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September 2017 Archive

Sept. 30, 2017
1. Ataribox: Ouya 2.0, evolved Steam Machine or something more?
2. Where do monsters come from?
Sept. 29, 2017
1. SNES Classic - games list, controllers and specs, UK pre-order, release date and everything else we know about the mini SNES
2. Watch: Ian plays the SNES mini for 90 minutes
3. Developers rally together to raise money for UK charity
4. Headline Football Manager 2018 features revealed
5. Wii Shop Channel shuts down in 2019
6. Nintendo's half-arsed online cripples FIFA 18 on Switch
7. Now there's a C64 mini
8. It really does look like Rockstar animated horse testicles for Red Dead Redemption 2
9. Xbox Live Indie Games gets stay of execution
10. Surprise! Flower is on the App Store
11. Forza Motorsport 7 is delivering something few other driving games offer anymore
Sept. 28, 2017
1. Big improvements coming to Dead Rising 4
2. RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic launches on Steam
3. Mario was punching Yoshi in the head in Super Mario World
4. Battle Royale's given Fortnite a pulse, but it still needs a soul
5. Here's the first Red Dead Redemption 2 story trailer
6. Blizzard launches Battle.net mobile app for Android and iOS
7. John Lewis briefly sold the SNES mini last night - but for some it did not go well
8. LawBreakers is free to play this weekend on Steam
9. Elite's alien menace has finally returned
10. Golf Story review
11. True 4K isn't the best way to play Rise of the Tomb Raider on Xbox One X
12. Shenmue 3's latest development update shows off a grandma's face
13. A fireside chat with Hearthstone's biggest bosses
Sept. 27, 2017
1. PSN is down for some users
2. Despite controversy, Fortnite's PUBG-style Battle Royale mode gets off to a flyer
3. Layoffs at Saints Row developer Volition
4. SNES mini teardown confirms recycled NES mini tech
5. Xbox Games with Gold October lineup includes Gone Home
6. PlayStation Plus October games lineup includes Metal Gear Solid 5
7. Free update turns Assassin's Creed Origins into an interactive museum
8. Skyrim: Special Edition's survival mode now available on Steam
9. Scan and shoot: Shooty Fruity's VR splatfest in action
10. Star Fox 2 review
11. "We understand many Persona fans would love to see a PC version"
