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TURNCOAT Shock Betrayals and Other Gaming Tropes

Getting screwed over is just part of the deal as a video game protagonist.

OUT NEXT WEEK Cyberpunk 2077 free Update 2.1 will include a fully functional metro, replayable car races, and plenty more

Lots of additional gameplay elements heading your way.

LAUGH AND CRY Leaked Fortnite promo seems to confirm Peter Griffin and Solid Snake for next season

That's an interesting combination.

ALL HANDS-ON DECK The Steam Deck OLED isn’t just a minor upgrade – it’s one of my favorite pieces of gaming hardware ever

Valve has absolutely proved its hardware prowess, vision, and expertise with this refresh.

Deals Get a free 12-Month Nintendo Switch Online family subscription when you buy Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Wonder how fast this will sell out?!

SUPER SLEUTHING 10 things we spotted in the GTA 6 trailer release date announcement teaser image

Step aside Cole Phelps and Harry Du Bois, the VG247 detectives are on the case.

TO THE LIMIT A unique, promising survival game gets an open stress test in January 2024

Nightingale may be a sneaky hit in 2024, and the devs are making sure it'll be stable at launch.

NO STOPPING THE TIDE Warhammer 40,000: Darktide will squeeze in one final update before the end of the year

The second part of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide's The Traitor Curse content update will be with us before we say goodbye to 2023.

TRAILER The GTA 6 trailer is out... on December 5

The first every trailer for one of the most anticipated games in the last 10 years

BISON BUCKS Street Fighter 6 is one of the best games of 2023 – but as the year ends, DLC greed threatens its glory

Capcom, in a rare miss, has misjudged the price of Street Fighter 6's Outfit 3 offerings – and that's a damn shame.

FIGHTING TIME Evo Japan features 2024's most anticipated fighting games

Under Night In-Birth and Granblue Fantasy Versus come with their new versions alongside fan favourites.

STREAM STEAM Time to play Half-Life: Alyx - Meta Quest 2 and 3 can now play your SteamVR games wirelessly

Steam Link has arrived on Meta Quest VR headsets, which immediately unlocks a major SteamVR feature.

BLOODY HELLTIDES Diablo 4's Helltides will be as good as Blood Harvest in Season 3

Blizzard is already looking ahead, promising some exciting changes coming to Diablo 4 with the next season.

SUPERHERO STUTTERING Batman Arkham Knight's Switch port performs pretty decently, provided you don't get in the Batmobile

Holy frame rate-based stuttering, Batman!

PERFORM Great news everyone: Flute guy is returning to this year's Game Awards

Forget Game of the Year - this is what really matters.

IMP-RESSIVE ADDITION Baldur's Gate 3’s latest patch has finally made beloved community meme Bing Bong canon

Hopefully he met a slightly less brutal end than his D&D counterpart.

SLAPSTICK TROOPER Lethal Company is video game comedy in its purest form

Gaming’s answer to Red Dwarf doesn’t need a script.

GET PAID Payday 3 free Legacy Heists update out now, includes a new skill line, and more

Comes with over 200 additional bug fixes and improvements.

SATIRED The Boys creators forget it's supposed to be a satire of modern superhero media, announce second spinoff

Why parody the thing when you can just be the thing?

HEAVY LIFTING Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 5 is a whopper of an update with an epilogue, two new modes, and more

Going big.

POP OFF If you love Chainsaw Man's soundtrack, you need to check out this strange, captivating anime

Boogiepop and Others gives you the 90s anime experience despite being from 2019.

TEA-3 Pledge your allegiance to Yorkshire Tea with these ?150 PlayStation and Xbox controllers

Sorry, PG Tips lovers, there's diddly squat for you.

BACK FROM THE DEAD Ms. Marvel star Iman Vellani teases huge role in Marvel Zombies animated series

I've got money on her being a zombie.

CHAINSAW MAN Resident Evil 4 Remake's VR Mode will finally let you parry chainsaws in first person next week

Plus, a free demo too!

SUPER HERO Godzilla actor Wyatt Russell seems confident about upcoming MCU super team movie Thunderbolts

A new super hero movie... What could go wrong?

