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Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has responded to fans asking about the genre of his upcoming opus Death Stranding.

UPDATE 2.20PM: Pokémon Sword and Shield will launch on 15th November worldwide, today's dedicated Nintendo Direct has confirmed.

Black Ops 4 is a potentially great game marred by monetisation issues. Along with the hugely unpopular decision to introduce loot boxes four months after launch, Activision has introduced several laughable microtransactions such as £20 hammers and £1.79 smiley face reticles (yes, really).

The difference between a good exploration game and a great one isn't always down to the quality of the landscape, the story, the stuff you're actually exploring. Sometimes, as with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the difference is as small as waypoint pins. There's only a handful of them to play with in Zelda, meaning that you have to really choose what you're going to aim for on the map, while the game also ensures that you can't become overwhelmed. Those pins narrow your focus, and make a huge landscape manageable.

UPDATE: And just like that, it's actually happening. A handful of days into its crowdfunding campaign, and R-Type Final 2 has been successfully funded, soaring past its initial goal and confirming that this is a game that we will actually be able to play at some point in the near future. What a world! Of course, there are still plenty of stretch goals to be met - most notably offering the potential of levels returning from classic R-Type games - but for now let's radiate in the glory of the moment.

Batman Arkham developer Rocksteady will, once again, skip E3.

Nintendo's unveiled the three NES games that will be hitting the Switch Online subscription service this month, and it's a decent bunch.

Developer The Game Kitchen's gorgeously grotesque "non-linear" action-platformer, Blasphemous, will be heading to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, and Switch later this year, publisher Team 17 has announced.

UPDATE 4/6/19: Ubisoft has now officially confirmed Watch Dogs Legion, following yesterday's leak.

Monster Hunter World's major expansion, Iceborne, is heading to Xbox One, PS4, and PC later this year. And in the run-up to release (and a more thorough unveiling at E3 next week), Capcom has unleashed a host of new videos, showcasing more of Iceborne's new features.

At first, there are nothing but empty spaces. Alien Cel-shaded landscapes boasting hills and ancient structures welcome me as I exit my space pod. Sometimes there's an abandoned facility trapped in the snow. Other trips are rather plain, presenting long walks through places that seem to resemble forests and deserts.

Microsoft has offered a first look at its augmented reality mobile game, Minecraft Earth, ahead of its planned iOS and Android beta launch this summer.

Souls-y sci-fi sequel The Surge 2 will be heading to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC on 24th September, developer Deck 13 has revealed.

Jumanji's technically been going since the 80s, but now in 2019 a Jumanji film - in a franchise about people being sucked into various games - is being made into an actual video game. This one's gonna mess with my head.

Destiny 2 dataminers have unearthed the next big expansion for Bungie's shared-world shooter - and it looks like we're going back to the moon.

Have you ever wanted to become the captain of an interstellar cruiser? I know I have.

Embattled Swedish studio Starbreeze has announced plans to cut 60 jobs as part of its fight to stay afloat.

It's going to be a big week for gaming platform news: we have Microsoft's E3 conference this Sunday, for starters, but now we also have a Stadia announcement which Google's nudged in at the last minute. How cheeky.

Sega has announced its full line-up of games available on September's Mega Drive Mini console - and upped the final count to 42.

All eyes might be on Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 but it's not due for release until next year. There is, however, something very closely related you can snack on before then - a new game called Vampire: The Masquerade - Coteries of New York.

There's a real sense of momentum about Polish game-maker 11 bit Studios. It might not be turning out blockbusters, in the biggest sense, but the games it makes are thought-provoking in ways which stay with you long after playing. In This War of Mine, we played as civilians trying to survive in a warzone; in Frostpunk we built a city and braced it for apocalyptic cold. Both games asked how far you were prepared to go to survive.

When the confusingly-named Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was unveiled a few days ago, one of the more exciting features announced (along with the revamped engine) was full console cross-play. As something only made possible by Sony's cross-play policy change in September 2018, it's the first time we'll see true console cross-play in a Call of Duty title - but this left many wondering exactly how it would work.

God I want a safe. One of those movie-type safes with the heavy door and the spin dial that you have to turn this way then that then back again before you can open the thing. I don't even have anything to put in the safe. I just want it, lurking weightily in a corner, of hidden behind a tilted Modigliani. I am not alone in this? Who doesn't want a safe?

Developer Game Atelier's superb Wonder Boy 3 spiritual successor Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is finally heading to PC, with a Steam and GOG release now confirmed for 25th July.

Developer Shiro Games' excellent Viking-themed real-time strategy, Northgard, will be setting forth for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch later this year.

Frontier Developments has unveiled Claire's Sanctuary, another helping of paid DLC for its dinosaur park management sim Jurassic World Evolution, which comes to PC, Xbox One, and PS4 on 18th June.

Netflix has announced a new animated TV series based on the long-running collectible card game (and sometimes video game) Magic: The Gathering.

Although I don't know from personal experience, I imagine Teslas must have pretty fancy cupholders. Now they'll also have Cuphead, as Elon Musk has taken a break from drilling tunnels under LA to announce the game will be playable in several Tesla models.

Shenmue 3's release date has been shunted back again. Previously due for launch this August, the long-awaited threequel will now arrive on 19th November.

Following a series of heavy hints from Square Enix, a new Dragon Quest title has been unveiled - but you'll need to get your portable power bank ready, as this one's for your mobile.