Yesterday finally saw the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 for PC. The game uses Rockstar’s own launcher, and will only be released on Steam next month. Unfortunately for would-be PC cowboys, the game hasn’t had the smoothest of launches. The first, and biggest problem is that the Rockstar launcher had a horrible habit of crashing on startup, preventing the game from event starting.

Instead of randomised loot box offerings, Rocket League will instead switch over to Blueprints, digital plans that can be grabbed after every game. With a blueprint, there’ll be more transparency given to players as to what they’ll be capable of crafting, with unused loot crates being converted into “unrevealed blueprints” come December.

There’s no shortage of things to do in Obsidian’s The Outer Worlds, a terrific slice of space-time action with a pulp feel that is crawling with beautiful design. If art makes a game, then The Outer Worlds was built through the hands of thousands of ideas, sketches and moody atmospheric world-building. From something as simple as a can of food to the more deadly weapons that players used, everything in The Outer Worlds has a handcrafted feel to it.

You’ll be playing as a skeleton that can use a demonic spine as a grappling hook and I think I’ve already donated all my money to it? HOT TAKE: The Sonic games have never actually been good. Now, I’ll admit that I’ve only ever played the 2D side-scrolling ones because, quite frankly, those 3D romps look like absolute hot messes …

When Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games was first released, it seemed like an unlikely crossover. Two of the biggest rivals in the 16-bit era, coming together to set their differences aside and compete in the name of sportsmanship, an idea that I can always get behind. Though they’ve never really been especially good games, I’ve always liked the …

Do video games count as a drug then? Well they’re certainly addictive, they can bend your mind and they can be harmful if you over-indulge in them. The consensus may be uncertain on the longterm benefits of games, but one thing is for certain: Devolver Digital’s co-founder want the offerings from that publisher to be the tipple of choice for digital drug use.

Yesterday, Facebook (the company, not the social media platform)announced that it was doing a great big rebrand, and will no longer be known as Facebook. Instead, they’d prefer if you got shouty about things. The company will henceforth be branded as FACEBOOK, because of reasons.

Although I really hope it’s not actually called that because that would be a terrible name for a sequel.