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August 2017 Archive

Aug. 31, 2017
1. Windjammers review
2. Can Call of Duty: World War 2 improve on one of gaming's fastest engines?
3. The Metal Gear Solid movie's director plans to stay faithful to Kojima's vision
4. The developer of Dead Rising is making a mobile Puzzle Fighter
5. Sonic Forces comes out in November
6. Watch: H1Z1's Combat Update is a step in the right direction but it's still not a patch on PUBG
7. 17 years later, Human Head is making a new Rune game
8. Street Fighter 5 players are already pulling off crazy combos with Menat
9. Legendary beasts Raikou, Entei, and Suicune coming to Pokémon Go today
10. Worms W.M.D announced for Nintendo Switch
11. Battlefield 1 expansion In the Name of the Tsar has a release date
12. Survived By is an MMO with bullet-hell, bosses, dungeons, looting and crafting
13. Games Done Quick to host marathon for Hurricane Harvey charity
14. Summer Games Done Quick starts
15. Capcom re-releasing Street Fighter 2 on a SNES cart with one hell of a safety warning
16. Friday the 13th patch slays team killing
17. PS Plus September games include inFamous: Second Son and Child of Light
18. Everybody's Golf review
19. Obduction review
20. Absolver review
21. PS Plus members to get PS VR game Rigs as a bonus
22. Steam users review-bomb Sonic Mania over unexpected DRM
23. Nintendo reveals several Switch indie games and release dates
24. Super Meat Boy sequel announced for consoles, PC and mobile
Aug. 30, 2017
1. Fatshark announces Vermintide 2
2. Why Obsidian turned down a Game of Thrones video game
3. Blizzard lays down the law on Overwatch toxic behaviour
4. Dawn of War 3 to get modding tools, huge balance update
5. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' first big tournament showed it has the potential to be a great esport
6. How Rise of the Tomb Raider on Xbox One X improves over PS4 Pro
7. CEX suffers security breach that may affect up to two million customers
Aug. 29, 2017
1. GTA Online adds customisable aircrafts next week
2. The Walking Dead: Our World sounds like Pokémon Go with zombies
3. The Walking Dead's first two seasons now have Xbox One backwards compatibility
4. After five years the Homestuck game finally has a release date
5. Watch: We take a walk around Obsidian Entertainment
6. Nintendo livestream to reveal its indie summer lineup tomorrow
7. Meet the virtual reality game designed to research dementia
8. PlayerUnknown confirms desert map will be 8x8 km
9. Yakuza Kiwami is the next best thing to a Shenmue remake
10. Microsoft discontinued the original Xbox One after the S launched
11. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle review
12. Telltale talks The Wolf Among Us' return and Game of Thrones being "on hold"
13. Switching on Ark PS4-Xbox One cross-play would "not take more than a few days"
14. How Ark survived Steam Early Access
15. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is sixth PlayStation exclusive to top UK charts this year
