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August 2020 Archive

Aug. 30, 2020
1. Original voice actor behind Frank Woods is "so bummed" he's not reprising his role in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2. Familiarity is part of the fun with fox-based Zelda-alike Tunic
3. Cheat maker apologises "for any pain we've caused to players of Call of Duty" after Activision legal threat
4. Sony says expect more of its first-party PlayStation games on PC
5. Kickstarter for Suikoden spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicle ends with ?3.4m raised
6. Ubisoft pulls Black Lives Matter raised fist from new Tom Clancy game following backlash
7. The making of Turbo Esprit, the Spectrum game set in Romford that predated GTA
Aug. 29, 2020
1. Lord of the Rings: Gollum is coming to current and next-gen consoles
2. The release of the rumoured Mass Effect trilogy remaster was scheduled for October but "could start to slip"
3. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart will offer both 30fps and 60fps options
4. Custom Fall Guys lobbies are on Mediatonic's list "of things to do"
5. Yes, Streets of Rage 4 DLC is coming but there's no release window just yet
6. Doom Eternal's The Ancient Gods, Part One DLC will be available as a standalone game
7. Apple terminates Epic Games' App Store developer account, blocking future Fortnite updates
8. Every post-launch Marvel's Avengers hero will have its own $10 battle pass
9. Erasing Erasure in If Found…
Aug. 28, 2020
1. Sea of Thieves is getting adorable pet dogs in September's update
2. Lonely Mountains: Downhill ventures to volcanic Eldfjall Island in its first paid DLC
3. Rotating-apartment puzzler Love comes to Steam this October
4. Lemnis Gate is a tactical multiplayer FPS about manipulating 25-second time loops
5. Chinatown Detective Agency is getting a sizeable free prologue
6. Evil Genius 2 delayed into the first half of 2021
7. Bloober confirms revamped sci-fi horror Observer System Redux is heading to PC
8. Chasing the dream of four people in a room
9. Turrican returns with a set of pricey 30th anniversary anthologies
10. Here's why Scarlet Nexus has disturbing flower bouquet monsters
11. We've got 150 beta keys for World of Warcraft: Shadowlands to give away
12. Levelling in World of Warcraft is about to undergo its biggest change in a decade - maybe ever
13. Someone made a deepfake of the Avengers game with movie actor faces
14. Here are some of the best offers in the Humble End of Summer Sale
15. Slipped to 2021, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has
16. Steam is testing a customisable chat filter
17. Ni No Kuni: Cross Worlds looks an intriguing MMO take on the series
18. The Double-A Team: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks is a forgotten adventure with great heart
19. Little Nightmares 2 crawls onto screens next February
20. BioWare reveals our best look yet at Dragon Age 4
21. All the highlights from Gamescom's Opening Night Live
Aug. 27, 2020
1. Sam & Max are returning in new VR game This Time It's Virtual
2. The Sims 4 is getting a Star Wars expansion
3. Fall Guys goes medieval in Season 2 this October
4. Flesh-flailing co-op platformer Struggling is the first game from Frontier Development's new publishing label
5. Jurassic World Evolution is heading to Switch in November
6. World of Warcraft's Shadowlands expansion gets an October release date
7. You can now sign up for a PlayStation 5 pre-order... without knowing the price
8. Fortnite's Marvel season is live, with Iron Man and Dr. Doom included
