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October 2017 Archive

    1. The Surge is off to the theme park in its big new expansion this December
    2. Here's the Secret of Mana remake's spruced up opening movie
    3. This month's scintillating Splatoon 2 Splatfest asks what temperature you prefer your breakfast
    4. A month after launch, how's FIFA 18?
    5. Our first look at Destiny 2 expansion Curse of Osiris
    6. David Cage on Detroit and its depiction of domestic violence
    7. Nintendo sold 2m SNES mini consoles in a month
    8. Big FIFA 18 patch nerfs passing
    9. PlayStation Paris Games Week 2017 conference live report
    10. Sony's Paris press conference suggests we need a new way to show difficult games
    11. Detroit's latest trailer features Kara and domestic abuse
    12. A glimpse at the Witcher musical opening in November in Poland
    13. Curse of Osiris includes PlayStation-exclusive map in Destiny 2's coolest area
    14. Now there's a PES collectible card game
    15. Nintendo Switch's handheld mode more popular than playing on TV
    16. How co-op works in Far Cry 5
    17. Super Mario Odyssey sells 2m copies in three days
    18. Blood & Truth is a new PSVR Cockney spy shooter from Sony's London Studio
    19. Watch Call of Duty: WW2's Carentan in action
    20. Monster Hunter World's beta will be a PlayStation 4 exclusive
    21. Shaun White hated first game appearance
    22. Spelunky 2? In the age of Nex Machina anything is possible
    23. Night in the Woods is getting a free Director's Cut update in December
    1. Rocket League careens onto Switch in November
    2. Eve Online dev CCP ditches virtual reality development
    3. Here's five miserable minutes of The Last of Us Part 2
    4. Q-Games' zombie feed-'em-up Dead Hungry is heading to PSVR
    5. Robo-crocs and hawks in new Horizon: The Frozen Wilds trailer
    6. Live-action interactive drama Erica headed to PlayStation 4
    7. Sony just announced Spelunky 2
    8. Here's the cool new trailer for Insomniac's Spider-Man game
    9. Evolution's new racing game Onrush revealed for summer 2018
    10. Surprise! Sony releasing dragon flying game Oure on PS4 today
    11. Sony announces Concrete Genie, a game where your paintings come to life
    12. Guacamelee 2 announced
    13. Final Fantasy 15: Episode Ignis release date unveiled
    14. inFamous studio Sucker Punch reveals samurai game Ghost of Tsushima
    15. LocoRoco 2, Moss release dates detailed
    16. In Football Manager 2018, players can come out as gay
    17. Star Citizen shows off cities the size of planets
    18. Assassin's Creed Origins physical sales roughly on par with Syndicate's
    19. It took Nintendo Switch just six months to hit half the Wii U's lifetime sales
    20. Meet the new boss rush
    1. Letter from the meta: This week's top Hearthstone decks
    2. Why did ancient Egypt spend 3000 years playing a game nobody else liked?
    1. Steam's new Curator update aims to make its recommendations more useful for everyone
    2. Abandoned Resident Evil TV show Arklay appears to have resurfaced in video form
    3. How do video games deal with their own history?
    4. New report paints Visceral's cancelled Star Wars project as troubled from the off
    5. Ridiculously charming wooden train set simulator Tracks just got a lovely new nighttime update
    6. Minecraft now has official Stranger Things DLC
    1. Here's the first full trailer for the Papers, Please film
    2. Dishonored 2 review
    3. Super Mario Odyssey review
    4. Assassin's Creed: the story so far
    5. What's lost and what's gained in Destiny 2's excellent PC version
    6. Nintendo's incredible year continues, but not without a few minor casualties along the way
    7. Xbox Game Pass can help fund big budget single-player games, Microsoft says
    8. Amazon goes back to the drawing board with Breakaway
    9. Your fondest Obsidian game memories
