Many a video game eventually comes out of closed beta development. But have you ever heard of a game going back in after an official launch? Amazon's Crucible is making that move, thanks to tepid responses and a dwindling fanbase.

Grab your guitar and slap a pair of drum sticks together, because hard rock adventure No Straight Roads has a new August release date.

Mortal Kobat may have met its match according to a highly improbably rumour, as the Dark Multiverse looks set to rise and challenge Earthrealm.

Lock down the cooling fans! Hoist the RAM sails that have RGB features because why the hell not and secure the terror-floppy graphics cards down below. Crysis is coming back yo!

We’re officially at the halfway point of the year and just like every year before it, it looks like the rest of the gaming calendar is preparing to pace itself before it goes for the fourth quarter sprint. The month of America’s birthday (which will likely begin with some lady in Florida lambasting congress about how difficult it is to …

In news that saw the plot thicken, fans recently cottoned on to the existence of two new Twitter accounts for ye olde Perfect Dark and Fable. Profiles for games which according to the truest of believers, are well overdue for a remake or a brand new entry. And now for the Buzz killington part of this story, as those hopes of yours which were looking to pull a Superman and go up, up and away are about to be dragged right back to Earth.

And this time, it may be for good.

Yesterday’s Night City Wire dive had a whole bunch of new content to show off for Cyberpunk 2077, revealing more of a game that so far looks downright stunning, detailed and features a world where Keanu Reeves will never truly die. But like everyone else, I need to know more about how whoopie stick customisation will factor into the game.