16. Yes, Luigi really does dab in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
17. Nintendo will tarnish lots of older games with the closure of Miiverse
Aug. 28, 2017
1. Holy macaroni PUBG just had more players on Steam than Dota 2
2. Why did 3D Sonic struggle?
3. Hands-on with 10 Xbox One X games that show us what it's really capable of
4. Yakuza Kiwami review
Aug. 27, 2017
1. Inside Sumo's game jam
Aug. 26, 2017
1. Forget VOIP, Star Citizen has FOIP that maps your face's movements onto a character in real-time
Aug. 25, 2017
1. Darkwood developer releases its own game on Pirate Bay
2. Yakuza 2 remake leaked on Taiwanese PlayStation Store
3. Big changes coming to Rainbow Six: Siege map rotations
4. Call of Duty: WW2 has an Overwatch-style Play of the Game
5. Microsoft says Xbox One X is fastest-selling Xbox pre-order ever
6. Microsoft and PlayerUnknown dance around the thorny issue of Battlegrounds console exclusivity
7. The wonderful little details in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
8. Oh my god Secret of Mana is being 3D remastered for PS4, PC and Vita
9. Star Wars Battlefront 2's space battles could do with a little George Lucas
10. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen review
11. F1 2017 review
12. Life is Strange: Before the Storm lets you answer back like a smartarse teenager
13. Slime Rancher is the poop-farming sim you didn't know you needed
14. Hearthstone: Best Frozen Throne decks and Mission guide
15. The Call of Duty: WW2 beta is free on Hong Kong PSN
16. Ex-Valve writer reveals what might have been Half-Life 2: Episode 3's story
17. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has sold over eight million copies
18. How we tried (and failed) to recreate Neymar's world record transfer in Football Manager 2017
19. Near mint: A conversation with game collectors
Aug. 24, 2017
1. KFC unleashes VR training game about cooking fried chicken
2. Switch battery case with HDMI port doubles its Kickstarter goal in two days
3. Overwatch update to let Mercy resurrect players as a regular move
4. Final Fantasy 15 is getting free Assassin's Creed crossover DLC
5. Razer's new Xbox One controller makes the Elite pad sound cheap
6. Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxies looks likely for Switch
7. Oxenfree and Forza 5 will be free in September for Xbox Live Gold subscribers
8. EA: "I see no reason why we shouldn't come back to Mass Effect"
9. Returning to Metroid
10. A long look at impressive planet playgrounds in Star Citizen Alpha 3.0
11. Creative Europe spills beans on games including The Chinese Room's Little Orpheus
12. Latest Humble Bundle offers a ton of 2K games on PlayStation
Aug. 23, 2017
1. Oliver Twins' sandbox adventure SkySaga: Infinite Isles has been canned after four years
2. Undertale review
3. Bubsy's 21-year comeback is launching on Halloween
4. Destiny 2 footage leak shows European Dead Zone missions
5. Hellboy is coming to Injustice 2
6. Blizzard airs long-awaited new Overwatch animated short for... Mei
7. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle reveals Season Pass
8. Switch Rocket League getting exclusive Mario, Luigi, Samus cars
9. Tyranny expansion Bastard's Wound gets a release date
10. Shadow Warrior remake free on Steam until 6pm
11. Overwatch Competitive Play seasons shortened from three months to two
12. Blizzard gamescom 2017 show live report
13. Life is Strange dev Dontnod working with Bandai Namco on new narrative adventure IP
14. God's Trigger looks like a co-op Hotline Miami
15. Blizzard confirms Junkertown as new Overwatch map
16. The big Xbox Gamescom interview
17. Digital Foundry: Hands-on with Skyrim on Switch
18. THQ Nordic making open-world post-apocalyptic kung-fu action-RPG called Biomutant
19. Swery's game about people turning into cats gets a trailer
20. See Call of Duty: WW2's Headquarters social hub in action
21. Brink is now free on Steam
22. Cities: Skylines announces eco-friendly Green Cities expansion
Aug. 22, 2017
1. Rainbow Six Siege offers free trial this weekend
2. New horror-themed Humble Bundle offers very cheap Alien: Isolation
3. Solid Snake sneaks onto Android in Metal Gear Solid 2 HD for Nvidia Shield
4. Don't worry, you can buy Xbox One X's vertical stand separately