12. Valve removes over 150 'fake' games from Steam
13. Don't be put off by Kingdom Come: Deliverance's stiff characters
14. The new Ataribox console priced and dated
15. Tokyo Game Show may have underwhelmed, but Japan remains the heart of gaming
16. Warner Bros. apologises for Shadow of War Forthog DLC confusion
17. Comparing the stunning space vistas of Elite: Dangerous, No Man's Sky and Space Engine to NASA images
Sept. 26, 2017
1. Hob review
2. Cities: Skylines - Green Cities arrives next month, here's a song to celebrate
3. How Super Mario Odyssey scales across docked and handheld modes
4. Star Wars film actor John Boyega narrates new Battlefront 2 trailer
5. Ruiner review
6. Super Meat Boy Forever and the return of Team Meat
7. Cammy's stage from Super Street Fighter 2 reimagined for Street Fighter 5
8. Yooka-Laylee's Nintendo Switch edition held back by Unity issues
9. Official Resident Evil 2 board game looks awesome
10. Microsoft worked on an Xbox-branded smartwatch, images suggest
11. Video game voice acting strike ends as SAG-AFTRA negotiates deal
12. Cristiano Ronaldo's famous "Siiiiii!" celebration is in FIFA 18 and it sounds hilariously bad
13. A dog has turned my life into an RPG
Sept. 25, 2017
1. Shadow of War developer discusses the game's controversial loot boxes
2. FIFA 18 review
3. 16 years later, Pokémon Gold and Silver return to UK chart
4. Looks like Valve was working on a four-player fantasy adventure game
5. Destiny 2 down for maintenance again today - for six hours
Sept. 24, 2017
1. EGX 2017: Ten of the best games from the show floor
2. Xbox One X Killer Instinct delivers the first 4K console fighting game
3. Rebellion's Strange Brigade is a jolly refreshing romp
4. How Dishonored: Death of the Outsider makes rats of us all
Sept. 23, 2017
1. EGX Rezzed 2017: Eight of the best games from the show floor
2. How does Forza 7 improve on Xbox One X over base hardware?
3. Playdead's revered Inside heading to Nintendo Switch
4. Super Mario Run's biggest update yet adds new levels, a new mode and Daisy
5. Can a 4X title hold insights into how games could handle storytelling?
Sept. 22, 2017
1. Oddworld: Soulstorm looks like it will rewrite series' rule book
2. Surreal musical treat Figment is out today on PC
3. Watch: Digital Foundry's Rich and John on Xbox One X and the future of consoles
4. Watch: It's another Chris Bratt/Jake Solomon XCOM love-in
5. Tengami dev's next game is 'astrological comedy' Astrologaster
6. Destiny 2's factions arrive next week for a new in-game event
7. It sure is grand to have Virtual On back
8. Gran Turismo Sport acquits itself well in VR
9. Divinity: Original Sin 2 review
Sept. 21, 2017
1. Watch: Andy Serkis talks acting and his Planet of the Apes game
2. Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle is Switch's best-selling non-Nintendo game
3. Digital Foundry: Hands-on with Switch's 'impossible' Doom port
4. Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire signs publisher Versus Evil
5. The Fallout 3 we never got to play
6. Life is Strange dev Dontnod's Vampyr delayed to 2018
7. Rise of the Tomb Raider shines in HDR on Xbox One X
8. Here's your first look at Square Enix's Left Alive
9. Mugsters is a physics-based adventure perfect for gifs
10. PUBG-inspired Fortnite Battle Royale will launch as a free mode
Sept. 20, 2017
1. Minecraft's new cross-platform edition launches today, but without Nintendo Switch
2. Final Fantasy 15's multiplayer expansion gets a date
3. SteamWorld Dig 2 review
4. Street Fighter 5 Arcade Edition spotted
5. Pokémon Go introduces Super Incubators in Equinox event
6. Watch: We play 3 new worlds in Super Mario Odyssey
7. Can Xbox One X really run Quantum Break at 4K?
8. Destiny 2 is already nostalgic for Destiny
9. Everton FC fans in a flap about new Angry Birds sponsor
10. It sounds like Slightly Mad Studios is making a Fast & Furious game
11. You can now play Super Mario 64 online with others
12. Puzzle favourite Picross headed to Nintendo Switch
13. Square Enix is trying to get full-fat Final Fantasy 15 on Nintendo Switch
14. World's first 8K VR headset off to flyer on Kickstarter
15. Super Mario Odyssey footage leak shows off Frog Mario and more
16. Bizarre mod adds GTA character to Zelda: Breath of the Wild
17. Atomega review
18. The Switch's secret game looks like it could be a tribute to Satoru Iwata
19. New Tomb Raider film gets first trailer
20. Steam counters "review bombing" by adding time graphs to game scores
21. Nintendo unveils a Pokémon themed New 2DS XL
22. Halo is coming to Nintendo Switch... in Minecraft
Sept. 19, 2017
1. Project Cars 2 review
2. Surreal puzzler Back to Bed is free through Thursday on Steam
3. Overwatch's new escort map Junkertown is now live on all platforms