    10. Destiny 2 gets private matches early next year
    11. Mass Effect Andromeda will let you save the quarians via a tie-in novel
    12. Ex-NeoGAF members band together to create new forum, ResetEra
    13. Warframe dev 'hits pause' on deck-building shooter The Amazing Eternals
    1. Lego Worlds goes spooky with its Halloween-appropriate new Monsters DLC
    2. Sensory first-person horror Perception is heading to Switch this Halloween
    3. Splatoon's classic Blackbelly Skatepark map comes to Splatoon 2 this weekend
    4. Freddy Krueger comes to Dead by Daylight
    5. The Colonists is an adorable sci-fi settlement game from Tokyo 42 publisher Mode 7
    6. November Xbox Live Games with Gold titles announced
    7. Arkham Horror board game publisher Fantasy Flight is getting into video games
    8. Assassin's Creed Origins review
    9. Fire Emblem Warriors review
    10. The government finally responds to gambling in video games petition
    11. Steam now lets you buy digital gift cards
    12. Super Mario Galaxy, the Nintendo game that landed from another star
    1. The Assassin's Creed series, ranked
    2. The sad, slow death of Lego Dimensions
    3. De Blob is coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in November
    4. New Amazon service lets delivery people into your home
    5. The PUBG Pan wasn't meant to be bulletproof
    6. Interview with the video game whale
    7. Shadow of War expansion pass details released
    8. Kinect officially dead
    9. Switch gets its first proper seasonal eShop sale for Halloween
    10. Destiny 2 PC datamined, DLC details unearthed
    11. Metal Gear Survive comes out in February
    12. Monument Valley designers' next game Florence is about first love
    13. Nintendo reveals Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, its next free-to-play mobile game
    14. Tracing the ancestry of Assassin's Creed, from Prince of Persia to the Holy Land
    15. Fruit Ninja is getting a series of "fast to play" tabletop games
    16. Square Enix's old-school RPG Lost Sphear gets a new story trailer
    1. Payday 2 dev Overkill offers update on Switch version, shows it running in portable mode
    2. Persona 5's new Ultimate Edition bundle includes all currently available DLC
    3. Night in the Woods coming to mobile in 2018
    4. South Park: The Fractured But Whole free trial starts today
    5. Injustice 2 confirmed for PC
    6. Hitman: Game of the Year Edition reactivates Elusive Targets
    7. VVVVVV coming to Nintendo Switch next month
    8. Nintendo reveals a Super Nintendo 3DS XL for North America
    9. Remembering Super Mario Sunshine
    10. Blizzard now lets you gift Hearthstone card packs to friends
    11. Nintendo has quietly added GameCube controller support to Switch
    12. Argos says it'll deliver Xbox One X at one minute past midnight in London
    13. Gears of War 4 campaign runs at 60fps on Xbox One X
    14. NeoGAF back online, as owner denies sexual misconduct
    15. Battleborn's final update out now
    16. Echo feels like the ultimate conclusion to Hitman
    1. '80s slasher movie puzzler Slayaway Camp is out on Xbox One and PS4 this week
    2. Mario and Rabbids' first big season pass update has surprise-launched
    3. "I've seen people literally spend $15,000 on Mass Effect multiplayer cards"
    4. Share your favourite moments from Obsidian games and win consoles!
    5. Subsurface Circular comes to iPad today
    6. Destiny 2 won't have a Halloween event this year
    7. Rockstar did not think GTA5 single-player expansions "were either possible or necessary"
    8. Original Xbox Star Wars: KOTOR downloadable ahead of back-compat launch
    9. Here's your Dragon Ball FighterZ release date
    10. Watch: We go hands-on with Total War's new Mortal Empires campaign
    11. Nintendo to reveal Animal Crossing mobile game this week
    12. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds' latest update makes blue zone deadlier