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone will share battle pass progression
10. Microsoft is hosting a big Xbox Gamescom sale
11. Netflix's Resident Evil series will star the Wesker kids
12. Hotshot Racing gets a release date
13. Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 4 Battle Pass skins, including Thor, Groot, Storm, Mystique and tier 100 skin Iron Man
14. 11 years later, Valve is updating Left 4 Dead 2
15. Looks like you'll have to pay for a Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War next-gen upgrade
16. If you're playing Flight Sim, you must read Skyfaring
17. Pokémon Go bins two raid tiers in big shake up ahead of Mega Evolution launch
18. Frostpunk: On the Edge review - pressure from a different perspective
19. Epic Games snuck in one final iPhone Fortnite update
Aug. 26, 2020
1. September's PlayStation Plus games are PUBG and Street Fighter 5
2. Two previously Japan-only Taiko no Tatsujin rhythm RPGs are being bundled up for Switch
3. Wasteland 3 review: a devilish satire of post-apocalyptic America
4. Grounded's first major update adds a big scary bird, water fleas, perks and more
5. The Black Ops Cold War campaign emphasises player choice - with a character creator and Hitman-style levels
6. Here's what happened in Warzone's Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War reveal event
7. Eight years after its original launch, Guild Wars 2 is heading to Steam
8. Hello Games' The Last Campfire releases tomorrow
9. The Witcher unveils augmented-reality free-to-play mobile spin-off Monster Slayer
10. Here's everything announced in today's Nintendo Direct Mini
11. Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 4 estimated release time, teasers and possible theme, and everything else we know about the new Fortnite season
12. Fall Guys is now the most downloaded PlayStation Plus game ever
13. Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 coming to Nintendo Switch this year
14. Here's how Mega Evolution works in Pokémon Go
15. Pokémon Go Clone Pokémon list: How to get Clone Pikachu, Venusaur, Blastoise and Charizard explained
16. Super Bomberman R Online is a 64-player battle royale that's a "first on Stadia" exclusive
17. No Straight Roads review - a quirky but overly simplistic action-adventure
18. Fall Guys explains how it's tackling cheaters
19. Fortnite boss reassures fans concerned game is becoming one giant advert
20. Train sims have come a long way since I got cautioned for tooting in public
21. Project Cars 3 review - an effective new direction for the broadest racing series around
22. Someone should make a game about: wheelchair mobilisation
Aug. 25, 2020
1. Warframe's Heart of Deimos update is out today, adds hellish new open-world area
2. Borderlands 3's fourth and final DLC campaign goes inside the head of Psycho Kreig
3. Netflix's animated Dragon's Dogma series gets first trailer
4. Activision removes Tiananmen Square footage in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War trailer
5. Of course someone's put the Fall Guys beans in Skyrim
6. I played Amazon's MMO New World yesterday and was pleasantly surprised
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War leak reveals it's a direct sequel to Black Ops 1
8. Microsoft sides with Epic in legal battle with Apple
Aug. 24, 2020
1. Children of Morta adds adorable animals to pet in Paws and Claws charity DLC
2. Yakuza: Like a Dragon gets November release date, shows off daft Job combat classes
3. Economy class passenger sim Airplane Mode brings sky-high monotony to PC this autumn