4. The Chinese Room has a new game out this week
5. Forza Motorsport 7 demo is now live on Xbox One and PC
6. Neko Atsume is coming to PlayStation VR
7. Project Cars 2 runs best on PlayStation 4 Pro
8. Sonic Forces will let you play as Shadow the Hedgehog
9. Firewatch review-bombed following PewDiePie racism incident
10. Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier brings multiplayer to the narrative adventure genre
11. Monster Hunter World gets global release date
12. Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite review
13. Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner remaster headed to PS4
14. PlayStation TGS 2017 conference live report
15. Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain announced for PS4
16. New Shadow of the Colossus remake footage on PS4 Pro
17. Dishonored: Death of the Outsider review
18. Fans don't like Tomb Raider's awkward film poster
19. Final Fantasy 9 gets PlayStation 4 re-release
20. Battlefield 1 free to play on Xbox One this weekend
21. Square Enix announces survival action shooter Left Alive for PC and PS4
22. A tactical shooter with 400 concurrent players on a massive map
23. It looks like Dragon's Crown Pro is coming to PS4
24. The Evil Dead gets a new video game spin-off, but…
Sept. 18, 2017
1. Layers of Fear is coming to Switch
2. Spintires: MudRunner launches this Halloween on PS4, Xbox One and PC
3. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One cross-platform play switched on in Fortnite, players report
4. Call of Duty: WW2's new story trailer reiterates that war is hell
5. Influential ex-Valve writer Chet Faliszek joins Surgeon Simulator studio
6. Editing files in PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is now bannable offence
7. Who are the Nine? Destiny fans think they've finally found answers
8. Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite DLC characters confirmed
9. Pokkén Tournament DX is a great Switch port that can't solve the game's core contradiction
10. Divinity: Original Sin 2 roars out of the gates to nearly 500K sold
11. Destiny 2 holds off PES and Metroid in UK charts
12. Destiny 2 is down for hours again today
13. Nintendo fans discover NES Golf hidden in Switch files
14. Here's Raiden and - surprise! - Black Lightning in Injustice 2
15. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds sets record for most concurrent players on Steam
16. And that's that for Battleborn
17. PES 2018 review
18. iPhone X: Apple bets the future of smartphones on Kinect's failed tech
19. The cat's out of the bag: Swery talks his upcoming feline murder mystery The Good Life
Sept. 17, 2017
1. How Tomb Raider got lost in the wilds
Sept. 16, 2017
1. Destiny 2's launch week uproar shows why developers need to talk about money
2. Dead by Daylight adds Leatherface DLC
3. Call of Duty: WW2 is getting an open beta on PC this month
Sept. 15, 2017
1. Destiny 2 review
2. Activision bigs up Destiny 2 launch, without revealing sales
3. Now you can get a 3D-printed Hearthstone card as your phone case
4. Thieves snatch van-full of Total War: Warhammer 2 collector's editions
5. Later this month, Elite players will fight the Thargoids for the first time since the nineties
6. Mike Morhaime borrowed ?15K from his nan to start Blizzard
7. Inside Obsidian: How RPG's greatest survivors kept the lights on
8. Celebrating Devrim Kay, Destiny's first gay character
9. Here's a good look at Warhammer Quest 2 gameplay
10. PES 2018 to get more Liverpool legends
11. Xur makes Destiny 2 debut - and he's sitting in a tree
12. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds developers have banned over 150,000 cheaters
13. Divinity: Original Sin 2 is shaping up to be every bit as good as its predecessor
14. Destiny 2 dev Bungie: we didn't know hate groups appropriated kek meme
15. Mysterious monarch sim Kingdom is now available on Switch
16. Doom on Switch won't have SnapMap level editor
Sept. 14, 2017
1. Overwatch's next free weekend kicks off 22nd September
2. Sine Mora EX slated for Switch in Europe next month
3. Saints Row: The Third is now backwards compatible on Xbox One
4. There's an ugly Call of Duty PlayStation 4
5. Ark: Survival Evolved review
6. Former Xbox console exclusive Max: The Curse of Brotherhood headed to PS4
7. Nintendo's cowboy armadillo Dillon is back in a new game
8. Accessible fighting game Fantasy Strike hits Steam Early Access
9. New Xbox One tech can save hard drive space and cut download times
10. Don't Starve to get single-player Hamlet DLC and more
11. Xbox One Game DVR bumped up to 1080p capture
12. Destiny 2 clan claims Leviathan raid world first, new PVP map unlocked
13. Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan says toxic behaviour is slowing Overwatch development