5. Sniper Ghost Warrior 3's getting a single-player prequel campaign DLC
6. Splatoon 2 gets its first big content drop this weekend
7. It looks like you'll have to wait a little while to get Fire Emblem Warriors in the west
8. Arms' new character is revealed, and she looks outrageous
9. Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite looks a lot better in the latest gameplay video
10. Final Fantasy 15 being remade as a chibi adventure on mobiles
11. Buying Japanese or American games on the Switch just got a lot easier
12. Here's a teaser for Gwent's single-player story campaign, Thronebreaker
13. Gran Turismo is getting its own limited edition PlayStation 4
14. The next Anno goes back to the past
15. Our first glimpse at the Dragon Ball Fighterz story mode
16. This is when you can play The Crew 2
17. Blizzard plans big changes for Overwatch's D.Va
18. The Sims 4 Cats and Dogs expansion pack coming November
19. Jelly Deals: Super Nintendo Classic Edition pre-orders go live in the US
20. The SNES mini has a useful gameplay rewind feature
21. Nintendo's making a SNES-themed 3DS XL
22. Shenmue 3 reveals new in-engine footage in Gamescom trailer
23. Watch: We fought Shadow of War's Balrog
24. So much of the magic of Zelda's reinvention is visible in this single shrine
25. Age of Empires 4 revealed with Relic at the helm
Aug. 21, 2017
1. What Remains of Edith Finch creator wanted Weird Al Yankovic in the game
2. Watch an entire match of Star Wars Battlefront 2 Starfighter Assault
3. Stick it to the Man dev's wordless platformer Fe is coming to Switch
4. Battlefield 1 reveals new in-development 5v5 Incursion mode
5. EA gamescom 2017 live show report
6. Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom is getting a sequel
7. Watch: Ian does stupid things in Far Cry 5
8. Star Wars Battlefront 2 reveals first footage of space battles
9. Devolver's stylish cyberpunk shooter Ruiner gets a release date
10. Horizon Zero Dawn gets a new easy mode option today
11. Puzzle Bobble Journey just hit mobile devices and tablets
12. Watch Uncharted: The Lost Legacy running at 60fps
13. Microsoft's final sales pitch for Xbox One X falls flat
14. Fear Effect Reinvented is a remake of the original Fear Effect
15. Behold the Minecraft grass block-themed Xbox One S
16. Final Fantasy 15 confirmed for PC early 2018
17. The genius of Rapture
18. Saints Row developer's Agents of Mayhem struggles in UK chart
19. There's an easy way to transfer your settings from Xbox One to Xbox One X
20. HTC Vive down to ?599 after big price drop
21. Rare confirms Sea of Thieves cross-platform play for PC and Xbox One
22. Xbox gamescom 2017 conference live report
23. KitKat accused of copying Atari's Breakout
Aug. 20, 2017
1. Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition comes in a cool original Xbox-style box
2. Xbox Games Pass offers ReCore: Definitive Edition in September
3. Here's all the games enhanced on Xbox One X
4. Budget, Xbox One X-enhanced ReCore Definitive Edition leaked
5. Jurassic World Evolution theme park sim announced by Planet Coaster dev Frontier
6. The Lost Legacy is Uncharted meets MGS5 - and it works
7. Sony apparently "won't allow" Ark: Survival Evolved PS4-Xbox One cross-play
8. Ubisoft E3 2017 live report
9. Mass Effect: Andromeda won't receive any more single-player updates
Aug. 19, 2017
1. Life is Strange: Before the Storm accidentally locks Trophy in Deluxe Edition bonus episode
2. Divinity: Original Sin 2 confirms split-screen, finally shows skill crafting
3. EGX 2017 will be your only chance to play Xbox One X early in the UK
4. Observer review
5. What Remains of Edith Finch and the art of inevitability
Aug. 18, 2017
1. Xbox One X to launch with special day one “Project Scorpio” Edition - report
2. Dissidia Final Fantasy NT sets January release date on PS4
3. Cult favourite board game Scythe is coming to Steam
4. Raiden 5: Director's Cut is coming to PS4 and Steam this autumn
5. Surprise! inXile just released The Bard's Tale: Remastered and Resnarkled
6. Spintires: MudRunner edition headed to PC and consoles
7. Bend it as Beckham in PES 2018
8. Angry Gameseek customers call aggressive discount promotion a "scam"