    13. Our first look at Football Manager 2018's new graphics engine
    14. The Shin Megami Tensei game that's coming to Switch is Shin Megami Tensei 5
    15. Sonic Mania and its impact on the future of the Sonic series
    16. Destiny 2's Iron Banner reward system will be reworked
    17. Are loot boxes gambling?
    18. What the UK can learn from the Far East's battle with loot boxes
    19. NeoGAF offline after owner accused of sexual misconduct
    20. Letter from the meta: This week's top Hearthstone decks
    21. Gran Turismo Sport finishes first in UK chart
    22. When it comes to FIFA 18, you can most definitely cash out
    23. Revisiting Raven's Wolfenstein
    1. Civilization 6's big religion-improving autumn update is now live
    2. You can currently get a Steam Link for 80p
    3. How video game difficulty became a cultural battleground
    1. New Mexico makes for a stunning backdrop in American Truck Simulator's upcoming DLC
    2. Firaxis offers a closer look at Civilization 6's new Indonesia and Khmer factions
    3. Steam Halloween, Black Friday and Winter sale dates leaked
    4. Sensible Soccer spiritual successor Sociable Soccer kicks off on Steam
    5. PlayStation is touring the UK to promote PSVR in the run-up to Christmas
    6. Endless Shadow Wars confirmed for first Shadow of War DLC
    7. Remembering Dyna Blaster, the first Battle Royale game I played
    8. Destiny 2's Trials of the Nine event postponed for two weeks
    9. The original Mafia is back from digital purgatory and out on GOG
    10. In praise of bad game design
    1. Boyfriend Dungeon is a dungeon-crawler that lets you date your weapon
    2. Hollow Knight's spooky free expansion Grimm Troupe has a release date
    3. Croteam's philosophical puzzler The Talos Principle is now available in VR
    4. Dawn of War 3 gets new Endless War update
    5. Star Wars Battlefront 2's single-player campaign offers a fresh perspective on a familiar world
    6. Nintendo Switch system update 4.0 adds video capture - for four games
    7. Here's a decent look at Star Wars: Battlefront 2's single-player campaign
    8. Destiny 2 servers offline for four hours
    9. Resident Evil Revelations has exclusive retro mini-games on Switch
    10. There's a range of miniature, officially licensed arcade cabinet replicas on the way
    11. Pokémon Go introduces first Gen 3 creatures tomorrow
    12. 15 years on, Syberia 1 gets Switch release date
    13. Call of Duty: WW2 threat of sexual violence scene modified in Australia
    14. Hearthstone's Halloween event lets you pick cards from two classes in Arena mode
    15. Destiny 2 prestige raid world first awarded to team who used glitch
    16. Mario Rabbids Challenges guide - How to unlock Challenges and access them in each world
    17. A Mortician's Tale review
    1. Capcom's Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney revamp on 3DS finally has a release date in the west
    2. Arms' latest update brings replays and a badge-based achievements system
    3. Charming RPG shopkeeper game Moonlighter coming to Switch
    4. "We will NOT be selling loot boxes" says Fatshark as first footage of Warhammer: Vermintide 2 airs
