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Ubisoft is celebrating gamescom by hosting a free-to-play week for its city-building strategy game Anno 1800. The next two pieces of DLC heading to the game were also detailed today.

A trio of new trailers for Death Stranding was revealed today during the gamescom Opening Night live show, revealing some more weird footage from the PlayStation 4 exclusive action game.

The developer behind the Ratchet & Clank series and the recent Spider-Man game Insomniac Games is now officially a PlayStation first-party studio, joining the SIE Worldwide Studios group.

Sega announced Humankind during the gamescom live briefing today, a turn-based strategy game being developed by the studio behind the Endless franchise. The game is coming to Steam in 2020.

In a surprise announcement, Private Division unveiled Kerbal Space Program 2 during the gamescom opening night press event. The game is heading to PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 in 2020.

PUBG Corp. announced today that PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is finally gaining cross-play support for consoles, letting Xbox One and PlayStation 4 players drop in and play together.

Microsoft today announced during its Inside Xbox gamescom presentation that Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition will be releasing on November 14, coming to both the Microsoft Store and Steam.

Microsoft announced another suite of games heading to its Xbox Game Pass subscriptions on Xbox One and Windows 10 today, including Devil May Cry 5, Blair Witch, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and more.

Nintendo announced today during its Indie World presentation that the originally Microsoft platform exclusive adventure game Ori and the Blind Forest is now heading to its Switch console.

In a surprise announcement, Mojang and Nvidia revealed today that Minecraft is getting real-time ray tracing support on its Bedrock-based Windows 10 version. It will be a free update.

Ubisoft unveiled the next seasonal update coming to Rainbow Six Siege today. Titled Operation Ember Rise, it brings along new South American Operators, a complete rework of Kanal, and more.

Only days after Anthem Lead Producer departed BioWare, the next Dragon Age title's Lead Producer, Fernando Melo, has now also left the company. The departure comes following 12 years at the studio.

The Creative Director behind Halo Infinite, Tim Longo, is longer with 343 Industries. Microsoft confirmed his departure today and said Executive Producer Mary Olson will be filling his role.

Bethesda has pushed out a hotfix for its new Doom and Doom II re-releases that removes the login requirement. The update should now be rolling out to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Switch, Android and iOS.

Ben Irving, the Lead Producer of BioWare's latest action RPG Anthem, has confirmed through a series of tweets that he is leaving the EA-owned developer for a position in another game studio.

Xbox Live Gold subscribers can now claim two more games to their libraries thanks to Microsoft's Games with Gold program. This time it's Forza Motorsport 6 and Castlevania Lord of Shadows.

Rare is back with another monthly content update for its pirate adventure game Sea of Thieves just as promised, this time delivering another set of special voyages as well as gameplay enhancements.

EA and Ghost Games have finally taken the wrappings off of this year's Need for Speed. Riding in with the title Heat, it will be delivering both legal and underground racing elements.

THQ Nordic announced today it has added a couple of more game development studios to its portfolio via acquisitions, and also revealed a brand new Saints Row game is being developed under Volition.

The first graphics driver to arrive out of AMD in the month of August brings along support for Microsoft's PlayReady 3.0, allowing RX 5700 series graphics cards owners to enjoy protected 4K content.

The high definition Super Duper Graphics Pack that Mojang and Microsoft announced for Minecraft over two years ago is no more. Today, the developer confirmed it has ceased development on the project.

EA has quietly put up a countdown to August 14 on its Need for Speed page, and all signs point to it going down towards unveiling the upcoming entry to the long-running racing series.

Frozenbite and Modus Games have announced the release date of Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince to be October 8. The 2.5D adventure game is coming to PC, Xbox One,n PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch.

Codemasters' racing title DiRT Rally 2.0 now has virtual reality support. The feature arrived via a free update today exclusive to the PC version, available on Steam as well as the Oculus Store.

The now Epic Games-owned studio Psyonix has announced that its popular competitive game Rocket League will soon won't have any loot boxes, with it switching to direct purchases for its content.

Respawn Entertainment has announced it is finally bringing a solo mode to its massively popular battle royale Apex Legends next week. It will only be available for a limited time, however.

EA has announced its Origin Access subscription program is expanding by eight more games in August, bringing in games like Warhammer: Chaosbane, Yoku's Island Express, Vampyr, and more

Valve finally delivered an update on what is being done regarding the Team Fortress 2 bugged Unusuals that flooded the market last week. Affected players will be able to get refunds.

Ghost Recon Breakpoint is still a couple of months away from launch, but Ubisoft has decided to give PC players a taste of what exclusive features their platform is receiving this time.

Hello Games has announced the release date of the highly anticipated No Man's Sky Beyond update, which is slated to add VR support, upgraded multiplayer inspired by MMO titles, and more.

Six more games will soon be available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers, split between the Xbox One and PC variants. The additions include Slay the Spire, Pandemic, Space Hulk Tactics, and more.

There's a new selection of free games available to Xbox Live Gold members, with Microsoft pushing out the first wave of its August Games with Gold. Gears of War 4 and Torchlight have now gone free.

Microsoft is going big this August for its Games with Gold promotion, announcing Gears of War 4, Forza Motorsport 6, and two more games as the freebies for Xbox Live Gold subscribers.

Private Division and Obsidian Entertainment have announced that the upcoming sci-fi RPG The Outer Worlds is also coming to the Nintendo Switch. The port is being worked on by Virtuos.

Radeon RX 5700 series owners experiencing Grand Theft Auto V crashes are in for some good news, as AMD has pushed out the Radeon Software Adrenalin 2019 Edition 19.7.4 driver to resolve the issue.