9. Monster Hunter XX: Switch's first 3DS remaster analysed
10. The Diablo-like Path of Exile releases on Xbox One next week
11. Here's our first look at Rainbow Six Siege's theme park map
12. Pokémon Gold and Silver get boxed release on 3DS
13. We've got 15,000 Raiders of the Broken Planet beta keys to give away
14. Big changes coming to StarCraft 2 multiplayer
15. Why the spirit of Flash gaming must never die
16. Blizzard to livestream Gamescom "Reveal Ceremony" on Wednesday
17. Fishing Planet just won best video game trailer of the summer
18. The Witcher 3 trailer Killing Monsters remade in MS Paint
19. Pokémon Go players aren't happy with Niantic's changes to raid rewards
20. Friday the 13th will soon get new clothes, a new Jason and a new map
21. 343 to revamp Halo 5 Warzone mode to make it more balanced
22. Overwatch console reporting feature arrives with next patch
23. Agents of Mayhem review
24. Yakuza 6 sets March release date in the west
25. Splatoon 2 sales overtake Crash Bandicoot in the US
Aug. 17, 2017
1. Twitch's Overwatch, Hearthstone streams can now be filtered by hero, mode
2. First-person roguelike City of Brass releases on Early Access next month
3. Pinball FX3 will feature cross-platform play, just not between consoles
4. Battlefield: Bad Company gets Xbox One backwards compatibility
5. Thomas Was Alone dev's new game is a modern take on the text adventure
6. It looks like Capcom's fixed Chun-Li's face in Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite
7. New PlayStation VR experience lets you explore Chernobyl
8. World of Tanks gets its first ever single-player campaign next week
9. Splatoon 2's next Splatfest is detailed, and there's not even a contest between the two sides
10. Arms' new character is slowly coming into focus
11. Doom guy is in Quake Champions
12. Here's our first look at Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier
13. The gorgeous Skyrim fine art print collection
14. Watch: Chris plays the Skaven in Total War: Warhammer 2
15. Sony dates PlayStation Experience 2017
16. PlayStation 4 firmware update 5.0 will add 1080p60 Twitch streaming
17. Uncharted: The Lost Legacy review
18. Why Overwatch on console is in desperate need of a report button
19. Black Mirror reboot in the works
20. Xbox One lets you filter by 4K, HDR, Xbox One X-enhanced games
21. Shenmue 3 now has a publisher
22. Retro cyberpunk adventure Technobabylon is out now on iOS
Aug. 16, 2017
1. Sonic Mania's most self-deprecating Easter egg
2. Crackdown 3 delayed until spring 2018
3. Sonic Mania is the sequel we've waited 23 years for
4. We Happy Few will be a full priced retail game launching in April
5. Prey adds a free trial on all platforms
6. New VR game lets you shoot your way through a supermarket job
7. Peter Molyneux's The Trail out on Steam today
8. The Amazing Eternals is the next game from the people behind Warframe
9. Translation requests hold up European PS4 release of Night Trap - 25th Anniversary Edition
10. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds patches to be released less often
11. Shock horror! The Skaven are the fourth race in Total War: Warhammer 2
12. The Town of Light to donate quarter of sales to mental health charity
13. Desperately seeking Destiny's Lighthouse before it switches off forever
14. The Lost Legacy update adds survival arena to Uncharted 4 multiplayer
15. Mad Max and the open world game as character study
16. You can try XCOM 2's new photobooth for free
17. Wasteland puzzler Peregrin won't stop talking over itself
18. Wide-ranging For Honor update kills controversial "unlock tech" exploit
19. The Sims 4: Toddler Stuff coming soon
20. Danger Zone crashes onto Xbox One this autumn
21. Watford FC use Football Manager to announce signing of new striker
22. Sonic Mania review
23. Mass Effect: Andromeda is heavily discounted on Xbox One and PC
24. Engineer invents Switch peripheral for one-handed gamers
Aug. 15, 2017
1. Deadly Premonition director Swery announces RPG about people who turn into cats
2. H1Z1 renamed Just Survive in “most comprehensive update in the game's history”
3. Rock of Ages 2 rolls onto PS4, Xbox One and Steam this month
4. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance now backwards compatible on Xbox One
