Yesterday, Fortnite developer Epic games came under fire for its culture of crunch. The game’s sudden and immense popularity sent its developers into dev overdrive, with staff reportedly regularly working 70-hour-long weeks to keep that steady stream of content and patches flowing. Respawn won't do the same with Apex Legends.

Sony Bend plans to keep the Days Gone train rolling with a brand new set of challenges in June. “‘Survival’ difficulty mode tests players by daring them to beat the story with increased difficulty settings, no fast travel or Survival Vision, and an immersive HUD that removes maps and indicators from the gameplay screen,” Bend Studio game director Jeff Ross wrote on the Sony Blog.

Amongst all the Fatalities, Animalities and even the Brutalities of previous games, Mercy has always felt like an odd idea in Mortal Kombat. It’s perhaps the greatest slap in the face possible, more so than a Fatality. It’s a chance for you to pity your opponent, and actually give them a second chance to beat you. Naturally, it’s an idea that I hope anyone who fights online in Mortal Kombat 11, uses frequently. Have mercy on me, guv’na.

There’s something that Virtual Reality is really good at, and that’s presence. It’s a bit of a buzzword, a fluffy piece of jargon that’s always thrown around when discussing virtual reality, but it’s used often because it’s terribly apt. Good VR has a magical, indescribable way of making you feel like the scene or situation projected onto your eyeballs through …

Syntech and Mettlestate recently partnered up to announce the Syntech Masters 2019. There will be over R150,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs for competing Dota 2 and CS:GO teams.

We’re just about a third of the way through the year, and it’s been a year that’s already given us some heavy hitting games. My own favourites of the year so far are Capcom’s glorious remake of Resident Evil 2 and the freshly released Mortal Kombat 11, there have been some outstanding games finding their way to your console and PC hard drives – like Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 and Kingdom Hearts III. It’s that third numbered sequel that’s the best-selling game of the year so far, at least in the US, according to NPD.

That bit of promotional art doing the rounds and claiming that we'll finally see a reveal of the Suicide Squad game by the name of Outlaws? Yeah, that's totally fake.

For anyone who enjoyed Stardew Valley but really thought it needed Cthulu heads, living skeletons and flaming pickaxes.