4. Destiny 2 Thorn quest steps, Thorn Ornament, and how to start by finding the Salt Mines location
5. Original Wonder Boy director returning for new series entry Asha in Monster World
6. FIFA's greatest obstacles? Thomas Müller, ugly football, and you
7. Gollum in the new Lord of the Rings game has more hair than in the movies to make him "less creepy"
8. GOG's Harvest Sale is giving away Serious Sam: The First Encounter for free
9. Battletoads review - messy, madcap fun
10. Call of Duty streamer gets ridiculous Gulag win using drum kit
11. VR puzzle-platformer Yupitergrad will turn you into a sci-fi Spider-Man
12. Fall Guys is getting a mobile version in China
13. There's a new Sonic the Hedgehog double pack coming to Nintendo Switch
Aug. 23, 2020
1. Yes, Cyberpunk 2077 will offer free DLC
2. Scott Cawthon is working with fans to bring the best Five Nights at Freddy's fan games to life
3. Preorder bonuses for Black Ops Cold War will reportedly include a playable beta and a Frank Woods pack
4. Yes, your current-gen MyTEAM progress in NBA 2K21 can be transferred to next-gen
5. Upcoming Fall Guys patch has "lots of the things you've been asking for"
6. Looking for the heart of Halo in Bungie's finest moment
7. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a continuation of Rocksteady's Arkham-verse
Aug. 22, 2020
1. Ubisoft ditches physical game discs for its Xbox Collector's Editions in the UK
2. Bungie details the very many things being vaulted in Destiny 2 this November
3. Fall Guys Portal 2 crossover confirmed
4. Warner Bros. announces Gotham Knights game for 2021
5. Rocksteady issues new statement following sexual harassment accusations
6. An investigation into Blathers
Aug. 21, 2020
1. Xbox Series X silicon: the Hot Chips 2020 breakdown
2. Iron Man VR update adds free New Game+ mode today
3. Delayed Crysis Remastered gets revised September release date, tech trailer preview
4. Town of Light dev's WW2 thriller Martha is Dead coming to Xbox Series X, PC next year
5. Lair of the Clockwork God is coming to consoles really soon
6. Here are some terrific offers on WD hard drives for PS4, Xbox One and PC
7. Chinese action game Black Myth: Wukong is taking the internet by storm
8. Holdfast: Nations at War is a roleplaying gem tied up in the very best and very worst of the online world
9. Fall Guys was once called Fool's Gauntlet, Stumble Chums
10. Infinity Ward has another crack at nerfing Call of Duty: Warzone's notorious Bruen
11. Hyper Scape review - a battle royale as smart as it is generic
12. Planet Zoo is off to Australia next week in its latest paid DLC
Aug. 20, 2020
1. Internet sleuths solve mystery of Flight Simulator's 200-storey Melbourne house
2. Observer System Redux shows off gorgeously grimy makeover in next-gen comparison video
3. Steam users want Microsoft Flight Simulator refund time extended
4. Warzone puzzle ends with teaser for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
5. First HDMI 2.1 gaming monitor for PC and next-gen consoles announced
6. Epic snaps up Hitman 3 as another PC store exclusive
7. Deathloop blocks the PS5 DualSense controller triggers when your weapon jams
8. Control publisher refuses to budge despite next-gen upgrade backlash
9. We recreated 10 famous film flights in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
10. On eBay, people are selling iPhones with Fortnite installed - for thousands of pounds extra
Aug. 19, 2020
1. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 fires lead writer Brian Mitsoda and creative director