5. Non-VR Eve: Valkyrie launching September with cross-reality play
6. Undertale is coming to PS4 and Vita this summer
7. Football Manager 2018 out 10th November
8. Here's our first look at mobile prisons in The Escapists 2
9. Civilization is getting a new board game
10. Why Shelob is a woman in Shadow of War
11. Deadlight: Director's Cut free on GOG.com for the next 24 hours
12. Lovefilm by Post to be closed forever on Halloween
13. Matterfall review
14. LawBreakers review
15. Planet Coaster soars past one million sales
16. A closer look at PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds vaulting
17. Johnny Depp helping produce The Secret World TV show
18. You can buy Destiny 1 silver on Steam, for some reason
19. Nidhogg 2 review
20. Nier director Yoko Taro saved PlatinumGames, according to Hideki Kamiya
Aug. 14, 2017
1. Battle.net renamed Blizzard Battle.net
2. BattleTech reboot delayed until 2018
3. Call of Duty: WW2's private multiplayer beta detailed
4. One idea for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 3 was Darth Vader and Starkiller co-op
5. The Division update 1.7 adds global events and loot boxes
6. More than a year on, Take-Two still fighting NBA 2K tattoo lawsuit
7. Pokémon Go's Mewtwo to debut worldwide via invite-only raids
8. Pokémon Go reveals Mewtwo legendary raids in Japan
9. Imminent Xbox One Conan Exiles has to put underpants on in America
10. Sony offers 15 months of PS Plus for the price of 12
11. For Honor player exploits his way to tournament victory
12. AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 performance preview
13. Shadow of War's endgame sounds a lot beefier than Shadow of Mordor's
14. Famed Witcher cosplayer reimagines Geralt as a samurai
15. Destiny 2 will lock your loadout for some endgame activities
16. Overwatch Deathmatch mode is reminiscent of old school shooters
17. Titanfall's smartphone game offers a possible insight into why the series is struggling
18. Edgar Davids wins lawsuit over League of Legends Lucian skin
19. PlayStation Paris Games Week media event dated
20. Why Sony cancelled PS4 exclusive Gnomageddon
21. Project Cars 2 sets new standards for the racing genre
Aug. 13, 2017
1. Video: Remember the little ways games used to be worse
2. DF Retro: we play every single Sega 32X game
3. Best in show: revisiting the cataclysmic strangeness of Tokyo Jungle
Aug. 12, 2017
1. All Walls Must Fall is always running out of time
2. Sundered review
3. Coffee Lake: the most exciting Intel CPU launch in years?
4. Will there ever be a good stand-up comedy game?
5. Beautiful exploration game Shape of the World releases wondrous new trailer
Aug. 11, 2017
1. Sonic Mania delayed two weeks on PC
2. Nintendo hit by lawsuit over Switch design
3. You can play Guild Wars 2's new expansion for free this weekend
4. The Flame in the Flood, Human: Fall Flat headed to Nintendo Switch
5. New map and three new operators hit Rainbow Six Siege this month
6. The big Cliff Bleszinski interview
7. BioWare has already plotted out "theoretical" Dragon Age 4 and 5
8. Warcraft 3 has a new public test realm
9. The two-player swing and the Shaman of Play's legacy
10. No Man's Sky fans excited by leak promising "joint exploration"
11. No Man's Sky update 1.3 adds 30 hours of story, multiplayer-lite and much more
12. There's a Papers, Please short film
13. A game you play with your heart
14. Bungie reveals Destiny 2 gameplay changes for PC beta
15. South Park the Fractured But Whole PC requirements revealed
Aug. 10, 2017
1. All the Jackbox Party Packs are coming to Switch
2. Xbox One and Windows 10 launch unfiltered XBLIG successor Creators Collection
3. Arma 3 expansion Laws of War is about defusing mines
4. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen hits PS4 and Xbox One in October