14. Skyrim's Switch release date slated for November
15. Super Mario Odyssey's photo mode will let you send screenshots to your smartphone
16. Splatoon is a multiplayer shooter for introverts and I love it
17. One of the original Splatoon's best maps is coming to the sequel this Saturday
18. Switch to revive Nintendo arcade classics, starting with the original Mario Bros.
19. Phantasy Star Online 2: Cloud is coming to Switch… in Japan
20. Doom and Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus are coming to Switch
Sept. 13, 2017
1. Surprise! Minecraft is coming to New 3DS today
2. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has a final release date
3. Arms' new character and version 3.0 are now live
4. Bungie removes "hate symbol" from Destiny 2
5. Thimbleweed Park sets release dates on Switch, iOS and Android
6. The Last of Us and Uncharted 4 co-director Bruce Straley departs Naughty Dog after 18 years
7. Axiom Verge to launch early on Switch eShop following retail release delay
8. Rocket League's Autumn Update adds seasonal arena, new items, and a better spectator mode
9. Stardew Valley publisher reveals new details on magic school RPG
10. A (brief) history of PlayStation football
11. Jelly Deals: Amazon offering six month trial of Prime to students
12. Super Meat Boy Forever does more with two buttons than most do with 14
13. Fallout: New Vegas was once Fallout: Sin City and had three playable races
14. Nintendo Switch's disappointing mobile app just got a bit better
15. Dissecting PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' datamined desert map
16. Tooth and Tail review
17. Recent disasters hurry World of Warcraft to release this year's charity pet
18. The video game pacifists
Sept. 12, 2017
1. The Machines may be Apple's most impressive augmented-reality showcase yet
2. Apple reveals iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and X
3. Destiny 2 servers down for four hours today
4. ThatGameCompany reveals "social adventure game" Sky for iOS
5. Rummaging through Obsidian's drawer of game ideas
6. Okami HD is coming to the west in December
7. 89-rated Gareth Bale drops out of top 10 players for FIFA 18
8. FIFA 18 demo goes live today
9. Jelly Deals: Solid Snake statue from First4Figures pre-orders live
10. Battle Royale coming to Fortnite in September
11. Metroid: Samus Returns review
12. Star Wars: Battlefront Season Pass currently free on PS4 and Xbox One
13. PewDiePie apologises for racial slur
14. Switch's Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition is far from definitive
15. Okami HD spotted for PC, PS4, Xbox One
16. Nintendo announces NES mini back in production
17. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' latest patch brings foggy weather and a new town
18. Xbox Live Indie Games officially closes 29th September
19. Please Knock on My Door review
20. Frictional's excellent sci-fi horror game Soma is coming to Xbox One
21. Iranian artist's painterly point-and-click Lona: Realm of Colors reaches its Kickstarter goal
Sept. 11, 2017
1. Gunpoint dev's stealthy space sandbox Heat Signature launches this month
2. Watch: The making of Fallout 1 & 2
3. Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap sold better on Switch than all other platforms combined
4. Nintendo "strongly urges" you don't overpay for SNES mini on eBay
5. Atomega is the new game from the Grow Home team
6. New documentary unearths rare Witcher video game footage
7. 45-minute Nintendo Direct broadcast this week
8. Star Citizen 3.0 update "akin to Early Access" launch
9. Don't Starve Together launches on Xbox One this week
10. Firewatch dev threatens Pewdiepie video takedown, following YouTube star's use of N-word
11. What Destiny 2's post-credits teaser means for the series' future
12. Destiny 2 physical sales down by half from Destiny 1
13. Mario + Rabbids is Switch's unlikeliest tech showcase
14. Ark: Survival Evolved is out of Early Access but still needs work
15. Battlefield 1's new Incursions mode is a shot in the arm
16. Donut County might be the next great game about Los Angeles
Sept. 10, 2017
1. Destiny 2: Bungie's technology evolves - but is it enough?
Sept. 9, 2017
1. How games often live in memory
Sept. 8, 2017
1. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds surpasses one million concurrent Steam players
2. Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris DLC details leaked by Xbox Store
3. Destiny 2 is a lot less annoying, but a lot more of the same
4. Blizzard will open its own esports arena next month
5. Arcadia Baes: A Life is Strange spoilercast for Before the Storm
6. Call of Duty Endowment launches in the UK
7. Nintendo Switch region-free accounts: How to buy Switch games from the Japanese eShop
8. Monaco: What's Yours is Mine free on Steam until 6pm
9. YouTubers escape fine for promoting CSGO Lotto site they secretly owned
10. Here's when Destiny 2 Trials, Iron Banner and Xur return