2. Sea of Thieves pirates can unlock a fancy Battletoads ship set from tomorrow
3. National Video Game Museum re-opens this week after coronavirus left future uncertain
4. The Stanley Parable's Ultra Deluxe Edition has been delayed until next?year (again)
5. Elite: Dangerous shows off more of its long-awaited on-foot planetary traversal
6. Here's our first look at the Xbox Series X dashboard
7. art of rally gets closer to the craziness of 80s off-roading
8. The Nintendo Switch has popped up back in stock
9. Nintendo Indie World sale kicks off at the Switch eShop
10. Here's everything announced in the Nintendo indie showcase
11. GeForce Now launches on Chromebook
12. Resident Evil 7 hits Xbox Game Pass in September
13. EA Play launches on Steam at the end of August
14. Total War: Three Kingdoms The Furious Wild expansion out in September
15. Someone should make a game about: Orchestras
16. Underwater survival horror Subnautica is coming to Switch next year
17. Oculus making Facebook accounts mandatory for all new VR headset users in October
Aug. 18, 2020
1. Baldur's Gate 3 entering Steam and Stadia early access in September
2. Beautiful "cosy game about dying" Spiritfarer gets a surprise release today
3. Spiritfarer review - a beautiful, unique blend of genres
4. Untitled Goose Game is getting co-op multiplayer
5. Chucklefish's Apple Arcade platformer Inmost headed to PC and Nintendo Switch this week
6. The exquisite A Short Hike is out on Switch today
7. To see Microsoft Flight Simulator's London at its best you'll need this DLC
8. The Hori Split Pad Pro for Switch is getting some new colours
9. Watch Nintendo's Switch indie presentation here
10. Noblechairs Hero Black Edition review: are gaming chairs worth it?
11. Flight Simulator specs, download size: Minimum, Recommended and Ideal requirements explained
12. Flight Simulator release time in BST, CEST, EDT and PDT explained
13. Arkane's Deathloop delayed to Q2 2021
14. Watch Alan Wake return in 15 minutes of Control's new expansion
15. Marvel's Avengers: our first look at the upcoming generational divide?
16. Hitman 3 will change the series' one-shot Elusive Targets
17. Yes, Batman Arkham developer Rocksteady is making a Suicide Squad game
18. The Suicide of Rachel Foster review - a Shining-esque riff on Gone Home that doesn't quite dazzle
19. Amid coronavirus lockdown, 60,000 Spanish football fans turn up to watch virtual Seville derby on Twitch
20. Batman Arkham developer Rocksteady accused of failing to act on sexual harassment
21. Hyperoptic's latest broadband deal gets you 500Mb fibre for just ?30 per month
22. Call of Duty: Warzone players are making the most of a completely broken gun right now
23. Fall Guys will create crossover skins for developer donations to Special Effect
24. Epic injunction says it'll be "irreparably harmed" by Apple's actions following Fortnite stunt
25. Golf Story follow-up Sports Story delayed indefinitely
26. Microsoft Flight Simulator review - a sim for everyone, and one of the best sims yet
Aug. 17, 2020
1. Firewatch is taking another stab at a film adaptation
2. Spelunky 2 arriving on PC "a few weeks" after PlayStation 4 version
3. Ghost of Tsushima is getting online co-op multiplayer
4. Looks like Jack Black is Officer Dick in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2
5. Why the Command & Conquer Remastered developers left in a 25-year-old exploit
6. Animal Farm video game out this autumn
7. Command & Conquer Remastered Collection was a success - so what's next for the revived RTS franchise?
8. Florida tourist attraction sues Fortnite, seeks removal of in-game castle
9. Apex Legends Season 6 release time, plus all Season 6 updates explained
10. Marvel's Avengers beta code references long list of planned characters
11. Moose Life review - brimming with joy
12. Master Roshi confirmed for Dragon Ball FighterZ
Aug. 16, 2020
1. A Total War Saga: Troy review - Creative Assembly tackles the classics
2. Here's when you can sample the NBA 2K21 demo
3. Portal and My Friend Pedro crossover skins rumoured for Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
4. The Last of Us Part 2 is the third highest-grossing game in the US in PlayStation history
5. Another leak reveals Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit remaster will release in November
6. Sonic the Hedgehog running on Super NES - see the tech demo in action
7. Resident Evil 7 is the highest-selling Resident Evil game of all time
Aug. 15, 2020
1. Skullgirls 2nd Encore gets a new character in 2021
2. Fortnite gets The Joker, Poison Ivy and Midas Rex skins this November