5. Destiny 2 has exclusive sparrow for Virgin Fibre customers
6. Yooka-Laylee patch will tone down gibberish voices
7. The mobile Titanfall RTS is out today
8. Raid: World War 2 sounds a lot like Payday set during World War 2
9. Payday 2 community erupts in anger at addition of stat-changing microtransactions
10. Payday 2 developer defends microtransactions
11. Payday 2's controversial ?1.60 drill tweaked following microtransactions outcry
12. Modern N64 controller a Kickstarter success
13. Nearly two years after Fallout 4 came out, it's getting a Game of the Year Edition
14. There's an official football-themed PS4 controller
15. Splatoon 2 has beach-based summer costumes, too
16. Battlefield 1 now free to download from Origin and EA Access
17. Let kids play video games to "save the country", UK spy chief says
18. One year on, is No Man's Sky the game it should have been?
19. "Fundamental changes" coming to Xbox achievements
20. Beating Super Smash Bros. at its own game
21. We went back to Super Mario Odyssey's demo and discovered even more
22. First-person servers live for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds group games
23. Anyone can now test Xbox One system updates earlier
24. Ultra-rare shiny Pikachu released in Pokémon Go
25. PlayerUnknown: The glory of a gaming chemistry set
Aug. 9, 2017
1. Super Meat Boy is leaping onto Switch
2. Thimbleweed Park coming to Nintendo Switch
3. Tales From the Borderlands' sales "weren't great"
4. Myst dev's spiritual successor Obduction is coming to PS4 this month
5. Rez Infinite gets surprise - and very welcome - PC release today
6. Rez Infinite's surprise PC port tested
7. Lawbreakers PS4 launch code hitches and stutters
8. There's more to Hellblade's permadeath than meets the eye
9. Listen to some of Daughter's Life is Strange: Before the Storm soundtrack
10. Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 has an old-school cheat code that unlocks everything from the start
11. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun review
12. Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice review
13. Flood of new Steam games following Direct introduction
14. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney settles on Nintendo 3DS this November
15. Capcom accidentally reveals its entire Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite esports business plan on YouTube
16. Devolver made a Call of Duty documentary called CODumentary
17. Arms gets a proper training mode and more in latest update
18. You'll soon get Zelda: Breath of the Wild in-game items via your Switch's news channel
19. There's an official Fallout board game and it looks awesome
20. Gearbox announces new game, but it's not Borderlands 3
21. Valve announces new game
22. Comparing the cityscapes of The Witcher 3, Dark Souls and Bloodborne to medieval paintings
23. Batman: Arkham Origins is now backwards compatible on Xbox One
24. No Man's Sky screenshot teases Stargate-style portals
25. Slicing game Severed has surprise release on Switch
Aug. 8, 2017
1. Sonic Mania reveals first footage of Competition Mode
2. Behold Overwatch's beach-based Summer Games skins
3. MineCon ditches real world expo in favour of a livestream
4. A PlayerUnknowns Battlegrounds miniskirt is selling for over ?300
5. Tempest 4000 is real, Jeff Minter is developing it and Atari is publishing it
6. Nintendo announces Mario, Metroid livestreams at Gamescom
7. All Walls Must Fall hits Steam Early Access today
8. After years of PlayStation exclusivity, looks like Spotify is finally headed to Xbox One
9. There's a special edition Metroid: Samus Returns 3DS
10. Nier: Automata characters go pixel art for Final Fantasy Brave Exvius crossover
11. Ni No Kuni 2 has a season pass
12. Starfire lights up Injustice 2 today
13. You need four amiibo to get everything Metroid: Samus Returns has to offer
14. The true return of Metroid is a glorious thing to behold
15. Hey! Pikmin review
16. Nine years later, Mario Kart Wii's cut mission mode found
17. Zlatan Ibrahimovi? apes Iron Man in his own video game, which is set in space
18. Mod makes Skyrim play like The Sims
19. Hellblade deletes your save file if you die too many times
20. Metal Gear Survive isn't as awful as it is forgettable
21. Pokémon Go's new legendary bird Zapdos defeated by just three players
22. Yes, you can still jump into haycarts in Assassin's Creed Origins
23. Rainbow Six Siege's next patch is enormous, but it makes loading matches faster
24. Destiny 2 reveals promo with "renowned lifestyle partners" Rockstar Energy and Pop-Tarts
25. Shadow of War has a ranked online mode
26. Over 10m people have played Final Fantasy 14
27. LA's weirdest gift shop made it into GTA 5
Aug. 7, 2017
1. For Honor offers free trial this weekend
2. Next Xbox update changes the home menu, Guide, and community feed
3. Spelunky, Downwell and more indie devs announce 8-bit game anthology UFO 50
4. Horizon DLC The Frozen Wilds gets a release date
5. Middle-earth: Shadow of War has loot boxes
6. Rainbow Six Siege gets 2.3m players a day, Ubisoft says
7. Creator of canned Metroid fan project AM2R hired to work on Ori sequel
8. Battlefield 1 gets perks soon
9. Fidel Dungeon Rescue is an unmissable game about exploration and elegance
10. Dragon Quest Builders 2 headed to Nintendo Switch, PS4
11. It took a Guile mirror match to spark a good old-fashioned fireball war in Street Fighter 5
12. Splatoon 2's online is inexplicable, yet it's one of the best online experiences of the year
13. Splatoon 2 datamined, potential new maps and weapons revealed
14. AMD Ryzen 5 1600/1600X vs Core i5 7600K review
15. The Last of Us fans think they've sleuthed out Part 2's location
Aug. 6, 2017
1. The 35-year hunt for Swordquest's lost treasures
Aug. 5, 2017
1. Dragon Quest 11: is Unreal Engine 4 a good fit for JRPGs?
2. On games as philosophy experiments, from Fallout to Soma
3. Horizon Zero Dawn: the making of PS4 Pro's best 4K game
4. The Shrouded Isle review
Aug. 4, 2017
1. Australasia-exclusive Kangaskhan headed to Pokémon Go in Europe
2. Retro City Rampage DX is now on Switch
3. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds fixes latest update lag
