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UPDATE 11.45pm: Ubisoft has responded again to the criticism of Assassin's Creed Odyssey's latest DLC episode, this time with a slightly clearer statement. It comes from creative director Jonathan Dumont, and was shared with fans on the game's forums and reddit this evening.

Developer Ska Studios has revealed that its wonderful Dark Souls-inspired 2D action-adventure Salt and Sanctuary is finally making its way to Xbox One on February 6th.

Ubisoft has announced that its upcoming private beta for Tom Clancy's The Division 2 will begin early next month on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

Microsoft has four more games coming to Xbox Game Pass in the back half of January, including We Happy Few and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.

One of the standout pieces at the V&A's video game exhibition Design, Play, Disrupt isn't a game or even an interesting design document. It's Le Blanc Seing, a painting by Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte, on loan from the National Gallery of Art in Washington. The painting made its way to London to acknowledge a reference in Kentucky Road Zero, the adventure game released by Cardboard Computer in 2013.

EA has cancelled its big open-world Star Wars game in favour of a smaller Star Wars project that's due sooner.

I'm only going to say this once, just to experience what typing these words feels like: People who were born when I played Onimusha Warlords for the first time are now old enough to drive. Or have they already been driving for a year now? See, I don't even know anymore.

This week, Nintendo is adding Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link to Nintendo Switch Online's digital NES library. But maybe you do not want to try Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link. You don't even want to give it a chance. Maybe you heard it's a "controversial" and "divisive" episode in The Legend of Zelda series, or maybe you heard how Miyamoto himself considers it his "bad game". But what you probably do not know is that Zelda 2 is great. It's flawed, it's different, but it's great. And it's very, very weird.

Once upon a time, back in the halcyon days of 2018, Fortnite fans were all aflutter over the sudden appearance of a malevolent cube in Battle Royale. As you'd expected, that eventually resulted in the entire map being whisked out of space and time by a trans-dimensional butterfly - but, now Fortnite is being terrorised by new nefarious geometry, this time in the form of a sphere.

Those with excellent memories may recall that, way back in 2016, Ubisoft teased a brand-new space exploration game within Watch Dogs 2, codenamed Pioneer. Well there's some bad news if you've been patiently awaiting its arrival: the game is now reportedly dead.

Call of Duty's entertaining foray into the heady world of Battle Royale, otherwise known as Black Ops 4's Blackout mode, is having a seven-day free trial on PC, Xbox One, and PS4 starting this week, Activision has announced.

Developer Uppercut Games has announced that City of Brass, its Arabian Nights-inspired first-person rogue-lite, is heading to Switch early next month, on February 8th.

What's more viral than a viral dance move? Word that you can sue Epic over emotes, apparently, as yet another lawsuit has been filed against the developer - this time by the mother of the Orange Shirt Kid. Yet unlike its predecessors, the plaintiff gave permission for his dance to be used in the game, making this case rather odd.

Nintendo has said it will not fire the head of its Russian division, Yasha Haddaji, following an extensive investigation into his workplace conduct.

At the tail-end of last week, Capcom delivered a multi-platform release of the Resident Evil 2 Remake - the so-called '1-shot' demo that gives users just 30 minutes to play a very small portion of the full game. It's shaping up to be a beautiful game that sees the consoles push higher-end features of the foundation RE engine for the first time, and it also sees the developer make some fascinating technical choices for both the vanilla and enhanced consoles. Meanwhile, the PC version opens up a vast array of possible settings, but based on the experience the demo delivers, the top-end experience does require some meaty hardware.

The Legendary Groudon and Kyogre will return to Pokémon Go raids from tomorrow in the UK. (If you're in the US, you'll see them at 1pm Pacific today.)

UPDATE 15/1/19 9.30am Correct numbers from Chart-Track have now arrived. We've updated the top 10 listing below as Tales of Vesperia has now snuck into the top flight, although little else has changed.

Developer Red Candle Games, the studio behind 2017's critically acclaimed historical horror Detention, has announced that its next project, Devotion - a surreal first-person spook-'em-up inspired by East Asian folk culture - will launch on Steam on February 19th.

Psyonix has announced that Rocket League's long-requested PlayStation Cross-Play Beta support is now live, meaning that players on PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC can finally indulge in a spot of four-wheeled footie together as one.

Epic has announced that Fortnite's controversial glider redeploy mechanic will be making a return with the advent of Battle Royale mode's incoming 7.2.0 update - but major changes have been made since its last divisive appearance.

EA is preparing to roll out another major update for Battlefield 5 - and contrary to popular opinion, it seems lightning can indeed strike twice, as this is the name for the second chapter of the game's continually-evolving story. (Lightning Strikes? Chapter 2? Sigh.)

Disney Infinity 4.0 was already in production when the toys-to-life series was shut down - and there's now footage of it in action.

Here's something wholesome to brighten up your Monday: this year's Awesome Games Done Quick - an annual charity speedrunning marathon - has raised a total of $2.39m for charity. See, it's not all doom and gloom in the world.

People only really play Nintendo games on Nintendo consoles, right?

Celeste creator Matt Thorson has provided an update on the popular indie platformer's upcoming DLC, due early this year.

Capcom has delved deep into its number bag, tossing out release dates for a selection of upcoming Monster Hunter World events, including its Witcher crossover collaboration, and its Appreciation Fest first birthday celebrations.

Leave it out, Leon. Call it a day, Claire! We all know the true heroes of Resident Evil 2 - and now Capcom has finally let us see them in all their remastered glory.

Spend a decent amount of time in arcades, and you'll inevitably hear musings about 'playing close to the code'.

Last year, Razer entered the smartphone market with its highly distinctive, gaming and media-focused Razer Phone, combining what was then the fastest Android-optimised processor on the market with a variable refresh rate screen, powerful front-facing speakers and a ginormous 8GB of RAM. It's the phone I use to this day, and for reasons that shall become clear, the recently released Razer Phone 2 is essentially the only upgrade choice I'm considering right now. There are faster, more powerful phones available but Razer's unique mixture of RAM and VRR display looks and feels so good that even the fastest rival flagships I've used seem to fall short.

I adore the tarot cards in Dragon Age: Inquisition. Whoever came up with the idea, I could kiss you. I could happily look at the cards all day - and I have, sorry colleagues. I have bought them to frame and hang on my wall, and I've never done anything like that before. It's odd - Dragon Age isn't known for its art. Origins was ugly and Dragon Age 2 was all over the place, caught between old and new. They had art, but it wasn't important. But with Inquisition it changed.