3. Grand Theft Auto 5 sold over 400,000 copies during lockdown in the UK alone
4. Skywind's first gameplay demo in a year shows original Morrowind quest expanded and improved
5. Can modding and overclocking improve Crysis Remastered on Switch?
6. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone Xbox One players forced to download 66GB patch to fix weapon graphics glitch
Aug. 14, 2020
1. EA talks Star Wars: Squadrons' switchable ship components and customisation options
2. Microsoft Flight Simulator's new trailer is a fun reminder just how far games have come
3. Technical issues preventing new players from accessing latest Marvel's Avengers beta
4. Grand Theft Auto veteran DJ Lazlow Jones has left Rockstar
5. EA Origin and Access rebrand to EA Play
6. 7.5m people claimed a free copy of A Total War Saga: Troy from the Epic Games Store
7. Warner Bros. confirms Gotham Knights game to be revealed at DC event this month
8. Assassin's Creed creative director Ashraf Ismail fired from Ubisoft
9. You can get 15% off at The Game Collection this week
10. Fall Guys is getting a Team Fortress crossover
11. Guerrilla releases initial patch to help sort out Horizon Zero Dawn PC issues
12. The Walking Dead Onslaught shuffles onto VR headsets in September
13. Loads of top PS4 games are back down to their Days of Play sale prices
14. Infinity Ward "fast-tracking" fix for bug that turns Call of Duty: Warzone into a glitchy sci-fi nightmare
15. Soundvoyager is still a wonderful trip
16. Marvel's Avengers beta times, dates, how to get beta access and everything you need to know
17. Fortnite adds cheaper mobile payment option to circumvent Apple, Google fees
Aug. 13, 2020
1. Dead by Daylight now supports cross-play between PC and consoles
2. The Last of Us Part 2 is getting permadeath
3. Meet the Resident Evil superfan who's spent a decade putting together a 2700-page timeline of the entire series
4. We should talk about Pokémon Go's loot boxes
5. There's more than a bit of Football Manager in FIFA 21's Career Mode
6. Rockstar working to fix Red Dead Online after fans call it "unplayable"
7. Destiny 2 base game Adventures list, fastest Adventures recommendation
8. Bethesda giving out Quake 2 and Quake 3 for free on its launcher
9. Pokémon Go's next two Community Days will be put to the vote
10. Intel's plans for gamers in focus: Tiger Lake and Xe graphics are coming soon
11. Microsoft considered launching Halo Infinite in pieces to hit 2020 launch
12. Fast & Furious Crossroads review - a car crash
13. Eve Online mobile game Eve Echoes launches today
14. Virgin Media customers get Marvel's Avengers beta access this weekend
15. Metro dev 4A Games bought by Deep Silver parent, mentions multiplayer
16. Animal Crossing Harv's Island: how to unlock Harv's Island, Photopia, villager posters, Dodo delivery and liquidation in New Horizons explained
17. UnderMine is just the thing for blasting away heatwave fatigue
Aug. 12, 2020
1. Frostpunk's final expansion On The Edge gets gameplay breakdown in new dev video
2. Pony Island dev's "deeply disturbing" card-based horror Inscryption gets first trailer
3. Forza Horizon 3 reaching "end of life" status, being removed from sale in September
4. Dead Cells gets new distillery biome in free Barrels of Fun update
5. Animal Crossing money making: How to get bells fast in New Horizons explained
6. The Tony Hawk's remaster does justice to one of the greatest demos of all-time
7. Paul Pogba just "signed" for Call of Duty: Warzone's Verdansk FC - and Man U fans aren't impressed
8. Control won't offer free PS5 and Xbox Series X upgrade unless you own new ?30 "Ultimate Edition"
9. Assassin's Creed prequel picks female Eivor as canon main character
10. SNK's handheld classics work just brilliantly on the Switch
11. Fall Guys' first update adds another level today
12. Cancelled Star Wars Ragtag game details surface
13. Splinter Cell's Sam Fisher is an operator in Rainbow Six: Siege
14. Hyper Scape cross platform support: Everything we know about multiplayer between PS4, Xbox One and PC
15. Someone should make a game about: The Devil's Causeway
16. Yes, Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne HD Remaster features Dante from the Devil May Cry series
Aug. 11, 2020
1. Infinity Ward slaps Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone's Bruen with a much-needed nerf
2. Halo Infinite delayed to 2021
3. PlanetSide 2 studio buys developer making Alien game
4. As Konami hopes to avoid past console transition mistakes, PES 2022 is under pressure to deliver
