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The beta for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 battle royale - aka Blackout - went live yesterday, and a lot of fun it is indeed. But there's one aspect of Blackout that is not fun: picking up items.

Is there anything more spine-tingling than loading up Skyrim to hear those ominous chants? Now imagine that with a live choir, in London's Hammersmith Apollo, all in the name of charity. Oh - and with some epic Fallout music thrown into the mix too.

Yesterday marked the first time in a year PUBG did not hit a million daily players on PC, according to numbers service SteamDB.

Spider-Man has been out for a mere five days, but many enthusiasts have already speedily completed the game and are hungry for more. These fans will soon be able to swing back into the action with some new challenges, as Insomniac has announced a New Game Plus update is in the pipelines.

Ubisoft is adding a new game plus mode to Assassin's Creed Origins.

UPDATE 11th September 2018: Bungie has disabled the raid chest Destiny 2 Forsaken players were opening for raid gear before the Last Wish raid even started.

The Belgian government, which declared loot boxes to be a form of gambling earlier this year, has reportedly launched a criminal investigation into EA after the publisher refused to modify FIFA's randomised card pack loot boxes in order to comply with the country's gambling laws.

Developer Cyanide has hit the record button and proffered up a full hour of gameplay from its forthcoming Lovecraft-inspired horror RPG, Call of Cthulhu.

From Software's lovely looking, exploration-based VR adventure Déraciné is coming to PlayStation VR on November 6th, and there's a brand-new trailer to celebrate.

There's been a lot of talk lately about how long Assassin's Creed Odyssey is - more than 100 hours, its developers say - and it's been interesting to see the response. Time was, you'd ask how long your £40 was expected to last, hear a large amount of hours and think, great - the longer the better. But for me, anyway, having less time to play games these days is certainly a thing. And I think the games we all play are more demanding of the time we have to spend with them. Perhaps demanding is the wrong word, but more and more, I feel like each game I enjoy playing is trying to be the only game I enjoy playing, with little time to play anything else.

Pokémon Go has detailed the finale of its summer event schedule - a global "Ultra Unlock" which will bring legendary Pokémon Mewtwo to regular raids for the first time. Up until now, the elusive creature has only been available in invite-only EX Raids, which for some players are hard to trigger.

Dormant-brand vacuum THQ Nordic sucked up another surprising IP last week: Kingdoms of Amalur, the accomplished but bland fantasy role-playing game from 2012.

Nintendo has announced a limited edition Pokémon-flavoured Nintendo Switch.

Care of a battered hand-me-down disc, Tomb Raider 2 is one of the very first games I remember playing that had something resembling character. Lara Croft was an unstoppable force, smirking in the face of danger and racing forward to the next challenge. She was beautiful and curvaceous, yes, and intelligent too. She was also a millionaire who could afford home gyms and butlers and walk-in freezers - she didn't need the money or the infamy that all these dusty old relics provided. That's why I loved her; she did it all and risked everything just for the thrill of the hunt, and had a damn good time while she did it.

Dead or Alive 6 launches on 15th February 2019, Koei Tecmo has announced.

Sony hosted a PlayStation Lineup Tour event this morning in Japan, ahead of the Tokyo Game Show later this month, and made a few new announcements.

We knew a snow map would be coming to PUBG this winter, but thanks to a significant datamine, players have been able to glimpse the winter wonderland a little earlier than expected.

PlayStation 4-exclusive Spider-Man has sold brilliantly. The web-swinging Avenger shifted more copies in his launch week than any other game this year so far.

The final season of Telltale's The Walking Dead is working to its conclusion, and the six year adventure of Clementine is coming to an end. She has been a fan favourite from the start, and over the years we've seen her grow from a nervous first-grader to a mature young woman. Her character development is unprecedented in games and now, with the end to her story fast approaching, Clementine has taken her place among the great female protagonists.

Insomniac Games has offered to patch out an in-game marriage proposal after discovering the relationship concerned broke down just a few weeks before Spider-Man's highly-anticipated release.

Elon Musk's Boring Company is using an Xbox controller to remotely configure boring machines.

Destiny 2: Forsaken players have discovered that cat statues secreted around the Dreaming City are rewarding players with new gear.

An artist has recreated the opening of Metal Gear Solid in Unreal Engine 4.

Overkill's The Walking Dead will be playable before release via a closed PC beta going live on 9th October 2018.

Rocksteady Studios is looking for new staff to help it launch "a highly anticipated upcoming AAA title".

The statement I'm about to make may cause some of you to shake your heads in disapproval but, considering I've forewarned you, I accept no responsibility for any whiplash which may occur.

Regardless of your age, you probably know Alien. In the 39 years since Ridley Scott's timeless sci-fi horror chest-bursted onto cinema screens, a steady stream of Alien-related content has emerged in nearly every form of media. Film, books, comics, video games, a board game and even children's action figures - the Alien franchise is infestatious.

Destiny 2 is in a much better place now than at launch, and the new Forsaken expansion, which came out this week, is going down well with fans (I'm a fan, too!). But there's one issue that's plagued the game since launch, and despite a recent change meant to tackle it, it remains a thorn in developer Bungie's side.

Some Switch games do not support cloud saves "to ensure fair play", Nintendo has said.

Battlefield 5 builds on the Frostbite technology in some exciting ways, and this week's beta gives us our first look at how the new DICE game presents and performs on console hardware. In the wake of the recent Battlefield 1 Xbox One X update, can the developer follow up that excellent rendering showcase with another solid work-out for the Scorpio Engine - and just how closely can PS4 Pro match it?