4. Paradox bringing Pillars of Eternity and Cities: Skylines to console this year
5. A classic arcade name just got a surprise revival on Switch
6. How a Syrian refugee's story became a JRPG
7. Crash Bandcoot N.Sane Trilogy did the business for Activision - and now everyone wants a Spyro remaster next
8. Konami announces exclusive global partnership with…
9. Destiny 2 blocks some popular game capture programs and Discord overlays
10. Prey's new PS4 Pro support is welcome - but the added stutter isn't
11. It's time to settle the PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds blue zone debate once and for all
12. For Honor gets the Highlander and the Gladiator this month
13. Can sports data analysis figure out exactly how much Mario Kart screws you?
Aug. 3, 2017
1. TumbleSeed adds Switch-exclusive Battle Mode
2. Acclaimed isometric stealth game Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is now on consoles
3. Thumper is hitting Xbox One this month
4. Women's basketball league makes its debut in NBA Live 18
5. Ghost Recon: Wildlands now has a demo on PS4 and Xbox One
6. Check out Sonic Mania's bonus stages and time attack mode in action
7. Rime finally has a Nintendo Switch release date
8. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds now warns you against forming larger groups than allowed
9. Battlefield 1's Community Test Server arrives on consoles
10. Big Prey patch squashes bugs and fixes glitches
11. Hearthstone streamer exposes clan of snipers who repeatedly targeted him
12. Outside Xbox branches out with new channel Outside Xtra
13. Dynasty Warriors 9 heads west on PC, PS4 and Xbox One
14. Conan Exiles' free expansion is The Frozen North
15. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' monthly update is live
16. Rocket League gets a 20-word Language Ban system
17. QUBE 2 now due early 2018
18. Rock Band keeps on rocking with new season pass
19. Friday the 13th has sold over 1.8m copies
20. What's it like when your video game leaks?
21. Pokémon Go legendary Moltres beaten by a team of just two players
22. The best games hold something back
23. Sit comfortably, there's an official adult Witcher colouring book
24. Yakuza Kiwami reveals free post-launch DLC
25. Does LawBreakers have what it takes to compete with the big guns?
Aug. 2, 2017
1. Chess Ultra checks onto Switch later this year, mate
2. Minecraft: Story Mode's first season coming to Switch this month
3. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' new first-person servers make the game feel even more tense
4. If you pre-order PES 2018 you get Usain Bolt
5. Microsoft really wants you to know playing Minecraft online is safe
6. Total War: Warhammer gifts 30 new elite units as a birthday treat
7. Rockstar sued over Auntie Poulet from 15-year-old Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
8. Persona Q2 announced for Nintendo 3DS
9. Watch a full 20-minute FIFA 18 match
10. Microsoft reveals three new Xbox One controllers
11. There are three versions of FUT Icons in FIFA 18
12. Is the New 2DS XL Nintendo's last dedicated handheld?
13. Overwatch's Summer Games returns next week with competitive Lúcioball
14. After five years, turn-based strategy hack-and-slash hybrid Aztez launches
15. Harvest Moon, what have they done to you?
16. Monster Hunter XX is getting a region-free Switch demo next week
17. Yasumi Matsuno's RPG Unsung Story is now being finished by a different studio
Aug. 1, 2017
1. Guild Wars 2 expansion Path of Fire announced and out in September
2. Overcooked on Switch has big performance problems
3. Mario + Rabbids' tactics run as deep as its fan service
4. Torchlight dev announces release date for Hob
5. Sunless Skies' Early Access release date is soon
6. Stardew Valley multiplayer plan includes option to marry your friends
7. Rock Band Blitz to be removed from digital stores
8. Dreadnought launches open beta on PS4
9. Controversial sex game House Party back on Steam with censor bars
10. Here's Bizarro and all his awesome intro lines in Injustice 2
11. Minecraft's cross-network update now playable in beta
12. Mass Effect Andromeda studio BioWare Montreal will be absorbed by EA Motive
13. The hackers of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
14. Star Citizen's big alpha 3.0 release slips again
15. Nintendo Switch system update fixes battery charge issue
16. Tacoma review
17. All Injustice 2 characters get cool-looking gold tournament shaders
18. PlayerUnknown defends Battlegrounds' controversial key and crate system
19. BioWare veteran and Anthem lead designer Corey Gaspur passes away
20. The Long Dark to receive live-action film via Resident Evil producer
21. Nioh's latest patch fixes its most annoying flaw
22. Alien: Isolation modder adds VR support