5. Minecraft Dungeons is getting daily missions, more merchants
6. HBO's The Last of Us series will include a "jaw drop" moment left out from the original game
7. Hyper Scape Season 1 Battle Pass champion skins, including Nahri Journalist, Rook Praetorian and tier 100 skin Ace Hotshot
8. Sniper Elite is being turned into a board game
9. Dirt 5 current-gen release delayed slightly
10. Over the Alps coming to Switch this month
11. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers can try Android xCloud streaming today
12. Animal Crossing fossil list: how many fossils, how to find fossils and every fossil price in New Horizons explained
13. Cat Quest 2 gets free Challenge Mode and more to celebrate International Cat Day
14. After years of development, the GoldenEye 25 fan remake just got lawyered
15. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 delayed to 2021
16. Hyper Scape specs: Required, minimum, recommended specs and download size explained
17. Hyper Scape release time in BST, CEST, EDT and PDT explained
18. Cyberpunk 2077 details weapons and origin story "life paths" in latest livestream
Aug. 10, 2020
1. Microsoft has quietly abandoned its Xbox 20/20 announcement branding
2. FIFA 21 Ultimate Team introduces a Division Rivals weekly match cap
3. Marvel's Avengers has a set of skins for Virgin Media customers
4. EA has finally removed fitness items from Ultimate Team for FIFA 21
5. Revealing the white Amonkhet Remastered cards coming to Magic: The Gathering Arena this week
6. Fall Guys sold 2m Steam copies in a week
7. Three months later, Ubisoft releases new version of Assassin's Creed Valhalla reveal trailer
8. Xbox Series S name pops up on Microsoft's next-gen controller packaging
9. Grounded Spiders: How to kill Wolf Spiders and Orb Weavers
10. Grounded Soldier Ants location, strategy and how to get an Ant Club explained
11. Maid of Sker review - an effective if unadventurous slice of rural horror
Aug. 9, 2020
1. Family recovers the $20K their son secretly donated to Twitch streamers in just 17 days
2. Blizzard staff anonymously share their pay info in a fight against wage disparity
3. Deadly Premonition 2 is "so much better now" following latest Switch patch
4. PS1digital review: the ultimate HDMI option for PlayStation 1
5. Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono departs Capcom after 30 years
6. Dr Disrespect says he "still has no idea" why he was permabanned from Twitch
7. Horizon Zero Dawn's PC "technical issues" are Guerrilla's "highest priority" right now
8. AT&T looks to have changed its mind about selling its gaming studios
9. The joy of melee
10. Animal Crossing Fireworks Show: Raffle prizes, how long it lasts and custom fireworks in New Horizons explained
Aug. 8, 2020
1. Mysterious Call of Duty: Warzone scrambled message is freaking players out
2. Fall Guys is more popular than Grand Theft Auto 5 on Steam right now
3. As Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone hits 200GB on PC, I have one question: why can't I delete the stuff I don't want like I can on console?
4. Quake free to download if you log in to the Bethesda launcher this weekend
5. Alan Wake and Control are part of the "Remedy Connected Universe"
6. Doom Eternal's first single-player expansion is The Ancient Gods, Part One
7. Everything revealed in Sony's State of Play showcase
8. One night in Akane has lasted me 15 hours
Aug. 7, 2020
1. Focus Interactive responds to "serious allegations" of crunch, harassment, abuse at Aeon Must Die studio
2. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne revisiting its three big limited-time events this month
3. Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows is a "real-time idle" game exclusive to Apple Arcade
4. Sony says no, it won't surprise-reveal PS5 pre-orders
5. Rocksteady confirms it is working on a Suicide Squad game
6. Samsung is including a free Game Pass bundle with the new Galaxy Note 20
7. Final Fantasy 7 Remake hits 5m sold
8. Spelunky 2 has a cloning gun, flamethrower and turkeys
9. Apex Legends teases crafting system and new legend Rampart
10. Apple blocks Project xCloud on iOS
Aug. 6, 2020
1. 3 out of 10 is a free "playable sitcom" about life at the world's worst game development studio
2. Control's Alan Wake DLC is out in a couple of weeks
3. Dingodile is a playable character in Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
4. Hood: Outlaws & Legends revealed for PS5 and PS4, coming 2021
5. Hitman 3 will have PlayStation VR support
6. Braid is getting an Anniversary Edition with redrawn art and a developer commentary