    5. Elex review
    6. Activision patents matchmaking system designed to encourage microtransactions
    7. Halo: Master Chief Collection will be enhanced for Xbox One X
    8. Pokémon Go leak suggests Gen 3 for Halloween event this month
    9. Dead Space is the sequel Resident Evil 4 deserved
    10. EA has shut down Visceral Games
    11. Minecraft's Better Together Update is a mess on console
    12. How Valve released five of its greatest games in a single day
    13. Gran Turismo Sport review
    1. Classic FM's video game music show is back for a second series in November
    2. Fire Emblem Warriors is getting a free Japanese voice pack at launch
    3. A schism tears unofficial legacy World of Warcraft service Elysium apart
    4. Game Dev Tycoon coming to iPhone, iPad next month
    5. Yes, Hitler is in Wolfenstein 2
    6. Game Dev Tycoon forces those who pirate the game to unwittingly fail from piracy
    7. Prizes being given to top 1000 Xbox Star Wars Battlefront 2 beta players
    8. Government response to loot box concern is predictably non-committal
    9. Sony to release indie game on Nintendo Switch
    10. DICE offers clarification on Star Wars: Battlefront 2's controversial crate system
    11. Shadow of War includes cheeky nod to Assassin's Creed
    12. There's a playable game of Tetris hidden on the dashboard display of some Russian trucks
    13. The Yorkshire Games Festival returns this November
    14. Rogue Trooper Redux review
    15. A decade on, Team Fortress 2 gets big new update
    16. Capcom shows off a bit more of Resident Evil 7's free Chris Redfield DLC
    1. Atlus has released a nifty retro Shin Megami Tensei Metroidvania, and it's free!
    2. CD Projekt Red: "This approach to making games is not for everyone"
    3. Halo Wars 3 concept art reveals failed pitch
    4. Destiny 2's Monty Python emote pulled from sale
    5. Watch: The Rogue Trooper games you never knew existed
    6. Doom gets November release date for Nintendo Switch
    7. Star Citizen's off-shoot Squadron 42 probably won't make 2017 either
    8. Online petition forces government response to loot boxes
    9. The Evil Within 2 physical launch sales quarter of original
    10. Stardew Valley review
    11. Spectating Fortnite: How Battle Royale really comes to life once you die
    1. Ex-Uncharted developer alleges sexual harassment at Naughty Dog
    2. Kazunori's War: the world of Gran Turismo's creator
    3. Letter from the meta: This week's top Hearthstone decks
    4. Gaming's greatest shotgun, and the FPS that made Monolith what it is today
    1. How I ruined Sega's financial results
    2. Sonic 3D's original developer is creating an unofficial Director's Cut
    3. Cuphead has sold over 1 million copies in the two weeks since it launched
    1. Riot Games' founders are ditching their management roles and returning to making games
    2. Ubisoft details South Park: Fractured But Whole's season pass
    3. CD Projekt to address The Witcher 3 post-PS4 Pro patch crashes
    4. The Evil Within 2 review
    5. Shadow of War players are using tricks and cheats to combat loot boxes
    6. Goat Simulator, Child of Eden now Xbox One backwards compatible
    7. Destiny 2 Prestige Raid launch to go ahead without cheese fix
    8. Dragon Age creative director Mike Laidlaw leaves BioWare after 14 years
    9. The Invisible Hours review
    10. Epic is suing two alleged Fortnite cheaters
    11. Middle-Earth: Shadow of War's Denuvo protection is cracked in less than 24 hours
    1. After 25 years, Star Control 2's original creators are working on a proper sequel
    2. First look at Life is Strange: Before the Storm episode 2
    3. Lewis Hamilton is to star in Gran Turismo Sport
    4. Swery's The Good Life campaign will fail on Fig
