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Soon after unveiling details of Vietnam, Firaxis today detailed the next leader hitting Civilization VI, Kublai Khan. He can be used across both China and Mongolia as an alternate leader.

The battle pass mechanic Rare is introducing to Sea of Thieves soon was explained in full today. Dubbed Seasons, it has players earning Renown to unlock 100 pieces of cosmetic content for free.

The latest graphics driver from Nvidia carries support for the new line of GeForce RTX 30 series laptop GPUs, as well as Bloober Team's upcoming horror title The Medium. The VR stutter is fixed too.

The latest DLC pack incoming to Civilization VI as a part of its New Frontier Pass includes Vietnam as a brand new civilization. Firaxis today detailed how this terrain-focused flexible faction plays.

AMD today brought support and optimizations for Hitman 3 and Quake II RTX with its latest Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 21.1.1 driver. This first GPU driver of the year also has bug fixes.

Intel's latest graphics driver release comes with official support for its new Iris Xe Max discreet GPU. Support for Hitman 3, a Cyberpunk 2077 crash fix, and various other fixes are included as well.

Valve CEO and co-founder Gabe Newell has confirmed that multiple projects are currently in development at the studio that are awaiting announcements. These may be standard or VR games.

Another wave of games are hitting the Xbox Game Pass subscriptions of Microsoft, with hit titles such as Control, The Medium, Yakuza Remastered Collection, Desperados III, and more.

Weeks following its long-teased arrival to the Xbox Game Pass for Console subscription, Remedy Entertainment's Control is finally landing on the PC variant of the service later this week.

Another game slated for an early 2021 launch has been hit with delays, as Ubisoft has pushed back the planned February release of its latest extreme sports game Riders Republic indefinitely.

The second wave of the January 2021 Games with Gold is now available, offering Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members access to Dead Rising and Breakdown as the latest bonus games.

Humble has begun another major sale with its winter promotions finally kicking off, and as usual for the PC game store, it has also attached a freebie to it. Bomber Crew is free to claim currently.

Hogwarts Legacy, the Harry Potter universe-set RPG that was announced last year, is no longer releasing in 2021. The studio pushed the game back to 2022 today, saying it needs more development time.

In another surprise announcement by Lucasfilm Games, there is a new Star Wars game under development at Ubisoft and its The Division studio Massive Entertainment. The game will be open-world.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 impact, British developer Frontier Developments has made the decision to delay the upcoming space legs and planets bringing Odyssey expansion for Elite Dangerous.

Bethesda and Lucasfilm Games are collaborating on an Indiana Jones game. The surprise announcement arrived today with a teaser trailer. MachineGames will be developing the project.

Respawn Entertainment delivered a new update for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order today on consoles. The optimization update brings hefty performance improvements to the new Xbox and PlayStation consoles.

Microsoft today announced a brand new Xbox Wireless Controller variant that's joining the three patterns already available. Pulse Red will be available for purchase starting February 9.

Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers now have two more games they can add to their libraries this new year. Little Nightmares and The King of Fighters XIII are the latest arrivals.

Epic Games Store has brought forth Jurassic World Evolution for its daily freebie finale, with it giving away the dinosaur theme park management title by Frontier Developments for a week.

The penultimate giveaway from Epic Games Store's latest daily promotion is Torchlight II. The popular action RPG offers randomly generated dungeons as well as cooperative play for up to four players.

The GOG store is back with another giveaway to spice up its ongoing winter promotions. The latest DRM-free game to be a freebie is the 4A Games-developed shooter, Metro: Last Light Redux.

Another freebie has landed from the Epic Games Store, continuing its daily giveaways promotion. The 13th title to arrive is Solitairica, a roguelike with turn-based combat based off of Solitaire.

The 11th day of the daily giveaways hosted by Epic Games has arrived with a copy of Night in the Woods. The narrative-focused adventure title has players experiencing a small town and its residents.

The Epic Games Store's ongoing daily giveaway promotion is back with a new freebie, with it now offering My Time At Portia to claim. It is a farming and life simulation title by Pathea Games.

The promised virtual reality support for Tetris Effect: Connected has finally arrived to the Microsoft Store PC version. The immersive mode includes support for the multiplayer matches too.

Microsoft has unveiled the games incoming to Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members as bonuses in January 2021. The latest Games with Gold include Little Nightmares, Breakdown, and more.

The sixth day of Epic Games Store's holiday giveaway festival is offering Metro 2033 Redux to claim for free. The highly immersive shooter takes players to post-apocalyptic Moscow.

The fourth day of Epic Games Store's ongoing giveaway promotion is back with a new freebie, with it now offering Defense Grid: The Awakening to claim, the 2008-released classic tower defense game.