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Forget Contra, because Contra: Rogue Corps pretty much has as far as I can tell. Sure, there's some attempt to slot this game into the timeline, I think, but it's essentially a co-op-focused action game that has very little to do with the main Contra series. Is Rogue Corps any good in and of itself? Not really. Does this matter? Not really. Rogue Corps is one of those not-brilliant games that can still be a fair amount of fun to play in lazy bursts - largely because of the central idea.

In a whopping 8 GB download available right now for the Public Test Region (PTR), Overwatch has made changes to 13 heroes in a patch dubbed a "remaster".

Microsoft has revealed the latest titles heading to its Xbox Game Pass subscription service for PC, and they look an awful lot like Dirt Rally 2.0, Saints Row 4, Cities: Skylines, and Bad North.

Launch a game of Fortnite now and watch its mechs drop down at the start. As soon as they touch the ground, they immediately disappear.

Mortal Kombat 11 characters will each get a third variation in an upcoming patch, NetherRealm has announced.

Early August 2019, Evo - the world's largest fighting game tournament - concluded on a tragic note. What should have been a weekend that ended with celebration was instead tarnished by reports of sexual harassment and spiked drinks at the event's afterparties.

At long last, Respawn Entertainment's mystery Oculus VR shooter has been revealed - and it sees the developer taking on WW2 for a surprise new instalment in the Medal of Honor series.

Geese are dicks. I know that, and you know that. I don't think there's a single person who hasn't got a story to share about being terrorised by these feathered menaces, these long-necked shits. My own involves cycling home on the Hertford Union Canal and coming across a small blockade just outside Victoria Park as other cyclists were threatened by one very angry, very aggressive goose. Then, after a short while, it started to attack standers-by, swinging its beak at exposed shins and hissing, its grotesque spiky tongue flapping as it went. Eventually, someone just had enough and kicked the goose square in the neck, forcing it to saunter off. Good. Geese are dicks.

Six Ages: Ride Like The Wind, developer A Sharp's spiritual successor to mighty cult classic strategy RPG King of Dragon Pass, will be coming to PC on 17th October.

Facebook has unveiled the Oculus Link, a new cable-software combo enabling Oculus Quest owners to play the full library of Rift games via their PC.

This week's been a busy one for chicken dinners - first we had the release of the KFC dating game, and now we have another PUBG update, which is introducing some tasty stat additions. We all love stats... right?

Many months after it was first teased for the game, Mime Jr. is finally headed to Pokémon Go.

There's been a slight delay to the console release - PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch - of golden old role-playing games Baldur's Gate (the series), Planescape: Torment and Icewind Dale.

Nintendo's free-to-play Mario Kart Tour has launched today for mobile phones - and there's a surprise £4.99 subscription option.

The patch notes for Fortnite's latest update reveal that this weekend, from 27th until 30th September, the game is hosting a double XP event.

UPDATE (25th Sepetember 2019): The Shenmue 3 demo is set to arrive "beginning this weekend" for backers of the trial tier of the game's Kickstarter, Ys Net has announced.

Like many of the blockbuster PlayStation exclusives that have come before it, Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding is getting its very own limited edition PS4 Pro bundle.

UPDATE 25th Sep 2019: Infinity Ward's narrative director Taylor Kurosaki has responded to complaints over Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's PlayStation 4 timed exclusivity for the Survival mode of Spec Ops, pointing to "decisions that are above all of our pay grades".

Well, that was fast. Two weeks after it was initially announced, KFC's game I Love You, Colonel Sanders! A Finger Lickin' Good Dating Simulator is out on Steam, and you can play it for free. Naturally, that's what I've done.

To remind yourself of Ellie and Joel's struggles in The Last Of Us before the sequel releases next year, PlayStation are offering The Last of Us Remastered as one of your free PS Plus titles for October.

Overland is a strategy game about a road-trip across alien-invaded America. It's good but unforgiving. It's not for everyone (I wrote the Overland review). There are people, though, who relish a challenge like this.

Sony's MediEvil remake is right around the corner - it's coming to PS4 in October, just in time for Hallowe'en - but if your urge to batter the undead is simply too great to wait, well, you can download a demo right now.

Developer Piccolo Studio and publisher Techland have unveiled Arise, a rather lovely looking atmospheric adventure through the afterlife that's coming to PS4 on 3rd December.

Three years after its original release, turn-based strategy game Civilization 6 is finally heading to PS4 and Xbox One on 22nd November.

Microsoft will begin a public test of Project xCloud, its Xbox game streaming service, in selected countries next month.

We've just got a look at Humanity, the next game from Tetsuya Mizuguchi-lead Enhance Inc, developer of Tetris Effect.

Eastshade, the gorgeous open-world exploration RPG of anthropomorphic animals and painterly pursuits, is heading to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on 21st October.

Sony's long-awaited third-person misery sneaker sequel, The Last of Us Part 2, finally has a release date. It'll be ripping the happiness right out of PS4 owners on 21st February next year.

Activision has released a new trailer for the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare campaign, and Captain Price takes centre stage.

Developer Hinterland Games has announced that the long-awaited, and very delayed, third story episode of its sub-zero survival experience The Long Dark will finally come to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC on 22nd October.