FUS ROH VR Elden Ring's famous mind control streamer is now casting spells in Skyrim VR using similar tech

No matter how it begins, every gaming road leads to a modded Elder Scrolls 5.

PRIME PRESENTS Deathloop comes to Prime Gaming in December

New freebies to enjoy.

WE'RE GOIN' DOWN Downwell, one of the best mobile games of all time, heads to Apple Arcade

Ever thought about what it might be like to dive into a deep well?

THE GOAT Xbox Game Pass' December batch includes notorious GOTY Far Cry 6 and Goat Simulator 3 chaos

And as always, a whole bunch more.

TAKE OF THE WEEK No, it doesn’t "take courage" to axe massive tax write-offs like Batgirl

Maybe we should think before we speak next time, David?

SWIFT RELEASE Taylor Swift is looking to get into your house this Christmas... with a digital Eras release

A nice present for loves ones, or all for yourself. You're worth it.

2.OH BOY, MORE STUFF Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a big free update with its Ultimate Edition

Get ready for some “new and hotly anticipated gameplay elements” in Update 2.1.

DEEP SPACE CONFINED Game of Thrones star Lena Headey makes a triumphant return to genre TV

Beacon 23 redefines the bottle episode as a stage for immense creativity.

DOGMA DAYS ARE OVER Capcom makes the leap to $70 games with Dragon's Dogma 2

Turns out that games are expensive.

ARIZONA KILLER Fallout Nuevo México gets an atmospheric new teaser, with much more coming in 2024

Get ready to wander through some breathtaking environments in the upcoming massive New Vegas mod.

DOUBLE WHAMMY Blizzard will talk all about Diablo 4's first limited-time event in today's livestream - watch it here

We have a date with Blizzard today to learn more about two major additions/events coming to Diablo 4 soon.

2 FROZEN 2 FURIOUS Disney boss wants fewer sequels – but knows you’re going to eat up Frozen 3

Seems like ole Bob can't quite make his mind up.

REACH FOR THE STARS Honkai Star Rail takes the cake for Apple's best mobile game of the year

Lies of P took home a top award too.

DENUVO NO! Capcom slips in controversial Denuvo anti-tamper into Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Infamous for seemingly causing performance issues, Ace Attorney fans will have to put up with this at launch.

FALSE START Things go from bad to worse for Destiny 2's controversial ‘Starter Pack’

Bundle blasted by players as being ‘pay-to-win’ has been pulled from sale.

GOBBLE IT UP Souls-like co-op shooter Remnant 2, and its prequel, surprise release on Xbox Game Pass

Xbox Game Pass just added two unexpected (but very much welcome) games.

GOING MOBILE Rockstar's mediocre GTA: The Trilogy remaster is heading to Netflix

Whether they're worth playing or not is another question.

OOPS Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition set for 2024 release mistakenly released on the Xbox Store

Not indicative of the final game.

AIMING FOR THIS WEEK Baldur's Gate 3 Patch 5 will feature an epilogue

Does Withers have something to do with it?

IT'S ALMOST DECEMBER PlayStation Plus games for December are Sable, Lego 2K Drive, and Powerwash Simulator

A nice batch of titles.

CAN’T TAKE IT The state of triple-A PC ports and the obscene prices of GPUs are ruining my favourite hobby

For years, building a PC – or even just upgrading the GPU –has always been one of my favourite things to do. But I am slowly falling out of love with it.

AYE AYE CAP'N You will fall in love with Captain Pikachu when Pokemon Horizons comes to Netflix next year

That's for those of you over in the US.

FIRE-BREATHING FUN Dragon's Dogma 2 looks to have everything fans loved about the original, plus more

From this moment forth, thou art Arisen.

DINO D&D Wondering what a Baldur's Gate 3/Jurassic Park crossover might look like? Check out this mod

My party, they’re...moving in herds…

THE PERFECT LIFEFORM Sonic the Hedgehog 3's Shadow has some sick kicks in first look at the series' edgiest character

Shadow posted feet.