    5. New Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon details could shake up the competitive scene
    6. Gran Turismo Sport fixes the series' racing - but at what cost?
    7. Friday the 13th's latest patch brings new Jason, map and counselor
    8. Oculus is launching a low-cost, all-in-one VR headset next year
    9. Mass Effect: Andromeda, Dead Space 3 coming to EA and Origin Access soon
    10. Battlefield 1's latest update brings Operations to the server browser
    11. Officially licensed PS4 mini gamepad looks a bit like a Joy-Con
    12. Over 10 million players have flocked to Fortnite's Battle Royale in its first two weeks
    13. How Jon Hare's Sociable Soccer went from Kickstarter flop to Steam Early Access
    14. Fire Emblem Warriors is a surprisingly good Fire Emblem game
    15. Respawn Entertainment is working on a secret VR "combat experience" for Oculus
    1. Splatoon 2 gets the new Snapper Canal map and Bamboozler charger this weekend
    2. The past, present and future of Final Fantasy 15
    3. Total War: Warhammer's ambitious Mortal Empires arrives this month
    4. One month on, Destiny 2's end-game needs tuning
    5. Call of Duty: WW2 has a London map set during the Blitz
    6. Would the Queen survive Medieval England?
    7. Valve updates Counter-Strike's most iconic map
    8. EA returns guest play to FIFA 18 Ultimate Team after a sustained campaign from players
    9. Super Mario Odyssey has a live-action music video
    10. Big Civilization 6 update reboots religion
    11. WayForward's retro, Metroidvania-style movie tie-in The Mummy Demastered is out this month
    1. Overwatch's Hallowe'en event is here, and just look at those lovely outfits
    2. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's Hallowe'en event brings three weeks of spooky freebies
    3. Destiny 2 player discovers cool Overwatch Easter egg in Iron Banner
    4. Elite: Dangerous' future is bright, and a little less beige
    5. Assassin's Creed Origins has undead mummy DLC
    6. Call of Duty: WW2 datamined to within an inch of its life
    7. Tamagotchis are going back on sale
    8. Here's to David Meyler, the Republic of Ireland captain who's also a great FIFA YouTuber
    9. Xbox One X won't include Xbox One S' offer of free Kinect adaptor
    10. Shadow of War's Nemesis system may work some of its greatest magic in your head
    11. Rime dev's VR murder mystery The Invisible Hours delayed in Europe
    12. Konami partners with Arsenal for better faces in PES 2018
    13. Gran Turismo Sport might be the first racing game to feature Celine Dion, Marcel Proust and The Spice Girls
    14. Here's the deal with Assassin's Creed Origins in-game loot chests
    15. Destiny 2's prestige raid rollout hit by last-minute delay
    16. Star Wars Battlefront 2 has a loot crate problem
    17. As we near peak loot box, one game is cutting down on them
    1. EA has extended the Star Wars: Battlefront 2 beta until Wednesday
    2. Ghost Recon: Wildlands is free to play this weekend on console and PC
    3. All proceeds from Hellblade's sales tomorrow will go to UK mental health charity Rethink
    4. Middle-earth: Shadow of War review
    5. Super Mario Odyssey levels debut at Nintendo World Championships
    6. First look at Jurassic World Evolution in-game footage
    7. Destiny 2 has exclusive Lego-like in-game emblem if you buy toys
    8. PC gamers hope for improvements after hackers and performance issues mar the Call of Duty: WW2 beta
    9. Here's the Geralt snowboarding demo CDPR jokingly made during Witcher 3 development
    10. Splatfest is a reminder of Nintendo's greatest secret ingredient
    11. "Is that a space station in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?"