11. Sitting down with Shenmue 3 and Yu Suzuki
12. South Park: The Fractured but Whole's difficulty slider changes the colour of your skin
13. 4K PS4 Pro update for The Witcher 3 coming in "just a few days"
14. Destiny 2 director defends its shaders as one-time use items
Sept. 7, 2017
1. Nioh's final DLC, Bloodshed's End, is due this month
2. Skyrim: Special Edition free to play this weekend on Xbox One
3. Raiders of the Broken Planet has a release date and a tempting price
4. LA Noire coming to Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and a spin-off to VR
5. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 feels ready to become Switch's first hardcore RPG
6. The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ now available on Nintendo Switch
7. Sunless Skies is a very British garden of horrors
8. Lost connection to the Destiny 2 servers? You're not alone
9. Destiny 2 has a microtransaction problem
10. Halo Wars 2: how Xbox One X compares to base hardware and PC
11. Killer Instinct on Steam supports cross-platform play with Xbox One and Windows 10
12. Life is Strange and the pleasures of being someone else
13. Swery reveals gameplay of his cat-based murder mystery The Good Life
Sept. 6, 2017
1. Resident Evil Revelations 1 and 2 confirmed for Nintendo Switch
2. Official Animal Farm game is an adventure-tycoon
3. Hearthstone is nerfing some of its oldest cards
4. SteamWorld Dig is Origin's latest On the House offer
5. Destiny 2's The Farm social space hides a cool Easter egg
6. Destiny 2's pre-order loot takes a while to unlock
7. A new season of Siege means that Rainbow Six is a step closer to taking down Counter-Strike
8. Lifeless Moon, the follow-up to Lifeless Planet, looks like a classic sci-fi dream
9. Destiny 2's Japanese trailer is... a little different
10. New Witcher 3 mod turns Geralt into Tony Hawk
11. Pokémon Go trading, player versus player battling features reconfirmed
12. How Knack 2 offers players more on PS4 Pro
13. Biomutant will let you choose how much narration you want
14. Is there a "right" or "wrong" way to play PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds?
Sept. 5, 2017
1. Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes can be played entirely on one Joy-Con
2. Mirage: Arcane Warfare is free to keep if you download it later today
3. Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes revealed for Switch
4. Destiny 2 servers now live
5. What's going on with our Destiny 2 review?
6. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds has sold 10 million copies
7. Resident Evil 7 Gold Edition announced
8. Gross horror Scorn is one to watch
9. Turbulent development of Destiny, Witcher 3, Uncharted 4 and more revealed in new book
10. Balancing FIFA 18 sounds like a living nightmare
11. First gameplay footage of Secret of Mana remake appears
12. Shadow of War developer who died of cancer immortalised as an in-game orc slayer
13. Knack 2 review
14. Warner Bros. insists it won't profit from the Shadow of War Forthog Orc-Slayer DLC
Sept. 4, 2017
1. Life is Strange: Before the Storm is brilliant and the new developer totally gets it
2. Jesus beats up Buddha in the awful-looking Fight of Gods
3. First women-only esports car racing competition announced
4. Jelly Deals: Xbox One S with Destiny 2 and Forza Horizon 3 for under ?200
5. Jelly Deals: Rise of the Tomb Raider for ?10 / $12 with the new Humble Monthly
6. Games Done Quick raises over $225,000 for Hurricane Harvey victims
7. Dragon Age writer and Sunless Sea creative director unveils Cultist Simulator
8. Sonic Mania has a lovely tribute to a Sonic hacker who tragically died
9. Who's who in The Witcher's wonderful 10-year anniversary video
10. Microsoft to coach devs on how best to use Xbox One keyboard and mouse support
11. How video games win back time
12. Despite low player numbers, there's more to come from Lawbreakers
13. Tech Evolution: 25 years of Super Mario Kart
14. What does it take to run Destiny 2 at 1080p60?
15. Last Day of June review
16. The Death of the Outsider is far from the end for Arkane Studios
Sept. 3, 2017
1. Watch: Infuriating side quests you're never going to finish
2. The making of System Shock 2's best level
Sept. 2, 2017
1. Why the Switch is Nintendo's truest Family Computer
Sept. 1, 2017
1. Dead Rising 4 confirmed for PS4
2. FIFA 18 career mode has cutscenes and a conversation wheel
3. Humankind's last city grows from nothing in first Frostpunk gameplay trailer
4. You can now play the impressive fan remake of Tomb Raider 2
5. Much-loved UK video game mag Super Play returns for a one-off to celebrate the SNES mini launch
6. How Call of Duty: WW2's new play of the game works
7. The limits for FIFA on Nintendo Switch
8. Divinity: Original Sin 2 unveils one heck of an undead race to play as
9. Dino Dini's Kick Off Revival kicks off on Steam next week
10. Destiny 2's raid goes live a week after the game comes out