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Hello! Welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing over the past few days. This week: action heroes, dice, and old haunting grounds.

Hello! Our game of the week is Botany Manor. I've been looking forward to it since I played the demo, but, in truth, I've been looking forward to Matt Wales' review even more. Matt knows plants - he gets them and appreciates them on the kind of level I aspire to deeply.

Three more SNES games have been added to the Nintendo Switch Online catalogue today, including early Mario title Wrecking Crew '98.

The PlayStation Store's Spring Sale is taking place at the moment, and runs until 24th April. There are discounts on hundreds of games with up to 70 per cent off, but you can save even more with this discount on PlayStation Gift Cards at Currys.

Stellar Blade's developer has asked players to "go easy" on the game's demo, with some players racking up over 50 hours of playtime.

The BAFTA Games Awards 2024 winners have been revealed, with this year's big victor - perhaps unsurprisingly - being Larian Studios' hugely acclaimed Baldur's Gate 3.

If you've been eying up your teetering games backlog and thinking to yourself, "You know, this games backlog isn't anywhere near teetering enough!", the Epic Games Store has you covered. It's just announced The Big Con and Town of Salem 2 will be its next freebies, from 18th April.

Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs is making the jump from Google's ill-fated Stadia platform to PlayStation 5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Switch, and Steam on 9th May.

Amazon is expanding April's previously announced Prime Gaming subscription games with two additional Fallout titles, both available now via its Luna game streaming service, to celebrate the launch of its live-action Fallout TV show.

Yes, it is happening. Fallout 4 is finally getting that promised next-gen update, bringing the wasteland experience up to a silky smooth 60fps with increased resolutions on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

You can get a new PlayStation DualSense wireless controller for £15 less than its usual price thanks to a limited-time discount on the EE game store.

From Castlevania to Arcane, Halo to The Last of Us, we've been treated to plenty of video game TV adaptations over the past few years - and it's always interesting to see how their worlds translate into another medium.

Despite Amazon's Fallout adaptation getting a very positive reception so far, it doesn't seem likely that other Bethesda properties will be getting the same treatment. At least, not on Todd Howard's watch.

Pokémon Go looks set to add a new mechanic from the main series Pokémon games: the concept of Pokémon Fusion.

UPDATE 11/4/24: Palworld developer Pocketpair has released a patch to sort out those multiplayer save issues on Xbox.

After a lot of speculation and a few rumours, the Five Nights at Freddy's movie adaptation is officially getting a sequel.

Ascendant Studios, the developer behind last year's EA-published magic shooter Immortals of Aveum, has reportedly furloughed the majority of its staff.

Square Enix has released a further update to Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which finally fixes a bugged quest that prevented some players from achieving the game's platinum trophy.

After a decade of story, the Destiny franchise heads into uncharted waters after the launch of this year's The Final Shape expansion. But both Bungie and a prominent leaker have teased what will come next - and when we will hear about it.

Last night, a report claimed a Dead Space 2 remake had been in the works at EA. However, a subsequent report - which itself follows on from EA denying any such remake was in the pipeline - has poured more cold water on these initial claims. In fact, the whole series is reportedly "on ice".

Microsoft is limiting Xbox Game Pass subscription extensions in certain countries to deter players from stacking their membership at a cheaper rate.

This time it's Hades that Shiny Shoe's game feels similar to, but with some delicious differences that make this roguelike stand out all on its own.

Sky: Children of the Light, the acclaimed free-to-play "social adventure" from Journey and Flower developer ThatGameCompany, has - just shy of a year since being announced for PC - finally launched on Steam, initially as an early access release.

There's good news if you've been awaiting the next Sims 4 DLC announcement to reassure yourself of the continuing passage of time; EA has revealed two new Kit packs - Urban Homage and Party Essentials - are launching next Thursday, 18th April.

UPDATE 8.15pm: EA has responded to a report claiming developer EA Motive had been in the early stages of production on a Dead Space 2 remake before the project was cancelled due to "lacklustre sales" of the first game.

Laysara: Summit Kingdom, the promising mountain-themed city builder from developer Quite OK Games and publisher Future Friends Games, has surprise launched on Steam, where it's expected to remain in early access for between six and 12 months.

Tonight marked the first ever Triple-i showcase, a new digital event highlighting a vast number of indie game projects on the way.

My half-hour spent playing The Rogue Prince of Persia felt a bit like coming home. And not particularly because of the Prince of Persia bit, if I'm honest. I still love the Prince, but I also appreciate that they feel like Ubisoft's new minister without portfolio at the moment: they're a little unmoored, and they go where they're needed. They're willing to drop into a Metroidvania for The Lost Crown or, in the case of The Rogue, a roguelike or roguelite. The Prince sits around at Ubi HQ, possibly in one of the nicer cubicles, and bounces from one project to another, with no idea of what's next. Probably not a bad life, really.

As part of this evening's Triple-i livestream, the developer of Darkest Dungeon 2 has detailed a new campaign mode, Kingdoms.

Vampire Survivors is heading to PlayStation consoles this summer.