7. Tetris 99 gives second chance to unlock three limited-time Nintendo themes from next week
8. Horizon Zero Dawn's PC port is deeply disappointing
9. Serious Sam 4 is now launching in September
10. Where to pre-order the Marvel's Avengers Earth's Mightiest Edition
11. Marvel's Avengers Fortnite collaboration: How to unlock the Hulk Smashers pickaxe in Fortnite
12. The latest Animal Crossing: New Horizons sales are just astonishing
13. Dan, Rose, Oro, and Akira Kazama heading to Street Fighter 5 before the end of next year
Aug. 5, 2020
1. Gloomy Dark-Souls-inspired action-RPG Mortal Shell gets August release date
2. August's Game Pass offerings include Final Fantasy 7 HD and Man of Medan
3. Pikmin 3 Deluxe for Nintendo Switch includes extra Olimar missions
4. Fortnite car locations: Where to find vehicles and car types in Fortnite explained
5. You can already save 10% off the Lego Super Mario sets
6. Chasing Storm Isaias in Microsoft Flight Simulator
7. Family is a warm way to remember the 80s indie music scene
8. Fortnite adds vehicles, refuelling and radio stations
9. Assassin's Creed Valhalla narrative director responds to claim Eivor was originally intended to be "exclusively" a woman
10. As Call of Duty: Warzone popularity explodes, Activision prepares to reveal Black Ops Cold War within its battle royale
11. Ring Fit Adventure is now back in stock - but probably not for long
12. EA tackles FIFA 21 toxicity by pulling one of the most annoying celebrations in the game
13. Someone should make a game about: Muscle Men
14. Spider-Man is coming to Marvel's Avengers, but as a PlayStation exclusive
Aug. 4, 2020
1. Crossy Road developer unveils top-down space Western shooter TombStar
2. Larian delays Baldur's Gate 3's August early access launch
3. Call of Duty: Warzone gets mini royale mode as the stadium and train station are revamped
4. Hitman 2, Greedfall lead August's PlayStation Now additions
5. The Touryst arrives on Xbox One and PC - and it's an excellent port
6. Fall Guys Season 1 skins, including costumes and patterns explained
7. Out now on PC and PS Plus, Fall Guys seems to be having a real moment
8. FIFA 21's search for the most authentic football experience won't extend to empty stadiums
9. FIFA 21 plays a better game of football that will keep fans on-side for now
10. Frog Fractions 3 has been found
11. You can pre-download Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone's massive 36GB Season 5 update - on PS4 only
12. xCloud is joining Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on 15th September
13. NBA 2K21 next-gen price hike reflects "quality of the experience"
14. Fall Guys is pure Saturday evening television
15. Fortnite's delayed cars update finally fuels up tomorrow
16. Grindstone's horrors are perfect for a daily challenge mode
Aug. 3, 2020
1. Microsoft details Xbox's "faster, safer and easier" store redesign
2. Boy in the Striped Pyjamas writer accidentally includes Zelda recipe in new novel
3. Microsoft reportedly binning ugly "optimised for Xbox Series X" sticker
4. Someone's taken apart Lego Mario and the results are terrifying
5. PlayStation's next State of Play broadcast arrives Thursday
6. Save on the Yakuza games from Fanatical
7. PS4 Dualshock won't work with PS5 games
8. Ubisoft exec Tommy Fran?ois leaves company
9. If you really want to learn from Good Sudoku I reckon Arcade mode is the way to go
10. The spiders in Grounded are gorgeous but they're an absolute menace
Aug. 2, 2020
1. Microsoft rebrands Xbox Game Pass
2. "Easy there", Konami tells Silent Hill fans, before linking to a brand new Silent Hill Twitter account
3. Over a million of us are fighting giant spiders in Grounded
4. New Football Manager games are coming but they'll be "a little later than originally planned"
Aug. 1, 2020
1. Warframe unveils Infested open-world expansion, ability transfer feature
2. Warframe dev on working from home, Necramechs and the wild new Helminth system
3. BioWare outlines plan to fix Anthem's terrible loot system
4. Atlantis is finally in Fortnite - and it's called Coral Castle
5. 343 commits to crossplay, input-based matchmaking and custom game browser for Halo: The Master Chief Collection in 2020
6. Microsoft is having a good time on Steam right now
7. Leo Whitefang and techno samurai vampire Nagoriyuki revealed for Guilty Gear Strive
8. Here's our first look at Setsuka in Soulcalibur 6
9. Tekken 7 Season 4 announced, new character teased
10. Netflix Beyond Good & Evil film announced
11. Two of the world's great toymakers meet in the middle with Lego Super Mario