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Nintendo bossed the Christmas sales season with an impressive set of hardware and software sales - but this still wasn't enough for the company to meet its own ambitious targets.

Part of Fortnite's mobile charm is the more relaxed pace of how it plays. Everyone is on the same, touchscreen playing field - which makes things a little less sweaty than on PC.

Rare has announced that, following player feedback and lengthy internal discussion, it will be making Sea of Thieves' currently mandatory Xbox One and PC cross-play optional in a future update.

Inside Xbox, Microsoft's semi-regular announcement show, will broadcast its first episode of 2019 next week.

There's a dragon near Bethesda - dubbed "the Dragon of Bethesda" by its creator - and it's causing a bit of bother.

Below Zero, the arctic-themed standalone expansion for deep-sea adventure Subnautica, is now available in early access on PC - and, to celebrate, developer UnknownWorlds has offered up the very first trailer.

We've been waiting for this one for quite some time. It's been just over 13 years since Kingdom Hearts 2 debuted on PlayStation 2, before continuing its journey via a range of handheld releases. But a full-blooded home console sequel? That only arrived yesterday, with Square-Enix deploying the strengths of Unreal Engine 4 to deliver a new series entry with a far wider scale and scope compared to the originals. Not only that, but the new title aims high with a peak 60fps frame-rate. The question is, which console is most successful at locking to it? The answer is surprising.

Destiny's ever-labyrinthine lore has just been expanded with a fan-pleasing throwback to the original Destiny - and in true Bungie style, it's opened up another set of questions in the process.

You can't think about the Wii Shop Channel without first conjuring up its music - that irresistible ditty composed by Kazumi Totaka, a song so infectious it went on to become a meme. And where to start with that? The remixes of Earth, Wind and Fire's September, the brilliant mash-up of Drake's Hotline Bling, or why not a full-blown jazz cover? What a tune; this was background muzak elevated to the anthemic.

The release of a new patch for Fallout 76 appears to have reintroduced old problems with the game, players report.

In the middle of the journey of our life, I found myself faced with a choice: eat the banana or eat the donut? The more I thought about it, the more I realised that this choice was trickier than it initially seemed. The banana would heal me for seven per cent of my health. The donut would raise my HP cap by seven. To be healthier now, or to potentially be healthier than ever in the future?

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 finally gets League Play four months after the game came out - and it's "first on PlayStation 4".

Games, role-playing games in particular, have created this interesting conundrum in which most of the things you do will turn out to your advantage somehow. I advance through the world. I give people reason to like me or to fear me, whatever I enjoy best, and both options work out for my character equally well.

Super Smash Bros Ultimate has just got its most significant update to date, with version 2.0 landing and introducing an all-new character.

UPDATE 29/1/19: THQ Nordic, which owns Metro Exodus publisher Deep Silver, has shared its own statement regarding yesterday's controversial announcement that 4A Games' forthcoming first-person shooter is now a one-year timed exclusive on the Epic Store.

No Matter Studios has announced that its atmospheric, boss-focussed action-adventure, Praey for the Gods, will launch on Steam Early Access on January 31st.

Developer Rayark's wonderful ivory tinkling rhythm game Deemo has just received a brand-new update on Switch, adding yet more free songs, plus extended Labo Piano support, to the already absurdly generous base game.

Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls and Detroit: Become Human studio Quantic Dream will no longer develop games exclusively for PlayStation platforms.

Microsoft has announced Xbox's Games with Gold lineup for February.

BioWare has updated fans on its progress fixing the Anthem issues which arose during last weekend's VIP demo.

Something I've always wondered when playing PUBG is whether the person I'm killing (or more likely, is killing me) happens to be a famous streamer. What was their reaction? What did Twitch chat say? Did I publicly embarrass myself in front of thousands of viewers?

EA has announced plans to stop selling FIFA Points in Belgium following government pressure over loot boxes.

By my reckoning, there are 238 cutscenes in Kingdom Hearts 3. If that sounds like a lot for a game of around 30-40 hours, that's because it is. But then Kingdom Hearts 3 is, in the modern vernacular, a lot: from the dazzling pyrotechnics that accompany many of its special moves to its extravagant, indulgent final act, restraint is not in its vocabulary. To a point, its aggressive investment in its story is understandable. After all, it has two mainline entries and roughly half a dozen spin-offs' worth of narrative threads to pull together and tie up. But heavens, it shows. This is a game that should really have a spring in its step - this is Disney, for goodness' sake - but it's constantly burdened by its own knotty history.

Developer Darkstar has announced that its Souls-esque boss-rush action-RPG, Sinner: Sacrifice for Redemption, will be getting a major free update on PC, Xbox One, PS4, and Switch on February 19th. It'll also be shaking off its Discord exclusivity and launching on Steam the same day.

Warframe's massive open-world Fortuna expansion is poised to get even larger on Xbox One and PS4 tomorrow, January 29th, courtesy of the new Profit-Taker update.

When Sable first appeared at E3 last year, it was enough to snap me out of my early-morning slump, sit up straight, and message my friends in excitement. The game's stunning visual design, dreamy environments and haunting soundtrack were so abruptly different from anything else at the show. It was enough to instantly push Sable to the top of my most-anticipated games list: a feeling shared by others, as I would later find out.

Ever wanted to be a pigeon and remorselessly punch your birdie friends in the beak? Well then, this might be the Monday you've been waiting for - all thanks to Stories Untold developer NoCode and its bird-'em-up extraordinaire, Pekken (AKA "Beak Fighter II Turbo", "Beaks of Rage") .

The Resident Evil 2 remake gets the Ghost Survivors mode as a free update on 15th February, Capcom has announced.

With Spider-Man's Sam Raimi suit now out in the hands of the game's adoring fans, Marvel and Insomniac have today announced the next two costumes to arrive.

The Resident Evil 2 remake came out yesterday, and if you're playing it you'll know it's wonderful indeed. If you're not, check out Aoife's review to find out why it's worth giving a shot.