Attentat 1942 portrays an unflinching look at a dark period of Czech history. Does it succeed as a game when its focus is on storytelling?

Despite being punishing enough with players lurking around every island, Rare had plans to make deaths in Sea of Thieves more financially taxing. Those plans are walking the plank now.

Fortnite may have borrowed a few ideas for its Battle Royale mode, but the constant deluge of updates, changes, polish, community interaction and base price of absolutely nothing have propelled it to being the most popular video game on the planet right now.

If there’s one thing Pokémon GO has seriously lacked since its launch two years ago, it’s an actual story. Not that I think anyone has minded, but Niantic Labs have set out to rectify that in a new update coming later this week.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 developer Fatshark now has the resources to make the console port the best version possible, without having to stress about a looming lack of funds thanks to the wild success of the sequel on PC.

The Darkness 2 was a rock-solid action game with gorgeous cel-shaded visuals and buckets of blood in any given firefight. It was fantastic stuff, even if it did have a few rough edges. Which you can now experience for yourself, for free.

Far Cry 5 is out today, so here’s a launch trailer for those of you sitting with copies of the game waiting for the work day to come to an end. It’s also something to keep you company if you pre-ordered the game only to find that there may be a stock issue or two locally.

Blizzard wants to give players better control of who they're matched up with, and are rolling out tools now that let you flag players you don't want to play with in future.