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Ask anyone for their opinion on the Marvel’s Avengers game and chances are they either loved or hated it. If you’re in the former of the two camps, pay attention because SQUARE ENIX have announced the release date for the Xbox Series X|S and PS5 next-gen upgrades. Furthermore, a new hero is arriving the same day with a fresh villain and story to discover for free. Some call him Clint Barton, but most know him better as the master archer Hawkeye, who’s the lead in a new Operation, and we’ve got all the details.

Game crossovers are nothing new, but they are super interesting affairs, allowing for fans of multiple games and genres to bear witness to some development magic. That's exactly what is happening in Blasphemous, and as part of a new free update we see the integration of Miriam from Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.

It isn't every day that a company based around our favourite pastime, that of video games, manages to reach the ripe old age of 30. Blizzard Entertainment, best known these days as the developers of World of Warcraft, have reached that milestone, and I'd like to present here a look back over their history, skewed towards my own personal history with the developers.

The bunnies are back! First, they had the job of organising the cars in Bunny Parking, and then those bunnies ended up sorting out boxes in SokoBunny. Now though, it’s time to fix up a load of ruined statues as puzzler Kick It, Bunny! arrives on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC.

If you like a good old shoot ‘em up and revel in their frantic nature, then the latest game from the folks behind the Project Starship series may be of interest to you. Indeed, Panda Indie Studio have collaborated with Eastasiasoft for nightmarish arcade shmup Void Gore, which is now available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS4 and Nintendo Switch.

Now Jurassic World Evolution is available on Xbox Game Pass too, playable via the the cloud on mobile as well. We wanted to know more about not just how the game came about, and what is planned for the future, but why it has taken so long for Frontier to pull the trigger on the Xbox Game Pass route. That is where Brendon Morgan, producer at Frontier Developments, came in.

There are a huge number of Xbox headsets already on the market, with third party manufacturers likes Razer, SteelSeries, EPOS, RIG and more providing all manner of options. Now though Xbox are getting in on the game - with the Xbox Wireless Headset.

The Trust LED illuminated GXT 881 Odyss semi-mechanical keyboard works with PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4 and PS5, coming complete with all manner of fancy additions as it does so.

Back in March 2019 RICO brought its cel-shaded visual shooting to Xbox One, PS4, Switch and PC, letting us kick down doors and shoot our way to glory as a member of the elite RICO taskforce. Now though it'll soon be time to join RICO again - this time in London.

I didn’t play Layers of Fear as intended. I lost count of the number of times that I would be bent over, rifling through a pair of drawers or rummaging through a cupboard when - DUNG! - the audio would clatter through my headphones, and I’d turn around to see what I missed. I’m sure it would have had an unsettling effect, had I seen it, but I was too busy searching for rat drawings, ‘whispering’ items, and any number of letters and journals that would fill out the story and perhaps net me some Gamerscore. As it turned out, it would even lead to a better ending, but I didn’t know that at the time.

If you head to Necromunda, you need someone to have your back. Thankfully the Cawdor Gang are now on hand to provide it.

Getting in there before American and Asian gamers complain about the date, for this latest retrospective piece we are going on the initial European release date for Final Fantasy IX, which is the 16th February 2001. That’s right, 20 years ago; a time where European gamers had to wait an extra seven months longer for one of the best Final Fantasy games.

You know how this works by now - each and every week the Xbox gods back at Xbox HQ pick a host of brilliant Xbox games, slam a decent little discount on them, and let you get gaming with cheaper than normal prices. Yep, the Xbox Deals With Gold and Spotlight Sale is the one time in the week where us Xbox gamers will find brilliantly discounted Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S games ready for play - and the week of the 16th-22nd February 2021 is no different.

Back in November 2020, Xbox Series X|S and PS5 players were delivering compliments to the chef as Team17 and Ghost Town Games served up Overcooked! All You Can Eat on the next-gen. Now though it's time for gamers on older systems to gain access to the exact same plate, with a release date on Xbox One, PS4, Steam and Nintendo Switch all confirmed.

During a press conference in Hawaii, Capcom made dreams come true by finally announcing Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. The wait was absolutely worth it - this was nearly everything fans had been hoping for.