, or sharing too much? By now, you'll surely know the set-up: Ellie has been shifted into the central role, seeking revenge after some horrendous, as-yet-undisclosed incident. There is violence - lots of it - and there are moments of downbeat beauty in its exploration of love and hate and how the two play against and into each other.

I'm not going to admit I was wrong, but... A year ago Dragon Quest 11 came out for PlayStation 4 and, while I certainly enjoyed it, I wasn't as keen on it as most. This was a staunchly traditional outing that didn't seem to offer too much beyond splendour (though it was so splendrous that it's easily the most lavish RPG I've ever played). Now, playing through Dragon Quest 11 a second time on Switch, I've adjusted my opinion a little. Why exactly is that?

It's finally happened... sort of. Soon you'll be able to play PUBG on PC for free - although it'll be a pared-down version of the original game, and a standalone product in its own right. Close enough.