    12. Forza Motorsport 7 physical sales down slightly on Forza 6
    13. Football Manager 2018 dives into the fragile world of dressing room politics
    14. Overwatch's Halloween event returns next week
    15. Dead Rising 4 update will bring back original, proper Frank West
    16. Arms is getting another big update, and another new fighter
    17. Decoding Shenzhen: The Chinese city that makes the world's tech
    18. Noodle stands and acid rain: four decades of gaming's urban dystopias
    1. SNES mini already hacked to play downloaded games
    2. Telltale's Batman uses photo of assassinated Russian ambassador
    3. The biggest Star Wars Battlefront 2 killstreaks from the beta weekend
    1. CCP confirms Eve Online-inspired multiplayer shooter Project Nova still in development
    2. Eve Online coming to mobile devices
    3. XP is helping me to learn German
    1. Fortnite bans "thousands" of Battle Royale cheaters
    2. Xbox users can play online for free this weekend
    3. GTA Online is getting multi-vehicle racing and dogfighting soon
    4. Gran Turismo Sport's full car list revealed
    5. No Man's Sky save overhaul headlines a new PC and PS4 update
    6. You can now appear offline in Battle.net
    7. What happens to your Steam account when you die?
    8. Star Citizen Alpha 3.0 has been released
    9. Star Wars Battlefront 2 looks like a case of being careful what you wish for
    10. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 beta now available to all
    11. Fable Anniversary now backwards compatible on Xbox One
    12. One of the most beloved maps from the first Call of Duty is in COD: WW2
    13. Inside every Xbox One X is a tiny Master Chief riding a scorpion
    14. Westwood's Blade Runner is an all-time classic in danger of being forgotten
    15. Destiny 2's Iron Banner and Prestige raid mode arrive next week
    16. A Hat in Time review
    1. Machinarium developer's adorably unhinged Chuchel gets its first proper trailer
    2. Rogue Trooper Redux Switch will launch alongside all other versions this October
    3. Double Fine shows off Psychonauts 2's "First Playable" milestone level
    4. Soggy survival game The Flame in the Flood is coming to Switch next week
    5. Here's our first look at Q.U.B.E. 2 gameplay
    6. In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Moon you can go through a wormhole
    7. Street Fighter 5 will finally get an arcade mode in 2018, big Amazon leak reveals
    8. Arms is getting a tie-in graphic novel
    9. Wham! Sony announces a new SingStar PS4 game
    10. Neymar no more as Konami scrubs PSG star from PES 2018's Barcelona-themed menus
    11. Remembering Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, one of the warmest, strangest Mario games ever
    12. Forza Motorsport 7 review
    13. Assassin's Creed Origins lets you pet cats, and fans are very happy
    14. Overwatch PTR update changes Mercy yet again
    15. The Witcher 3 PS4 Pro update has arrived
    16. I'm a bit worried about Ni No Kuni 2
    17. We asked EA to explain why you can't play FIFA 18 online against friends on Nintendo Switch
    18. Fortnite Battle Royale introduces duos and supply drops
    19. Microsoft pulls U-turn on controversial Forza Motorsport 7 VIP changes
    1. Nintendo has set up a special Miiverse channel to mourn the service's imminent end
    2. Final Fantasy's Ultimania art book series is finally getting an official English translation
    3. Horizon: Zero Dawn is getting a Complete Collection this December
    4. Star Wars Battlefront 2 PC beta codes were on sale at GAME today for 10p
    5. Assassin's Creed Origins is the series you remember, back yet again
    6. First look at Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite's Black Panther and Sigma in action
    7. Heat Signature review
    8. Searching for the past in the Call of Duty: WW2 beta
    9. Evolve developer announces new VR game
    10. A glimpse at an early version of Mortal Kombat Shaolin Monks
    11. Neill Blomkamp made a short film in Unity and it looks fantastic
    12. World of Warcraft dominates BlizzCon 2017 schedule, wink wink nudge nudge
    13. Abandon Ship continues to look promising in new gameplay video
    14. Road Redemption review
    15. FIFA 18 now shows you which player your online opponent is controlling
    16. A rare look at how Nintendo built Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Hyrule
    17. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds studio sorry for server issues
    18. There's an official Stranger Things video game and it looks retro cool
    19. It's a lovely weekday morning in the village and you are a horrible goose
    20. The doors close on The Chinese Room - for now
    21. The mod that kept S.T.A.L.K.E.R. alive
    22. Surprise! Here's Atom in Injustice 2
    23. The space goths won Destiny 2's first Faction Rally
    24. This is Halo in mixed reality
    25. How one Mega Drive dev cheekily slipped through Sega's certification process
    26. Dark Horse's next big Zelda book is a Hyrule encyclopedia
    27. Watch time-lapse videos of Thirty Flights of Loving coming together
    1. Chucklefish conjures up new details on its mysterious magic school sim
    2. Splatoon 2's next Splatfest asks if the toilet paper flap should hang at the front or back
    3. Metal Gear Solid 5 Key Items locations: How to unlock all costumes and suits
    4. How the hell does someone finish Divinity: Original Sin 2 in under an hour?!
    5. Gran Turismo Sport is getting a free demo next week
    6. PlayStation 4 firmware update 5.0 released
    7. FIFA 18's first big patch tackles goalkeepers and shooting
    8. Riot apologises after League of Legends dev says streamer will "die from a coke overdose"
    9. Multiplayer suddenly returns to Pandemic's old Star Wars Battlefront 2
    10. Forza Motorsport 7's VIP membership has changed - for the worse
    11. Microsoft kills off Groove Music subscription service
    12. PlayStation boss Andrew House leaving Sony after 27 years
    13. Capcom's hard play for the west has resulted in a very different Monster Hunter
    1. Cuphead fans are making a mockery of its difficulty
    2. Stardew Valley comes to Switch this Thursday
    3. Beleaguered mech shooter Hawken is shutting down on PC
    4. Watch: Scorn may look fantastic, but its gameplay is utterly archaic
    5. HTC Vive bundles free Fallout 4 VR for limited time
    6. Nioh confirmed for PC, out November via Steam
    7. Unseen footage from a forgotten Witcher game
    8. Destiny 2 downtime is as regular as the game's weekly reset
    9. FIFA 18 physical launch sales down 25% from last year
    10. PlayStation VR getting updated headset
    11. The untold origin story of Creative Assembly
    12. Cuphead review
    13. No One Lives Forever: The spy shooter that saved Monolith
    14. Total War: Warhammer 2 review